Game 39: Interleague
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Not gonna see Aroldis Chapman tonight, he's pitched in the last two games. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Do you watch much NL baseball? It’s weird, it’s like a parallel baseball universe where games are less competitive and players like Adam Kennedy bat fifth for a first place team. Less competitive probably isn’t the right way to put it, but the games are definitely different. Spend a week watching Senior Circuit baseball and you’ll have a new appreciation for just how devastating AL East baseball is. The lineups are relentless, the pitchers are so powerful, the rosters are so fine-tuned so everyone on the 25-man roster has a specific role. The NL is just … different.
Welcome to the first series of 2012 Interleague Play. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
2B Robinson Cano
3B Alex Rodriguez
RF Raul Ibanez
1B Nick Swisher
DH Eric Chavez
LF Dewayne Wise
C Chris Stewart
LHP Andy Pettitte
Tonight’s game will start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on My9 locally and MLB Network nationally. enjoy.
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Joe’s finally doing some good things here. He benched Teixera who needed to sit. Message sent there. He also paired Andy with Chris Stewart. It was obvious that Martin and Andy weren’t communicating very well in his last start so this is a good move. It also gives Stewart another day to get in the lineup for the struggling Martin.
All it means is Martin will probably catch CC next.
Tex needs a rest. No message is being sent.
I’ll take a struggling Martin at the plate over Stewart, but I don’t mind Martin sitting more often as part of a rest plan. I like the off day for Tex on the heels of Jeter and A-Rod getting a day off. Gives him a chance to psychologically rest while considering the day off as standard procedure.
My9 game smh
Well, here we go. Gotta hope for a big W tonight.
Well. That’s an unusual beginning.
I though Chris Stewart was the defensive specialist?
Yankee Baseball folks.
all-glove catcher is sucking at defense lately
Cervelli would have caught that cutter.
so that just happened
Welcome to the cutter, Stewart.
Hey, at least it’s cutting….
On top of the team struggling we get the “A Team” in the booth tonight, wonderful
It’s not the A team since Flash is there. If Paulie was there it’d be the A team and I don’t know what he isn’t there because he usually does Reds-Yankees.
Striking out Votto was unexpected. That guy never strikes out.
Hooray Andy.
Well done, old man.
Stewart doing his Cervelli impersonation
Andy looks sharp. Pairing him with Stewart is maybe something they should look into doing more often in the future.
Pettitte has some good stuff tonight.
I’m encouraged.
Hit 90. If the velocity is there the rest will come. I’m still dealing with the idea that Pettitte is pitching again, now I’m dealing with the fact he might still be quite good. The Yankees need it.
Yeah it’s pretty wild.
By the way Mike, looks like it WILL be Swisher over Chavez at first after all.
At least its not Jones-Ibanes, I guess.
Jones has never rated negative in the field, even this year. He’s not what he once was, but with the glove he’s not the problem. Ibanez is a problem.
impossible to get a line drive or even a flyball out of the captain nowadays
Regression, or was he just insanely lucky in April?
MLB leading and career high 65.9% ground ball %
That’s no way to get it done, especially if you can’t leg out infield hits anymore.
you wouldn’t think so
although it was over 65% in his awesome April, so who knows?
Needs to sacrifice some fresh blood to the BABIP Gods.
Did anyone hear Michael Kay go absolutely bonkers on his radio show yesterday? He wound up screaming at a caller that calling the show was proof the caller had no life.
I think every listener should refuse to call from now on.
Going to be pretty sad if the Yanks can’t hit the Reds. Not digging this slump.
promising first inning.. nothing but junk pitches and not even a single good swing
Wow. The Yanks seem overly anxious at the plate again.
They’re making me pretty anxious, too.
The anxiety of knowing your bleeding in the water.
or, to be precise “you’re” bleeding!
nice catch by grandy
What the F. I thought Curtis might have to come in for that.
lucky hit… but AP looks good so far
“Now here’s our buddy, Miguel Cairo! Cairo is a terrific player who does just about everything right.”
Unless you’re talking about walking, hitting, or hitting with power, then yes.
