ALDS Game Three: Yankees @ Tigers
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Three days after the series started as a best-of-five, we’re down to a best-of-three. Thanks to the weather shenanigans on Friday, both the Yankees and Tigers get to start their ace tonight, the first game of the rest of their season. CC Sabathia was looking pretty damn sharp in the Game 1A, striking out four in just two innings. Delmon Young’s solo homer wouldn’t have left the park they’re playing in tonight. Ivan Nova finished off the win in Game 1B.
Depending on who you ask, tonight’s game is a must win because A.J. Burnett is looming for Game Four tomorrow. If you ask me, it’s not a must win, just a boy it sure would be nice to win game. Ace vs. ace, this is why these guys make the big bucks. Here are the lineups…
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Nick Swisher, RF
Jorge Posada, DH
Russell Martin, C
Brett Gardner, LF
CC Sabathia, SP
Detroit Tigers
Austin Jackson, CF
Ramon Santiago, 2B
Delmon Young, LF
Miguel Cabrera, 1B
Victor Martinez, DH
Magglio Ordonez, RF
Jhonny Peralta, SS
Alex Avila, C
Brandon Inge, 3B
Justin Verlander, SP
The weather in MoTown is chilly but the sky is clear. No threat of rain tonight. The game starts at 8:37pm ET and can be seen on TBS. Remember, we’re trying to win a ring around here.
I’m ready for a humdinger.
http://www.collegehumor.com/em.....-moneyball
It’s a tale about a team that had to overcome the insurmountable odds and how their thinking outside the box shook up the foundations of baseball as we know it.
May they continue that trend tonight.
That’s pretty good. Prettyyyyy, prettyyyyyy, prettyyyyyyy, pretty good.
that make me chuckle. thanks for that
funny as hell
I Lol’d. but then missed what happened in the game…
For all you people that think Mariano Rivera is the best releiver in baseball, Mike Adams is the best reliever in the game because he has a 1.47 ERA.
/What Buck Martinez said’d
I guess pitching in the ALDS is different than meaningless games at Petco.
The Rays refuse to die. The Yankees will rise to this occasion as well… optimally.
The guy who just served one up to Jennings? Yeah, he’s great.
I’m glad I seem to miss those stupid statements announcers say.
Btw, D-Rob has a lower ERA than Adams does he not?
to be fair, Martinez said of the last 3 years combined.
over*
Still a stupid comment. Adams pitched in the NL West in San Diego. Throw him in the AL East, his ERA jumps to 2.5. And he looks like shit tonight.
obviously. I don’t agree with the comment, just posting what he said.
The intelligence of baseball announcers is amazing.
Do they really believe the shit they say?
Then wouldn’t D-Rob be the best reliever in baseball?
Looking forward to seeing CC face Verlander tonight… a true underdog story.
Wouldn’t be nice to get an early lead to keep the bitching to a minimum tonight?
Very. The Yanks have allowed first inning runs in both games, so it’d be nice if they didn’t allow a first inning run tonight.
Why is Jesus Montero batting 10th and not cleanup?
Just heard on XM: “And in Detroit tonight, Verlander, Detroit’s hot and power righty… set to take on the Yankees’ Sabathia, who while very solid for most of his career, is thought to be on the declining path as some in baseball circles will say. Could be the runaway game for the Tigers.”
Wow. Sabathia is on the decline? Some people will say anything to get attention.
Exactly. Couldn’t think of a more opposite way to describe CC.
Eh. They’re just “optimistic.”
Stop listening to XM.
Rental car earlier today. XM compliments of Hertz.
asinine comments courtesy of Hertz… We Try Harder (to make you as stupid of a human as possible)
“we try harder is Avis, isn’t it?”
“Leave him alone, he’s on a roll.”
/Animal House’d
But seriously, how stupid do you have to be to say CC is on the decline? He’s 31 and just had one of the best seasons of his career. Anything to fit their narrative I guess…
Will this game start on a different channel? Looks like the Rays game won’t be finished in time.
Yes, TNT.
Thank you.
aw crap, was looking forward to seeing Law & Order
If it does, It’ll be TNT. Or the Rays/Rangers will move over in time for the Yanks to start.
Not gonna happen, but if the Yankees jump out and score 15 in the top of the first, can they choose to sit CC until tomorrow or is there a rule against that once the lineup is set?
He has to throw at least one pitch.
Must play one out.
My prediction? The Yankees win behind a UUUUUUUGE effort from CC.
/Kay’d
Someone please tell me why A-Rod is batting cleanup again…
Idk, because he’s been batting cleanup for virtually the ENTIRE season…
Who would you want? Do you want Mr. Popout, postseason Tino Martinez Nick Swisher, or the Ghost of Jorge Posada in that spot?
HTML fail…
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Tino MartinezNick Swisher [...]Don’t mean to post a ridiculous question, but is anyone else nervous for tonight? I’m half excited, half nervous.
Like McDonald’s……I’m lovin it.
Pretty nervous tonight, just saying.
Excited, nervous. All of it. I cannot imagine how the players feel. Maybe it’s better to be out there playing because you control more of it.
No way the Yankees lose this game tonight.
Let’s do it, boys!
I think one out of the trio of Arod, tex and Swisher has to perform tonight – Tigers will work around Cano and Granderson.
Lets go CC put the team on your back tonight
Good call by Martinez on Feliz not throwing another slider for fear of the wild pitch…
He’s really brought his A game to this telecast.
wow… the Rays are not even trying to take advantage of shitty play by Texas.
3BB and a wild pitch didn’t plate A run. may the trend continue into the ALCS.
Cmon jeter start it off right
Called it.
Let’s go Yankees, shut that home crowd up.
Did they just boo Jeter?
Stay classy, Detroit.
Part of hosting the Yankees in a playoff game is booing Jeter and ARod.
according to every other fanbase, jeter has the least class of anyone in the league other than A-Rod, they’re booed everywhere
Nick Swisher looks high as a kite in his lineup picture
Jeter!
There you go Derek.
Hop on that shit, DJ. Right up the middle!
1st pitch, atta boy.
Hey did you all know that Verlander is a great pitcher? I’ve never heard that before tonight.
who said he’s not clutch?? oh yeah, stats did.
That’s a lot better than the five first innings last night.
Sweety!!!!!!!!
I meant Sweet…
Grandy!!!! I like this game already.
The Grandyman!!!!!!!!!!!
The Grandyman!!!!
Grandy!!!
Who had the under on triples in today’s chat??
Mike! Haha
Haha I remember that.
CURTIS!!!!!
GRANDY MAN!!
Grandy!!!!!
YESSSS!!!!!
BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS INVINCIBLE?!?!?
Is “pride of the lineups” code for we should remember that the Yankees are really, really good at hitting?
Atta boy Grandy!!!
LOVING Robbie in the 3-hole. it just feels right
TWSS?
until, of course he can’t catch up with that fast ball.
Please let this be the beginning of some epic Verlander meltdown.
+1
Stupid question, but just opened the TV and the Rays game is still on, I noticed the audience aren’t waving white towels. Are all fans that sensible on the east coast or is this just a Yankee, Red Sox and Rays thing?
don’t get too far ahead of yourself… the cowbells will be out in the bottom of the inning
Yes, on second thought, those might be more annoying than the white towels…
Granderson!!!
gotta put the ball in play
Alot easier said than done pal…
100 fucking mph.
According to the MLB Network yday, this means he’s nervous/anxious/amped.
Sac fly please.
That’ll work
Ok ARod needs to get Granderson home.
LEts go A-Rod.
dear justin,
you don’t scare us
sincerely,
the MFY
I hope he exerts too much this first inning.
C’mon Arod… c’mon. You got this.
Get that ball in the outfield and that run home, Alex. Home plate ump is on our side tonight.
determined that before the other team came to the plate? impressive…
Absolutely have to get the run in here. Goes without saying.
been busting Alex inside, looks like he is further from the plate
2-0 curve
i really miss having a pitch counter on the screen
Look harder
ietc
I never really noticed how much I watched it until it was gone.
dude, it’s totally there. What sort of bootlegged telecast are you watching?
Oh wow, totally missed that.
There’s a pitch counter above the insanely annoying strikezone box.
16. It’s on the pitch tracker thing.
teeny tiny on my TV
Okay, I’ll take it.
At least the run scores.
That’ll get the job done. Great work this first inning. Hopefully that’s all CC needs.
wellll wasnt to the outfield, but I’ll take it
ARod gets the job done
Thats a big run
Good job, A-Rod. Got the run in.
hooray for weak contact!!!
dribblers FTW!
Got the run in. Nice.
good job A-Rod!
i’ll take that; they gotta shorten their swings on those 2 strike pitches, verlander is reaching back for those.
A run is a run is a run.
I like this match up here. If there is one thing Tex can do, is turn on anybody’s fastball.
And flail over anybody’s changeup…
You say that as if Verlander only has one pitch.
That’s why Verlander fed him changeups.
That was a strike? ARe we going to have to deal with 6-8″ off the plate is a strike again tonight?
That run is all on Grandy. More terrible contact by A-Rod.
To put the ball in play against Verlander is a success no matter who it is. He did what Cano couldnt
Especially on a inside 100 MPH fastball.
Always something to complain about.
I’m not complaining, just giving the credit where it should be, Granderson and not A-Rod.
There’s also value in working the count full, as A-Rod did. Sure, Verlander can go 110, 120, 130 pitches into a game on regular rest, but let’s see how he does today on short rest.
Yeah, the full count is fine, but it doesn’t matter much against great pitchers. As you said, he’ll pitch all night and guys with his stuff with get a 6-7 pitch inning or two to almost cancel it out.
You missed the part about Verlander being on short rest. He’s never done this before, and he was throwing 100 mph in that first inning. For all we know, he can only go 90 pitches in that situation, maybe less.
It could be that the Tigers are really bad at defense. I don’t think you can “trust your offense” against CC Sabathia.
Especially when you have the infield in and get a ground ball right at someone.
They have been terrible at defense, especially decisions on the infield. They’ve given away a bunch of extra outs already in this series.
Has Teixeira ever hit a changeup? Or taken one?
Sheesh.
Still loving Teix’s outs in the 5 spot.
Is it bad that I’d rather have the Teix strikeout, as we just saw, than a pop-up?
wasn’t a pop up?
#Lookatthebrightside
Ok CC, the offense got you the lead. Now you go out there and do your thing.
Also, if we put up 2 runs every odd inning for the rest of this game, I’ll be thrilled.
How is bringing the infield in in the first inning showing trust in your offense?
They couldn’t make the play at the plate and it needs to be turned into a positive Detroit narrative?
I was wondering this myself. Makes zero sense. Also, a very sad commentary on the state of their defense.
They obviously brought their infield in because they didn’t want to be down 2 runs to CC.
Hee.
One more thing, For a lefty hitter, man does Granderson gets on top of that high fastball. I can’t think of a lefty hitter who can do that right now.
Are the Yankees still DOOOOOOOMED?
I got the story last postseason you know.
well Verlander is still in the game and AJ is tomorrow so clearly
Austin Jackson has a funny ear…
What’s the point of playing the infield in if you’re not even going to try to hold the runner? Granderson was halfway to the plate by the time the ball was fielded.
