Game 117: Just Another Series
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T'was a good time the last time CC pitch against the Rays at home. (Getty)
We’ve grown accustomed to these second half series against the Rays meaning something. I mean really mean something. The two teams (along with the Red Sox) were always bunched together in the AL East and games this like this one tonight would play a big role in determining who would go to the postseason and who would go home in early-October.
But now, this is just another series. The Rays have fallen back to Earth a bit, and currently sit 8.5 games back of the Yankees for the AL wildcard. Baseball Prospectus puts the Yankees’ playoff odds at 99.2%, but Tampa’s at just 0.9%. Now don’t get me wrong, the Rays are obviously still a very good team. At 63-54 (with a +41 run differential, fourth best in the AL), they’d be in first place in the AL Central and in second place in the NL West and NL Central by just one and two games, respectively. But as far as the Yankees are concerned, this is just another game, just another series without any major ramiifications in their pursuit of a postseason berth. Here’s the lineup…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, DH
Andruw Jones, RF
Russell Martin, C
Eduardo Nunez, SS
Brett Gardner, LF
CC Sabathia, SP
The game will begin a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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And for those of you who don’t get YES, it should be shown on the MLB network (Also a chance you could get Phils Nats regionally).
For some reason I always check the game thread post to see if I can watch the game (national showing), usually Mike has it up there, but not today. It took me 3 extra clicks to find out if it was natioanlly televised!!!
Does this mean it will be blacked out on mlb.tv?
No, the MLB network doesn’t hold the kind of power that ESPN and Fox do
Is it really? I looked on the calendar on the official site, said YES only.
Yeah, I just put it on the ol DVR.. I like to watch on tape delay because it reminds me of the Olympics. Or, I’m still supposed to be working..
This game will either be 1-0, 2-1, 9-8, or 5-4
Sabathia looks like a grizzle bear in that photo. I’d love for him to go 6 and 0 down the stretch and win the Cy Young.
Brian Cashman said AJ Burnett is still a starter. I guess that makes Hughes’s start tomorrow meaningless and that he’ll be going to the pen after Saturday.
when did he say that?
He said it today and it’s on Lohud. He said AJ Burnett is a starting pitcher!
Here’s the update from Brian Haymen – http://yankees.lhblogs.com/201.....s-burnett/
ah. Thanks for the source. But, it is Girardi’s decision though. I bet if Hughes pitches well, say 7 innings, 2 runs or so for argument’s sake, I bet Hughes stays. But, what do i know?
Which is true…not sure he has ever relieved or closed.
Must be sticking with the erratic Vet versus trusting the once-phat future?
Hey, I learned today that Jorge Posada was good defensively last year and should still catch. What did you all learn?
sigh…that Liberty Mutual commercial is back…
Have the Yankees ever won a game between Sabathia and Price?
I can remember three meetings, and the Rays won all three. I can’t recall another meeting the two have waged. Fortunately, the Yankees have done a fairly solid job against Price in two meetings this season.
As far as tonight and this series goes, the Rays are certainly the more urgent team. As long as the Yankees don’t get swept, the Rays will remain largely irrelevant in the playoff race going forward. But a big series by TB and things will start to get a little bit interesting once again.
But I like the odds of it not happening.
I think they’re 0-4 in CC vs. Price.
Ah, now I remember the missing game.
Third to last game in 2009, C.C. was going for 20 wins, and instead the big story that night was that Upton hit for the cycle.
Fun fact: Troy Tulowitzki and Evan Longoria have compiled 24.4 fWAR and 23.5 fWAR, respectively. They’re both under 27. It’s gonna be a great time watching those two over the next 10-15 years.
Tulo and Longoria were also the same college team for two seasons.
Longo had to move off SS for Tulo, right? Just shows how great Tulo is defensively.
Longo is having a horrible year and is still at 3 fWAR right now.
Yeah, Tulo played short, got drafted in 2005. Longoria played short in 2006, then got drafted.
Long Beach State also had Jered Weaver and Tulo together for a year.
A-Rod hit a homerun on the first pitch he saw tonight.
