Game 146: Thrown to the wolves
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A week and a half ago, Jesus Montero made his big league debut. The Yankees didn’t exactly baby him; his first game was in Fenway Park with Jon Lester on the bump. Montero responded by scoring the game-winning run, and he’s gone on to play well in his limited action. Although we saw Austin Romine catch yesterday, he gets his first career start tonight. His assignment? Felix Hernandez, in a park that is unkind to right-handed hitters like himself. Welcome to the big leagues kid, here’s Felix. Fun fun fun. Here’s the starting nine…
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Mark Teixeira, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, 1B – tested out his elbow before the game
Eric Chavez, 3B
Brett Gardner, LF
Chris Dickerson, RF
Austin Romine
Phil Hughes, RHP
The game is scheduled to start a little after 10pm ET, and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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Woot woot no 1st base defense!
Joe Girardi has done extensive scouting reports and found that no Mariners hitter has hit the ball to first base this year, but there have been many to right field
You mean Swisher is playing 1B, right?
Phil Hughes CGSHO you heard it here phirst!
I work with a lot of “Yankee fans” and they think Romine is another scrub catcher who can really field, but can’t hit a lick. Boy are the unknowing Yankee fans in for a surprise when Romine comes to hit.
It’ll be a miracle if he can average a .700 OPS in the majors.
throwing him against king felix is not helping -.-
I wonder why Montero isn’t playing more often. He’s looked pretty damn good.
If Martin and Cervelli go down, they only have 2 weeks to figure out who can catch. They need to learn this rotation asap, and the only way to do that is to catch.
I think Martin will be fine, it’s just a bruised thumb I believe. I just want to see him hit. It seems like every game he plays in he hits a home run (I know he only has three, but it’s about time he’s up).
I really thought Cashman was a fucking idiot to not deal Nova, Montero and Nunez for Lee. Whoops.
I like how you guys used a picture of Gary Sheffield fighting that Red Sawk fan for the Magic Number sidebar.
This would have been pretty cool too: http://www.valdostamuseum.org/.....uchRUN.gif
The only World Series the Yankees lost that Yankee fans, in general, look back on with much scorn.
Game 7 sucked. Games 4 and 5 were about as magical as it gets.
Err, don’t look back on with much scorn.
Bullshit. That World Series capped off the worst year of my life. That still pisses me off more than 2004 does. Yea, I said it.
Pretty long odds tonight. Yankees haven’t beaten Felix since May 2008 – it’s been six starts since then, and only in two did the Yankees come close to winning (a Mo blown save and Jobber implosion being the reasons they didn’t).
I wouldn’t be disappointed with a loss just because of the odds against. Hopefully, they’re due to hit Felix just enough to pull out a win. Would be nice to stretch the division lead to four, and lower the magic number to 10. It got really friggen frustrating seeing it stuck at 12 for five days.
just out of curiosity, how many times did Felix win the game?
He won four or five times, at least.
He threw two CG’s and an eight-inning, 0 ER performance last year alone. He won the game back in July, and I think he won the game back in May as well.
In fact, I think he threw a CG in the walk-off win the M’s had against Mo in 2009 as well. That would give him six wins in those six games.
There’s no shame in being owned by Felix. It is hard to believe, however, that a pitcher on a team with an unbelievably wretched offense has managed to always keep the Yankees at least one run lower in every occasion. Hopefully tonight is the bucking of a three year trend.
No Montero? Lame. I would’ve loved to see beast Venezuelan pitcher vs. beast Venezuelan hitter. Girardi needs to understand that Montero isn’t a Marcus Thames platoon hitter. He’s a pure hitter that can hit lefties and righties.
Montero HR vs LHP: 0
Montero HR vs RHP: 3
I don’t expect this lineup to do much against King Felix. Nor do I expect Hughes to hold one of the most anemic offenses down. He’s probably going to make them look like batting champions. Argh.
I’m not arguing and saying that Montero should be a platoon player, but I wouldn’t point to 30 PA to prove it.
In Romine’s defense, he’ll be calling the pitches against the M’s offense, which is almost non-existent.
So we can downgrade those wolves to puppies or something less harmless. Much. Less. Harmless.
Romine is used to calling games against AA hitters.
So Girardi is starting Romine ahead of Montero because “Romine has been considered one of the top defensive catching prospects in baseball, so that’s why I brought him in.”
So being one of the top defensive catching prospects in baseball while not exactly lighting it up offensively at AA is better than being the universally regarded best hitting catching prospect in baseball who has already proven to be able to hit major league pitching.
Anyone else think with Girardi as manager Montero has no chance in hell of being the everyday C for the Yankees? Hell looks like he might not even be the backup C for the Yankees next year if Girardi values defense at catcher so much.
What he said.
Also Romine caught Hughes when he pitched a rehab game in Trenton this year. Real great logic. Never mind the fact that facing King Felix we need all the bats we can have in the lineup.
Gonna be interesting to see if Martin doesnt catch tomorrow who starts at C between Romine and Montero.
I mean I wouldnt look too much into it. I agree to a certain extent that it is a bummer Montero is not catching, but I think the organization will work hard with Montero on his defense.
I remember Utley being a terrible 2nd baseman coming up and after years of work, became a very good defender.
Funny thing is most scouting reports I’ve read rates Romines defense as pretty average at best.
No one is gonna mistake Romine for Pudge Rodriquez behind the dish.
At least Montero is not with the Angels, he would be playing second fiddle to a guy hitting under .200 with zip for power.
With Girardi’s logic dont be too sure Montero is that much better off with the Yankees.
Montero is only 21, Girardi not considering him ready to be everyday catcher now doesn’t mean that will still apply next year, or into the future
that said, I would rather he not be the every day catcher anyways, every day catchers usually only start 120-130 games/year, being primary DH/BU catcher should allow him to start at least 150 games/year with much less wear and tear
So they’re gonna walk Beck to get to Parkman.
Obviously Taylor’s thinking……I don’t know what the hell he’s thinking!
Montero gets the “doesn’t know the pitching staff” excuse as for why he doesn’t catch, but Romine gets the start right away. I understand Martin and Cervelli may not be available, so it had to be one of them, but I think it’s pretty clear Girardi and the coaches don’t trust Montero’s defense just yet. Then again it’s been barely a week since he’s been here, so maybe I’m wrong.
Just read Girardi’s pre-game quotes tonight. Salivates over Romine’s defensive skills. Stupid but it is what it is.
It’s gonna get harder and harder for Cashman to talk up Montero as a viable everyday catcher if his own manager doesn’t trust him.
That’s what you get when your manager was a good defensive catcher, but mediocre hitter. Call it the ‘Scioscia effect’.