Let’s go big guy.
C’mon CC, these are the type of games you were brought here to pitch.
No working the counts? How many pitches did Verlander have to throw again?
At least 20.
22, to be exact.
CC got squeezed there on strike 3… twice now
Don’t dick around, come right at this Austin Jackson.
I wouldn’t exactly say that CC was “really struggling” with his fastball.
AJ Burnett was “really struggling” in August. CC was doing just fine.
Wow where the fuck was that pitch.
LOL… CC had an oblique injury with the Indians? by the looks of him I didnt figure him to have an oblique.
CC got fucking squeezed
Effing ump.
Verlander was getting these calls.
WTF fuck you ump you stupid POS
Where the fuck are these pitches?
Wow, thought he had strike 3 there. Talk about a tight strikezone.
Bs call!
Where the fuck was that??
Tough call. Could have been a strike. I think Ajax thought it was a strike.
Justin Verlan-who?
all 4 balls could have been called strikes.
DP bails the Yanks out
Yesss!!!!!
Nice play, but a little quicker wouldn’t kill you A-Rod.
No strike 3? Fuck that, DP.
cano with the hose
Goddamit that was great! Cano is a beast.
Great throw CANO!
Bad call 1B ump.
cano with the great turn
Leadoff walk (strikeout) erased!
Lol he’s surprised they weren’t bunting in the 1st inning…
so was Girardi. see how far up A-rod was?
Well, given Leyland’s comments I don’t blame him.
Oh Cano – “no baserunners for you Detroit.”
Defense bails the umpire out. Too bad the Yankees didn’t trust their offense enough not to turn the double play.
I’m starting to think that this Cano guy has a pretty decent arm.
best all around 2B since Roberto Alomar
I swear to God, I hear “Del Mignon” instead of “Delmon Young.”
I could use a Del Mignon right now…
*the fat kid is hungry…*
Is that the Del Frisco’s Filet Mignon ?
I think these pitchers are too good for this 80 year old ump to keep up with.
FWIW:
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Verlander will get that pitch at one point in this game
Note to Smoltz: “amp it down” is not, in fact, the correct English.
CC having a hard time closing out these hitters.
how does he walk young?? love the big guy, but inexcusable.
Can tell I’m gonna have to amp up my buzz for this one
Walk him.
Errrrrrrg
Watching the Rays/Rangers until it’s over. Shoppach at the plate as the winning run. One out in the ninth.
Double Play, game over Texas leads 2 games to 1.
This zone will piss me off all game long.
I’m already pissed.
And now Miggy Montero.
fucking christ is that strike zone tight
great cc can’t throw strikes
Um, what’s with CC??? I’m scared…
CC settle down big papa.
the strike zone is shit
The strikezone is miniscule.
My eyes are bleeding from this fucking strikezone.
OMG thats a strike!
This ump.
wtf is wrong with this fucking umpire
He’s not getting anything close.
This umpire is terrible
CC isn’t getting ANY outside calls. Fucking umpire is a Tigers fan.
Just walk him.
I guess calling strikes and this umpire are antonyms. This is fucking bullshit. CC is getting squeezed like none other.
Ump clearly only calling the 3rd base side of the plate… that’s a significant advantage for the Tigers (Verlander can work way off the plate to lefties, and CC won’t be able to do the same with righties)
I’m surprised that CC even got the 3-0 called.
Game 2, everything’s a strike. Game 3, nothing’s a strike. Fantastic.
Blind ump?
CC control hasnt been great but the ump has been brutal so far.
At the very least the other series is going back to Texas. Rays fans can “Believe” in that shit.
not the worst thing in the world
I’ll take the walk.
What’s up with the strike zone? It’s like it is shaped liked a star or something. Freaking umps.
I think it’s been consistent for CC (I didn’t really watch while Verlander was pitching). It’s just VERY small.
already with a defining at bat early here….
Verlander better be getting this fucking zone all night too.
Exactly. This is BS.
Co-sign
umps bet on games! blame the economy!
What sucks is that if anyone even says something to the ump about it they get ejected. This is some serious horse shit and is killing CC’s pitch count.
Strike zone SUCKS for CC. Ump is racist.
this strike zone is meant to force CC to come over the heart of the plate….lets see how it holds up with Verlander on the mound. Plus…they are laying off his curveball…someone is tipping pitches
think Victor Martinez misses the clubhouse beers? I think he must
Jesus, that strike zone is ridiculous right now.
i’m gonna need a bigger drink…
I’m gonna need a bigger blunt.
time to bust out the 6-footer.
For all the bitching about bitching on this site it’s funny seeing all the complaining.
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Especially when technically CC got screwed on one pitch.
Whoa, good Bible.
So we have to beat the ump tonight too
someone finally swung at a curveball
Luckily we didnt use SoRoMo yesterday because we might need multiple innings from one or two of these parts.
OK THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He swung.
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Martinez kinda went there, intent or not
So a swing is no longer a swing?
The intent wasn’t there, but if he hits that ball its a double.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Come on CC!
This is a battle
These umps are seriously screwing this up right now.
He Fucken swung the bat. Wow.
The umpiring tonight is DISGRACEFUL.
That was the most blatant check swing I have seen in a LONG time. How can you not call that? And the strike zone is a joke. Verlander has gotten pitches in the other batter’s box, and CC can’t get pitches on the corner? Pathetic.
the strike zone hasn’t really been bad except for 1 or 2 pitches.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
I count 6 of 28.
tight-ish zone, but only one blatantly obvious call against the Yankees, if the zone is the same for Verlander, I’m fine with it
I count 5
This ump crew needs to pull their collective heads out of their asses
Maybe it’s good that Joe did not use SoRoMo yesterday – at this pace CC may be out by fifth inning
and exhale
wow. that was a heartattack inning.
There you go big guy. Way to overcome the strikezone.
Nice job by CC
Cool he got through Miggy and Victor
And breathe……
28 ptich first inning….thanks umps….guess you feel the need to keep this one close
that was a battle…hopefully the rest of the war is easier for CC…wow
nasty
you rule, big man
Stop bitching about the ump. The zone has been consistent, it just isn’t huge like it was yesterday. CC’s missing by plenty on a bunch of pitches too. He needs to find some better location or this could be a rough night for him.
Yes, great zone.
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well, FWIW it has been a tight zone on both sides…
Verlander is getting a MUCH larger zone than CC.
There we go, CC, there we go.
Good pitch there by CC. Gonna be a struggle with Gerry Davis back there but our patient lineup will benefit strongly from him tight zone.
Thank God. If Verlander doesn’t get this zone I’ll flip a bitch.
Alot of things didnt go CC way, but still unscave.
Cue more ump bitching even though a robot ump would be basically the same.
It’s a game thread. Expect bitching.
I’m all for bitching don’t get me wrong. But when people are sick of it and then proceed to complain it gets annoying.
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I don’t think so.
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I’m already planning my murder of Gerry Davis…I mean I’m already preparing my lunch for tomorrow.
I tend to name my sandwiches Gerry Davis and murder them at lunch, too!
I used to murder Joe West five days a week.
You are a professional luncher.
To be fair, that was a great pitch to hit. You don’t get many like that against Verlander. He just missed it.
I wish umps had pitch counts too, since that umps rediculous strike zone caused about 10 extra pitches that inning.
It looked like CC said something to Gerry Davis at the end of the inning. Anyone else see that?
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Looks like CC’s going to have to work inside to righties… ump has no intent to call anything on the outside corner to righties.
It seems weird that an at-bat in the 1st inning seems so important, but in the post season? Against Verlander? With runners on? That was a HUGE K.
All the umps are so bad. This is so laughable. I hope CC throws one directly at the home plate ump.
I am so sick of umpires being allowed to make up their zone. The zone is in the rulebook. It’s not up for interpretation. A strike is a strike. It’s a big drag on the game IMO. Not to mention Martinez was struck out twice in that inning. Total horseshit.
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Lol.
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Lol.
Nice job, CC. Let’s calm down and find the zone again. Kinda ugly, but still a shutdown inning, as no runs scored.
2-0 Yanks.
CC’s command wasnt sharp, but man that ump’s strike zone was just brutal. There was about 7-8 pitches that could of been called a strike but were of course called balls.
Smoltz is real douche saying Tigers won the inning, in spite of the score, cuz CC threw 6 more pitches then Verlander.
It’s Smoltz. It’s… it’s Smoltz.
Just face it. He’s rooting for Detroit.
Hey, ump have you stretched tonight?
HA!
swish! take some more pitches dude, you know the zone is crappy
At least he didn’t hit the first pitch.
make him throw strike 1 Swish!
u dumbshit
eh it was a 2-0 fastball down the middle. That’s what you need to do.
Well Cuso hates Swisher, so it’s expected.
so, dont swing until a strike gets called?
not that, but make him work a little… CC just threw 27 pitches in the first inning and there martin swung at the first pitch..happy?
no sarcasm from me, I was serious. make him throw a strike. 1st pitch swinging on this kind of strike zone is not a good thing.
as you just saw.
hip hip! not dead yet.
Hip Hip! He ain’t dead yet!
Jorge fucking Posada, making Giradi look like a genius when he’s not managing his bullpen or pinch-hitting for Brett Gardner.
damn jorge got more hits then arod tex and swish holy cow
Posada continues to hit.
Now that was a bad swing.
Should of started Montero…
Not good defensively.
That was the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.
Nice job Martin. Make him work.
I so knew that was going to happen. FAIL Russell, FAIL.
Holy crap russ.
does anyone know how to say “TAKE A FUCKING PITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!” in French???
take le fucking pitch
sweet. someone tweet that to him.
“But I am le tired.”
“OK, take a nap first. But then take le fucking pitch!”
russell doesnt have no muscles he blows
“I really have a hard time seeing him catching up to the heat Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer will bring. ”
JORGE DOESN’T!!!!
And there’s that 7 pitch inning, with a strict strike zone no less…
At this point in the game with Verlander out of the zone a fair bit you would figure these guys could make him work some right?
Everyone is an expert on hitting, except the major league hitters.
Who is this “Posada” they keep talking about that was red-hot in September? Can we add him to the postseason roster?
I seriously doubt the tigers are going to let CC out with 5 pitches or whatever joke that inning was by Russ and Swish (Jorge saw a few at least).
Swish saw three pitches. Russel was the main culprit.
Fair enough, but Swish is usually good for 4 or 5.
Swish and Jorge both put 2-0 pitches in play
Russel Martin = ground ball machine.
Fucking hell. Every time Jorge does something good it is immediately erased.
To be fair, that was a great pitch to hit. You don’t get many like that against Verlander. He just missed it.
It was, and he hit it well. But all that is moot because there’s no reason to swing at the first pitch in that situation.
there’s no reason to take a fastball down the middle in that situation either
Exactly. People never complain when hitters ‘jump’ on first pitch fastballs.
MARTIN IS A JOKE
everyone just saw the ump squeeze CC….so no one in the dugout says….hey guys lets take some effing pitches this half inning???????
CC’s got to be more economical–ump or no ump–this inning, or he won’t be around very long.
Verlander has control issues? I’ll just swing at the first pitch to GIDP and psych him out. Now that’s strategy.
