Game 25: The Search for Offense
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We’re not used to the Yankees not scoring runs ’round these parts, so it becomes painfully obvious rather quickly when the team is in a collective offensive slump. I suppose the good news is that over the last few years, the Yankees are 23-8 in games immediately following a shutout loss (via Mark Feinsand). If only had was meaningful in some way. Here’s the lineup, which looks quite a bit like last year’s primary setup…
DH Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Andruw Jones
SS Eduardo Nunez
C Russell Martin
LF Jayson Nix
RHP David Phelps
Tonight’s game starts at 8:10pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Try to enjoy.
Nick Swisher Update: Swisher will take some swings in the cage today and if he comes through that well, he’ll do some running tomorrow for the first time since feeling his hamstring grab over the weekend.
Mariano Rivera Update: The Yanks’ closer hurt his right knee during batting practice. We’ll have updates in this thread as they become available.
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Should I press the doom button yet?
Apparently you belong in diapers according to the site’s logic.
No…the site’s logic is simply to wait for a real prognosis before jumping off the bridge.
Haha. I know. I cannot stand Tilapia and JJYank. They’re unbearable. You’re either a child, troll, or “fucking idiot” . . .
or maybe just someone who doesn’t overreact before knowing the facts? Crazy, I know.
Ugh, Singleton and Cone. The only thing to make it more boring would be adding Flaherty too.
I love Singleton and Cone, but not for play by play. I actually enjoy Kay’s calls unlike most of RAB
I like Kay too. My favorite is Leiter though.
Singleton and Cone = YES’ best possible announcing team, IMO.
I posted this in the other thread, but I know it will get more response here: Absolute worst case scenario: Mo tore a ligament in his knee and is done for the year, and possibly forever. Result of worst possible scenario: Me being horribly sad that one of my all time favorite players loses his career to injury, and our bullpen goes from being the hands down best in the league to just one of the best.
If it makes you feel better, I absolutely love your blog.
Haha, thank you very much
I like to think it’s awesome.
Agreed, at this point, and no disrespect meant to the greatest closer of all time and all, but Mo is not central to this bullpen.
btw, listening to Waldman explain Mo’s injury, You’d think he died.
THat’s very unsurprising. I’m surprised she’s not sobbing uncontrollably too.
Well, don’t you think that anything more severe than a strain means the end of his career?
That would be up to Rivera. If he was motivated to rehab and come back, he could. If he’s already decided to retire, he must just say the heck with it.
I meant to say “might,” not “must.”
When Singleton says the whole lineups-first pitch-baseball thing, it’s really not nearly as effective as Kay.
win one for mo
For a second I thought “Why is there a Mussina picture?”.
at least during the regular season, haha
Is gameday right ? Is Duffy really throwing 99?
I saw 97, but, throwing a change to Jeter to speed up his bat when he was late on everything was a mistake.
The PitchFX system in KC is a few MPH hot for some reason. They can’t figure it out, have replaced the system and everything. Phelps is going to come out throwing 94-96 and everyone will get excited.
Duffy does throw hard through, he’s around 95 usually.
that is really crazy, i think i remember joba lighting it up there too. it is amazing that no one can figure that out though
I went to an event where one of MLBAM’s guys spoke, and he said they’ve tried everything. They replaced the equipment, the software, then ripped out the whole thing two winters ago and it’s still off.
how do they actually know its off? just from what the pitchers average in other parks. is it possible that the ball just travels faster there? probably not but it would be cool
Yeah, everyone’s fastball at KC is 2-4 mph than everywhere else.
is it that much crazier than all guns working everywhere else but there. like i said probably not, but it would be cool
It’s gotta have something to do with the atmosphere or stadium conditions or jet stream or something like that then, right?
I wish you could tell Singleton and Cone that so they would stop reacting to the velocities.
On Sunday they’ll be going nuts thinking that Hughes has suddenly refound his 96 mph fastball too.
Quick, get Freddy back in the rotation for Saturday, imagine what he could do if his 2 seamer touched 92….. OK 87
Thanks for calling that tag up about 7 minutes after it happened Kenny.
Hey, everyone, how ab out some “Ha ha! A. J. sucks”?
Singleton is way too obsessed with how people look in BP. Everyone looks great in BP.
Except for MO appparantly.
You’re right, too soon. Couldn’t resist.
weak
damn that was a nice third pitch
I SWEAR TO GOD NUNEZ
He wasn’t getting him anyway, it doesn’t matter.
I know, I know, I know. I’m just feeling a lot of feelings right now.
Hahahahahahah yeah
Cano has now struckout in 6 straight games for the first time since May of 2007. He just has no idea what he’s doing up there right now.
Welcome to 2012 Yankee infield defense, Phelps.
The upside of the first inning is that the hitting is not just an issue at home.
Now with Rivera out – it will be for the year with an ACL – things look more positive by the day.
Well he’s already better than Ibanez.
Hey look at that, there’s an outfielder out there!
Good thing Nunez wasn’t playing LF. He would’ve turned that into an inside the parker.
Heh or Ibanez.
If it was Ibanez, 10 runs would have scored on one play.
Nice catch, rook!
Phelps is nervous.
This is going well…
The way things are going, I’m surprised Phelps didn’t tear his ACL on that.
That was some swing there Butler.
Phelps’s first big sK as a starter! Nice!
That was an ugly hack by Butler. It’s hard to believe that guy’s only 26. He looks like he could be 32.
Way to settle down, Phelps!
Nunez made a play! Nunez made a play!
I believe that’s one of the signs of the apocalypse.
david Phelps: Hall of Famer
If the ball goes to left I’m nervous, if it goes to short I’m nervous, if it goes to right I’m nervous, now if it goes from the mound to first base OR the plate I’m nervous. I’m okay though if the ball boy picks up the foul balls.
Brett Gardner on crutches would be better than Ibanez.
I’m sticking to the “ham sandwich” assertion I made last night.
Is that the old “What’s better, complete happiness in life or a ham sandwich?” thing?
Apparently, the KC ballpark is bound and determined to break all our pitchers knees.