A part of him must have died everyday in 2009 and 2010 when he inserts Jorge as catcher.
Sidenote – the Tigers are really laying it to the White Sox of late.
Going back to the SNB game a week ago, the Tigers have scored 32 runs in their last 15 innings against White Sox pitching. Holy shit.
Rays win.
Make the wild card race three games. And the magic number will only go down with a Yankee victory.
Would be a good night all-around in that case.
i will crap my pants if the Rays catch the Sox.
The utter and obvious lack of faith in Montero’s defense really just makes it even more assinine that they left him in the minors all season. Not that there was ever any doubt, but it clear that he’s a catcher in name only and they’ve just been blowing smoke about his improvements and such.
or he has improved, but still has room to improve further
he’s only 21, not many catchers are MLB ready at 21
But Romine at 22 and having only played 4 games at AAA and not having an MLB bat like Montero already has is ready??
he might be farther along defensively, not all catchers start at the same level and not all catchers develop at the same pace
Romine being ahead of Montero now defensively doesn’t mean Montero can’t still develop into an adequate defensive catcher
As far as the bat, clearly Montero is ahead of Romine, I’m guessing Joe G figured runs are gonna be hard to come by today with or without Montero, so he doesn’t want the defense giving up any cheap runs.
Yeah, I’m sure that’s it. It’s not like they’re playing a 22 year old who was called up from AA about 30 hours ago, not to mention the defensive replacing of him yesterday.
clearly they think Romine is better defensively right now. That doesn’t mean Montero can’t still improve enough to be at least adequate defensively
I don’t see it happening, personally. He’s had years to almost exclusively work on his defense apparently without much improvement, so little that the organization isn’t even sold on it. The sad thing is I don’t think Romine will be much of a hitter at all in the majors.
and most 21 yo catchers in the minors have had years to work on their defense in college and/or minors and aren’t MLB ready. Catching at the MLB is very difficult and for most catchers takes a long time to refine. I think next season will be the real test for Montero, I think 21 is too young to come to any final conclusion about his defense. I do doubt he becomes the everyday catcher though, I think he’s more likely to be primary DH/ BU catcher, and maybe move to first after Tex is gone. Given his bat, that would probably work out better anyways, allowing him to play more games with less wear and tear.
Next year, when he’s again not allowed to catch is somehow going to test him? He’ll again probably be #4, or lower, on Girardi’s depth chart.
I’m holding out hope that he will catch at least once a week, but he can still improve his skills in pregame workouts. He wouldn’t be lower than #3 anyways, they aren’t going to carry 4 catchers on the roster.
They won’t carry 4 catchers, but clearly romine would be ahead of him, even if he’s in AAA.
Iffy lineup or not, a strong outing by Hughes would go a longway toward….
Wait, wtf am I thinking. He’ll be in the pen, no matter what happens.
Teixeira got new batting gloves it looks like.
Tex closed his stance.
I still think Montero should be in there every day so they can decide if he gets a post season spot.
Oh, and Manny got arrested. Ha.
I think he pretty much has a postseason spot wrapped up. The only question is how big of a role he has.
I thought so but Girardi is making me worry.
Link?
http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/12/.....s-florida/
So you’re happy that his wife was probably beaten?
“Boy that escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast!”
eww.
Nasty.
We’re just getting a preview of our #2 starter next year.
That’s insane.
I wasn’t serious…
Oh, ok.
Phil’s gonna Phuckin’ dominate this lineup…
Typical play that Gardner steals from Granderson for UZR.
How huge has the Chavez signing been? With A-Rod missing so much time this year think of all the extra Nunez we’d have to put up with this year if it wasn’t for him.
Him catching that pop up brought back great memories for you I see.
It just kinda hit me. He’s been great.
He’s been great no doubt about it. I remember him helping us beat Texas. And Boston.
Cashman’s big ‘ol scrap pile worked out pretty darn well this year.
It was just amazingly good luck.
Remember how everyone ridiculed us?
Nasty Phil.
Huuuuughes….
Phil can still be the #4 starter in the playoffs. He needs a good showing tonight. CC, Nova, Colon are locked in but that 4th spot is still up for grabs.
Starting Swish is dumb.
Yankees always do this shit.
Detroit is scary hot right now with the bats, wow.
Playing Chicago.
Haha that’s awesome…In the “King’s Court” Phans hold up K signs but the lone Yankee fan held up a sign that said hit.
Leiter: “so you get the ticket AND the shirt for $30? that’s pretty cool.”
he’s mystified because in NY it’d be another $30 for the shirt on top of the ticket
Plus another $10 for the K sign.
Supply and demand is a bitch.
And it’s clear that the Mariners took the wrong deal. Montero > Smoak.
I was looking forward to Montero’s HR against King Felix and rubbing it in their face. This was how it was going to go in my head.
Montero could have done that.
Thanks for Montero Smoak.
Maybe we can keep it scoreless till the 11th when Felix exits the game and we go for the win
Let’s go Gardy – Steal Second!
Let him steal first and then bunt..
that works as well
steal then bunt him to 3rd
actually, I like their version better.
Dickerson!!
here comes Romine 3 run home run!!!
Woo! Hitting, better than bunting.
Anybody else having slight lagging issues with the broadcast feed?
Nevermind, all fixed.
In the future we have to play Nunie in right to give us more offense.
Gardner should have gone… now a DP and its over
Yea, I think you have to be more aggressive versus Hernandez.
There goes the DP
Gardy should have scored on that fly ball.
i would tried it
Wow, C-Dick’s tearing shit up this inning.
Haha C-Dick’s
Phunny, Phunny, Phunny
Amazing how no one has made any funny comments about this YET.
Dickerson brings the grit
Chris Dickerson is sexy.
atta boy Dickerson
Jeter sucks?
wow first pitch was well off the plate.
damn it
There’s your run, Philbert.
good job jeter
Holy shit we scored against Felix.
Runs!
Alright let’s see a shutdown inning, Phil. Feels like Yanks have been struggling in that department lately…
Nope.
Well, it’s one.
If only we could have gotten a hit with RISP, but at least we got a run. Now its up to Phil!
Trayvon Robinson was a steal by the Mariners.
I like Ground ball Phil over Phly ball Phil.
3-2 curve to the #8 hitter…
I wish Hughes could command his fastball, it would make things a lot easier
Robinson grounds one to Robinson.
What do folks think of the off day at DH philsophy?
(I’m not a huge fan of it)
I don’t care for it either.
Girardi’s love for it and the long-term contracts for old people is a part of why I find it funny when people say Montero will just be the full-time dh.
Good to see Romine picking this curves out of the dirt.