Verlander has control issues? I’ll just swing at the first pitch to GIDP and psych him out. Now that’s strategy.
Umps squeezing the strike zone…big time
Yeah, those pitches that were 8 inches out of the zone are definitely strikes…
except they’re not all 8 inches out of the zone
No, they’re not, but they’re also not in the zone. CC and Verlander have each gotten one BS strike call, everything else has been on the edge and he’s been consistent calling them balls. It’s not his fault the Yankees hitters don’t recognize that and take more pitches.
ANOTHER WALK WHAT THE WHATTTTTTT
BB BBathia.
This is such BS.
where’s a strike with this freak’n ump??
He’s all over the place. He might be the goat of this series if he cant win this game.
Any guesses now on Sabathia’s walk total by the end of the night? I say 6.
4 so far? I am going 8… and 0ERs
more like 8. In six IP.
Cc settle down
How reliable is that TBS box? Ma Pinstripe says most of the called strikes are in it.
Funny Verlander got that exact call.
LOL CC is just messing with us.
Whew. Thank God for these double plays.
Master plan.
ok dp. now time to walk 3 more guys
more of those please.
there’s 2..
Love these double plays.
Now let’s make this double-play worth it, ‘kay?
Double play balls are pitcher’s best friends.
Nicely turned again. Walk everybody you want if you can get those grounders right after.
Walks and then Dp all night – strange but I guess it works.
And another DP helps the Yanks
Cano makes those DPs look easy. I do not miss Tony Womack AT ALLL right now…. jus sayin
Thank whoever ran the ARod deal for the Rangers because they could have had Cano.
Pedroia would have managed to somehow make that a triple play.
I believe you mean an unassisted triple play.
Cano is very good.
Folks need to understand Verlander’s usually throwing 93-94 early in counts and 98 with 2 strikes. If you get a fastball strike early he’s hittable.
Look at what Jeter and Granderson did on early fastballs that were below 95. It’s good to be aggressive so long as they are swinging at strikes.
That’s the balancing act.
IETC
nice dp
Did Cano have his foot on the bag when he caught it?
neighborhood play.
/Aybar’d
Was that a called strike?
Oh my God he called a strike off the corner.
Happy now that CC got a BS strike call? He has no control an dif he can’t find some soon he’s in deep trouble. Not going to get gift DP’s every inning.
He’s been giving that outside corner to lefties for both pitchers.
Its for righies that he hasnt.
You say he’s not going to “get gift DP’s” as though someone else was inducing the ground balls.
they arent gonna be there to bail him out all night; and you know Verlander isnt likely to give up more than another run.
Why not? Wasnt there a game where the Yankees hit into 5 DPs?
how many pitches that inning?
CC has the no-no going.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we get 7 innings 130 pitches from CC tonight.
They have a rested SoRoMo so they might take him out with a lead before that… Mo on his own could go 2.
Avila is making dicks soft all throughout Detroit. He has been awful.
That BABIP is coming back around.
He’s been very good actually.
This series.
0-7 with 4 Ks
OPSing .827 in September. I could care less about 7 at bats.
butbutbut, he’s the bosses kid! that can’t come back to bite you in the ass, can it???
nice pitch CC…swing and a miss!!
CC with the no hitter thru two!
This is a AJ-esque no hitter.
5 more inning big guy.
Not a perfect start, but as long as he keeps it scoreless I’m happy.
Even if his pitch count keeps rising at this rate, we can get 9 outs with Robertson/Mo so there’s no need to panic.
CC going for the AJ burnett no hitter
I know CC got this, and has been effective, but I’m not liking this BB thing that he’s got going on. Less pitches this inning. Maybe he’s getting loose now. Let’s just keep it going.
We need more runs vs. Verlander. Grind him outta there.
Sucks he’s not too sharp today, he looked filthy in the rain out.
There is no shame in playoff baseball…I’ll take 2 scoreless anyway we can get it
Exactly… to hell with pitch counts. Put up 0′s and worry about the 7th 8th and 9th when you get there.
Exactly. Take the 0s any way you can get them.
Yay Gardy.
Gardy with the bunt!
Great job by Gardner!
a bunt?? A BUNT!!!
GARDY!!!
That’s the type of bunt everybody likes (because it worked)
Nice Gardner. Bunt was brutal but hey you got on base.
worst bunt that ended up as a hit?
attaboy gritster!
YAY GARDY
Not exactly his best bunt???? that pop up shit is his EVERY BUNT!
It’s great he’s on base, but boy does Gardner suck at bunting (and the one pitch AB sucks too).
Expect another here with Jeter of course bunting…
Jeter won’t bunt.
He tried on the first pitch…
Hit ‘n Run plz.
Is Jeter trying to bunt now?! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grittier than Pedroia, that ol Gardner.
No one has more grit than Pedroia.
/ESPN’d
I thought I saw Pedroia hopping through my yard today.
It was only a bunny.
nice strike
Anyone else remember when TBS had the terror alert-style graph showing how far runners were leading off of first?
Say what you want about their current coverage, but at least it’s been getting better.
That better have been a hit and run considering Gardner it stolen and Jeter swung and a pitch 8 inches in off the plate.
gosh damnit
God damn it Gardner, should’ve been running.
EFF
why the fuck didn’t they bunt?
lol.
FAIL.
i miss smart base running
That’s more luck than smart.
We went from 3-1 with a SB to DP and 2 outs. Damn.
Wow, four double plays in this game already.
Damn, Gardner you gotta take a chance and steal there.
Good job Jeter, good job.
wow. just wow
“That’s as good of play as you’re going to see…”
wow
Terrific… Gardner runs on one and Jeter swings at one that almost would’ve hit him. Not running the next one and it’s a gift DP.
yeah, didnt get the hit and run there, especially on ball 3.
It was down the middle man. I saw it. The count was 2-1
No pitches in that AB were in the middle.
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Way-to-go, Jeter.
What a waste of speed.
throwing jabs…
typical yankeee game baseball, gardner pathetic
yea, typical of the team with the best record in the AL…
?????? what’s typical about it..and Gardy is pathetic?? I think not.
yeah, damn Gardner getting on base and forcing Jeter to GIDP
What is this the first Yankee game you’ve seen or something?
And way to not see pitches again. Oh well. We’ve still got the lead.
And after all that, just another quick, easy 8 pitch inning…
Yankees should try ARods approach and let the tiny strike zone work FOR them.
Gardner is fred stanley if he doesn’t run
well, detroit has 2 and we have 2 gidp, only fair.
Wasted opportunity. At least it’s 2-0 in our favor.
Jeter just stays killing innings.
2-1 count.
Gardner goes. Jeter swings and fouls. DP next pitch.
Jesus man.
They were trying a hit and run.
it’s called Playoff baseball…and Verlander & the Tigers have something to do about that
Jeter shouldn’t have swung at the 2-1 pitch
Hit and run attempt.
I really wish Gardner would be more aggressive on the basepaths. Especially with Jeter batting, he should be running on every pitch when Jeter is ahead in the count.
If Gardner wants to run he needs to run early…. you can’t expect a hitter to take pitches to 2 strikes against a pitcher of Verlander’s quality.
Granted Jeter swung at a ball but that was the 4th pitch of the AB and if it was a strike and he takes it he’s 2-2 and not in great shape against a guy like Verlander.
Agreed entirely.
the 2-1 pitch that gardner ran on was the perfect pitch to run on. it was a ball, gardner ran. but unfortunately, jeter swung and fouled it off.
he ran at the right time and he had it stolen
if he walks Inge I’ll strangle him through my TV
what the fuck that’s even worse.
Blame the umps for that double
grrrr
who is this Brandon Inge guy?
Gardy on in front of Jeter and he doesn’t advance? I’m sorry but he HAS to get to second base – that can NOT happen. You can’t win against a guy like Verlander when you can’t even come CLOSE to manufacturing a run with the fastest player in league on first and no out with the top of the order coming up. I don’t mind when people slump – hitting comes and goes. But you have to play good baseball and that means moving runners up.
CC, you gotta settle down. You can do it. We have faith.
Crap, fucking Inge.
Eh, nice hit by Inge. I thought it was going out at first, so a double is fine by me.
Forget about pitch counts. Doesn’t matter in this game for either pitcher but CC, no more walks.
Strike out Jackson, walk Santiago then double play, inning over.
Umps still terrible.
Did I mention that I hate this strike zone?
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And CC is still getting screwed on TWO pitches. It’s not conspiracy or tragedy or whatever.
I count at least four balls that are in the zone. Not on the zone’s border, or just outside the zone’s border, in the zone.
And there should be zero balls in the zone. So, yes, there is room for bitching.
Wow four pitches. How much you wanna bet that’s never happened before because I’m sure in every game in baseball umpires have gotten at least 4 calls wrong.
look now, there are 6 pitches
Really? Because I see 10 pitches on there that could EASILY be strikes.
Make that 8. But you get the idea.
Either you can’t count or you don’t know the rules. Okay CC got screwed on 4 out of what 61 pitches? What a travesty.
I miss counted. Sue me.
And I said that they could have easily been called, I’m not the one umpiring, a lot of other umpires could have called those strikes. Try understanding what I’m saying.
they need to take the pitch tracker down…
Yep. It’s giving me agita. Damn agita.
this ump is fucking us
Leyland doesn’t want AJax to get on base as a leadoff hitter?
The ump may be a problem, but CC’s not right tonight, and I hope if things do go South, that Joe doesn’t wait too long and that he has a plan for long relief that does not, can not, include Ayala.
failed bunt? dont try to out Yankee the Yankees
Does TBS stand for tigers bitches shitheads anouncers.
no
I’m going with… yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhno.
C’mon CC, it’s Austin Jackson. Go right after him.
This AWFUL Ump needs to move over to his right about six inches, he’s not calling em over them over the plate.
CC is getting NOTHING on the corners.
where are these missing? fucking hell.
boy, he’s getting squeezed
CC is getting the SQUEEEEEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!
im gonna crawl thru the tv and kill gerry davis
Does the ump have the box in his head? Shut up TBS.
where is this umps f**k’n strike zone??
I am getting so frustrated by this ump.
Well, clearly, the strikezone is not going to be favorable to pitchers tonight. Sigh.
Blech. Knew that was ball 4 as soon as I saw it leave his hand.
Thank God Freddy Garcia isn’t pitching with this zone. Good grief.
How can you walk Austin jackson twice?
ump is bullshit
Someone get in that umps face. This is the best MLB can do for a playoff game?
This umpire is terrible
It’s kinda hard to pitch when anything not down the middle is a ball.
i am not enjoying this so far. C’mon Santiago screw up this bunt attempt
This strike zone is ridiculous.
I’m so angry, this is horse shit.
this Umps already gotten into CC’s head
this is criminal
I will bet you before the night is over girardi is ejected for stike zone with this asshole davis
May want to bookmark this:
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Abd then check this
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I hate all the different colors on that. I wish they would break that out into several charts.
This is the worst umpire I have seen in all of these playoffs. It’s pathetic Jackson should of been out 3 pitches ago.
To be fair, the ump has been consistent. He is not giving the outside corner for righties.
consistent…my ass…he’s not giving the corners the lower half and the upper half. He’s making CC have to throw it directly over the plate otherwise it’s a ball.
