Sep
13
Game 147: Sleepless in Seattle
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Only two more west coast games … only two more west coast games … only two more west coast games … here’s the lineup …
Derek Jeter, SS
Nick Swisher, RF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Jesus Montero, DH
Andruw Jones, LF
Russell Martin, C
Eduardo Nunez, 3B
Brett Gardner, CF
A.J. Burnett, SP
It’s another 10:10pm ET start, and you can watch on YES. Enjoy.
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Furbush? Really?
Really.
You know who he was traded for?
Fister.
So a Fister for a Furbush? Am I the only one who see’s a disturbing innuendo there?
Nope. RABers have pounded that trade to the ground.
If only they could have somehow included Wang in a three-way.
too bad they traded Doug. Could have been Felix, Fister Furbush.
I laughed
Hopefully a poor Mariners offense and pitchers park helps AJ look good tonight.
Is it just me or do you guys really hate Nick Markakis now? I wish they could play more game this year just to nail him with a fastball.
This thread should have been called Fister For Furbush.
Yup the ole fister in the furbush. I wonder if ichero gets the joke.
nothing better get through the right side with two second-basemen…
BURN Axisa.
Number of times Kay talks about trading for “King Felix”, over or under 1.5?
Over. I’m saying double.
Can Al Lieter say furbush without a snicker good thing cone is not here anymore
Montero protecting Cano who usually protects ARod. Jesus right in there with the big boys.
Nice to see Swisher back in right, Martin back behind the plate and Curtis getting a night off.
I work part time in Stop and Shop as a chasier and in comes a guy that looks exactly like Jack Curry. I didn’t want to say anyhting because if it wasn’t him it would be awkward. I thought it was him but I thought he should have been in Seattle. So I scan and bag his groceries until the register tells me that I owe 0.00 change to…Jack Curry.
So I was like choking up and of course the only thing I say is “The machine is telling me you’re Jack Curry…”
Then he gave me a blank stare for a couple seconds and he was like yeah. And I was getting gassed up and shit. He was asking if I saw him on TV and shit and I’m like why aren’t you in Seattle and it was his day off. Fuck I didn’t get to say much because he was asking where I was from and shit but next time I’m going to have a Yankee conversation with a guy from YES. Not gonna lie it was fucking epic seeing him in real life.
Curry seems like a great guy and he’s my favorite guy on YES, tied with Cone.
I agree. Now I met him for like 2 minutes but does seem like a nice guy. He was friendly before I fully knew it was him and then when the machine told me it was him my mind was blown.
I think it was Curry who met up with Axisa and Pawlikowski last year at the winter meetings, he seemed great then and I’ve heard some stories about him. He’s the anti-Heyman.
Yeah I’m gonna be sad if I don’t see him and actually talk about baseball this time…
can i ask which stop and shop it was? does he live in NYC or the tristate area?
Emerson, NJ. He told me he lives in River Vale.
aww shucks. i live in paramus. I WANNA RUN INTO JACK CURRY!!!!
Yeah it was so awesome. But I live in River Edge which is 3seconds form you so you might catch him if you’re really lucky.
hey neighbor!! i live right up the street from kinderkamack, off midland. jack curry fans unite!!
So are they done panicking in Boston? Ortiz left with back spasms or something.
Also, looking at their box score, all the offense came from the 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 hitters pretty much. That’s weird.
Back spasms for a guy that age and size, one in very bad shape that does nothing but DH is a very bad sign.
beating Morrow and the AAA Jays ain’t that impressive.
Hopefully they resume their free fall tomorrow against Romero.
And Wakefield still pitched like shit, too.
Morrow with a 3.49 xFIP and the Blue Jays have some damn good bats in that lineup.
Jete jumps on Furbush
Jeter all over furbush nothing new there.
nice jeter
Not so nice Swish.
Why the hell is Swisher playing?
Didn’t he say that his arm still hurts swinging from the the right side?
He said that 24 hours ago. It might have changed
I’m sure with him shaking his arm after every swing last night he’s feeling great.
damm right at him
Two pitches, two outs, with a hit included. Has to tie a record made many times over.
Although I’m guessing there’s been a three-pitch inning with two guys on that ended in a triple play.
Even better.
1 pitch triple play inning for this guy.
http://www.baseball-reference......5270.shtml
How can a runner score on a triple play? I thought the inning would be over with no runs coming across.