I really feel like these two boneheads watched an alternate universe version of Miguel Cairo. Perhaps one with a Van Dyke.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Yeah but… He was a Yankee.
I thought for sure that had to Cairo’s son playing. Long career for a man of questionable skills.
Ahh, Swisher caught that in garbage time.
I laughed.
+1111111
Keep it rolling Andy.
a hit!!!
That had to go out. Kay thought it was. Now he’s in RISP and won’t score.
Okay, Kay, once again, that was never going out off the bat. Calm down.
I can’t believe that stayed in the park
3-42. But maybe we can get Alex in without getting a hit. There is hope!
Get the damn run in!!
putrid just putrid
Swish… Ew.
I knew it.. thats more like the Yankees… a K with a RISP
3-43. Now we actually need a hit to score Alex.
just fucking awful
The sad thing is, I wasn’t expecting them to score
3-44…
MALAISE FOREVER
New day, same sto….nevermind
3-44 this team is awesome. Things are going to get ugly in fan land.
Holy shit.
what a fucking joke of a team
OMG. This is claw your eyes out frustrating!
This is so sad it’s like watching a fish flail on dry land.
Ugh, here we go again
I blame Swisher.
Everyone who bat after Arod is at fault. Horrible at bats.
Bronson A Friend Of Mines But Kick His Ass Tonight Cant Route For Anyone Facing The Yankees lol
Playoff swisher showed up.
These guys have taken RISPfail to a whole new level.
It’s like an art form.
and it’s not even a good pitcher with decent stuff..
BUNTING!
Well if there’s a consolation here it’s the death of too many homers.
At least they’re nice enough to give us some free outs
The Reds are trying to play an NL style in an AL park. I guess it isn’t a surprise given who their manager is. It might even work with how poor this offense is hitting right now.
he’s above diving stops at second now?
that’s not a new thing
When’s the last time Cano dove for a ball to his right?
The last time Jeter dove for a ball to his left.
Let me end the suspense.
Never.
HELLO all.
Awesome RISP fail. I should just catch up on my DVR’d shows and save my sanity for tomorrow’s game.
But! Andy.
They’re gonna win. They are going to win. To win.
They will win. They will. Win, they will.
They gotta do it for Andy.
And for all our sanity.
EXACTLY the two thoughts in my head.
That, and how delicious cheese is. But mostly needing a win for Andy and for keeping the fans out of an insane asylum.
I just had an enchilada. The cheese was great.
Yum!
Is this happening?
Andy looks great
so at least there’s that
Andy’s got game. This is awesome.
Love it, Andy. LOVE LOVE. Now let’s get a W for him.
Andy is sharp but he’s gotta keep throwing up goose eggs or he might get the L. One guy who could break through with RISP is Chris Stewart. He’s been clutch in limited duties so hopefully he gets a chance to come through again.
If Andy can keep pitching like this, he’s going to end up being our number 2 next season. How great would a CC, Andy, Nova, Pineda, Banuelos rotation look? I’d love three lefties in the rotation
Hughes?
When he puts 5 decentish starts together, I’ll believe in him. Who knows, maybe he’s our post-Rivera closer?
It’s weird, even though the NL does generally suck relative to the AL, they’ve won 4 out of the last 6 World Series.
Yet another piece of evidence tending to show that the playoffs are a crapshoot.
Since we all have some down time right now when the Yankees are hitting (err, I mean not hitting), here’s an interesting article from Dave Cameron on how the continued decrease in hitting is helping certain types of pitchers, specifically soft-tossing lefties. This is a trend that will play to Pettitte, since he’s better than every one of the examples here, and he actually throws harder than they do, even right now.
I wondered if the changing nature of offense might play to more pitch-to-contact pitchers, as it used to. I thought it might have helped Mike Mussina in 2008. Not sure if that played into his come back his last year, but it does seem to be helping some pitchers today. Probably will also help Pettitte.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb.....ew-era-mlb
…and, sorry, didn’t realize that was Insider.