This is such a bad squeeze job by the ump. Awful.
CC Screwed Count: Still Only Two
having difficulty counting, are you??
If it’s outside the black lines it’s a BALL. In that time CC got screwed two more times. Okay again not a fucking travesty. If people want to continue to bitch fine just don’t make annoying wannabe memes about other complainers.
and on the line is a strike. There are 4 inside the lines, and 2 on the lines, so 6 missed.
Verlander has one on the line missed and 2 gifts well out of the zone
CC’s been wild, but the ump has been shit as well
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It’s BARELY touching the line. It can go either way, what a shock.
just saying a lot of bad calls (4 now) in Verlanders favor
many bad calls going against CC, hardly equitable
95 pitches by end of fourth inning at this rate.
WTF is Ramon Santiago doing in the #2 spot anyway? Dude has a .296 career wOBA and .305 in 2011…
Old school baseball: +1 for the Yankees
what is this, phil hughes?
Not gonna get the DP everytime.
Step it up, Big Fella
OK CC, you’ve gotta hold this lead.
yanks can fly and 5 this, hopefully cc can go 5
Does the ump get an asst
Just an atrocious 0-2 pitch. We will not win this ballgame if CC is left in. Start warming up Hughes and try to win it with the pen.
This is just excruciating to watch. It’s like an AJ start
This game is giving me a heart attack.
gj martin. gj holding on to those strike 3s. fking retar d
This fucking Ump is fucking us over
CC just doesn’t lo himself tonight for whatever reason.
The reason is the ump. No outside corner strikes.
Ramon Santiago works out a tough AB – this could get ugly.
That was a matter of time. Too many base runners. Too many walks. Time to shut it down now, CC.
well, kinda saw that coming.
CC is a gonna choke this one away.
Breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe
When is this battery going to wake up and call for high fastballs?
You cannot throw to the same quadrants over and over and over and expect even weak hitters to make outs.
Broken bat bloop? Seriously?
this could get ugly; hope it wont, but it really could.
Come on, CC, you got this.
Where are the outs?!?!
It’s nearly over, folks. CC about to give it all away.
Just stop watching, then. No one wants your negativity.
Great performace, CC. Opt out and don’t fucking come back.
Your joking right?
He’s disguised as Ken Rosenthal.
Umps just aren’t allowing cc to pitch aggressively.
It’s not the ump as much as it’s CC.
Agreed….some pitches are way out the strike zone. He is getting squeezed though. But walking Austin Jackson twice is a combination of both.
Watch the strike zone for both sides.
Wrong. It’s the ump:
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Four pitches don’t mean jack shit.
It’s 6. And it does mean a lot.
Four of his walks would have been strike outs if they had been called correctly.
I would say bring Robertson in, but the ump would just issue a walk.
Lets do it CC!
I’m going to let a high fastball ‘get by me’ and take out this ump.
Or you will get a DP everytime.
will take that trade every day. whew.
Tigers are working CC hard? I’d say the ump is working him just as hard.
will take that!
Defiantly best case scenario there.
That was awesome, ump couldn’t fuck up the double play at least.
I counted 7-8 pitches in the zone called balls. This ump should be fired after the game, I’m sure he’s getting a nice check from Det.
Tie game.
But CC’s thrown over 60 pitches, so really the Tigers are leading by 7.
/Smoltz’d
Let’s keep it at 2-2 – retire VMart.
Let’s keep it at 2-2 – retire VMart.
If this game ends up being high-scoring I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
game over, thanks to this cheating ump
This has to be the most biased broadcasting crew outside of Joe Buck/Tim McCarver.
Is Ron Darling insane? His control is off? How about the fact that CC is throwing pitches right on the edge that are called balls in 2 strike counts, over and over again?
SNB is worse.
It’s horrible. CC is struggling, Verlander is floating on air. The Tigers are headed to the world series as soon as this game is over. I’m very close to mute.
FUCK YOU UMPIRE. RACIST
That pitch was a foot outside. What a surprise giving the outside corner a strike on LH but not towards RH. And the Tigers have all RH!!
CC is garbage tonight
this ump is absolutely horrible. his strike zone is microscopic. check out the k zone.. he has given CC zero pitch’s
not 1………
All things considered, that was a good job by CC.
Clearly somebody did not stretch before the game…
cmon Yanks….time to capitalize
Gutty effort CC/
Good job by CC battling back.
Back to 0-0. We need to stay on Verlander before he finds a groove.
at this point you just have to hope cc can settle down and go 6, unfortunately verlander is on right now, need to start working some ab’s and maybe get a run or two
I dont know if Verlander’s on either. He’s being bailed out by DPs too.
Agreed. It’s hard to tell.
this. BABIP luck on both sides
If I was Russell I might “accidentally” miss a fastball and let it hit that fuck behind the plate in the face
I gotta give CC credit, he’s doing a good job with what he’s been handed.
If they talk about Ramon Santiago being in the 2nd spot 1 more time, I may break my tv.
This ump needs to eat shit and tie
I can’t do this anymore. I am about to throw something and break expensive electronics. Good night all.
5 walks.
CC has nothing tonight. Hopefully he can settle down and get through 5 so they can go to Hughes and SoRoMo.
yup umpire is a racist
big to keep it at 2; if CC can keep it tied going to the pens, I like our chances.
breathe. just breathe. yanks need to start taking some pitches
Offense please. Verlander is human.
that was a tough inning to sit through. alot of great pitches turned into shit
TAKE SOME FUCKING PITCHES!!!!!!
the strike zoneis slightly larger then a postage stamp.
what a joke…………………
cc is getting squeezed on at least 15 pitches in 3 innings,,,,,,,,,,
BOOOO!!!!!…oh wait I mean YAY!!!!!
/EVERYTHINGARODDOESISWRONG!
ARod walked, conspiracy.
God the TBS crew. I’m seriously about to mute and switch to John and Suzyn.
Yay ARod with the walk. Make it happen Tex.
bat on your shoulder TEX… none of that popup shit please.
no fucking sooner did I hit send… at least that left the infield
see what happens when you dont swing. Verlander gets fucked too. what a concept
Well some of those pitches to Arod could have been strikes, to be honest.
some of those pitches would have been called strikes by 99% of other umps…
but you know what they say, when in Rome, have sex with an alter boy.
It’s clear now. The ump is not giving the outside edge to right handed batters. For both pitchers.
TEX TAKE A PITCH GODDAMNIT
He hit that hard. Cmon
i take it back this ump sucks for both guys. he gives them zero..
nice 1 pitch ab by tex. he is 1 friggin moron.
he sucks and gets zero grief..
Sigh – a one-pitch out.
Can Montero play 1B?
/halfkidding.
Verlander is having a perfect shutdown inning.
(Please ignore the 4 pitch walk.)
Come on, Swish. Do what Tex didn’t do. Get on base.
tigers bribed the damn BABIP gods…
Give CC THAAT PITCH!!11!!!11!!
Home Plate Umpire is an embarrassment to baseball.
okay this up sucks. the count should be 2-2 on arod
Fuck this ump.
of course he calls that one.
Swish didn’t swing!
Butt fucks Nick TWICE after that garbage with CC…that’s ridiculous
Good to know Verlander can get that call.
#umpireaccountability
most. inconsistent. strike. zone. ever.
WHAT? This ump is freaking ridiculous.
I give up, ump. Who’s home plate tomorrow?
Unbelievable. Widest strike tonight by a mile
For Verlander.
Again, he is not giving the outside for RHB. He is giving it for LHB
That was a strike to Swisher? After the Kzone CC has had?
asshole racist !
Tex and Cano.
3 pitches.
so the low outside pitch to lefties is the only borderline pitch this dope ump gives.
tex sucks.. he got 1 big hit postseason for the yanks… that is it….
but hey back leg and swing for the fences it has paid off with the 220 lefty avg, you dope……..
so the low outside pitch to Yankee lefties is the only borderline pitch this dope ump gives.
*fixed
glad to see strike zone is being expanded for verlander
fuck gerry davis
This ump is the worst, just gave Verlander a christmas gift on that last pitch.
i don’t really want to deal with the inevitable ‘tigers are the new angels in that they own the yankees in the playoffs’ narrative that will come with a loss, so, please guys, win for that reason alone.
So, did everyone else choose the Queen of Hearts on that Brain Games commercial?
none of the cards were the same
I thought that Postseason umpires were screened for quality?
This is getting beyond ridiculous at this point. This is starting to enter “Umpires will decide the series” territory. The two worst home plate umpires of the entire season back to back in a postseason series?
Yesterday’s ump handed it to Scherzer in every way possible with his batter’s box to batter’s box zone, and now tonight? I don’t think I could have made this up.
OMG Comerica is a bandbox!
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FUCK THIS UMP
how much furthur outside the strike is this ump gonna call for verlander
As poorly as CC has pitched he’s got a shot at a good outing if he can keep them at 2 for a couple more innings. We’ve got our rested pen. If CC gives up another run, we lose to Verlander.
Ever the optimist.
Human element!
think I dated her in college…oh, my bad you said human elephant.
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surprised the home plate ump didnt signal home run on that one
That second pitch to Ordonez was a strike, if Verlander was pitching!
Wide outside pitch to lefthanders being given by ump is not going to help us – Tigers have one lefty Avila – we have 6.
I have never seen CC throw so many pitches in the dirt.
Thats the thing…this ump is horrible but CC is off. Must admit that, some of his pitches are so off it looks like AJ is actually on the mound.
Well if he’s not getting the outside corner to righties he either has to work in or down… looks like he has chosen down.
This is why the narrative “as long as he’s consistent” is about as dumb as it gets…
The impact of a bad zone is different on different teams (especially when pitchers are opposite handed)
Great pitchers make adjustments to the ump’s k-zone.
Yes, because great pitchers can make perfect pitch after perfect pitch right on the corner all night long until the umpire calls it?
With this kind of zone, the only way you can survive is to flat out blow the hitters away in the zone. How many pitchers throw in the high 90′s with a wipeout slider?
Like that one to Avila.
This is exactly right. It’s a lefty-righty thing. Though if I drink any more tonight it’s going to be a black-white thing by night’s end.
I hate this announcer. He sounds like he wants the Tigers to win so bad, and I just don’t like his style. He’s annoying. Give me Joe Buck.
He is way better than Joe Buck. And Darling is better than McCarver, while Smoltz sounds like he is still burning over Game 5 of the 96 WS.
How is he better? It’s all a matter of opinion anyway.
To be honest, Michael Kay is my favorite announcer, and it’s not particularly close.
needed a big start from CC, getting maybe a quality one, if lucky. not good. verlander goes 7.2, 3 er at most.
Great hustle, Swisher.
NICE play, A-Rod!
The ump has been consistent.
Not giving outside strike to right handed batters.
Giving the outside strike to left handed batters.
For both pitchers
Agreed. the second pitch to Avila was a foot outside.
You can’t be serious. Verlander has gotten 4 pitches in the other batter’s box. CC has gotten maybe 2 or 3 pitches even in the borderline zone all game. Are you even watching the game?