Thats what I thought right away, but thats only on the force play I think, in this case there was a regular force play-double play and the run scored, then the last out of the triple play was a tag at home plate. I’m pretty sure if this was a force play all around, the run wouldn’t count.
Ah.
Unless the chain of forceouts is maintained, it’s a race between the runner crossing the plate and the third out being recorded. Think liner, caught off base, caught off base.
They just spent 9 minutes, 47 seconds dissecting the Boston game that hasn’t evenended yet. They had to show every single hit by Ellsbury & Pedroia in the highlight.
“This is the game that just got Boston into the playoffs.”
if it was the Yanks beating Toronto 18-5, they would show the final and a 10-second highlight with no box score.
They showed the entire box score on BB2N.
I just threw up in my mouth again.
(no, i’m not surprised by this. just consistently sickened by it.)
ITs 18-5. The game is practically over.
I think he was more pissed off at the fact that they showed every hit by Ellsbury and Pedroia (8) in the highlight. I remember the 3 Grand Slam game they showed just the three Grand Slams and a few of the A’s hits that day.
I hate NESN national. But I have to give them a break on that one.
I’ve never seen NESN beyond, that is, when the Red Sox are on MLBN and they ALWAYS use the NESN feed. I can’t understand why they don’t use the opposing team’s broadcasters on some occassions.
The main announcer for the Red Sox is fine. It’s Jerry Remy I can’t take. His voice, his accent and his yelling (he’s normal pitch is close to a yell) are all horrible.
When I saw it on Quick Pitch, they just showed the 3rd, with a quick “The Yankees became the first team to hit three grand slams in a game” and the final. I had stayed up just to see the highlights at like 2am. I was very upset.
But don’t they have to show every hit to keep the Ellsbury MVP campaign on track?
Pedroia you have to show because he’s short and gets extra creidt for being short and being able to hit.
I do love how Kruk was talking about how these guys came up big “when it counted” (apparently the Rays series that just finished was relatively unimportant)
That’s why I never ever ever ever ever ever watch ESPN except when the Yankees are playing on sunday nights.
I’ve developed a very bad habit in watching ESPN. I like to listen to the Herd and the announcer (Colin Cowherd) brings in Curt Schilling once a week and he defends his Red Sox and poo-poos the Yankees.
this. and yes Jesse read my angst correctly.
IPK going for W #20, spotted a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st.
what a year for him.
Good for him. Glad he found success elsewhere. I still don’t think he’d ever have amounted to that for us.
AJ with the electric command.
ump got a tight zone, not a good sign for burnett
Tight strikezone and AJ = Bad.
Yankees approach in the first innings seemed to be to attack Furbush’s first pitch. The scouting report probably shows he throws a lot of first-pitch strikes. They may want to change that approach is the ump is going to be tight.
Where the hell are these missing?
They aren’t missing, Brooks has them on the corner… (the Smoak pitch was a bit marginal)
CHeck swing call was also pretty marginal… he struck out Smoak 3 times in that AB (and struck out Carp in the AB before on the 0-2 pitch)
Gotta like Martin calling for a 3-1 changeup on Ackley. Even though AJ shook it off, 1st inning is a good time to try it with AJ.
jeter gotta turn that dp
This zone is a joke.
take pitches, ump not calling a thing
No implosion. Good offspeed stuff.
Now the strikezone is huge.
He called the Cano strike on the swing not the spot of the pitch.
Don’t think so, he would have pointed to the bat.
oh shit that was beautiful.
CANO hits to many homers.
Don’t ya know!!
Dude is amazing.
Beast
Ribinson!
The Prince of the City
8 game hitting streak right?
Jesus base hit
Montero!
Mi tambien.
Jesus is good at this hitting thing
(So far)
Imagine Cano’s run production if Teixera were actually any good… I can’t help but mock the MT25. It’s like . . . a disease . . . it’s like I just can’t help myself.
Criticize Teix all you want, but calling him not “any good” is batshit insane.
You’re right. I think I’ll criticize Teixera all I want. He’s not any good.
congrats, you’re batshit insane.
Didn’t he hit a homer yesterday?
Ranks 3rd in WAR for 1B, but I guess he sucks.
He’s a troll. Don’t worry about him.
Yeah . . . About that . . .
You definitely need to be banned.
I want to ask you a serious question though. Besides Gonzo and Pujols, who in your opinion is better than Tex in baseball?
Eh, Prince? Maybe. Depends what you like/long-term value.
