Game 66: Shooting for double-digits
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It’s been seven years since the Yankees last won ten straight games, but they have a chance to match that tonight with CC Sabathia on the mound. Sabathia has actually been the team’s worst starter during his pitching dominated stretch but it’s not like he’s been bad — 3.54 ERA and 2.76 FIP in 28 innings across four starts during his 19-4 stretch. He held the Braves to one run over his final six innings after allowing three in the first last week, so hopefully that strong finish carries right over into tonight. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Andruw Jones
DH Russell Martin
LF Jayson Nix
C Chris Stewart
LHP CC Sabathia
Tonight’s game starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and ESPN nationally.
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Vote for Cano please
Already did 2x. Doing my part.
Kinsler is not having a better season than Cano, but apparently Texas has become pretty popular. Yanks’ fans need to step up.
Holy shit how does Cano have 3.1 WAR already?
I just looked at Cano’s stats, holy crap, he is having a good year, upped the walk rate although I think much of that has to do with the intentional walks but still holy crap. Its been a quiet but super productive year, the only thing is he hasn’t hit with RISP so it doesn’t seem like he is doing as good as he as as his RBI totals are lower than you woudl expect but then again, not by much. He is having an amazing season, at this rate, he could have a fWAR of 7+ by the end of the year.
Hoping that CC rights the ship in this start. For once in his tenure as a NYY, he’s being picked up by the rest of the rotation.
We’ll need him to get on one of those CC-as-THE-boss-hogg runs, like he does right around now each season.
Conversely, Mike Minor needs to get lit up something fierce by our offense tonight.
Russell Martin at DH?….yuck. But we’re playing so well i doubt it matters
Martinisdinero. Not.
Montero isn’t dinero in 2012 either.
Fun fact:
Combined bWAR of Montero and Noesi: -0.3
Combined bWAR of Campos and Pineda: 0
We’re winning the trade.
Funny.
Truth be told, the offense has been solid but not gangbusters during this run (RISPfail, come on down!!); yet the Yank’s have been like the U in the eighties for the last month.
For me, it’s far more relaxing to watch win streaks predicated on great pitching rather than on great hitting. When the team is winning because they’re hitting is masking poor pitching, each game you sit on pins and needles hoping the starter/bullpen doesn’t blow it. But when they’re pitching well, you feel like it’s time to light up the celebratory cigar the second they take a lead.
Since real life is hard enough as it is, I rather like this whole “2-0 lead in the fourth for the Yanks?…They got this” stretch. It’s calming. Like yoga, or a fine herbal tea…
Well put, couldn’t agree more.
Once again, I am looking for less hits from CC and to be dominant from the start.
That would be Ace.
Let’s make it TEN IN A ROW boys! Man life is so good during a winning streak.
Some of you may view me as in unflappable optimist blinded by reality sometimes, but truth be told I am just as frustrated as many of you when things are going poorly. I just don’t like to show it for my own sanity’s sake. But shit, things are just awesome right now. Here’s to hoping CC passes the torch.
Martin, Stewart, and Nix all in the same lineup? Wow…Girardi must feel bad for the NL.
lead off triple=gaysauce.
Why is language like this allowed on this site? Is this a gay bashing site?
Yes it is.
Ha, calling a bisexual a gay basher…too funny.
That’s a great start.
Once again….
All these extra base hits to lefties make me sad. Come on CC.
Zoilo Almonte named Eastern League Hitter of the Week for June 11-17 by milb.com.
http://www.milb.com/news/artic.....news_opotw
If this is the only run he gives up, I’ll be fine with this start, but he just cant seem to dominate from the start
CC is the weak link.
Just kidding….kind of….
Well he is right now
And Mike Minor is Tom Glavine apparently.
You’re not kidding. He is. Especially for that amount of money.
Uh oh. Jim Joyce impersonator behind the plate. Or is that Joyce?
No idea. But…STTRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKE.
91mph fastballs to Bourne.
CC’s fastball has been down this year, couple that with command issues and it shouldn’t be that surpising he is giving up more hits and is not as effective. Usually by now the fastball is heating up, but this year he’s been hovering in the 91-93 range.
http://www.fangraphs.com/fgrap.....120612.png
Wasn’t the speed, it was the location.
CC doesn’t throw hard to start off the game.
It’s both… When you are up at 94-96 you can get away with that mistake a lot more often, at 91-92 it gets hit hard most of the time.
Also while he does pick up speed during the game if you look at the chart I linked, the overall range is lower (meaning he’s starting at a lower level and building up to afinal velocity that is lower)
What did he say about a Charlie horse?
Mike Minor, Yankee killer… but otherwise garbage
One day they will swing at Mike Minors fastball that splits the plate.
The problem is they want to be patient at the plate and take pitches. If he’s throwing strikes right out of the gate.
Good breaking ball from the lefty. Spells a bit of doom
Just turned on the game. How’s CC look after 1?
Mike Minor:
Against everybody else: Jeff Weaver
Against us: Sandy Koufax
But why is this? YOu can say that, but give a reason
Yankees are not aggressive enough.
But that goes against their nature, don’t you see?
I’d say SSS noise. In both regards. Minor is a pretty highly regarded pitcher, he’s not gonna pitch to a 6 ERA the whole year. He’s also not going to pitch 8 shutout innings everytime out. His real talent level (obviously) lies somewhere in the middle.
