May
14
Game 35: Raining In B’more
ByOne of two things will happen tonight, and I’m not talking about the Yankees either winning or losing. Tonight’s game will either be rained out or played in sloppy conditions and possibly through a series of delays. It’s been raining on and off all day in Baltimore and the heaviest stuff is supposed to come later tonight, and I don’t mean midnight or early tomorrow morning. I’m talking eight or nine o’clock. As of right now, the game is scheduled to start at 7:15pm ET. We’ll see. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
DH Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
RF Nick Swisher
LF Raul Ibanez
3B Eric Chavez
C Russell Martin
RHP Ivan Nova
If they do end up playing tonight, you can watch on YES. Enjoy.
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Come on rain, I wanna watch baseball!
Susyn’s interviewing Buck Showalter now.
I don’t even have a reaction to that yet.
what is she saying?
I notice that all former Yankees are “great friends” of John and Suzyn.
She asked him about the O’s starting pitching and then talked exclusively about the Yankees. What he thinks of Any, what he thinks of Mo. And she kinda insulted him by saying that he didn’t recognize Mo’s potential, and that’s why he lost his job. Unless he’s cool with that; I don’t know him.
Showalter himself has recognized that, saying he probably would have remained the Yankees manager if he had gone to Mo sooner. Having very clear memories of ’95, including Mo’s very first start, being sent back down, his recall and better fastball, his great game against the White Sox, I remember being very interested in his ability, but I didn’t think Showalter had misused him or didn’t recognize him.
Mo continued to show promise the remainder of that summer, but he was no sure thing when called out of the pen, and I give Showalter credit for even carrying him in the playoffs. I do remember thinking Rivera had gone to a new level against Seattle, something that would continue for the next 17 years, and hopefully another year next season!
Because of the sex parties.
The circus is falling down on its knees.
The big top is crumbling down.
Rain distrespecting the memory of Flanny again!
from where i come from, suicide doesn’t deserve a memory. there are so many other options that dont include shooting yourself in the head with a shotgun
That’s disrespectful to Flanny!
didn’t mean to offend…i was just disappointed with the decision he made, when he could have gotten help or continue going on for his family
He or she was joking. The “Disrespecting Flanny” thing has sort of evolved into a running joke, or a meme if you will.
how dare you disrespect flanny. this is not a meme, this is the truth, you dare not disrespect Flanny.
Goddamn it Plouffenator. That’s just disrespectful.
How dare you not capitalize the “F” in “Flanny”??!! So disrespectful.
Yeah, the Disrespecting Flanny meme has really nothingn to do with Flanaghan, but the stupidity of the Orioles in using Flanny as an excuse.
my bad…thought i offended nomaas dude there
So nice to see Chavez playing 3rd for A-Rod. We definitely don’t want Nunez at 3rd with a groundball pitcher on the mound. Teixera still needs to be moved down though.
Since he’s at AAA, I don’t think it’ll be a problem.
Tex has been moved to AAA? Don’t get the hopes up of some of the people here!
Paging John and Susyn: A-Rod is hitting. Tex is not. No need to move A-Rod anywhere.
(Why do I listen to them again?!)
Pure statistics. You figure they’re bound to be right some times, but then they surprise us again.
I know, I find it kind of funny that so many people think A-Rod has been sucking. The power’s not there, but over the last 2 weeks his OBP is .426 and .384 on the season. He’s not the problem.
I am really not liking the new Jason Hammel.
Go figure that moving from the NL to the AL would help so much, even though it was Coors field.
hooray, there’s baseball tonight
Rain.
Need.Runs.Early.
I demand runs!
that was a terrible pitch. Martin set up in and it was up and over the outside of the plate.
If Nova had fastball command, he would be great.
To quote Branch Rickey, if home plate were high and outside, Rex Barney would be in the Hall of Fame.
Yeah. I thought was should have traded Nova. I would trade him and some others for Cole Hammels though
Oh, yeah. But I think Nova will be a useful pitcher.
Ugh.
Hughesitis: getting a hitter to 0-2, not putting him away.
It must be contagious.
batting practice
Is Nova elevating his pitches again?
Yep.
Like he always does?
Wasn’t his last start an absolute gem through 5? He knows how to keep them down (or so it seems).
Phelps please
Well this has been a great start.
Hammel has not given up more than two runs in any start this year so if form holds, we better hold them here.
This might be a Garcia night.
When are those rains coming?
Did anyone see the article on ESPN (Insider) that says Jeter has hurt Nova this year by not getting to balls that most SS’s would, leading to five additional runs. Without those, his ERA would be 3.70 as opposed to 5.10?
While it was interesting and not a shock, it still was a surprise, since to me the problems Nova is having can be illusted by this inning. Pitches up, balls being driven hard into the OF and over the wall at a greater frequency.
Yes, I saw that.
I do think Jeter has not looked good from a range perspective but was surprised at the impact of Jeter on Nova since Nova has been giving up doubles and home runs (which have nothing to do with Jeter) at an alarming rate so far this year.
I wonder if it’s also related to some of the shifts the Yankees have used, especially earlier this year. One of the games referenced was a game where a ball was hit right where Jeter normally would be positioned, but the Yankees had him way out of position.
I asked this question once before, but how do shifts impact defensive metrics. I was told they should account for them, but the more I’ve read, it seems they may not.
No matter. We know Jeter does not have good range, and as to why it’s hurt Nova more than the other Yankee pitchers this year may simply be one of sample size. Yet I still think Nova’s problem has been more related to his command and getting his pitches up. We saw that again in the first.
Of the O’s fans keep booing Teix they should be forced to take him and his contract
if not of
That one makes me laugh.
