Game 61: Trap
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The Yankees have won four in a row and seem poised for number five tonight, when ace CC Sabathia takes on arguably the least effective pitcher in baseball in Mike Minor. Opposing hitters have hit .283/.352/.521 with a league-leading 14 homers off the 24-year-old southpaw this season, who owns the highest ERA (6.57) and sixth highest FIP (5.52) among qualified pitchers this year. On paper, this one is in the bag. In reality, it’s a trap game. Here’s the starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Nick Swisher
LF Andruw Jones — gotta think he’ll get a pretty nice hand, no?
C Chris Stewart
LHP CC Sabathia
Tonight’s game starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on My9 locally and MLB Network nationally. There’s a little bit of rain in the forecast but nothing that will force a postponement or anything. Enjoy.
Brett Gardner Update: Gardner (elbow) was a surprise visitor in the clubhouse today, cryptically saying “I believe I’m going to play (again this year) … hopefully relatively soon.” He wouldn’t reveal any details about yesterday’s visit to Dr. Andrews, though Joe Girardi did confirm that the injury is not ligament related. That means no Tommy John surgery. “I really, legitimately, thought I was there,” said the frustrated outfielder about his rehab.
Mariano Rivera Update: Rivera (knee) had surgery to repair his torn right ACL today and everything went well. The typical rehab schedule will have him ready for Spring Training.
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Flip Stew and CC in the batting order FTW.
No. Andruw Jones will be booed. Baseball fans are irrational.
As I eluded to the last time, I would like to see CC keep the hits total down tonight. It racks up the pitch count and puts more pressure on the big fellow.
alluded*
I hope CC hits a BOMB tonight, would be great to see
I was going back and forth on that spelling
Here’s a good variation that I just stumbled upon.
damnit, you beat me by two minutes. I was really surprised nobody else though to do this.
Well, you posted the succinct version. I never saw this compilation before and found it amusing.
Not really sure why they thought the D-Day scene from Saving Private Ryan constituted a trap, but, whatever.
i wondered that as well
still funny
bad intel, could be considered a trap.
The bombardment missed that sector of the beach, which is why the tank traps were completely intact, which led them having none of the planned armor support.
Well, that and if you’ll remember the actual scene, the ramp drops and 95% of that LC’s complement dies immediately.
The Yankee clubhouse television all day today
I meant the 15 minute version
cc on the base paths!
is it a bad omen that CMW is pitching tonight?
Yes, but CC will hit a homer, so it’s all good.
No offense, fellow RAB dad, but we need to put a friggin killfile on Wang mentions during interleague.
i can’t stop thinking about how many things that injury set in motion
Get ‘em Carsten!
Jeter <3 lefties.
Your mom’s a trap.
RISP?!!!
ITS A TRAP!
Just grind him down and get him out by the 5th. 1 runs or 10 just make it happen.
Gameday audio stuck on “buffering.” Argh. This is what I get for having an FM-only radio at work on my late nights.
0-1 but wasn’t a bad at bat
he had about 3 fastballs right down the middle in that AB and all he could manage was a pop up
that was a bad AB
No the strike 2 fastball was inside, where pitchers go to get A-Rod.
Strike 1 fastball – right down the middle (probably taking all the way)
Strike 2 fast ball – borderline strike (good take given the count)
3-2 fastball – great pitch to hit,right down the middle (fouled off)
3-2 fastball – great pitch to hit,right down the middle (popped up)
And 0-2
arod’s slugging % is brett gardner like.
look at arods stats they are HORRIBLE. HE IS A TOTAL JOKE………
You want to give back the ’09 series? Fine by me
I don’t consider anyone with a .371 OBP a joke…He’s not performing like the A-Rod of old, to be sure, but stop overreacting.
What about the other two?
hmmmm … 124 wRC+
so he’s been 24% better than league average offensively overall
better than league average batting average and OBP
absolutely horrible
I remember when people were scared to pitch to A-Rod. Now they pitch around other people to get to him. Sad. Also this RISP fail is making me want to kill something…
GREG… So arod’s AB was not bad and that is because of what? he fouled out to first. the guy has 6 doubles and 9 or so homers. he is horrible… he is a slap hitter getting $25 mill per year.
he is a jokje.
Again, would you like to give up the 2009 World Series. Because if you didn’t want ARod there it goes?
He’s still one of the best hitting third basemen in the game, regardless of how much he is making. He’s not a joke.
David Wright?
I said “one of”, not “the best”. Naming one player doesn’t change my statement.
Someone’s crabby. Let’s change your name to Sandy Vagina, eh?
? Yeah, I’m crabby because I pointed out that your counterpoint didn’t actually change the validity of my statement? Go troll elsewhere.
He’s getting into trouble again.
Actually he is making 30 million this year.
he’s making more than $25M
if you’re going to rant, at least get your facts straight
he’s clearly no longer elite
he clearly not going to be worth the new contract (which was obvious the day he signed it)
but he’s still a well above average player, hardly horrible
Is it really his fault that his agent played the Yankee front office?
More like Hank played himself.
So the batter bails out on a 1-1 slider and then CC comes back with a fastball down the middle on 1-2?
Why would CC throw Bourn something in the strikezone when he has him 1-2?
Because he’s not an ace.
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It’s a meme!
It’s a meme because of how many people actually think that, so it’s rather hard to tell sometimes. My apologies if it was a joke, and I restore the point back.
It’s a belief. “Meme” are a meaningless term invented by some over-praised geneticists.
arod is not 1 of the best hitting 3b. the guy has 24 rbi’s and a slugging % of jerry hairston.
that is the old Arod. Look at reality.
Arod is horrible plain and simple, but hey they have him under a obscene deal for about 5 more years,,
whipptydoo.. celebrate….
In terms of American League third basemen, A-Rod’s having a great year
A-Rod is actually the third best hitting 3B in the AL this year. RBI is a dumb, context dependent stat.
The problem is that he’s being paid like he’s still the best player in baseball, not the third-best 3rd baseman.
And yes, RBI is a dumb context-dependent stat. We all know that some players get a lot more opportunities to drive in runs, and have inflated RBI totals as a result. Unfortunately, Alex is getting the opportunities and not cashing them in. He’s certainly not the only guy on the team who’s failing in this regard.
Right, but the point that we’re combating here is that A-Rod is “absolutely horrible”, and that’s just not true.