Consistently bad = bad. If the first base ump called everyone who was withing a step of first base safe we wouldn’t be saying “as long as he’s consistent”
Since one lineup has 6 lefties and the other has 1… the impact of “consistent” is not the same.
wow, A-Rod with the glovework! now if he could only hit…
OK – gotta admit A-rod is playing a nice third base this series.
A Rod has played pretty solid defense at 3rd this year.
Ssshhhh! He’s terrible at everything and the sole reason every time they lose.
Can they just throw a high fastball and have martin miss and bean that crooked bastared.
if the camera shot were a little wider you could have seen ARod running away pretending he couldn’t find it during the pop up
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Anti-Yankee. Obviously.
Never said anti-yankee. The ump is awful, for both teams. It’s pathetic that someone who can’t see the strike zone when a RHB is up is allowed to be behind the plate in the postseason.
I honestly don’t think MLB gives a shit about its umpiring. For real.
you can’t deny that Verlander is benefitting much more than CC
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He hasn’t been inconsistent, he just has a lefty-righty problem, which quite frankly means he shouldn’t umpire in the playoffs.
I won’t deny it but the overreaction is priceless. Now as I said again it’s fine if you’re frustrated but when half of those people doing it constantly insult the other half then that shit needs to end.
I MISS KAY
YESSSSS
Pretty clear that the ump has lefty-righty issues. Sucks because I think AJ would be dominating Randy Johnson right now if Davis were behind the plate.
Funny enough, Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game with Gerry Davis at homeplate.
HE WASNT A BLACK DUDE
lol at both of these. Good lord he was dominant that night.
He was at 2nd, sorry.
Now ump if you can call a couple of those strikes that are balls for CC to even it up, all would be forgiven.
settle in CC
So the ump is giving the strike outside to the left hand hitters, but calling anything outside to right handed hitters a ball. That wouldn’t be a big deal, except the Yankees are all left handed and the Tigers are all right handed.
But he’s done it for both pitchers so he’s been consistent. Its up to CC to make the adjustment.
Consistently bad = bad.
Why do people keep throwing out this ridiculous narrative? When one lineup has 6 lefties and the other just 1… the impact is severe.
Also take a look at the Brooks chart… he’s only calling that pitch off the plate to LEFTIES, CC’s not getting that same location on the inside to righties.
If he was “consistent” it would be a strike regardless of which side of the plate the hitter is on.
its detroit, ofcourse the white man has to beat the black man. fking racist ump
Russ should’ve let that one go and hit the ump.
Hooray for quick innings.
I really think you have to give Russel Martin a ton of credit for getting CC through with less than dominant stuff.
2 more innings. score some runs, hand it off the SoRoMo.
What’s SoRoMo? I only know Ayala.
Only if we have the lead
/TheBinderRules.
If Joe let’s CC throw 120 tonight he might be able to get through 6. Yankees need to get Verlanders pitch count up over the next few innings.
Same shitty strike zone by the umpire. His zone sucks against LHB, just straight up sucks.
And Ron Darling said something intelligent about changing the line of sight on those pitches.
Having a clean inning there was huge.
Again, if CC can get us to the 7th inning tied or leading then we’re in good shape. Robertson/Rivera should be good for 9 outs tonight.
Could use some runs, though.
Does it bother anyone else that the girl in that Captain Morgan’s commercial is still a slave, and she’s totally going to have to clean up all the broken dishes?
If we don’t get a couple runs this half inning Girardi needs to have Hughes and Wade warming up. We can’t worry about hurting CC’s feelings here. If he gets in trouble, he’s out.
Quiet, Imp.
I wish I was Captain Morgan. the middle ages look AWESOME! all that raping and pillaging… thoese were the daaaaaaaaaays!
those commercials take place in the baroque period …
alright enough of this fucking blowing a lead bullshit. Score some damn runs. C’mon Yanks you can beat this over hyped fuck.
I’m all for smack talk, but let’s be honest: Verlander is not overhyped. He is a top-tier, best of the best arm. He deserves the Cy that he’ll be getting.
Is he a Yankee? He is over hyped. Just like Beckett.
This is my fear, score two runs and then the bats disappear…..
How dare they not hammer Justin Verlander.
Mock as you must, but they need to start hitting. But feel free to mock and then let it all hang in AJ’s hands tomorrow.
Mock as you must, but you must clearly think Verlander is superior to our hitters. Nice position to take.
You realize he is though right? I mean the man had such a good season as a starting pitcher he’s an actual contender for the MVP. IDC how good a line up is, good pitching beats good hitting.
I can understand Cano better than I can understand Jim Leyland.
Leyland does not move his mouth when he talks. Mumble, mumble.
all ‘stache. like watching a Yosemite Sam cartoon
That was a disgusting two seamer
Not. Looking. Good.
Ugh, Russell, I love you and all, but I think I need some Montero right now.
YOu cant crticize Jorge for not swinging while crticizing Tex for swinging.
PITCH CUNTS ARE OVERRATED
blah… here we go. KKKKKKKKKK
6 pitches 2 Ks…
That was less than Martinez went in the first inning.
This is DISGRACEFUL.
I can’t wait for Verlander’s arm to fall off.
I…ugh.
The Yankee had success early in the game attacking Verlander early in the count. Why they’re going away from that is beyond me.
funny, the Yankees waited 5 innings for Verlander to settle in before they start taking pitches…
It’s like they were attacking early when he was wild and other than early in the first inning, it didn’t do very well. Now he’s throwing middle middle (granted, 95+) but the Yankees are trying to work the count. Unfortunately, it gets worked to 0-2.
Everyone on here wanted them to drive up his pitch count. I guess they heard everybody on here.
trying to take advantage of a crappy strike zone..looking for some walks. Doesnt work when Verlander throws the ball right down the middle of the plate
well that sucked
If CC yields another run it’s over. Joe has to have the pen warming.
Just turn the tv off if you’re assuming the Yankees don’t score another run.
so now we roll over? c’mon.
He’s not even locating these pitches well all in the middle of the plate.
Well Verlander has found his groove.
ump looking really excited when a NY player strikes out
That hook is nasty, borderline not fair.
And, here we go…
There, everyone happy they started taking pitches?
Is it SoRoMo tonight or So+2Mo?
(I wish we could do subscript on this.)
or Ro+2Mo
(Nothing worse than waiting 90 seconds on a busy game thread night, knowing that you typed the wrong thing.)
Struck out the side, but then again he did that against the Yankees 3 worst hitters in the lineup.
And now he’s dealing and we can’t even work the count. Not that we were working the count anyway.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
Note to everybody whining about Tex/Martin swinging at the first pitch: that’s why you don’t take a bunch of pitches against Verlander.
Hope CC doesn’t plan to give up any more runs, because Verlander sure as fuck doesn’t look like he intends to. What a fucking clinic.
Hey they took pitches! Everybody should be happy now! Get into 2 strike counts against Verlander.
That is fucking embarassing.. Make it easy on him boys
Martin brings nothing to the game what so evee and Gardy with his standard stare at strike 3 effort.
Scoring 2 runs against the best AL pitcher is hardly embarrassing.
Maybe swinging at first pitch fastballs wasn’t such a terrible idea.
I’m sure you guys will give all the credit to Verlander tonight.
How about the fact that our hitters kept popping out on 2-0 92 mph fastballs down the middle for the first 3 innings or so? Hitting into double plays on cookies right down the middle?
They had chances to get to him, and didn’t have quality at bats. This team’s weakness is not the pitching staff- it’s the streakiness of the offense. Unless they hit a home run, they struggle to get over the hump and waste a ton of chances. You don’t get those back too often against a guy like Verlander.
double play because of a smashed 2-0 cookie that just happened to be right at a fielder
and there were no 2-0 pop outs at all, so I’m not sure how “our hitters kept popping out on 2-0 92 mph fastballs down the middle”
Verlander is in unhittable mode now and with 59 pitches through 5 innings, he probably will take this to the 9th. . CC needs to shut them down for a couple of innings
INGE = MANTLE
Let’s return to striking early and bunting. Whatever it takes.
This at bat against Inge, I like Inge btw, is why CC struggling. How can you not get this bum out on 4 pitches.
C.C. Hughes.
Waste of time to bitch about the umpire. The Yankees’ problem isn’t the umpire–it’s VERLANDER!
Joe needs a quick hook tonight.
We can still win but this isn’t feeling like our night
Anyone know the pitchcount?
Another DP please.
When you know that the opposing pitcher will not get a single call, it makes it a lot easier to hang out there and just fight pitches off. This is not just his control being slightly off, this is a guy trying to be perfect because he knows he can’t lay it in there for a call.
A true statement.
Why do the announcers sound biased towards the Tigers, disgusting.
Shitty announcers probably never sound like they’re calling it down the middle. I think what you’re hearing is an over-abundance of over-excitement (especially on the play-by-play side), which is just grating as hell.
theres no way he can walk ajax 3 times right?
this actually reminds me of the formula of Yankee baseball that won 4 world series. keep the game close…around the 6th or 7th inning break through on their starting pitcher…our bullpen closes it down.
Hard to break through against the starter when you don’t make him throw any pitches. Verlander could throw a CG unless the Yankees start competing up there.
TOM VERDUCCI: MAN OR GIRL?
Pat
Thanks for the bunt.
Yanks gonna lose this game to a guy who batted .197 this season.
montero please!
So Girardi gets the bullpen ready but pitches Ayala last night.
It s a good thing he didnt pitch SoRoMo last night because we need multiple inning out of them.
Thanks for giving that out away, Leyland.
I thought everyone was against sacrifices?
Get your outs! FREE OUTS!
Fuck.
lol
CC just lost the ballgame. Once again too late with the hook is Girardi.
so yea, I’m pretty much done with this game.
awww fuck this…
OH MAN
Ugh….When Inge and Santiago are killing you, not good.
Now we are up shitcreek and losing grip of the paddle.
Ramon Santiago is number 1 on my shit list…
Fack. This is going poorly. So who starts warming first? Maybe Hughes?
Get Robertson up.
jeez thank god for comerica….
This is enough Joe…get the bullpen going…and I don’t mean Ayala
What is wrong with this team?
CC had him out by a MILE at 2nd base. A MILE.
Then a double that would not have scored the run otherwise.
You can’t make this up. This team is giving it away in every way possible in this series.
Not so sure about that, A-Jax has pretty serious wheels and that ball was rocketed deep
So according to all of you guys this games over right? No reason to keep playing, just forfit?
Only half the game left to play, we can’t expect another run.
WHO THE FUCK IS RAMON SANTIAGO?
Some two-bit platoon player who hit .260 this season. For all the Yankees money, they must nickel and dime their scouting department. Weak-ass hitters always haunt these guys.
Just bring me Kenny Rogers with black shit on his hand and put me out of my misery.
Absolutely gutless performance by CC tonight. Pitiful.
tigers are just looking inside now cuz the outside pitch is never a strike. game is a joke. obviously fixed by the umps and mlb
CC chokes man.
Just sad. Yankees need a pitcher who is built for the postseason.
WALK HIM!!!!!!!!!!
crying
Well, that’s it.
Pitchers and catchers report February 15th.
That may be all she wrote the way Verlander is pitching.
Girardi managing like this game matters?! A rare event.
