Game Four: Just Win
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The Rays had their fun this weekend, but it’s time to close the book on that series. The Yankees are in Baltimore now, a place that has been very friendly to them over the years. They’ve won 17 of 25 games at Camden Yards over the last three years, part of a 39-15 record against the O’s overall. Coincidentally enough, the Yankees have gone 13-5 against the Orioles in each of the last three seasons. They sure could use a win now, the natives are starting to get restless. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
RF Nick Swisher
2B Robinson Cano
DH Alex Rodriguez
1B Mark Teixeira
CF Curtis Granderson
LF Andruw Jones
C Russell Martin
3B Eduardo Nunez
RHP Ivan Nova
Tonight’s game will start just after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES. Try to enjoy.
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Haha I guess the topic title.
Matusz worked out with Brady Anderson this off season, and put on ten to 15 pounds of muscle over a four-month period?
Blood test, please.
Sign me up (for the workout, not test)
ha, just commented similarly below
Is all this stuff Havoc is saying about Prodigy really true? I really wish Mobb Deep didn’t have to end like this…
(cries while listening to Shook Ones Pt. II)
Wait….what happened?
I am here. Good night weatherwise. Nova warming up. ARod hit some bombs in bp.
I’m going to the Wednesday game. You going to that one?
Maybe you can “Stairs” Matusz for us between innings if he looks at all sharp?
Have some Boog Powell BBQ while you’re there. You only live once…as far as we know.
BTW your boy is sitting out Darvish.
Camden Yards looks beautiful enjoy the game!
If they lose its all on YOU!
LOL
Win this one Monterowasdinero boys!
Woo hoo! First game I can watch complete this year!
Only 74 more days until blessed termination!!!
Nunez at 3B tonight with a ground ball pitcher on the mound. Let’s hope that not too many balls find there way to 3rd base tonight.
Brady Anderson is employed by the O’s to get their players back in shape? Interesting choice.
Jeets, all sorts of awesome against southpaws
I thought it was funny that some people were saying the Yankees looked old this weekend (and, btw, young teams look old when they’re losing), yet Jeter and A-Rod looked good, and it was the youthful Nunez who made a costly error.
Shh… you’re ruining the narrative.
Jeter is doing amazing leading off in the first so far. Has he gotten a lead-off hit in all four games thus far? (Swisher with the pop-out.)
Good evening ladies and gentleman. Let’s get a win tonight, huh?
Is the site painfully slow for anyone else? The rest of the interwebs seems fine to me, but refreshing this page is like dial-up speed.
A-Rod’s up to five walks with just one strikeout this season.
very nice!
Wow. Teixeira STILL getting booed just because he didn’t sign up with Baltimore with ’09. IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS PEOPLE. And who would want to play in Baltimore? I’ve seen The Wire. (Thank you
).
Oh, finally. Can you believe we’re ahead for once? BIG TEX.
TEX is a bum!!!! oh, wait…
Teix missed a cookie but comes back with nice base hit. Good job!
You know whats awesome, living in the DC area thereby giving me access to the first game of the year on my TV…just to have my three other roommates gang up on me for watching it. They don’t like baseball you see. And even though it is my TV and sound system, god forbid I want to watch something without their implicit approval.
Fuck roommates.
haha … I feel that. I just ditched the roommates for the first time of my life this year, and boy is life great, ha.
Right Handed Teixiera > Left Handed Teixiera
I wonder if the Yanks really love hitting in Camden Yards, or if the O’s pitching staff has just sucked for the past 20 years.
I’m going with the latter even though Camden Yards is a great hitters park.
Like a lot of things, its probably a little of both. The ball really carries with the humidity down there, but the Orioles haven’t had a decent pitching staff in ages.
Say the Yankees and Orioles switched places in terms of success the last two decades. We’d be talking about everyone who loves hitting in Yankee Stadium. Having a home home park like some of the ones in the AL East is only a real detriment to your team if your pitching staff is as awful as the Orioles has been. I’m sure everyone in the American League loved hitting in Yankee Stadium in the dark days of the late 80′s and early 90′s. Nowadays it doesn’t matter what ballpark you’re playing in when you have to face CC Sabathia.
BTW-Love the name. Horrendously cheesy song, which is why I love it.
Guys how good does the new Three Stooges movie look? Can’t wait for them to remake The General…staring David Cone, naturlich.
This is the way it should be!
What’s with the O’s and Jays going back to their old, shitty logos?
3-1 check swing. Come on buddy.
good play by Hardy but I think Grandy might have swung at ball 4 on the previous pitch
That’s the swing you got on 3-1? Oh well, it’s just a matter of time before we knock Matusz out of the game.
So, ESPN is showing a Cubs/Brewers game, and not Darvish’s debut?
I feel like they got Texas’ game last night in hopes that he would debut last night.
Hopfully it will be on MLB.com, where I have an account.
Wilson “Name three better utility infielders” has returned!
Andy is pitching btw. Tampa Yanks.
So if we look at a calendar, skip every 5 days and give him 5 starts to get stretched out…..
I figure his first game back is May 4th @ Royals. Next home game would be the 10th against the Rays.
(slips away, doubles price for May 10th game on Stubhub)
Am I the only one who isn’t concerned with Nova?
Yes.
I’m only concerned because of the elbow injury late last year. If Nova’s healthy, I’d choose him over Hughes in the rotation.
Obviously Garcia will be the first to go, but after that I like Nova more than Hughes. They probably won’t do it though, just because they want to leave their options open with Phil, given his arb status and whatnot.
Despite Mike continually saying that he “finished the year hurt”, it was confirmed that he would’ve made his next start had the Yankees not been eliminated. He missed like 3 innings from this injury – if it wasn’t the last three innings of his season no one would have remembered it.
Nova inducing a weak ground ball, haven’t see that in a while
Gameday just told me Nova’s last pitch was 96??
That’s what it showed here too. He can hit mid-90s, but usually lives around 92/93.
I saw a game he pitched against the Angels last season, he was working right around 94 for most of the game, touched 96 a couple times. I never realized he threw that hard before.
Icing on the cake.
Wow MLB had that last fastball at 95. Was not expecting that in inning 1.
I love Andruw Jones. He’s so happy! 100% happy, 200% of the time.
Nova looked pretty good. Left a couple pitches up, made a couple other good pitches. Way better than ST that inning though.
Nova looks good after one. 94 with movement.
Markakis looks like he tacked on some mass in the off season as well. I can definitely see the power continuing the entire year.