Not “absolutely horrible,” no. That’s ludicrous. But still a major disappointment. Oh, well. We’ll always have 2009. I wouldn’t trade that for the world.
Wow. Mike is right, that ump’s twitch is fucking annoying! Umpires need to stop having quirks, different strikezones, and attitudes. #RobotUmps
That did not look like it was hit very hard.
cc getting rocked by lefthanders again
Put in Phelps
Nova made this lineup look like a AAA team yesterday but I have a feeling CC will make them look like the 1998 Yankees today.
The game is blacked out on MLB Network in Los Angeles. Yet the Red Sux-Marlins game is on MLB Alternate channel. I find this confounding. The blackout rules are annoying and counterproductive.
Arod is not above avg player. look at slugging % and rbi’s, they are laughable.
and his agent taking advantage of the Yanks. BS. He took advantage of the dumb and fat Steinbrenner fool.
Arod is a JOke so laugh along at his performance…
He is barely league avg now…..
If by “barely league average”, you mean “24% better than league average”. I’m thinking that you are the joke. Also, this would be an easier discussion if you learned to use the reply button.
Dude, we fucking get it. This is also all you ever come on and talk about anymore.
Talk about something else, like CC sucking it up royally right now.
24% above league average, not barely, and certainly not horrible
(I do agree he, along with most of the Yankees, has been horrible with RISP and has a low RBI total)
we get it. you don’t like him. give it a rest.
Ace is wild.
Brian S.. I guess slugging % is a bad stat also??????
Arod has a worse sluggin % then every yankee starter except 1….
Do you know how the fucking reply button works? Jesus, kid, gtfo.
It’s a lot worse than wRC+, which has A-Rod solidly above average. Stop cherry picking stats to prove your point while ignoring others.
Slugging percentage is a good stat but it’s not the only way to be productive. His wRC+ is 124. That’s third best among his AL peers. No, he’s not worth 30 million dollars but he’s still one of the better third basemen in baseball. Use the reply button.
Nobody is worth 30 mil lol.
Again, this is the problem that I have had with CC. He’s given up way too many hits
Awful CC, just fucking awful
fuck
Beautiful start, C.C.
Just fucking beautiful.
The trap’s been sprung.
Game over for CC
You said the exactly same thing on Sunday, how many more times are you going to embarrass yourself before you stop?
I said for CC, not for the Yankees. That’s why I made that stipulation.
Momentum.
Well, thanks for nothing CC. Good work.
CC is the weak link of the rotation right now. He needs to get his act together.
The fail in this inning was the very first batter… had Bourne 1-2, after fooling him badly with a slider and for some reason grooved a fastball to a lefty hitter on a 1-2 count? (with his slider?)
CC somewhat of a disappointment so far this year. Still no sign of any “June dominance.”
Holy shit CC, what the fuck???
Real Ace™
Where’s Mike with the mandatory “Ace” statements? Every start, early struggles, 3-4 runs. Not exactly ace-like, really.
Where have you been this past week? oh thats right, the yankees were winning.
your opinion on anything is worthless.
Where is the velocity for CC, he should be sitting more at 93-94 than 91-90, right?
This is one of those games where I don’t think homers will save us and compensate for our RISP fail.
Not an ace.
No. He’s an ace that is disappointing this year. Like Jon Lester
That awkward moment when CC is the one killing the winning streaks.
Arod has a 427 slugging %. that is horrible.. jeter is a singles hitter and he has a 426 slugging %.
the Arod apologists are delusional.
Again Arod is horrible….
Now this is just funny.
He’s not horrible, he’s just not great anymore. I wish he was.
No he’s not he’s just overpaid. His on base abilities lead to the fifth best wOBA among third basemen in baseball. That’s good.
Brian, you, eephus_pitch, and everybody else has to learn Stuart’s logic. Alex used to hit 35-50 homers a year and drive in 120+ runs, but now that he’s older and no longer doing that he is automatically horrible. It doesn’t matter that he’s still producing well above league average, it doesn’t matter that he’s still at least average at third base, or that he’s been healthy all year. None of that comes into consideration. He’s not the greatest player in all of baseball anymore, therefore he’s terrible. There is no inbetween.
He can be mighty frustrating to watch, but to call him horrible is just silly.
I agree…that was all hyperbole.
since when is above average, as even you have acknowledged, horrible?
his SLG is weak, SLG isn’t the only stat
he’s still providing plenty of value in other ways.
He’s no longer elite, but still well above average, and one of the better overall 3rd baseman in the league.
Nobody’s apologizing for ARod, just making realistic, complete assessments without obsessing about 1 or 2 stats while ignoring everything else.
What’s more frustrating? CC’s struggles early on or the team’s inability to hit with RISP?
This “game over in the first 3 innings” comments are so ridiculous. How can anyone even think about freaking out like this so early in a 9 inning game. Trolls be gone.
I hella want a bagel now because of your screen name. With cream cheese.
CC has been the worst pitcher on the Yankees for a little while now.
It’s been a least an inning.
No actually agree with his point. He’s been the worst starter that the Yankees have had during the last 2 weeks or so
Cc bringing his d game again. Wonder if he is hurt. Or just fat.
Go write a love letter to Bronson Arroyo.
Now that guy can pitch.
He knows how to win.
Send CC to triple-A to work things out.
And now you’ve jumped into the cavern of stupidity
Maybe, Greg, just maybe, he was being sarcastic . . . ?
How is it three nil already?
It’s a trap.
If cc’s season was a James Bond film it would be ” the ace with a 4 ERA”. Another ace-riffic start!!
Oh good, you’re back. Missed you last month.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/ml.....ace-season
Even CC knows he has been inconsistent and not very ace like this season. Your the only one not holding him to any kind of standard for an Ace.
This will never get seen, but I must say something about this. Referencing Wally Matthews in a serious argument about the Yankees is a lot like referencing Freud’s Oedipus Complex while discussing serious psychology, only you get laughed at harder for Wally Mathews.
So because Mathews wrote it, it makes the quote from CC in the article where CC says hes inconsistant less valid? Got it, thanks for clearing that up for me!
CC, the new AJ
Mike Minor sucks, so I’m not really worried, but come on CC. Got to be better than that.
As Minor strikes out Swisher on a 90 MPH Fastball
Please don’t respond to my posts ever again. Thanks.
The change-up makes a 90 mph fastball look like 96.
That’s true
our line up so far disagrees.
Wow, way to jinx the entire offense now!