Also, Joey Votto pretty easily at this point, I’d say.
Cabrera as well, I would say
Wow. Joey Votto does have huge numbers…I mean I knew he was good but I never realized he was that good.
Speed on the bases. Not exactly.
lets go martin
That 1-1 pitch to Russell looked like a strike. This ump ain’t calling nothin close.
Martin swung at ball 4
Yankees might want to be ready for 3-2 curveballs (I know you have to be ready for the fastball, but it’s not like he’ going to blow it by you)
Furbush didn’t want any of that.
Let’s get more for AJ guys.. That’ll do.
Montero shows off the speed
Jesus with teh wheels .
Kid is completely unstoppable.
can anybody hit a sac fly, just dreadful
Sac fly to bring the runner home from firstbase? Maybe Montero.
Well they got the one run out of it which was necessary
Thank goodness for the wp.
ok AJ, shut down inning please
AJ Burnett with a lead: .957 OPS against
AJ Burnett while trailing: .655 OPS against
Did YES run out of commercials, or did the announcers finally talk about the ipad and red bull enough to skip the ads.
Just out of curiousity
What is the Yankees ERA in shutdown innings?
0.00
+1
IETC
couldn’t find it at baseball-reference.com…
Credit to Martin for calling that breaking ball again after the first one fell short by two feet. The hitter was looking for anything but a curve.
We go up 2-0 and AJ does what he does. Shit is a broken record.
What really sucks is this Seattle offense is horrendous.
2.0 IP and 1 ER, can we give the guy sometime to implode before we declare this a shitty start.
It’s a broken record. We score a run, he gives one up immediately after.
Do they keep that kind of stat? How often a pitcher immediately (next 1/2 inning) surrenders a run after the offense provides him the lead.
We just need to keep scoring runs against this team who normally can’t score.
As long as we score more runs than he gives up, he can keep this up.
Still think he can keep this up???
Unless he gives up the lead, you cant object.
this is why burnett is a major league scrub
And just when I thought AJ might actually not give up a run…
nah, runner on third no one out, you gotta expect the run to score.
So…that could’ve been a lot worse.
Jesus Montero 2011 fWAR: 0.3
Ichiro Suzuki 2011 fWAR: 0.4
Keith Law better start bloging about food.
so no commercials anymore? I like.
So … no more commercials?
I can’t express how amazing this no commercial YES broadcast is.
Curious. Where are you, and what provider are you on? I’m getting commercials.
Bergen County, NJ. On YES provided by IO by Cablevision.
Nassau county, Verizon Fios.
bergen county. no commercials before but now they’re back
Hmmm, I’m Cablevision in Westchester. Plenty of commercials. You’re on Fios and Chen Meng Wang is on IO Cablevision (which I think, although not sure, is different than my Optimum Cablevision), so not sure what the deal is.
Enjoy your ad-free Yankee game!
Moar Yankee runs please!
Wont complain about AJ because he didnt give up the lead.
If and When he does then I will complain.
so what happened to the commercials?
Loving this no commercial thing.
Is it just me, or are there no commercials??
Yeah what’s going on with the zero commercials the entire game?
BABiP fail
Double that.
x2
x2
Listening to the Mariners feed:
Fun to listen to them talk about how they need Smoak to become a power guy… I’d love to know what goes through their heads when they see Montero bat.
Tex taking some nice swings. Tex message?
commercials? noooooooooo
he got lucky, buts thats a shutdown inning, burnett wouldn’t know what that is
Wait what are these tings on my screen right now?
Commercials are back. At least it’s a good one.
Now they went to commercial. Very strange.
I wonder if they had trouble switching feeds or something?
what am I missing….why no Grandy but a Hurt Swisher?
Girardi is give players days off.
Because Golson can’t hit! Swish can’t throw-less important.
If only Girardi saw that wince…
burnett is pathetic
The definition of insane…..
Here it comes….again.
makes sense with Grandy starting to come out of his slump an all…best thing for that is to sit a day
Burnett is pathetic.
heh, teddy beat me to it a couple posts up.
He’s injured.
AJ injured, there is your 5 man rotation.
Aj hurt?
The phantom injury for AJ, shut him down.
pull him
oh darn, burnett is hurt
I swear, i could point to any bum’s name in the phonebook & they could get a hit off AJ
they are just going to let him throw?
he’s wincing. dont look good for burnett.
so, is michael kay saying that the Yankees don’t care if AJ is hurt?