A one-two-three inning?! By a Yankee starter?! After scoring a run in the top of the inning?!?!?! OMG!!!
this is more like it, looking like 2nd half 2011 Nova. much better command.
Boys thats what it looks like when a pitcher throws strikes!
Nova looks good. Sterling says it’s the crisp north-east air.
…
…
Is it possible he’s right?
Don’t even start indulging him, the last thing we need is Sterling developing a Kay type ego.
I think that ship has sailed. : -)
..or it could just be that the Yanks are no longer playing in a shit hole with 6 short stops in the field.
Just a thought.
haha
It’s true. Latino’s like Nova fair much better in crisp, cool climates rather than those of Florida. That is why my family immigrated from Venezuela to New York.
So Gardner just doesn’t play anymore, huh? Righty, lefty, whatever . . . How can one infuse his greatest gift when he’s not even given the chance to get on base?
Dude it’s game four of the season. Gardner’s already played in two of them. That’s a huge workload.
Girardi’s binder says that all players need rest after playing in two consecutive games. How dare you doubt the binder, Sir.
One game is enough for needing rest in Joe’s binder.
No cable, laptop is broken and all I have is my shitty cellphone to keep in contact with the game….. god help me.
Been there, sorry bro.
That’s me when I’m at work now. I dare not be caught using my phone or watching the Gamecast on my computer. They could fire me for that and I’d lose my severance.
Now this is baseball. I don’t know what the hell you call that thing they play in Tampa.
Spoke too soon …
or not
Wieters. He will be good this year.
Fucknuts.
Change up right down the middle…that’s what happens to them.
Two great pitches low in the strike zone called balls = have to lay one in there.
Anyone notice Nova doesnt have the slider he had last year?
Could the injury he had last year make him lose it?
or it could be early and he might not have feel for his pitches yet
also he’s thrown only 1 or 2 sliders
Its a lot better this game than in ST. We’ll see.
at least he’s racking up the whiffs and K’s
great slider there..
Nice comeback after the homer by Nova. Matusz is garbage, we should be able to score at least three or four more runs against him.
Matusz looks a heckuva lot better this year. Im not sure he’s “garbage”
He’s a work in progress, not garbage.
Still, we should be able to get to him.
Nice! One mistake and move on.
I don’t really want to get off-topic or start some kind of political discussion here, but I think it would be pretty terrible if Ozzie Guillen was somehow fired for his Castro comments. It would be a pretty sad commentary on the state of our country, oh, crap, there I go making it political.
Look, I’ve never cared for Ozzie but for him to potentially lose his job over that seems like the worst type of knee-jerk overreaction. Agree/disagree?
I’m sorry, I have no idea what Ozzie said about Castro, what was it?
He said “I love Castro.”
No, he shouldn’t be fired for it. So he’s an idiot. You don’t fire people for having stupid opinions; you fire them for being bad at their jobs. If he’s a legitimately bad manager you let him go. You don’t let him go because, for some reason, he idolizes Castro. This isn’t the Cold War anymore. Cuba is utterly irrelevant.
I agree with Bryan, he has to be aware of where he is. If he says something like that in Chicago, it’s not a big deal. Should he be fired? No. Should he get his ass kicked by a bunch of Cubans who defected and know how much of a douche Fidel is? Yes.
Imagine if the Marlins had signed Yoenis. Things would get interesting to say the least.
He blatantly said that he “loves” Fidel Castro.
It is all about where he is. He is coaching in Miami. You don’t say things like that there.
Yea, there is a huge anti Castro Cuban fan base in FLA and the Marlins have gone out of their way to court that population. For Ozzie to open his mouth and come out positive for Castro, might get him fired for being stupid more than political reasons. Can you really trust a guy with your organization that can do something so stupid?
If he had said this when he was managing the White Sox, it would have gon
Unless his comments so inflame the community that people are protesting outside the park, blocking the entrances to the game (as some groups have threatened), and it depresses attendance.
It will have nothing to do with free speech. Simply business. Baseball is a regional sport. If he hurts the business and it can’t be fixed by words, then he goes away.
Its not really a commentary on the state of the country, as almost anywhere else in the country all this gets is someone to crack an eyebrow. Even the vast majority of Republicans and conservatives would think he’s an idiot but not that he should lose his job.
You just don’t say that in Miami. Ever.
Jeet’s has come out like a house on fire to open the season.
Has Jeter had any hits in the air yet?
linedrives dont count?
Sure. I haven’t seen anything yet. Douchebag roommates. So he is hitting line drives? Great. Was the first inning single a line drive as well?
yep… he’s doing great against lefties, as usual.
Somebody needs to sit down with Nick and calm him down. He’s all over the place. What the hell was that swing? Swisher is far better than that. As Sterling said—again, correctly, *shudder*—this early-season slump is all in his head. It’s like last year.
Early season slump? He came into the game hitting .273/.429/.636 with more walks than strikeouts.
Yes, I misspoke. I didn’t mean slump per-se; I just meant these bad at-bats he’s having here and the various pop-outs he’s had over the last three games. You can tell by his body language that he’s getting a little up in his head.
He means Swish changing his approach with men on base, so far he’s shown a habit of swinging at bad pitches with men on base. He’s letting the everything else dictate his play rather than him playing the game.
Its probably just him getting too amped up
Swisher in an early season slump? He was batting .273 with an OBP of .429 and SLG or .636 coming into today. 3 games means almost nothing either way, but that’s a pretty awesome start (would be career high OBP and SLG for him), so I’m not sure how you can say he’s in a slump.
Oops, Mike beat me to it.
I wonder whatever happen to the Jeter is done crowd of early last year?
Let’s see him hit some righties before we proclaim him back.
What 2011 was down year for him?
Your a hard grader.
Heh batting average.
He’s 37. I’m not expecting him to “be back.” Just productive, and considering how weak the position is right now, the bar won’t be high.
Yet the anti-Jeter crowd will return when he slumps, and then they’ll disappear again once he goes on a hot streak.
This!
Here to a yearlong hot streak I like the quiet.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/b.....osition/ss
I don’t think that’s too bad but then again stats is not my game.
He’s better than half of every other shortstops but age is definitely catching up. Even only using average Jeter hitting .320 was the norm. He’s declining but everyone else sucks more.
“He’s better than half of every other shortstops”
You should of ended it there and be happy with it.
You were saying?
He doesn’t have a complete down season behind him this year? People are more optimistic that he can adjust? He’s hitting?
Matusz looks just like Hughes, in the sense that he’s not exactly having a great game but it’s a hell of a lot better than last year.
Matusz will get through 5 innings today. And then the strike em out caught stealing occurs. Nothing ends a solid build-up like that.
