Game 40: Follow Up
By
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Yankees got a stellar performance out of Andy Pettitte last night, so stellar that it masked the stench of the offense’s complete inability to cash in on numerous opportunities with men on base. A pair of late homers stretched the lead a bit, but the game was a lot closer than the 4-0 score would indicate. Ivan Nova has been struggling this season and he’s back on the mound this afternoon after suffering a right foot contusion and a right ankle sprain his last time out. The Yankees need him to follow up Andy’s performance with a strong start of his own while the lineup tries to figure their issues out. Here’s the starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
DH Robinson Cano
3B Alex Rodriguez
RF Raul Ibanez
1B Nick Swisher
C Russell Martin
LF Dewayne Wise
2B Jayson Nix
RHP Ivan Nova
This afternoon’s game starts at 1:05pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
Mark Teixeira Update: Before the game, Joe Girardi said there’s a chance he’ll give Teixeira tomorrow off as well as they try to get rid of this lingering cough/revive his bat.
538 Comments»
RAB Info
The Founders
Mike Axisa, Ben Kabak, Joe Pawlikowski
Editor-In-Chief
Mike Axisa Archives | Email
Managing Editors
Ben Kabak Archives | E-mail
Joe Pawlikowski Archives | E-mail
Contributing Editors
Larry Koestler (Archives)
Moshe Mandel (Archives)
Eric Schultz (Archives)
Weekend Writers
Hannah Ehrlich (Archives)
Matthew Warden (Archives)
Special Contributor
J.R. O'Grady (Archives)
Technical Consultant
Jay Gordon
Subscribe to RAB by RSS
Follow @RiverAveBlues
Search RAB
Yankees News from YESNetwork.com
- Report: Yankees acquire Fernando Martinez from Houston
- Dodgers-Yankees rained out, doubleheader set
- Yankees put 1B Mark Teixeira back on disabled list
- Two Charleston RiverDogs pitchers added to SAL All-Star Game
- Mattingly excited for return to the Bronx
- Sabathia steps up for Yankees in West Coast finale against Angels
- No new tears in right wrist for Mark Teixeira
- Angels send Yankees to fifth straight loss, 6-2
- Mark Teixeira leaves Saturday's game in fourth inning
- Wilson pitches Angels to 5-2 win over Yankees
Banner Design By
The Tyler Austin Watch
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVrSZHnvYY
What’s the plan to give Granderson rest? I feel like every other regular has had a day off or a turn at DH at least.
I recognize that he’s a huge part of the team offensively and defensively, but isn’t that all the more reason to not run him into the ground?
Obviously I know we don’t have the answers, but has anybody hear anything from Girardi about this?
Standing in grass and striking out for 3 hours a day is tough work. Poor grandyman!
Do you ever get tired of being a stupid asshole?
This is actually a different one in the same mold.
Well, I hope so. Mike knows.
No – I’m the same person. Too lazy to change my iphone screenname.
Wow. Personal attack. Is this allowed on this site?
Why do you get so angry when someone puts things in proper perspective?
So no, you don’t get tired of being a stupid asshole? Good to know.
Dewayne Wise and Jayson Nix…yeesh.
Also probably the first time two players with a Y in their names batted back to back
Mickey mantle and yogi berra?
Mark mcGuyre and josey canseyco???
Ooh, Ooh! Clay Bellinger & Ricky Ledee?
I have loved all over the place
But you have got my favorite face
Your eyelashes sparkle like gilded grass
And your lips are sweet and slippery like a cherub’s bare wet ass
‘Cause you’re a human SUPERNOVA
A solar superman
You’re an angel with wings of fire
A flying, giant friction blast
Cool story, bro
A 2nd game for Teixera sends quite a message. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him sit again tomorrow. Joe is finally doing the right thing by benching Teix. The cold is a convenient excuse but the players know what’s going on. Hopefully he’ll clear his head and come back like Jorgie did last year.
Sends a teix message.
You realize that you’re pulling all this out of your ear right? I mean, we’ve heard nothing that even suggests this.
And you can call that a cold if you want but, having had it before, it is to colds what a paper cut is to losing a finger.
You really have to wonder about Girardi’s baseball IQ sometimes (every day). I can’t think of any reason why DeWayne Wise would ever be in the lineup over Andruw Jones except for the fact that Girardi is an absolute slave to the platoon advantage, even when it means putting a far inferior hitter in the lineup.
Gotta love it, a month ago people were screaming to call Wise up when Gardner got hurt. Now that he’s called up, it obviously shows that Girardi is an idiot that he’s playing.
Awesome response that literally adds nothing.
Wise should have been called up to be the BACKUP outfielder. Now he’s starting in place of a superior hitter because, you guessed it, Joe Girardi is an awful, awful manager.
So Wise should be in the lineup over Jones because…???
He’s got more speed, he’s better with the glove, he’s left handed and as much as you hate to believe it Jones was pitiful against RHP last year. like .172/.303/.406 bad. And I’m sorry, my response might have “added nothing” but what did your comment add?
You only think you’re right in your own mind I suppose. In the real world, DeWayne Wise is a well below average hitter against any and every pitcher he faces. Andruw Jones is a superior hitter and I don’t think that can be disputed.
And by that I mean Jones has a better wOBA and better wRC+ (and in some cases by a wide margin) versus RHP than Wise has against pitchers who throw with any hand.
On what planet is Wise a better fielder than Jones? The difference certainly isn’t substantial enough that it can be proven… that’s for sure.
Bottom line: Jones > Wise
On what planet is Wise a better fielder than Jones?
Every. Wise is a very good defensive outfielder. It’s the only thing he does remotely well on a baseball field.
I never said he wasn’t good but where is the advantage to playing him over Jones?? I don’t see one defensively and I certainly don’t see one offensively as I’ve already discussed.
If you aren’t seeing any difference defensively then you’re watching tapes from ’99.