So Noesi throwing in the pen but nobody even went out to talk to AJ?
really tough play ,been nice to turn 2 there
Tex is popping up balls with his glove now. This guy can’t stop popping up.
I’m so tired of Burnett. Every game, regardless of the quality of the line-up he just sucks. I’d rather see Betances or Noesi get a chance. At least if they bomb I can justify it by saying they’re young and raw. Burnett is just awful. Cringe worthy pitching. I don’t know what to tell you if you can’t hold a pathetic Mariners offense down…
Take him the fuck out
AJ is such a joy to watch. By far the most fun games to watch.
Death, Taxes, and AJ.
Take this clown out of the game. This should be his last hitter to get Noesi warmed.
I swear the Yankees are so dumb when it comes to injuries.
Get his ass out of the game.
AJ is deranged.
a healthy burnett is horrible, should be interesting to see what potentially injured burnett is like
this is hilarious
Does AJ have Count Chocolutis?
/post fail
Count Choculitis
Spontaneous dentohydropolosion.
Inverted Penis
as much as i dont like burnett well prob most yankee fans hate burnett but if ur hurt dont decide to be macho and tell coaches ur fine. we still have a game to win and unfortunately stuck with u for another 2 years
Look everyone! AJ’s back!
*collective groan*
Is it stupid for me to be ok with an AJ injury?
hey Giradi, the great thing about pulling a pitcher because of injury is you get to let the next guy warm up as LONG AS HE WANTS
Holy shit Joe, just take him out!
This fucking guy is wincing in pain after every pitch and has obviously lost every bit of control that he ever had to begin with- which isn’t much at all…
Is it that hard to see?
AJ sucks, but this ump isn’t doing him any favors.
This is comical. If that was any other Yankee pitcher (even including Scott Proctor) he would have been dragged off the mound 10 pitches ago.
No post season for this guy. Enough already.
olivio has a 257 obp, you suck aj
Olivo didnt get on base.
This is like watching Kei Igawa, but with more tatts. And worse control.
And more expensive.
I have never seen a “curve” so wild – LOL if Montero or Romine were back there.
Could Betances really be worse than this??
COnsidering what I’ve heard about his control yes.
We’ll never know, since our manager doesn’t trust him.
But this joke he rolls out every 5 days????? The Webster’s dictionary picture of trustworthiness with a lead.
/sanity
If that was montero……
It’s just a shame that AJ can only pitch every 5 days. This is so fun to watch. Just crisp and dominant.
It’s too bad that guys don’t swing at pitches 4 feet out of the zone.
Doug Fister would’ve been nice to have. I wonder what Jack Z would’ve wanted from the Yanks for him.
Probably something ridiculous like Betances and Romine. Fucking Jack Z.
Would Colon have been a fit for Fister?
So sad that it seems nobody else got this joke. Well done.
I’d say Brackman and Warren.
Pretty please, have mercy and put this horse down.
Martin looks like a hockey goalie. $85 million of shit that he has to protect.
Burnett starts are a pain to watch. Don’t know why I’m staying up so late for this crap.
Would love to have seen Romine catch tonight.
All told, that could have been much worse.
AJ is slightly pumped about that K…maybe he can settle down and give us three or four more innings of 0-1 run baseball? I live in a fantasy world btw.
noesi should start the next inning.yanks should be up if nunez can hit a damm sac fly
The maddening thing is that he always buys himself an extra inning.
Well AJ has done a good job of limiting the damage in the last two innings, I’ll give him that. But man, the guy is allergic to 123 innings.
Oh well, there went the lead. Back to 0-0, offense. Gotta be the biggest moral booster hitting behind this pitcher.
Leyritz
The main problem is this dumbass bounce the curve in the dirt philsophy…. he doesn’t need to go for a swing and a miss on just about EVERY 2 strike curveball.
Most of them are so far off the plate they become easy takes… how many curves do you see caught below the strike zone that aren’t bounced?
The King, Jim Leyritz
Hit one out Montero.
Technically Martin had a passed ball in that inning but given how much a catcher has to move on many of these AJ curves I don’t blame the catcher – it’s almost like catching Wakefield.
Since changed to a wild pitch by official scorer.
I wonder how Martin’s thumb is feeling.
Flaherty seems too obvious for the trivia.
Its Jim Leyritz
Montero > Smoak.
what a beast.