All I want to do is laugh.
Aren’t you supposed to be a Yankee fan or something?
(I assuming you’re talking about the strike ‘em out throw ‘em out.
When Andruw Jones smiles when making an out he’s over defended to death. People literally threw stones at commenters who called him out for that.
Fans who do the same thing get the opposite reaction? Consistency is lacking.
Alex was really fooled there.
Good sequence of pitches. Threw hard and then got him with a slider.
Those double plays are the absolute worst.
Weiters is arguably the best defensive catcher in baseball. Why are they sending the runners? Some major brainfarts so far.
They thought A-Rod would make contact. He’s hitting well to begin the season.
It’s still a stupid decision.
No. Its a “hero if it works, goat if it doesn’t situation”
The benefit of having one more runner in scoring position is meaningless with power hitters like ARod and Granderson up in a miniature ballpark.
If it works, it’s “bad decision, good results.” Like every time Nunez makes a play, that doesn’t make playing Nunez a good move, it just means you avoided the worst-case scenario (which hasn’t been happening so far for this team.)
Alex cant miss that pitch. Hanger, perfectly place in the middle of the zone.
Dont blame Girardi at all for that move. Alex has been hot to begin the season and should have made contact with that ball.
Is your name Greg Girardi?
Girardi pushing all the wrong buttons. hope he hits the self destruct button next.
LOL
I’m curious, only because I think managers are over rated in general, who would you want instead of Girardi? Obviously, somebody who is available.
I’d like to be consistent with what he was doing last year and before that. I feel like he’s making decisions this year he definitely wouldn’t have made last year.
(This is for Retro Rob, and any the other 40-somethings)
Woh-oh, Andino
We could make it together
The further from here, girl, the better
Where the air is fresh and clean
Hooh-hoooh, Andino
Just take my hand and I’ll lead ya
I promise life will be sweeter
And it says so in my dreams
Just one of those things. Everytime I hear his name, I think of that dopey song.
Am I over 40? Let me check. Oh my god, you’re right!
You can tell I’m over 40 because I wrote out “oh my god,” instead of writing OMG.
Join the club, my friend.
For the rest of you, you haven’t lived until you’ve had your prostate checked. BOOOOO-YAHHHHHHHH!
Argh! Arod was wayyyyy too anxious there. That 3-1 pitch was ball 4 down and in.
Of course. Every mistake always capitalized on
Gardner gets that
Damn Grandy just missed a highlight reel catch.
Nunez sucks jesus man.
Nunez is garbage
Alex has that out. Good job, Girardi.
Nunny again
Chavez needs to be the backup at 3rd
Nunez is just a disaster. He should play evn more.
The rotating DH would be tolerable if the fucking super sub CAN FIELD THE BALL. He can hit like Igelsias for all I care just do the one thing you’re brought to do.
Sad part is his offense is barely average.
For what position? He’s above average for starting SS, he’s about average for 3B, and he’s well above average for most bench guys.
Enough with the unthinking hatefest. Good grief.
I don’t blame Nunez for that. Infield was in, tough play.
Mike, didn’t you get the memo? Nunez is to be granted zero leeway ever. He’s god awful, especially if he doesn’t convert any ball hit within thirty feet of him into an out. Any play he does make he should make anyway, and any hit he gets is to be forgotten right after it happens.
Estimated games played at 3rd base in your lifetime: Zero
Actually, it’s 7.
Chien Ming Wang is a pitcher, silly.
Not for a legitimate major league 3rd baseman. It wasn’t hit hard and went off the middle of his glove. Must be made.
Well that’s irony for you when Mike is the sole defender of Nunez.
Fingers crossed for a DP.
Boom
Wouldn’t want to play Alex in the field with a groundball pitcher on the mound. It seems Girardi just can’t do anything right.
……
We can either play him everyday (this would be 4 days straight at 3rd, with 3 on turf) and then be pissed off when he gets hurt or we can rest him and accept the trade off.
Eduardo Nunez is a trainwreck defensively. He stinks. Why is Chavez not at 3rd if A-Rod is playing DH.
It’s only because Matusz is a lefty and Joe is obsessed with left-righty matchups. I suspect against righties Chavez will be in there.
Because Girardi values offense over defense. I’d rather try Chavez over Nunez, even against lefties, but Girardi is clasping his binder tightly as we speak.
Because Girardi values offense over defense.
As he should. The day you start putting defense over offense is the day you turn into the Mariners.
Andy Pettitte:
3IP
2H
1ER
2K
0BB
very nice Nova
Now don’t fuck it up anymore girardi
That’s how you play 3rd base, Nunez.
The last person I want Nunez taking notes from is Mark Reynolds.
Heh, Darvish walked the first batter he faced on four pitches.
Now that’s just funny.
Hah.
Against lefties Joe just needs to play Gardner in LF, Jones DH, Alex 3B. Every now and then against lefties you rotate Jeter to DH and play Nunez at SS. Against righties is when you DH Alex and play Chavez at 3B. Gardner needs to play more often and Joe needs to stop managing like Mr. Burns.
Gardner has been a below average player against lefties, Nunez not so much.
Come on, Martin! Ducks on the pond
KLaw on twitter: “Got a text from a scout that Andy Pettitte was 85-87 in his outing tonight, very easy, with a plus change”
MLB gamecast has Matusz really being squeezed on the bottom of the zone. Confirm/deny
Impossible for the opposing pitcher to get squeezed.
Thx, Reimold.
Deuces in the 4th!
Oh, Captain, my Captain
Jeets, simply on fire.
Wow, Jeter is looking really good so far.
Jete! crushed that.
Jeter’s on fire tonight.
The same people that wrote him off last year are singing to a different tune this year.
Either that or they’ve disappeared completely. They’ll be back.
Unfortunately so…
Not bad for 37 year old on the decline.
Big smile on my face.
Same old bad Brian Matusz.
Pettitte just fell apart.
sadface
Is it possible that Cashman’s grooming Nunez as a mid-season (or earlier) trade candidate? Seems there’d be plenty of teams looking for a 2B/SS/3B that can hit on par. More playing time, more looks, more interest? Just a thought.
I think its more possible, they are hoping to see him play well enough to take more playing time at ss from Jeter.
Yu’s getting lit up. By the Mariners. With no Jesus Montero.
Nolan really has egg on his face now, huh?
Yes, 1/3 of a inning is enough time to judge a FA signing.
If Montero were in maybe he wouldn’t be getting as lit up.
LOL
sorry couldn’t help it
Sheesh, they’re getting the bullpen up already. One out in the first.