“Yeah, let’s boo this guy for choosing a successful team that can win me a world series ring over a shitty team who finishes last every year!!! The nerve.”
O’s fans should be booing their front office for not building a good team that would entice free agents.
Tex doesn’t look healthy in the face lol
It’s that juice diet Tex went on. Juice is bad. It’s made him weak and ill. Go have a steak, Tex, go have a steak.
Maybe CC can give him some Captain Crunch.
idk if I want to hit play.
Ohh man they just showed the Chris Davis pitching clips. So funny.
Just when I was thinking a double play would be nice!
Shoulda been rained out!
/bandwagonjumper’d
Go away Bonnie!
I’m Clyde tonight!
my gosh… this team.
Okay am the only one thinking we should let Swish, Grandy, and Martin go to make room for Hamilton and Hamels?
all of the above if you’re serious.
Hamels, sure, but why would the Yankees pass on resigning Swisher so they can instead sign a (relatively) old, hardcore ex-addict for likely almost twice the amount of money?
because teh HOMERZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!oneone!!!
Yea, let’s continue to overpay for previous production. This is the typical Yankee overreaction that will lead to more albatross contracts. Hamels yes, but keep Swish and Grandy.
I’m not even so sure about Hamels…He’s going to coast SOOO much money.
Yeah, I’m torn as well. Hopefully ManBan continues to beast AAA and Nova becomes a solid mid rotation guy, and Hughes improves. That would save them a lot of scratch.
True, but for a premium lefty in his prime I think that’s a wise investment. I’m normally for letting the kids play though!
I really like Hamels, but whenever the prospect of acquiring him is brought up I get a diffuse feeling of doom.
And this is before his beaning of Harper, which I regarded as a real twatwaffle move.
NOVA NO
What happened? I stepped out to pick up dinner
He took a line drive off of the shin/foot area. He seems to be OK though, he at least finished the inning.
A ball was hit right at his foot but all’s well. Just minor panic.
Official call up Banuelos post. Who’s in?
all aboard the third rushed pitcher train!!!!!!
Screw that. We need to bring up Campos from A ball, bad elbow and all!
While we’re at it might as well call up the entire low A team. We need an infusion of youth!!
Seriously. The kid’s only been able to legally drink for a couple of months, he’s not exactly spinning his wheels down there. ManBan needs to spend all of 2012 in AAA, prove his back is healthy and prove that the improved control so far is real. Let’s have this conversation in March of 2013.
+1
The guy threw ~130 innings last year…. let him throw ~150-160 in the minors this year so there’s isn’t this crazy innings limits/shut him down/use as short reliever craziness. It’s not like he’s been lights out above A ball.
If he pitches well, give him a shot at the rotation next year and as a 5th starter he’d be able to pretty much pitch the whole year
DAMNIT! Please be able to walk it off!
Future Yankee Bryce Harper just hit his first(of many) career homer.
Alex has really been quietly picking it up recently…not so much for power, but his OBP the last two weeks or so as to be insane.
I never thought it would be possible for A-Rod to “quietly” do anything. But yeah, his OBP over the last few weeks has been well over .400.
But that ruins the narrative of A-Rod being old and sucking, so some people don’t care about the stats.
It’s the power that gets noticed. If Rodriguez has a .400 OBP with little power from now on, I’d take it, but it’s not what we all hoped for.
and, they need to move him out of the power spots, maybe even hit him 2nd or 6th, but I want at least 30+ homers out of a player hitting 3-4-5.
Isn’t A-Rod on pace for something like 25-30 home runs though?
My math has him roughly at 20 but my math is most definitely flawed.
Even 20 though isn’t terrible. As long as his BA and OBP are good, I’m cool with wherever A-Rod hits. I think the bigger concern is getting someone behind him that is hitting better. His OBP numbers don’t help when Tex is slumping so hard.
ESPN.com has him projected at 23 HRs, but that’s playing 162 games.
How dare he not hit home runs! HOW DARE HE.
When it’s little things done well, I can see it sliding under the radar, but you know he’d be hearing it if he wasn’t currently doing what he’s doing.
Cano is missing pitches he would murder last year.
almost perfectly timed.
Didn’t miss that one.
Send the runners because it’s about to be double play time.
Tex…ok fine. Do that, that’s fine, the result is anyway.
Well at least he advanced the runners. Let the real hitters drive the runners in.
Yeah, so John Danks sucks. Good thing we didn’t trade for him.
He really doesn’t throw 95, does he?
Gameday has him regularly at 94.7 which is 95 to me.
I think GameDay is using the same Pitch/FX readings. I’m not saying he doesn’t, was just curious. Thought maybe this might be similar to KC where the readings have been acknowledged as running hot all season.
Tie the score or suffer my wrath!
You were heard.
I shall put my wrath on ice.
They don’t want to suffer your wrath professor.
You have to talk to them in language they understand.
GARBAGE TIME!
Even when we’re losing – STILL garbage time. ALWAYS garbage time!
forever garbage time.
dibs on this for the name of a grunge/garage rock band.
INT. Dirty, dark dive bar. Two dudes are sitting side by side at the bar, sipping pints of Guiness.
“Yo, what are you doing tonight?” says one dude to another.
The second dude takes a sip of his beer. “Oh, y’know, just headed down to the Bowery Ballroom. Gonna see some Garbage Time.”
The first dude squints, thinking hard. “Is that Nick Swisher’s band? He put out that killer solo album last year.”
The second dude half-smiles, and says, “Yeah man. It was Swishalicious.”
END SCENE.
Hahaha so much win.
Swwwwwish
ah ah ah ah ah ah Shazam!
Love me some garbage time!
Yeah, Swisher shouldn’t be batting 5th or anything.