Who invited Admiral Ackbar?
Probably the Yankees. They do play the Rebellion theme song before home games.
Did anyone notice CC is not throwing the ball like last year. He is not coming over the top but more 3/4 arm.
He needs to gain that weight he lost. Last year he lost weight in the offseason too and I threw him off early in the season as well. Some guys are just meant to be big…
Someone get that man some Captain Crunch!
I blame Chris Stewarts game calling.
Then what is a personal catcher Kay?
I think Kay was using some sarcasm
A-rod has been horrible. He hits a homerun once every week or so enough to keep the media and fans off his back for a couple of days but overall the production hasn’t been there.
No the reason nobody is talking about A Rod is because the team is winning. Same with the RISP woes
Everybody is talking about A-Rod. Like, every day.
Yankees are playing with fire. They have to address these problems somehow or it will come back to bite them when the pennant races heat up and maybe even the playoffs…
How do you address A-Rod or RISP hitting? Those are the kind of things they just need to ride out. Maybe trade for an outfielder if Gardner is gone for awhile, but I’m not sure what the Yankees can actually do about those things. A-Rod isn’t going anywhere.
How about move Cano and Arod out of the 3-4 spots and replace them with Granderson and Ibanez. Anything!
Agreed about A-Rod, but Cano will be fine. Most of the problem is just something that needs to correct itself.
What production are you expecting.
He’s getting older.
He’s no longer elite.
Yet he’s still been the third best hitter on the Yankees and one of the top hitting third baseman in the league as a still well above average hitter despite the relative lack of power.
I think some people are just being realistic in their expectations for an aging slugger.
Cleared Stewy, CC can lead off next inning.
It’s better that way.
CC Sabathia: with wood, he’s good.
Yea, I’m highly offended by this. I didn’t need to know his personal bedroom habits as part of the scouting report.
In case you guys weren’t in on the stipulation, nobody is allowed to mash until CC hits tonight.
Don’t worry. We’re all good.
26 pitches Cc is hurt.
This would never happen to Justin Verlan….oh wait….
How did that get through?
Get phelps up
More hits. Is it possible that CC has been too wild in the zone this year? A lot of stirkeouts but a lot of hits and home runs?
he’s definitely had command issues
Wow, that was a weak bunting effort by Minor there.
seriously.. there is nothing worse than NL baseball.
What’s fun about watching pitchers hit? Even the best hitting pitchers are still the worst offensive players on their teams.. They need to just adopt the DH. It’s stupid.
At least he can strike out the pitcher
Great Cano and Tex get hurt on the same play.
He spiked him
arod has been the 3rd best hitter on the yanks(totally debateable) because there offense has been horrible..
grandy, jeter, and cano off the top of my head have been better then arod and Ibanez has also in many less ab’s
arod has 15 extra base hits for the season…THINK ABOUT THAT…. he has been a punch and judy joke….
the apologists with the fancy stats, slugging % is no longer a accurate stat for the sabermetricians ….
ANSWER MY QUESTION
WOULD YOU GIVE BACK THE 2009 WORLD SERIES?
Slugging percentage is an incomplete stat. Noone on the team gets on base at a higher clip than A-Rod. Getting on base is kind of important boobie.
“the apologists with the fancy stats, slugging % is no longer a accurate stat for the sabermetricians ….”
Hahahahaha really dude? Nobody is saying slugging % doesn’t matter, but when that is the like the only stat you cite, while dismissing all other stats as “fancy”, that’s just insanely laughably stupid.
You are no better than Micheal Kay trying to convince everybody that wins are important, just because you don’t understand the stat or it renders you’re argument/opinion wrong doesn’t mean the stat should be ignored. There are more important stats in baseball than Slugging%. Is it important? Yes, of course it is. Is it the end all be all of whether or not a player is productive, hell no.
not ignoring SLG
looking at the total package
hitters can provide offense without hitting for power, but apparently that is well beyond your comprehension ability
As for being third best because the offense has been horrible?
The offense has definitely underachieved so far, yet they are still the 5th best scoring offense in the league (and third best wOBA)
Again: above average =/= horrible
Oh wonderful. Hope he’s fine
Just as well
Dirty Curacaoan bastard
Someone should get beaned for that spiking.
don’t think they can afford that right now, cc needs to work on getting out, he’s having trouble doing that today
I can see a face tag coming up in this game
Hey cervelli is here
francisco cervelli, ladies and gentleman
Defensive specialist, Chris Stewart
That’s our glove first catcher everybody.
when did the braves bring up ty cobb?
Flipping around on gameday. Frustrating to keep seeing our RISP problems. The Rays and Braves got RISP and did something with it,we keep popping up or grounding into DP’s. I don’t get it.
Greg, I’d give back the 2009 World Series if you never posted here again.
I think you missed the point of why I asked stuart that question
Nice work Stewart. He hasn’t been as good as advertised defensively this year
B squad tonight?
Now we hit. CC lead off bomb.
look at the stats on espn for this game.
arod has the 2nd worse slugging % of the whole yankee lineup, the only guy lower is Chris Stewart.
But hey Arod is the 3rd best 3b in the AL offensively.. Give me a break….
I bet you worship Jeter’s altar everyday but I don’t see your bitching when his slugging is low too.
What do you propose? Play Chavez every day?
Ok, let’s pretend for a moment that you are right and Alex is done. So much so he retires. Who do you want to replace him at third base? Who is sooo much better that you can’t help but belabor how terrible Alex is, because there has to be somebody you’re judging him against that show how horrid he’s been.
your right
SLG is the only stat that matters.
No other stat in the existence of baseball has any relevance at all.
Walks and singles are completely worthless in baseball and have no value at all.
SLG is the only thing that matters.
Below average SLG means a hitter is horrible, completely regardless of anything else that hitter does.
Please try looking at more than one stat. A-Rod is still a good player, top 5 third baseman. That’s not be saying that for fun, that’s the statistics that you continue to ignore saying that.
bryce harper is good
It’s too bad they rushed him.
Yeah his .940 OPS is killing the team.
That’s what they get for rushing him. They are ruining his development.
This guy is getting a big strike zone man.
An ace would have got a hit right there.
Dey har booing jee tar
Minor looking like Sandy Koufax so far.
WTF
Why don you think this is called a trap game?
He’s getting Koufax’s strike zone..that’s why.
And CC’s getting nothing.
It’s always someone else’s fault. Amazing.