Trust me, it’s interesting compared to most of the junk on ESPN. : -)
Hmm. Maybe the Yankees have hit some sort of a time warp where it’s 1968 when they hit but 1998 when they’re in the field.
They raise the mound up between innings
GOOD LORD GOOD FREAKIN LORD
Still going tomorrow?
Stiiiiiiiill going, hahahaha. There’s no way to get out of this one. Ship-Jumper Dad is too excited. Darnit.
Arroyo’s not looking too shabby either. I hope they don’t have to tip their hat to him too.
I miss April Jeter
Jeter did his part of God and Country in April, and even overall in May. He was going to come back to earth. The rest of the team needs to pick it up. Anyone. Really. Someone.
They will, be painful to watch.
Trivia has to be Jose Rijo.
I have the Cincy feed. Question is: who is all-time leader in Cincinnati history for HRs against NY teams.
Who’s the retired guy doing their broadcast?
George Grande obviously but the other guy is a complete no-name. He’s over 55
Chris Welsh. Former pitcher.
Gracias.
Former Columbus Clipper apparently as well
Answer: Ted Kluzewski (72)
OK, now the turnaround begins.
Is Bronson Arroyo the former Red Sox pitcher that Mike Francesca has a man-crush on to the point he’s nearly leaking bodily fluids when he brings up what a winner he is? Or was that Derek Lowe?
I love how Mike Francesa can’t even remember what he said a half hour ago, and starts railing against some caller “I never said that!” and the poor caller is trying to defend himself and then Francesa cuts off his call and is all like “We don’t need to listen to that nonsense.” And I’m all thinking, “Francesa, the poor schlub was right, you dumbass!”
Honestly, I don’t know how anyone listens to Francesa.
I would never seek him out on the radio. I’ve never even listened to him that much up until about two years ago when I started working from home a couple days a week. I sometimes have YES playing in the background, and there he is. He’s annoying and insulting. Worse are the callers. I think they manufacture the callers. Intellligent callers will be attacked; dumb callers get a platform. He attacks them too, but he allows them to speak.
You really think they set up the calls that way? No way. That’s sad.
He just shouts so much, and it’s like… how can you expect to get your point across when you’re hollering and interrupting? It’s kind of counterproductive.
Why are these sports talk guys so defensive? What the heck is their problem?
Both, but his crush on Arroyo is shameless. He’d like an Arroyo-Inge threeway
Thanks. I thought it was Arroyo. And, oh yeah, Inge too.
This is it. Multiple runs right here.
Base hit Grandy! Someone, anyone – get. him. home.
Let’s do this!
I know things are going poorly when my first thought when a Yankee gets on base is, great a runner to strand.
You are not alone.
But he’s not in scoring position, so there’s still a chance he’ll score.
he’s on first, so here comes the DP
Okay, you’re right. Yet Cano just got thrown out at second for an out, and Grandy is at third, so my disappoint me level is increasing. I’m preparing!
Ive never seem Cano take so many awful swings
SHIT CANO SHIT
of course
…why Robbie, why?
wtf are you doing
ureg
ARod, time to ring the bell.
HAHAHA
when they finally get a hit, they have a brain fart and get thrown out on the bases… this is definately not a playoff team
“this is definately not a playoff team”
Get a grip. It’s May.
Damnit Cano
Cano’s an idiot. Now we’ve got man on 3rd, 1 out again.
woo!
A run!!!
Yeah.
There’s your run, Andy.
Well… okay.
RISP success
A run! A run! We got a run!
3-45. But they scored a run! We’ll take it.
Alex with the clutch weak ground ball
Yippee!!!!
looking back, Cano just got thrown out to spare us… if he were on first that was a DP by Alex and more pain for us
According to sacred narrative, unless someone goes yard tonight we’re still losing.
A-ground_out_rbi! from A-rod!
Does anyone else feel giddy when A-Rod catches popups?
That was the creepiest picture of Andy ever
I wish there were differeent metrics than just Batting average when runners in scoring position – maybe conversion rate to actual runs of runers that reach scoring position. The Yanks are 3-45 but that weak ground ball is one of the few times of the 42 times that they did not get a base hit that they did score a run, as I recall – in other words, a lot of strikeouts and pop-outs. Witness Swisher in 2nd inning.