Just walked in a run…..
That’s a shame.
Eh, I think its entirely possible that what the Yankees saw in the minor leagues and what they have seen in workouts ect. tells them that Nunez is a good defender and it should eventually translate to games. I doubt they give him the chances they plan on if there wasnt a lot of evidence pointing to him being able to do it. They arent well known for their patience with prospects and have had chances to trade him and passed them up.
Three runs in the first and still going.
That’s a season-worth of runs for Darvish in Japan.
he just imploded. 4 pitch walk with the bases loaded.
The Chronicles of Joseph Elliott Girardi, Manager (NYY, 2012)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q8RFNa3jDuU1oiw_aTiNs7N9SjwYgFJ-U_UPaUrlpA8/edit?pli=1
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome
WOW! JOE MADDON MUST HAVE CALLED HARDY BEFORE THE GAME AND TOLD HIM WHERE TO PLAY AGAINST CANO!
DAMN YOU MADDON! DAMN YOU TO HELLLLllllllllllllaaaaahhhhh
LOUD NOISES
Woooooooooooo able to watch now! You would think with mlb.tv premium they’d allow you to wstch blacked out games.
wow Yu is throwing a ton of pitches
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. Hideki Irabu dominated in his first start in the states.
DISCLAIMER: I am not comparing Hideki Irabu to Yu Darvish.
Irabu had better stats than Nomo in Japanese baseball
Darvish looks like a dud so far
Means absolutely nothing.
Still, I’m glad he’s their problem and not ours.
When did the Mariners get so patient at the plate? They’re killing Yu right now.
Darvish has been completely lit up. 1 out, bases loaded, 4 ER.
Do I remember a subscription internet service for Yankee games? 60 bucks? When I look around now all I find is the MLB.tv shit for $100-$125, but the trouble is, I don’t care about any other team. Is there a way I can buy/stream JUST NYY games?
I think you can, through YES, if you have one of their specified cable providers. I think I saw a link in the chat this past Friday.
Damnit. No cable. Live in Cali. Crap. Really don’t want to shell out 125 dollars.
Worth it though.
I’d definitely shell out the $$$ for MLB.tv – only Yankees games are blacked out, so why should I bother?!
Blacked out in NY or everywhere?
NY. If you’re in California, you shouldn’t have a problem.
Blacked out in Georgia…. What gives? I have YES all day, until the live games.
Did you just get YES in GA? I thought the YES feed out of market doesn’t include the games, or maybe that’s only in markets that already have a MLB team. Not sure since I live in NY, but a friend of mine just relocated down south and he’s trying to figure out what package he has to buy that has both YES and Yankee games. He’s in a market that does not have a MLB team.
I just recently switched to AT&T U-Verse and got the U-450 channel package. Comes with YES. Was able to see some ST games.
So far, no live games in the regular season, since all were broadcast on ESPN, MLB or TBS. Tonight was the 1st in which I thought I’d be able to catch it on YES.
I wonder the same thing. I love the Yankees, but I don’t mind seeing other games. I wish the YES Network could have an app for the smart phones and from there you can buy a year of baseball of just Yankee games.
Darvish: 1 IP, 4ER, 4H, 3BB, 2K, 42 pitches. Heh.
welcome to america
ps youre facing the worst offensive team in the league
That’s the only part that would worry me if I cared.
On an interesting note, Darvish is having a bit of a struggle vs the mighty Mariners.
Go figure.
That’s good work Nunie!
Nunie!!!!!!!!
Check out Eduardo.
Greatest 3b ever
holy Nunie.
Well look who learned how to play defense this offseason!
OMG !!!!
Its the end of world!!!!!
Nunez has heard your prayers, people of RAB.
That makes me feel better about Robbie being robbed of an RBI single before.
That Nunez kid is really talented. Great move by Joe putting him into today’s lineup.
All you guys that wanted to pay $120MM for Darvish are geniuses wow!
I was firmly against going after Darvish, but even I can acknowledge that his first inning ever isn’t a fair sample size.
Don’t worry, I’ll be here all season long to rub it in their faces.
So his first outing in a new league/new country is proof positive that those of us who thought/think it was smart to go after Darvish are idiots whereas CC’s almost identical performance in his first outing after two mediocre postseasons and multiple knee surgeries is irrelevant? Got it…
I don’t think CC’s subpar first outing is particularly suggestive of what kind of year he’s likely to have. And I don’t think Darvish’s first outing is either.
I gather Japanese baseball is roughly equivalent to AAA or a a little bit better. Darvish has dominated in Japanese baseball, averaging an ERA of 1.99, as I recall, for his entire career, and pitching to a 1.44 ERA while managing 10.7 strikeouts per 9 innings, a .838 WHIP, and only yielding .2 home runs per 9 innings, while pitching 232 innings in 2011 at age 24.
If an American pitcher had done that in AAA, would you be equally dismissive if he had a lousy first start? Would you have done that with Strasberg or Matt Moore? That makes no sense to me.
Darvish may not fully adjust to pitching every five days for two or three years. In fact, he may NEVER fully adjust to it and be a shadow of what he was pitching once a week in Japan or even destroy his arm trying to do it. But subject to that one extremely important caveat, I expect the same thing from Darvish that I would expect if he had done the same thing in AAA at the same ages. In other words, I expect a lot.
But I log your vote that the verdict is in and that he’s a bust.
I assume you, like most observers, think paying CC $142 million over the next six years makes more sense. As a Yankee fan, I hope so, although I think otherwise — primarily because of my concerns about CC’s knee(s). In any case, it’s certainly going to be interesting watching what Sabathia and Darvish do over the remaining five or six years of their respective contracts.
Incidentally, what gives me more confidence as a Yankee fan is the young, high ceiling arms we have on the way — including Pineda, Campos, Depaula, Bashore, Banuelos, and Betances, not to mention Nova and Hughes. In my view, they’re the best rationale I can come up with for the Yankees not pursuing Darvish more aggressively.
Yu got served
Nunez?
The worst offense in baseball is bitch-slapping Darvish right now.
Heh.
Oh, now it makes sense. They sat that lazy, god for nothing .200 batting Montero kid. Had get the ball and chain off their neck.
Yep, seems there were no good moves to make this off season. Pineda, Darvish and Montero are all busts.
John Sterling on Nunies play…
AHHH! You can’t predict baseball, Susan.
Did he really say it?
No. I’m just being a schmuck. lol
Noesi is doing his best Yu impression
ANDRUW!
Do shifts only work for the Rays?
The baseball gods just don’t like teams who buy wins.