Hughes command tonight is lacking.
common story for him.. it seems like he cant throw a fastball down and away
Hate to say it, but if Cervelli has another concussion, it could just be better for his health to retire. This can have some serious long term effects.
I agree – This is serious. I feel for Cervelli.
Fransisco Cervelli sucks.
The catching situation should be the last thing on Joe G’s mind.
I smell a 1-0 Phinal. 8 shutout innings for Phil.
From your lips to God’s ears – but Phil’s command so far is not great.
Hughes command is definitely lacking. What happened to it?
Its been a while since Hughes could command his fastball to either side of the plate and keep it down.
You mean Phull count Phil? When you don’t trust your fastball you nibble…
He threw a 3-2 curve to the #8 hitter in one of the best pitcher’ parks in baseball.
It is really incredible how little attention there is on Mariano chasing 601 saves.
Phucking Ichiro.
That was a stupid 0-2 pitch
A hanging curveball is a bad pitch in any count. All of his pitches are below average offerings this year. Hopefully he turns it around next year.
Awesome, Phil.
terrible pitch selection. Ichiro cant get hit the fastball.
Hughes folks.
Ichiro cannot catch up to a fastball anymore, so let’s throw him an 0-2 curveball! Awesome pitch selection!
There is more logic in my fishtank.
Why didn’t you comment on any of the other posts which just said the exact same thing? Oh right, because you are obsessed with me. Once again proving that you lack credibility.
No one was mad at him throwing a curveball, he missed his spot though. You think you should throw a fastball on an 0-2 pitch to one of the best hitters who, despite what you thin, has not been slumping the last month.
Ichiro against fastball this year -14.9 runs
Ichiro against curveball this year +5.9 runs (and the pitch type he hits the best against)
Pitch Type Values isn’t really a meaningful stat.
But I’m sure you will use it plenty when it suits your own argument? You are hilarious. Not only do the eyes show that Ichiro cannot catch up to the fastball, but the numbers even back it up.
Stop before you dig yourself an even deeper hole. If you were hoping to get the entire blog to gang up on me, you failed miserably, because my argument is very obviously correct.
Right, a relatively new stat that you can’t even explain to me proves a point about Phil Hughes being wrong when throwing his out-pitch on an 0-2 count. I don’t lead anybody in “ganging up on you”, you do it by yourself. You need to understand the fundamentals of baseball before you start touting how you know more than the professionals. When it comes down to it, you throw your breaking ball out of the zone on an 0-2 pitch, and Hughes missed his spot.
Your mind is doing mental gymnastics at this point to try and prove to yourself that there is some sort of RAB conspiracy to disagree with you, the fact is that your ideas are batshit crazy.
Right, I need to understand the fundamentals of baseball? You need to get off your high horse and stop thinking you own this blog.
When a hitter cannot catch up to your fastball, and has been totally unable to make the adjustment not only within the game, but across two starts against the same pitcher, that clearly shows that you need to throw him offspeed pitches?
Throwing the curveball on 0-2 was pointless, because the only way Ichiro was going to beat you in that at bat was if you hung him a pitch. Elevate the fastball even more in the zone and try to get him to chase, since he might try to cheat on the pitch and is an aggressive hitter.
Not a single poster on this blog agreed with you, not one. Give it up. The only one playing mental gymnastics is you, who is still trying to convince himself that he somehow has credibility.
And it’s hard for you to argue that it isn’t about your obsession with me when you continue to pull at straws to keep this argument going, even though every argument (statistical, logical, observational) points the opposite way.
Your only argument is to suggest that all other arguments are wrong. Maybe that’s a sign to you that it’s time to reconsider your viewpoint, unless of course your only purpose is to incite a flame war.
I only argue when I disagree, and you say a lot of illogical stuff. I don’t need commentors to agree with me, there is a professional pitcher and catcher that agree with me because thats how you play baseball, use your outpitches when you’re 0-2. You’re taking this way too personally.
How much do you want to bet that he will not respond to this post?
Ichiro is not the hitter that he once was. He’s older and his bat speed has diminished. He hasn’t caught up to Hughes’ fastball in either of his two starts against Seattle, and it’s obvious that he is struggling in general to get to that pitch (just watch how much the pitch is beating him by his swings).
Yes because Hughes’ fastball has been fooling people all year.
Ichiro has shown he cant get around on that fastball. Why throw anything else?
his fastball has been above average in terms of results, his curveball has been well below average in effectiveness
Yes, because Ichiro isn’t 37 years old, has caught up to the fastball all night, and is worth positive runs against the fastball this year?
Oh wait, none of that is true. Maybe you want to get the facts right before you criticize.
Don’t know what impact Romine has but Phil should be smarter.
3-2 curve to the #8 hitter (and a walk) also was costly. No reason to throw a curve to a hitter like Ichiro who’s going to flick his wrists and wave the bat at it… even located down, it’s a bad pitch.
His curveball has fallen a long way from his prospect days.
Verducci effect.
You know, I think there is really something to that this year. Hopefully he shows up pumping 95 mph fastballs again with good break on his curve next season.
I don’t remember it being that good last year either.
it wasn’t
Damn, Sterling is pissed.
About?
Giving Ichiro a pitch to hit on 0-2.
Joe G is a dick.
Let Posada catch Mo shit.
Why?
Don’t feed the troll.
First inning Phil is not 3rd inning Phil.
0-2 base hit. How predictable Phil.
Ugh, the curve really wasn’t working for Phil that inning. He needs a good breaking ball badly
Teix message!
great job teix
Tex owns Felix.
Keep that stance closed Tex.
Yay Teixeira hit a changeup!
holy shit. Teix launched one into orbit.
Awright Tex!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WAY
Waaa waaa waaa , Tex shouldn’t hit third against RHP.
I’m glad someone’s as tired of those comments as I am.
I always find it entertaining when people who always laud sample sizes use one AB to support their point.
Teix can’t hit good pitching.
got that run back!
AJ Burnett?
Man Tex is useless…wait what?
Motherphucking Phil Hughes couldn’t throw a phucking shutdown inning if the phate of the world depended on it.
But it looks the motherphucking offense has phound new life.
Saved Phil’s bacon. Joe’s too. Why was Joe letting Phil go after Ishiro?
Tex sucks, that was just a long pop up
Ho hum. Another double for Cano.
HELLO, YANKEE OFFENSE
Damn, we’re actually hitting Felix.
Maybe the Yankees finally get to King Felix tonight.
back to back XBHs off Felix, wow.
Swish – Keep it going.
what’s this? the yankees have figured out the KING?!
Phucking King Felix doesn’t know the meaning of a shutdown inning.
lets go chavez
Woooooo Whoooooo
We OWN King Phelix!!!
/Extremely small sample sized’
Tex hit that but good.