And offensively, Jones hasn’t been much to write home about so far. I love the guy, but lets not pretend that he’s been raking. Wise won’t do much, but its not a huge drop off.
Who has a ring that you dont have
Girardi was definitely NOT the reason the Yankees won.
They didn’t win it in spite of him though. I might not agree with all his on the field decisions, but he can take a bunch of scrap heap/no names and build a league leading bull pen better than anybody.
I agree, but he’s really made some head scratching moves in the playoffs every year. I don’t like the narritave of “he’s won a ring – he’s a good manager” that some people seem to think.
When people say that I just say Ozzie Guillen has won a ring.
Not the primary reason. But to give Girardi no credit at all is stupid and very belittling.
I’m sorry, I thought this was going to start a nice back and forth, not me being right, proving you wrong, and you no longer commenting…
Your first response didn’t add anything.
I don’t agree with Navarone – but wanting them to call Wise up a month ago, and saying he shouldn’t be playing over a certain player are NOT contradictory statements.
Not to mention that everyone wanted Wise up so Ibanez wouldn’t need to play in the field so often and Nunez wasn’t the fourth outfielder. People around here seem so eager to argue with trolls they just assume anyone that has anything to say that they don’t agree with is a moron.
But c’mon man – its just one game. Jones hasn’t exactly been used to an everyday role for years. There could be more at play than the pitcher’s handedness.
Jones’ OPS vs RHP 2010/2011/2012:
.781/.709/.522
Agree that Girardi can be a little rote when it comes to these things, but it’s not like the platoon advantage isn’t real and drastic.
Girardi bats Ibanez against lefties.
Except this isn’t true. He has all of 12 ABs against lefties in 40 games. Which are mostly from relievers taking over or maybe from when both Gardner and Swisher were hurt.
The facts aren’t with you on this one.
Also, you just said Girardi is an “absolute slave” to the platoon advantage. Which is it?
Does it get any worse in major league baseball then Martin, Wise and Nix? So much for a circular lineup, this looks more like a bad NL lineup. They are hitting .167 .133 .133 lol
Anyone catch Nova just pushing against his rib cage, like he was feeling muscle tightness or something?
Ummm, no. : -)
Hoping he was just stretching a little on the early pitches, but yeah, the fact that it’s on the side where he had the leg injury is concerning. I’m sure the Yankees noticed it if we did. Haven’t seen the first batter.
That’s impossible. He’s a real man. Remember when he threw at Bautista and everyone thought he was a cool guy?
Nova and grabbed for his back/hip on the right side three times already. That’s the leg side he sprained.
Gottahand it to Granderson…he is our iron man
He’s going to need a day eventually though. I think the best bet would be to DH him, and put Wise in center. LF Jones, CF Wise, RF Ibanez.
Makes sense. Unless they can hold off tip Gardner is activated. But your scenario seems most logical.
Agree, but the problem is that the starting LFer hurt and the starting RFer is playing 1B because the starting 1B forgot how to hit.
Not a good stolen base by Stubbs. basically allowed the yanks to walk Votto
Ha, that’s why I had no problem with it.
Worked so far.
Nova does not look comfortable at all. Warm up the bullpen
In the first inning, it’s not as dumb. Get runners on early. Later in the game if it’s tight – yes, that logic would applym
Sorry. Wrong reply. This was to your above comment.
No one on the team looks comfortable.
How come the Yankees never follow up their two walks with a bloop single?
Six swings and misses for Nova that inning
Also two walks and 30 pitches…
Got out of it with little damage. He’ll settle down. And the offense is ready to bust out one of these games, might be today.
I hope so, but I have a feeling it won’t until Gardner gets back. The bottom third of the order now is brutal.
Derek take 2 strikes please.
Almost counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Should have taken the 2nd strike.
Damn you Jay Bruce!!!
Damn, that was annoying.
Kay owes Clint Eastwood royalties now.
Over or Under. Times the Yankees will miss a HR by a foot.
3 times I meant. Over or under.
Tex should cough up the $90+ million is owed for the next four+ years while he is at it.
He won a WS, so it’s all worth it. Right, guys?
I cherish Tex’s 2009 season.
I know the Yankees are taking less walks but maybe pitchers just aren’t giving them up. Pitchers these last couple of years pitch in the strike zone. Maybe it’s less about the Yankees lack of discipline and more about pitchers attacking the strikezone.
There should be some way to find out, although I’m not the one to do it.
I guess the answer can be found in the overall walk rate in MLB. Has it been going down? The Yankees low walk rate seems to have shown up only this year. I’m sure Tex’s issues, and the loss of Gardner, and replacing Posada with Ibanez are all pieces of the puzzle.
From BRef, the BB/9 for both leagues:
2012 – 3.2
2011 – 3.1
2010 – 3.3
2009 – 3.5
2008 – 3.4
5 Ks. That’s pretty cool. If the Yankees weren’t losing, it would be exciting.
It’s a very weird season for Nova as his strikeouts are through the roof but he’s also getting hammered.
Leary’s gettin’ rich today.
It’s funny. The sabermetric types were sure Nova would have a regression since he doesn’t strike out enough batters. Now he’s striking out batters, but he’s not as effective. Spreadsheet baseball.
Troll
Thank you. I’ve been trying to get my troll game going, but failing.
Nova’s BABIP is up 97 points, his groundball rate is down 7 percent, and he’s giving up HRs 10 percent more than last season. Those things don’t cancel out a better K rate.
I meant they do cancel it out. Sorry.
boversimplification
I feel like Nova’s still trying to figure himself out. Nova seems confident and hardworking but he’s still a young kid learning the ropes. He’ll go through his growing pains. I think he has to do a better job of reading bats, pitching smarter, and focusing on each pitch instead of getting ahead of himself.
wow that’s kind of impressive. I mean don’t get me wrong, 2 runs in 2 innings…not great, but 6Ks through 2?