Swishalicious in garbage time
YEAH!!! SWISH!!
Yeah, he’s swishalicious.
How do we not resign Swisher at this point given the lack of quality RF’ers, as long as he stays healthy? I have become a real Swish fan these past couple years.
I think we should. Not at any price, but he should be one of the first priorities of the offseason.
If it is a 3-4 year deal under 14-15 AAV I think it is good deal. Any longer or more expensive then let him sign his decline years somewhere else.
Over the course of the season he wins you a lot more games than he loses you.
Love the let’s go Yankees chant.
Moving to DC in just a few weeks now. I promise to add to the “Let’s Go Yankees!” chants in Baltimore.
What part of DC are you moving to?
To be determined. I’m actually driving down there tomorrow to look at a bunch of apartments.
Moving into the city, or the outlying area?
The city. I think most of the apartments I’m looking at are in either the NE or the SE section.
Nice. I loved DC when I lived there. I used to live near the Nats Park.
I had a summer internship in DC a few years back, though I actually lived in Arlington. But yeah, awesome city. I’m pumped to get out of East Bum-Fuck New Jersey.
Heynow, Jersey’s not THAT bad!
Whereabouts are you?
Hunterdon county, near Clinton. It’s a nice area and all, great place to grow up. But literally NOTHING for a 23 year old to do out here.
OOF. I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve lived in Jersey my entire life and actually had to Google where Hunterdon County was. Good thing you’re escaping!!
Heh yeah. Maybe in a couple of months I’ll actually have things other than RAB game threads to do on Friday nights haha.
Haha, Erica, you’re not alone in that entire post. I said the same thing.
Can you randomly start them at Nationals games, too?
Of course. I already have tickets to one of the Yankee-Nats games in June.
I think she means random nationals games, that don’t have any Yankees except Tyler Clippard involved in them.
EXACTLY yes this! Nats-Phillies? “LET’S GO YANKEES!”
Haha, “I’m going to watch the Nationals game cause the Yankees are off/played early and Strasburg is starting, is that a yankees chant I hear?”
Yes! DC should be safe for these activities.
Philly? Notsomuch.
You got a deal. I’ll keep telling Harper to get fitted for pinstripes every time he comes to the plate.
It’s foolproof. He’s a True Yankee (TM) already.
Nothing I hate more than seeing scrubby, shit-for-sticks on the Red Sox getting big, timely hits.
Red Sox? You mean the last place AL East team? Fuck them.
You honestly believe they’ll remain in last place? Their magical, miracle offense never seems to stay down.
They’re not going anywhere until their pitching improves.
Which it has . . . Bard and Doubrant actually aren’t THAT bad. I shamefully admit that I’d take either one of them . . . Probably Felix, so I can call him “Prince Felix”
Greg?
Nope, but they will finish a distant third, possibly fourth.
They are playing in Fenway against the Mariners. This is not a surprise. Wake me when they actually beat a good team.
Who / what happened?
Nava and Shoppach with HRs. No matter how many starters in that lineup go down they will STILL score 10 runs per game. UGH! It’s just annoying is all. I want them to suffer. Sit in basement and SUFFER!
Lamesauce. They’ll get theirs. Don’t you worry, Thee Who Presides Over White Flakes. They will get theirs.
I’m glad someone else noticed that – they are scoring loads of runs now w/o Crawford, Ellsbury and Youklis. It always makes me think: would we score runs at such a pace (since it is such a struggle sometimes now, especially when we do not hit a home run) if we, for example, did not have Gardner, Grandy, and Arod.
BTW another Nats catcher went down. Cervelli for Strasburg. We need pitching and they need catching. Win freaking win.
Sandy Leon. He played here in Vermont a few years ago.
Where in Vermont is “here”? I went to school there, just curious.
Burlington. I went to UVM many years ago.
Ahh no way, so did I. Though I just graduated 2 years ago. Good to have a fellow alum around.
I graduated in 2010 also. You guys still around BTV?
while we’re at it, throw in Phelps and get Harper. Badda-bing, badda-boom
NICE!
Nice job by Nova getting out of the jam.
The leadoff walk didn’t score!
DON’T. BUNT.
he tried.
Why am I not surprised.
Jeter continues to be a rally killer. Where’s the .400 Jeter hitting doubles every other at bat?
…Sarcasm?
Question about 2013 free agents for you guys. Hamels gets most of the love, but what do you guys think about Anibal Sanchez? He’ll likely be significantly cheaper than Hamels, and has been pretty solid and is putting together a real nice 2012 so far. Not necessarily endorsing it, but if the Yanks don’t want to spend what Hamels will cost, Sanchez might be an interesting option.
See what you did Derek.
GRANDYMAN!!! Oh, he CAN!
Curtis Fucking Granderson!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Grandy!
o hai Eutaw Street! Nice to see you!
GRAND!!
haha judging by Sterling’s an all of your reactions, he must of CRUSHED
On Eutaw Street!
I bet Ibanez will hit one out there this year.
Grammar and Pet Peeve Alert! Sorry, but I have to do this… He “MUST’VE” as in “Must Have” crushed it. Sorry, I cannot help myself.
he should of proofread his post
please god tell me that’s on purpose.
No, completely ok….I’d be all over somebody else for making that mistake usually. I’m actually more angry at myself for making the mistake than you pointing it out.
I liked that bat toss my Rodriguez there.
It’s almost like throwing the ball right down the middle was a bad idea.
JJ, to answer your question about Sanchez, Annibal up there…meh.
Depends on the contract though. Do you want Hamels for 6-7 years or Anibal for 3-4? I see both arguments.
clearly Anibal, but I’m not sure if he could pitch in the AL East.