/Offtopic: Fuck Brady, fuck him so very much. 53 points.
Who is this Teixeira guy? Looks like he can really handle the changeup!
Yanks can’t hit good pitching.
Nice base running Swish.
Zombie with the sac fly; Swish with the smart tag up. Noiccceeee.
great job chaveaz and good baserunning by swisher
Felix is human.
You see! He is not a machine!
Hernandez’s pitches have been up all game. Looks like they may have gotten lucky with him tonight and they really need to take advantage for more runs with Hughes on the mound.
Thank you!!!
looks like they’re following your advice
Mike Blowers (Mariners analyst guy) just said the Yankees were “similar to the Angels”.
I’m listening to that broadcast as well, must have missed it. Thank God.
Well said Michael Kay, “The Yankees are CROWNING King Felix.” I am enjoying it for all the times the King dominated us the past few years.
YES!! Gardy!
What the hell is going on here?
I LOVE THIS GAME SO FAR.
great job gardner!
Bonerrrrr.
There’s the Gardner we need more often.
Felix sucks. I demand they trade him to us right now.
LOL +1
really nice to see Gardy hitting again
So nice.
TEH GRITTINESS!
Smacking the Queen around.
This is phucking awesome.
offense is making us proud!
It’s about time Felix didn’t dominate the Yankees.
Gritner!
3 hits and a LONG sac fly. That doesn’t seem possible against the King.
Holy shit
WAT
INCREDIBLE!
THE DICCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!
What the hell is going on????????????????????????
HOT DAMN! C-DICK
Gardner sucks. He’s too inconsistent. Wait, what?
Speechless
Good.
Yankees can’t hit good pitching when the pressure is on.
HOLY SHIT!
what the fuck is going on? fucking bizzaro world.
Am I watching a video game?
What was Sterling’s call?
None. That’s right. None.
Bad job….
C-Dicks!
Wow….this is why they play the game.
Dickerson!!!
wow, just wow
Joe Girardi is an idiot for playin Dickerson in RF. =)
binder’d, bitches.
Six runs off Phelix? Holy Phuck! Phil better win this game!
Does anyone know where I can buy a hat like Felix’s which has the bill off to the side like that?
When I go to the store I only see them selling the hats with the bills in the front.
/Herc’d (The Wire)
HAHAHA I CAN’T EVEN WITH THIS GAME ANYMORE. Who’d have thought?!
/capslock forever
Dickerson?? Really??
Dickerson lmao!! Is it safe to say that the yankee offense is back?
Dickerson really creamed that ball.
No but for real Dickerson just killed that rally.
I would give anything to be that guy in the middle of the K people with the “hit” sign.
that was a bomb, pretty certain we are on the verge of the apocalypse, and YES screwed up the end of inning music too, what is this world coming to?
Is this the end of the Nunez RF experiment?
(Girardi will need to choose between Montero and Posada for the playoffs no?)
Seeing the Mariners warm up their bullpen when Felix pitches is as shocking as him giving up 6 runs in 3 2/3 innings.
C-Dicccccccccccccck isn’t docking around
*dicking around
Damn, ruined a perfectly good pun.
Dickerson’s swing on that HR reminded me of Bernie.
I saw that resemblance too.
Thought exactly the same. Quick bat and straight back, upright jog around the bases.
Who is this guy who looks like King Felix? Some rookie the Mariners called up?
Over/Under on runs given back by Hughes this inning is at 1.5
I hoping for the Under.
C’mon Phil. Let’s win this game.
That’s very telling
Three worst outings of the year by Felix
Toronto, Boston, New York
All that says is AL East >> AL West. It doesn’t mean I wouldn’t love to have Felix on the Yankees.
You know, it wouldn’t surprise me to see either C-Dick or Maxwell as the backup outfielder next season.
Both are out of options, Golson two. Two of the three will probably be gone, maybe all three.
How dare you leave out Greg Golson! He’s Yankee Royalty you know!
Phil blows it by him with the 91mph “high heat”
Nice, I nailed that trivia question
I thought it was Sabathia.
What was it? And the answer?
Lowest ERA through first 10 starts against the Yankees. The answer was AJ
I missed it. What was the answer?
Phil – Let’s get some control going here. It’s your game to win or lose.
thats a strike
0-2 to 4-2
the story of his f-ing life
Phil is just TOO generous. always giving back.
Lol maybe Burnett is worth part of his salary from the fact that he is not beating the Yankees. Say he got 0.3 WAR per game he pitched and won 3 games against the Yankees that would be almost 1 WAR per year, approximately a $5 million contract
Interesting. He was a Yankee killer with Toronto.
Now we know that Girardi will not be shy about taking Hughes out.
Phive Phull counts on the last 7 hitters by Mr Ephicieny
+1
Is a ball put in play counted as a strike? even if its a hr?
Yep, every single ball in play is considered a strike.
What about with ground balls and fly balls? When someone says a pitcher has say an 8/9 GB/FB ratio are those just the outs or is it the hits as well?
Outs only.
what a shitty job by Hughes once again.. cant even do well against the worst offense in the league
1 run in 4 innings is bad????
Michael Kay does not understand SSS
Neither do compulsive gamblers.
Nice pitch.
Phil Hughes is outpitching Felix Hernandez, you just can’t predict baseball…
….Suzyn
I don’t know how anyone can bet money on baseball. It is just too crazy to predict game to game.
Yup, long term bets I might think about, but there is no way I’d put money on a game or series.
Phil Hughes just can’t phucking have a shutdown inning can he?
73 pitches in 4 innings against this team?
Come the hell on Phil.
Hughes out pitches pretty much the best pitcher in the AL West and you’re angry about his pitch count.
19 pitches in the first 2 innings
53 pitches in the next 2 innings
If he can figure out how to put batters away when he has them 0-2, 1-2 he could be good…. without a couple of mph’s on the fastball, he really needs another pitch or he’s going to struggle with efficiency (he had a stretch of 5 full counts over 7 batters)
Hughes rubs up so many balls he must be gay. #fouls
Is Granderson slumping? Seems like his average has dropped precipitously since late August / early September? Has anyone noticed any particular trends or mechanical failures in his swing?
He has been slumping himself out of an MVP award.
So true. He had it locked.
Yeah, I’ve noticed. Sucks because I don’t think there’s a single player in baseball more deserving of such accolades. A great guy Grandy is, hopefully he’ll snap out of it at the right time. Can’t have too many funks falling into the playoffs.
He shouldn’t have won it anyway.
Who do you think deserves the award . . . at this point?
Bautista. Leads MLB in OBP (11 points) and SLG (48 points), played two positions. I don’t care that his teammates are terrible.
