Game 60: No DH
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(AP)
The Yankees have already played six interleague games this season, but all six have come at home in Yankee Stadium. Now they’re going out on the road to Atlanta, which means no designated hitter. That means pitchers hitting making outs and sacrifice bunting and double switches and all sorts of horrible stuff. I hate it. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
LF Raul Ibanez
RF Nick Swisher
C Russell Martin
RHP Ivan Nova — 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and one sac bunt in his career
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and thankfully the forecast has cleared up. Things weren’t looking too hot a few hours ago. The game will be broadcast on YES. Enjoy.
Andy Pettitte & Hiroki Kuroda Updates: Pettitte (hand) and Kuroda (foot) are fine and on track to make their next starts. The former barely has a bruise on his hand after barehanding a one-hopper yesterday and the latter came through yesterday’s bullpen session fine after taking a comebacker to the foot.
Brett Gardner Update: Gardner (elbow) visited Dr. Andrews today and will visit Dr. Kremcheck on Thursday. The Yankees haven’t received the results from Andrews yet, though I wouldn’t expect them to announce anything until he gets the second opinion later this week.
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Looks like a good (pretty even) match up. NOT FAIR!!!!!!! I prefer our inter league opponents to be more submissive.
Going down to Atlanta for Wednesday’s game then to Washington for Friday’s.
Hate to watch pitchers hit, but I love interleague games they allow me my once a year “Men Baseball Trip”.
Still I’m getting a lot shit from Miss Mustang and the little Mustangs, but sooo worth come Wednesday.
worth it.
Give the little lady a Spa Day, she’ll get over it.
Already scheduling it.
Rule 1 to surviving a marriage Strategic planning
What is this word, spa? I feel like you’re starting to a say a word and you’re not finishing it. Spaghetti? Are you taking me to a spaghetti day?
Bill Murray entertains during a Riverdogs rain delay
careful on the base paths, ivan
It’s funny, I want them to get a hit, but then I don’t want them on the basepaths.
Then he’ll hit a homer!! Nice, slow jogs for everyone!
Or…. Ghost runners? That way they can keep pitching…
That’s how I used to play backyard baseball as a kid. It works!
Best case scenario! CC is going to hit one this week.
Pitchers not named CC hitting makes me nervous.
I’m with you on Faded and worn National League rules. They seem to guarantee boring ball.
But all my National League fan friends assure me that their way is soooo much more strategic and wonderful and how the DH is ruining baseball!
Pssshh. Yes, an automatic out every turn through the line up is just so awesome.
Quick poll: What ends first? Hughes’ obligatory homer/start, Soriano’s obligatory men on base, Yanks obligatory homer/win?
Techincally he(MFIKY) got a 1-2-3 inning the other night, he came in with men on base.
Yeah, but he didn’t start the inning so it doesn’t count.. I want a 3 up 3 down ninth..
Soriano, then Yankees, then Hughes.
Thought the last two are complete toss ups
I don’t have a problem with the Yankees homer/win thing though. They have a lot of guys who can hit homers, and isn’t that the best possible outcome for any plate appearance? I hate that meme.
I hate interleague.
Careful running out their Ivan.
Clever use of the old handle!
I dreamed a dream the other night.
And in this dream, our children were safe and secure. They were like this because they needed not grow up in a world where baseball games were played without a designated hitter.
One day.
This might be the only good thing about George W. Bush possibly becoming baseball commissioner. Which is something I’ve considered inevitable for a while, but Bud keeps hanging on.
Anyway, Bush would come in and, being a simpleton who used to own an AL team, he’d be like, “Why don’t both leagues start using the DH? Heh heh heh.” Then everyone would get in line because they’d be afraid to go against the former resident.
Or is that too optimistic?
Oh man I had the perfect image/video in my head of Bush saying those words. Pretty dead on.
Bud won’t be around forever, thankfully.
Great minds…
I beleive the children are our future.
/Randy Watson From Coming To America’d
George Carlin…..he was great.
Someday, I will rule the world and, on that day, allowing the pitcher to bat will be considered a crime against humanity.
Over/under hits for pitchers not named CC: 7
Under is the safe bet.
All games..?? Prob under… Although there will be a homer, which will be the obligatory homer to win that game (called it)…
Under easily. I bet Yankees pitchers total no more than two hits in the nine interleague games.
Well.. There you have it.. The Obligatory Homer (TM)..
If Delgado’s getting that call…
A bit off topic but the guys on MLBNetwork mentioned something I could not believe:
Adrian Gonzalez has 103 AB’s since his last walk. He then got to a 3-0 count…. and struck out.
I’m Surprised he isn’t catching more grief given his contract (though I guess Crawford probably shields him from this some)
oops….
Hooray for two-out runs.
1-1!
OMG! RISP non-fail!
RISP-binson Cano!!!!!
Nice, RISPWIN in the first inning!!
Looking forward to the next series….I’ve mentioned this before, but if anyone wants to come to DC…I have an extra ticket to Friday’s game. Just throwing that out there.
I wish I could come down, but this shop isn’t going to run itself, and the owner is just kind of making it up as he goes along.
Lame.
I’m in. Where shall we meet?
Meanwhile Bryce Harper is continuing his tour of destruction in the AL East. He has an RBI single in the top of the first against Toronto
Him and Trout are looking like a modern day Mays and Mantle.
Hopefully one/both make their way into Pinstripes before they’re over 31/32
This naturally reminds me of the two very different trade packages the Braves gave up/got for Teixeira.
I wonder if any one player was ever traded like that in such a short time span (meaning what the Blue Jays traded to the Yankees for Fred McGriff is not comparable to what they got from the Padres for McGriff).
Wow, since when is Micheal Bourn an offensive threat? He’s hitting over .300?!?!
Since this year. He’s having his breakout year.
I could be wrong (good possibility), but isn’t Bourn kinda like their Brett Gardner? Maybe he’s better, but I always considered them cut from the same cloth.