…he say tonight?
As in Broadway Joe calling a win or Ruth like called shot?
or
He went yard in Tampa?
No, he actually hit a homerun on the first pitch he saw tonight. Solo shot to L-CF.
Sent him to NY tonight & Noesi to SWB in the morning then.
The fake Nunez twitter accounts shed a tear.
Which one?
They didn’t tweet about it. I think they will though.
Hope they will.
that’s awesome…even given it’s A ball
10 pitches 9 strikes.
That inning was sexy
Perfect through 2. Perfecto watch has begun!
Jeter never making an error on balls in his uh, immediate vicinity, is something that we are truly spoiled by.
Betances just struck out Bryce Harper swinging. Shaping up for a good DotF tonight.
should have blown him a kiss after he struck him out
A-Rod’s second at-bat: a double.
Banuelos 2 runs in his first inning. He seems to struggle in the first inning, so with that in mind, why would having him pitch in relief be a good idea? Also his numbers vs lefties aren’t that stellar either.
what the fuck.
That sucks.
Martin’s fault
Matt fever is catching
WTF just happened.
Ack, bitch.
Wow, kotchman is one strong ass man
2 feet outside the zone. damn.
Yeah seriously. He tomahawked that.
btw for those who have it. Milb.tv is showing the Trenton Thunder game. They normally don’t show AA games.
Anyways, back to the Yankee game…..
ok. this game is about to be turned off.
What the hell CC.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.
Also Martin’s fault
huh??
wtf
Great time to become homer prone against mediocre hitters.
………
Wow what the eff, back to back by those two ????
What the hell is CC doing? We’re in big trouble if CC and Mo can’t get their shit together.
Jesus.
CC doesn’t opt out, now.
CC’s homerun rate is regressing. Sigh. That’s three in his last 6+ innings.
Regression is a bitch.
Wow, CC. Get it together. Pathetic.
WWWCC week
fuck this.
Holy motherfucking Christ.
Yep, regression.
you gotta be kidding..
That one’s on Martin
Being serious are you?
being Matt
You’re an idiot, plain and simple. Maybe you want to actually read before you criticize posts you admittedly have never seen.
I blame Martin for PITCH SELECTION, when the pitcher hits the glove with a well executed pitch and gives up a booming base hit.
Sabathia missed his spot by two feet when the catcher set up away.
If you can’t distinguish between these two obviously different situations, then you really should stop posting, especially since you don’t even know what you’re referencing. Don’t you feel stupid?
I knew I could count on you.
Matt:
I blame Martin for PITCH SELECTION, when the pitcher hits the glove with a well executed pitch and gives up a booming base hit.
Assume:
* Girardi’s Magic Binder says a batter can’t hit a slow curve
* Martin calls for a slow curve
* The pitcher throws a quality slow curve
* The batter hits the ball to the moon
Do you blame Martin for the pitch selection?
Pulling completely hypothetical scenarios out of nothing doesn’t really prove much of a point, but I’ll oblige you anyway to show how your argument isn’t entirely solid.
Consider that the catcher still called the pitch. It’s his job to read the bat and call the appropriate pitches. Maybe the reason he hit that slow curve was that it was thrown in an at bat in which it was the 3rd time that he had seen the pitch, or one in which he had seen only offspeed pitches and was starting to wait back on them and foul them off with authority.
In isolation, it’s hard to glean anything. However, when you throw the pitch that the hitter is clearly looking for, it’s obvious that someone failed miserably at setting him up for that pitch.
Oh my…..
WTF!!!!!!!!!!
[turns on game]
Well.
[turns on game]
Well.
i hope the phat phuk opts out
Well this is just ridiculous now. At least they’re solo shots.
Start warming up Noesi. CC’s got no command. He’s got nothing.
nah. It’s three runs in the third. If we pulled pitchers for that, our bullpen would be burnt out.
CC’s command is fine. He’s just made a few mistakes.
Seriously – Kotchman must’ve made a deal with the devil prior to the season.
Four months as a starter, still hitting .340. Truly insane, and I’d wager a hefty sum he never aproaches these marks ever again.