Well, looks like it’s a blame Mike for jinxing it sort of night . . . Thanks Mike. Thanks a whole f**king lot!
I thought this guy had an ERA of 6+! I hope this isn’t going to be another of those nights where they make a nonentity look like Bob Feller.
It’s not easy catching up to 88-91mph fastballs in hitter counts.
Now Teixeira, that is someone that is worth complaining about. He sucks.
Since every year they need a starter what’s the max you would give for a trade for Hamels?
I’d go as high as Williams, ManBan and filler for him.
I don’t know what I would give up, but I doubt that package gets him. Really, I want no part in giving up the farm for Hamels, only to have to sign him to a market rate contract a few months later.
I’d wait out the season and sign him for just money. Our starting staff has been great since the beginning of may except for that Angels series.
I fell for that trap 2 years ago when AJ was good (surprising, yes) Vazquez was good (VERY surprising) and when Hughes was an All Star caliber starter (also surprising).
But even if they continue to perform, in 2010 they basically had Lee in the bag. And in the end he was only had for Justin “extremely overrated” Smoak.
I know Smoak hasn’t panned out, but I can’t imagine Texas was too thrilled to give up a top prospect only to watch Lee leave for Philly. Trading for Hamels doesn’t guarantee that he resigns here, and I’d be really hesitant to pony up our top prospects for a guy that seems intent on testing free agency.
Hals 189000000 will not allow it to happen
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All of de above.
Could be a freddy night
Phelps!
More like Brian McCan’t! Am I right guys!?
::cries into drink::
That was uggla. Jesus Cc is dog shit tonight.
#Barves
No i was wrong that was uggla.
I just had a revelation, I’m not going to respond to Suart A’s continued bashings of A-Rod anymore because he’s probably the same person pre2009 saying “I don’t care what numbers A-Rod puts up, regular season stats don’t mean anything anyway, he chokes in the playoffs therefor he’s terrible.”
Yea, really.
Everyone else, just O:S him. If we all ignore him, he’s bound to go away.
I think he only continues to post because he likes stirring the hive. He just wants attention, so ignore is probably the best option.
Question. In 2009, CC had that great changeup that he could throw to righties and would strike them out. He used alot in the ALCE against the Angels. Where did that pitch go?
*ALCS
Change-ups are very much a feel pitch. If you don’t have a feel for it, or you feel like it’s not coming out of your hand right you tend to not use it. Mostly because if it’s not coming out of your hand right it’s because your arm is inadvertently slowing down giving away the pitch, or a seem catches your finger wrong causing the ball to just flatten out. At least that’s the problems I had throwing a change as a child.
“This is just not CC’s night”
Seems to be happening more and more often.
Scioscia Ball!
How many non-aces does it take to screw in a light bulb? Just one: CC Sabathia.
Probably, he’s really tall, doesn’t even need a latter
Has to be Bonds, right?
I think that was the year Andruw hit 50 actually
that’s not going to help his SLG…
Ok who did the freaky Friday thing with CC and Hughes?
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE A-ROD GOT OUT RABBLE
+1
Hey, Mike, now the trivia answer is Andruw Jones.
Ah!
Lol guy with 6 ERA, -0.4 fWAR, >2 HR/9 shutting us down.
He’s statistically been the worst starting pitcher in baseball this season. We’ve managed 3 hits and a walk against him.
Yea, Minor is getting a huge strike zone
Swisher run gadnhner would have scored on dat
Jones needs to go see grand ma again.
Can’t even run hard out of the box. If the Boss was still alive!!!
Would you stop it please. If you are going to be sarcastic, at least let us know. Its hard to tell sarcasm in text form
I think extra exclamation points are a sign of sarcasm.
Haven’t been able to watch yet. How did the crowd react to Andruw the two times he’s been up?
CC has touched 93mph on his fastball… maybe twice this game?
http://www.fangraphs.com/fgrap.....120607.png
He’s throwing poorly located 90-92 4 seam fastballs… it doesn’t matter how good his secondary stuff is.
His velocity is down this year and that should be cause for concern, while he usually builds velocity as the year goes on, even accounting for that it seems down.
A CC meatball. Nice
Suzyn just called Bryce Harper “Brian Harper” twice in a row.
It was 20 years ago today…
There is a reason she’s my least liked person in the world right now.
Gonna watch the finals. CC is trash atm. Same story after every start. Hopefully he can fix his command issues.
Run along Francis.
18% of the strikes Minor has gotten have been out of the zone according to brooksbaseballnet pitch FX
He’s getting Glavine’s old strike zone.
94 that time
Nice job, Captain Crunch. Now I’d like runs.
Nice job working out of that CC…for all the shit he’s getting, he hasn’t allowed a run since the 1st.
That’s why I never bitch about CC. It seems like whenever he does that early in the game, he ends up shutting it down and pitching 7 innings.
Not ideal, but if that’s a “bad game” for him, I’ll take it.
Runs in the first inning still count..
8-9-1 coming up
national league baseball!
/nods off
I remember there was a point in late april/early may where Jeter would need to go 0-64 to fall to .300. He’s a mere .16 points away from that right now.
It’s a bummer. The power’s gone, too.
BuntszzzZZZZZ
lol bunt
buntfail.
God damn it I hate the National League.
Safe to say the offense still sucks, right? This is Minor they are facing..
Cc best play of the night getting that bastids leg.
CC should have spiked that asshole.
Is our offense afraid to get a runner into scoring position tonight because of all the RISPFAIL grief we give them?
God I hate the NL.
While this inning has been very unfortunate, and I agree NL league rules are terrible, a freaking little leaguer could be blanking us right now.
This umpire is fucking trash.
Jesus seeing CC slide into you has gotta give you nightmares.
Naw he’s athletic.
I didin’t mean about injury risk, I meant that as the second baseman, that is a far larger person sliding into you than you are used to seeing
Remember last year when Doug Davis shut us down? This is like that.
That was almost exactly a year ago, too. June 18. I remember it because it was the day Green Lantern came out and it started my month long leave of absence from work.
Ironically, June 23 this year begins my involuntary unemployment from work.
Wow you must really like the green lantern, did you know they made him gay. Nttatwwt
I’m a DC fan in general. I was really looking forward to that movie, and it was a bit disappointing.
As far as making Green Lantern gay, big deal. Doesn’t bother me. I don’t really buy comics anymore either.
Should have made aquaman gay, now Justice League movie will suck.