Very similar players. Bourn’s quite a bit more aggressive on the bases, plus I think he hits LHP better.
I was just about to say “Man, Chipper Jones is still playing!” And then I realized that Braves fans probably say that about Jeter.
Yea, but Chipper debuted first.
Yeah, true. Dude’s been around forever, and all with the Braves. Pretty rare.
Yea, Jeter and Chipper are so comparable in that respect. They’re both future HOF’ers with great career numbers. Jeter’s got the hits, Chipper’s got the HR’s.
Chipper’s got the MVP, but Jeter’s got the rings.
and Jeter’s been robbed of at least 2 MVPs in his career.
You could make a strong case for him in 1999, 2006 and 2009.
1999 was such a weird vote. Pedro probably deserved it. 2006 was really the year, I thought. Mauer might have deserved it more that year, though. 2009 is tough because Mauer did have an unreal year. Problem was too many people voted for Teix.
Yup. I think it’s cool when players spend a HOF career with one team. Not just Yankees, but it means so much to a franchise to have a guy like that. Guys like Chipper and Jeter will be with their respective organizations (in some capacity) forever, and you just don’t see that very often these days. But it’s cool when it does happen.
“Guys like Chipper and Jeter will be with their respective organizations (in some capacity) forever, and you just don’t see that very often these days.”
Not sure if you will still see guys “with their respective organizations in some capacity” going forward…even lifers like Jeter and Chipper. It’s about the money. The old timer lifers didn’t make enough as players and had to be coaches to pay the bills. I don’t see a guy like Bernie as a Yankee coach in 10 years, but had he been a ’60′s era player, very possible.
I’m not sure what you’re going for here.
I wasn’t talking about Jeter or Chipper being coaches, but spending their player career there. It’s rare, but as long as those types of players play for organizations willing to spend the money to retain them, it will still happen. And that’s cool. I like it when guys wear one uniform. Not sure where you got all this 60′s era coaching stuff.
You said “forever”, I thought you ment working for the team forever and I was just making a point about the difference in economics for players. Never mind.
I meant like maybe they’ll be spring training guest instructors or something. Just that they were tied to that one organization forever. And that’s cool. Not an impossibility, but rare.
Yay for Bourn/Prado DP’s.
I’m already upset at the ump. Delgado got that inside pitch and Nova did not
I love it when Sterling says something like “The ball just doesn’t carry here” then the player at the plate launches one to the wall.
OK, that don’t drink sugary drink commercial freaked me out much more than those anti-smoking commercials.
Sometimes I am glad that MLB.TV doesn’t show commercials.
It’s something I need to consider, and I am trying to cut down on soda as much as I can, but I know I’m at risk for diabetes because of my weight and that my dad has one form of it. So they showed a picture of a foot afflicted with it, and it was quite disgusting. My feet are already ugly enough due to all the ingrown toenail procedures I’ve had in my life.
The answer to the text poll is Smoltz
I’m holding Smoltz’s announcing career against him. I’m holding Maddux not signing with the Yankees in 1992/93 against him.
Therefore, I vote Glavine.
LMAO. Totally reasonable.
From your answer I’m guessing the best/most vaulable pitcher from The Braves’ “big three?”
Seriously though, is that the best 1-2-3 rotation in history? It has to be, at least modern history.
Idk, Halladay, Lee, Hammels is pretty good too. I mean The Braves have longivity, but on pure talent for one 7 game series it’s a toss up between the two.
I guess I was going towards longevity. I’m not ready to consider Lee and Hamels of the Smotlz/Glavine caliber, career wise. Though yes, that rotation is nasty as well.
Text poll as to who you’d most like to have.
Maddux, no question.
Maddux and I’ll give you the other two. He was out of this world good, historically great.
I would take Maddux, but I just wanted to have my joke.
What about me?
Love,
Pete Smith
Remember when everyone thought I might be the second coming??
Sincerely,
Steve Avery
Real Life Nuke LaLoosh was what they were calling him in Durham (that’s pronounced Durm, by the way.)
I go with Maddux because of this awesome article about him I read. When he was with the Padres, in a bullpen session, they had the catcher stick his glove out and close his eyes. And the catcher caught the ball.
Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and I also believe the margin separating Maddux from Smoltz should be larger than the margin separating Smoltz from Glavine…
are you serious? Maddux is one of the best pitchers of all time. 1st ballot HoF. 355 wins. You don’t get better than Greg Maddux. Smoltz may have had nastier stuff, but stuff doesn’t make you a legendary pitcher.
C ya
KNEEL BEFORE THE COUNT!
Raool.
Hahaha…the ball doesn’t carry hear.
Lord Voldemort gives zero shits.
Hanging curve
It’s a bandbox! Pop fly!
/MetsRadio’d
All these Mets fans calling Francesa and whining about that today. He had the same reply to all of them: So the Mets didn’t have a chance to hit one out like that?
Finally one Mets fan called in and told his fellow Mets fans to suck it up, stop their whining, and just worry about beating the Yankees in their own travesty…uh, ballpark.
Mets fans not whining? How will they communicate?
So much for a potential win without a HR.
One day……some day.
VOLDEMORT….GOES YARDEMORT!!
Take 3 pitches. Don’t move the bat.
God damnit IVAN. IF YOU GET HURT I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!!!!!
I did not know Nova was that tall
Most pitchers are taller, more so than most position players.
SUPERNOVA!!!!!
Now I’m scared.
Nice Nova!
There’s 1
Best not take second ever.
+1. I thought the exact same thing.
NPoH
Please just jog, Ivan! Get tagged off of 1st. No running
Nova smokes a hit to right-center!!!! So funny.
Dear Nova,
BE CAREFUL!
Love,
Wang
Our pitcher gets a hit…and our future HOF shortstop strikes out. Gotta love baseball.
YCPB, Susan.
Suzyn, I’ve told you before…
Dear Mike,
Can you declare a moratorium NOW on mentions of Chien Ming-Wang during interleague play at NL parks? Please?