This.
Against us anyway, he throws breaking pitches over the plate, and strikes early. With a guy who is pitching to a 6 ERA the team’s probably expecting 2-0 every count, but before they know it they’re down 0-1 or 0-2
This isn’t a court of law. Get ahold of yourself.
This comment FTW.
Now it might not just be the Yankees. He had an okay start against Miami before these two starts. So maybe, he’s just getting into a groove
Danny Aiello is Michael Kay’s uncle? Aiy.
Its the one problem I had with the winning streak so far. We’ve won 9 in a row, but we are only 1.5 games up over the O’s
Still not taking the O’s seriously at all, so still not concerned.
Me either. The Yanks are 3.5 up on the Rays, and that is far more important than whatever the hell the O’s are doing.
The O’s are actually good. If they can just add one starting pitcher at the deadline so that Hunter doesn’t have to keep pitching for them they will contend.
I almost never do this: But calling an A-Bomb.
A-Walk
You will get an A-Walk and A-Like it.
Would an ace have given up a triple to Micheal Bourn?
Well, Bourn is having a spectacular season.
Jesus Flores on the other hand…
Just because you give up a XBH to a backup catcher doesn’t mean you suck.
Bourne is hitting .257, with a wRC+ of 96 (below average) against lefties this year. For his career he has a wRC+ of 69 against lefties(very bad)
He’s having a spectacular season… against right handed pitchers.
This is stupid. Who would you consider an “ace”?
God Lord Mo of all that is right in the world! I just realized something.
When I moved into my new apartment in DC, I opted to not pay for cable. I have MLB.TV, and can stream things like Netflix and HBO on my xbox, so I figured cable was unnecessary as long as I had internet. This weekend’s games with the Nationals got me thinking…okay, so I’m blacked out this weekend (I did go to the game on Friday), and a few Orioles games…big deal right? And then it hit me. I can’t watch the playoffs. Big mistake.
*calls Comcast immediately*
I have no idea why I never considered that sooner.
See what happens when they are aggressive?
Clearly, every time they swing at the first pitch they will ground into double plays. you’re right.
I just dont want people complaining when any Yankee swings at the first pitch tonight
Randy Johnson shutting them down so far..
It’s weird. Cano is having a great year but he’s still hitting way too many ground balls. 50.7% this year, ~45% his last two years.
1.95 GB/FB ratio, 1.53 career.
This umpire sucks.
It actually caught the bottom of the strikezone.
They need to get a lefty masher that can actually hit lefties.. Jones simply cant do it anymore.
That’s what I brought up yesterday.
Sure, more of a guarantee would be nice..but plenty of people said the same thing at this point last year, and Jones went on a tear in the second half. I’m not excusing his play so far, but I don’t think he got completely cooked in a matter of ~8 months either.
Jones last year:
1st half .195/.294/.357
2nd half .291/.416/.612
Yeah that was pretty much my point. I’m not ready to say he “simply can’t do it anymore” 3 months (season wise) after tearing the cover off of left handed pitching.
Sure you can hope for a miracle turnaround, but at his age, a decline is a lot more likely.
Game season wise, Jones is three months removed from being awesome against lefties. I am not ready to call him done yet.
joe was hitting him against righties before he wised up midseason. the platoon with jorgie was pretty perfect.
Okay, lets assume Jones won’t turn it around. Who are you targeting?
Musteiler!
Meh…
Guys like that don’t exactly grow on trees. Most of the ones that are available or can be available have their warts too
A-Rod sucks he doesn’t have any power! All he did was walk! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
Slugging percentage is the only stat that matters!!
If you disagree with me, you’re a saberwhore!!
/stuart a’d
RBI’s too!
I will continue to yell and complain that he’s terrible but I will never suggest an alternative, I will just name other 3rd baseman who are also terrible, and call them all terrible!!!!!!
/really stuart a’d
CC has to get locked in. Can’t let the Braves nickel and dime 3 or 4 runs before the bats finally solve Minor.
Problem is only an ace can do that.
nice pitch
Score runs meow.
did you say meow?
He’s trying to make it his thing.
It’s working about as well as Mick Foley.
Fun fact: Brian S. is really a…uhhh…cat.
Okay woof.
Off topic: I feel like such a grown up, I own stocks, and they’re doing well!!!
Lefty with a good changeup, the Yankees kryptonite
lefty with a good changeup who throws 90mph fastballs down the middle, the Yankees kryptonite
They don’t look like 90mph with a good changeup.
Tony Pena : emergency catcher
Russ Martin as a DH.. it’s better to have CC hit
This really is fucking stupid. Mike. Minor.
As I said, Lefty with a good changeup. The Yankees struggle against pitchers like this. Actually we should have expected it
Well we crushed Johan didn’t we?
Only after 8 days of rest and rust building.
As always, the Yankees get no credit.
Even the Yankees announcers were putting that performance because of that reason
It actually counted as half a win in the standings. FACT.
and he throws strikes on top of it. He is the Yankee’s kryptonite.
Except for those guys just like this that we crushed earlier this season. But, y’know, narrative.
+1
And a young guy with an actual pedigree. As fans, we have no patience with our young pitchers but we expect the team to knock the tar out of someone else’s.