As I type this, C.C. tagged again. What. The. Fuck.
Get rid of CC, he sucks obviously
ummmm
HAHAHAHAHAHA, oh man CC. This is awful. Get out of the game. Come back when you’re ready to not give up 3 HR in one inning.
Hahaha this post is stupid. Come back when you are thinking rationally.
+161 million
damm it cc
Just awful. He’s just throwing batting practice.
Et tu, CC?
I feel the presence of a certain commenter…
WWWCCW
CC turns into AJ Burnett during a full moon.
2 pitches up and in that got hit out…CC is terrible at pitching, get rid of him, we’re doomed.
C.C. Not the same since being brought back from the second rain delay. I don’t know, but…
If he’s injured then he needs to tell the club about it. Mo too. Somebody needs to talk to these guys and make sure everything’s ok.
2 bad starts..it happens. Even the two pitches that were hit out weren’t exactly meat balls. They were up and in that Damon and Kotchman guess right on.
In all seriousness, he has little to no control…
It’s the ugly ass shoes CC has on.
Had to watch CC pitch today
Maybe it’s the extra weight he’s gained.
After Cashman’s staunch defense of AJ Burnett today one has to wonder if CC is now the odd man out of the rotation.
I’m going to call up O’Brien.
Yeah I bet this is CC’s way to opting out early…
/s
That was a confusing inning. Maybe CC can use a rest.
It’s funny how certain posters are much more vocal when things are not going well for the Yankees.
Like me. CC IS IN TEH SHITTERRRR!!!
I’ve go the game on right in front of me but I am working on my Dad’s laptop and haven’t been watching pitch by pitch. But I’ve been getting that sharp stabbing feeling in my stomach that I got that night a few years ago when the Red Sox hit those back to back to back to back HR’s against us.
But anyway, does anyone think he’s maybe tipping his pitches?
I doubt it, those were all terrible pitches. Kotchman hit a pitch out of the zone, the changeup to Shoppach was right down the middle, and CC missed his spot by feet to Damon.
We haven’t had a Jeter first pitch GIDP in a while. Oh memories.
Off course Jeter
Well this game will be over in record time if C.C. is pulled and Price keeps pitching the way he is. Geez.
Why would CC be pulled in the 4th? He’d have to give up like 15 runs.
I know. I’m joking, kind of. And frustrated.
Evaluation of Cashman’s contract: Terrible
Evaluation of AJ’s pitching: Below average
Done.
Do you mean Burnett’s contract?
Cashman’s contract for AJ, yes.
I’m glad we’re all smoking the objective pipe here.
I wonder what it would be like if AJ played for Ozzie Guillen.
They’d make a sitcom out of it.
Captain DP. Sometimes I wonder how beast this team could be if we had good offensive production from our SS, C, and DH. Sheesh. We could be 5 games up on the Sawx if that were the case. Too many underperformers and holes in lineup type guys on this team.
Woo snap throws.
Cervelli’d
Lame, Martin.
Russel Martin: Terrible
/JudgingPlayersOnUnreasonblySmallSampleSizes
We’ve had plenty of time to judge Russell Martin. Pretty much league average. 6th best catcher in the AL on WAR, 7th best hitter of any catcher in the league with at least 70 games played.
Um, yeah?
You attack other posters who don’t agree with you through veiled insults and sarcasm, because they can’t possibly be as smart as you.
Do you know what Martin’s line is since April?
.207/.304/.316
So when people criticize Martin, it is not because of some irrational hatred for him or frustration at one play. It is because he has been pretty horrible offensively for a 3.5 month stretch, and thus he can’t afford to make ANY mistakes on defense to provide value to the team.
Dumbass piece of shit.
montero can do that to
Good trivia. Hinkse, Braun, Ichiro … who’s the fourth?
Ryan Howard?
Scott Rolen, bro.
Or Rafael Furcal…??
Actually, they have to be talking AL only, because the last few NL ROY are Braun, Hanley, Howard, Bay, Soto … all active.
So that means Ichiro and Hinske, and Pedroia is one other.