Also there have been several times in the past when they have gotten a hit that the run has not scored (weak ground balls with runner on second that goes oro a hit).
Again conversion ratio would be best way to look at it.
I know someone keeps stats of what percent of runners on third with less than two out each hitter drives in.
oh hey everybody. an hour goes by and I miss half the game? What is this?
Andy look as good as his line?
The offense look as bad as theirs?
Yes to both
Andy’s got 8 strikeouts so far and Swish is playing first and Cano has interesting base-running skills.
Have I missed anything incredibly interesting?
Tex isn’t playing.
No, but Andy’s got 8 strikeouts. That’s really cool.
They scored a run on a weak groundball from A-Rod. That’s the offense so far.
I just feel like I can’t file it under the “interesting” category because it was so… anticlimactic. Still, a run’s a run is a run.
We’re taking it. I’ll take another.
Vintage Pettitte.
Andy looks like he’s 25 again. He’s cruising.
Anyone know Andy’s career high for Ks? Just off the top of my head I can’t remember him striking out 10.
12 is his career high.
I believe it’s 12.
Why havent the yankees signed Bobby Abreu?
Arroyo can pitch about fourteen innings at his current pitch-count rate.
So when is the Bronson Arroyo that gives up 30 HRs a year going to show up?
This team sucks right now. I’m changing the Channel more than I ever have while watching the Yanks and it hurts my soul.
How many fucking lead-off hits aren’t gonna score?
Dwayne wise we cant do any better than that to replace gardy
Niiiiice catch, Grandy
STEWART!
Holy shit, what a throw by Stew.
wow… nice play/throw by Stewart
Stewart yesyesyeyes!
AND he fistpumped.
It’s as though Frankie Cervelli inhibited his body for his personal celebration. I love it.
Shit what a throw
Awesome throw!!
Stewie rules
Don’t call strikes against Brandon Phillips, he doesn’t like it.
Holy crap Andy. I love you.
I need Fantasy advice. I’ve been offered CJ Wilson and Adam Wainwright for Stephen Strasburg. I’m leaning towards doing the deal with Strasburg is on that 160 innings limit. Thoughts?
FWIW, the pitching stats include: wins, complete games, saves, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.
Yeah I’d do it.
Agreed.
Thanks, gents.
If it goes wrong, don’t blame us.
1968 baseball. Need catchers who can throw out runners, like Bench. Now all Stew needs to do is hit 40 HRs and we have our catcher!
Jeter. Alright. Another leadoff single. This time – he’s comin’ home.
They should get back to scoring runs in bunches.
Honey bunches o’ ruuuuuuns.
I’m thinking 7.
Total? Or in one inning? That’s ambitious.
One inning. Blind ambition.
Next inning?
It’s high in fiber and awesome!
HR please. Let’s remove any possibility of a RISP situation.
Can we score this leadoff baserunner?
Apparently not.
Oh, crap. Two on and no one out.
Ok, runners on 1st and 2nd; can we bring them home? Stay tuned, Yankee fans!
Nervous.
C’mon A-ROD!
Now, ARod, NOW
Damn. The Reds have the Yankees right where they want them. Bases loaded and no one out.
Verlander has a no-no through 6.
Yankees split-squad today?
Sorry, carry on the discussion about cheese.
I think that was meant as a commentary on the Yankees offense, not a gripe about the topic.
I may be wrong though.
Yes, it was a joke about the Yankees offense being so bad that maybe they also sent a team to face Verlander.
I’m not sure what his cheese reference meant!
Oh God oh God.
Here comes the Yankees special. Not scoring with bases loaded none out.
Uuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
An angry mob starts to gather at the gate.
You know a dp is coming
BAD CALL!!!!!!!!!!
He was safe oh my GOD!!!!!!!!
what a surprise… middle of the order bat cant drive in runs…
I think Salty just died.
That looked awful.
Anyone else have Billy Joel’s- Pressure going through their heads right now?