I think he could if he keeps his peripherals at 2011/2012 levels. More than a K per inning and less than 3 walks per 9. But yeah, if he reverts to the mid 7s in K/9 and 3-4 BB/9 from earlier in his career, he’d be in trouble.
Hey Nova how about you stop walking crappy players.
Nova’s luck has run out.
damnit Nova.
Fuck Nova. Stop allowing hits to crappy players.
Is this Avery any kind of prospect?
No he sucks. Can’t hit.
I guess tonight’s the exception.
Nova, WHY.
Ughh.
That lead was fun while it lasted.
Wow, Suzyn all over A-Rod for taking the ball the other way.
Nova got lucky last year! He blows!
You sound like my Angels Fan buddy!
how do they not have anybody warming up?
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
Meh!
Argh. I’m really getting tired of the overall inconsistency of this team.
fail.
Okay, let’s pull Nova now.
Not so Super, Nova.
So…I guess Nova’s the biggest concern in the rotation now, right?
I get up for a minute and the Yankees are in the lead. I walk back into my room and now we’re down 5-3. OKAY.
New rule. Erica is not allowed to leave the room, EVER.
Ugh, let me go buy Depends then.
No, because that would involve you leaving the room.
See, Pat gets it.
I mean, I can place an order online… and um, use my mind powers to have them float upstairs…
If you have those kind of mind powers, can’t you just trick yourself into not going until the end of the game.
Yeah jeez Erica, how about a little willpower?
The energy used for said willpower is being used to will the Yanks toward a win.
C’monnow.
No, it doesn’t work like that, Pat! It just doesn’t.
Damn, Hardy didn’t even fully swing through that ball.
Nova allows a homer. Drink.
*falls off bar stool*
Again, Nova got lucky last year! He blows!
Phelps now?
Freddy Garcia sighting. White flag, white flag!!!!
Hardy’s been on an absolute tear this month.
Phelps is gonna get Noesi’d out there isn’t he?
Hamels, Greinke and Hamilton in 2013 please.
Hamels OR Greinke and a restraining order for Hamilton, please.
I could easily see Hamels or Greinke, but the Yankees would be best suited to trade for a young outfielder to replace Swisher.
“Umbrellas popping up.”
Like someone said last week, that reminds me of RollerCoaster Tycoon. I wish that game still worked on my computer.
Dude I was ALL about that game when I was a kid. Loved it.
It’s been a while since I heard that mentioned. Fucking loved that game.
The days of Windows 95 were glorious days indeed!
I played Sim City.
I always sucked at that game for some reason.
Civilization 2 was the game that I spent more hours playing than any other game. Then came Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.
YES!!!! Did you construct the most elaborate city evar, only to set tornadoes upon it right after?
Haha, I was more of a plague of locust type, but absolutely. I read an article on Cracked about a year ago about a guy who made the most efficiently run city in the history of the game, his Sim’s life span was roughly 33.5years. When asked why and if he was concerned about the extremely low life span, he said “the city is made to run at efficiently, life span of it’s occupants wans’t taken into account.”
Hahahaha! Cold and calculating. I can only imagine what this guy’s houses were like in The Sims.
The phasing out of David Phelps makes me sad.
Wow, Robbie is simply the best in the business on that play.
Wow, Robbie’s so f’n smoothe! Pedroia would have never made that play!
It would have been gritty though.
He would have eaten some dirt for sure but ….
yeah, the dive as the ball went by him would’ve looked uber gritty…lol
Rabbit hops!
I still can’t get over how Suzyn was ripping Alex to Fiensand, saying getting on base isn’t enough.
Well, I’d gladly sacrifice 20 points of his current OBP if it meant a few more extra base hits.
Yea, I know that’s contrary, but I’d still take a .360 range OBP from him.
I understand your point, but as of right now I’m happy that Alex is healthy and that he’s getting on base at a .400 clip.
Agreed. I’ll gladly take .400 OBP A-Rod. If Tex behind him was knocking him in more often, I don’t know if we’d be complaining as much.
I assume he’ll start hitting more home runs as the weather gets warmer. I agree that his health is most important.
She is such a tool.
Is it weird that instead of looking forward to facing the Orioles, I actually dread facing them now?
Despite the Orioles ridiculous hot start, the Yankees are still 4-2 against them. Nothing to dread.
Who had “yanks are owned by Orioles” at the beginning of the season? At least they can beat the Mariners.
4-2 against a team isn’t getting owned by them.
Yea, really.
Um two of the wins were in extra innings. In NY, they did exactly what is going on now, out hit, out pitched…but we all have different expectations of success and failure.
So the extra inning wins don’t count or something? I dunno about you, but I consider 4-2 a success no matter how it comes.
They only count when the other team gets them and we complain about the Yankees not being tough or able to fight back or something like that.
wtf are you talking about?
Yanks have won four of six against Baltimore this year.
apparently the extra innings wins don’t count.
This sounds like the Tebow justification in Denver. He was average at best for 90% of the game and then pulled out a win. Beating the Orioles in two extra inning games, almost getting swept at home, is not a good sign for a team that should be dominating a far less superior team. Focusing on the first three wins as though they hold more value than how the team is actually playing is only a set up for greater set back….
Although my patience are now tested with bases loaded…let me be the optimist, double play coming and only one run.
Oh look, wrong again.
“let me be the optimist, double play coming and only one run.”
If that’s your version of optimism, then I truly feel sorry for you.
however they win, winning is far from getting “owned”
and the Orioles have the best record in the division, if you haven’t noticed. Perhaps they are not as “far less superior” as you think
O’s broadcast praising Cano’s pivot. And Cano in general.
And then he hits a double.
(Quick, say something nice about Tex.)