I realize the guy hasn’t been pitching well, but he is in the majors for a reason.
I totally agree. Minor was a first round pick. Maybe he’s putting it together, and maybe he’s not. But we should probably stop acting like he’s Sidney Ponson. Point being, he has potential and is still young. Is it really that surprising that he shows flashes of that potential?
Let the skullfucking of Mike Minor begin.
MAJOR REPLY FAIL
Knocked the shit outta that one!
Bend over, here it comes
CC’s command is still awful..
I can’t believe the white sox are that good at interleague.
McDonough should not be doing Yankee games on ESPN… any borderline pitch that goes the Yankees way and he is quick to point it out. When it goes the other way he is dead silent.
That’s why they DO use McDonough. It’s ESPN for chrissake.
Bear down CC
Allowed two baserunners in one inning…so not an Ace.
This is shaping up like CC’s melt down inning.It seems like he’s good for one of these evert start.
That Imperial Commander’s actual name? Frank. FACT.
If you have a source I feel I have officially won the internet.
You’re demanding a source? Who are you, Ted Nelson?
Ok. I was off by an inning.
Hahahaha +1000000000
I find your lack of pants disturbing.
i will or will not wear pants when ever I damn well please.
Unless you live in Vermont, I believe you would get arrested.
Move to Portland, Oregon, where everyone is either pantsless or shirtless.
I was referring to this inspired bit of hilarity:
http://www.savageresearch.com/humor/pants.html
Try again.
Un-ace-like double play.
They shouldn’t have been on base in the first place!
Nice. Now let’s get the old man.
Slightly surprised to see that Don Sutton is the answer to the trivia question.
From 1966-1982, he won 10+ games a year. In fact only 2 season in which he does not have more than 10 wins. 1983 and 1988
And, no matter what year it was, he looked old.
See also “Niekro, Phil.”
And he really was never a great pitcher. He’s really the ultimate compiler among HOF pitchers.
Well, you could say the same for guys like Gaylord Perry and Phil Niekro and Bert Blyleven and Nolan Ryan, too, but…I didn’t think Sutton was better than any of those guys.
WINZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
That was almost ace-like. But it’s CC so it wasn’t.
CC’s been better in this start then the last couple
If we can not get no-hit by this guy, that’d be great…
even when they get good counts, they cant hit the ball hard.. a lot of easy grounders.
So what does that tell you?
that they suck against a pitcher everyone else is crushing..
Look at his starts. Marlins didn’t crush him in the start prior to these two.
5IP 4H 1ER 5BB 4Ks
5 innings, 9 baserunners.. he was great.
9 baserunners in 5 innings is a poor start…especially against the Marlins who have scored the 3rd fewest runs in all of baseball.
I know the Yankees have won 9 in a row but this is actually annoying. I wouldn’t be mad if we were getting no-hit by Hanson but Jesus Christ.
The Yankees were almost no hit by Phillip Humber last year. What did you feel then?
Numbness in my center-right nut?
Humber was really good last year.
This guy’s such a schmuck he was actually the seventh overall pick in the draft three years ago and is already in the majors.
I can haz Wikipedia two!
Behind the fastball, ahead of the changeup
4 innings and Minor has only allowed one base runner! DOOMED!!!
Oh, and I’m voting a 4 in the Fan Confidence poll next week!
You should go 5. You don’t want to seem like a hipster.
Michael Kay just said they are being no-hit. Hopefully, they break through in the 5th.
As bad as the offense has looked, they’re still only 1 run down and can easily tie this game on one swing.
Stop it. You aren’t allowed to be reasonable.
that might not last, not if CC keeps putting the first 2 men on every goddamn inning
Luckily the O’s are playing R.A. Dickey tonight so they wont be winning
Put on all the leadoff runners.
Horrible.
flirting with danger all game long.. I want good CC back
CC is the weakest link. He needs to learn how to field. He does that every single time, preventing Cano from getting the DP.
Cano wasnt getting to that ball.
I don’t think Suzyn is being entirely objective about this Clemens verdict.
Just a feeling.
RAWGAH CLEMENS IS STANDING IN GEORGE’S BOX!
come on cc, he been awful
Blech. Get the lefties out already.
what a shitty effort from CC yet again..
Shitty by ace standards yes
He’s not an ace though. So it’s not fair to compare him to those standards.
Jesus Christ man. Keep giving him fastballs down the middle.
Alright alright alright! Hey shipjumpers! GAME’S NOT OVER YET. Slow your rolls.
GO CC!
butbutbut…teh losing?!?!?!?
Maybe a FIP will help.
A FIP may help. It may.
Mr. Riddle? I believe this is your cue.
Ah said no!
Erica knows my first offer will be on the table until the end of days
<3
D’awwwwww.
and Erica, a little thing to sweeten the pot: I have decent credit and a stock portfolio with a very strong potential.
UGHDECIZIONZ
But I might (hopefully) soon work for an unnamed government agency who fights bad guys! PICK ME! I’ll get good benefits
Just kidding. I’ll find my own FIP. Or real girlfriend. Whichever comes first.
I think that Betty Lizard gal sounds available. FIP her, FIP her!!
I don’t look enough like Russel Martin.
I don’t wanna speak for erica, but I think she digs the bad guy ::Looks dark and cool::
This. I feel like we’ve seen this movie before. CC will be fine, and the Yankees will win.