Stupid fucking shift.
Texas announcers are talking about Josh Hamilton’s tape measure home runs saying that the “Captain Morgan Club” way in the back of the park might not be out of reach. The awkward silence when they realized what they said was priceless.
Oopsies.
LMFAO!
That’s funny.
Haha, that’s funny.
Nova has a wicked hook tonight.
He looks pretty darn good, even taking the fact that its Baltimore into account.
Huh. So why does the box score on the MiLB.com site say Pettitte threw an absolutely horrendous 4th inning?
It seems like Nova was just messing with things in Spring Training. It looks like two completely different pitchers.
Cano is crazy good at turning 2
Beautiful pitching by Nova.
Cano has a cannon bet he could pitch with that arm.
i love to see him in right throwing out guys trying to go 1st to 3rd
I know its only the Os but 6 strike outs not bad for nova
This is the Nova that we expected!!! Nice to finally see a good start.
Just another example of how meaningless ST is. Man, its hard to remember this kinda stuff when ST is actually taking place, and there is nothing else to go on.
That’s why I barely bother watching spring training anymore. I used to get all worked up about the Mike Jerzembeck’s of the world, but eventually you’ve gotta realize that it’s impossible to track day to day progress.
DRUW!
ANDRUW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andruw!
andrew jones just jack one nice
What a shot!
So that’s what happens when Jones is left in to face a righty…
protip: do not throw jones a fastball
What is Sterling’s call for Andruw?
something like
andrew jones makes his bones
Appalling stuff – Merry Andruw, and Keeping up with the Joneses.
Oh, that’s right. I must have been blocking it out to keep my sanity.
I forget the first half, but the second half is “he’s keeping up with the Jones’”
lol @ angry buck
Honest question: does Andruw Jones have the most raw power of any player on the Yankees?
id say its between him teix and arod
Yes, I’m convinced of it. Was saying it last year.
He’s definitely up there. Actually, looking at everyone—and this is anecdotal—I think the answer would be yes. I mean, he’s hit some monster shots. I think I remember one in Cincinatti that was loud? And he’s struck some big blows at Yankee Stadium too. He’s definitely impressive.
As either Mike or Joe said in one of their articles, this outfield is loaded. It has to be the best in the majors, offensively AND defensively. And I’m discounting Ibanez. He’s not meant to be playing the outfield.
A-Rod by far. Jones swings as hard as he can every time. Alex can just meet the ball and elevate and it will carry out sometimes. That’s raw power.
Maybe it’s “The Show” jitters but both Darvish and Noesi haven’t done so hot.
Is it moe or are the Yankees not striking out that much so far?
insert 3 Stooges joke here
lol me***
Noesi not exactly having a park in the park either, but he is facing the rangers
WOW!
A walk in the park!!!!
#chinstrap
Nunie teach Gardy how to do that
This Nunez kid really stinks man!
Gedimouddahea!
Somewhere, the Scooter smiles.
Like
Where’s that Nunez losing his helmet picture?
first lost helmet of the year!
He did it in Tampa as well I believe.
Here comes the bunt
Girardi refused to stop bunting until he gave up at least one out.
you sure that was Girardi.
I’m guessing Jeter may have done that on his own
He usually is doing it on his own, or so the beat writers tell us.
But screw that, it’s Crush Girardi Week.
It’s possible, but my bet’s on Joe.
my bet is Joe didn’t call either bunt
Nunny the new gritner
Ok Jeter, that wasn’t cool.
3/3, sac bunt. Yep, same old, same old. GAH.
Jeets…you’re 3-3. don’t bunt. Nunez is an average offensive player, he’s fine bunting. You’re supposed to be a superstar offensively. Swing the bat.
I don’t understand – he’s three-for-three tonight and he’s got over 3,000 hits. What will convince this guy that he doesn’t need to bunt? I hate giving away outs.
But again, if you say that, you cant criticize Joe for sending the runners in the first inning when A-Rod was getting pitched to. You can’t have it both ways
Except I don’t think Joe had anything to do with this. Jeter just likes to sacrifice.
Its pretty well documented that Jeets does that on his own 95% of the time.
I liked the Nunez bunt. Hated the Jeter bunt.
Can’t tell… Was that TWO bunts in a row?
Yes. Nunez messed up Girardi’s plan by actually getting a hit with him bunt, so then Jeter bunted to chew up the out.
Damn that Nunez…always doing something wrong.
Swishawalk
It was in Garbage Time ™ anyway.
I know it’s only one start, but I’m really happy that Nova had/is having a good outing tonight. I feel like he’s going to have a great year, spring training aside.
Bases loaded…..Cano up.
Countdown to blowout……..
There’s no way Darvish’s hair color is natural right?
He’s a froster.
Jeter’s bunting just kills me. I don’t understand how such a smart player can have such a huge blind spot.
Not watching the game… I assume Jeter was doing it on his own and it was the ol’ bunt for a hit and if it doesn’t work at least you move the runners?
It wasn’t a straight sacrifice was it?
Looked like the try for a hit, settle for a dumb ass sac play
if that was a try for a hit it was a pretty sad attempt.
as Jeter’s bunts in similar situations frequently are
No, he was going for a hit. He didn’t miss by too much either, just a little too hard.
Thanks guys.
Oh, Sterling how I hate you’re excitement.
God, Sterling just about gave me a heart attack there.
Say it Ken. Payback is a bitch
The O’s can’t buy an out right now and jeter gave them one, insane.
This. It’s ridiculous.
And yet it may be decades before an announcer criticizes ‘small ball.’ Yet to hear it happen, not holding my breath.
The guys on MESN came pretty close. They were all like “why do the Yankees bunt so much?”
Man, so close to 3 runs.
Ouch. Really, Robbie?
That’s what happens when you give away an out. Did Girardi call for that bunt, or was that a decision #2 made on his own?
I’m thinking Jeter on his own, he does it a lot and I don’t understand why.
It’s one of Jeter’s many intangibles.
how many base loaded situations is that left empty on the season?
i know, robbie did just miss a HR by a couple ft.
Jeter’s bunt really stupid!!!!
Jeter playing short and third today.
The 100M man from Japan has given up 5 runs in 2 IP.
Welcome to the AL, tomodachi.
This is a big at bat. Reynolds runs into ‘em now and again. 2 outs, bad play by nunez, little roller, can’t leave one up Nova.
Whew, feel like Nova got away with one there. And exhale.
Nova’s at 78 pitches in the game…how long do you think they let him go?
One more
79.
Not sure what he topped out at in the Spring. I think he’ll send Nova out for the 7th.