Tex will hit a 2 run homer here to tie it!
oh well, a walk works too.
Tex, you damn putz, do your job!
Embedded Yankee Luis Ayala warming up!
I know the HR’s are problematic , but for Nova I think it still comes down to walks I think.
He walks the #9 hitter to lead off an inning and then goes 3-1 to a the next hitter and has to come in with a strike…. what might have been a solo HR on a mistake to Hardy becomes 3 runs in a hurry.
Especially since the walk came to a utility player and the triple was to a guy who hasn’t really hit at any level.
Nova currently has an 11.76% HR rate on the changeup. That’s pretty terrible. He’s gotta locate the pitch down and away more and his homerun problems will be a non-issue.
Ouch.
Wait, since when has he thrown a changeup? Have I just forgotten about it since the emergence of his slider?
In 2012 he’s been 51% fourseam, 19% slider, 24% curveball, and 6% changeup.
In 2011 he threw the pitch 4% of the time, but only got a 1.74% hr rate. It also only received a 6.96% whiff rate compared to 2012′s 17.65%. It’s likely all small sample size, but you can see that he’s throwing a lot of the changeups elevated, which I think is a bad habit.
Ah, thanks.
I don’t think I ever knew he threw a changeup; I thought he was just fastball-slider-curve.
Yeah, the control has been a problem this evening but his overall BB/9 has been below 3 so nothing to stick your nose at.
Overall it’s good but the results are bimodal:
In the 4 starts he’s given up 4+ER: 2,3,4,3 (includes tonight)
In the 3 starts where he’s given up 2ER or less: 0,0,2
OHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASE!!!!!!
This is nice.
Someone hold me.
Anyone know the Yankees slash line with bases loaded and nobody out?
333/333/1000
Is it really? Haha, that’s a pretty beastly line.
only 6 PA
Wait, how is the BA the same as the OBP? Didn’t the Yankees have 2 bases-loaded walks yesterday?
where either of them with no outs?
Oh good call. I honestly don’t remember.
not with nobody out
Ibanez has gotten all sorts of timely hits; I think it’s time for his first grand slam.
Embedded Yankee Luis Ayala aka Worst Pitcher in History with an ERA under 2
Time to reinforce the warehouse windows.
So. I’ve apparently missed a fairly eventful game.
C’mon boys. Lets chase Ayala here and tag him for about 7 runs.
At least one run. Please.
seriously this has to be greg.
You will know it’s Greg when it’s the catchers fault.
unless this is right down the middle…take.
C’mon Voldemort. DO IT DO IT
BOW AT THE SIGHT OF THE INFINITE POWERS OF LORD VOLDEMORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His skill in the Dark Arts induced the E-5
Absolutely, he used the imperuis curse on Davis.
sorry E-3
I’ll take it!!!!!! RAUUUUUUUL!
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll take it.
Lord Voldemort strikes!
Hells yeah, I’ll take it. VOLDEMOOOOOORT!
Davis should stick to pitching
The power of Lord Voldemort!
Chris Davis to the bullpen, huh?
I’ll take a two-run single. THanks, Raul.
Singleton said it was an error.
Good point, it was.
That could easily have been a double play. Thanks, O’s.
ugh
Is Michael Kay going to tell that story all year about the fake from 3rd to 1st.
“The ol Jeff Nelson”
YES he will. He always will.
I don’t know if you know this, but Jeff Nelson texted Michael Kaye. In case you didn’t know.
Remember all the times Ayala came in last year and allowed inherited runners to score and then get outs to keep his ERA nice and low?
Nice to be on the other side of that.
Was just thinking that
This could be set up for another Jeter DP.
Stop?
OHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASEOHPLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
I think Jeets should bunt the runners over =P
C’mon Cap’n.
I think Russell just walked on 4 strikes.
I want my water but I’m not getting up to get it. I’m staying put.
Erica, you can wait until after Derek gets a hit.
Sacrifices in the form of severe thirst are being made.
YOU NO LEAVE
You’re learning!
Derp.
C’mon, you guys all do this. All of you. If they’re losing, you move your seat and you know it.
Actually, I’m too lazy.
You can’t have water…it might make you have to go to the bathroom at an important point later in the game. Sit. Stay!
THEORY DEBUNKED. Screw you guys, I’m chuggin’ that damn water.
No rule: Erica is not allowed to watch Jeter bat.
Maybe it was the mere thought of leaving?
Thoughts are now banned.
Forget robot umps. We need robot fans!!
T-1000?
Meant “New Rule….”
Nutter Butters and beer. Not an great idea.
Fuck off Jeter
Hmmm.
Silly person is silly.
?
Lets go Grandy
Ugh. Jeter, you’re supposed to get a minimum of three hits a night. How have you missed the memo?
We’d better hope the game does not get called now.
Following online, but are these guys really swinging through 86-90mph fastballs from Luis Ayala?
urgh
Fuck this.
Then stop watching and bitching.
Seriously, should have expected that. It’s just the way Ayala works. Keeps the old ERA down.
He could’ve given up a grand slam there and would’ve been fine ERA-wise due to the error- I think. If only he had known that!
RISP fail all around.
Except when they scored 5 runs.
Those don’t count. The fact that we’ve consistently scored ~5-6 runs a game with a couple duds and a couple blowouts is not relevant to the RISP Fail discussion.
Well, technically, they went 0-4 in that inning.
Where has the genius of KLong gone?
Wow. Great job by Ayala.
I predict this will end well!
I called it.
Luis Ayala just dominant with the sinker-slide. LOL on Yankees.
Yankees should have only scored 1 run that inning. Just bad man.
Nova getting ground balls keeps my blood pressure down.
…Wait, he’s hurt? NO.