They show that video and talk about Phelps in the background. I’m looking more at Tex talking to Long and looking completely lost at what’s happening with his swing.
Martin needs to work the count here…
Martin just shoved shit down the throat of your comment.
….And he pops up the 2nd pitch.
So after 22 pitches in the first inning, they make him throw 6… ridiculous
I think the Yankees are trying to break the record for least time in to make three outs.
That was a really fast 1-2-3. Ugh.
so, anyone call for phelps’ head yet?
Right on cue…
Gave up a dead center homer? Back to AA!
AA’s too good for him. he needs to be released from the organization and forced to pitch in a soft tossing softball league! it’s obviously all he can handle.
wow…a solo homerun. he’s doomed…
That new reporter gal, Monica or whoever, kinda sucks.
Meredith, and yes she does. She’s actually worse than Kim Jones, which isn’t easy to do.
She’s about 25% hotter though, so there’s that.
Shes also about 25% younger, which basically negates that. If they were the same age, Kim woulda been much hotter.
That actually makes sense. Kim Jones was actually pretty good looking for her age (I’m assuming she’s in her mid-forties).
She’s much hotter than Kim though, which is basically the whole point.
Eh, I didn’t find either one of them attractive.
Kim Jones 2? She calls Mariano mary-anne-oh
Shit, I’m not even watching the game and from the sound I knew that was gone off the bat.
Talking to my friend on FB about the Rivera injury, and he said “master of the split finger fastball. love that freakin pitch.” I don’t even now how to respond…
De-friend them and pretend you never knew them.
I mean, this is possibly my only recourse.
Hahahhahahahah. Rivera wouldn’t know how to throw a splitter if his life depended on it. You should respond about how McGwire was the master of the triple, while Clemens got by on guile and wit with his low-speed junk.
He’s fucking with you… Tell me he’s fucking with you…
No, he’s not really a baseball guy, he’s more of a basketball I explained to him that calling Mo master of a splitter is the equivalent of calling Steve Novak master of the 18 footer, and explained the difference between a splitter and cutter visa vie speed and break.
Aaaaaaand now Phelps shits the bed…………
or come back from 3-0 to strike the guy out.
knew someone would give it to him after giving up run. he’s not going to be mussina out there. he’s going to give up a few runs.
He worked back from 3-0 – niiiiice.
That may be a hole the Yanks can’t get out of.
You know it’s true too . . .
Fastballs to Moustakas are ill advised. Would’ve thrown him anything but…
Singleton/Cone booth is such a nice weekend treat.
Top 3 Booths (Feel free to rank your own)
1. Kay/Leiter/O’Neill
2.Singleton/Cone
3. Kay/O’Neill/Flaherty
Worst
1. Kay/Singleton
2. Lorenz/Flaherty
3. Kay/Flaherty
Best is Singleton/Cone/O’neil in my opinion. I don’t dislike Kay, he’s way better than many other teams’ primary play-by-play guy, but that’s my preferred trio.
Getting beat by the Royals in KC. Ouch. Should they lose this series we’ll be hearing quite a bit about rocky bottoms.
It’s the second inning of the first game, you should probably stay away from high places.
OMFG. One more reference to ledges and bridges and I really AM going to kill myself. STFU. Please.
Ok, just jump now then!!!
then stop fucking leaning off a fucking ledge. we fell the same way about these ridiculous comments.
This.
I just don’t understand why everyone can’t just be a fan in their own way and if you don’t like their way then ignore their comments.
I think it has more to do with the extreme reaction he goes to than his actual opinion. It’s not a calm “I don’t have faith in this team right now”, it’s a “ZOMG we’re teh loozing in the 3rd inningz by one run! DOOMED”. Hyperbole, I know, but a civil discussion would not elicit the reaction he gets. And it’s not just this comment.
Or, you know, you can call me a troll . . . That always works out swell
So what? If that’s how he wants to be, then let him be. I don’t see why people take it so personally when someone is not happy with the team if they phrase differently than someone else.
I’m not taking it personally, I just think a little perspective might help people.
Thank you. And the funny part is that I’m not even a ledge jumper . . . I’m simply reacting on the FACT that this team is playing horribly at the moment. I’m not commenting on the entire season, the playoffs, last year . . . Just now. It’s like they get offended when the team doesn’t perform well and someone points it out. My bad, I guess. But, also, opinions are very, very, very bad. And, I almost forgot, I’m a troll, child, and a “fu**ing idiot” so you can’t regard what I write with any ounce of clarity or justification.
Your opinions are fine. It’s just the vehement, angry way you proclaim them. I realize there is nothing I can say to change anything, so I’ll leave you alone. I’ve tried to remain calm, despite your rantings, so I give up. Period.
Good day sir.
Yeah. I’m the angry one. That’s right . . . Yeah . . . Right . . . Ok. And, of course, because I don’t agree with you, I’m ranting. God, you’re condescending. From telling me what to do yesterday and trying to pigeon-hole me as the trolling, angry ranter . . . C’mon, dude. Any animosity on this thread is a product of you and your crony, Tilapia. I give up. So long as you have your keyboard there’s no point in me responding.
Good day, sir. I bid thee adieu.
I told you to relax, it’s just one game, one series, in early May. That’s it. It wasn’t a command, it was a suggestion. And you freaked. So here it is again, not a command, just friendly advice.
Chill dude. This is baseball. We’re supposed to be enjoying this.
when the same comment is made over and over, it get’s harder and harder to ignore.
I guess this is why we don’t get along. You say “ouch” in a 1-0 game in the early innings of the first game of a series, I say “the game’s not over yet”.
Yeah, just as I did last night and the night before that. Hmm . . . seems as though my auguring skills have been spot on. You’re right though, the game isn’t over, but if you can honestly tell me that you’re genuinely confident in this offense right now . . . well, then . . . I guess that makes you the “child”, “troll”, and “fu**ing idiot”, huh? This team’s in a major rut right now, down two key players and an unproven ML starter on the mound. I’m not on a ledge, I’m not freaking out, I’m just being level-headed and calm, pointing out what I see. 3 runs against the O’s at home doesn’t quite instill me with grandiose optimism. But, then, you’ll just tell me that the game’s not over, Teixera will rake, Martin will bounce back, A-Rod will find the Elixir of Life, Hughes will resume his HOF career, they’ll make the playoffs, and they’re a shoe-in for the World Series. I know. I’ve been hearing this all since last season. Sorry if I choose to see an aging team with question marks in the rotation, and a GM that carted away the lord and savior. It’s early in the season, yes, but what makes you think that this team is capable of beating anyone at this very moment in time? Once Gardner and Swisher come back shit will get better, but until then, just consider me a realist . . .