He’s primed to go 90+ if need be.
One more inning. Weaker part of lineup coming up.
Strangely enough, on mlb.com Gameday. In the midst of Nova vs. Reynolds at-bat, in the pitch call box to the left, a quote popped up stating, and I’m paraphrasing “Scout: Nova is receiving generous strike calls in this inning.”
Never saw that before.
That Scout commentary they’ve added is atrocious. It’s just canned one-liners that pop up when a certain situation occurs.
While i generally agree with you guys about the bunts, the majority of people in baseball do not. That doesn’t mean we’re wrong. But there’s no reason to get so frustrated when you know what’s going to happen before it happens.
a lot of times managers use the bunt to clear the guy at the plate somewhat productively. If the guy at the dish cant hit Pitcher X to save his life, then sacrifice and get to the next guy with the man in scoring position. Or if the guy at the plate is a double play waiting to happen because he has no speed, hits too many grounders, or both. Or maybe the hitter is banged up and/or not swinging the bat well and you just want a productive out from him.
The bunt is much maligned, and while its not a great idea to ever give up outs you have to consider the skill sets of the players involved. Fans just react to it in a knee jerk way without knowing the SRs of the pitcher and hitter.
if the guy at the plate is a double play waiting to happen because he has … hits too many grounders
Like Jeter?
Ahem…no comment
Nova weathered that one well!
So someone found a missing phone? Awesome.
4 games into the season, is Kay really out of stuff to talk about?
One thing I’m happy about with listening to the game on the radio is I prefer Sterling to Kay. Definitely prefer Kay’s supporting cast to Waldman, but beggars cant be choosers.
I don’t know. I mentioned yesterday, but I’ve caught about a total of four or five innings, two different games, on the radio as I was driving to start the season, and there were four cases in those few innings of Sterling going into his HR call, and not one of the balls left the park. I think one was foul, and three were caught for outs.
He’s a tease who leaves me flaccid.
Kay thinks wins are the end all be all for judging pitchers. I remember him being livid that King Felix won it a couple years ago, and he also thinks he’s right about everything and refuses to be reasoned with.
So this Mark Teixera is pretty good at baseball, eh?
Grandy back to crushing lefties
Gritty, so gritty.
He’s the Gritty, Gutty Brett Gardner (GGBG)
Also gutsy. And caucasian.
Brett Gardner!! against a LEFTY!
Gardner hitting a lefty?! GASP!
Gregg their closer is coming in, in a non close situation
Jim Johnson is their closer.
3 game losing streak? Manager’s an idiot? Can’t beat the shift?
Answer-Play Baltimore. Works every time.
Amen, brother
Oh, and one more thing.
Start Ivan Nova: AKA The Stopper
We’re in line to keep the streak intact.
I really felt that Nova should’ve been the number 2 starter in this rotation.
Gardner can’t hit lefties. Yeah, we can’t play him vs lefties.
By your logic(he succeeded at something once) we shouldn’t pitch Mo any more(he failed at something once, so clearly he can’t do it.)
I like Gardner enough to want to play him against lefties, but your logic is as faulty as mine.
Good time to take off.
Note: I still think that Martin looks like Herc from The Wire
My wife watches that awful show “Breakout Kings” that he is on now. They do look a bit alike.
WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YIUR FACE SWISHER, YOU FUCKUP!!!
Well, you still have a pretty good screen name.
Wilson Betemit doubles, Nick Swisher Error. Trade Fail.
I laughed.
Well done.
Swisher with a beer league play.
Poll Question:
Would you trade Pineda for Noesi?
Not the even Noesi’s mother would say yes to that.
Watch them.
Heh, I changed my comment. Your response makes no sense now.
I might think about it if you threw in Montero, but no.
…and just as I wrote that, I flipped over to MLB.com to watch Noesi give up a three-run jack. Five runs in less than three innings for Noesi. In the process, he let Darvish off the hook for the loss.
Yes, if for nothing else than the shits and giggles.
That was a heck of a curveball.
The defense is Bad News Bears’ing it.
Gardner had him. Ugh.
Ugh, Davis would’ve been toast if Cano keeps his eye on the ball.
I really dont like that Nova gave up 6 extra base hits, but at least he’s improving from his awful spring.
The last two doubles shouldn’t have been doubles.
MLB.com Gameday lists Chris Davis as “C. Davis” and whenever I see “C. Davis” I think of Chili Davis. For a second there I was like, “Oh, Chili Davis is playing!”
I always did the same thing with Dioner Navarro, thinking it was Dave Navarro.
Chicken and beer errr thats the redsox
Time to start warming Cory Wade.
Scout: Nova got screwed on that call.
Scout is such a stupid addition to Gameday.
Yeah, you can turn it off though. Click on the cog in the top right corner of Gameday.
Nice, thanks for the heads up.
Sori time soon
What a pitch.
…Susan Waldman is amazed that you can order pizza online. I hate her oh so much.
she’s still talking about it.
Haha I’m surprised that she and Sterling are even aware of the internet’s existence
someone should order 50 pizzas to the booth as a prank
That would be incredible.
Sickest hook of the night
nasty curve, took Andino a second to process what just happened lol
Nova’s been striking them out. Seven thus far, one an inning.
HECK of a curveball.
I know they’ve tagged him pretty well, but darn does Nova look good.
All Nova ever does is win. And to think he was replaced by Hughes last year when he was 8 and 4 and sent back to triple A after Hughes was awful when he started. Again this spring Hughes gets the 3rd starter spot after a few good innings in the spring and Nova only gets in the rotation after Pineda gets hurt or he probably would have been shuttled to Triple A again, unbelievable.
I really think that Nova would have been the four/five guy if Pineda was healthy:
CC
Kuroda
Hughes
Pineda
Nova
Nah, I think its pretty clear Freddy would have been out. IF everyone stayed healthy and Petite was ready to go, then Nova would have been in trouble.
Yeah, Andy’s the one who really makes it tough. But I will take Nova over Hughes every day of the week.
I admit to being pleasantly surprised by how good Nova has worked his off speed stuff/located fastball tonight (cept against Wieters, who is locked in today). I thought he’d be around quality start material at best to start off. But the whole ‘All he does is win’ narrative is tired – as it is for any pitcher. He + the other 8 guys on the field + the same guys hitting won. He pitched well, he got 6 runs of support = win.
You’re right, but guys like him who limit walks and generate grounders get under rated by some folks who think you need to miss bats to be successful. Guys like Nova can save your bullpen every 5 days and win oodles of games on a team like the Yanks. Is he and ace? No, but you need guys like him on a staff. Its a lot like the arguments we all had over Wang a few years ago. Not an ace, but underrated and unappreciated by some.