Got the 4th. Beltran. Good question
Yep AL only I can only think of Hinske and Ichiro. Angel Berroa? Is he active?
Oooo, Beltran is the other. So Hinske, Ichiro, Pedroia, and Beltran.
For those of us who didn’t have the ‘pleasure’ of watching the game, could you please tell us the question?
Thanks.
another day, another game where teix doe nothing with the bat. if this was arod he be getting killed
He’s hitting just under .300 over the last two weeks.
i have him at 215,but i am an idiot, so i take your word for it
this game feels so meaningless its just fun to watch no matter what’s going on, we haven’t had one of those in a while. in other news, my hometown (and former team) Paramus, NJ is going to the finals in the mid-atlantic division in the little league world series!
Andruw!
Swish
No excuse for Swisher to get beat there. Double in the gap, you must score from 1st.
ummm, being slow isn’t an excuse??? must be lazy
Great relay. Well worth sending him
I agree
That was some relay by Rodriguez.
ok i give up. ELLIOT JOHNSON?
Ugh!
CC’s trollinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
what the fuck is this?
Get him out of this ballgame already before it gets out of hand. Jesus. He’s got no command!
He’s not going to fix his command sitting on the bench.
Elliot fucking Johnson????!!!!!
Wowowwowowowowowowowow. WOW.
Elliot Motherfucking Johnson.
Lineup adjusted, this might be CC’s worst start.
This is way worse than the Red Sox start. There’s something very, very wrong here. Very wrong.
C’mon dude. There’s a huge leap from “YCPB/Uncharacteristically terrible” to “Eeeeevil is afoot”.
Chill.
this team is fucking terrible. kill them all Cashman.
Anyone think CC might be overworked?
CC said earlier this week that he wants to pitch every 5th day, no extra days. So, whatcha gonna do?
It’s just a rut. His HR/FB was going to stay at 4% all season, good to get it all out of the way in one game.
It’s still tough not to be mad at giving up homers to the power hitters of Kotchman Shoppach Damon and Elliot Fricken Johnson
CC has good velocity still and a sharp slider. He’s just making a few mistakes with his fastball when hitters are cheating on the pitch inside repeatedly.
If he were tired, you’d expect to see either a decline in velocity, or him getting beaten on offspeed pitches because he’s losing some arm speed on say his changeup. Neither has been the case. Simply a few bad pitches in an otherwise good start.
this game is just fucked all around
Wow…come on Cano
Pull him now. We can still win this game. Never seen him look so bad out there.
are they stealing signs? how are all these scrubs hitting home runs
Is he tipping his pitches?
No. The opposing team is only hitting mistake fastballs inside when the target was away, aka they are just sitting on one pitch and hoping he continues to make mistakes.
Shoppach hit a changeup. He’s just missing his spots, that’s all.
…
Why was this necessary? Obviously I know that.
I’m giving him the basic run down. 3 of the 4 home runs were from hitters cheating on fastballs when he was trying to go away. The changeup that was hit out was for a similar reason- up in the zone while the hitter was trying to get the bat head out.
If he gets it down Shoppach probably grounds out because he’s pulling off of it.
Ah. Thanks. I only have the game available on radio right now. John Sterling and all.
“The man in white” was hired by the Rays.
We should take CC out of the rotation after these last two starts…like we should do with AJ
Brett Gardner is awesome. No one else makes that play.
I just left for a little bit and what the hell. how does “Desmond Jennings doubles on a pop up to second basemen Robinson Cano?”
Flyball to shallow right. Robbie goes out there and tries to catch it over his head and he drops it. Andruw Jones was nowhere in sight.
Andruw had no chance at it anyway, it was way too shallow. He was practically on the line behind 1B when it clanked off his glove.
But when he did touch it that’s what let Jennings get to second. How does Cano not get an error on that?
Scorers are idiots. Should be a single and E4. If Cano doesn’t touch that ball he doesn’t get to second.
That’s not how it works. In the rule book it explicitly addresses this. I.e. if a player dives for a ball and turns a single into a triple, or a player dives in front of another play to turn a groundout into an infield single, so be it.