Exactly! I love when people just assume the game is over in the 4th. Silly rabbits.
Trix (read: trolling) is for kids!!!
“The Troll”???
Nah. The Real Slim Trolly.
CC is such a buzzkill.
we sure could use this kind if BABIP luck once in awhile.
We did in the first game of the Nats series.
That A-Rod hit against the Mets used our allotment for the month. The baseball gods have taken a page from Selig and begun rationing it out.
God damn it I hate Selig even more now.
He’s only really given up 2 solid hits. Fucking bloops.
OT: Florida just got fucking HOSED in Omaha.
Unreal. They weren’t winning the CWS, but that doesn’t mean that a pitch five inches off the plate, with the bases loaded in the 9th inning of a one run game, is a fucking strike. That’s insane.
The spirit of Eric Gregg.
Still not CC’s fault if we lose this game.
I’m starting to sulk a bit thinking about hoe McDonough and ESPN are loving this.
The joke is far too easy here.
What has the world come to when CC has been the Yankees worst pitcher over the last couple of weeks.
Yet he still has an ERA in the mid 3s….
Doom. Gloom. Fiery pits of baseball hell. ohnoez
So sad that someone whose screenname is my borough said that.
Hipsters.
He was being ironic, perhaps?
No, I think he was trying to be the first one out of everyone to make such a statement… y’know?
…Hipsters.
The only problem I have with CC tonight is giving up hits to the lefty Bourn. He’s been very good otherwise.
This is funny. CC hasn’t pitched great, just good. But we’re getting no-hit by this kid????
C’mon offense.
Not that it applies right now, but I’d just like to say that ARod and Cano have been equally terrible in RISP and bases loaded situations so far this year.
Seriously, look at their splits. God awful.
AROD SUCKS!!!!!!!
ohwaitimean…
when is cc going to be cc again. i used to look forward to his starts.
yeah, no no-hitter!! please no dp
Alex is still dirty.
Not an extra base hit though! He’s a slap hitter!
Haha. A-Rod hella made him throw that wild pitch by fucking with him.
Minor did that on purpose
#RISPFAILSTRATEGERY
please, time to crush this dude
What is ARod doing?
He should stay at first on that wild pitch.
/kidding (well only partially)
Let the beating commence.
Here comes the bomb. DO IT JONES!!!
Allllllllright, Andruw. Lets do something that isn’t a DP. Productivity would be nice, but I don’t want to be unreasonable.
That was not a fucking strike. And the whole at-bat changes.
Unfortunately, a couple of the balls weren’t balls either.
This zone is insane.
That’s not even close…
Andruw you are allowed to swing the bat
Fed him nothing but breaking balls
Fed him nothing but breaking balls
Ronnier. Mustelier.
Anecdotally, Andruw Jones hasn’t brought much to the table for a while
Andruw Jerkoff Jones
MR. Martin=teh man, from time to time.
As with many of my other boyfriends, I only remember the good times . . . .
FUCK YOU FAN!!!!
Nevermind. That was going in.
it was going into the stands….
Which is why I followed up my original comment.
It was gonna bounce out regardless.
i still hate that fan, just because his seats are a lot better than the ones i sit in
Russ!!!!!
Stupid fan!
RUSSS!!!!
That fan shouldn’t leave the park in one piece.
Toss that fucking fan
Sell him to the Libyans.
I think the Syrians would be far worse.
*coming from a MidEast specialist*
Russell Martin for full time DH!
It would have gone in the stands anyway
Thank you Derek!
Just take it up the middle…. wish more Yankees would take that approach with men on base.
BAM!
Hororay for RISPHIT!!!
From Black Hole Martin no less
RISPHIT is so much better than RISPSHIT!
Uhhhh, Russ has been doing quite well as of late. Do we watch the same games?
he was like 1-18 since the Mets series.
1 for 19. I was very sad.
Goddamnit. I have blind faith in him. I love me some Russ. Betty, I’ll fight ya for him!
It’s OK . . . I’ll share. . . . .:-)
Russell!
Love you!
(Call me!)
Call her already, Russ. This seems like a pretty easy deal.
call her maybe?
I’d like to believe we can at least get a weak groundball out of Jayson Nix.
here comes a clutch dribbler up the middle
haha good call
o god, the yankees kryptonite!!
Let’s get to this guy.
The irresistible force meets the immovable object: Chris Stewart with the bases loaded.
Pinch hit Swisher for Stewart. I don’t care about his quad I want runs.
It’s not garbage time though. Swish would be useless!
Loading the bases for Stewart… Big Mistake
Gotta wonder how they fuck this one up?
Easy GIDP? That’s my guess.
Stew’s got this.
That was simple.
Changeup again
no chance here with jeter, i hope this serves as reverse juju, but i have zero faith
you’re welcome everyone
at least Jeter can’t GIDP with the bases loaded now
good lord i hate this chris stewart guy on offense
thats what happens when you have a pitcher hitting in the AL
Come on Jeter! Do something clutch for once so you can make a new commercial out of it!
Sigh. I miss old YS.
Me too
Obligatory “Big Hit” moment please?
Any time I see video footage of Bernie’s playing days I get sad.
At least walk, Jeter.
Winning streak or not, this team is a disaster with bases loaded, let alone RISP. Just a punch line to any joke about failure. Awful.