Oh goodness, Nova.
That isn’t good…
what a terrible offense……..other than jete EVERYhitter does nothing but swing for the fences no matter the situation… ted williams of 406 fame, greatest hitter that ever lived fame got booed in doston for decades for being a selfish hitter by ignoring the shift… what does that make mark”i usesto hit 100 points better’ texeria………disgusting
Welcome! And now goodbye!
Sigh. Some people just love them a good old fashioned narrative, numbers be damned.
A-Rod is old and slow!
The Yankees buy all their championships, even the ones they didn’t win!
CC hasn’t been an ace in almost a year!
Fire Cashman!
(seriously, did you read that mess in the Fan Confidence Poll?)
Yeah, I did unfortunately. That one thread was epic. Epic in a bad way. I’m glad I wasn’t in the middle of that one.
YEAH. People are off their rockers. We need to help them back on. Armchair GM’s are the best, aren’t they?
Welcome! Tell us about yourself!
Wow. Your devotion to a narrative that hasn’t been true for years is impressive.
Tell us more.
OMG. Can anyone hit with RISP on this team!? That was a golden oppourtunity to break this game open. Jeter and Granderson were wayyyyy too anxious in those at bats. What ever happen to selectivity at the plate? Also I miss Luis Ayala #shouldvekept.
And now Nova can’t get the W.
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Heh.
so full of win. and erica…you’re a yankee fan, and a girl, who understands a star wars reference, and lives in NJ? please marry me.
Best internet proposal ever.
Indeed I am a rare commodity. And while very flattering, Sir Plouffenator, I’ve already met the love of my life, who has attempted to school me in Star Wars while I’ve been busy converting him into a Yankees fan!
We can be Best Friends though!
#friendzoned.
#sadtrombone
and I forgot you’re into harry potter…that’s one more positive.
I hate Harry Potter. Voldemort is an easy pop culture reference, though!
Crush deflated. The Plouf man is a Harry Potter nerd!
He TOTALLY went as Harry Potter for Halloween one year. Totally.
I’d take that bet.
No Rapada!
Why not Phelps?
Lefty, I guess. But he better not see more than this batter.
Two lefties in a row I guess. But if Rapada faces another righty, I will throw something at my TV.
THERE’S-A PHELPS-A!
The MT25 has been set to beast mode on D the last week or so.
SometImes I think that K-Long is a one dimensional hitting coach. He helps hitters perfect their homerun swings but doesn’t preach selectivity at the plate or a gap, singles approach. Just my opinion.
All hitting coaches are that way. They specialize in swing mechanics. Baseball philosophy is something you learn on your own by watching smart hitters like Wade Boggs.
Kay is talking about Jeff Nelson. Again.
“Like OMG guys, Jeff Nelson texted me and told me ALL about how he got FIVE pick offs with his super special pickoff move. He texted ME and NOBODY else. We’re in love. Weeeeeee!”
HAHAHAHA.
I wonder if Paul O’Neill is feeling a twinge of envy.
He would be if he wasn’t so busy eating!
You’d wet your pants if Kay ever texted you, sparky.
Very doubtful.
D Money coming in!
Phelps in a nice high leverage situation, I’ve been a Phelps fan so hope all goes well!!!
here’s a good old fashioned narrative……….the number 27….i’ll just assume you’re familiar with the narrative pre 1996
What’s your point?
Glad you started posted here! I’m sure you will fit right in! Thanks for your insights!
Troll harder. We don’t know what you’re talking about.
Yeah, this is pretty weak trolling.
You mean like the number of championships this team has won? The most recent of which was three years ago? With basically this same team only we have a better bullpen now?
But we are without True Yankees(tm) Matsui and Damon!!
Who the hell just got helped to the clubhouse. It wasn’t Nova. It was some white dude.
Pretty sure it was Rapada
Thanks. Much appreciated. Watching the Orioles broadcast and they didn’t say.
That’s what it looked like to me
There’s beer and chicken in the clubhouse. All the pitchers want some before it is gone.
Heh I just had a visual of Rapada walking into the clubhouse only to find crushed beer cans and empty buckets of KFC with a very defensive looking Josh Beckett and John Lakcey crouching over the table.
Optional: Clay Buccholz as the golf caddy, cowering in the corner.
Optional: Clay Buccholz as the golf caddy,
cowering in the cornerstealing everyone’s laptop.Fixed.
O hai!
I has laptop!
wtg Phelpsy, hope goes at least one more.
the point is sabremetrics are only part of the story..unself play, such as a situational approach at he plate, as old fashioned s it sounds allows for more productive at bats
Ahh one of my favorite ridiculous narratives. Teixeira is so arrogant, that he hits into the shift on purpose!
P.S., you know there’s a reply button, right?
Wah wah wah wah wah Mark wah wah wah.
Thanks so much for your great posting tonight! It really adds another dimension to the game thread!
Yes, because controlling where the ball goes off the bat against major league caliber pitching is so easy. That’s why shifting and spray charts are useless and ineffective.
You aren’t very good at this are you?
Been on a two week tolerance break…probably popping out of work and over to my buddy’s apt to end that. Why can’t any of my friends be into regular season baseball?
Channel your inner Raul Ibanez, use your powers and make them into baseball fans!
Please go read the comment I left under the Darth Vader comment
If anyone wants to see the most Flawless Internet Proposal ever, they should ch-check it out.
Since you capitalized it, I noticed that Flawless Internet Proposal can also be shortened to: FIP. Can this be another new meme?
Example: The Plouffenator has an excellent FIP so far in 2012.
YES.
That means “YES,” not “Yankees Entertainment and Sports” or whatever it stands for.