LMFAOffense
btw, great idea swinging at 2-0, after the pitcher throws 6 straight balls
Hahaha laugh to keep from crying.
just plain old fucking awful
This offense is unreal in how bad it is.
And trading away Montero was a great idea… Shit.
You know Montero has sucked so far this year, right?
He’s actually hitting quite poorly. So you’re right. He’d fit in well with this group.
He hasn’t yet played a full year in the Majors. Stop with this nonsense.
Stomachache.
WTF!
When was the last time all 3 outs were made at home? Cause we about to see it.
I’m embarrassed to be a fan of this team.
Angry crowd starts waving their torches.
Called it with no outs. The Yankees special.
This is just surreal.
AUGGHH
WHATever.
fucking unreal
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCKING FUCKING FUCK
Yep.
3/4/5 with the bases loaded, 0 out, and nothing to show for it.
Well done, schmucks.
4,5,6 but point taken
Please Swish, love me some garbage time!!!
or not…
Angry mob doesn’t even have the energy to storm the gate.
That was bad.
playoff team, nothings wrong..
boooooooooooooooooooooooo boooooooooooooooooooooooo booooooooooooooo fuck this team pathetic
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the fuck
I seriously think Kay and Flaherty are getting ready to just start lacing into the Yankees.
Wow, this is getting ridiculous
Send this team to Scranton. Have them help build the stadium.
lolololololol
Fire Kevin Long just because.
Andy must wonder whether he should have stayed in Texas.
Even a double play would have scored a run, but nooooo, we have to ground out to third, then ground out to first, the pop-freaking-out. ugh!
What the ($:(&$&
Maybe the Baseball Gods are punishing us for all the times we’ve made fun of the Red Sox and their fans, because I can’t think of any other reason for this.
3-1,273,372 and counting….
Is their a way to see bases loaded stats for Yankees. I think the numbers are scary as hell.
.226/.278/.484
Kay is apoplectic.
Times where I love his talk show host persona coming out.
Play-by-play guys should not act blind to horseshit when its clear in front of them.
Then he’s not the man Mel Allen was back in 1965. Of course, I think it was the next year that either he or Barber got the camera to pan over a virtually empty Stadium
Pretty sure it was Barber, since he got fired for doing it.
Offense is old and pathetic!
This is absolutely absurd.
At least I’m being entertained. I think we just saw a slice of what it was like to watch the ’62 Mets.
The 62 Mets? I’m thinking of the ’65 Yankees.
You see, playoff caliber teams drive in runs on a consistent basis. Playoff caliber teams are tough, gritty and thrive in the clutch. For example, the 90s Yankees, the 2011 Cardinals, and shit, the 09 Yankees. This 2012 Yankees are nowhere near this sort of caliber that I speak of. It’s a disgrace. There’s no youthful exburence to this team, whatsoever. This team is static, lifeless and has the stench of a 3 month old carcass. A freakin’ little league team is more clutch than the Yankees.
wow, even when we’re winning?
See, I know its May, but shit gets old quick. I mean, don’t we as Yankee fans demand the best? What happen to our fans? It’s like were in California or something. This is NY! The Mecca of Baseball. I miss the days where we were tenacious and ruckus. It’s like we became diet coke overnight.
All I demand from the Yankees is to make the playoffs, by any means necessary, and from there I know anything could happen. There’s an old baseball saying. Every team looses 50 Games, Every team wins 50 games, it’s what you do with the other 62 that’s important. Also, remember that even the all time best offensive season still involved a man who failed more than 50% of the time.
how is andy dominating? he can’t possibly have “youthful exuberance” at his age… can he?
I have Jack in my diet coke, buddy boy.
It’s May.
Yes, it’s old, but I’ve been seeing stretches like this from almost all Yankee teams, including ones that win World Series.
It’s May.
It’s May crazy person!
Coward.
Did you watch the Tampa/Texas game about 3 weeks ago? Did you hear the crowd when Texas was down by 2 in the game and the crowd went nuts over every pitch? We had that, what happened? Don’t say I’m a coward, every fan deep down inside knows that something is a miss. And youthful exburence as in we need a shot of it, it worked when Melky and Cano came up.