So far it is a trap game.
6.57ERA for Minor and the Yankees can’t do shit!
So what’s going on so far? Just got home. Anything good?
Everything has been the exact opposite of good. Our offense is being shut down by literally the worst statistical starter in baseball, and CC has been working on eggshells all evening.
Yes, it has been the opposite of Batman, as Troy Barnes would say.
I think you’ve got to continue to give credit to CC for his craftsmanship: he limits the damage, manages to go 6-7 or better no matter how poorly he starts. He does all you can ask of a professional.
The problem seems to be stuff: it just isn’t up to his standard. Every game he puts the team in the hole, and his wins aren’t gleaming; they’re gutted out.
Is it my imagination, or has this been the case almost universally since that aborted perfect game against Seattle last year? Is it possible he did something to himself in that game that’s made him not quite the same pitcher since?
I’ll give CC credit for getting Cashman to give him a 100+ million dollar contract despite not being an ace.
name 6 pitchers better than CC.
Kershaw
Price
Doc
Verlander
Weaver
Haren
Etc
The only ones I agree with are Kershaw, Doc, and Verlander. Price is debatable, as is Haren. Weaver’s good but idk if I put him in that class.
It’s funny that Yankee fans seem to actually underrate CC and pretend none of those other guys have bad games. CC had a 2.88 FIP last year in the toughest division in baseball. And for all his “non-ace starts” this year, he’s at 3.50, with a 3.19 xFIP
Also was exactly 6th in all of MLB in FIP and xFIP last year (min 150 innings). He was second in all of the MLB in WAR, only behind Doc.
But he’s not an ace, right?
Eh, CC is just as good as most of those guys. Also, context matters. Weaver and Haren get to face the Mariners and Athletics all year.
Lester
Santana
Carpenter
Johnson
Strasburg
No…no on any of those.
Lester??!??!?
none of these!
6 seems like a rather arbitrary number.
absolutely arbitrary.
He’s had numerous excellent starts since that game last year.
Truly excellent? Like, three-hit shutouts? I’d like to be reminded of one.
I’m not a CC-knocker at all. I think he clearly HAS been an ace for the Yankees. But lately it seems every game’s like this one…even ones where the Yanks come back and win, CC seems to put the team in a hole early.
Honestly, if I’m playing behind him I’d much rather that. I would always like to know, yeah my pitcher might give up a few runs in the first inning, but we’ve got 8 more to make that back and I know he’s not going to allow another run to score.
May 10th versus Tampa: 8 IP, 0 ER, 10 Ks
Sounds good to me.
Question: Would you trade the 2009 World Series Championship for the 2001 World Series Championship?
Eh, close call. 2009 was nice, new stadium and all. 2001, 9/11 but the Yankees still made it good. i would keep 2009 just so it doesn’t feel like its been 10 years since they won.
The fake rain out at a dome stadium was what gave them the series.
The Yankees were miserably outplayed that series, no matter how you look at it.
In 2001? Yeah, the Yankees had no business getting to Game Six or Seven, never mind actually having a lead with three outs to go in the finale.
That was huge for them giving shilling and unit rest.
Wait that actually happened? I was 10 so I don’t remember.
Yup game rained out in Zone a stadium with a retractable roof.
no way id rather have a WS 3 years ago
As much as 2001 stung, the Yanks had no business even coming that close to winning. Their offense that year was dreadful. That’s why they had to get Giambi in the offseason.
i am hoping this ends up like saturday’s Mets game. I cannot believe Minor is shutting the Yankees down. Minor has been beyond awful this season.
one awful AB after another..
“You have to give Minor credit.”
Preemptive hat-tip from John Sterling.
Wow. San Diego is god awful, huh?
This game is boring and the Yankees can’t hit.
6 shoutout innings from a crap pitcher. YCPB
This has the makings of one of those “worst game[s] of the year” . . . Nothing I quite hate more than letting shitty pitchers off the hook and making them look like All-Stars.
And in other YCPB headlines . . . Buchholz continues his recent surge of dominance with six shutout innings and 8 Ks.
How the fuck is Buchholz good again? Is Ortiz sharing his ‘Dominican Milkshakes’ with him?
Maybe he found the stuff that created Ellsbury’s power last season.
We obliterated lefties last season. The reason we lost in the ALDS was because we faced nothing but right handed pitching. That seems to have reversed this season, if you look at the platoon post from earlier.
Tex, Swish, Cano, and Jones have all been much worse vs. LHP this year than last year
While I’m hoping this is another Jonathan Niese/Mets type game (the Yankees come back and win a game they are seemingly getting dominated in), the Braves bullpen is a wee bit better than the Mets.
At least the Mets have comeback and are up a run on the Rays in the 5th.
I know Minor has a decent change and curve, but it is amazing how the Yankees can’t make any sort of quality contact on his blazing 88-91mph fastball even when they are in hitters’ counts
Yeah Kimbrel and Venters are nothing to fuck with.
time to catch the bus home. hopefully I miss a good comeback while on my way home.
Sterling and Waldman now gushing over Christ Stewart’s “good-looking” at-bats.
Just kill me now.
That’s when you know the Yankees are not hitting and won’t win…
It’s more that S+W have never met a crap player they won’t overhype. They’re written sonnets about Enrique Wilson and Miguel Cairo, two of the more worthless Yanks of the past 15 years.
I keep hoping they swallow their microphones. No such luck.
Kelly Shoppach. Fuck.
that ball seemed … catchable
Yeah, looked like Grandy took a bat route.
DAMMIT CC. Get the lefties out!
Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of catchable balls go over Granderson’s head?
He plays shallow.
Granderson is a true LFer has weak arm too
Which makes sense, much of the time, but with CC grooving 91mph 4 seamers and McCann at the plate they should adjust for the quality of the hitter.
McCann has been crushing the ball this series, no need to play him shallow and have a flyball land short of the warning track.
I didn’t say it was good strategy on his part.
He does play shallow, no argument there. To my untrained eye, that doesn’t seem to be the issue. It seems he doesn’t judge the ball off the bat well and by the time he adjusts it skies a few feet beyond his reach.
This game is very, very close to being over.
You’re right, it’s the bottom of the seventh.
Bleh. Phelps time.
Freddy time
3 runs does not equal white flag.
CC THE ACE GIVES UP 5 runs a game
False.
CC stopper of winning steaks
The offense hasn’t scored a run, but, yeah, let’s blame CC.