…….aaaaaaaaand you can go fuck yourself.
+1
you are one classy person. Now that i know personal attacks of posters with such hate and vitriol is permissible – regardless of what RAB guidelines are, this should get real fun. Let me know when your mouth and head are out of the sewer and perhaps the exchange can be fun.
Honestly, if the only way they ever scored was through solo HRs, I wouldn’t care as long as they won.
Hipster.
+8,000
I may not have stocks, but I have a reaaaaally cute kid.
Are you hitting on me too!
In all fairness, I hear his kid is a lefty from Cuba who is already represented by Scott Boras and sit easily in the mid-90′s. So you should be honored.
Daaaaaamn, they start those pitchers young. Diapers! He’s in diapers, isn’t he? Cuba has a mightily different work ethic.
The wife IS at yoga right now.
what the hell is jeter doing? swing at that changeup on 2-1!
It was a changeup away
Jeter comes through!!
WOO WOO!!!
There was seriously no one else to DH? Chavez, Ibanez? I know they’re lefties, but…Chris Stewart? Seriously?
Guess it doesn’t matter, but damn.
JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
RISPWIN!!!
I was one batter off on the clutch dribbler up the middle comment.
That’s going in a Gilette commercial.
Someone’s gonna smiling in their Ford truck.
Jeter guessed correctly. Changeup away
Fastball away, my correction
That’s all he’s been throwing to every batter.
Well he threw a fastball in on the previous pitch
atta boy captain!
I believe Derek Jeter just took Athenian’s virginity.
I don’t think even Derek “Gift Basket” Jeter would hit that.
I chuckled.
RIIIIIIIIIIISPWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!!
Look at that!
I love Jeter’s family. Please adopt me.
You’ll be my adopted sister?
Are you a spawn of Jeter Sr.?! Kewl. Let’s be best friends.
They adopted me too.
Cool, I’m in!
RISPHITS! But i thought the game was over in the 4th? Silly me.
Ike Davis just hit a granny off Arrieta. With Dickey on the mound, good night O’s
Oh, Shmets.
if not for that unearned run last start, dickey would be at 40 scoreless innings in a row
The earned run streak is still in play
He better start the ASG.
Well that is once in the past two games so that is .500 in games, not actual chances.
Just enjoy hte 9 (potentially 10) game winning streak, huh?
*the
enjoying the winning streak is fine but when there are still season long problems its kind of the lazy way of assessing the team. They could win 20 in a row and still hit with RISP like they do and it would be unsatisfactory, borderline abysmal.
It depends on your worldview. I don’t believe those RISP numbers will be that bad by the end of the season. In fact, I find it impressive they’ve been this good without those numbers. If you insist on being a Debbie Downer and want to believe they’ll be terrible all year with RISP, go right ahead….I’m sure you’ll do just that anyway.
The only thing abysmal here is the glutton for punishment who shows up during losses when no one ever has a nice thing to say to them.
Honest question. Why do you even follow the team? If you can’t at least be satisfied with this streak, how can you possibly enjoy being a fan?
I have followed them since I was 6 yrs old, through all the nonsense and losing and the glory Torre years. It is not about winning and losing – they win 90+ games every year and are in the playoffs. Enjoyment comes from watching the pieces of the game executed like the second movement of a Mozart concerto.
Surprised it worked.
Hope it continues.
Now CC needs to pretend that he is an ace for a minute and throw a shutdown inning.
I will never get tired of players audibly swearing after just missing one.
Stupid customers making me miss rallies. What happened after Mr.Martin did good things?
Jeter base hit, Granderson K.
Jeter with a clutch 8 hopper up the middle for a 2 run single.
Well….it didn’t hit the ground until it was near second base. So there’s that.
You’re watching the game on radio, right?
Jeter base hit. You made a sale. Granderson K.
Fred McGriff’s numbers are pretty damn good.
for how awesome diaz is against cc, that was a lot of horrendous swings
reminded me of bryce harper vs. andy pettitte, that was awesome….
http://animal.discovery.com/tv.....gn=fbapl10
OMG THE CUTENESS!!!!!
Okay, this is just blatant Erica pandering now.
I was studiously not commenting on that.
Haha, not even, a friend of mine posted on facebook and my first thought was THIS IS TOO CUTE TO NOT BE SEEN BY EVERYBODY!!!
Whatever you say brah…
That’s really fucking cute, actually.
You’re married, so I’ll let that one slide.
FACT: I am forced to rate dogs on a scale from one to ten every time we’re out on the street.
HAHAHA. Yes, rating dogs = important. I annoy the crap out of the bf with pictures of bulldogs.
Seriously, though. English bulldogs rock, what with their squishy faces and copious amounts of neck, leg and back wrinkles. They’re like towels with 4 legs. Oooooh, squishmonsters.
No, I’m sorry. They’re ugly. There, I said it. I have never had a dog that is not a Golden Retriever,(I’ve had 3 in my life) and they (aside from possibly Labs) are the cutest dogs ever. No dog that looks like its face got smashed in by a frying pan can be cuter than my Golden puppy. Just saying.
Obvious troll is trolling….
And FWIW, bullies are the shit!
Except for my bully, shes a bitch
Manny, I want to know more about your bully!!!
Why are you doing this to me.
Yeah. This is just adorable. No one could deny it.