Even Pettitte struck out nine. The Reds are a bunch of hackers. Dustyball.
well the run in the second was due to shit defense, but i guess there is a lot of that for the yankees
Can a pitcher strike out 20 and lose 7-1?
He’d be out of the game if he gave up 7 runs.
Fascinating watching what the reds are doing. They get a runner on base then they get a hit to get that runner home. The Yankees should take notes.
They make it look so easy, don’t they?
They’re too busy playing with their checkbooks to play ball.
John and Suzyn insist on calling him Abanez
Homer Bailey, another in a long line of mediocre pitchers that dominated the Yankees..
True story – when Phil Hughes was considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Homer Bailey was considered to be better.
Yeah, John and Suzyn were talking about how they are basically the same story.
correction: through 2 innings
well at least the bottom of the order should be able to work the count a bit
hahahaha
Well first of all everyone is swinging at bad pitches and making outs early. He’s not exactly dominating but he’s definitely taking advantage of the Yankees over eagerness at the plate.
Votto has looked terrible in this series. He’s like me trying to hit in MLB 12 The Show.
I haven’t played it yet, is the hitting interface any different than 11?
I didn’t play 11, but it seems different from 10. I could play 10 without wanting to throw things, whereas 12 is just maddening.
I never played 10, did that use the analog stick for swinging? Because 11 did, and I’m sure 12 does too. It’s maddening, but as soon as you get the timing down it’s so fun.
I think 11 was the first version with analog hitting.
Like I said, it takes some getting used to, but use it, once it clicks, and it just will click one day, you’ll wonder how you were never able to do it. Be warned, it’s hard to go back and play an older version after you get used to it.
Maybe Nova can set a new MLB record for strikeouts, losing 9-0. I really don’t want to see that, although…
Who scored the other seven runs? Did I miss an inning?
A non strikeout out? Bullshit!
Boy if the Yankees were an NL team they’d win 100+ games annually.
They won 97 games in the AL East last year, and are reguarly around 95, so yeah, I’m sure they would. That said, they probably wouldn’t be quite as good. The competition creates the dynamic. Teams getting better to beat the Yankees, the Yankees in kind pushing to get better to maintain their edge.
Not having a DH might cost them a win or two.
And maybe they wouldn’t invest in soon-to-be washed up players with the thought of ‘well we can just DH him in a few years’.
Goodness the Reds are bad.
8 Ks in 3 innings is just really, really cool. Yankee record is 18, by Guidry.
This is Ivan Nova’s salute to Kerry Wood’s career.
*Anxiously awaits Nova tearing his elbow*
Nova with 13 swings and misses so far. Verlander had 18 last night.
Doesn’t it suck that instead if fully enjoying this, all you can think about is :
A. Nova’s pitch count
B. How the hell are we gonna get 2 runs much less3?
Ha. As I say that….
1/2 and 1/3 of the way there my friend.
Too many home runs
RUSS
Yankee Stadium Special!
Russ isn’t gonna work no counts.
i knew he wouldn’t be taking pitches
TEH BUTTOM THIRD IZ HORRIBBLE!!!!!
Bottom and middle.
The only Yankees that don’t suck are CC, Jeter, Cano, and Grandy….
And DeWayne Wise.
Raul Ibanez, Alex Rodriquez, and Nick Swisher all say hi.
Ugly, choker, can’t hit good pitching.
Goodafternoongoodeveningandgoodnight.
I feel bad that people here will have less to whine about now.
I’m getting laid off in less than 5 weeks and I hate my job as it is and I hate going to it every day because it means I can’t just sit at home watching movies and sports and sleeping and playing in the yard with the dog and everything else.
Is that good enough?
I can’t get it hard…because of my drinking problem…because my wife left me…because I got angry…because of my horrible cable service.
Don’t get angry at your cable service.
I always feel sorry for the guy who loses everything in Vegas.
Not so much the guy who gets his house blown up.
Martin coming out of his funk would be a real help.
Martin had a mustache? Yea, I’m sure that was the reason for his slump.
Russel Fartin shows muscle at last!
First two hits by the bottom of the lineup. How about that.
hits are coming, I like it!
awesome… as soon as they do something right they have to shit all over the field..
the fuck was that? And even worse, he’s hurt? Yikes.
Seems like Yankees get killed on the base paths. Gonna need to ask Axisa to do some digging and see if they are worse than most teams. Sure seems that way.
They run themselves out of so many big innings that it’s pathetic.
That was a stupid steal. Nix is Texiera slow and the Reds were clearly expecting it.
hit and run, Jeter swung through a pitch in the middle of the plate… bad job by the Captain
But he’s going to hit .450 this year!!
Rose, Bench, Morgan, Foster, Thurman.
I hate the radio, what’s the question?
What was the question?
“Name some old dudes, Suzyn.”
The 1976 Reds and Yankees had a total a 5 different players who won an MVP. Name them.
You’re answer looks right, I don’t know the name Foster though.
George Foster.
George Foster. Hit 51 home runs one year, then signed with the Mets as a free agent and was a bust.
Actually got traded for 3 nobodies. But, yea, his effective years were over then. That’s what happens when you trade for a guy in his mid-30′s.
I looked it up. I screwed up the number of homers, too, it was 52. He got traded but it was one of those things where there was no trade unless he agreed to a contract with the Mets. He did, and became, briefly, the highest paid player in the majors.
Screwed up again–second highest, behind Dave Winfield with the Yanks.
Some guy who hit 52 HRs one year and drove in 149 runs when those were scary good numbers. Actually, those are always scary good numbers.
Ha, I’d sign up for those numbers split between two players in a line up.
Yeah, and he hit 40 the next year to lead the league again. His high in HRs for the Mets was 28, though.
http://www.baseball-reference......g_standard
Okay. I think you got it.