This. CC hasn’t been on his A game obviously, but it doesn’t mean shit if the offense puts up a goose egg.
The offense has done nothing in this game, but Sabathia did allow 12 baserunners in 7 innings. They’re both at fault.
Mmmm, I could go for a winning steak right now.
Streak
Damm ipad
It really doesn’t matter…it was still a ridiculous statement.
20 ounce aged porterhouse marinated in garlic olive oil, and seared just right with a large baked potato and fresh asperagas.
i think he’s given up 5 earned once lol
Had a Yankee done that, it would have been one of their most productive recent at bats with the bases loaded.
Well that sucks. Upside, CC should have been out of the game already. He just doesn’t have it tonight.
That and the yanks can’t hit a guy with a 6 era
CC wasn’t great, but let’s not pretend he got shelled. He had some rough spots here and there but seems to have been victimized more by some cheap hits than anything. This notion that he shit the bed and didn’t give the team a chance is unfounded.
Sorry, rationality is not welcome here. CC is the worst fattest pitcher ever.
This is true, but there is still reason to be a bit concerned about CC’s performances this year. Some element of his customary dominance is missing. Is it the fb? the change? Beats me, but he’s a bit off.
Agreed. Like I said above somewhere, this game is on the offense. I don’t think you can have a game where the offense has scored zero runs and blame the pitcher.
I think it’s the early hole he put them in that made it seem worse.
He gave up 10 hits, and at least 6 of them were truly smoked.
Is it wrong that I want the Braves’ 1-2-3-4 instead of our 1-2-3-4?
Yeah, you’re crazy wrong.
rally time folks!!!!
Uh oh . . . RISP with the middle of the order coming up . . .
we gotta get a run in, come on guys!!!
Crap! RISP
Whose calling double play?
Extremely likely against Venters.
Holy shittttttttttttttttttt
Redemption time for Alex. Just a single would do. Then a sac fly from the next batter. Not too much to ask for.
Of course, that will do nicely.
Oh NO!!! Bases loaded . . . !!!!!!!!!!!! With A-Rod coming up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T minus 28 secoonds til. Dp
Shit bases loaded. This will not end well. GIDP?
Now would be a good time for Arod to go all Gehrig on the Braves.
Nice call
72397429374923745237742307 dollars this is a GIDP coming yup.
I’m here to collect.
think he meant Yen… your quarter is in the mail
hahahahaha you were wrong
It would’ve been predictable, given current trends. I will give you that…lol
If Arod could hit like he chomps gum, game would be tied
BOOM! Guess he can!
Boom.
Hahahahaha. Where’s stuart now?
Fetal positon somewhere.
AROD!!!
That was the first live Grand Slam I saw in awhile.
Where the fuck is Stuart now?
OH MY GAWWWWWWD!!!!!
Hell yeah!
Where is jim leyritz when Holy shit he did it!!!!!!!!!
Ironic grand slam is ironic
HAHAHAHAHA! WTF. That’s just stupid.
OH MY FREAKING GOD
So… what’s this punch and judy hitter’s SLG again?
Wow, I think A Rod just broke the Internet.
Oh baseball.
Best third baseman in baseball! Tied with Gehrig in grand slams.
Arod will be trending on Twitter in 5,4,3,…
Only a centaur could’ve done that. What a huge swing.
Who said this game was over? Show of hands?
I thought ARod wasn’t clutch?
Brand new ballgame, folks.
HOLY SHIT
wow A-rod
A-Rod = Ace.
Well, I’m glad I stayed
Can’t hit one of the worst pitchers in baseball, but can destroy an elite bullpen guy. Baseball is damn weird.
Leave it to this weird Yankees team to hit the actual good pitcher.
A-Rod just said “Deez Nuts Stuart”
lmao
Not gonna lie.
I had the Sox/Marlins game on exclusively on MLB.tv, and randomly took a peek at the score to see if anything had happened.
With the bases loaded, I knew I had to be a dumb sucker and check out what would happen. Can’t say I expected that.
The only thing that could make this better is a KARS-4-KIDS commercial.
Oh, goodie!
That’s “Kars”…with a “k”!
*Changes to Finals game after pitching change*
*First quarter ends*
-__-
That’ll do Venters….that’ll do
The first AB being A-Rod’s grand slam in epitome of great timing!
It’s almost as if the Bases Loaded stuff was the result of small sample size and will regress to the mean at some point. Almost
STFU!
That sample size was getting alarmingly not-small, to be fair.
Idk the exact numbers, but the fact that their BA went from .149 to .162 with one hit makes me think the sample size still wasnt large at all
Garbage time!
Swish!!!!
re-dic
SWISHHHHHHHAAAA
Garbage time.
Boommmmmmmmmmm
this must be a cartoon
Not quite as epic as A-Rod, but okay… :/
Bombers a bombing
Mother F***ing Garbage Time!!!!!!!!!!!!@
Say what?
Fuckin Swish!
GARBAGE TIME
It’s Freddy, Freddy, gotta get down with Freddy. Who’s ready for some sweat?
LOL………….
LOL
Holy crap….
Please tell me Garcia is no longer throwing in the pen.
Too many homers!
GAAAAAAARBAGE TIIIIIIME!!!
Swisher, you lousy compiler! Stop killing rallies.
This inning is my favorite thing of the season.
Back to back 7 spots at Fenway?
This is pretty good itself, though.
yeah, this is #2
Good call. I forgot about that somehow. So that’s one and this is two.
The best part about that Sox game was that they played “Sweet Caroline” even after the Yanks had just scored 15 unanswered runs.
baseballisweird
All six runs tonight have been on home runs.
/That Guy’d
I love that guy, he’s worth every penny the Yankees are not gonna give him this off season!
D’Oh! D’Oh! D’Oh! D’Oh! D’Oh! (Too many Homers.)
Mike Minor is going to murder his bullpen.
Where ya at stuart!?
Good thing the braves have a band box stadium
-mets broadcasting team.
’09 it all began in Atlanta.
’12 maybe again (yea I know they’re 10 games over and playing really well right now, but hey it’s a cool narrative)
Yankees are hitting toooo many home runs.
Remember the first inning when all was lost and Arod sucked?
went from the worst game in a while to incredibly entertaining possible win now. kind of feel bad for Minor, maybe just a little
Ha, Braves can’t get outs anymore. Best inning in a long time.
Juuuust a little bit inside.