Fuck that would have been out everywhere else. Go go Jesus!
Hooray Jesus.
montero crushed that ball
That’s a homer in YS3
i know its a septemeber sample but im really loving me some montero
Epic.
He didn’t look like he swung hard at all.
Thank mo we have jesus
Jesus makes me happy.
Sterling practically jumped out of his shoes on that one. And then fell quickly back into them.
rookie mistake by jesus
Montero Fail?
hell no, jones should have known to not hit it towards the ss
that sucked
Well he certainly runs like a catcher, suck it Keith Law.
What the hell is that kid doing? Might cost us a run. Somebody on the bench better school him for next time.
Ah well.
Hes Miguel Cabrera with the bat but hes Jorge with the baserunning
I am not sure what is more predictable, A.J.’s lack of command each start, or the comments about A.J on the RAB game threads.
Learn baby learn. Jesus will correct that.
Am I the only one who thought it wasnt that big of a deal? It was a hard hit grounder and he just got out. If hes safe, both him and Jones are on.
Not at all, I mean it’s a bad mistake, but not unforgivable.
This game sucks.
On a positive note, you know that Cashman is somewhere grinning at the hitting display Montero is putting on in Seattle, while Smokes (Smoak) is struggling to find his way still.
Be careful, positive comments aren’t allowed on AJ days.
And very quietly, Furbush is doing to the Yankees what the like of Adam Loewen and Bryan Bullington did. Keeping the Yanks in check.
Didn’t Bryan Bullington throw a complete game shutout? Furbush isn’t coming anywhere close to that.
Yes I know that, But you’re ruining my narrative.
Don’t forget about Sean O’Sullivan. The change-up guru who killed us in 3 games down the stretch last year. I swear that he was our kryptonite.
Your memory is off: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/pl.....?year=2010
Only in one game. We blew him up in the other 2.
For the first time in my life, I have forgiven Jesus.
It was Flaherty!
Wow it was Flaherty. I thought it was Layritz.
I’m starting to get really annoyed that Furbush is settling down and pitching like Jon Lester while AJ somehow finds a way to walk the bases loaded with a lineup full of guys with .250 OBPs. Disgusting.
As AJ has a 1,2,3 inning.
A 1-2-3 inning from Burnett? Has 2012 come early?
he didn’t have a lead to blow that inning
nice inning burnett
I cannot believe I’m saying this: awesome inning from AJ
Look, a 123 inning
1-2-3 inning by Burnett!!!!
1-2-3 inning by Burnett!!!!
1-2-3 inning by Burnett!!!!
Holy shit!!!! All things are possible!!!!
who got a better bat nunez or laird
I would still say Nunez.
Laird but it’s close.
Furbush is basically doing it the Brett Cecil way. Fastball on the plate and curveball away.
Man, when Gardner is slumping he just looks sophomoric at the plate
Yankees, just get Furbush’s pitch count up. You can’t hit him, obviously.
I know it’s a small sample size… but Nunez seems like a terrible 2 strike hitter
0-2 .456 OPS
1-2 .455 OPS
2-2 .316 OPS
3-2 .657 OPS
It’s about 110 AB’s total… small sample, but his approach on 2 strikes is not good.
Yeah I am not lasting through this game. 10pm games suck
I’m only here for Jesus.
Jesus almost makes watching AJ pitch tolerable
He also makes meaningless games in September bearable.
I’d compliment AJ, but with 2 outs, he’ll probably walk the next three guys and then give up a grand slam.
AJ got tired of our shit and decided to get to work apparently.
Who is this pitcher and where did he come from?
Wow, eight straight retired by Burnett. Wake the hell up, offense. Streaks like this are bound to end in ugly fashion.
burnett looking very good, heart of the lineup
Is AJ allowed to have 2 good innings in a row?
another good inning by AJ. Whats going on here?
did AJ pull a I dont’t suck anymore muscle?
Everyone SHHH! Don’t jinx it…
new bat smell
Swish! get ‘em over get ‘em in now.
swisher hit the ball hard tonight, come on teix
SWISHAROO with a huge double.
Rookie pitchers have a 6.39 ERA against the Yankees. Doesn’t seem like it.
very good job teix, come on cano
So he could hit a double that would give the Yankees the lead, that’s why.
http://riveraveblues.com/2011/.....nt-2821613
Its amazing how many people on the internet know how to play/manage the game better than the professionals.
cano swung at a bad pitch, not a good hack, damm
Worked just like a sac fly.