You can argue it should be a straight E4 (reasonable), but a single and an error is out of the question unless it bounced first.
oh i hadn’t realized that. That seems like a awfully stupid rule, in my opinion at least.
Yeah I see your point. It’s kinda just tough I guess to guess on the in between plays how many bases the batter deserves. That being said, it must be very irritating for a pitcher whose fielder turns a single into extra bases, etc.
“and that will do it….for the second out”
real smooth.
Oh yeah, he totally lost track of outs.
CC has to lose some weight. i mean come on, look at that belly. it certainly can’t be helping.
TOTES MCGOTES
I can’t even…
disagree. CC is not fat enough, he needs to gain more weight.
Yall want CC to lose weight.
I want him to find command.
Three innings of Noesi, pls.
Montero goes deep.
Call him up.
Is there anyone who follows the Yankees except the Yankees front office who doesn’t want him to be called up?
Jorge Posada.
Posada doesn’t follow the team…
I hear he’s putting down roots. Looking for some property to settle down on, considering a run for city council.
The Poconos can be very intoxicating
I met my third wife in the Poconos.
CC at least has a 7:0 K:BB ratio
CC’s performance tonight underscores how much the team _____________ and is need of ______________. They should have traded for _____________ but, because they didn’t, and because they haven’t __________-ed Burnett and Posada yet, as well as _______________-ed Montero, they are doomed.
Jorge is so bored in the dugout he’s doing mad libs.
That Jorge may be, but this one’s bored at home with a four week-old son. Also making a lot less money. He also could probably still hit better than I could.
CC’s performance tonight underscores how much the team farts and is need of poop. They should have traded for buttcheeks but, because they didn’t, and because they haven’t shited Burnett and Posada yet, as well as fuckeded Montero, they are doomed.
FTFY
/15′d
Well done. Bonus points for “fuckeded.”
Michael Kay masturbates to footage of DJ3K.
Tex is back to sucking again.
So he hits a single.
Fuck you Tex.
keep saying he sucks..maybe he’ll hit more
okay
Just remember, folks: when the Rays to seal the deal, they have to do it with Kyle Farnsworth.
He’s been very good this season. Fewer blown saves than Mariano.
#Cashmanfailed
Do you guys remember Kyle Farnsworth? He did pitch for us a few years ago, pitching like trash.
“pitched”
Judging by his comments earlier tonight, Cash is feeling good about the job he’s done: 1 game out of 1st, 7 games up in the WC race. Depends on your criteria for success. If he were the GM of any of the 29 other teams, he’d be right to be proud of his work.
No arguments from me on that.
This team is flat tonight. No life.
It’s not that. Price has his A game tonight. Outdueling CC is not a unlikely given his talent.
Meh, wasn’t going to make the play anyway.
Russell with the web gem
Let’s hope this play by Martin gets the team going…
wtf was Johnson doing? lol
Man Martin is starting to get gritty!
Too Canadian.
Well, CC struggled tonight…He threw some bad pitches and they made him pay…Our offense struggled against a good young pitcher…we were not able to take advantage of our chances, and that was the difference in the game…We didn’t play a good game, and they beat us…AJ Burnett is still a starter…No, no plans to call up Montero.
/Girardi’s Postgame
You had me until Burnett and Montero, who have absolutely no impact on this game. The rest was gold, though.
There we go. A rally to keep the team in the game until the next barrage of solo home runs by Sam Fuld, Wade Boggs, and John Flaherty.
Michael Kay, STFU. PLEASE.
Who is worse? Michael Kay or John Sterling?
Probably Sterling because at least with Kay he can be muted and you can still see the game
I’m not sure what’s more frustrating than Michael Kay talking about the length of the games.
What’s more frustrating? The actual length of the games. Unlike people who live in their mom’s basement, everyone has a job to got to early the next day.
Way to troll, buddy.
Anyway, yes, the Red Sox-Yankees game was too long last week, and most of it can be attributed to Beckett pulling his best Steve Trachsel impersonation and taking fifteen minutes between pitches. But this game was six days ago, and I’m pretty sure Michael Kay has mentioned it in every broadcast since then.