Dude, it’s just a game…
This is probably the calmes thing you’ve written in awhile. But if you think your other rantings have been “level headed”, I beg you to go back and reread your own words.
If you don’t think this team can bounce back, then fine. That’s your opinion. What I take issue with is not your opinion, it’s the “we’re doomed” approach to doing so. Calling a series loss, against any team, in the first week of May “despicable” and internet shouting at me for pointing out that overreaction is not civil or level headed.
There is nothing level headed about anything you have said, just jump off the ledge already. If the Yankees win this game what will your point be then?
i consider you a pessimist. this team has shown year in and year out, even when they didn’t have the best teams, they would make the playoffs. that’s all you can ask for because from there on out, it’s a crap shoot. look at the last two world series the cards have won. the one before last year, they won 86 games. 86 fucking games! i don’t know how much you remember 2009, but we didn’t have 1-5 aces. we made it work with 3 pitchers. talk to mike about zen baseball. it will lower your blood pressure and ensure you a longer life.
Again… Not a “ledge jumper”, just merely pointing out that the baseball they’re playing has been horrendous. I’m not talking about the playoffs. I’m talking about Game 25 against the KC Royals because that’s the thread that I’m in. And, I hereby invoke the law of Mo and ban the following words: Ledge, Bridge, Troll, Child, “Fu**ing Idiot”. We’re all adults here. We’re all Yankee fans. We all want the same exact thing. Let us not resort to Call of Duty and World of Warcraft behavior, please.
Well I very much agree with this, if only you’d adhere to your own point. Calm baseball discussion. If you ban those words, I also ban “STFU”, “Period”, and “Despicable”.
Bullshit, you are exactly the type of “ledge jumper” troll that would dominate WoW trade chat about how much everyone else sucks!
Haha, trade chat? Sorry. I’ve never played WoW, but, judging by your venomous response, I can tell that I’ve offended you. Sorry Rock.
You have not offended me at all. I have grown very tolerant of the people that are over-reactive/impulsive/young in my old age. I do play WoW consistently, however, and have just seen this too many times. I do feel it part of my responsibility though to try and impart some of the patience and wisdom I have learned through out the years though.
… just figured that since you referenced Wow that you were familiar with its content.
ok, then i put it on you to not make comments such as this one. down by one fun in the second, you condemn them to loose. tell me that’s not jumping the gun? don’t care how bad the team has been. they had one series where they scored 3 runs or less. they were averaging 5+ runs a game before that series i believe. even if 3-5 are struggling, they still managed to score. so i say again, ask mike a bout zen baseball. it’s a marathon, not a 50 yard dash.
Phelps really needs to attack the zone more. Especially early in the count.
lol like he just did to Escobar. 91-93/94 is much harder to hit when your down in the count and the pitcher can expand a little.
And here I was thinking that the only thing Getz could do was walk!
Well he’s already lasted longer than Garcia’s last start. But at 47 pitches, it’s looking like 4 innings.
Maybe the Yankees can make Duffy throw more than 6 pitches this inning.
or score some runs
I like to set the bar high
Ha, yes.
now that’s just crazy talk…
If they just stand there they will at least see 9 pitches.
Ahhhh, that’s why Susyn’s criticizing an ump – because he made Mattingly mad.
Jayson Nix looks like he should be a slugger… Too bad he is a hack
Remember Jeter’s series in KC last… August, I think it was? Let’s have a repeat of that.
Congrats to Jeter on his 500th 2B… Now just imagine if we could turn that into a run or something…
A run? Surely you jest?
Trying not too set myself up for disappointment
Jeter is just amazing right now.
Can’t anybody other than Jeter play this goddamn game?
Wow, these guys couldn’t hit the ball with a fcking tennis racket
I don’t think hitting a pitched ball with a tennis racket would be all that effective.
racket repair shops would love them to try.
I was Going to go with a Rihanna Chris brown thing, but I thought it would lack taste
One day. One day the Yankees will defeat a rookie/left handed pitcher.
And woodland animals will rejoice and there shall be free broadband everywhere and all shall live in peace.
TEX IS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!! oh wait….
I love you, RHB Tex.
whoa… a pig just flew past my window
A run! A run! Wa-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Woohoo!!!!! Scoreless streak ends at 20.1 innings.
Let’s hope the next one is less than that.
NICE JOB of hitting right there by Tex! Pretty.
A hit, a palpable hit.
and the batter wasn’t named Jeter or Granderson.
That’s what I like to see Tex! Now if only you would do that left handed.
start the sarcastic marks about yanks scoring a run… 3,2,1…
you’re way late
damn time warner…need verizon.
Sterling is talking about pitching around Alex to get to Robbie because Duffy is a LHP. Honestly if I’m a lefty at this point I’d much rather face Alex than Robbie with Alex on base.
No way, Cano can’t hit anything right now. I agree they’re pitching around A-Rod both times.
Small ball. Keep it simple
Robbie, it was LAST week that you were against me in fantasy. You can start hitting now.
I’ll trade Pinieda and Cano for Felix and Montero.
Toughts?
I don’t think you could get either one for Pineda and Cano.
Sarcasm was on btw
Oops. Got past my sarcasm detector.
It’s pretty tough to say something stupider than anyone around here would actually say seriously.
of course!?!? i’ll trade russel martin for Kemp also.
Why not? Then we can turn around and trade Phelps and Gardner for Strausberg and Harper. I think we’re giving up a lot, but you know it could be worth it.
*Jack Z hangs up*
better question…
Would you trade Cano for Montero straight up? (note: Cano is a year away from costing 15m+ per year)
Its a gamble depending on how good you think Montero will hit and how much his position is a liability.
no. premium position vs. dh not worth it.