Actually, the Yankees’ problem is not JUST Verlander but also Sabathia. He’s thoroughly hittable tonight.
The Yankees will win this game.
C.C. just has to be better than this in a pivotal game. He just has to. He’s been awful.
Absolutely, way too many idiots on tonight.
I hope your right just so the fairweather sky is falling people stop…
Hell yeah, man. Pretty gross how people are turning on CC. CC!
He’s been God awful. Choke job.
Not looking good.
CC looks like his buddy Cliff Lee tonight.
Can he get his old catcher VMart out to keep it at 3?
CC almost wild pitch on intentional walk – wow!
If we lose this ballgame and don’t win the series, CC can opt out and Cashman won’t offer him a penny to return. You can’t lose these ballgames and call yourself the ace of a staff.
no.
And what will they do next year? Run a children’s crusade with Banuelos, Betances, Noesi, Nova, and AJ? They won’t find anyone better on the free agent market than Sabathia. If they want a real pitcher, they’ll have to trade good people for them, probably Montero included.
No, bring in CJ Wilson who gave up 8 runs against the Rays in Game 1 so he doesn’t fit the description.
That curve ball is gonna get hit and hit hard.
CC can opt out and Cashman will offer him about $161M to return
Who would you prefer as the ace?? Edwin Jackson?? CJ Wilson??
Please just stop.
You’re a fucking moron
Season in the balance left to AJ. So much for #28 this year. What a fucking waste of a good season.
there you go….now lets start getting out hustled
wow CC – please opt out you piece of shit.
Slow your roll.
We haven’t thrown ANYTHING up..it’s all low and lower. Change the batters eye.
That pitch in the dirt was godawful. I just hope CC can get out of this inning.
CC really fucking sucks. He hasn’t been a big game pitcher for two years. He’s lucky to have only surrendered three runs. Five walks, including one to Austin Jackson after being up 0-2? Two doubles to absolutely shitty hitters? God this guy’s fucking terrible.
Are you stupid or what?
He walked more than a batter an inning, twice as many walks as strikeouts, and allowed a double more frequently than every two innings. How did CC not choke his ass off tonight?
When A-Rod threw that ball I thought that Miggy went to second on the passed ball and was about to scream my head off.
Good, still in it. Verlander isn’t untouchable, we just have to make sure we capitalize when he slips up even a bit.
Exactly. It could have been a lot worse with Sabathia than 3 runs through 5 innings.
Capitalize? They have only 2 hits in 20-30 AB’s with RISP this series, both in one inning. And that wasn’t against Verlander. It could happen, but it’s far from likely.
5 innings from our Ace.
the crazy thing is that whoever leyland puts in the two hole murders us
What a struggle for CC. I need to watch the bottom of the 9th in Baltimore last Wednesday night again.
/goes down smooth
Most of the comments in this thread are far more embarrassing than getting beaten up by Brandon Inge.
Try and have some composure when sitting on your couch.
Back away from the bong pipe, dude.
Strike zone calls aside, CC Sabathia looks like shit out there on the mound tonight. He looks winded and he looks like he’s confused. We need our ace to get angry when things aren’t going his way and handle shit. Verlander started throwing 99MPH fastballs in the first when things were getting out of hand for him. CC just can’t throw it near the strike zone with most of his pitches.
Sigh…let’s go Yankees. I hope our offense can muster something up with the top of our order coming up.
No reason the Yanks can’t get the run back. Has been a trying night for CC and the strike zone, but it’s not over yet.
That being said it would be nice to see the Yanks consider taking the bats off the shoulders when at bat.
Wow. Both this thread and Twitter have simultaneously completely fucking lost it.
Great pitchers make adjustments to umpire’s strikezones.
CC hasnt done that and it has cost hin.
The strike zone is not why CC has struggled. It’s his lack of command.
good point…everyone on this board realized the ump was calling the low outside strike to lefties….dont the Yanks have someone on staff to watch for this shit?
how many lefties did CC face??? that really wouldn’t benefit him at all
That’s oversimplifying it a bit, don’t you think? If CC “adjusted” to the zone, he’d have to lay it in over the heart of the plate every pitch. How do you think that would turn out?
That’s why he needed to mix up his array throwing fastballs in and changeups on the outer half of the box that would still be called strikes. Fastball in fastball in changeup.
You are clueless. Hitters are leaning out over the plate and pulling line drives off of those outside pitches. If you can’t get them to expand because of the tight zone, there is nothing you can do unless you can blow them away on 100 mph gas every pitch.
Can’t wait till AJ outpitches CC tomorrow.
Last 2 games 5.1 innings and 5 innings each with 3 earned runs from the starters. Mediocre starts don’t get it done in the playoffs
Come on Yanks, lets scores some runs!
MAN IM SAD AND DRUNK GOING TO SLEEP AND DREAM OF 2009
This feels like a big inning for our offense with the top of the order up. Come on guys!
I do not think this game affects Cashman’s offer to CC when he opts out.
Also Smoltz is talking like Joe will remove CC and put in Soriano – -not sure about that – I think CC thinks he is staying in game, I am sure.
CC’s already at 99 pitches. Why would he come back out?
When is his next start gonna be, Opening Day 2012?
Is there a non-troll thread for this game?
Nice, DJ!
Hell yea Jetes! Hit one out Grandy man.
I bet it’s quiet on OTM tonight, they’re all popping in here.
Sabathia picked a bad game to pitch like he’s Freddy Garcia… not going to get his 30mil per season this way…
CC now stands for choke choke sabathia
C’mon Grandy. Triple in the gap…
99 wow!
If the Yanks lose this game, I can just go through and read these comments and all is forgiven.
didn’t miss by much???? Got one in his favor??? are you fucking kidding me? Anderson just came in his fucking pants
“Guys, if he wanted to start 162 games a year and get his pitch count up to about 200-300 a game. I think he could win every game of the year. I really think he could do it.” /TBS’d
Thi made me laugh. Impressive given the situation.
Need a hit and run here. Stay out of the gidp.
Leyland already has a defensive replacement for Ordonez in the game and it’s only the 6th. I’d say he’s pretty confident in Verlander.
hope they can force valverde in for the 9th somehow
This offense looks defeated and completely overmatched by Verlander’s fastball.
time for A Rod to snap out of it
Ok, can A-Rod do something here please?
Musial, Williams or Mantle, in their primes, wouldn’t be hitting Verlander right now.
You don’t know that.
Booing ARod is so trendy.
Jeter needs to steal and maybe they can get a cheap run on a bloop
Must be a lot of Yankee fans there if they’re booing ARod that loudly
How some of you people root for the Yankees–much less take the time to post on a blog about a team that you so clearly despise watching– confuses me.
I thought the deciding 4th game in 2006 was played in the Bronx.
Nope, that series has followed this series pattern exactly through the first two games.
its all over guys. verlander is going to cruise the rest of the way. CC sucks d*ck.
Please ban this guy.
You know A-Rod is not even close to 100% when he looks at two hangers right over the plate.
I miss hits and runs
I miss a Yankee team that could win.
That was the same exact pitch. How was one a strike and one was a ball?
That pitch was in the exact same spot! How can it be a ball once and a strike the next time??
LOL looks like CHOKE-ROD aka PURPLE LIPS is back!
Please go kill yourself
that was a bit over the top
Please ban this guy
Same pitch. But that one was a strike somehow.
This is somehow Russell Martin’s fault.
Way to be consistent blue…call one even farther off the plate a strike. fucking incredible.
That was at the exact same fucking place as the pitch you just called a ball. How the fuck do you expect him to swing at that you dumb fuck. If you call one call the other.
let’s hope aj is ready, if verlander keeps this up, i don’t see how the yanks can plate a run
I love the human element of the game, one pitch is called a ball and the same exact pitch one pitch later is a strike.
That was a microcosm of this umpires inconsistency. That was the same pitch. First one a ball. Second one a strike.
same exact location, first one is a ball, second is a strike
FUCK THIS UMPIRE
Yeah go up there trying to walk guys.
A little late for that now.
What can you do when the umpire calls the same pitch a ball, and then a strike to punch you out?
This is beyond ridiculous at this point. Both Scherzer and Verlander are benefiting from some of the worst zones I have EVER seen. Even if Detroit advances, there is no way they will make it out of the AL. They are getting every break imaginable and still barely beating the Yankees.
Yeah, this is over. Lead off man gets on and 2-3-4 can’t do anything. Gerry Davis calls one pitch a ball and the same pitch a strike. It’s just not our night.
Wow.. Great AB Arod… Gutless
and A-Rod continues his 0-for-playoffs campaign.
It’s a shame I can’t appreciate the epicness of Verlander’s start due to obvious reasons.
How is it that two pitches thrown back-to-back land in the same exact spot yet don’t receive the same call?
after all the hype ESPN has given to Texas and Philly…watch it be a Tigers/Brewers World Series. Ratings GOLD!
Wow, Leyland brought in a defensive replacement for someone who was leading off the next inning?
CC starting this inning just makes Girardi’s bullpen ‘management’ last game even more terrible…
And now he’s STILL in…
lol fat ass
Someone please tell me why that fast piece of garbage is still on the mound. Does Girardi know he’s got a pen?
Because that “fast piece of garbage” is our ace and even though he’s allowed four runs he’s better than anybody in our bullpen short of Mo and Robertson.
Love me some human element
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Guys we are only down one run. If we keep it at 3-2 or even tie the game and force Verlander out, we can get to that bullpen. You gotta play Verlander like you played Pedro in the late 90s-early 2000s.
And let’s relax on Jim Leyland, he got the best hitter and pitcher in baseball. How great was he on the Rockies??
Blame the umps for that
why the fuck is CC still in the game? We’re just wasting our bullpen at this point.
fuck this bullshit
please cc opt you – theres no reason cash would re-sign your fat ass. no team should pay a fat guy like that so much money.
Hey eat a dick fucktard.
just wondering why CC is still in there
Joe G needs to be FIRED.
Why the hell is CC still in the game?
cc is full of shit
This calls for a ban.
Fucking pathetic. Why the fuck would they bring CC in???
Might as well bring in Ayala and save the premium relievers for tomorrow.
Why is he still in you fucking idiot!!!!!??????
CC shouldn’t have been left in for this. Struggling all night. That last run is on Girardi.
No its on Gardner. Aaron Rowand makes that play.
Girardi, time to remove this fat fuck.
That’s on Gardner. Game over. Gold glovers make that play.
The hell?
Joe left CC in to face Inge who has owned him tonight.
I’ve seen Aaron Rowand make that play. I’ve seen Torii Hunter make that play. Gold glovers make that play. Gardner just stopped in front of the wall and the ball bounced on the warning track. Make the catch you fucker.
you’re seriously an idiot
Greg just says that saying anything bad about Girardi is not allowed so he’s looking for ANYTHING else to blame that clusterfuck on.
Why is he still in there, why even have a bullpen.
He doesn’t get the lefty…why does he even face Peralta (yes, I know Peralta is better against righties) but CC looked done?
CC can opt the fuck out and take Girardi with him. Fucking pathetic.
And then Nova will be our ace! Nice, I can see it now.