Morgan and Bench both won MVPs, no? Munson…
that’s some impressive pitching… very nice Nova
This was the game that Coney was talking about. It’s pretty amazing how accurately he remembers it.
http://www.baseball-reference......0060.shtml
38 swings and misses. lol
I keep thinking they need to give Jeter a day or two off, let him get his swing back.
But then I realize the same could be said for half the team, and you can’t really field enough guys to play the game that way.
What they needed was to field a younger team that doesnt need 2 days off per week
too many weak grounders..
Sterling, I am going to kill you.
I’ll help hide the body.
I’ll help saw it into little pieces if that helps in hiding.
Absolutely. If yo chop him at every major joint, then cut the body into quarters…we’ll be golden.
damn, just missed.. cant catch a freaking break
Too much warning track power from the Yankees this year. I’m sure it’s just my perception based on frustration.
Mine too. I can’t remember so many balls caught at the wall.
WTF!!!!! Is the ball not carrying at all this year at YS3 or what?!!
Too many balls die at the warning track lately. Its time to move the outfield wall in a bit.
Man, these balls are dying today.
What’s the deal with Chapman? did they really spend all that money to make him a set up man?
Pretty sure he was supposed to start this season but needed to move him to the pen due to injuries
Devils-Rangers still scoreless 7 minutes into 2nd. Both Lundquist and Brodeur playing icredible games.
uh….*incredible*
Devils are dominating though. Rangers need a spark or a lucky bounce.
Stop talking about athletes! This is a baseball site!
RauF
VOLDEMORT!!!
All hail Lord Voldemort!!!
Brilliant. Just keep figuring out ways to score runs before they get into scoring postion!
MUahhahaha.
Raul!!!!!!!!! And people wanted Damon.
I remember when all the cool kids said he’d be released by May 1st.
Spring training means everything. Watch out for the Blue Jays…
In all fairness, no one predicted this. He was suppose to be more like Randy Winn than Marcus Thames
Sterling: The relay is not going to be made! It is made!
LOL
still no risp, but ibanez was able to make up for his defense there
Yay for runs via non homerun hits!
damn, just imagine where this team would be without Ibanez.. gotta give Cashman props for this move
I’m actually shocked the Yankees have 21 hits with RISP this month.
good to see Swisher in full playoff choker mode
Best pitch to swing at was the first pitch Swish.
honest question, have the yankees ever had a streak of risp fail this bad? 3 for 50 or whatever it is
They said they’ve had one every year since 2006 during the pregame.
So you’re telling me that every Yankee team, at least, in the past six years had gone through a period were they slumped? Poppy-cock!! We’re the worst Yankee team ever.
I’d like to retort and say I suffered through 1990, but I really didn’t. I stopped rooting for them once they traded Winfield.
I was 4-12 months old through 1990 lol.
YS3 is 10th most HR friendly so far this year.
Really? There are nine more homer friendly ball parks in baseball? Don’t tell NESPN, they won’t believe you. Remember, the Yankees play in a little league ball park?
Only 10th?
Kay please shut up. Nova will not get 20 strikeouts.
The Reds think they’re sooooo cool.
Votto is so going yard.
shitty play Alex… another out not made by our D
I’d also like to know how efficient this team is at turning the double play. Where can I look up stuff like that?
That’d be tough, because according to the official field scoring rules, you cannot assume the double play. I’m sure there are at least writers who keep track of it, but who knows.
Well I guess it would have to be DP turned relative to the league… but that wouldn’t really tell the whole story. Not many groundball artists on this team.
we really need a GB here
nevermind that…game over
Its over? Man, my radio is in the 5th. wtf is wrong with it?
We must be stuck in the past…
Shouldn’t have pitched to him.
LOL. Maybe Nova will hit him in his next at bat, since he’s a real cool guy.
A 1-1 slider inside to Joey Votto? I’m not sure about that pitch selection.
Kept pitching to him inside. Are they insane? Want a DP, go offspeed down and away not inside off-speed.
Could just feel that coming. I was hoping I was wrong.
Another YS3S.
in other parks it would have been a double in the gap that would’ve scored two runs.. also the stadium is the same size for both teams, unfortunately the Yankees offense sucks
Yea, I’m well aware. I referred to Martin’s HR the same way.
Nova sucks.
Oh good! Another strike out! Cool!
Argh. We give up way too many homers. So fucking frustrating…
yay for 11 Ks and 5 runs in 5 innings (in 90 pitches)!! fittingly mediocre for this team
Yeeaaahh, aside from Pettitte, our starting pitching sucks.
CC?
Sucks for that amount of money.
Crap. Forgot about him. Alright, aside from CC and Pettitte, our SP sucks.
Although, I actually really like Nova. So, I guess it’s just Hughs and whoever our other pitcher is (IDK who it is. I haven’t been following the Yanks too closely this season).
CC definitely blows
And in other news the Rangers have no clue how to score a goal.
In their defense, Brodeur’s playing like he’s 30 years old. Both teams missing a bunch of open nets.
I’ve seen the Rangers whiff on the puck on the few decent chances they’ve had. Yeah, Brodeur is playing great but the Rangers really don’t take the kind of shots other teams take.
Ivan Nova has replaced Eduardo Nunez as candidate for The Most Interesting Man in the World.
I have no idea how to assess him.
His fastball is eminently hittable and he leaves it up in the zone. His slider is N A S T Y.
And there you just saw a hard luck sequence with a GB up the middle, bunt single and then a hanging pitch to the one guy you really don’t want to hang a pitch to.
The Rangers fuck up scoring chances almost as good as the Yankees.
I wonder if this game will be enough to convince Michael Kay that just because you have a winning record it doesn’t mean you’re pitching well.
Nova’s been an utter disaster.
sigh……..
We seriously need to start a cloning program and clone CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte.
Are clones apart of the contract, or do you have to sign them separately?
Clones have no rights?
Clones do; replicants don’t.