Yankee fans don’t carry a loser mentality. They’re proud of their team, stick by it when they’re going well and when they’re not.
Fans like you? Here’s your board. Plenty like you there.
http://www.amazinavenue.com/
yup… what was missing there was “youthful exuberance”. that would’ve driven in at LEAST 2 runs…
Someone needs to get a hit off Verlander.
Can’t wait for Soriano to give up the 2 run homer then watch as the Yankees get the tying run to third in the ninth with 1 out only to watch Tex pinch hit and strike out to end the game.
ah… so you’re an optimist?
Greg? Is that You?
I cannot believe it. After Cano walked, I paused the game onDVR knowing that I’d get to see some offense. When I came back.
Watching that develop through time elapse was unbelievable. Unreal.
Holy fudgeballs – I just walked in the door and saw Andy’s line thus far. Wow.
right? he’s been incredible. And I missed most of it because of the Season 1 Finale of Dexter, and customers. I can’t wait to get home right in time for the start of the encore.
Well, at least Dexter is pretty awesome.
Fuck yeah it is, Season 1 was incredible. I’ve heard season 4 is one of the best seasons of any TV shows ever. So I’m very excited to get to that.
Believe me, it is. Season 2 is amazing as well.
For every RISP fail, take a shot.
I’d be plastered by now.
Tip of the cap. Brandon Arroyo does this from time to time.
If the Yankees were hitting well and he tossed this type of game I would. Right now it’s more the Yankees.
Andy. ANDY! Andy.
A splendid 7 innings, great return.
At least Andy was great.
DANDY!! Andy was DANDY!!!!!!!
Crazy. gotta be top 20 regular season Pettitte start all-time, no?
No.
See, RetroRob likes to piss on everyone’s parade.
No.
I don’t post under different names. If you disagree with me you’ll still find me here in early season, mid season and end of season posting under one name.
I don’t hide. People like you do. You don’t have the courage to back up what you write.
SCOREBOARD!!!! READING THIS THREAD YOU’D THINK THE BOYS WERE GETTING CRUSHED!!!
Shhh!!!!!!!!!!! You’re ruining the narrative that a team going through an offensive slump cant win a single game!
So I’m guessing that Hank was given a lobotomy.
I cannot believe that actually happened. I think there has to be a statement by front office if they lose. Nothing job changing, but a statement to the fans “we have faith, we expect more yadda yadda ”
You can’t spin that horrendous inning.
I know. It’s sickening.
If they lose this game… with the gem that Andy has pitched? Hoo boy.
They will not lose this game. I feel very positive about this.
FIP! Okay. Let’s go with that mindset.
Will you marry me if I’m right ;P
No… no no. No.
You must find a Harry Potter-lovin chick for that to happen! Heh.
Um…as far as I know I check off Harry Potter, Star Wars, Archer, and Yankees for you. If by chance you smoke cigarettes/illicit materials you are literally the best girl on the interwebs lol.
So I think my FIP has flopped =P
Love going back with Andy here
If they blow this for Andy, I hope he kicks the shit out of someone in the locker room after this one.
hahahahaha
Nice Donna Summer shout-out! Am I correct that they played a tape of her singing GBA? I was in the other room and barely listening.
Yes. But it wasn’t a disco version, unfortunately.
“Please join us as we sing God Bless Andy Pettitte.”
Sure, now they can manage a deep flyout
Arroyo has thrown what, 81 pitches?
Was that a five pitch inning?
Hahahahahaha.
This has all the makings of a heart breaker.
Offense is a joke! No clutch players! $200 million dollars worth of losers!
5 pitch inning…. how does that happen?
7-8-9 hitters could take a pitch or two… and I don’t mean that literally.
Whatever happened to working the count? Only 83 pitches through 7 innings for Arroyo? Just dreadful.
Gardy!
Tip the cap
Keeping Andy out there is begging for trouble.
Chavez, Wise and Stewart and we didn’t score?