Seriously, is Curtis the Tim Tebow/Shaq of baseball? The guy is everywhere with charities and promtoing the game. He makes me proud to be a Yankee fan.
He is one of the guys in that ambassador program, right? But agreed, Curtis is very likable.
H:e’s better than both of those guys.
Not Shaq.
Great. Let’s push one more across and go Phelps for one, SoRo to close. CC on the mound tomorrow for the sweep.
This is IT! Score some bleeping runs!
I know he’s getting his hits, but doesn’t Alex look a little off balance at the plate?
Nice piece of hitting by Alex. Cano and Teixera need to have the same plate discipline.
…she’s still going on about Alex sucking
….??? He has 3 hits!
Boooooooo…you didn’t sign with our terrible team! Boooooooooooo!
Haha I know, right? O’s fans only have their front office to blame.
This strikezone is making my head hurt.
TEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx!!!!!!!!!
damn selfish hitting
listen…i don’t think tex and the rest of the team are selfish ballplayers.. iwas merely within the historical context of williams that in cetain situations, when you need baserunners and your behind, it’s a beatiful thing to see a guy shorten his stroke and go the other way…i’ll admit that my fanatacism deserves a smack down when i’m wrong… my most humble apoligies….i just yearn for the days when the asthetic, artful practice of baseball was the order of the day
Shift that bitches!
Tex!!!!!!!!
Finally
MT25! THE ORIOLES FANS LOVE IT!
There are Oriole fans there?
They’re disguised as security, but yes!
Yankee Stadium South is always fun.
TEX? TEX?
You’re on the mark, Teixeira!
Wait, y u no bunt Tex??!!
Good to see that. Atta boy Tex.
No way Teixeira could hit a homerun if that baserunner was in scoring position. More RISP fail.
boooooo Teix boooooo
oh wait, HR? Yea Teix!
MARK TEIXERA GOT A HIT WITH MEN ON BASE!!!!! 7-5 LEAD!
MT25
Hmmm.
We never score any runs. Impotent offense. Homeruns don’t count because that isn’t situational hitting and its not sustainable and stuff.
Tex keeps hitting into the shift on purpose!
Selfish basterd.
Garbage Time!
Oh wait. Wrong meme. Oops.
Not bad for the worst fielder in baseball per uzr.
and Alfonso Soriano is the best.
I’m losing confidence in that metric.
But come on…. that wasn’t even a hit with a runner in scoring position…. we all know that is what ultimately matters!
/narrative’d
Swisher and Teixeira with the big hits. The two guys Orioles fans hate the most. Nice.
Why do they particularly hate Swisher?
Not a bad catch by the worst fielder in baseball per uzr.
Are we sure Teixeira doesn’t have something worse?
Whatever it is, can’t be as bad as what Pujols has.
I know you’re joking, but Teix is clearly sick and Pujols is just suffering from “Holy shit, I play in the American League in a pitcher’s park now and I haven’t adjusted yet”-itis.
Yup, and he could be 35 following declining years. I really don’t know if he’ll ever be the same hitter, but he won’t produce the same stats in the AL West again. Big parks and good pitching will lower his average. Thank god it happened to the Angels though, thats one team I have no problem hating.
I know it’s very early in the Pujols deal, but damn man. At least the Yankees got a couple of MVPs out of A-Rod.
…and the Yankees are still getting productivity from A-Rod.
I’m sure Pujols will be fine, but it is pretty amazing how awful he’s been.
Oh I know, I’m not bashing A-Rod.
Pujols is actually having a worse May than April.
What do you think Tex has?
Rabies?
Scabies?
Scurvy?
The clap?
According to Jonah Keri on Grantland today:
“A chest specialist at Columbia Presbyterian diagnosed the Yankees’ first baseman with “severely inflamed bronchial airways” that have impacted his breathing. Raul Ibanez slugging .568 has helped the Yanks withstand the loss of Brett Gardner for longer than expected, and top pitching prospect Manny Banuelos has struck out 15 batters and walked none in his first 14? innings since coming off the disabled list. But Teixeira’s got four years and $90 million left on his gigantic contract, not counting the $22.5 million he’s owed for the rest of this season. Whether Teixeira’s woes are due to breathing issues, random variance, or whatever the hell’s going on here, the Yankees could use a non-giant sucking vortex in the middle of their lineup.”
Perhaps it would make sense if I went and read the article (the cognac-sipping Grantland writers annoy me, so I won’t), but what’s with the Banuelos UFO mention in Keri’s article?
It’s a power rankings article, so I think he was discussing the overall state of the team.
I don’t know. Continues interesting trend (okay, two examples) of Yankees signing big name 1B’man who are highly productive at first, then develop pull tendencies leading to extreme shifts and decreasing production, who then come up with a virus and lose weight.
Are you saying he caught it from the thong?
So I just got in.
Is Nova hurt badly? And whether he is or isn’t, he did not pitch well. ERA over 5.
Offense has done well
And that other team is winning again. That sucks
His foot got hurt and then he rolled his ankle on top of that.
LOOK AT THAT CATCH THAT WAS A GREAT CATCH AAAAHHHHH
The Grandy man can!
Yankees have now scored in 4 straight innings. Not bad for such a selfish offense!
Great catch by Curtis!
It was a very selfish non-situational catch, and clearly unsustainable.
But…we never score in the middle innings. Haven’t you heard?
WOW! Grandy covered a lot of ground there. Fortunate that it was hit there.
Let’s hold on to this boys. I hope to get home to highlights of a win.
Be nice to see Phelps finish the whole thing out even though that won’t happen.
Boone Logan will forever make me nervous.
I need to stick to just checking in on the score. Each time I do the Yankees are winning.
Bring in Robertson please.