Thank you.
Your fan,
RT
It’s all I think about when I see a Yankee pitcher on base.
I agree… at the very least folks should update things to an Alexi Ogando reference who pulled a groin beating out a bunt single the other day.
why in gods name was he trying to beat out a bunt. That’s completely on him. If I remember correctly Wang was trying to score on a ball in the gap from second.
Yep, Wang busted his foot rounding third from what I remember. Trying to beat out a bunt is dumb, take the sacrifice. Pitchers don’t bunt for hits.
It was even worse than it sounds… it was 1st and 2nd (so obviously bunting made sense), but the opposing team botched the play and didn’t even make the throw to 1st base – he could have jogged to 1st and made it.
Wow. That just sucks.
Amazing that with how good the Braves were during Jones’ career, they have only one World Championship. Bummer to have a different dynasty co-occur with yours.
They had a few chances before 96, just cause they didn’t take advantage it’s not our fault lol.
Yep. Though it was pretty cool to have a consistent World Series rival year after year.
The thing with those ’90s Braves teams is that, for the most part, they ran into teams that were better than them.
In ’91, I’d say they were about even with the Twins. In ’92, they weren’t as good as the Blue Jays. In ’93, they fucked up by losing to an inferior Phillies team. Who knows how ’94 would have played out, but they didn’t appear to be better than the Expos. In ’96, you could probably make the case that they should have beaten the Yankees. In ’97 and ’98, they probably lost to inferior teams in the Marlins and Padres, respectively. In ’99, they were not better than the Yankees.
Now that I’ve re-read what I wrote, I realize I made a more compelling case that, yes, the Braves did underachieve horribly.
Losing in the playoffs to inferior teams is much worse than losing in the World Series.
Indeed. See Yankees, 2011.
It’s a shorter duration but I say the same thing about the late 80′s Mets. The fact that they only got one ring is a joke (that I’m still laughing at…hahahahahah…can’t control myself.)
Seriously. A Mets fan friend of mine went to yesterday’s game, took a picture of A-Rod and captioned it, “steroids.”
So bitter, so so bitter.
A few minutes late but:
1) Really overly giddy that Nova got a solid base hit.
2) Booing A-Rod is so, so over
3) Armchair GM Dad keeps babbling about Jeter’s slump
4) But – RAUUUUUUULLLLLL
Your comment about your dad reminded me, my dad called Kuroda ‘the homerun machine’ a couple days ago I just laughed and told him to go look at Kuroda’s last few starts.
Heh. Luckily I’ve turned my dad on to advanced stats. There was a while where he just believed everything he read in the newspaper, but he’s gotten much better.
My dad came home for lunch today and was watching Francesa on yes. I walked down stairs and just shook my head…
Was your dad a former NYPost junkie? Mine is. It’s terrible.
We live in Jersey, so it was the Star Leger. But yes, he was a newspaper junkie. He’s not at the point where he’ll read RAB, but he will now apply his own thoughts when interpreting newspaper articles.
Nope, Daily News. Marginally better, but not too much so.
This whole Shitmydadsays portion of the thread is cracking me up….probably because I’m way closer to your dad’s ages than yours.
Please tell me you aren’t using IE. My dad still is even though I showed him Google Chrome, Firefox, and RockMelt multiple times.
Chrome is the shiznit. Even got my dad to use Chrome (and buy a Mac!)
Meh, I’m a firm believer that Macs for the most part are overrated, unless you’re using it for picture/video/musical editing, you can easily find a comparable PC at a third of the price.
Macs aren’t that expensive. I was a PC user my whole life until about 2 and a half years ago, and never looked back. Far superior in every single way except gaming. And I’m an xbox guy, so I don’t care about computer gaming.
I have IE, Chrome and Firefox and use all 3….Smart Ass.
You don’t need all three.
Sorry for delayed response, my PC is moving very slowly.
Why do you use IE…it’s the biggest waste of space. I want to delete it from my family’s PC, but I’m afraid they will think the internet’s broken.
Frankly … habit.
IE, and even Firefox, are very top-heavy programs. You’re slowing up your PC by having 3 browsers on it.
Hahahahaha. Literally the last words I’d ever use to describe Hiroki. Maybe CC? (KID, I KID.)
Hughes would’ve been a better choice for the joke =P
Sounds about right. Though I still think your dad is Athenian. No offense.
Wait, what?
Irrational hate for certainly players / armchair GMing seems to be Athenians game. Just an observation, not intended to offend you or your father
Psh, I’ll be the first to say something offensive about that ol’ man, haha.
(I forgot for a split second that Athenian is a poster here, hence the confusion. Oops!!)
Heh yeah, Athenian the poster. I’m not racist against Greeks!
If Chipper is on the bag alex is long out.
Chipper dragged the tag. If he didn’t do that, ARod was out
Nice thing about only 4 games is MLB Tonight shows a ton of plays from all the games….
Nice baserunning by ARod (and Cano to take the extra base behind him)
Well, weve already scored a two out run today…
There’s only one out…
I was talking about crossing off the difficulties of offense
Oh ok, I get what you’re saying
Now there’s two…damnit Voldy.
Looking good so far!
Pitching coach told hi, to throw changeups. Yankees hate that
At least Swish won’t be bunting. Heh.
Well that worked
haha, well I mean…I still guess better lucky than good.
We’ve been doing a lot of that lately. All those runs scored off errors against the Rays…
That wasn’t all luck. It was a nice at bat by Swisher.
Mmmm love me some wild pitches.
WOO!
Nice at-bat by Swish.
We could see a pinch hitter next inning.
No way, Nova’s looked too good, and I don’t trust Freddy/Phelps for a few innings with a 3 run lead. If it was six or seven maybe.
I meant for the Braves
Argh.
Be happy they got a run out of it
Bases loaded wackness.
When will it end?