Another potential problem, if we do successfully clone them, at what point of the clone’s maturity does it come into existence? Is it a baby? Is it fully matured? Could we use Andy’s DNA to get a 25 year old Andy?
They did clone CC. Didn’t work out so well. They lost Montero.
More warning track balls.
Is Dusty pissed off that nobody managed to get down a sacrifice bunt in that inning?
NIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This team is frustrating as hell. Even wins like yesterday are cringe worthy. Our rotation is full of meatball hurlers and our offense is full of homer happy chokers.
How is Sparky Anderson walking to the mound and saying “man, he’s really something, that guy can flat out hit” a backhanded compliment?
Kay is annoying. Again. Can’t even get his stories straight. The two quotes from Anderson were unrelated.
Kay is like an old grandpa, he constantly tells a story forgetting that he’s already told it, he always misquotes people, and he changes details of stories at his will.
A tip o the cap to Homer!
Why is Christian Bale on my screen?
Is that ever a problem? Christian Bale is the man.
I would like a word with you.
I’ve got two words for you Chuck. Avada Kedavra.
Expendables 2 will be rated PG-13 because Chuck doesn’t appear in movies where foul language is used.
But all kinds of violence is still A-OK, just remember that.
True story. I was originally cast in Harry Potter, but then they cut me realizing Lord Voldemort would be dead by the end of the first hour. Too much money lost.
I was just perplexed.
haha, was it ever explained?
GIVE ME A FUCKING ANSWER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrvMTv_r8sA
Always worth a listen.
hahahahah i’m dieing listening to this. This guy should be taken out and shot, and not with a camera. What an incredible douche bag.
Get that face off my screen
Generous scoring. That was an error.
Totally.
It used to be that if he got a glove on it then it was an error.
Now we need a DeWayne Wise solo shot next time through the order.
Curtis is on pace for 175 K’s. I know “strikeouts are just another kind of out,” and that he struck out a lot last year too, but damn.
Seriously. He’s a centerfield version of Ryan Howard, for every homerun he hits he’ll strikeout 3 times. If we were to let someone go I’d rather let Grandy go (either by trade or FA) and focus on signing Swish, Cano and possibly Hamels.
But he doesn’t play 1B. He plays CF… and a pretty good one at that. Centerfielders that hit 40 home runs don’t grow on trees. He also walks a TON which helps negate the harm of his high strikeout rate. His speed and patience are why I would lock him up before Cano.
I love Curtis. Strikeouts are just a frustrating thing to watch. Ted Williams would tell him to change the approach with two strikes.
Seriously? Do people actually pay attention to how players make outs? Strikeouts vs. fly balls to the OF? So 1970s.
Settle down.
I don’t agree that strikeouts are just another form of an out. Strikeouts don’t advance runners. They don’t force fielders to make a play.
Strikeouts are boring… and besides that they’re fascist.
“Joey VOE-doe”
John Sterling, always looking for his own way to pronounce things.
He only started doing it during/after the home run call…I was confused.
He loves pronouncing things his own way. I think it’s his love of the theatre.
Remember “Juan Guhn-ZOLL-eez?”
Haha, I love/hate the man.
My saw is at the ready.
We kill him first, then cut at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, pelvis, knees and ankles. Then cut along the sternum and through the center of the core. We then divide the body into seven small packages and spread it in garbages/dumpsters around the city and northern NJ.
No I’m not a sociopath or psychopath. I swear.
Good idea. Similar to 90% of all U.S. dollar bills have cocaine residue, 90% of dumpsters in NJ have body-part remnants. No one will suspect it’s Sterling.
Hate it when I forget to switch my name back.
Hahaha, yes!
Ok, let’s keep chipping.
What’s that?
Nova at 101 or so. One more inning from him?
If we’re still losing, let him go batter to batter. If we’re winning by a small margin/tied…i guess go to the pen, idk who, maybe Phelps, If we blow it open and the offense wakes up in a big way, sure. Let him finish the 7th lol
Why do I keep getting the feeling that Tex would’ve done well if he played this series?
Yeah, that’s what everyone was clamoring for.
And John Sterling with a “clogging the bases” line!
What a magnificent day.
Um. I’m sorry but the Reds aren’t this good. Yankees are just sucking monkey balls right now.
And the Rangers find a way!!!!!!!
John and Suzyn are trying so hard to twist this into a good start for Nova. Even they can’t do it.
Which is progress, of a sort.
He didn’t allow eight runs! SUCCESS!
He pitched better than Kuroda!
Yankeeography time!
So…Nova, what the fuck.
By the way folks, just in case any of you are planning to go shopping on 125th Street, all stores are closed in honor of Malcom X’s birthday.
Continue on.
So Russell Martin probably isn’t going to be on the 2013 Yankees. Although he plays good D, he has been a no show at the plate and frankly we have Romine and other guys waiting in the wings who will play for the league minimum.
I like how this Reds pitcher is named “Homer”. Reminds me of that golfer named “Duffy”. I guess if he were a basketball player, his name would be “Missed Free Throw”?
If there is someone in the draft named Slugger I want the Yankees to go all in.
Crap RISP. No chance to score runs now.
RISP with Jason Nix hitting actually requires the Yankees to give back one of their runs scored today.
If Nix had rolled into a double pay, I would’ve flipped a shit!
I wouldn’t have just because it would’ve been so predictable.
Clutch hit by the Captain. It’s time.
This whole RISP fiasco has evolved from maddening and frustrating to ridiculous.
I thought it came to a head last night with all the bases loaded opportunities. But it’s continued today.
what a surprise… another RISP out… overpaid chokers
RI$P
Yankees should hire David Cone as a scout. His analytic skills and eye for talent are great.
Based on what, exactly?
Based on not being Cashman, who sucks major balls when it comes to pitching evaluation.
half kidding
I just think he’s great at analyzing talent. Plus he was a pitcher Mike. Ex-players=scouts.