Are you ignoring the argument about most “VALUABLE” not best player? He has played great but what has it done to help his team make the playoffs? Nothing.
I think Verlander wins based on “Valuable” – Cy Young award arguments aside.
I don’t see the difference between “valuable” and “best.” Same thing to me.
Take Bautista off the Jays, and they’d be worse off than the Yankees would be if you took away Granderson. One team being in contention and the other not has much more to do with the other 48 players than Bautista and Granderson.
Good points. But the defintion of the award has been a problem with the voters for a long time.
That’s only because voters warp the definition to fit their narrative. The rules of the award explicitly define value as “strength of offense and defense”. There is absolutely no mention of team record.
But by that thinking you’re saying that nobody on a good team should ever win it since they have more good players backing them up making the team not as bad without them.
Can you imagine how bad they’d be without him? He’s the most valuable guy on that team by far and really they haven’t had a bad season. They’d be in second place if they played in the central. Are you really going to take the MVP away from him because the Blue Jays play in the wrong division?
Iwouldn’t take it away but the voters will. How many times has a great player’s performance been overlooked becuase his team did not make the play-offs?
The way I think of it, helping a team make the playoffs just means you’re at the right place at the right time, thats not something you can put “value” on.
Value has to be earned.
You still think Bautista?
Joey Bats gets it. Especially if the Red Sox miss the playoffs.
That’s strange cause I have heard next to nothing about him winning the MVP. Almost nothing. And not just on ESPN, almost everywhere.
Most have said Gonzalez, Ellsbury, Granderson and Verlander.
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong and maybe. Bautista has been by far the best player in baseball this season. He’s got the same problem as Matt Kemp in the NL that he just is on a bad team.
Very true and that is why he wont’ win.
He’s hitting .150 (12-80) with 30 strikeouts and an ops under .700 in his last 22 games.
Holy shit that’s bad. I saw that he set a new franchise record for strike outs. That’s embarrassing. What happened to good Grandy? I miss him.
He hit a 2 run HR, yesterday, in a 1 run win.
If you strike out 9 times and hit 1 HR… that’s good? Is Granderson Mark Reynolds now? Hitting the occasional bomb doesn’t mean good Grandy’s back.
Good at bat by Tex
kay is on crack
Tex working the count? #ycpb
pour it on. I wanna see Brackman or Betances.
It would make great sense to go that route if it turns into a blowout. Romine has caught Betances this year.
Phil phor 7. Betances phor the 8th. Brackman phor the 9th. Unphortunatley that makes too much sense phor Girardi to do it…
That’s Phor sure. Phuck the binder.
swisher killed that ball, oh well
If Kay talks about Granderson’s average again and the MVP I’m going to go nuts, we’re voting for the 2011 MVP, not the 1943 MVP, we have a ton of much better ways to evaluate value and the greatness of a season, and while he merits consideration the point is winning as a team, not winning MVPs. I’d be thrilled for Curtis or Robbie if they did win, but I’d be a lot happier if the Yankees won the world series. And I don’t give a shit what Curtis is hitting, he’s had a great season
Ehh, he’s slumping. I expect a hot finish. More importantly, I want him hot in the postseason. If he’s going to hit his first extended slump of the season, better now than October.
Swish fail
If you’re going to kill a rally, do it the Chris Dickerson way.
Lefty approach has been great… a lot of batted balls up the middle and the other way.
Probably just perception but when the Yankees face a tough pitcher they seem a little less pull happy (Tex is still trying to pull everything but that’s his swing these past few years).
When did Teixeira close his stance?
“You can’t lose to the Oakland A’s”
you can when Piniero is pitching.
Thank you Phil.
You should do that more often.
good job hughes
Nice quick Phifth for Phil.
Did Phil just have a 1-2-3?!
on like 5 pitches as well.
Hack-tastic.
Dickerson for Mitre deal… not quite Swisher for Betemit… but the fact they got anything for Mitre is a steal!
and then they got Mitre back fo free. lol.
doesn’t that cancel out any value they get from Dickerson?
No, it’s better than one of those player to be named deals where the player turns out to be himself. They traded Mitre for Dickerson and Mitre!
I’d be willing to give up Dickerson to keep Mitre away from the Yankees
So, I laid down at like 8 o clock and told myself “don’t fall asleep or you’ll miss half the Yankee game and wont be able to fall asleep again. guess what happened?
You Phell asleep. That’s why I always DVR the game if I Phall asleep before the game.
Yep, knocked out cold. Sadly I don’t have DVR
somebody what to run down the scoring for me?
all you have to know is that c-dick took felix deep
C-Dick? as in Chris Dickerson? How the hell? I saw the six runs and my first thought was “Isn’t Felix supposed to be on the mound?”
It was a BOMB too.
Tex with a solo homer, Dickerson with a two run bomb, to go along with RBI’s by Chavez, Gardner, and Jeter.
You missed it, Andy Pettitte came out of retirment and hit a grandslam off of Felix Hernandez. Then Mike Mussina came by to give Phil Hughes some pointers on how to throw like an old man. Weirdest game I’ve ever seen.
Well, at least Phil will be able to pitch well now then, right? Now that you bring it up, would it be a bad idea to put Phil in contact with a guy like Mussina, talk to him about pitching with diminished stuff?
He’s got plenty of fellow pitchers on the team to teach him that, when/if he gets his stuff back, he’ll not only be an over-powering pitcher, he’ll be a smart pitcher. This is how guys like Verlander and created.
Phail. Phorgot to set your alarm clock? Phor shame.
LOL – Been there, done that – but not tonight. I took a nap from 6:30 to 8:00.
I haven’t been able to see Romine’s at bats… Does he look as though he’s capable of hitting at the utmost level? I’d hate to think that Montero won’t get his fair share of reps behind the plate.
looked out..
come on Phil
he out, might want to start getting the pen up
Here we phucking go….
No Phaith in Phil?
Why do I feel like Phil had better location in that downpour than he has tonight?
He’s better as the weather gets worse. He’s the Tom Brady of major league baseball, except he’s not the greatest human being on the planet that has the most perfect life.
6.1 innings with one run. Phil hasn’t had his A game especially in terms of control, but how can you complaiin about this performance? Granted, it’s against a poor offense, but even so, it’s a pretty good job.
Hold that thought….
5.1 innings
Thank you for the correction – Now 5.2 innings.
5.1 innings, and that one run isn’t it yet.
I hoping it is.
6.0 innings 1 run – not bad.
I think hes been shitty actually. He only throws 2 pitches and cant command neither. Also hes put 8 baserunners on so far against the worst offense in the league in only 5.2 innings.
Superficially good, like his last start against them. Too many base runners and a good team wouldn’t have let him off the hook like them again.