Thankfully there was the wild pitch. The bases loaded suck machine is in full force again.
Wonder if by August the Yankees will not be afraid of RISP or bases loaded?
They’ll be fine.
Yep. I’m a believer of the Law of Averages.
hitting .320 in their last 25 AB’s with RISP
so maybe that’s starting to correct itself
as for bases loaded ….
If the Yankees could advance to mediocrity with the bases loaded, they’d have the best record in baseball.
Guys, you have to remember, the commissioner actually put this added clause in the new CBA so that there would be more parity* in the league: The New York Yankees will be fined with a 3% luxury tax increase for every .100 AVG w/ bases loaded, and 2% for every .100 AVG w/ RISP. Yankees are just practicing austerity here. Baseball Economics for ya…
Maybe it’s me but I notice that Yanks swing a lot on 1-0 pitches when bases loaded. I know everyone wants to be aggressive but the approach with bases loaded is not working as well given recent results – wish they would put more pressure on the pitcher.
Make sure pitcher can throw a strike at least.
Thank God for the wild pitch.
WHOAAAAAAAAAA
OH!
Good job all around. Now if hitters could stop launching balls directly back at our pitchers…that’d be great.
Literally the theme going.
that double play was so awesome.
that double play was so awesome.
They Braves are winless on Mondays? 0-8. Talk about your random stats, but let’s hope this continues.
Yankees got lucky.
Why throw the pitcher offspeed shit, just give him the heater.
Ugh, I’m not enjoying the MLB.TV 2-minutes-behind-the-actual-TV-feed thing. Makes commenting more annoying, since I knew the DP happened before it did.
you all have to look at the top gif on my tumblr right now. I have no idea why, but I laughed at it for a good thirty seconds.
workin’ the speed bag
I think that’s Bourn’s first out since May 16. Nice job.
Too easy, Jim Leyritz.
Wrong!
No I’m not.
My current brain fog had me thinking Leyritz wasn’t on the ’99 team.
Trivia is way too easy.
Jim Leyritz
Bernie?
Its Leyritz. He hit one in game 4 of the ’99 Series
National League people are funny like that.
I mean, their idea of real “baseball” is to have black holes in the lineup, just because of…strategy!!
I actually like the idea of NL ball more, but only if pitchers had any idea how to hit. Other than that, it’s a bunch of bullshit baseball that I can’t support.
You can make the argument that there is more strategy involved in the AL. Many times in the NL the decisions are make for you. Gotta pinch-hit in this spot so taking the pitcher out is automatic. In the AL you have to figure out exactly when the pitcher is done.
Head explodes.
Agreed. I think the strategy is about equal in both leagues, just happens in different spots.
Both pitchers in this game have hits. I think they made a deal before the game to go easy on each other.
Wow, are these clowns serious? Grits are god’s gift to fried eggs and bacon.
Meh. Give me heavily toasted home fries. Way better IMO.
this.
Grits are too southern for me.
Oatmeal guy.
Kay has tried grits? With all of his other food oddities, and he’s actually tried grits????
He wont eat condiments but he’ll eat refried lard?
CGrand needs to hit a HR to keep this 1 run per inning going.
87 pitches for Delgado. I guess he won’t make it past the 6th as usual.
Those fuckers changed the question! It said the only Yankee to hit homers against the Yankees in ’96 and ’99. I assumed it was Andruw.
That wouldn’t be right, either, though. Andruw Jones didn’t hit a HR against the Yankees in the ’99 Series.
How’s Nova doing with getting ground balls so far?
Ehh.. not a great inning but Grandy and Arod at least worked deep counts (even Nova saw 5 pitches).
Delgado’s at 87 pitches through 4 innings…. they need to work him over some more next inning and get into the bullpen early.
I don’t want him to do it against the Yankees, but McCan is my fantasy catcher. He needs to hit better!
SWISHER OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
HOLY SHIT
SWISHER!
SWISHAROO!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWISH!
Swish!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!
Holy Swisher!
OH MY GOD! Swish!
OMFG
SWISH GRIFFEY!
Track. Wall. Jaw. FLOOR.
Very well put, laughed out loud at this.
well put
Ha, this.
+1. That was my exact reaction watching while cooking dinner.
Someone fill this noob in please.
Alex Doubled in the first, Cano Doubled him in
Ibanez went yard in the second
Alex scored from third on a wild pitch with the bases loaded
Nova’s looked good but seems to have had a runner on base every inning, also Swish robbed Mcan from a homer.
Thanks. The last part was all I needed, but I appreciate the summary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
Also, Swish good at catching it. Nova lucky at pitching it.
Nova better buy Swisher’s drinks tonight.
Garbage time catch?
Affirmative.
That looked like it might have come down in front of the wall, still impressive though.
I just dropped Freeman from my team for Allen Craig. He better not get a hit
…
Allen Craig was still on waivers in your league? I picked him up a bit before he went on the DL again. He should’ve been long gone.
Yeah he was.
Hosmer is a free agent too. I’m debating dropping Craig to pick him up.
I want to play in your league! My waiver options suck, my friends in the league are freakin’ ruthless.
There is one person in my league who is 8-1. The only other team that is any good is, surprisingly, 3-6, but now routinely putting up the highest scores each week.
I’m 9-0. Too easy. I have an outfield stable of Trout, Cespedes, Swisher, Craig, Joyce, and Moreland, and that’s with Ellsbury, Gardner, and Markakis on the DL! I mean, that’s impossible to do in a league with smart people.
I wish I was in a league with dumb people. I mean, I’m in third place (overall) in a 12 team league, so that’s not bad at all. But Swisher, Feliz, and Street on the DL aren’t helping me. But like I said, my waiver options to replace those guys suck because my fellow league-mates jump on things so fast. The one gift I got was someone dropped Joyce, and I dropped Logan Morrison to pick him up.
Ehh by Swisher, I meant Gardner. My bad.
He was long gone in my league as well.
The D!