Stunning.
Andy is a beast tonight.
Need to get a Girardi mind numbing cliche drinking game going on later.
“Teix is the straw that stirs the drink, I thought we looked a little anemic on offense without him in the lineup.”
What a play.
Full-on rooting for Verlander here.
So was I. I was sad when it got broken up.
GREAT INNING ANDY GREAT AMAZING great i love it ahhhhh <3 hearts love so much love can't speak english or words
Unreal.
We love you long time, Andy.
Andy shouldn’t be in this ballgame but the failure to score any more runs has forced Joe’s hand. Hope he doesn’t get hurt.
Do we let Andy face Votto, or bring in Boone?
My goodness, Verlander is just destroying the Pirates
Realllllly hoping Joe doesn’t bring in Soriano in the 9th with Votto and Bruce due up.
Jeter has seen 5 pitches in 3 AB’s (and has yet to see a called strike)
Stewart has seen 5 pitches in 3AB’s (and also has yet to see a called strike)
Wise has seen 7 pitches in 3AB’s
So the 8-9-1 combo has had 9 AB’s and seen a grand total of 17 pitches.
Two of those guys are shitty, marginal major leaguers. What did you expect?
I expect them to take a strike? (and not make an out on the first pitch that’s close)
I expect them to average at least 2 pitches per AB?
Make that 6 pitches in 4 AB’s for Jeter.
Whoa.
I…it…the…but…I…
Don’t know about you guys but I’m stoked to see the genius questions from the Amazon Woman clubhouse reporter later.
pretty disgusting that Arroyo is in the 8th having only thrown 88 pitches. This offense is just plain sad.
Arroyo pitching like its 2004. Gotta tip your hat to him
Verlander throwing 100 in the 8th. 100 mph!
I remember watching Nolan Ryan pitch when I was a kid. He’s the closest thing I’ve seen since.
Perfect fluid delivery that results in unbelievable heat.
He’s a soft-tosser compared to Ryan, but he has much better command, at least at equivalent ages.
Verlander is one of the guys who I think could win 300. CC is another. I don’t believe the nonsense that there will be no more 300 game winners.
No way. Verlander throws harder than Nolan.
Unlikely. When Ryan was clocked back in 1973, they had him twice at 100.7 and 100.9. Okay, round out it’s 101. We do see pitchers eclipsing that, usually bullpen guys, but we also see some starters hitting 100 and above. Not many, but some. Verlander is certainly one of them.
The difference though was when Ryan was clocked, it wasn’t an average speed from release to home, or at peak speed out of hand, which is how most pitchers have been clocked until recently. They were clocked ten feet in front of home plate. Those pitches were coming in at greater than 105 mph. And like Verlander, he threw harder as the game progressed. The record-setting pitch was on something like the 150th pitch he threw and in the 9th inning.
The final pitch Ryan threw in his career, after he had blown out his elbow ligament the pitch prior, was clocked at 98 mph (out of hand). He was 46.
No one has thrown harder than Nolan Ryan.
Still has his no-no?
The tip your hat jokes aren’t funny and never have been. Can we stop them please?
Especially since no one on the team has said it that I’ve read in weeks. Ever since ARod said that it was a BS excuse after so many crappy offensive games.
We need a letter from George Steinbrenner. From the dead.
Ahahahaha.
Yankees avoid their 10th game of one run or less, and third in a row, with a cheap two out, two strike type shit.
Assholes.
Yes. They should have just given up on hitting tonight out of pride.
What the heck are you smoking?
OBBIW!
That was drunklish for ROBBIE!
Robby Cano!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t You KNow!!!!!!!!!!
That was an F-ing Bomb by Cano.
Hang me, bang me.
I HATE it when they hit homers, I just wish we could score runs the old fashion way
Cano envisioned his father out on the mound throwing meatballs. His father probably throws harder.
see what happens when the bases are empty
Fuck you Cano. You just made it harder for us to bitch and moan and whine like babies. Asshole.
What a homer
At the risk of being greedy, can we please cross the 2-run barrier?