8 baserunners includes an infield single and a bogus walk that should have been a K. He wasn’t great, but he was hardly shitty.
So far I’m impressed by Romine behind the plate, looks like a legitimate catcher. Should be interesting to see if he can hit at the Major league level though.
Comon Joe, if he doesnt get Olivo out pull him
strike
Phil Hughes wants to blow this
Romine likes to pretend to throw to second.
I’d like to know where that missed
Is it just me or has Phil had a tight strike zone..I’ve only been watching since top 5 though so I can’t be sure.
Yup, no calls on the black.
Ump has been giving the outside strike on lefty hitters (to both pitchers) and has been tight on the inside strike to lefties (both pitchers)
Brooks link seems to be consistent with what it looks like on TV (I’m watching the Mariners feed)
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....evDate=912
I think the problem is that Phil’s control has been poor. Umps don’t give pitchers with poor command the pitches that are questionable.
Lavarnway Lite lmao
Looks like strike 3 to me: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
Good thing they aren’t playing the Angels, otherwise that ball would of dropped in.
Bloop grandslam for Aybar.
Infield grandslam for Mathis.
*breaths*
One more out, Phil, come on
Hughes needs to locate that curveball and tighten it up.
Phil got lucky there…that curve hung just a bit…
It hung a bit, but it was down and away so Olivo couldnt drive it.
Strike, Strike, Single
Strike, Strike… Walk
Strike, Strike… ?
This Phil Hughes… He’s good, huh?
Will he EVER learn to be more efficient? What does he average… 20 pitches an inning?
He doesn’t have a real strike out pitch now that he’s only at 91-93…causing a lot of phoul balls, driving his pitch count up. It also doesn’t help he goes to a full count on everybody.
Where’s Mussina to mentor when you need him? After watching Phil shag balls at batting practice the other day… you know what? I think he’s kind of a dick. I am NOT a Phan of Phil Phucking Hughes. Guy needs to learn how to pitch. Put him in the bullpen or teach the guy how to throw effectively.
17.2 this season
Thats the second worst in the league.
I think that’s called Scott Kazmir-like efficiency….
Or Dice-BB-like efficieny.
hughes curveball is trash
Phil says no runs for you.
The numbers say solid six innings from Hughes. QS for him.
collective sigh of relief now
6 IP 1 R looks good on paper, but damn Hughes did not make that look easy.
Betancs for the 7th and 8th, Brackman for the 9th.
*Betances
Yes. Romine with his first btw. Cherry officially popped.
I like Betancs better. Buh-Tonks. Sounds Cajun.
way to get out of it Phil
And the inning is phinally over.
First of many for Romine.
Grats Romine
Congrats Romine!
Congrats Romine!
Romine! yay first hit.
Way to go Romine, welcome to the bigs.
congrats romine, he swung that very well tonight
He can’t hit…..
Nice hit for Romine.
Congrats Austin Romine!
Congrats, Austin. Jesus at DH and Austin behind the plate is something we may be seeing for years to come.
w00t, way to go!
congrats Romine on your first MLB hit!
Yeah Romine!
DON’T TALK ABOUT JEANO LIKE THAT MICHEAL!!!
What’d he say?
Welcome to the big leagues, Romine!!!
Wow, Romine has decent speed for a catcher. He got a great jump too
Derek Jeter ain’t dead yet folks
Still loving retro Jeter again. There was a point where I thought we’d never see line drives to right again.
Trust me you weren’t alone. I thought he was done being a .300 hitter. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong.
Same here. I felt the same way.
There was a point where I thought we’d never see him PULL a ball again.
That, too. Happy to see hard-hit balls out of the infield. He’s always hit the infield dribblers, but that was all he was hitting for a year straight.
Three more years of retro Jeter, please, if I may get greedy.
I brought this up a ways back, but I remember back in June, there was a guy on here who was certain jeter would finish the year with a higher ops than gardner, rab collectively pointed and laughed at him (myself included) and now jeter has got gardner beat by about 20 points, how is that dude not gloating?
Who was it…or it this your humble was of saying it was you?
I have no idea, it wasn’t me, i said this above. but it happened in june or so, and started a big argument, i think it was a game thread, but i don’t have the energy to check, does no one else remember this, maybe i dreamed it?
Curtis, you have wronged my fantasy team of late. Redeem yourself with some garbage time production for me.
hahhhhhhhhh romine
All RIGHT, Grandy!
Austin Romine deserves his own laugh track on the bases.
Teix slam, blow it wide open.
if nothing else, romine is graceful on the basepaths
Here comes a Tex Slam
break it open some more and betances or brackman please
Is Betances activated?
According to yankees.com he is.
yea, awful at bat by teix
Time to Proctor/Laffey proof this game….
3-1, 93mph right down the middle… how did he miss that?
And then a 3-2 fail….
That has to be one of the ugliest swings ever. Terrible.
That was embarrassing, Tex.
Tex swung at ball four twice.
the pitch was by his throat
Hooray Tex, you twat!
Cano has been BEAST with the bases loaded this season.
3-1
here we go
Between all the iPad and Red Bull talk, I feel like I’m watching a commercial.
product placement at it’s finest.
Kay is fucking annoying!!!
Dammit guys stop swinging at ball four.
Cano swung at ball four, five and six
It worked out though =D
Mariner announcers talking about how good his FB is getting poor contact on the FB… they apparently don’t notice that Tex and Cano have been swinging at pitches out of the zone
How about that?
i love cano
ROBBIE! DONTCHA KNOW!
Beast.
Betances time!!
Beast Mode Robbie.
I feel like Cano can get a hit whenever the hell he wants.
This is seriously what it looks like a bunch of the time.
GREAT fucking at bat Robbie!!!
The blowout we’ve been waiting for has arrived!
Nice job Robbie, even if you swung at ball four like, ten times.
whatever works, right?
Picky, picky picky. You have to like the result despite the approach.
/Anti-Matt’d
walks are for sissys
Nice at bat.
That is just ridiculous hitting there by Cano. You just cant teach that.
Robbie WOW. such a good hitter.
Asi mismo Robinson que bueno!!!!
Robinson Cano: He’s just better than you
Oh yes!
what an at bat by Cano
oh yeah, i forgot, the yankees have an awesome offense
Killer B’s (righty editions) time.
Take a walk when you swing like Robbie Cano??? How dare you??? Hahaha!!!
Robbie has so much strength the other way it’s almost unfair. If you were to show me just the ball going into left field, I’d swear a righty pulled an inside fast ball.
I’ve been getting on Granderson lately, but that was impressive baserunning. I don’t know how he read it that well and scored from first on that.
His 128th run scored of the season. Ridic.