Yankees flashed great leather that inning.
Their D was as filthy as a giant ball of oil.
Nova getting by with a little help from his friends that inning
Not sure if this has already been discussed. Thoughts?
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....roadcasts/
Mildly annoying, but I don’t seem nearly as annoyed as Nader.
Though I also don’t listen to the radio broadcast that often. I guess Mr. Riddle is better equipped to answer this.
I find the ads more tolerable than listening to John and Suzyn drone on
Sterling gave an excellent detailed analysis of vehicular traffic patterns in and around Atlanta during the lead-in to the first pitch. It was truly gripping.
ughh … I can only imagine
Nader is an attention-hungry idiot.
At this point in his life, I’d have to agree.
As much as I generally agree with him.
He is, but he’s also absolutely right. It seems like absolutely every single thing that could happen on a ball field has a sponsor.
Baseball’s always been a commercial enterprise, and I don’t see why fans should expect it to be otherwise just because they would prefer it that way.
Honestly, I don’t find the ads offensive. Since there aren’t a whole lot of commercial breaks, the advertising has to find its way in some how. Using Nader’s argument, shouldn’t all baseball stadiums then rip down their advertising on the walls and around the scoreboard?
Good point. The TV broadcasts do it too. “Your Cold Hard Blast” and your “Coors Lite Freeze Cam” and your “(Whatever car company, I forget) Drive of the Game”. It’s not uncommon, so I just never really noticed it.
Yup! Take a look around tomorrow. Advertising is literally everywhere. It’s on the side of your bus, it’s in the latest iPhone app – hell, the promotional items given out at Yankees games have some kind of company advertising their name on the item!
Landrover Drive of the Game, I think. But yeah, it’s everywhere. I can’t even play Angry Birds on my Metro commute without ads getting in my way. Welcome to the 21st century, Nader.
Hahahah, seriously. NO I WILL NOT GET OFF YOUR LAWN, NADER.
The wall adverts though blend in with the scenary and add colour. The adds during the game would absolutely disrupt the flow if it was anybody but Ma and Pa in the booth.
Sometimes, at games, I find myself distracted and staring at Budweiser signs. This could be due to the fact that I can only dream about beer instead of paying $9 a pop.
bahaha, hipflask my good lady, hipflask.
Solid idea!
I do the same thing! Works out pretty well.
I doubt Nader would take issue with stadium advertising since it doesn’t affect the flow of the game.
If only Cano was gritty.
He’s the gritless wonder.
Anyone know why Morrow (Toronto) got pulled after 1 batter tonight?
Oblique Strain
I’m surprised they are pitching to Martin here…
If you think about it, Delgado could have done all this and only give 1-2 runs. The wild pitch cost him a run and Cano had a 2 out hit
I’m amazed Fredi Gonzalez left him in. This wouldn’t have happened except that Fredi bombed yesterday by pulling his starter for Leave On Hernandez too early.
Our old friend, John Sterling, continues to call Brian McCann, Brian McCannon. “And McCannon flies out to center field and we’ll be back here on the Yankees Radio Network, Driven by Jeep.”
McCannon hits a ton of grounds-rule doubles.
So long, Devils.
Good, I hate the fucking Diablos.
bryce harper now ops-ing over .900
it must feel good to be a nationals fan
Must indeed. Pitching, pitching, pitching and Harper.
Most*
Ohhhhh, the tomahawk.
Wow, these idiots still can’t do the Tomahawk Chop in unison?
The only thing worse than the Chop is the PA induced chop every time someone is on base.
I lost my concentration: why did Rothschild go to the mound?
Give Nova the info about the pinch hitter
Tx.
Apparently, it was good info.
He told him.. If you don’t get him out, you ain’t hitting again…
“He sucks.”
I remember during the end of Game 4 of the 1999 World Series, the fans at Yankee Stadium were doing the mock Tomahawk Chop.
Wow, that anti-soda commercial was pretty heavy-handed.
DON’T PULL YOUR OBLIQUE, NOVER!
A triple would be nice here, Jeter. Or a walk. Anything.
How about that?
And another double play.
Unreal.
And they’re winning!
I’m getting sick of hearing that song in the Chevy commercial.
No kidding. I hate how they’re trying to make Detroit seem wholesome and successful. It’s poverty stricken and no commercial you make can change that. The economy is not getting better as much as the government tries to pass that notion along. Also I doubt people sing that “hot dogs, baseball, apple pies and Chevrolet” song.
Wow. Horrible at bat by A-Rod. I feel like not getting the big hit to put the Yankees over the top will come back to haunt them.
First 60 games . . . Has a team ever done worse with RISP over this span of time? As soon as they put a man on second you can nearly flawlessly predict the impending doom. This predicament is beyond old.
“Has a team ever done worse with RISP over this span of time?”
Yes, Giants, Marlins, and Padres … and that’s just this year
Well, maybe I should’ve plugged in a conditional statement, something along the lines of having X number of ABs with RISP . . .
You need remedial trolling lessons.
Excuse me? GFY. Ugh, it’s people like you that make this thread unbearable. I was asking a legitimate question, but thanks for your glorious input, I’ve appreciated it immensely.
I was kidding, because–in case you didn’t notice–your handle is “The Troll”.
all 3 have more AB and PA with RISP than the Yankees this year
Damn, I would’ve figured that the Yankees lead the universe with RISP opportunities.
DOOM!
Miami’s beating Boston. lolz
Speaking of easy wins is it against the law for the Yankees to play the Red Sox?
Don’t lolz yet, they still have to get through Heath Bell.
Was Soriano actually up or was he just “up” in the bullpen (i.e. walking around)?
He was just up
Looked to me like he might have been looking at a blister or fingernail issue and was throwing to let Girardi know if he’d be able to pitch later or not so he can plan.
Hopefully I’m wrong and reading too much into it, but that’s what I saw from it.
I thought the same thing, that he was testing himself for readiness later in the game.