CC wearing his ace costume.
hooray for shutdown innings
A real ace would have struck out the side following a rally.
on 3 pitches.
Nice shutdown inning by CC.
Let’s go O. Keep this kid on the ropes before the knockout blow.
And Tex goes to big boy school. 4-2 Yanks.
TEXY!
A TEX MESSAGE!
wow that ball was crushed. looks like they’ve solved Minor
BAMF
MARK TEXTING WHILE DRIVING(pitches that is)
Wow…. Nthats a stretch, but I will give you a point for that one….
and the real Minor appears..
lol what the hell is wrong with that fan
so damn excited
lol I’ve never seen anyone that excited to get a HR ball
like most of you here, i never lost faith and knew we would start tearing minor apart
Did anyone else notice how Teixeira mouthed “Fuck yourself Brian S.” as he crossed home plate? Not sure what that was about.
Who’s Brian S.?
i think a commenter
Oh. HAHAHAHAH! Now I get it!
LOL DERP IS DO FUNNY OMG LOL
Did he meow?
Did he say “MEOW”? Did he drink milk from a saucer? Did he jump around from tree to tree, all nimbly-bimbly? DID HE EAT MICE????? Meow what was he talking about?”
Great movie.
You can suck my dick.
Attaboy.
You’d watch
He pulled that HR, so its only half a run.
And a homer!!
and tex’ career ops is back at .900
R.A Dickey can make history tonight. Amazing.
I hope you win 20 games one day, Mike Minor.
They Yankees have RISP in every single at bat. Sure, having runners on second or third and not getting on them is frustrating. But they also lead the league in homers. That is not an accident. RISPFAIL is annoying, but it doesn’t meant he offense is subpar.
I started reading this post as a troll post, then glanced up at your name, and figured you knew what you were saying. So yes. RISPFAIL = annoying.
I apologize, you probably read it as a troll post because I misspelled so many things…just saying that the Yanks ALWAYS have RISP, therefore, RISPFAIL doesn’t bother me as much.
You know what I think it is? “RISPFAIL” has become the new “Jesus Montero,” so my radar went off. False alarm! Heh.
Heh, the Montero stuff will always annoy me more. At least RISPFAIL has to do with the current team.
Grats to Dickey.
Absolutely.
ra dickey is fun to watch, i feel bad for the yankees next sunday. i hope they can get him on a bad day
You never know. Yankees have tagged Tim Wakefield plenty in the past. Here’s to hoping.
You don’t fool me Teixeira.
lol with the Tex hatred.
CC with 97 k’s on the season, shot at reaching 100 this game!
Such a weak link.
Haha yeah. Pretty funny how people can nitpick every start as if any pitcher (other than RA Dickey) can go a full season without giving up any earned runs. I mean he might even have a shot at a CG here.
So Yankee players are not allowed to have facial hair below the lips. Is this actually enforced? I’m pretty sure Pettitte and CC are in violation of the no-beard policy.
http://www.realclearsports.com.....ssage.html
Pettitte is just rocking the 5 o’clock shadow look, and CC’s mustache is so thin, it’s almost unnoticeable. They’ve also allowed Mattingly, Randy Johnson, Jason Giambi, and more recently (also a very thin ‘stache) Martin. I guess it’s cool as long as it’s not out of control.
Mustaches have always been allowed.
Yep. It’s below the lip that’s banned.
Andy commented that he didn’t want to get busted for shaving AFTER he pitches . He and CC are both skating by on the “temporary” 5 o’clock shadow exemption. Andy surmised his beard was growing faster. Oh Andy, it’s the gray, honey, that’s making it more visible.
lol
new rule, cc is not allowed to try to field a ball
bus home time…hopefully the game’s over in a positive fashion when I get home.
LOL @Johnny Damon… Well played Cashman, well played
Great minds…LOL!!!
What did he do?
Gave up an in the park homer and bruised his ass on the wall… It was a disaster, and made me appreciate Voldemort all the more.
I think it was a double and an error, but whatevs.
Allowed a ball down the line to get past him and caused the batter to score on the play. Also was holding his ass as he was running after the ball after it got by him.
You’ll see it on the highlights in loops.
Brandon Phillips hit a double down the line. Damon being Damon missed cutting it off, hurt his back, chased the ball down while holding his back and running like Nancy, threw the ball like Sheila, and Phillips made it home safely.
And Johnny Damon again shows why Cashman was right in going with Ibanez. LOL!!!
His trek towards 3000 hits has gotten painfully slow.
Wonder where all of those posters who were clamoring for Damon have disappeared to. Cashman averted a complete disaster with strong decisioning. We (all of us) would’ve been seriously calling for Cashman’s head if he signed Damon.
And to Cashman’s point, Ibanez has been decent in the field for an extended period of time. The bat has been pretty good too.
The same place so many people go after we take the lead.
It’s hard to say if Damon sitting out the first month of the season really hurt him though. Who knows what he would have done with regular PT in Yankees Stadium, one suited for him. That being said, if you told me Ibanez (or Damon, or anyone for that matter) would put up the stats Raul has season-to-date, I would have been thrilled.
Dude, just say it. Cashman was right.
Ibanez hasn’t done anything in a month. But yeah, Damon is awful.
0 > -2. Get it? LOL!!!