I’ll take it Robbie. You got the run in. 3-2 Yanks.
But I wont take that.
wow come on Robbie…..
Fuck Safeco
That would be 2 homeruns for Montero if this was Yankee stadium.
I can’t stay mad at you, Robbie.
That was a lot worse than way Jesus did.
Well that sucked.
montero just missed it and cano ruins the inning. y
Yankee beisbol
Beisbol berry berry good to me
/1986 Dodgers’d
Jesus wept…
John 11:35 on the RAB thread…..nice.
Oh, come on, Mr. Robinson Cano. How many times has that happened to Jeter or A-Rod in their lengthy careers?
Love Robbie, but…
Well, at least he crushed it. Don’t think that would’ve gone out of other parks.
Come on Robbie, Peter Borjous is an ANGEL, not a Mariner.
The curve is on tonight.
come on aj 1 more out
This is the best I’ve seen AJ since April of 2010.
Where is the AJ implosion? Just when I thought I could count on him for something he goes ahead and messes that up too.
Gotta hand it to Burnett tonight. Eleven K’s and two ER. Impressive, regardless of the offense he faced.
The best AJ has looked this year.
wow
AJ’s first quality start since……?
June 29. Seriously.
June 29 I believe
11 K’s. wow.
ok, not bad AJ, not bad at all
casper wells from my high school, having said glad he k 3 times
Now I would take 6 innings and 2 runs from AJ any day of the week and call it a day. Any bets Joe runs him out for the 7th and doesn’t start warming anyone until at least 2 guys get on base with 0 outs?
Don’t dislike Joe but he has done this too many times.
To be fair, since the bit of wildness early, AJ has looked damn good. But my point stands.
whatever the hell happened to aj in the second or third inning was awesome
Hopefully he keeps it going for the rest of the season.
/too optimistic
i have learned to never get excited about anything he does, because i always end up getting disappointed
wow except for the 3rd, AJ’s been lovely tonight.
AJ Burnett actually held a lead!!!!! Strange game, but I’ll take the result.
Wow wasn’t expecting this from AJ, great sign if he can pull it together for the remainder of the season and during the playoffs.
like seriously that went from going down in flames to a completely different pitcher
I know its SSS, but so far with these new mechanics AJ has a 3.66 xFIP. Can’t wait to see what it’ll be after tonight.
It is like A.J. flipped some switch after the 3rd inning. The guy could barely find the catcher, let alone the strike zone that inning. After that he has been a different pitcher.
If Burnett could keep this up somehow for the rest of the way, I believe the Yankees would be the favorites to win the World Series. Best offense, best bullpen, best defense, and second best rotation to the Phillies, who we beat two years ago. CC, Nova, Burnett, and maybe Garcia/Colon with Hughes in the bullpen.
We already have the best pitching staff in the AL playoff 4. We’re better than Texas, Boston lol, and probably Detroit.
kinda fiqure curtis would get the day off
Curtis is back in stride again. Slump be gone!!!!
I hate Yankee hits that suddenly become double plays.
Russell Martin and BABIP are NOT friends.
this inning is over
Fucking Russell!!! C’mon….1st pitch GIDP???
Then Nunez???? Way too fast of a inning.
ugh
off topic: the buffalo flavored dipped chicken sandwhich that Wendy’s brought back and is advertising is average at best. The regular spicy chicken sandwich is much better.
Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy’s is my go-to fast food meal. OM NOM NOM
Me too usually but I love everything Buffalo, this didn’t live up to my expectations.
Granderson with a hit in 3 consecutive games. First time since August 19th.
Congrats Sweeny.
Trending #600.
attaboy Sweeni!
***Sweeny***
Ichiro down looking?
great job soriano
1-2-3 inning!!!
World Series ova!
Worth every penny.
Just for this game. Both AJ and Soriano.
And that 2009 World Series, thing.
No Big Deal. Just brought the 27th championship, back to the neverending AJ Hate narrative.
Burnett making it look easy. Soriano making it look easy. Can you tell we’re playing the Mariners?
something in the air in Seattle…AJ looks good, strikes out 11, and Soriano has a 1-2-3? WTF?
Great inning by Soriano!!!
Maybe Ive been living under a rock or something, but the countdown to Mo’s 600 just doesnt seem to have much hype to it. I mean this guy is about to do what only one other person in baseball has ever done and might actually finish with close to 700 for his career. why is this not a bigger deal?