Nova
AJ
Hughes
Noesi
Igawa
Can you opt out of RAB and take the rest of the CC haters with you? The guy was a top-3 pitcher in the AL this year.
and he deserves a lot of praise for that. But that doesnt change the fact that he choked when we needed him the most. Actually he’s been pretty shaky for at least a month
and you can go root for the Mets. dick.
Girardi is an asshole. Leave a clearly ineffective CC in the game to start the 6th.. Leave a clearly ineffective CC in the game after his fat ass can’t get to a bunt… That double I’m sure no one saw coming
Big night for the ace, way to step up. That extension is going to taste like shit.
I’m really surprised Joe let CC go back out there; he looked gassed in the last inning.
What the hell Joe
The Yankees never had a chance in this series with the disgracefully bad strike zones they have faced in these last two games.
Any pitcher that throws 95+ can dominate with a strike zone as large as the Tigers have received on the mound. It’s impossible to hit fastballs 4-5 inches off the plate at that velocity when you are down 0-2 every at bat because he is calling garbage pitches strikes.
Detroit is not the better team in this series. It would have shown if the umpiring were even of mediocre quality. The HP umpire in Game 1 was OUTSTANDING. The other 2 have been among the worst that I have ever seen.
Just shut the fuck up already.
It sure helps your argument to respond with a post like that. Great example you are setting as the moderator as well with that kind of language.
The one yesterday was worse (though it probably had less of an impact as at least both pitches were right handed)
The impact tonight was huge as CC had to abandon the outside corner to righties – I think that’s whty he was working down so much (as he was going to get that outside corner)
The game 1 zone was also not that great.
The umps in general have been very bad this postseason with balls and strikes (all series)
BooHoo CC has a bad game which erases everything he has done for us. You fucking morons are stupid. You guys shouldn’t be called Yankees fan you fucking bandwagoners.
Seriously.
All God damn year Girardi waits too long to pull his starters…why would it change? I guess he was just hoping to throw CC one more inning so Ayala would only have to go 2 or 3..
I’d prefer Robertson here. He’s more of a strikeout/get out of jams guy.
At least the bullpen is rested for 2012.
Brian Cashman shouldn’t offer CC one penny to come back. In the biggest game of the year Verlander showed up, CC did not. Go to Chicago, Girardi you fucking bum.
Yeah let’s dump an ace based on 1 game.
Exactly. Could not agree more.
I hate you.
Two important observations:
Arod is choking so hard his lips are turning purple.
Girardi has to go, if you thought CC was fading to the point of getting Soriano up in the 5th you don’t let CC start the 6th.
this sucks, i know people hate on girardi, but he has made some really stupid moves in 2 out of the 3 most important games this year. with verlander on the mound, it’s all but over. i really hope im wrong
cc is a piece of shit and fat.
the ump is a cheating prick. hope a drunk detroit loser runs him over and kills him. that would be justice.
Troll
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No Luis Ayala???
How much you want to bet Inge gets a hit here. I mean we are losing to Ramon Santiago and Brandon Inge.
So needing a strikeout he goes to Soriano and not Robertson? Why not flip the order here robot Joe?
I Hate Giradi so much.
That motherfucker is the dumbest fucking in-game manager. I swear to god i could do a better job than that fucking monkey.
Joe Torre would have had that bullpen out there 2 innings ago. They’d be tired as hell but at least he would have used them.
Worst bullpen management by Girardi in the postseason? Going with Ayala instead of wade/robertson the past two games, now sticking with Sabathia when he CLEARLY didn’t have it… and with Verlander dealing, two runs are HUGE.
Welcome to Girardi’s blunder of the night – why did CC start this inning?
Thank God CC Fatbastia is out. The YAnks have a chance now.
Hey, so you can blow fastballs right past Austin Jackson. Who would have known? Did Girardi and Sabathia bother to look at the scouting reports?
For some strange reason, Jackson was actually watching close pitches instead of swinging through them.
Thanks, So.
We are not going down without a fight and I shall not allow this from my couch!
thanks for coming Yanks. #predictable
Wow Soriano, thats momentum right there.
Tigers 3 Yankees 2 JoeG -1
I still believe the Yankees are going to win this game.
CC has always pitched poorly in Detroit, I believe, back to his Cleveland days – that fact did not get a lot of play before this game.
I remember the lefty Brennan Boesch beating him pretty badly in one game in particular for the Yanks – and that was a lefty.
Fact of matter is he got hurt by Brandon Inges and Ramon Santiagos.
I was totally right above – knowing Joe there was no way he is taking CC out at 99 pitches in a 3-2 game to start an inning.
It is frustrating to see this team just freeze when they lose the lead. I was reminded today that they scored the second most runs and that my concerns were irrational.
No they are not and the season means nothing once the playoffs start.
you also said the same thing in the second inning against Oakland. The Yankees went on to hit 3 grand slams
Ya that worked out well for them THAT day. Still means nothing. Perhaps you want to remind me of the great run in the late 90′s. or that they won in 2009…. So, ya, glad you remember – I don’t – but still means nothing.
We don’t make the postseason without CC, so it’s only logical to get rid of him after one bad game despite him having a 3 ERA in the postseason for us.
Hate to say it, but decisions like the one Joe just made to leave CC in to pitch will get managers canned. That’s bullshit.
If George was alive the Yanks would have knocked Verlander out in the first. The 2009 Yankes would have come back from this…
wow look how easy soriano made it look. cc just flat out CHOKED.
So are you just like a bitter Red Sox fan or something?
get a life, troll
I can say without a doubt that CC Sabathia and Joe Girardi have cost the Yankees this series. Ace didn’t show up and the manager stuck with him too long. Verlander came to pitch. Leyland came to manage with his great lineup moves tonight. AJ Burnett ain’t saving the day, guys.
Girardi did not cost us the series. They were already behind when the sixth came around.
CC just plain needs to lose weight and keep it off.
I know all about the “he’s so athletic” argument.
That played well when he was 21, 25, even 28 years old.
He’s 31. And he was completely gassed. He’s not David Wells with a rubber arm.
He’s CC Sabathia who CAN still be aworkhorse….if he takes betterr care of his body.
He just had a top-3 in the AL season with that body.
yeah, but that top 3 season was compiled in April-August.
He wore down in September, and he looked completely gassed tonight.
Stop playing Devil’s Advocate. i know you’ll never agree with me on Swish.
But I know you do see some truth on this one.
The reason why CC has looked bad in the past month is that stupid 6-man rotation. He even said that he prefers to pitch every 5th day and that the extra rest affects him adversely. The numbers back this up too. Nice job by Girardi of fucking your ace over to accommodate AJ Burnett.
There’s probably some truth to that, only saying it in this context makes it sound petty. It would be an interesting point to discuss in the offseason, which still may not come for a few weeks (despite what most here seem to think).
Since when is it so trendy to rag on CC? where were you guys all season, I love talking about how terrible our best players are based on one bad day. Let’s get on Derek next for going 0-5 yesterday? Or Granderson for not hitting 9 homers this post season? God with fans like you I’m not surprised some people don’t like the Yankees or their fans…It almost reminds me of Sox fans. Pathetic.
It’s just trolls. Very few people shit talking CC are actual Yankee fans.
+1 to that.
Better question is why wouldn’t he take the free base?
Tex, be a man and get hit in the arm.
So by your logic if we dont score any more runs, Girardi’s off the hook
Tex should have let that hit him
Game is not over. Series is not over. But this site is quickly deteriorating into OTM.
I know its not over but it feels like it, specially since the yankees dont seem to be able to win against teams not named Twins
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No it is over. Yanks will not come back tonight – they can’t hit Verlander – and AJ will do his best to let Detroit smash the ball.
They needed game 2, they didn’t get it and now the season will be done.
good. now leave the comments to those who have faith.
Teix has never hit a changeup in his life
this would be one of the most amazing comeback wins of all time. 2 runs is not unthinkable….remember you have to add 27 pitches on to Verlanders total….he really has this inning left and if Leyland keeps him in because he used up his Pen last night, we will get to him in the 8th.
Come on. Don’t let this overrated piece of shit beat us.
Who’s overrated? Verlander?
Tex is just an auto out right now, frustrating.
Hey Darling, the question shouldn’t be ‘how’ did Teixeira get out of the way of that pitch, the question should be ‘why’ did Teixeira get out of the way. Whiffing on the change was so predictable after that.
I am tired of Swisher. He is NOT a postseason hitter.
So Ayala for the 7th?
This made me laugh – good one.
Tex is just horrible at the plate. This is a bad sign towards the future.
not looking good. need baserunners
i like how montero was ops’ing 1+ and hasnt gotten a single AB.
HIP HIP JORGE (HR)
I think we should blame CC for the offense looking like shit.
To those who think that this game isn’t over, do you honestly think that Leyland will take Verlander out of the game? Leyland pitches his best pitchers, something Girardi could learn.
I think its time for Cashman to let Swisher go. Convert Montero into a RF or something, he is flat awful in the playoffs.
he hit a bomb yesterday
Wow, Posada is having a nice series.
shhh your ruining the narrative of everybody on the Yankees is terrible.
Wow, the ump actually let Verlander walk someone! I’m astonished.
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Bias
Now would be the time for a pinch run.
how funny is it that posada has been awesome this series
Hey remember when people said Posada shouldn’t play in the playoffs?
Fantastic AB by Jorge. Do something now.
PH Jesus for Martin please.. do something Girardi
Posada has actually done really well – hard to draw a walk when someone is throwing easy 101 mph gas.
Tex has to take that easy HBP on that curve. In hindsight it really seems like the rain fucked us. CC was dealing and Verlander was off and they called it. And our crowd was halfass at best with the rain. Now they get Verlander at home with a great crowd. We need a big jack right here. With our power this game isn’t close to over.
Posada has been pretty good at the plate. Who would have thought.
Pinch run for Posada!!!!!!!!!!!
pinch hit montero pls !
I understand its a righty, but I would of use Andruw Jones here.
Man, some of you people are not cut out for being baseball fans. You guys do know that there’s another good team with another good pitcher pitching against us right? The animosity on here towards CC who has carried the pitching staff for the last three years, to a WS title, an ALCS berth and a division championship is embarrassing. A lot of people on here seem to think that being a fan of a particular team means that they should always get to win every game and that if the players fail to indulge that desire then they barely deserve to draw another breath.
Go grab a beer, kiss your significant other and be happy.
Listen to the crowd complain about not getting the 3 inches off the plate pitch they’ve gotten all night
That had to smart
No Chavez to “pop one” – LOL?
Yes CC hasn’t had the command tonight and the strikezone is not helping but it certainly is not the end of the world! You people make me sick, you act like the Tigers are the Orioles, the Tigers are facing the Yankees in the ALDS for a reason, THEY ARE GOOD! I sure as hell hope none of you expected to score runs like a merry-go-round against Argueably MLBs most dominant pitcher. The Yankees arethe top scoring team in baseball, they are in the playoffs for a reason, they are good! They are only down by two runs, it’s doable. And lest we forget their well rested bullpen that happens to be the best in baseball. Can we atleast try to be positive for a little while?!? It’s baseball, anything can happen, relax for a little bit….
stop trolling
Sorry that your Red Sox missed the playoffs. Oh wait, I’m not sorry.
ur rude
This inning is helping in the fight to get Valverde into this game at some point.