It’s kinda a small market move, but I kinda might. Especially considering the whole 189 thing
I absolutely would.
Watching Tex’s RHB swing is almost depressing, knowing how quick he actually can be…
oddly, he’s been worse RH than LH so far this season
Doom!!! No really, I wonder how many runners Cano’s left on base this year, it seems like someone is always on the bag for him.
before to day, he’s had 74 runners on base in his PA
he knocked in only 3 of those
Wow, how many PAs? Imagine if he was just hitting at his averages, the Yanks offensive woes would be a little less prevalent.
54 PA with runners on base
3-23 (.130) with RISP. 0-11 with RISP and 2 outs.
Nice, Phelps is getting that outside corner.
C’mon Phelps! DP, bang bang!
I hate this midwest games. Third inning, but it’s 9:14. At least the time difference with west coast games is extreme and you can’t not notice. Midwest is a subtle slap in the face.
For the rest of us that live out of market and in say … Colorado, we greatly appreciate a “normal” game time. You would think you actually liked that better than the west coast since it’s not as late?
Ha yeah. At least the West coast I’m I have a cup of coffee or something and prepare for it. I forgot these games are even 8:00 until it’s too late.
I honestly came to the website at 7 and was like …where the fuck is the game thread…Mike has cut it close before but has never pissed first pitch…
OOOH NOO GAME IS OVAHHHHH AHHHH BLAH BLAHBLAH
I’d give vital parts of my anatomy to see a Yankee pitcher breeze through a few innings. Nothing but long at bats and ground balls finding holes lately.
CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda both say “sup foo” CC would like your stomach, liver, and right lung. Kuroda would love your heart, pancreas, and testicles.
Ivan Nova was in line for his prostate until yesterday.
By lately I meant the last 3 starts or so. Hell, even Kuroda wasn’t exactly mowing em down. He got pretty damn lucky defensively his last start. I’m definitely ready for CC to start and do his thing.
I don’t know how to look it up but our team rotation BABIP has got to be in the top 5 if not the top in the league. It’s getting a bit ridiculous.
Yankees starters BABIP: .338
highest in MLB
http://www.fangraphs.com/leade.....;sort=10,d
ever see cc pitch? or kuroda?
I wish the Yankees would go up the middle like that with RISP. And also since when does Franceour work the count?!
Phelps is throwing so many pitches…any word on his limit?
75-90. So he’s basically cooked already.
So maybe one more inning? Honestly he hasn’t been god awful. I’d let him have another start after this.
I usually give guys a mulligan in their first career start. You’d like to see better but I won’t hold it against him.
Of course, as I said earlier in the thread I personally think he has to be more aggressive earlier in the count, he threw way to many pitches out of the zone.
think it was nerves…first start and all. he’s usually a strike thrower, from what we know of him.
Probably. who knows.
Yeah, he did have his whole family there and all. I think that might play a role.
I personally always hated pitching in front of my family, because my mom doesn’t like baseball so when she came to the games I would put so much pressure on myself to do well, and almost always got shelled.
Around 90 I believe. Clay Rapada is warming in the pen already.
Trivia has to be Maris, no?
What the question? Something about Homeruns?
Only guy to hit 30+ HR for the Yanks and Royals. It’s not Maris, apparently.
Tartabull?
No idea…too tired to do research…following this thread is hard enough right now.
I feel like its Maris too but that’d be too obvious.
Steve Balboni?
Maris didn’t do it for the Royals.
My gut was Tartabull
If Hamels reaches free agency I’d going all out to sign the dude if I were the Yankees. I’m getting tired of CC being the only pitcher we can depend on to give us a quality start. Everyone else is a wild card.
Nova has one not-that-bad start and he’s a wildcard?
Pretty much. He had one ok season. There no telling if he can repeat/improve upon it or if he’ll fade.
Nova’s been throwing BP pretty much all season
he’s a wildcard
i’d love hammels, but if they’re serious about that budget, they’re probably going to loose a lot of offense by not resigning…swish, grandy, cano, martin…who else. not saying all, but at least a few.
Screw the budget.
it’s not you money, so yeah, screw it. too bad the fans can’t decide that the yanks have a 350m budget.
Screw all this budget/luxury tax talk. I’m pretty sure winning means more to the Yankees than money.
Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. This isn’t George Steinbrenner’s team anymore. The win-at-all-costs mentality seems to have gone out the window.
Yeah it really seems like the kids are running this team like a cash cow, only worried about profits and not the team on the field.
somewhere in between, I think
but they definitely seem more bottom line oriented (Hal anyways)
You’re right this ownership seems to be significantly different from George, more cautiously “managerial,” “responsible.” Ol George had his faults, God knows, and could drive us all nuts with many–by no means all–of his moves and interferences. But we may come to miss him. If you’re not gathering up top draft picks by finishing in the dumps, you had better be prepared to absorb some luxury taxation.
We’ll probably know very soon what these owners are really like. Talk last off-season was one thing, but if the Yankees finish poorly this season, if they have to acquire pitchers of merit, if they need to replace old timers, etc., they’re going to have to spend some money or see a lot of empty seats in that glitzy and expensive ball park.
Maybe they could sign Cole Hamels before they sign your Hammels guy.
And then what about this? How ’bout this? We trade Jim Leyritz Stewart and Bernie Williams, for Barry Bonds, huh? That way you have Griffey and Bonds, in the same outfield! Now you got a team!
Sorry I know that was irrevelant, but whenever someone tries to play GM I always think of that quote.
I wouldn’t having both Hamels and Hammels. They are both pitching well. BTW that was a great trade for the Os.
Haha there is no Hammels. That’s Jason Hammel. Everyone just spells it Coal Hammels because they’re lazy.
first start for phelps. i ain’t mad. hopefully he works quicker next time out. he’s shown some good pitches tonight.
Yep. I’m attributing the lack of his usual strikes to nerves.
completely agree.
Argh. I would’ve dropped a bunt there.
Fallacy of the predetermined outcome, Sterling. If there were runners on base, Martin might not have gotten that pitch to hit.