Ahem, Greg:
Greg says:
June 12, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Game over for CC
In fairness to Greg, he was probably saying that hours before the game started.
He actually tried to defend what he was saying when Mike called him on it.
He was trolling before it was mainstream.
If trolling is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
- Greg when “Billy Madison” was popular
He says that almost every game.
He was referring specifically to CC.
And, look, Greg is not a troll. Greg is just extremely prone to negativity and having a very grim outlook for everything. There is likely a reason behind that, but I’m not going to play armchair psychologist.
I’ve told him countless times he needs to mellow out and just roll with the punches, but I don’t think he’s capable of that.
see, you said to ‘roll with the punches’. he misheard and thought you were telling him to ‘troll with the bunches’. simple mistake, actually.
Ha, seriously though – he’s not a troll. As Pat said, he’s just prone to very prolonged bouts of negativity. I legitimately feel bad for him. I mean that. Even the relatively optimistic fan can go on anxiety road trips, so to have that perpetual feelings of doom in most games must be almost intolerable.
I don’t think Greg is a troll either. There are way, way worse commenters here.
Yeah I know he’s not a troll. That’s actually why I mentioned him specifically, because maybe he’ll eventually start to see things another way.
Given how bizarre this game is, it would not entirely surprise me to see Freddy go up there and strike out the side in both the 8th and 9th innings.
You lost me at “and”.
Almost Eric, almost
Mets 6 Rays 2 Top of the 7th
9-2 now
Wait, I thought the Yankees weren’t playing the Mets anymore?
srsly…. that was a six run inning, and after the damage was already done Girardi’s binder told him to drain the bench!
This will be a yankees classic game even though its on my9.
Now just gotta hope the ‘pen doesn’t fuck this one up.
Argh, Sterling’s singing.
Wow, the Yankees broke Twitter.
might as well get all you can out of Epply as he’s going down when Robertson comes back
I bet Phelps gets sent down. They at least use Eppley.
Lol Russ 2 outs in the 8th
“Yeah, i know homers kill rallies and all dat, but lemme show you another way…”
-Russell Martin
MISINFORMATION ALERT:
6/12/1939 was not the last game Gehrig played as a Yankee. Where is Kay getting that crap from?
Exhibition games count?
Seriously?
Random question – is this considered 2 PH plate appearances for Martin since he hasn’t taken the field yet.
2 outs in one inning by a PH… that’s probably not happened a lot.
I didn’t realize A-Rod tied Gherig on the anniversary of his last game…that’s…eerie.
Didn’t realize it was an exhibition game. Still cool though.
so, uhhhhhh
how about all these no hitters this season. i mean, what up with that, right??
2010 called.
They want their narrative back.
Freddy dead weight get phelps up.
So I fell asleep for a while.
Did I miss anything?
Nah, A-Rod hit into a double play (what a horrible player) and Swish couldn’t come through because it wasn’t garbage time. Go back to bed, same old same old.
Who said anything about going to bed? I just fall asleep all the time.
I assumed you were making a joke
No, I really did fall asleep on the couch because I was getting bored. I woke up right before ARod’s homer.
Well you, sir, have some impecable timing.
SO while I was playing MW3 the Yankees put a hurting on the Braves bullpen. Thank you for coming back and I hope you gave Stuart hell.
Well Stuart has been in the fetal positon for awhile, not sure which corner he’s hiding in though.
For superstition’s sake…go play more MW3.
I appreciate that, but I want to see the ending.
And give Rapada another cookie
Rapada just got my whole fucking jar of cookies.
I also gave you a hard time
. For the record, I recognize you’re nothing like Stuart.
Few people possess stuart’s unique gifts.
stuart has made some good points in the past. I honestly thought he was getting better, but, alas.
Still, he’s no Duh Innings!
(I just can’t let it go)
I don’t blame you, that was one of the most epic threads I have ever seen here.
How weird is it with the combination of Eppley and Rapada as the Yankees’ 8th inning guy? It seems so weird to be there. I mean Wade closed yesterday and Logan has been good. These matchups are killing the bullpen workload cause even with the starters averaging like 7 innings in the last turn or two, the bullpen seems shorthanded cause it takes 5 pitchers for 6 outs. Such is the perils of life after Mo and Drob
Soriano has that blister thing going on too. Their just beat up, it happens over the course of the season.
Washington Nationals win again.
Five straight, in Boston and Toronto. Hopefully they are due for a cooling down when the Yankees head to D.C. later this week. They do avoid the Stras, fortunately.
Reply fail.
Arrdsma and joba cant get here fast enough.
Future pen
Soriano
Robertson
Joba
Aardsma
Logan
Wade
Rapada has been killing it these last few outings! this bullpen is something else!
I hope Soriano will get the save, but I think its gonna be Epply
Rapada getting the job done well lately.
Well nice job by Rapada!
Updates from The end of the 5th on, I demand them!!!!
A-Rod grand slam after working the count full, Swisher with a follow up 2 run shot after Tex got on. It was glorious.
A-Rod’s didn’t get over much, but it was an absolute laser to left field. Swisher’s was more of the bomb variety.
But…but…Stuart A assures me that A-Rod is garbage? And did I really miss history?
That slam tied him with Gerigh I believe?
Yes it did. On the anniversary of Gerhig’s last game as a Yankee (though it was technically just an exhibition game).
hey, get back on the bus, trying to win a game here!
I think I should, I come back and they get two quick outs against this reliever.
A-Rod smacks a grand slam and Swish hits a 2 R HR in the eighth inning.
Would like a couple of more runs in the top of the ninth.
Don’t worry. Freddy’s good for the 9th if Soriano isn’t prepared! What could go wrong?
I’m glad Rapada got Bourne out, because if Soriano is available, there is no reason he shouldn’t have come in for a 4 out save (which Girardi would not have done).
I also see that the Bryce Harper tour of destruction is raging on
He must be thinking “This isn’t the big leagues, everybody is just fucking with me right? I mean this is too easy.”
Harper’s been great but Mike Trout has been playing out-of-his-fucking-mind since his first day in the majors this year.
Far and away the ROYs of their respective leagues. It’s going to be fun to watch them for the next 15+ years, hopefully one of them in pinstripes for a chunk of that.
A-Rod’s contract should be up when one of these fine gentleman hit FA.
They’ll be 26-27 when they hit the market. Think about that.
Harper will be 25 I believe which is just ridiculous, he may be looking a 10 year contract.