Nova has given us exactly what we needed tonight. Now if only the offense could put a couple more runs on the board. Then we have Phelps close it out and save the rest.
Okay, so, not to downplay the annoyance over all these double-plays with men at third, but…
…is it my imagination, or are an awful lot of them turned on balls up the middle, rather than the tailor-made right-to-the-shortstop sort?
I realize the result is the same in either case, but the latter would be the sign of something worse, right? Some of those balls up the middle ought to eventually scoot through, if BABIP achieves any kind of balance?
Time to tack on some runs and give the main arms in the pen the night off.
Wow! What a catch.
Damn
Playing the Superman theme after that?
Hyperbole much?
SUPERMAN THAT HO
*fist pumps*
Great; like they need help lowering their RISP
Even when they hit the ball solidly w/ RISP, they fail.
Damn you Bourn Identity.
BASES LOADED
Haha, even Kay’s getting into the action about RISPfail.
What are you doing watching TV?? Get back to Ma and Pa Pinstripe!
It’s actually pretty funny. Kay being bitchy is the only time he’s remotely entertaining.
I blame that on Kay.
hurl
Oh man.
un-fucking-real
On the bright side, Ivan can come out for the 7th now.
any kind of hit there, and they probably leave him in as well
Clockwork.
Jesus Christ.
This team has decided to be efficient with wasting RISP chances. Just hit into the DP and take the 0-1, instead of an 0-2.
Unreal.
Hello all. Home from work early.
This seems to be going fairly well.
RISPFAIL still haunts, but otherwise, it’s been a good game. SuperNova.
So I see.
Oh well. At least no one can claim my being here is causing the RISPFail.
This is Guinness Records level improbability
Genius strategy by braves to load the bases they know the deal.
And they’re still winning!
pinch hit with a lefty bat, giradri should be fired
I ARE STUPID
For the catcher? Up 3 runs?
OK
Haha teddy bear. You’re so cute and funny.
I don’t care what the win-loss record is the Yankees are pathetic! #RISPFAIL
Sarcasm?
Sadly, I don’t think so, judging by other posts this guy has made.
Damn. It totally resembled a mock-troll post.
Resume trolling.
Not a chance.
Mmmmkay, well I care what the win-loss record is, and they’re half a game out of first place in the toughest division in baseball, RISPFAIL and all. So yeah.
Time to like the Mets.
BTW, I was responding to 718, not saying that’s what I would do.
YOU MUST WIN MY WAY OTHERWISE I NO HAPPY!!!!
Fuck double plays for ever existing.
One right now would be good.
Jesus. Even a little dribbler that only gets one out at 1st or 2nd would be nice right now. Deep fly ball. Who cares about getting a hit, just don’t hit into a DP!
It seems unfair to make the Yankees load the bases only to see them, fail again. This is seriously one of the most ridiculous laughable things in baseball. $200 million monster can’t even score a run.
AND THEY ARE WINNING!
No, just 3.
I get the RISPFAIL thing, but they are winning so that last sentence isn’t very accurate.
Technically it is not since the previous sentences referred to bases loaded. In non bases loaded situations you would be correct.
It seems a bit narrow to bitch about RISP when it’s boiled down to one specific situation.
Ohhhhhhhh THAT’S Athenian.
(Don’t worry, there’s a conspiracy going around that you are actually my father – the Armchair GM – going under the name of “Athenian.” So uh, hey pops.)
I obviously don’t know Papa Erica, but is this off the mark or no?
It sounds eerily accurate…
Did you clean your room?
Trololololo
…what? I’m not a troll, therefore I am a child? Yes, wonderful logic.
They see me Trollin’…
Heh.
…They see me gratin’ (on your nerves)
(I tried.)
Yikes. You two….
Tryin’ to get me ridin’ Athens??
Okay that was lame.
Whenever I heard that Tomahawk Chop in the late 90′s, I always substituted “Mo” for “Whoa” and it never failed me. You can thank me for ’96 and ’99.
good night people, how are they doing so far?
Nova’s looked good, but lots more RISPfail, except in the first inning.
At least we are winning, right?
Absolutely, and at the end of the day that’s all that’s important is the win. But if they hit badly (not awfully) with RISP this is a 6-0 game.
That and Nova’s 55.6% GB rate should be greatly celebrated.
Feels like one of those games the Yankees will blow.
You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me!
The Braves basically handed them like 3 or 4 opportunities to blow the game open but Yanks went out with a whimper. This hitting with RISP problem is starting to become a huge problem. And it’s a problem throughout the whole line up not just 2-3 guys.
Its annoying, frustrating, and concerning….
But saying “its becoming a huge problem” implies that its been costing us a lot of wins lately. It hasn’t.
Now that I’ve said that, we’ll probably lose 4-3, but still.
This is the pitch count where Nova started to struggle in his last start as well. It was the 9th inning vs the Rays. Hopefully he can get through this.
I think the better question is “has there ever been a good offensive team that failed so miserably with the bases loaded?” Because this is a good offense. It’s not some crappy NL lineup. No one’s surprised when the Padres fail with RISP.
This is why I’m not worried, and interpret current RISPFAIL as nothing more than statistical noise.
That’s how I feel as well.
It’s still pretty astonishing. Even if they were just regular bad with bases loaded, like .200/.250, they’d have scored a ton more runs. This has been a special kind of ineptitude.
It will all regress to the mean in the second half and hopefully in September and October specifically.
Nice.
Haha when I say the “Ivan Nova” inscription on his glove during the meeting with Rothschild, at first glace I thought it read “Your Mom”. Maybe I’m just crazy.
*saw
Nice job, Ivan
Let him start the 8th? Or pinch hit for him here?
Tough call. I’d lean pinch hit, he’s at 107 and is unlikely to get through the 8th unless it’s a real quick inning anyway.
This is why I hate NL rules. If we pinch hit for him, and we score like two runs this inning we’re burning a reliever we wouldn’t need if there was a 9th hitter up, and let Ivan go batter to batter.