Classic. gidp followed by a Martin hit.
Phelps has very good stuff. Stick with him. Patience.
So how does he hole service time thing work? like what year does arbitration start, and how many years of arbitration are there?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.....rbitration
Big signing of the 2018 off season: Bryce Harper. You heard it hear first.
I’ve already starting looking ahead at the budget. He’s going to 26 when he hits free agency. Dude is going to get paid.
Wow. We could be looking at over a ten year deal. Like a 12-15 year deal at 25+ a season.
20 years/1 Billion $
No way…. Won’t be able to afford him and mouse tacos… Wait, will a rod still be under contract?
I actually think that’s the last year of his deal lol
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Awesome.
fuck Dyson … I’ve always preferred Hoover
Lol, vacuum cleaner reference. In all seriousness though, Dyson vacuum’s are much, much better. And more stylish too. Hoover vacuums are shit in comparison.
Wow…can something please go this teams way? Anything?
you sound like a Royals fan.
I know, but this last week has been rough. Pineda gone till next season, loosing a series to the Orioles, Chavez last night, Swisher, 13 man bullpens, 1 man benches, Mo getting hurt, no offense. It’s not fun right now…I just want watching baseball to be enjoyable again.
Yep. Another aging vet will soon be on the DL. Has to count for something.
Baseball gods what must we do to bring ourselves into your favor?!
There is only one baseball God. His name is Mo. Do not blaspheme him.
Shame on me for believing that was going to fall in for a double.
Hit every ball hard that inning… not much you can do.
Though Andruw Jones can perhaps learn what a secondary lead is and make the turn harder on that DP.
Jones’ glove is still golden.
Way to go, Phelps!
Nice work getting those three extra outs, Phelpsie.
Be quiet, Girardi!
are you buying into joe g’s naming tricks mikey?
Holy shit a 123 inning, ask and you shall receive!
Alright then…can I have #28 this year?
Phelps can go one more inning now.
Pitch efficiency was poor, but I liked that outing. There were a couple of pitches he hung/poorly located but he was mixing pitches so much better than Hughes and was willing to throw any pitch any time.
Hopefully this start means he gets another start, even if/when Andy comes back.
I definitely think Phelps earned another start. He wasn’t lights out or anything, but I think there’s something to be said of nerves in your first MLB start with all your friends and family in the stands. I’d like to see what he’s got in another start, with the nerves out of the way and a larger pitch count.
I think he earned it but Hughes seems to get the benefit of the doubt in Yankee land.
Andy I think is lined up for Hughes, but with the offday Girardi could probably move people around and bump Phelps.
Yeah, it’s hard to judge him on this one start with all the extra stuff surrounding it. He’ll get another one, but after that is in question.
I’m looking way too much into a regular adjustment to his schedule, but putting Pettitte on Sunday makes swapping him and Hughes very easy when he’s ready. Of course, I have no faith in the team losing faith in Hughes.
Yeah, Hughes is linked to Phelps for sure. It’s essentially a battle between those two now. Let’s see what Hughes does his next time out.
anyone else feel the best course of action would be a 6-man rotation and 1-man bench?
Girardi?
Nahh come on man, we don’t need no stinkin’ bench! 7 Man rotation!
(Sadly) all Girardi has to do is bump Phelps from his next start Wed then move Sabathia, Kuroda and Hughes up a day (who will still be on normal rest with the offday) and Andy pitches Saturday anyway.
Unfortunately if Phil doesn’t completely bomb I think this is what Girardi/Cahsman will do.
It also means they get Nova, Sabathia, Kuroda against the Rays (instead of Phelps in the middle game)
Duffy’s thrown a lot of pitches, too.
Woo that looked low.
Robot umpires please.
There is just a whole lot of suck in pinstripes and gray. It is like the entire team has become Tex.
The sad thing about Tex is that he was SO great from 2004-2010 and suddenly seemed to become a different player (in a bad way).
They all do that once they start collecting Yankee money. Seriously, though, he has regressed so much he can’t correct himself. If it weren’t for his defense he would be like the last first baseman.
Teixiera needs to watch some video of himself from 2008 and get back to what he was doing before.
Duffy looks way too comfortable. I’m sick of this Era of Pitching. If it keeps up I could see baseball losing lots of fans in the coming years. Who wants to see a 3-2 game? I miss the times where 9-5 games were plentiful.
Generous strike three call there.
Ump has been poor (for both teams) all night.
Rapada taking his Lefty One Out Guy role a little bit too literally
AL teams: Hey everyone! Let’s play extra hard, work counts and pitch well against the Yankees but bend over for the Red Sox.
Happens every year.
True story.
NunLOLeeeeez.
Nuneed again
Oh Nunez.
At least Nix looks like he can field.
Come on Mitchell now is not the time for this.
I think if the Royals plate one more run that might do it. Think the only thing this season is missing is a bucket of fried chicken and beer.
Season is over! Let’s pack it in, guys!
LOL! Mock as you must. They have lost Pineda, now Rivera for the season. They have 80 Million barely hitting oner .250, your snide may not be far off.
Moose tacos is gonna look sexy in pinstripes in seven years
Meh.
This is just too effing much already
Yanks look old and bad.
Wash rinse repeat. 3 game losing streak.
Argh. This feels like the last month of 2010. Horrible. It’s going to take a lot of winning for me to feel even a bit positive about this team. Other than the bullpen this team doesn’t like a contender at all. So many bad decisions throughout the years are finally catching up with us.
I’d rather be the red sox. They at least beat crappy teams.
You realize that they just lost a series to Oakland, right?
The red sox couldn’t beat their dicks with jerkins and youporn right now… Let’s not get carried away here
This team just isn’t interesting in winning right now. This was supposed to be the easy part of the schedule. You’re not going to make the playoffs with 2 good starters. We only have a chance to win 2/5 games because the offense can’t win unless CC or Kuroda limits the other team to 0-2 runs. It’s just pathetic, except Jeter. And now Mo might have torn his ACL.
Every time Nunez effs up it always burns the yanks for multiple runs.
How much would he have to hit to justify his atrocious fielding? He’s just awful.