Verlander going for no-no number 3! Through 8!
Good job, Alex!
No, he swung at the first pitch. That’s not good.
Wise’s numbers in AAA suggested he should be called up. Now, I think he should be dfa’d in favor of that Curtis kid.
we’ve already seen that Curtis kid nothing to see
Nah. Colin Curtis is a AAA player.
Period.
RAUUUUUUUUL!
And now we’ll win the game since we hit a HR.
So, so cool….
not having a risp is a good thing
Ibanez! …again?!?! Gotta love the ‘scrap heap’.
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AVADA KEDAVRA!!!!!!
Going going……..
Gandhi!
4 runs hopefully the team can all exhale now and move on
Where is Mr. “This is not a playoff team”?
Damn you homeruns! We aren’t a playoff team and therefore can’t be hitting clutch homeruns like this
Rauuuuuul!
Maybe we should keep Ibanez as the permanent 5 hitter? Let Tex bat 7th.
Does Joe look like a genius for batting Raul 5th or did the pitcher just run out of gas at 90 pitches (which should have happened two innings ago)?
It was a pretty good pitch, low and running away from him
This is one of the worst poll questions ever.
What is it? I’m just curious?
What’s more important – a 20-win ace pitcher or a 40-save closer?
That really is absurd. Who asked that question?
They called it the “Ask Russ” question of the night or something.
Wow, yeah, that sucks.
Yet if I had to pick one, it’s not that hard. The starter.
Arroyo made the fatal mistake of not getting a runner to 2nd early in the inning. He should have just IBB’d the leadoff guy and balked him to 2nd.
I hear that TB has a spread sheet telling them that exact thing
I laughed hard at imagining Maddon doing that.
Here we go, top of 9th in Detroit.
Ibanez is just getting his last licks in before his predestined June 1 released-by date.
who’s this Verlander kid
Verlander game is on MLBN FYI
No hitters now are like shut outs.
And also on MLB.com for those on a computer.
fail
No-no ends after 8.1.
Votto discovers what Pujols knows. The AL is not the NL.
And, yes, I kid.
DO IT!!!!!!!
COOKIES!
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s sweep these NL fuckers!
Let’s go Nats! Bryce Harper walk off hopefully!
What a horrible game.
Oh, wait…
Nice win. Great job by Pettitte. Welcome back, Andy.
I wonder if we would see a Yankee throw a perfect game or a no hitter within this decade.
Oh wait, better question, would we see a hit with risp?
This is clearly not a playoff team, so I am going to stop watching any Yankee games this season.
I just want everyone to know that I went downstairs, my boyfriend came over, I stress-ate watermelon and then the Yankees bats came alive.
You’re welcome.
Good job.
Meanwhile, I had two customers I wanted to terminate. In my last 6 weeks of this job, I’m going to keep track of those. Up to 3 so far.
Seek and… destroy.
You stress ate watermelon. That’s hilarious.
Yeah, really.
Erica, you stress-eat more healthy than I regular eat.
Yes. There was no other quick and easy option. It was the heat of the moment. Cure thirst and hunger with… water in the shape of food?
Dusty’s just glad his guys weren’t clogging up the bases.
Didn’t watch a second of the game other than peering over at MLB At Bat in the 7th. Sounds like a marvelous job by Pettitte tonight. A wonderful birthday present for me by the Yankees and Andy Pettitte. No need for trolls tonight.
They were here.
Reading back on the thread, I found it hilarious how they disappeared after about 9 PM.
Oh, yeah. They always do.
I wonder if these people are actually regulars who just switch their names, or are fans lurking waiting for something bad. Or they’re not fans at all. Fans of other teams. Mike can probably tell to some degree. I really don’t have any problem with regular posters who see negative things, because there are things to be concerned about, but it’s the people that just drop in, change their names, etc.
They can absolutely tell from IP addresses. That’s why they know when someone is using multiple screen names at the same time, etc.
I still never learned for sure who “Stairs” was.
They know. The bastards.
Happy birthday.
And yeah, he was amazing.
Thanks!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY duuuuuude!