Pinch hit – the value of a potential run (which is significantly reduce with a leadoff out) is better than trying to get a few more outs of Nova.
He’d probably be pulled rather quickly given the score and his pitch count anyway.
Had the Yankees been able to hit a damn flyball with a runner on 3rd in either of the last few innings, maybe you let him hit.
Wash that mouth out with soap mister
The scoreboard says it’s only 3-0, but it feels like the Yanks have absolutely dominated this game. Tip of the cap to Nova for another solid outing.
As I said earlier, it could actually be worse. We could have only scored 1 run with all of the failure because one came from a wild pitch and the other came on a 2 out hit
Oh, geez, please score at least one off Durbin.
Really nice effort by Nova.
Bell just walked Gonzalez to lead off the 9th in Miami. It was the first walk Gonzo has had since May 15. He has five home runs. Enjoy the next six years Sox fans!
Nothing makes me smile like Sox misfortune. You can add Crawford to that statement as well.
Wow, Nova’s been really great tonight.
Calling it:
Grandy hits a solo shot
Oh well
Wow, Uggla is really double ungood 2nd baseman. Defensively anyway.
Doubleplus ungood.
honestly, best book I’ve ever read and nothing compares. I’ve probably read it like six times and everytime I read it I can’t put it down once I start.
It is very very good.
Atlanta Yankee fans > New York Yankee fans.
Sad.
Yeah, they are quite loud.
Sounds like the Atlanta fans and Yankee fans are egging each other on. This doesn’t happen at the Stadium.
Yeah, that certainly helps.
that’s because to many NY yankee fans are like this: http://openclipart.org/people/Tavin/like_a_sir.svg
hahahahahah
LOL’ed
Atlanta Braves fans truly suck. They are content just being included in the conversation. They really believe in moral victories in sports.
I’ll never forget having to explain to some down here that winning the NL East every year, but having 1 WS championship to show for it, wasn’t anything to brag about. Meanwhile, our Yankees just went about winning WS titles, or else, season was a failure.
Nice “Let’s Go, Grandy!” chant.
Red Sox lose again.
love it!
Glorious day. If only my first day at the new job wasn’t tomorrow, I’d stay up late to read OTM. Ah well.
Salvage your brain cells. LOL!!!
Trust me, there will be more epic meltdowns over there throughout this season.
Oh I know. OTM after Sox losses just makes for such great bed time reading
I’ve bookmarked their Game Threads from Game 162 and the collapse against us in April.
The NL East is trying to help us out tonight.
Things are right in the world.
Great job by Nova tonight!!!!
Hopefully Eppley can help navigate the bottom of the lineup.
A 3-0 lead is nothing set in stone. And it would be a shame to waste another excellent game from Ivan Nova against a National League team.
This is why the RISP fails are huge even when you are winning… this could easily be a 5-0 game with simple flyouts and Nova would be handing the ball to Phelps for 2 innings (or maybe Nova’s pitching the 8th)
No Wade tonight?
He was warming, I’m willing to bet this is a matchup thing with a real short leash for Eppley.
exactly, and Soriano may be unavailable, so they may be saving Wade/Logan for the ninth
WTF Kay?
The ball bounced foul immediately. That wasn’t some stupid guesswork by Fairchild.
Epply got Simmons twice in that atbat.
Is Gameday right? Has Eppley thrown 7 sinkers in this at-bat?
former Yankee Eric Hinske coming to PH, we’ll always remember the 2009 World Series Eric
Fredi Gonzalez out Girardi’s Girardi
So much strategery.
Girardi has not forgotten how to play NL baseball.
I’m laughing reeeeeally uncomfortably on this. Very true.
*at this
Clay stepping up his game lately
Nice job, Rapada.
That’s about as sharp as I’ve seem Rapada.. good stuff.
Yeah, he was really slinging it.
Cashman and Girardi have a knack of getting something out of these relievers off the scrap heap.
Yep. Wade has been money for us, and now he’s a key late inning reliever. Love it.
*gives cookie*
Bonus cookie for outwitting Fredi Gonzalez
Eppley/Rapada locking down the 8th inning of a 3 run game?
Not sure how sustainable that is, but I’ll take it. Looking forward to Robertson coming back.
OH MY GOD, I googled ‘like a sir’ for my comment up there, and this was the third image in images. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard.
http://i.imgur.com/YRODE.jpg
That’s a shame.
AAAAAAAHAHAAHAHAHAA sending this to the bf. I’m afraid to see what the other results from this Google search were.
+100000
Hilarious.
That’s great. But what is this “Like a sir”?
‘like a sir’ is the name for this meme http://weknowmemes.com/wp-cont.....e-face.png
I believe it’s origins are from the rage comics, which started in 4chan about a year or so ago, I could be wrong though.
Is that an actual picture of an actual animal?
“(ARod) wrapped into a 4-4-3 double play.”
I wish one of these guys would folk or country their way into a DP for once.
I laughed, but I don’t wish that. Rap your way all you want. Or better yet, reggae your way into a DP
I bet it’s much more relaxing.
I want to see a solid yodel.
“Cano’s been on base all 4 times, 2 for 3 and a walk.”
O…M…G.
reached on an error
I think he got on on an error which is an 0 for 1 so believe it or not even though the statement needs an explanation it could be correct.
Yea, he should have clarified that. I forgot.
But that still doesn’t help his OBP.
I can’t help but laugh.
Who gets the ninth.
Wade/Logan combo is my bet.
Garcia? (followed by 50 RAB posts of Fire Girardi)
With Rivera, Soriano, and Robertson on the opening day roster who would have ever believed that Cory Wade is the closer.
Is there something wrong with MFIKY? I mean he was lifted after blowing the save last night, and he’s worked two days in a row, but Joe said last night he’d use him tonight in a save situation…but here we are?