Nah, your totally right. It hasn’t gotten any hype at all…
Well, anyone with a brain knows Rivera’s the best ever. The saves record is just gravy.
I know, but we are talking about a record that might become another one of those “unbreakable” records in baseball. After Mo no one is even close
I agree, but I think what I said above is why his march to 600 hasn’t gotten much attention. Plus, with a growing amount of sabermetric-minded fans these days, saves are losing their meaning. A lot of people are realizing how much of an overrated stat it is. You don’t need it to tell you how dominant Rivera has been.
I think this is why he hasn’t gotten more attention. 600 is just a nice round number; he’s already got the other numbers that prove his dominance.
But you could say that about any player reaching a milestone. Very few players who got there needed that 3000th hit or 500th homer or 300th win to prove they were a HOF player, but there was a whole bunch of excitement leading up to it.
Those are much “sexier” accomplishments, though.
Really just playing devil’s advocate cause I’m bored, what’s “sexier” than being the second EVER to accomplish something?
His name is not Pabelbon?
Probably because of the unpredictability of save situations. The Yankees winning a lot of games without save situations, save situations that arise when Mo isn’t available and just loses in general make counting down saves pretty difficult.
Don’t write Ichiro off just yet.
Looks like 600 will be tonight. Wonder if Joe will let Jorge catch it.
I’m generally not into those types of things, but I have to say, I’d be happy if he let Jorge catch the 9th.
The Binder says no.
I think as a prank, during the last week of the season(when we hopefully have a playoff berth locked up) the players or coaches should steal The Binder and have Joe manage the game with out it.
I could see maybe with a 3 run lead, but I doubt Joe will play around with a 1 run lead.
#600???
What do ya say let’s let Robertson pitch an inning first.
and jeter refuses to walk, pathetic at bat
The March to “Mo 600″ is upon us!!!
Let’s go D-Rob!!!
MLB Network will go live to the game to cover it for Mariano.
Why no curve ball?
They haven’t hit one all day.
hammer dont hurt em
huge k, 2 more please
OHHHHH Snap… There will be a bean ball fest in tomorrow’s Diamondbacks/Dodgers game. Kuo for the Dodgers threw high at the head of Parra for the Diamondbacks as he squared to bunt. Two pitches later Parra went deep and stood and watched – took his time. Kershaw was yelling at the Diamondbacks and Parra, he pitches tomorrow. Awesome!
Love it.
If Kershaw throws at Parra tomorrow, he better expect to get one in the back as well while he’s up to bat as well. Parra had every right to celebrate, since Kuo almost took off his head with a high heater while he was attempting to bunt.
I couldn’t disagree more. As a pitcher you’re taught if you know the batter is bunting, throw it hard, up and in. Showboating a Homer in my opinion is reason to be plunked because it just looks like your going out of your way to show up the pitcher.
wont throw his curve
he refuses to throw his curveball
He probably didn’t have a feel for it in his warm up pitches…
No curve ball!
John Wetteland 2.0
Smoak clearly wasn’t going to swing at anything. He was clearly trying to walk.
now, throw the damn curve ball
great…single gets the lead
2 down, 1 more please
give him the golden sombrero david
w.tf are you doing giradri
Are they seriously IBBing Adam freaking Kennedy??
I don’t get that either. A .227 hitter with 3K already tonight.
I don’t like walking kennedy. Robertson doesn’t have the best control
Epic meltdown in progress.
Really hate this IBB with such a walk heavy pitcher.
Need some Hou-dizzle
oh shit, no namer with 2 homeruns….this is gonna get ugly
Girardi setting up the double play with 2 out and apparently still not aware the opposing manager is allowed to pinch hit
…and why do you assume that Girardi also didn’t factor that into his decision? He’d rather have D-Rob face the lefty hittin rookie than Kennedy. The rook had little chance against Robertson facing him for the first time.
Wow, Adam Kennedy is their DH? That’s pathetic. Of course losing a game to this team is even more pathetic.
D-Rob should eat this guy up.
IBB to the load the bases with a guy who has a 4+ BB/9…GREAT MOVE GIRARDI
what was the stat that he struck 9 straight with the bases loaded.
Is it just me or do horrible teams like the Mariners suddenly develop plate discipline and have pro-longed at bats when they face the Yankees?
all crappy teams do
Crisis averted!