Meanwhile, he isn’t hitting either…. So there’s that
The runner was going.
I’m not a fan of Nunez but there’s almost no way he gets the out at 2nd on that play (especially with a backhand flip).
That should just about do it. At this rate, they’ll be in last place by the end of this weekend.
And the worst thing is the Rays continue to roll even without Longoria.
It needs to happen. The team has too many holes at the moment to warrant anything else. So long as they can’t dig themselves any deeper there’s nowhere else to look but up. Once Cano patches up his poor play, and the OFers return, it’ll get better. Honestly, this has been “DESPICABLE”, something’s got to give. Oh yeah . . . I forgot, though . . . this is the EASY part of the schedule.
It’s starting to feel an awful lot like 2008….
1 run in last 22 innings. 2 runs in last 29 innings.
5 runs tonight might be a little too much to ask at this point.
Gotta start platooning A-Rod against lefties.
Shit is just embarrassing.
Isn’t Cone on twitter. Can’t someone tell him that the gun is off???
I got the impression from the commenters on royalreview that it has been broken for awhile too
Mitchell seemed to settle down and make his pitches after the run scored, not sure what that means other than saying “fuck it”, just gonna do my thing!
Yankees need to get Duffy out of the game this inning and they have a shot.
While the Yankees aren’t hitting, KC doesn’t exactly have a lockdown bullpen. That 6 pitch 2nd inning really hurt.
Regardless….Nunez MUST GO!!! and can someone get me the stats on how many times A-Rod goes 0-2….every FREAKIN AT BAT!!!!!!
19 of 104 PA’s prior to tonight.
Seems like more! Frustration amplifies everything!
Where was that fucking hit when you had runners on in the 3rd, Cano? Fuck.
and the 1st.
Hits for Tex, Cano, and Martin in the same game??? Not to mention Jones too?
Isn’t that like crossing the streams? The whole stadium may implode on itself now.
Haha. Ghostbusters reference. Love it.
I literally don’t want to watch Yankees baseball right now. Maybe I’ll check back on this team in 3 months and see what’s left.
Damn, I missed that, how did Cano actually make it to first?
See Andruw get mad at the foul ball, that was kinda funny
chance of Nunez redeeming himself here?
Now’s the time to make up for your error, Nunez.
What error?
Are folks watching the game? The runner was going on the pitch… even if he makes the flip he probably doesn’t get him.
this
People just like to complain and he’s an easy target.
The point is he continuously makes bad plays. UNACCEPTABLE!!! Bring up Pena. At least he can field
How was he going to get the runner at second without some Ozzie Smith/Rey Ordonez type flip?
Don’t let the Nunez hate cloud your reasoning.
We drove in a run…?
Give Nunez an RBI… How many more does he owe us to be back to even for tonight?
Holy crap 2runs!
Sac Fly for Nunez.
Multiple runs in a game by the Bombers? It’s been a while.
What’s funny is that as bad as the Yankees look, they are still in this game,
If they were playing Tampa or Texas, 4-2 would seem like its 10-2.
Huge sigh of relief when Nunez’s ball went in the air…i felt a DP coming.
Dyson is so fast he overran the ball.
Images of Brett Gardner dance in my head.
Okay, we’re still in this game. Nice piece of fundamental hitting by Nunez to plate the run. Only down 2-4 now. Hopefully, Mitchell settles down.
I hope A-Rod takes that kid under his offseason wing and makes him train with him, similar to how he did with Cano and Melky. A-Rod seems to have found a niche with that as a teammate with the younger kids.
This Dyson kid can go and get it.
Yeah, you can say what ever you want about Alex’s personal life and whatever, nobody has more work ethic than he does when it comes to getting ready to play.
Yeah, it DEFINITELY doesn’t get much attention from even the NY press as does the other things. It’s like the NY baseball media prefer to cover the TMZ shit, rather than the actual baseball and team things he actually contributes.
Well with Alex, he’s just as much as a media personality and celebrity as a baseball player. A casual fan might walk by a Mark Teixeira or Curtis Granderson w/o even realizing it, everybody knows what Alex Rodriguez looks like.
Wow dyson… Just wow
The Dyson, great vacuum cleaner!
It sucks.
Don’t actually know, too expensive for me, although, this Dyson seems to suck up everything in the OF!
Was trying to be clever — I don’t actually know either.
ahhh, got ya now lol!!!
I think if Cano keeps it up, it can hurt his contract and maybe we can get a deal.
Somewhere Scott Boris dropped something.
He then with out realizing why he was doing it called an intern and told him to immediately look up reasons Cano deserves to get paid.
I wonder what The Binder has in store for us with the last innings to come?
Good inning for Mitchell.
First team to 5 runs wins? (I don’t see the Royals bullpen holding the Yankees to 1 run)
I mean this in the most nonracial way possible, I had no idea that DJ Mitchell was black, I actually always assumed he was white for no real reason. Until seeing him in person he was a bunch of stats and blurbs about stuff to me.
haha, me too. No clue why. Must be something about the name
I am often surprised by seeing players for the first time. A guy with a lot of pop I will expect to look like Adam Dunn but may look like Alphonso Soriano.
With Mitchell I was expecting a lanky-looking white dude…whatever dude could be purple for all I care lol just help the team win.
Remember that time the Yankees scored runs?
Can we have 8 more Jeters plz.
That doesn’t leave any room for granderson. I do not approve.
9th Jeter Clone is a utility guy.
Can sprinkle a Granderson in there once or twice.
TWO runners in an inning?
“Whut tha hell’z goin’ on out hea!?!”
Well, this is their chance. Can’t depend on the bottom part of the lineup to do anything, gotta get it done here.
Damn that was a hittable pitch too…. Cano seems to be rolling over on everything.
Wish he would get that stroke to left center back, unless it’s way outside he’s trying to pull everything.
Tex just missed his pitch. This may not end well now.
At least he got the one in.
Calling a home run from A-rod.
vs. a lefty?
that’s like calling a 7IP start from Phil Hughes
Inching ever closer….
Scoring the runner from third with less than two outs. In two consecutive innings. I absolutely approve.