Ibanez hit a HR just last week, in support of Nova vs. Atlanta. He hasn’t been great, but he hasn’t sucked. He also shouldn’t be playing this much LF….but things changed. He’s earned his pinstripes from here on in.
Again, Cashman was right.
Wait, R.A. Dickey is throwing another shutout, 1 hit, 10+ K performance?
Jesus Christ.
Jeter with the range
Jeter up the middle! I dont believe my eyes.
PastadivingJ…. whaaaaaaaaaaaaa????
It’d be awesome if that had been Sterling’s call.
Nice stab by Cano, too. That was money all the way around.
*trolls Erica*
http://riveraveblues.com/2012/.....nt-4430049
Thoughts? Screw bulldogs!
I want to slap you with a cold fish. Bulldogs are big and beautiful. Goldens are flawless angels. I love them all. LOVE. Love. I nearly molest the bf’s Shiba Inus whenever I see them. I need dogs, all of them.
Except chihuahuas.
Wow, this just got creepy.
Some people want kids… and others just want dogs.
Trust me, not NEARLY as fun making a dog.
Whoa.
Yeah, he went there…
http://www.drjean.org/html/mon.....Butter.gif
http://www.facebook.com/photo......38;theater
I’m not sure if my facebook allows you to see this. But if it does, this is me and my Golden puppy. Wayyy cuter than any damn bulldog.
Look at that puppy! LOOK. Oh my. She is lovely.
I still stand by my bulldogs. Fat, wiggly and roly-poly.
Eh maybe I’m just bitter because my ex’s family had a bulldog. Ugly fucker. Labs FTW as far as I’m concerned.
Fair enough. Labs/retrievers are phenomenal. I know two goldens that have the biggest and silliest personalities ever. I don’t even mind when they drool on me, because their faces say, “you love me anyway,” and damn right, I do.
Retrievers (Labs and Goldens) are hands down the friendliest, most loyal breed of dog out there. You can have your own personal preference in look/type, but those two breeds are easily the most consistant in the “best personality” category.
I was a bulldog fan for a while, I’ll admit.
I’m more a dog lover from afar. Never had a pet as a kid, so that part of me never developed as it should have.
Awwwwww.
Yes, we did see it.
To be fair, she’s much bigger now. That was like a year ago, so I trolled a bit in her puppy cuteness. But she’s still amazingly cute. The breeder we got her from has told us repeatedly that she regrets selling her to us because she could have been a show dog.
I guess I’m only going this in depth because I miss her. She was my dog for two years before I moved out.
This makes me sad. Reclaim your lady!
I wish. She’s really my parent’s dog I suppose, even though she has more loyalty to me than my mom (since she works and it was my dad and I that trained her).
She’ll come down with my parents next month and stay in my apartment for a couple days.
Awww, that’s exciting! And that’s when you dupe your parents into leaving her with you! Foolproof.
I agree.
I’m a Shepherd guy, though.
Of course, the real question is what the creepiest friend request you’ll get from posting that is.
I will screen any friend request for the words “troll” “athenian” and “duh innings”
The one you just got is me, btw.
Unless I have screen refresh fail, I didn’t get one.
Ya got screen refresh fail then.
I gotta admit, I didn’t expect that to be your name. I guess the fish handle fooled me.
I actually used to use my real first name when I first posted on here.
Mine is relatively close. I got jjyank from my first online video game handle because my nickname in middle school was “JJ” and “yank” comes from…you guess it..Yankees.
I should have changed my FB name to “The Miracle Stick” beforehand.
I got your DH right here!
Hey Betty, what did you think of that Russ hit?
*FIPS*
Where is the FIPmeister?! THIS IS HIS CHANCE AND I AM SETTING HIM UP.
I believe he is on the bus on his way home from his head shop job
hahaha!
*facepalm*
You facepalm, but someday this internet marriage will need internet grooms…
2 for 3! This is what dreams are made of . . . .
Omg there are going to be 2 more Russell Martin articles in the NT Times. Happiness . . . .
So, I checked the scales yesterday at about 176.
Since then, I’ve had about 1.5 cans of Pringles (9.57 ounces) in that time, and rode about 7 miles on a bike as my form of exercise.
Checked the scales today – 174.
Hahahah! This is likely not a good measure of everything, but I would love if that actually works. Huge Pringles streak right now for me – eventually Jim Rome’s classical theory of the Law of Diminishing Returns will catch up to me and I will grow to hate them. But until then, I will enjoy them.
BRILLIANT!
You are like the Anti- Atkins diet!
Ibanez faster than Posada. He has surprised me in so many ways.
RA Dickey with another shutout. Yawn.
13 strikeouts for R.A.! His career high was 12, set last start
Jeet x 2
3-6 with RISP! awesome!
Back to back CGSO, 1 H, 12+ K performances by R.A. Dickey.
This is unreal.
Counterpoint……
The Orioles.
The Orioles offense isn’t terrible this year. Really hasn’t been terrible the past few years.
6th in the AL in runs scored.
Yeah but the O’s haven’t be at their typical levels of suckitude this year either.
…Who are good.
Two minor nitpicks
- he gave up an unearned run in his last game (not a shutout)
- complete game shutout is redundant… a shutout for a pitcher has to be a complete game for it to be a shutout.