Give it a rest, we get it.
Fuck you asshole.
One of those games eh?
I have the feeling I’m going be saying “fuck Desmond Jennings” for a looooooong time.
…wow.
What the hell is Sabathia still doing in there?
Hector Noesi is growing moldy
He’s like a pitch count junkie. Gotta have his 100+ pitches regardless. More pitches! More pitches, damn it!
Eeehhh, probably shouldn’t have left him in until this inning…
If I leave home now, will I get the stadium in time to hit a solo HR off of CC?
No Jorge, you’re too old and you kinda suck.
Gonna act like Joe G didn’t bring CC back out.
is that a permanent handle?
Nope
I will be genuinely shocked if Fox mentions that Jeter ceremony at all tomorrow.
At least this performance by CC confirms that Verlander will win the Cy Young this year, and frankly he deserves it.
A non-Jeterian GIDP. Wow.
Jerry Seinfeld and Keith Hernadez >>> Kay and O’Neill
Brett Gardner clogging up the bases.
This is encouraging.
That was a very unlucky double play, but…dowqn 4 runs with six outs to go, shouldn’t Derek have taken a second strike on a 3-1 count?
That’s a ridiculously unreasonable criticism.
“ridiculously unreasonable?” Seems a bit over the top. It’s not like I said he should be boiled in oil. I just thought, that close to the end of the game, and that close to a base on balls, it would have been worth making a maybe-tiring Price throw another strike. But, you know, YMMV.
Your post is a ridiculously unreasonable attack on a poster who is asking a very reasonable question late in a game.
You see a pitch to hit, you hit it – that’s how you play it. Derek got BAbip fucked.
Or you could force the pitcher to throw 2 strikes before he throws a ball, given that you are 2 baserunners away from being able to tie the game with one swing, Price’s pitch count is elevating, and the hitter at the plate is more of a singles hitter.
It’s not an unreasonable question. Only to you, who seems to like to disagree just to be nasty to random posters.
He hit it hard, but that’s not the point. The poster is merely suggesting that it was a spot that called for patience, and you can’t say that it didn’t matter because the 3-1 pitch was a strike, because you don’t know what he would have done on 3-2.
game over
Noesi gets ZERO innings. lmao.
Its the Hector Rules.
He’s not allowed to pitch in back-to-back weeks.
Damon slam
Hit a Slam Johnny.
at least Ayala is trying to let Noesi pitch
guess not
OMG 10 bombs!
From 3 to 10!
Test his ass!
YES truck lost track of the outs
I miss the days when sweeping the Rays in a series was the norm.
So some yankee prospect named Alex Rodriguez or something went deep tonight. I wonder if he has a shot of being called up?
Michael Kay’s Great Quest To Speed Up Baseball Games.
So this loser is aloud to quick pitch
At this point i don’t even care if they drop the opener
crap.
Harold Reyonlds just said “Camden Yards at Oriole Park.” hehe.
Fucking Yankees.
Call up Montero damn.
Lol 50% hr/Fb rate this game…
CC was not as bad as his line, just as Price was not as good as his.
2 of the home runs came on fastballs that should be impossible to even put in play lefty on lefty. The one by Longoria just kept carrying and looked like it would just be a double off the bat. They pretty much hit every mistake that he threw tonight.
On the other hand, Price got bailed out big time by his defense. It took a perfect relay by 2 players to get Swisher at the plate, and 1st and 3rd, no outs in the 8th was turned into 2 outs, nobody on with an incredible play by Rodriguez. Price should have had at least 3 runs on his ledger tonight, and likely more if not for some of the borderline at best called strikes he was getting.
This is not a loss to be too upset about, but this series isn’t entirely meaningless. The Yankees have to win at least one of these games, or the Rays are going to be on the periphery of contention again with head to head matchups remaining. Tomorrow is a big game, because they are slated to face Shields on Sunday.
Woah – there’s NO way Zambrano retires and turns down the money he’s owed, right?