3runs! Hurry up Girardi bench someone!
Has it gotten so bad that leaving a lefty to face A-Rod is a GOOD managerial move?
Yeah, he really hasn’t hit lefties worth a lick in the last few years.
wow alex broke his bat and still got that out of the infield.
The shortstop got it. Still an infield hit.
Fuck it, they’re winning this game.
C’mon Robbie!
Boy do they need Cano to launch one now
or you know..not that…
Cmom Cano, break out right here
Robbie “one pitch” Cano will roll over and ground out here.
lol, I really did type that before it happened.
Sadly, that was amazingly predictable for Cano.
Cano is struggling and very frustrated. Kevin Long, you got something???
Did the reason Dave Eiland took that leave of absence a few years ago ever come out?
So why did eland leave again?
His contract was up and they didn’t re-sign him for whatever reason.
Weaver pitched a no-hitter? I must’ve been very disconnected today.
Arod looked like Bobby Abreu approaching that fence
I actually like the redesigned Kaufman Stadium. It still feels like a small stadium, but they’ve made the most of the empty spaces in the outfield.
This game should be called: “David Cone tries to make Kansas City sound awesome while the Yankees play another game of mediocre to shitty baseball”
4-3 Devils win in OT.
Andruw’s having a nice game tonight.
Wtf? No bunt???
Nunez took way to big a risk there as the tying run.
Nah, they’re struggling to score runs and he’s got great speed. I have no problem with trying to be aggresive there.
Nor do I, especially with Martin up and Nix on deck. It’s not as if the good part of the lineup was hitting.
Completely agree. Plus, he did it in front of Russell Martin, not Jeter or Granderson.
absolutely
What a douche. Nunez losing this game all by himself
Nunez is now 0-18 since Chavez started playing more and he played less around the Boston series.
Because his glove can’t be trusted
Every time I see Nunez I hear Benny Hill music in my head.
Actually, I don’t fault Nunez for forcing the action. It was a good decision. Just a better throw.
You’re not seriously expecting much from Russell Martin, are you?
Anyone else see Ibanez hitting a 2-run homer here then allowing runs to score in the bottom of the inning with his defense?
I am really developing this slightly irrational/largely rational hatred of Nunez. Not sure why you would look at the catcher there- it slowd him down just enough to be out.
At least they got through the bottom of the order. Can’t ask for much more than the top of the order in the 9th. Just gotta keep it at 4-3.
Every other team in baseball bunts after a lead off single down by a run in the 8th.
not really
conventional baseball wisdom is usually to play for the win on the road
I have a feeling that we’ll win this game in the 9th. Top of the order will be up against a shaky bullpen. We just need to lockdown this inning and keep it at 1 run.
12 hits (granted a couple of cheapies) and 4 or 5 outs that were absolutely crushed (2 to Dyson, that Ibanez line drive the DP ball to Moustakas)… with the exception of Cano, the Yankees are getting much better swings tonight.
I’d imagine they have the news already and are just holding it back
Granderson with the Cannon!
Hey, just as I was going type asking Soriano for his first 1-2-3- inning of the year, it’s already out the window…
He really has not been very good this year.
Or as a Yankee.
True, though the second half last year after the injury was pretty good.
3.56 ERA post-injury is decent I guess, but not for a late innings reliever
(3.45 FIP)
Then again, my excel skills are rusty
Grady has a Bernie Wiiliams arm in CF.
Royals lacking veteran presents.
Frenchy should buy everyone iPads.
I laughed.
I think out of all our overpaid players Soriano is the worst because he brings absolutely nothing to the team. He’s not a closer, a good set-up man or even 7th inning guy.
Thank you Jeff. Appreciate that free out.
That wasn’t the smartest of steal attempts by Frenchy, but I’ll take it.
Jeff Francoeur is a doody head.
Russell gets some payback!!! What a strike!!!! One more out.
Also, I hope Broxton is on the down side of his cycle.
Awesome; now let’s win it in the ninth.
Time to break Broxton again.
Come on Broxton. You got another one of these in you, right?
http://www.baseball-reference......6270.shtml
Should of called up Colin Curtis
Yup, finding Chad Huffman might be a little tougher though.
Broxton at 99, the gun must be way off.
Jeter again!
Unreal.
If Granderson bunts, my computer and TV might be in danger…
The Captain trying his damnedest to keep the ship afloat.
no way was that 99
Anyone else afraid he was going to bunt?
I love watching baseball when Jeter’s on his game.
Yep. I hope he can keep some semblance of this up throughout the season.
I wonder how many more times Coney will mention how hard the pitchers are throwing before the thought crosses his mind that the gun is a bit hot.
How many pitches will they throw the rest of the series? I’d say about 700-800 more times.
can’t wait til Freddy comes out of the pen throwing 95
yessss!
I’m thinking about 3-4 mph off.
Now a bunt would be funny as hell, albeit bad baseball
down by 1 run with 0 outs, not at all!!!!
see, bunt would have been way better, but that’s not the type of play that’s popular on RAB. Bunt is a four letter word!
Gutsy call to send him 3-2… not sure that was a good move but it worked out.
fuck, fuck, fuck
Teix is the fucking worst.
Tex is so damn sorry.
Great scoop by Hosmer.
Fuck
$23 million 1B….
But there’ll be excuses here.
Should’ve bunted. He’s worthless.
Nice scoop. Yanks are headed for last place right now if they keep this up
They will have 1 less loss than the red sox after tonight so they are well on their way to last place.
Dont forget we lost our closer for an undetermined amount of time, our outfield is shredded, our cornermen can’t hit
Well, that sucked.
lol that’s not a strike
Bullshit call
Not a strike.
Tex is useless!
Tex’s career is officially on the downward slope. It’s going to be tough eating that shitty contract.
CMON!
Broxton vs. A-Rod.
Gas.
Too much drama about Tex. He will obviously tend towards his average.
What’s that? .230?
Strange. A lot of people loved the Tex deal.
A lot of that had to do with outbidding the red sox for him.
That and the near .900 OPS he used to sport.
figure this will be a backwards K
Stoudemire or Tiexiera…who’s more worthless?