Nova could go another inning but it looks like Girardi is putting Soriano in next inning.
I have nothing against that. Nova’s looked good, but he’s given up a ton of hits so it isn’t like he’s been cruising.
awesome job by Nova, minimized the damage every time he got i trouble. I’ll take 7IP 2ER from him any day.
Nova supernova again nice job
Well pitched game by Nova. Now turn it over to the pen.
What is the pitch count?
Only 92. Send him back out there.
1st “look out” of the season
Beautiful, 7 inning 91 pitch, 2 run outing by Nova.
I think Hughes was at 91 pitches in the 4th inning yesterday.
Beautiful is a little bit of an overstatement in my opinion, and I’m a huge Nova fan. He did give up a lot of extra base hits…
Throwing the ball well, throwing strikes, no walks, challenging hitters. That’s what I mean.
He did give up 10 hits, but he gets plenty of ground balls so I always have confidence he’s one pitch away from getting out of trouble.
Two of the extra base hits were on the Yankees defense, and several of the other hits were on ground balls. Solid game. I’ll take it. I still view Nova as a #4 starter who has the ability to move up to a #3.
Hughes can’t get the third strike past a couple of innings. He should be in the bullpen and I hope he’s the odd man out when Pettitte returns. He kills the bullpen because he has high pitch counts since he doesn’t seem to have any out pitches anymore. Since the All Star break in 2010 he’s been simply awful. Nova just wins more and Freddy is very steady and can give you 7 innings. I’d start CC Andy Kudora Nova and Freddy, Hughes to the pen, he can take the spot that Joba was going to have.
92 pitches over 7 innings and NOT ONE WALK. Not to mention the somewhat sloppy defense. Tip of the cap to Rockstar Supernova.
That’s a great piece of hitting by Jeter.
7K’s no walks…
Nova can get away with giving up a lot of hits if he’s not walking anyone (and especially if he’s mixing in the K’s). And if he’s getting groundballs it means 1 or 2 of those hits will probably be wiped away on a DP.
I totally agree. When you keep the ball on the ground contact isn’t such a bad thing.
That said, the left side of our infield could hurt Nova in the future.
you mean jeter
arod is was pretty fantastic out there last year
Yeah, we’ve seen plenty of guys make careers out of games like that.
Four-for-four! Not a bad night!
Seems like unless Mo has worked a bunch recently (and he hasn’t), Girardi now use him at a 4 run lead or less.
That said given there is a lefty up to lead off for the O’s, I would not at all be surprised if he went to Logan and then played the… well I just leave him in there until someone gets on game. (not saying this is smart, just that it wouldn’t surprise me)
gosh darn… reply button thingy….
Now batting, Number 2, Derek “4 for 4″ Jeter
OMG they’re talking about the ordering pizza online again!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOOT ME!
Derek Jeter can’t stop hitting
It is just not the same in here without all the Jeter is done talk. That constant reminder that the Captain sucks and can’t hit anymore. So confusing.
Don’t worry, the “Jeter is done” crowd will be back. With weapons.
Sad that you are so right. And I thought a Cocker Spaniel had a short attention span.
See Joe, you don’t need to bunt. Beautiful hit and run by Jete.
See, Swisher is useless in clutch spots.
/confirmation biased’d
Can’t help but wonder what happens in early May when Pettitte and Pineda are ready to go…..
Nova’s clinched a spot. They better not mess with him again. Jesus, haven’t they learned from Hughes and Joba? Just let him be. Freddy goes to the pen for Andy. If Hughes struggles he’ll be in the pen for Pineda.
Sounds about right.
My best guess is Hughes is still struggling to keep the pitch count down, so he gets sent to the bullpen, Rapada is DFA’d opening up a spot to which ever is ready first. and poor Sweaty Freddy gets traded or something to open up room for the other.
Don’t worry, Hughes will break something sooner or later. He sprained his ankle in rehab, and players who get injured in rehab are the very definition of injury prone. This is a guy who broke a rib from pitching. Even Nick Johnson never did that.
If Pineda is ready to go, and throwing with last years velocity there are no worries, as he is better than which ever pitcher he replaces. Petite has been my concern all a long as its very possible he is not better than the pitcher he replaces. It could still end up bad and unfair to Nova.
What a wonderful problem to have that would be.
Yes, we all get that but he’s asking what the answer is.
Any answer would be absolute speculation at this point. We have no idea what’s going to happen. Could you have predicted Kuroda’s first start?
I still maintain that, if everyone is looking strong by the time Pettitte comes back and, if Pettitte and Pineda happen to come back at the same time, Pettitte should stay in the pen. He came back because he missed it all, didn’t he? It shouldn’t matter what role he plays, then.
Of course, that won’t happen, and what probably happens will wind up being pretty obvious and uncontroversial when it does. There. That’s my guess.
Ugh…your guess stinks. Sorry I asked.
Yeah, I thought so too.
The Orioles home broadcast commentators seem to think Gardner doesn’t have a good throwing arm. Just making stuff up in the booth, I guess.
I’m not so sure about that. Earlier, Palmer said Gardner was a first-rate left-fielder. Normally, those guys are pretty fair towards the Yankees. There’s no doubt that they’re O’s supporters, but they’re not gross homers like some guys (e.g., that egregious White Sox guy).
To be fair, they’ve been pretty good tonight. A ton better than Tampa’s guys.
Eduardo Nunez is The Most Frustrating Player in the World.
1st pitch double plays are so depressing.
Really, swinging at the first pitch?
Wasn’t there a stretch last year when loading the bases with less than two outs seemed to be kryptonite for the team?
If so, it’s back.
Nit picking but cmom A Rod, look at a pitch
how is this game not 15-2
BWHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
Big PApi just got thrown out attempting to steal 2nd base.
Botched hit and run?
This night has been pretty awesome.
That play came from Valentine’s binder. Valentine just likes to laugh, so he engineers scenarios where crazy stuff happens.
Had to be a hit and run. No way he’s trying to steal.
I’m surprised that Girardi is bringing Robertson in with a four-run lead.
He wants this win. Badly
I agree about the choice of Robertson, but he’s probably right to take Nova out now. He was showing some signs of fatigue, and it’s best he go out with flags flying.
I dunno, he’s only pitched one inning this year. You wanna get him regular work at the start of the year to get him in rhythm.
Just keeping him fresh, I’m guessing. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Mo in the 9th either.