I’d like to think that Joe is considering the fact that it is a weak sauce save situation (3 run lead), hence he is trying to give Soriano some rest. But I’m probably wrong.
Guess we’ll have to wait for the postgame.
He was throwing in the 6th and then sat down. Soooo…..something’s up.
I forgot about that. He’s still in the bullpen (meaning he hasn’t left for an MRI or Xray) so I hope/think he’s alright. But good point.
He was probably just seeing how he felt. He threw a ton of pitches the last two days and looked like shit yesterday.
He probably saw Sori throw a couple pitches in that Atlanta heat and spew 3 gallons of sweat. Thought better of using him.
I’m sticking with my theory that he was testing out a blister/fingernail issue earlier to see if he could go, which obviously he couldn’t. It could also explain some of yesterday’s results.
makes sense … some kind of physical issue
When they showed him in the bullpen he was playing with and looking at his throwing hand right after throwing a pitch. It’s gotta be it.
blister … good call
Wade, Logan combo to close
There goes the save situation
I swear to God, that Tomahawk Chop song will be the reason I trash my TV.
Srsly. I really hate that shit.
worst thing ever. while the wave is horrible, at least I don’t have to listen to it too.
Untimely cheering = the wave. I want to slap all them folks who do the wave at YS. I don’t know why, but it’s just… just… stop it. Stop. Watch the game. Stop with your “whooooo” and your noodle arms.
Baseball. It is happening in front of you.
Yes.
Why would you care?
So that means there is no save for anyone?
Yup.
Well it depends on if a runner gets on base and then someone relieves him.
If Girardi goes batter-by-batter and leaves us with Garcia or bust, I will not be particularly happy.
This is greatly amusing.
Joe’s gone mad if he brings in Freddy here
Phew. Dodged that one.
McCann must’ve done something to piss off the BABIP gods tonight.
Brian McCann with the “Fuck BABIP!” game.
If I was McCann, I would be smashing shit right now
Did the Yanks get Soler or what?
Cubs I heard
He knows the answer. He posted in the Soler thread.
Remember, the Yankees don’t owe him anything and he’d drop them at a moment’s notice. Yet here he is.
Booooooooooooone!
YYYEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rock friggen solid W.
This pitching staff has been fantastic for the past few weeks. And they needed them to be fantastic again tonight.
Nice, good win.
Soriano might be traded. Maybe that’s why he isn’t pitching.
Look at me! Look at me!!!!
Why didn’t the closer close the game?
Because the closer has thrown a lot of pitches the last couple days and looked very off last night?
1. Who takes on the salary?
2. Why would the Yankees trade their “closer” after Mo’s injury and before D-Rob comes back?
Because he’s a miserable person.
He reads all these shitty comments about him here at RAB. You guys aren’t helping him.
Okay, that has to be sarcasm, right?
unavailable for some reason not related to a trade
Haha yeah okay.
People laugh then they know they’re wrong. Go shit in your hat.
Or they laugh when they know the other person is saying ridiculous things? But yes, resort to telling me to “shit in a hat”. That works well for your reputation.
Who cares about my reputation? This is a website about baseball.
And back to baseball, there is no way in hell Soriano is traded because of the two reasons I listed above.
Where in the world did you hear that rumor.
I never said I heard it. Reading comprehension is very low on this site. For shit’s sake.
…but he’d drop the team at the drop of a hat.
You’ve decided to transition from amusing to asshat, I see.
That happened awhile ago.
This is where I’m glad I don’t own this site. I’d be banning IP addresses like a mofo.
I actually really like this plan. Have Garcia warming in case Logan implodes, but let him close it L/R after Wade gets the first righty.
Logan’s been really great. Take that, Braves.
Who was it that was mocking somebody for saying the Yankees would be in first place by June 15?
Nearly every troll and most of the ledge jumpers.
Big ups to those relievers. Impressive two innings.
Boonetang.
*gives mad cookies*
Big ups to those relievers. Impressive two innings. Especially in a game that shouldn’t have been that close.
Professor Longoose. Please step forward to collect your prize.
Not yet. They have to be ALONE in first place.
I’ll take tied for first on June 15 any day of the week.
he said first place. The Yankees are currently in first place.
Says who? Not him.
You don’t get to add extraneous conditions to someone else’s call.
Its my interpretation that to be in first, you are the only team that should be in that position. But that’s my interpretation.
So “tied for first” only includes the word “first” for shits and giggles.
Who’s in first place now? Nobody?
In Greg’s world, there is no first place. Only “last” and “second last.”
I agree. To me, “first place” only counts if you’re alone in first. But it’s the second week in June, so it hardly matters.
Nova’s 8 and 2 and 24 and 6 over the last year and a third, not bad. Imagine he actually had to win a spot out of spring training and had a lot of bloggers complaining about this kid earlier in the year. They’re not complaining now. I love him, he’s got intangibles, knows how to win and how to maueuver out of tough situations. He makes peanuts and is under control for years. Great scouting for whoever found him.
An RAB guy wanted to send him to AAA. Don’t act like the mainstream media has it out for him.
He stunk early in the year. Get ahold of yourself.
If Hughes was 24 and 6 over the past year and a third the Yanks would want him in Cooperstown. What I’m trying to say is that even after all those wins he still has a very short leash and doesn’t deserve to have one. Yes he did pitch poorly earlier in the year but my point was why was it that his leash was so short. Remember Hughes was named the Yanks no 3 out of camp and Nova was still fighting for a spot following a 16 and 4 record. Oh by the way did you know that he is 11 and 0 in his last 14 road starts. I don’t know about you but I like wins, stats are important but give me a choice and I’ll take the wins.
To be taken seriously, you need to speak another language besides “cliche.”
Love me some good Yankee pitching. Love me some Ivan Nova. Love me this game.
Everyone’s so worked up about losing Soler that they don’t see a great win tonight. Sad.
Who?
Thank you, Greg.
And yup, it is a blister for Soriano. That sucks.
*lurks*