Cano at this point.
stop.
ARod is gonna murder a baseball.
Best chance here is a wild pitch.
Great AB by Alex, regardless of outcome
Love a rod right now
Robinson Oh No on deck.
Some at-bat by Alex considering the bad call.
Microcosm of the season to date.
can’t believe this shit
DAMN YOU MOOSE TACOS!
fuck
What a way to lose one. A-Rod went down battling though. Hope it carries over.
AGGHHHHH
Ugh, sadly that 9th inning was very predictable and basically a microcosm of the season so far.
Arod please get a hit, i don’t want to have to rely on cano at this point!
What kind of swing was that man?
Fuck this team.
The jump.
Holy shit Broxton is a HUGE dude.
I was very pleased with Mark Teixeira’s last at bat. I enjoyed that.
Just their second win at home. Bravo, Yankees. Bravo!
Or wait. Was that their FIRST?!
Their first actually.
So we lose our closer for an undetermined amount of time, our outfield is shredded, our corner guys cant hit, our starting pitching is partly in shambles and we are nearly in the cellar of our division.
Other than that, I feel great!
1 game over .500! May or not that is terrible !
Yay! Piece of garbagevteam
this team… holy crap.
Ugh.
At least A-Rod had a nice at bat/didn’t strike out.
Everything going wrong, switch Tex to the 3 hole and he hops into a dp that costs us the game. Is there a worst 23m player in the game. Can’t hit for avg, obp now below 300 and can’t run. But what the heck we’ve only got 5 yrs left at 23m per, yikes.
I wish the Yanks could find takers for Tex and Arod. I don’t even want prospects just pay 75% of their contracts and make them hand in their pinstripes.
I’m so pissed right now only because I know how good this team can be and they’re playing like shit. My god I don’t want to watch Yankee games anymore. I used to look forward to them but now watching makes me cringe and gives me a sick feeling in my stomach.
Neither do I. I didn’t watch this one until the end.
So the Yankees are handing out FIRST wins to teams and pitchers now? Am I understanding this correctly?
first home win for the Royals
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fuck.
Torn ACL.
Hey JJYanks . . . Guess I was right . . . again.
Maybe this is the changing of the guard in the AL East. Rays, Jays, and O’s getting back at the Yanks and Sox for years of smackdowns
Serious question – I thought Teix was overpaid back in the day (more in years than dollars) but who could have legitimately foresaw him regressing like this?
He had been a complete hitter, capable of going to all parts of the field with very good but not incredible power.
I didn’t expect him to completely change his hitting style and essentially turn into a 4th tier first baseman.
Of course we’re upset and irritated – and justifiably so – but let’s stop this fantasy that everyone was anything but happy when he signed or had any inkling he’d become what we see.
I;m wondering How in the world can a complete hitter be transformed into that in the span of 3 years. Incredible
I loved the signing. Only players that I liked MORE than Tex at first were A-Gon and Prince. The regression is pitiful and sad. It’s nearly heartbreaking. It’s unfortunate. I ALMOST want to declare this a rebuilding year but I also know that Gardner and Swisher aren’t playing at the moment. Pitching wasn’t all that terrible today. These losses, for the most part, have been on the offense. And, sadly, Teixera is a LARGE part of that equation. Loved the signing, but I hate what he’s turned into.
If this thing is prolonged…I think cash man and girardi seats get much hotter
I’m tired of Cash and his decisions that always seem to bite the Yankees in the ass and I’m tired of Girardi and his binder based managerial style. Fire both. Make Damon Oppenheimer GM and make Tony Pena or Posada manager.
Oooo. Posada as manager. I would FUC*ING love that! Someone make that happen ASAP!
Torn ACL.
Yeah. He’s done. And the Yankees are too for winning championships with
this cast. That ’09 team was the last hurrah.
Need to cleann house and build another dynasty.
Well Mo’s career is over
And here come the morons talking about the Yankees are going to suck for ever and the O’s and Blue Jays are awesome! Losers!
Why should I feel good about this team right now? Why should I?
I know dude! Actually it’s not far fetched that this might be a rebuilding year for us at this rate. We can’t hit or pitch. How are you supposed to contend with that formula?
It has been a devastatingly sad season thus far in Yankee Universe. Aside from Jeter, is there any reason whatsoever, to be happy? I love how the Rays are doing well, but I hate how they became that way because the only way that the Yankees can mimic that is to lose . . . and I don’t want to lose. I’m just not accustomed to it anymore.
Any more news on Mo.
Torn acl. There’s a new post for it.
Well, that’s the season for me. See you guys next year. I’ll tune in for the playoffs, but I’m done caring about the regular season.
Yanks could’ve really used a .300 hitter in this lineup for the past couple of games. And by .300 hitter I mean Jesus Montero.
Worst trade ever? Worst trade ever.
You’ll get absolutely no argument from me. Hated the trade from the beginning. Wait. It’s not the Curse of Minka Kelly, it’s the Jesus Hex. Ahh fudge. It all makes sense now. He was the player to build the next dynasty around. Jeter incarnate.
I until this day do not understand the trade. Why not just keep Montero and sign Darvish/CJ Wilson or even a bargain like Bartolo Colon or Bedard? The Yankees lineup has been aging for some time, this isn’t big news. You need young blood. And it’s not like we don’t have pitching in our system either (Banuelos, Betances, Phelps, Warren, Mitchell). Cash is just a horrible evaluator. Pineda’s second half last year should’ve been a red flag.
Well they do want to get under that luxury cap in 2014 and there’s no way signing Darvish or Wilson would put them under it.
And it gets worse. I heard at the end of the Charleston radio broadcast tonight that Jose Campos — who got bombed in his last start — has been put on the DL. Didn’t hear any details. But now, both Campos and Pineda are hurt.
This season is already the biggest disaster since about 1990, or maybe even 1966.
Mo has a torn ACL, I’d close with Soriano and leave Robertson right where he is. I’d pitch Hughes in thr 7th. The bullpen will be ok we just need to improve our starting pitching and start hitting. Swish is back soon but I’m really really scared thet Gardner will be a Tommy John casuality, really nervous.