Yes! Get me some fantasy points, D-Rob!
I lol’d at your screen name.
I’ve got a bag full of creative screen names. Stay tuned for more.
Birthday boy
So, Gameday says that D-Rob throws cutters rather than 4-seamers. Is that pretty much fact now? That he’s putting a cut on the ball? I thought they were just straight 4-seams.
Everyone’s saying he “added” a cutter. Whether that’s true or not, I can’t say.
Both. He cuts some of them. He started doing that more last year.
Wow Nick is piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed
Markakis tempted fate there.
Why is Gameday telling me DRob threw like seven straight cutters? Did he?
That’s what I’m wondering. The Gameday book on Robertson says that he throws cutters, apparently.
I think their is just so much movement on his fastball that Gameday reads it as a cutter. BC the other day the same thing was happening for me.
there* wow…I’m usually really good with that.
That makes sense.
Gameday still needs an overhaul, though.
Singleton’s right, complain about the 3-1 if you want but that looked like a good strike.
My mistake, that was off the plate.
Yes Markakis is right. It was a ball. That said, it was close enough he probably should have fouled it off.
Yeah, it wasn’t even close:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....type=3.gif
It’s good being on the other side of those calls sometimes.
Shouldn’t have shown him up the pitch prior, Markakis.
Adam Jones got wrecked.
DRob padding his K/9
D-Rob looks absolutely NASTY right now.
Wonderful job by Nova tonight. Made Spring Training seem like ages ago. Keep it up.
Is there an alternate universe blog somewhere out there which show me the actual game thread if Darvish pulled what he did in pinstripes tonight? I’d be interested in seeing that.
alot of “Kei Igawa 2.0″s and a hole lot of “Cash is terrible” “what a waste of money” “Send him back to Japan” “This is Bullshit” “Our rotation is garbage” “we should’ve signed Wilson” just to name a few things.
Can’t wait until the home opener. I love that whistling tune that comes on when the Yankees strike a batter out. And D-Rob rings them up like a boss.
Sponsored by PC Richard and Sons!
Curve all in the dirt please
Fucking Matt Wieters
He’s going to be an absolute BEAST.
Yup. He’s gonna live up to all that hype he had.
Somebody find Cashman and tell him to buy this Wieters character.
The Baltimore announcers keep stating that Robertson is throwing cutters. Either they are lookin at gamecast or people see the movement and believe cutter.
Fastball and curve. They’re probably trying to figure out why hitters can’t catch up with his fastball so maybe they’re assuming it’s cutting.
Mo is apparently throwing sliders according to them, so what the heck?
Throw something besides the fastball
come on DRob, you started off so good, get the out here already
John Wetteland 2.0
I can see that. Sure.
Nothing’s ever simple with K-Rob
Somebody decipher Paul Schrieber’s zone tonight. If it’s low and a foot off the plate it’s a strike; if it’s high and half an inch off it’s a ball.
Do anything but BB him.
Alright Davey boy, there ya go.
Time for a curve!
You couldn’t strike out the side? You couldn’t? You and Jeter. You both suck!
Thank you for swinging at ball 4
did he just really throw 28 straight fastballs? makes no sense.
I guess Mo for the 9th despite it being a non-save situation. Don’t really matter, let’s just get the W please. If the O’s score 4 runs in the 9th, I just might break my computer lol
Teixiera arrogantly hits into the shift.
*sarcasm*
Good stuff.
I wish I didn’t have to throw the “sarcasm” in there.
GOD SUSAN STOP TALKING ABOUT ONLINE ORDERS
I am projecting that Teixera will be a sub .230 hitter on the year . . .
Watching Stop throw hurts my shoulder
What if Campos was the only good player to come out of the Montero trade?
Deep thoughts by Jack Handey.
You never know.
So true.
If interested, Boston has the tying run at 2nd in the 9th with 0 out. I hope they do tie it only to see their bullpen blow it again.
Buck Foston!
bring in Mo
Enter Sandman.
Ugh, that bum Mariano is coming in.
No way he can hold a 4 run lead. We’re screwed.
You know there’s a least one person out there who wonders whether this was sarcasm or not.
That’s their problem.
Everyone knows I’m dead serious(ducks)
In response to Steve S.
Do you know who you’re talking about? What are you crazy?
Also, the person plying first base is Stanley Hoo. I think you are getting confused and thinking I am saying W-H-O instead of H-O-O. I can understand the confusion. He’s quite good too.
Lol, 54.00 ERA for Mo.
who is this kid with the 54 ERA?
send him down
lol Nunez
This shit aint funny anymore
Jesus Christ
At least he tracked it down.
I could watch Nuney play every night, for laughs at least. WTF was that?
Are we going to get: What’s Wrong With Mo Week? out of the way right away?
Yes: We? just might?
I?Hope?So?
Are we going to have “Mo is finished” week early this year?
Hit hard
That’s the way you do it. Yankees win!
Heh, Sterling didn’t have the strength to muster up his “Theeeee Yankees win!” call.
yankees finally win!!!!
Start spreading the news!
Looks like the umps somehow disrespected Flanny.
I see what you did there!
There we go Bombers
I wonder what they’re annoyed at. Perhaps the Orioles think that last ball was trapped.
Russell probably said something to Andino. He does that sometimes.
After a 3-0 start, they began to realize they’re still the Baltimore Orioles. That’d piss me off too.
I laughed.
Yeah I don’t get it either RetroRob
and I so thought we were going to go 0-162.
Perfection destroyed.
Whoa…I just noticed in the interview with Jeter that Mary has some huge knockers
Sweet victory!!! Nice to finally get one on the board. Let’s start a new streak!!!
Sweeeeeeeet, sweet victory, yeah.
What was Andino mad at?
No word yet.
Andino just quoted:
“I didn’t hear anything to be honest with you,” … “I was just worried about tripping; I was concentrating on my steps so I wouldn’t trip. I think [manager Buck Showalter] had the loudest one.”
My guess is that when he was coming towards home plate on the last play of the game, perhaps he thought Martin was going to go over to trip him.
Jack Curry just cited Brittany Ghiroli’s tweet that Martin confronted Andino about tipping pitch location.
Martin busted him out for tipping pitches. Got a feeling a ball will go flying over his head or into his ribs before this series is over. Martin played it off well after the game.
Justin maxwell just went yard for stros. Should have been on our 25 man
no no no, old washed up has-beens like Ibanez are far superior to taking a chance on young talent.
No. No he should not have. He has no spot on the team even if you think his egregious K rate would hold steady in the majors.
Why even bother?
What a bust!
No more 0-162…