His baserunning is top notch (and reads)… if you believe the advanced statistics at fangraphs (bsr), there are only 2 guys in baseball this year better on the bases (Andrus and Bourne).
Ummm…..Betances or Brackman now please. No excuses, Girardi. You can rest your bullpen now. Do the right thing.
just tuned in
how has hughes been?
Poor control. Decent velocity. Good difference between fastball and offspeed pitches. Decent job against a terrible offense.
not sure what id rather have
hughes with good control or good velocity
6 IP, 1 R but wasn’t very efficient. Lots of base runners and lots of long counts.
That AB reminded me of the AB Cano had against Baltimore a while back (and hit a grandslam after seeing 7 straight fastballs)
Cano got 10 straight 4 seam fastballs in that AB… the only surprising result was he stayed in the park.
Proctor :/
You called that right.
He’s so important for the future of the organization though. Why would you rather see veteran retreads like Betan…
Wait, what?
Cano’s OPS with the bases loaded this year is over 1700. That’s 1.700.
Cano, from the Latin meaning Beast.
I wonder how Mattingly’s ’87 season with 6 Grand Slams compares to that.
Mattingly was at 1.902.
That’s an incredible number! Thanks for the look up.
Why Proctor?
Reply fail. But my point stands nonetheless.
swisher struggline with hitting a sac fly lately
Brackman, please.
Or
Betances, please.
Why do I think it will be neither?
if not now, when?
Because of you-know-who….sooo get ready for more Proctor or Laffey.
The he-who-shall-not-be-named?
There’s no fucking reason to roll Scott Proctor out there right now. You just called up these young arms who might have a future in the Bronx. 8 run lead. Rather than using the opportunity to see what Brackman and Betances actually have, rather than reading scouting reports, you put in….Scott Fucking Proctor????
I don’t think that Girardi understands the importance of having someone like Betances on playoff roster… Look at what David Price did in 2008 (I believe it was ’08)
They’ve scored plenty and have the game well in hand, but again they failed to get a run home from 3rd with less than 2 out. I think that’s 3 times tonight.
Betances for the 8th.
Brackman for the 9th.
Girardi is a moron. A 9-1 game against the Mariners, where else are you gonna get Betances some work?
fuck, Scott Proctor? why? go away Scott.
Poor route there by Grandy…
WTF Swish! Damnit, dude, get that extra run in! And why the FUCK is the Butt Doctor in? Where the hell is Betances and Brackman? Why have that kind of fire power around if you’re not even going to use them?
Because Scott Proctor has veteran presents.
Like frankincense and myrrh?
Whatever works for Girardi. To him below average veterans > promising rookies.
This here is a legitimate reason to rag on Girardi. It… doesn’t make sense… his affinity for less-than-average relievers.
Grandy should have had that.
Probably – for some reason he got turned around on that ball. Not something he usually does. Remember that Safeco is a BIG ball park though.
I actually think he does often take bad routes and get bad jumps on balls, which is why he should be in LF (not that many people disagree on that part because of Gardner’s awesome D).
woot backmoster in the pen
BRACKMONEY!
Wow, Torre hated his bullpen guys, huh?
Brack Monster up
BRACKMAN!
holy shit yes
Brackman sighting! :O
Hope he pitches the 8th. That’d be exciting.
Brackman is now up in the pen along with Logan
It must suck to be a M’s fan.
Eh, I have a friend who’s a Mariners fan. She tells me she’s used to losing, victory is sweeter, etc.
I think that’s b/s though. Winning is fun no matter how often you do it.
I don’t get it, either.
i get that
i get pissed when the yankees only win by 8
Further proof that the human mind can justify anything.
I live up in the NW and it’s amazing the wait til next year/we got unlucky in 2010 attitude that exists. And now Felix/Pineda = get a few pieces and they are back in contention.
They had a winning record in ’09 (despite being outscored) and then they added Lee and thought “we should contend” (not realizing it was the ’09 year that was the lucky year). Since they regressed they assumed it was a luck issue.
Jack Z also walks on water and can do no wrong… the SABR crowd really likes him too and have spent much time talking about how Smoak was a much better choice than Montero for Lee; how the Figgins deal looks bad in hindsight but was not a terrible decision at the time…. etc… etc…
I am not much for being a hater, But after the C Lee deal, I am close to that with Jack Z. At the very least, I want Montero to become the “one that got away” for the M’s.
UZR king at it again.
Bourjas woulda got to that, whether he caught it is another discussion.
Great catch Gardy!!!!!
garder is so good out there
There’s Grandy’s UZR
so brackman next inning
Gold Glove Gardy gets it!
Please, please, please put in 2/3 of the killer B’s!
Gardner is just good at baseball
Goddamn if Gardner’s not one of the smoothest looking fielders on that ball to his left going back (especially in contrast to Granderson who has trouble with that exact ball)
Brackman in the eighth and Betances in the ninth please.
I think Brackman may be our 8th and 9th inning guy.
Is there any reason to think Valdes can get left-handers out? Not sure why he’s on the team as he hasn’t sniffed action while Laffey has been getting his butt handed to him.
The binder says he has no value.
Adam Jones is not a certified star FYI.
Regarding UZR, Fangraphs uses that for its fielding metric, correct?
Regardless, Peter Bourjos was at 9.2+ heading into yesterday’s game with the Yankees where he bothed up two balls.
So what’s his fielding metric today? How much did it go down you ask. It didn’t. It went up to 9.4+.
Haven’t a clue.
I might be wrong, but I think errors are counted as fielded balls in UZR since its a demonstration of range.
The problem I have with many advanced fielding meterics is a lack of transparency. We see base hits. We know how BA and OBP and SLG is calculated. We can double check against park factors.
With fielding, we don’t get to see how each play is scored in UZR, or Dewan’s plus/minus. Maybe it exists somewhere, but I haven’t found it. So while I understand the concept, and agree with much of it, what I don’t like is I can’t score the scorers. It’s a match equation, there is input, but I can’t see it easily. That’s why many people have problems with it.
…math equation…
I don’t think that UZR is update daily, so yesterday’s game may not be included. Not sure about that though.
I believe fangraphs does its UZR updates every 2 weeks.
I looked to see if Granderson’s UZR had changed after the 2 OF assists (which should impact the armR component in UZR and it hadn’t changed)
Betances gettin loose!
B’s!!!!!!!!
betances and brackan warming , giadri is toying with our emotions
Ok, so Brackman sat down and Betances is up. I’ll settle for either one!
Betances, this is going to get fun fast
Unleash the B’s!
Heh, Girardi’s just playing mind games with everyone. They’re really just up to throw a bullpen session and Proctor and Laffey will finish the game…
That wouldn’t surprise me.