Posada is having a great series and there’s a good chance we fucking missed his last game played at Yankee Stadium.
Walk, HBP, let’s go with another walk for El Cap.
3-0 autostrike.
If Verlander gives up a hit here at least we can sign him since of course they would have to DFA him. That’s how this works right?
WTF!!!! That ball four was the furthest pitch from the zone in the AB!
That was not a strike.
Ball 4, called strike 1, turning an entire AB around for Verlander.
You can’t make this up.
here comes the K
that was ball 4. Does anyone have the official count of incorrect pitches called?
BRET MOTHER FUCKING GARDNER
FUCK YEAH BITCHES <3 GARDNER
LETS GO!
SHOULD OF PINCH HIT CHAVEZ!!!!!! BRETT HAS TIED IT!!!!!!!
Fuck yeah Gardner! FUCK YEAH
Do they still suck?
Evrybody get off Girardi please
Now he’s off the hook
no, now he’s more on the hook, up 4-3 is better than tied 4-4
How is he off the hook? He’d have the lead if it wasn’t for his terrible moves.
I’ll say it again: the Yankees are winning this game.
Brett Fucking Garnder.
BRETT FUCKING GARDNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brett fucking Gardner
but I thought this game was over
ONE FUCKING TIME!
BG bitches!!
FUCK YEAH. That was pure grit right thur.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my tears have suddenly dried up
FUCK YEAH BRETT!!!!!!!!!! THE GRITTIEST MOTHER FUCKER ON THE PLANET!
woo hoo
BRETT FUCKING GARDNER. I won’t ever forget that!
Where was Chavez when you need him????? Dumbass Girardi…
Gardner the MVP of this series for the Yankees thus far?
Two tremendously huge hits. Wow!
Oh i thought the game was over
Beautiful rally vs. Verlander. Great hitting Grit Gardner!!!
John Sterling: this place has become a library. LOL.
Classic.
Couldn’t agree more. We get on the announcers but Smoltz calling that shot just before he hit was pretty awesome I must admit. But a HORRIBLE job by Soriano, but what do you expect from this loser.
sorry i am an asshole for doubting them, you can all virtually point and laugh at me
So proud of Brett for that AB. So proud. Keep it going boys. When I said the game wasn’t over because of our power I didn’t mean Brett hahaha. LET’S GO!
Doesn’t get enough attention but Russell is pretty damn fast.
Gardner haters? Speak up now.
WE AE NOT DEAD YET!!!!
Let’s pinch hit Gardner again so Chavez can pop one. Scumbag Girardi.
Thank God for Brett. And Joe didn’t pinch hit Chavez. Now we’ve got our good pen out there. We need to get Verlander out and scratch one run across.
We have momentum, 1-2-3 inning would be huge for us right now.
GGBG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brett the Jet!!!!!
Bullpen, time to rock and roll.
Brett the motherfucking man Gardner!!
I’ll admit I saw a big K coming from Gardner I’m sorry I doubted him….
We might need a spillover thread soon…
Was gonna say we need a new thread
How depressed do the TBS announcers sound right now?
So tired of these TBS announcers and their Verlander worship. They probably get more excited ordering chimichangas than they did just now making the call on Gardy’s game tying double. Flatline announcing. Just the facts ma’am.
No Ayala? Soriano for two innings? I hope Girardi isn’t hurting himself watching this.
Ahem, ahem….
So…
Verlander fucking sucks! I don’t care what kind of ace this guy is, he choked when the Tigers needed him most. Go ahead, asshole. Opt out! You don’t serve a penny! Fucking skinny piece of shit!
See how this works?
fuck yeah soriano is coming up big
Get this Soriano clown out of there and bring in Ayala.
Soriano just lost it.
I thought CC lost already? I’m confused…
I thought CC lost it already? I’m confused…
SMH Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck!!!!!!
reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly
Soriano, I hate you.
I just died inside…
Fucking Delmon Young…that was deflating but we easily can do the same thing. Stop it here Soriano. TBS…FUCK YOU
Delmon Young has to be on something illegal. He ISN’T this good.
So tired of these TBS announcers and their Verlander worship. They probably get more excited ordering chimichangas than they did just now making the call on Gardy’s game tying double. Flatline announcing. Just the facts ma’am. Then they call Young’s homer like a World Series winning walk off.
Honestly, think about it. Why might the Gardy call be subdued compared to other calls? They’re in Detroit. The crowd goes silent. They are going to feed off of the volume of the crowd. So, in Detroit, the Tigers big plays will get a big pop from the booth. In NY, the Yankees big plays will ge the pop. (For instance: Cano’s grand slam illicited an orgasm from these same idiots.)
Thanks levine to pay so much money for this guy
Cant blame Girardi now.
Spillover thread please.
this pitching staff is not championship caliber.. and thats why they will not win it
Verlander will stay in the ballgame. That just about did it and likely ended our season.
The whole world seemed to know that Young was looking for a first pitch fastball, except Soriano and Martin.
Does this team ever read the scouting reports? Even the idiot announcers knew what was coming.
So many blatant errors in pitch selection in this series. You can’t be this sloppy in postseason games.
Soriano! Fuck! Way to be a douchenozzle.
Okay I can’t even blame Girardi here. I hope Levine gets fired and I hope Soriano never pitches another pitch for this team.
Still well in this.
Verlander is good and will win the Cy Young, but my god you’d think he had the best season ever in the history of pitching with the way TBS has been ballwashing him.
OMG how in the world is that a Strike.
Now the umpire wants to be generous.
I hope this umpire dies an AWFUL DEATH!
+1000
Not one pitch in the Granderson at bat was in the strike zone. Cano called out on a letter high fastball. You couldn’t even dream up a worse home plate umpire.
This is out of control…..
This is unreal. The strike zon. is horrible/
Awesome. down by 1 run and the meat of the line up just flops. Millions and millions spent to get to the playoffs. Yanks need to spend millions to get to the WS, like they did in the old days.
you’re a troll boy.
Great response. Creative, lots of thought went into that I see. But clearly you see a different team on the field than I do. I see a 98 win team that is flopping once again in the ALDS against a team not from Minnesota. That is just a fact.
Yeah, not biased at all. Ridiculous umpire.
all the sudden this strike zone got a lot widdddder
This is the worst ump I’ve ever seen in a playoff game the most inconsistent horse shit makes me wanna choke a bitch.
Eric Gregg’s Livan Hernandez strikezone is still the worst ever, but this is making a run for that title.
lol ump is good at cheating.
I wish Cano was coming up next and not pop-up Teixeira. At least A-Rod did something tonight.
I though you wanted Cano hitting third.
Death. Taxes. Pop-ups.
Why isn’t anyone from the Yankee bench arguing about the zone?????
Girardi should be livid. At least say SOMETHING to the ump!!!
Tex seems to pop out the exact same way EVERY time. Boy does he need to work on something in the offseason.
The rate things are going, he can get started on it on Wednesday.
Teixeira pop-up, what uppp. This dude is fucking garbage
Tex has to be the worst post season player ever no?
I hope he drops this bum in the lineup and not A-Rod. I rather see Posada bat 5th instead of this automatic out. I am done with him. He NEVER gets a postseason hit.
A-Rod and Tex back to back at 4 and 5 in the lineup, thats the reason we cant get the offense going.
ARod got on base twice and drove in a run but let’s put him in the Teix category of useless.
I hope Girardi drops Popxiera in the lineup and not A-Rod. I rather see Posada bat 5th instead of this automatic out. I am done with him. He NEVER gets a postseason hit. And bat Swisher 9th, I’m tired of him never hitting in the playoffs.
Well, we finished better than Boston. Most satisfying no WS season.
Let’s rebuild and get’em next year. Alhtough we could still win this series, I’m not counting on it.
Popixira.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=7.gif
Nope no bias here…nothing at all
Clearly the umpire’s fault. It doesn’t matter that A-Rod hasn’t gotten a hit all season, CC walked six batters and allowed as many XBHs as batters he fanned, all on the umps right?
Look, this is pretty much a carbon copy the mid 2000s teams. Great offense that will hit well in exactly one post season game then disappear in the others, one great pitcher that will disappear in the postseason, and a shaky 2-5.
your shitting on Arod after he got on base twice and made some nice plays? Verlander has twice the zone of CC
Ok. Obviously wish we weren’t down one, but I will love it when Valverde blows this save.
Justin QueerHandler is unbelievable WITHOUT an ump with a dicked-up stikezone. Embarrassing…
Queerhandler? Really?
Girardi has not argued yet cause he wants to make sure he stays in the game to bring in Ayala in the 9th
You know absolutely nothing if you think this series is over and shouldn’t consider yourself a Yankee fan.
This game will probably just determine whether we win this series in 4 games or 5. You don’t deserve to watch this team.
Whoever thinks that the bitching is the most annoying thing here and not pretentious bullshit like this has to be kidding themselves.
too bad he fouled it off..he got a great jump…Thanks Smoltz
a-rod has been playing amazing at third. I hope the story of this game is our comeback victory and not the strikezone. I actually like verlander but his 10+ K’s are biased
Ok, time to get two runs off “Papa Grande”.
Had dreams about the Yankees killing Valverde in a one run game.
Alright, let’s stick it to this potbellied chicken looking motherfucker.
Ok so after we come back and win this game, all of you(YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) better not celebrate after calling this game over in the 5th inning.
so Montero has to hit for Martin this inning, right???
Good joke.
Tigers have shot their wad with this win. Verlander is done for the series. Yanks win tomorrow and Clinch in the Bronx
FIRE GIRARDI!
Alright, let’s get Valverde!
Seriously Swisher? WTF
HOW CAN YOU POP THAT PITCH UP IN THAT COUNT IN THAT SPOT?
What is wrong with this team? This is PATHETIC.
Then go root for the Mets. That’s baseball. Deal with it.
But isn’t it amazing that Swisher and Teixeira cannot get a hit in the playoffs for their lives and Posada has been on base the whole series? It just seems that certain players can’t play in the postseason and Swisher and Tex are two examples of that.
2-0 FB, and you missed it that badly.
I’ve said a lot of terrible things about AJ Burnett this season. I will apologize and take it all back for one good start.
Lucky for you, you won’t need to. He will fulfill all the terrible things you said.
excellent job my the millionaire chokers..
just one more game so they can go home and enjoy their money
And the cherry on top – watching Valverde spaz after every out. Nothing like rubbing salt in the wound. Great game Yanks, great game.
oh Valverde you ARE going back to NY…even if Vinnie and little Pete bring you back in the trunk of a car
You are expecting the guy to throw 95, and he throws 91-92. How can you be late on that fastball in hitter’s counts like 2-0, 1-1, etc? This team doesn’t look ready to play, it’s really sad.
Pinch runner for Posada.
I’ll say one thing, Posada has acquitted himself well this series.
I hate the Montero-Girardi relationship and it’s been a month.
If only Steinbrenner was alive.
Yeah if only…Girardi would be fired and you’d be complaining about Mattingly, CC wouldn’t be resigned because he pitched poorly tonight, we’d probably have both Lackey and Jiminez on our team, our farm system would be desimated…good times.
Wow…..
Good job Nunez. Get him in Gardner