Drob is a monster with the bases loaded
whew
Sleep with one eye open..
whewwwwwwwwwwwwww! giradri got lucky
Giradri?
I wasn’t even worried. at all.
HUGE K how is he so good at that?
That’s why I love DRob.
Vintage D-Rob
D-Rob is pure gold!!!!!
I’d have no problem if he’s the heir apparent to Mariano, when he’s done.
It’s funny, I’m more calm with Robertson on the mound and the bases loaded than I am with a couple of Yankee pitchers with the bases empty.
Soriano and Burnett come to mind.
That’s probably why Girardi walked Kennedy.
Reminds me when El Duque was on the Yankees. He’d pitch around batters, put a couple on, get behind the next batter 3-1, but I generally wasn’t worried.
D-Rob with a flair for the dramatic…
Is There A Stat Or Something For How Many Runners Hes Stranded?
Bradon League is 1-5 so he sucks!!
Kay’d
This is the first time since Moose’s perfect game bid in 01 that I was praying the yankees went down 123 in the top of the 9th, just to get to the bottom
lets go mo,bad game for the offense
put in Posada you binder bitch.
It’s called The Binder, and you will respect The Binder.
No, not Martin. No, not Posada. Reports have Girardi strapping on the gear to catch the 9th. “I caught #1,” said Girardi, “I’ll catch #600!”
http://www.baseball-reference......5170.shtml
+1
The Angels had an interesting lineup that night.
Let me take a shot.
Interesting in the sense that five of the Angels starters at one time played for the Yankees, and two of the pitchers played for the Yankees?
And now the moment of truth.
(Really resisted saying MOment there. It was tough.)
Yet you did. : -)
Wily Mo Pena, oh lord.
Damn, no Posada.
DRob Needs Ks to get to 100, so thats like what….?? two innings??
Mo flashing the 94mph. Nice.
2 away.
1 down
Do not show that video.
Oh, Jesus Christ, that song is played out in college football, you’re going to start playing it at a baseball game?
Ichiro is such a great hitter…..
Let’s go Mariano!!!!! 2 to go!!!
Imagine if he had come over three or four seasons earlier…he’d have 3000hits easily.
Easily. He’s a 200 hit/season machine.
I just looked at his Baseball-Reference page, he’s probably be at 3100 at this rate if he came 3 years ago.
1 to go….
All right Mo, one more.
WHY NO POSADA? ME NO GUSTA!!!!
That’s why
NO ME GUSTA**
That’s awesome, because I hate Ichiro.
HAHAHAHA on a CS. That is awesome. 600 for MO
On his 600th save, Mo proves how stupid the stat is.
That was pretty fucking sweet.
600, in unconventional fashion.
Congrats Mo. Best ever (not that we needed this to know that).
Yea, with two more saves, even that guy in San Diego will have to admit it.
It’s pretty amazing that Mo has averaged >1.8 Ks per inning over all these years.
Huh? What?
Does Posada make that throw?
No. He would have had the courtesy to allow Mo record #600 with a strike out!
What a way to end the game, win the game and get #600 for Mo!!!!
Jeter 3K.
CC 2K.
Mo 600 saves!!!
What a season of individual milestones. Next up, #28!!!
Oh yeah, congrats to AJ on pitching a good game.
Ichiro might’ve been safe…the throw did beat him but I don’t think the tag did.
Eh, fuck him.
Yeah, what ever. It’s not like Mo wasn’t gonna save it anyway
I was watching the Ms broadcast and they had a view that showed him clearly out.
The Mariners feed had a slow motion close up and the Seattle announcers agreed he was out.
Indeed.
i cant remember the last time anyone was thrown out stealing with Mo on the mound
September 22, 2009. That was a dramatic one too. In LA, one run game, Reggie Willits pinchrunning, strike out DP for the first two outs of the ninth.
mo getting his 600th save wouldn’t have happened today if he did’t suck and blow like 4 saves a year over the last decade and a half. wtf bro
He sucks Cashman! Trade him for Melky!!!111
This is a true statement.
Grats Mo!
Mariano Rivera – 1st ballot HOFer. Any doubts?
0
Should be unanimous. Won’t be because there’s always a couple of dumbasses everywhere.
Posada had better be catching for #602.
Congrats Mo!
We need 100 more comments to get to 600.
I
am
hungry
There’s my contribution to the quest for 600. See ya.
God
and
Jesus
= 28
I’m out.