Annnnnd Proor back out there…. Boo.
Yup, and there’s Proctor still out there…
And there’s Laffey warming up. I bet he’d be pitching if Proctor hadn’t allowed those runs.
There is a freak show in the bullpen, Mariners fans watching Brackman and Betances warm up must feel like they’re at a circus watching giants pitch.
I fucking love Bruce Springsteen.
Dude I didn’t know the Betances family lived like two towns over from me. The restaurant I work at delivers to Teaneck regularly… I’m going door to door with menus tomorrow lol.
Jeter, please stay away from this abundance of groundouts. Thank you.
Come on Joe damn.
Proctor again? ugh. Joe is really messing with my emotions.
??????
fuck you giradri, whats the point of callinh them up if giadri won’t pitch them
Giadri?
Who you callinh a Giadri?
Thanks, Girardi, ya cock knocker.
the gods want Betances to pitch.
Joe G finds a way to make a blowout win feel like shit.
If you feel like shit after this game, then you must be an unhappy man.
nice scoop swisher
Proctor is throwing some heat – 94-95 mph
What happened to my comment? I guess it got stuck with Betances and Brackman…
Proctor working his way on to the post season roster?
/Ilovememysecurityblankets
Funny thing is my confidence level with him is about the same than it is with Soriano.
PULL PROCTOR. NOW.
Ok, pull Scotty please. Put in anybody(except Brackman) and lets close this out.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that our fucking manager is probably auditioning Scott Fucking Proctor for a postseason roster spot….
There’s no other sensible reason for this, esp. vs. a weak offense like Seattle. The kids should be pitching at least an inning a piece.
I think you have it right.
I can haz Betances now?
Not tonight buddy.
Vintage Proctor. He’s working hard to create a save situation for Mariano.
I don’t think that’s fair, Proctor was awesome for us for a couple years.
Ayala?
Fucking Joe man.
Do I have to break out the WAAAAAAAAAAAH again?
C’mon Man
Figured it out…. Girardi trying to work this game to save #600?
Either that or trying to get Proctor the always fun 3 inning, scorer’s discretion save
When is this Proctor/Laffey experiment going to end?
Sadly when Girardi decides which one he’s going to carry on the postseason roster.
You think he’s playing Nunex in RF the other for kicks? (against a right? with Dickerson on the bench? or another right option like Golson?)
He’s trying to figure out a way to carry Montero and Posada without needing a 5th OF like Dickerson so he can still get that extra bullpen arm.
wow spelling, typing and English fails in that one… oops…
I bet one of them is gonna be on the playoff roster.
It will probably be Laffey as Boone protection
It would be hilarious if they do that and not give Raul Valdez any innings.
They might not pitch in a game until we clinch a playoff spot.
as long as we get to see Proctor and Laffeym who cares about anything else
Grandy back?
Why the Phuck isn’t Girardi using Brackman or Betances to at least get an inning in to get their feet wet?
Maybe he’s saving them for tomorrow for when A.J gets lit up.
/Probably answered my own question’d
*Pheet
*Phor
Phail.
Sad Phace
You probably did answer your own question.
That’s what Proctor’s for, not the kids….
Maybe Girardi is saving the Bs for relief if/when AJ implodes.
Ump is in a hurry, helping out M’s pitchers
Shit, I just realized that was the kidnapper/rapist.
What????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Lueke
The entry summarizes everything. For the real meat and potatoes, check out the articles that are referenced.
I trust that Texas’ GM Jon Daniels is telling the truth in this matter and Jack Z. downplayed the communication after it became public. He was saving face.
The irony is that the M’s scouting director was fired and Jack Z-redneck gets a contract extension.
Someone had to fall on the swords and Jack Z still walks on water up in the northwest….
He gave some lip service about reviewing their vetting systems but that’s a stretch when if they had done a mere Google search they probably would have found that info (Even if what Daniels told him was true how does a professional front office not followup on the details of something like that independently)
I also tend to believe Daniels on this one.
Wow. What a degenerate.
well i guess the ump gets points for consistency
AYALA WHY
Well there goes seeing the B’s tonight.
Ayala? come on…can Girardi at least bring in Raul Valdez?
Dammit Girardi. Such a tease. Warm Betances and Brackman…but give us Proctor and Ayala.
i pretty sure betances can out pitch proctor in relief, tb using moore in relief
I hate Joe right now.
Dude, Brackman is HUGE
so is dellin
i saw him in AA and its crazy you really dont even notice HOW big till hes walking back to the dugout and dwarfs all the other players
Yeah, when they said he was 6’7″ I said wow…I never knew he was so big.
He played basketball at NC State. He was their Power Phorward
http://espn.go.com/mens-colleg.....w-brackman
I hate Girardi even more. The Yankees won the game, and I still can’t stand this guy, my God.
Fucking Laffey.
Joe is a bitch.
Great point made earlier.
Joe is prepping for an AJ meltdown
I bet you if AJ gets lit up we still don’t see the B’s.
He’d use Noesi for that.
That Olivo HR probably cost the B’s a shot to appear in this game :/
Personally I think that is a weak hazing. Phil’s rookie year was awesome, the Wizard of Oz.
Brackman getting loose for the 10th inning!
(or getting work in)
Am I the only one happy with the win?
Theeeeeee Yankees win!!!!
Good win Yankees!
Theeeeee Yankees win! Against King Felix! For the first time!
I dont think I ever been this mad at a 9-3 victory in a long time.
LMAO but I’m the same way right now. Tight. WTF is with our manager???
And he’s the very first one to complain about such-and-such pitcher is not available today due to…..
You got two of our talented kids in the bullpen, ready to go, in a low-risk situation, versus a weak offense, with a 8 run lead and you roll out Scott Proctor and Luis Ayala?????
They don’t have the required 20 days of inaction and rust on them before being forced to use them in the 14th inning of a game yet…
If it weren’t for that game, Noesi would have pitched 0 big league innings this year.
4 games up on the Red Sox in the division. Nice round number. And now the magic number is the ol’ Phil Rizzuto.
But the Rays are the team to watch in Sept. We have 2 series with them, and they are already dismantling Boston. They are getting hot at the exact right time of the year, and they’re young and healthy. Keep your eyes on the Rays as Boston fades.
So what’d you guys think of Phil?
Got the job done. Not overwhelming, got squeezed and hit pretty often, but didn’t implode against a weak offense. No matter vs. whoever, you can’t be too mad at a 6 inning, 1 run outing.
I thought he did what he needed to do against a bad ophense. He looked great in some innings, and shaky in others but he was able to not give up any runs. 1 run in 6 innings is great phor him, especially against a pitcher like Felix.
Romine seems like a smart player and a likable guy from his postgame interview.