No. This is a court of law. Everything that’s typed here is testimony under oath.
Opinions aren’t allowed.
Cashman played college baseball. Cone didn’t play college ball. Ipso facto. Next.
GUH.
So we gotta win it in the 9th, because we’re not scoring in the 8th.
Wut?
Exactly
I’m so excited.
I’m so…scared.
I hope that after the next off day the next three games are rained out. This team needs time to figure itself out.
It’s gotten to the point where I leave the room when there are RISP. Better for my blood pressure.
FARG!
RISP fail…something has to be done and soon. We will be 5.5. games out after this.
SIGN REGGIE JACKSON!
Oh, and fire Martin.
5.5 in back of the ORIOLES! I don’t think the face that it’s the Orioles can be over stated. Do you really think the Orioles are for real?
They’re certainly improved this year, that much is obvious I would think. All it does is make winning the division that much tougher.
They are better, but I don’t think they’re playoff contenders.
they cant go through a whole play without crapping all over themselves… great catch and then a brain fart and shitty throw
Running in circles comes to mind regarding the Yankees.
I wonder if our thinking that Ivan Nova is a quality starting pitcher might be a bit premature
so if a guy is good for a year, it’s to soon to judge him, but if he has a handful of bad starts to start his sophomore season, it’s the perfect time to do so?
That’s why I said “I wonder”
Especially since we seem to still be hovering at .500 in the middle of May and the heat is beginning to rise, literally and figuratively.
This game, if we lose is on the pitcher, not on the offense.
Or whoever wanted Nova to throw off-speed inside to Votto with runners on base.
That would be Russell Martin, who has had a horrible season, despite the homer today.
Cardinal rule of pitching: don’t make a mistake inside. Outside mistakes end up singles. Inside mistakes leave the yard. Maybe it works differently in the NL West.
I disagree, our offense averages more than 3 runs a game, therefore we should expect them to score more than 3 runs a game.
Recently, though?
offense and defense all contributed. Nothing was good today.
Chapman in. Yikes.
Why couldn’t Chapman come in during a Yankee win, or at least us being in the lead? I’ve been excited to see him, but now I’m nervous he’s just going to blow through us.
Ya this one is over now. He is going to eat them up.
Nah, I think we can hit the closer, I think it’s going to take a little luck to hit Chapman though.
I hope so. This guy is ridiculous.
He hit 105 this season?! That’s ridiculous!
He hit 105 in 2010. 101 this season.
Still, stupid fast.
Tru dat
Not these inane arguments again.
A starting pitcher is almost always more valuable than a relief pitcher. That’s just a matter of innings pitched. 180 quality innings is better than 70, plain and simple.
To play devils advocate(because I actually agree with you) a relief pitcher can effect 50-60 games a year where as a starter can only effect 30-33
Sabathia faced about a thousand batters last season. David Robertson less than three hundred.
I know, like I said I was just playing devil’s advocate, and came up with the only argument I could think of. yeah, it was a terrible argument…but that’s because it’s wrong.
Tip o’ the cap, y’all.
How can his 105 be considered a record?
I have no idea. But that’s still INSANE!!!
I know it’s insane. The dude throws hard. I’ll just quibble when someone declares something a record when there are no consistent standards. Is that average speed? Out of hand?
Out of hand. I learned from Gameday that the radar reading showed on the board and on tv is the out of hand speed because the by the time it’s crossing the plate even the hardest fastball has lost 5-8mph
Right, exactly, altough I thought the newer Pitch/FX system used an average speed? It probably does both, and they show the higher number for impact.
Yet it gets back to my question about “who is declaring it a record?” Oddly, I just touched on this last night. Nolan Ryan was recorded at 100.9 ten feet in front of home plate. It was a highly accurate reading down by Rockwell using a doppler laser radar system. That equates to 108.1 mph out of hand.
Wow…that’ impressive.
105? 108? I know one thing for sure. I ain’t hitting it!
When Nolan was pitching the mound was higher, so chances are the velocity would be higher as well. Chapman on a 12 inch mound would presumably be much higher
tip your cap robbie… swung at ball 4 and swung through a pitch that couldnt be more straight or down the middle..
Yankees are like the Giants last year in terms of RISP fail.
Sterling just told me Cano swung at ball 4.
YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT?
I love the tip of the cap statement. Polite way of saying “one sucks”.
That Chapman dude is fucking brutal.
This may be premature, frustration or both….but
Simply put, this team is not as good as advertised.
Blame it on injuries, blame it on age, blame it on whatever you want. This team is going nowhere fast…..
Marshall is very hittable. Just can’t chaseanything down.
At least get the tying run to the plate.
By the way, did you say first place by June 15th? Just confirming the claim
RAUUUUL! Now let’s score some runs!
No home runs swings swish
Atta boy
3-51 w RISP.
Witness!!!!!
4-52!
Voldemort+Garbage time =D
yay
Oh, that stupid error by Phelps…
That only matters if the Yankees score again here. It was a 1 run error
It was a zero-run error. Phelps had a chance to get out of the inning allowing nothing even after the error.
Having a two-run lead can change the ways hitters and pitchers approach an inning.
Here’s hoping it doesn’t matter, in a good way…
thats our C! thanks Martin!
It’s alright Russ you’ll get a hit next week.
What are you waiting for there Martin? That broke right over the plate.
They keep talking about Yankee “magic”. Don’t they realize the “magic” wasn’t magic at all. It was a bunch guys that fought for everything that came to them. It was a team that, flat-out, knew they were going to beat you. They played all 9 innings, all 27 outs and many times were rewarded for that determination.
Unfortunately, those teams are loooooooong gone
So you’re saying that Jones doesn’t care about getting a hit here?
No, I just don’t believe in magic!! LOL
I know, I hate these Yankees that go home after seven and a third.
Narrative controls reality. Doomed.