EPIC FAIL
ure
looooooogan!
The only Tex is suffering from is huge balls syndrome.
They call it colitis. When he walks his balls collide.
Oh great.
We lose Nova for a month
Eh. Bruise and a sprain.
Was Wang’s injury the same or different?
You mean Wang’s torn ligament from the interleague game?
I’d call that pretty different.
You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor… and would have different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO
Darn Yankees don’t care. Them and their league leading 11 come from behind wins.
Nova’s got a bruised foot and sprained ankle, Rapada has a virus.
Via LoHud:
Yankees just announced that Ivan Nova has a right foot/ankle contusion and sprain. X-rays were negative. Also, Clay Rapada has a viral infection.
I bet Rapada got what Tex has.
They probably shouldn’t have been kissing each other.
They were sharing Giambi’s gold thong, which was left behind.
Sit down Wilson.
Boone-tang.
Boooooooooone
Boone Logan….. ROOGY?
Have a cookie Mr. Logan.
You DID bring the cookies, right jj?
Of course. I gave Boone a couple extra since he’s had a big workload recently.
I have been listening to Danity Kane the whole game.
I know ERA is not the true measure of a pitcher’s performance but for what it’s worth, after today’s performance:
Nova’s ERA: 5.44, Hughes’ ERA: 5.50.
/huuuuuughes
I didn’t realize that I would need to pay attention to the fucking Orioles of all teams.
I’m going to set this right, apologies for the delay.
okay that was awesome
Martin was disrespectful to Flanny.
+1
Disrespectful thoughts.
Let’s get some EEEEEENSURANCE!
So I’m guessing the bunt for a hit/sacrifice is coming?
Derek, if you bunt against this lefty…
Yes, of course, have the guy hitting .370 bunt.
I said, yes, OF COURSE, have the guy hitting .370 bunt. Better than the double play!
Here comes the free out from Jeter.
Please leave the lefty in to face Jeter
All of you saying that he would bunt.
FAIL
Let’s go Jeter!!
..And a DP! le sigh..
Jeter looked way safe.
I don’t think I’ve seen the Yankees get one call at first base all year, but plenty against them.
And in hindsight…
TOTALLY SAFE!!
4 double plays by Jeter in 2 days after none all season
REGRESSION!!!!!!!!
ZOMG slump?
Blind umpires.
It’s funny how the only people in the whole stadium who don’t have access to the correct call are the ones who are actually making the calls.
Didn’t mean to reply here.
IT’S NOT OKAY.
It’s okay.
Bad call. Where are my robots?
Hi!
Are you serious about Robots?
Haven’t you seen the Matrix?
Or I-Robot.
Uh, Jeter…
He was safe. Good fucking job ump.
Goal motherfuckers. Goal.
Typical Curtis, just passing the baton.
Insurance runs please Arod!
Just a base hit Alex. Come on, bud.
*gives cookie*
so I take it either Soriano or Robertson is unavailable
anyone know why?
Tex-virus maybe?
Remember when Cashman was wasting money on over the hill Ibanez and made of glass Chavez?
Good times…. good times….
ummmm, reply fail, I’m guessing
Uh, is it me or is anyone else trying to log on to Twitter but it’s going straight to the BBC website?
Now it’s back to Twitter. ODD.
LOONE BOGAN
That was a gorgeous pitch for strike three.
Is something wrong with Soriano?
seven more
Yay Tex!
MT25 DOUBLE
Yeah Tex!! Hopefully he keeps this up!
Let’s get a hit with bases loaded! PLEEEZ!
You don’t hit Voldemort and expect to get away with it.
Ouch. My own elbow (still healing from a fracture) just cringed watching that.
Sac fly works.
Need a ChavySlam to make me happy.
That’ll do Chavy, that’ll do.
I know that must have hurt very badly for Ibanez, but that was probably the best possible outcome against a leftie for him.
Geez that’s like 4 times Kay had gone off about Jeff Nelson tonight.
I think he’s getting paid per mention.
“The Ol Jeff Nelson”
They should outlaw that move tomorrow just so Kay will shut up about it.
Still SO weird to see anyone but 42 in a save situation.
Why? Plenty of pitchers have gotten saves for the Yankees in recent years besides Mo. It’s only weird that he is never doing it this season.
Yes, I know.
Whats up with Robertson?
Where’s Dave Robertson? Is he not the closer anymore?
Looking good, Soriano.
Yeah, maybe he’ll have his first 1-2-3 inning?
Could this be the first 1-2-3 inning in 2012 for Sori?
Lol, I was thinking the same thing
YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!
OHHHHHHH!! WHATTTTT?????
Chavez!!! You’re supposed to be the anti-Nunez damn it.
Erm Chavy?
Of course something like that would happen and spoil the 1-2-3 inning.
Eduardo Chavez.
Heh. Of course he gives up a hit.
That wasn’t a hit.
Not a hit. An error
Or an Error. Whatever.
Err. I mean error. Following online here. Tsk tsk.
God does not want Soriano to get a 123 inning. This is coming from an atheist
Redemption Chavy
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s the real Eric Chavez.
Ballgame!
Fun game thread too
Seriously. Everyone here rocks- even the weak trolls!
Omigod, Soriano smiled!
Phelps gets the W, that’s cool.
So did Girardi already give up on Robertson as closer? He hasn’t pitched since Friday and why wasn’t he in for the 8th?
I would assume since he wasn’t used in either inning, he was probably unavailable for some reason.
Sick, maybe?
I bet thats it.
sore ribcage. tests tomorrow
Seems like Arod had to get So happy at the end. Arod deserves much credit for the little things and Soriano seems like a jerk.
Teix is waking up & Jeet needs a day off.
This was a good win.