In other words, entering their primes and getting 10+ year deals, and who knows what kind of money values…I don’t care what it will take though, I want at least one of them in pinstripes.
or both, because fuck your $189M budget is why and your luxury tax too
I immediately thought of this when I read that.
Harper in at 153 wRC+ while Trout is at 173 wRC+ it has been ridiculousness abound, not to mention Trout is a Gardnesque fielder to boot.
Harper might not be Trout in the field, but he’s nothing to sneeze at either.
I was not at all, in all likelihood Trout’s .411 BABIP will go down and Harper seems to be the better hitter while Trout’s game is a little more well rounded with the premium position and defense.
Basically what it comes down to in my eyes is Harper is going to have better power over the course of his career as well as being well above average in every other aspect, but Trout is going to be great all around while lacking some of that power.
Main point being either one if they stay healthy are going to be welcomed to the Yankees with open arms.
Absolutely.
They’ve both been nuts.
Trout slightly more-so, but Harper’s only 19 and he’s OPSing at .936. I mean, not even the greats like ARod or Andruw Jones came close to doing that.
Kid’s gonna win the MVP at this rate
anyone who complained about a-rod should feel pretty silly.
For a 37 yr old 3rd baseman to have a wRC+ 125+ is pretty damn impressive, though not his typical 147 wRC+ average
I don’t think stuart has the mental capacity to realize how silly he was.
I hope My9 isn’t going to tell that story of how the Yankes wanted to trade Mariano for Felix Fermin after Tony Fernadez got hurt during spring training in 1996. Then Gene Michael talked George out of it. Story is older than the hills. Well A-Rod is up again.
I’m pretty sure that is exactly what they will talk about
A-Rod is feelin it now… big things coming here
of course, when i say big things i am referring only to pop ups.
it was very high
Yes, I missed all this while watching the Heat. Serves me right for not at least firing up the MLB At-Bat on the IPad.
Yes, all of you busting on CC at the start of the game can lick our collective nuts.
His peripherals have been pretty solid the last two games though the results have not been there, though he is able to go on a two month tear at any point now. Truly a pleasure to watch along with Pettitte.
All I see is the same CC. He may get into some trouble but, once he tells you “no more,” you’re not getting a damn thing off him. What looks like disaster in the first inning winds up being him pitching deep into the game and giving his team a chance to win the game. I love the man.
David Phelps is still alive, right?
Good sori or bad sori?
pretty good so far
The “Tomahawk Chop” was tired about 15 years ago.
Seriously. Just embarrassing to watch.
Watching them drunkenly sling those things around completely out of unison is rather entertaining I think.
And really, what should we expect in a sport where mustard races catsup and relish?
Yeah, but that’s just only disrespectful to Michael Kay.
Given the overall bizarre nature of the game, I think a 1-2-3 would be fitting here for Soriano
Thank you Rafeal!
You are correct!
I’m not gonna jinx it but…
Special K brought to you by a steady diet of slurves.
Let’s go Mets. Lets go Mets.
Great comeback!!!
Very nice win.
Yanks are hot as hell right now.
CC poaches a win, love it.
Nice great game wonder if daiz is still smiling and laughing.
Admiral Ackbar can go suck it. It wasn’t a trap.
Alex and CC. What a troll-buster.
The wins just keep getting sweeter and sweeter.
How dare you disrespect Ackbar????
I fucking love that wily crustacean.
Ackbar means “greatest” in Arabic. Yup.
Great save, great fucking win!
ballgame bitches
All is right in the Universe.
Shirt: untucked. Love it.
Uh, anyone know what Sori’s celebration is all about? Why does he untuck his shirt immediately after the strikeout? Weird.
And how is it I’ve never noticed this until tonight?
It hides the fact that he also whipped something else out from the camera.
As long as he doesn’t do a fucking jig off the mound, I’m cool with it.
Maybe he’s like me and just feels uncomfortable with his shirt tucked in. I like him untuck my shirt the exact moment I can excusably do so.
No clue, but he does it every game. I first noticed it a few weeks ago when Chavez had an error on the final out. Soriano untucked early and Kay pointed out that it is his ritual
Flaps out. He signifies that he can relax.
So I wager we’ll hear this all over again the next time CC has a rough first inning, before he settles down?
Yankees are doing what they should do in Interleague play which is beat up the lesser league. Although the Yankees are versing some of the better teams in the NL, excluding the Mets.
The Mets actually haven’t been terrible this year.
Is the volume on anybody else’s My9 crapping out?
Yes, always.
I wish.
What a great win.
I’m waiting for someone to say they didn’t earn or deserve it enough, or that they didn’t score enough style points.
FACT: The Yankees are actually in fourth place in the all-important “Style Points” standings which decide the secret third WC team that earns the “Money in the Bank” briefcase they can cash in IMMEDIATELY AFTER Game 7 of the World Series.
CM Punk owns that briefcase.
I’d watch out for him during the champagne celebration. Pipe bomb time.
I do not care who Russ thinks should come out of retirement.
I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Russ for that epic argument with Ray Handley back in 1992. Handley was such a tool.
That being said, I only see My9 through the Extra Innings broadcasts, so I don’t have to listen to what he says now.
The term “buzzkill” was single-handedly invented for Ray Handley.
Ray Handley is one of the things for which I’ve never forgiven Bill Parcells.
The snowball of utter suck that led to has subsequently led to me never being as big a Giant fan ever again, and that’s after two championships.
The kid who got Arod’s ball is gonna give it up for an autographed poster. ARod should offer season tickets this year and next.
Probably doesn’t know the significance.
I’d ask for primo tickets to one game, that would be enough for me for that ball.
Man, it’s a nice gesture, but like Jeter’s #3,000, someone to at least inform the kid of the importance of the HR and how much money he may be just giving back. It’s the kid’s ball. Could pay for his college education.
I’d ask for decent season tickets for the remainder and post season.
Fun game. Was out with some friends, which made the early slow going okay. Easily one of the best wins of the year, second behind the Fenway comeback.
Now I get to enjoy flipping back through the thread to see the ledge jumpers, whiners, complainers, and those who gave up in the first inning.
I only got home during the bottom of the 8th. I started to search through the thread, but it got far too depressing. Perhaps if I get bored tonight.
I can’t believe I missed this entire fucking awesome game!!! I was at a goddamn business dinner the whole night. GO YANKS!!!!!!!!