DIAF ump
This closer dude’s got a nasty curve.
Those don’t look like strikes. I guess blue has things to do.
ANDRUUUUUUUUUUW!
That curveball is ridiculous. It doesn’t start breaking until after your brain says “not a strike.”
Looks like he should have stuck with it.
So…I know nobody wants to hear this, but Swisher means nothing at third, and Jones could be rolled up into a DP…bunt?
We only have two outs. I don’t want to give up one.
I don’t want to give up both on one swing.
They need all the chances they could get right now. Marshall’s much more likely to get one out after the bunt than roll a GIDP.
I’m assuming Teixeira is dead.
Have you seen him this season? I wouldn’t pinch hit him.
Last position he wants to be in right now
no PH? really?
Have you seen Tex recently?
There’s no one to PH with…
Just start passing the baton boys
I’m so sorry I doubted you Jayson
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex who?
Please no DP Captain.
all up to capt groundout now… please no DP
Jayson Dix lolz
This would be such a UUUUGE win. The kind of win you can point to during a season and say, “That’s where they broke out of it.”
Just remember: this is not a playoff team.
They don’t play all nine innings.
They don’t have heart!
That was a clear lack of situational hitting.
They’re not emotionally invested in the game.
Very true. A statement win. Even more so now then the 9 run comeback.
I agree because they really snapped out of their RISP funk in the blink of an eye. They need to cap it off with a win though…
Again he should have stuck with that curve.
A smart move by Dusty Baker! I didn’t know he had it in him.
Anything but a GIDP, Cap’n.
For some reason I thought Chapman was the closer. Glad he’s gone.
Shaping up for huge disappointment.
Prove me wrong, Yankees.
As long as Capn doesnt Gidp we winA
I’m scared.
Anything but an out.
Captain Clutch
He was out. Haha
Good lord. Thank you Nix for the slide.
Hah, he tried to GIDP on the first pitch.
lol
DAMNIT DEREK TAKE A PITCH!!!!!!!!!!!
seriously, so predictable… fucking DJ… thankfully the ump like us
I knew Jete would swing at the 1st pitch. Jesus he’s become predictable.
damn it jeter.
sheesh
The fuck was that Jeter.
Wow, that was very expected and then very unexpected.
We’re winning.
a passed ball is their only hope for a run. come on passed ball!!!
WHY….OH WHY….Do you swing at the 1st pitch there?
Dinner reservations?
3 straight balls, Jeter. Good thing you bailed him out
Night night, Grandy
Good swing Curtis!
Damn.
welll…that was… anticlimactic.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
FACK!!
cant quite do it… awful ABs by Granderson and Jeter to end the game.. fitting that the overpaid chokers lose this one
Destined for 4th place. Maybe last if the O’s are for real. Good job, Wankees.
Go fucking figure.
What a pathetic ending. Win one, lose one. Win two, lose three. This is an 82-80 ballclub right now.
you can erase the “right now”
Let’s bet on it.
I blame Phelps.
This game is why I am a negative person. It’s easier to handle disappointment when you’re always expecting it. It also makes the good moments fun and memorable.
Oh that second half in 2009…
Last place no later than Wednesday and will remain there until further notice…..
Welcome back to earth Derek, you pick a shitty time to do so.
That is the Yankees season in a nut shell. Not enough to make it matter. As Bill Parcell said, “you are what your record says you are.” This team is not a playoff team right now and there are no signs of improvement coming. 2013 can’t come soon enough.
2013? Wake me up in ten years. This team is done for a few years. Overrated farm system, won’t spend money, worst manager in baseball, moron GM, etc.
That’s just stupid. You’re worse than a Mets fan.
Just fucking pissed off. Let me vent. But I do hate Girardi. I meant that.
Ozzie Giullen and Bobby V both say hi.
Nah, they had a bad week in mid-May. They’re done for a few years.
It has been spoken!
Last week, we were set to take first. One back week later the Yanks are doomed for the next decade.
TRADE EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
/duh innings’d
Haha, “I hate Mark Teixeira, and think he’s garbage, but another team will definitely take him.”
“Sell high Grandy and Cano for Lahair and Tony Campana! We get our ‘rookie first baseman’ and the fastest all around outfielder in the MLB!!!!!!!!!11!!!!11!!!
Yeah Jesus Christ. Bobby V and Ozzie Guillen still have jobs. I mean I at least I think they’ll make the playoffs but get bounced in the first round.
The season is about on par with where they were in 2009.
Every team wins at least 50, and loses at least 50; the 62 other games are what matters. I just hope this wasn’t one of those 62.
Lets win the series tomorrow.
Flawed comparison, in 2009 they had Cody Ranson instead of Alex Rodriguez playing third base for all of April, and Teixeira had an awesome May-September left in him. They also had a competent AJ Burnett and CC Sabathia hadn’t gotten started by this point either. Of course they still can win the World Series, but at this point Texas looks just about unstoppable and Nova’s faltering…still not sold on Hughes either.
Texas is 12-13 in their last 25 games and at this point last year they were planning parades in Boston and Philadelphia.
Sorry, 13-13 in their last 26. Missed yesterday’s game.
Isn’t Josh Hamilton still the man and Yu Darvish still shitting on kids?
Maybe it is a changing of the guard in the AL East. Boston and New York both look old and crappy. If not for the Red Sox utter clusterfuck to start the season, the Yankees would be sitting in last place.
Too little, too late. The Yankee way.
shitty last place team.. will be under .500 in no time
Then stop watching the team for the good of everyone else.
Here comes the trolls
Nothing to do with so-called Yankee magic, but everything to do with metal. They showed a little metal this afternoon but this team cannot put a clean game together…
Not like they did it yesterday?
Bases loaded, 0 outs and you get nothing……constitutes a f$ck up
Win … constitutes not a fuck up.
Seriously, you’re not satisfied with the win? You’re mad they didn’t win your way? Talk about spoiled Yankees fans.
Mike, you don’t know me from Adam, so don’t label as a spoiled fan.
You have been writing day in and day out about there woes w/RISP. That is what I was referring to. Nothing to do with wins or losses. Everything to do with this team getting some confidence at the dish when guys are waiting to score
I agree with you. They won the game, but in the end their RISP failures continued, and in fact, were highlighted by that game. They won in spite of those failures. They can’t expect to win many games during a 3-50 (or whatever it is) RISP slump.
Oh so wins only count if you don’t make any mistakes?
They actually scored but the ump took it away to motivate Pettitte. Those umps, they’re always helping us out.
Sincerly,
Look at things in a better light, dude.
Don’t miscontrue what I am saying here. When I stated a “clean game” I certainly wasn’t referring to wins and losses. Merely, a cleanly played game. Well pitched, no errors, good baserunning, timely hitting. Just a good clean game (not win)…..
So, if they score when loaded/0 outs (but don’t score three quick runs in the eight), that equals a clean game?
Point being…timing is everything in preception, and extended poor timing is reality. However, they stayed the course and had QAB’s in the eight versus just folding tent. I do feel that sometimes they fold tent (Sept Sunday road games), but I don’t see that here.
OK, man. you win
moving on….
What kind of metal? Iron, Copper?
If it brings them together…my monies on galvanized.
If it was our 3-4-5 hitters…cold rolled steel.
If Ozzie managed…hot rolled steel.
Yea, you do realize the word you’re looking for is “mettle,” not “metal,” right?
Damon, Melky, and Matsui. I have spoken.
Are you saying Damon would have been better than Raul?
We rallyed back..just not enough. I don’t get Derek swinging at the first pitch nor do I understand the Green Light on 3-0. This loss sucks though..I thought we had it..I really did.
Is this Kevin Long??
If it is, I have some questions for you
LOL
I’ll be real: This team as constituted, as they’re playing right now are not fun to watch. But every player on this team minus Robby and Voldemort aren’t playing up to their abilities, so at some point things can and will turn around. This has been a rough couple weeks, but I think by the allstar break/ trading deadline we’ll start to put it together.
Granderson? Sabathia? Soriano? Jeter?
Even Jones is up to expectations. Nothing spectacular. But it’s what expected. So is Wise, Nix, Chavez, and Swisher.
They just can’t get hits when they need them. Great team when no runners on, but once someones gets on base, they’re done.
Granderson/Sabathia: yeah ok, I overlooked them
Soriano: Only a reliever, that’s not going to make a team.
Jeter’s been slow the last couple weeks…it’s to be expected though.
Wise/Nix: are playing above expectations(they’re in the majors lol)
Swisher: Yeah, he’s been good, but quietly.
You might be the first person to ever use Swish and quietly in the same line.
Right now, the only people underachieving offensively are Teixeira (massively), Martin, and Alex… and that depends on what you expect from Alex.
Everyone else is doing what they do. Jeter is overachieving. I still think preventing runs is the problem with this team. This is a terrible RISP slump that has come to the forefront. That needs to be corrected in order to turn things around. The pitching needs to right itself in the long run. This is just a RISP slump. The pitching has been dreadful all season save for a small portion of games at the end of April I believe.
They haven’t pitched well, they don’t play defense well and they haven’t hit with RISP. That all needs to change to varying degrees or it won’t be a successful season. Simple as that.
I’m trying to hold on to the “it’s May” theme but deep down it just seems like it’s not May’s fault at all. I can’t put my finger on it but this season appears to be heading to the proverbial wake-up call for the Yankees organization.
I wouldn’t even say these guys are underachieving. I think everyone may be playing up to either what they have left in the tank or who they are…..
That’s what happens with long term contracts. BUt Jeter and Granderson’s at bats were awful.
If they regress (the other way) and go 11 for 14 with RISP tomorrow, does the wake-up call happens or can they sleep-in?
I know they have to take things game to game but 11-14 w/RISP tomorrow means little if they follow it up with 0-7, 0-5, 1-3.
Hey an 8-9 (i think) May isn’t a death sentence but let’s get them going soon.
Agreed!
They need to feast on this easy schedule.
Have to admire Nova for sticking through that interview though
One more thing..yes we didn’t do well with RISP but your starter shouldn’t be giving up five runs either.
Coming into today, the Yankees have the 4th worst ERA and FIP in the AL. That’s what people should be concerned about.
You’re right. I’ve harping about the Yanks hitters turtle shelling w/RISP trying to live up to the $$$$$$$ they steal (I mean earn), but it’s not fair to expect the offense to have to come back 4 time a week
So Ivan Nova…is he going to stop sucking?
I may get killed for this…..but I still have high hopes for Nova. His numbers this season are just awful but I still he can be very good.
Will he have to be traded in order to get proper development? That maybe so, but I like his passion he shows on the mound and I wish him the best
I mean he’s obvi still young, but he’s surrendered way too many XBHs. Yeah the Ks are nice but not if he turns every hitter into Miguel Cabrera. He’s about replacement level as is, and clearly that needs to improve.
Forecast says more sucking will continue a bit more…
but, the extended forecast has scattered sucking followed by sunny blue skies into the future.
Hey, I’ll take it.
Nice to see the usual gang of idiots during a loss today. I guess McNulty and Rainbow Connection must have gone to see a very sad movie last night.
Didn’t watch the game. What can I say? You give up five runs, but you strike out 12. Something is working, yet something clearly isn’t. Seems like a good performance wrapped in a bad performance wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a….
I continue you’re still on that false narrative. I see the Yankees picking up a Wild Card and not getting past the ALDS. Not what everyone else here says, I am, however pissed off at Ivan Nova’s shitty performance lately.
And I had a post right above you, can you even fucking read?
we gtta win now not next year do it or get cut from the team