Actually, if a pitcher comes in with runners on in the 1st, and records all the outs, without allowing any of those runs to score, he can get a shutout without starting. So it’s not really redundant, I believe.
If the pitcher came on in relief, it’s not a shutout. A shutout is defined as a complete game (from MLB.com)
“A pitcher is credited with a shutout when he pitches a complete game without allowing a run. When two or more pitchers combine to pitch a shutout, neither shall be awarded a shutout.”
Doesn’t matter if outs are recorded or not by the other pitcher.
Technically one was not a shutout, as he allowed an unearned run in the 9th.
The Captain blows up #RISPFAIL. 2 RISP deliveries tonight.
5-2 Yanks.
11-1 with a 2.00 ERA
Not only is he an all-star he’s the frontrunner for NL Cy Young
The scary thing is he had that one awful start against ATL in the rain (which probably is not good for a knucleball grip) where he gave up 8ER in I think 4 innings.
Minus that start his ERA is in the 1.30 range.
Win Loss records!
Grienke, Gio, Cain, Cueto>Dickey
It’s not a crazy suggestion. A lot of baseball left to be played, though.
Yeah ventners!!
I love Dickey and he was great, but he got some strike calls that were legit awful.
That’s what you can get with a knuckleball. It comes across the plate in one place and ends in another time zone when caught
Meh, beating the piss out of the Braves is starting to bore me…
I wonder what the Kardashians are up to?
WHOAH!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. The neighbors wrapped up their game quick. Just a little over 2 hours.
Please load the bases for al!!!!!
Venters has really lost the plate. Couldn’t find it in the series in ATL either.
Which makes Tex’s K headshaking
Since going 0-16 – 3 game series against TB and game 1 v Mets – Jeter has 17 hits, multi hit games. Damn!
Maybe Tex wasn’t aware….
SWEEEP THE LEGGGGG! venters was on the ropes, and you let him off the hook
You dare criticize Teixeira? Prepare to be insulted next time he does something of remote value.
Duely noted
meow
Broken?
Do you think Hiroki drinks at night seeing CC & Nova get 5 runs behind him and he barely gets 2?
I can only conclude that all this “CC is not a real ace” and “Yankees are a terribly flawed team” is pure trolling, because seriously, who could truly believe either of those things at this point in the season?
Come back after the winning streak….
The Yankees could win every game for the rest of the season and there would still be people who find something to complain about.
Never overestimate the intelligence of some, but for the most part it is trolls and a few known negative types. In other words, fans.
CC for the complete game non-shutout?
What’s his pitch count?
I would, but I also would have left Nova in for another inning yesterday and would have had Andy go futher also in his start, although the Yankees may have pulled both because they saw fatigue. If so, right move.
Was that just a scuffle in the bleachers??
Best 2B in MLB. Go and vote for him!!!
How a weak un-ace-like link this CC guy is. It’s so obvious the other four starters are carrying him. He should just change his name to “CC Janetty” already.
Not an ace IMO!
Remember when CC was not an Ace and the game was over in the 4th?
Watching Cano field the ball makes me giggle like Erica looking at a puppy calendar…. Just so awesome.
You didn’t make squeaky sounds, so this statement is slightly false.
Ohhhhh…I actually might have.
And I flat out girl-screamed at that HR, like I saw my best friend at the mall screamed…..
A little high-pitched Bee Gees falsetto action. You get it, you do!
ROBBIE.
Vote often, vote early.
Robinson Cano!
Crushed
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
dontchaknow ?
What a fucking lazy piece of shit.
CANO!
Robbie’s the best.
Cano is in a zone. Love it.
Andruw Jones doesn’t give a FUCK about your dropped 3rd strike… That was pretty funny
How did the ump not even flinch when he got fucking tagged by that foul ball?????
Robinson Cano wRC+ in 2010: 141
Robinson Cano wRC+ in 2012: 142
good luck stopping cc from pitching the ninth, joe
Who is this weak link pitching the ninth?
Anyone still buying this “not a personal catcher” line?
From the kicking-dirt-in-you-while-you’re-down files, the Red Sox are shopping Youklis everywhere. With a current line like this and the next injury one minute away, who would want this dude?
“The 33-year-old corner infielder is in the midst of a 1-for-21 slump and has seen his triple slash line plummet to .215/.301/.345. He’ll earn more than $7MM over the remainder of this season, and an acquiring team would have the option of picking up a $13MM option or paying a $1MM buyout.”
and when he signed that contract, everyone thought he was giving a huge hometown discount
Dodgers will pick him up.
for pennies on the dollar. which of course is better than nothing on the dollar.
For why? James Loney is the same thing, and you don’t need to give up anything for him.
Boston is willing to kick in cash just to get rid of Youklis, which means they really just want him gone for whatever prospects they can get.
Also read on ESPN Insider that the Boston clubhouse is a complete mess. In addition to Youklis, Bard might be on the block too. Loving this implosion. And I’m sure somewhere, Theo and Terry are smirking their asses off.
Nothing would make me happier then Kevin Youkulis, 2013 NL MVP…
Not that I lie Youk at all, rather fuck the Red Sox…
Robinson Tilapia…I’d like to congratulate you on being the only one here who can view my semi-embarrassing frat boy pictures. I hope you enjoy them.
If you look through my pics you’ll notice that, strangely, sometime around last year, I actually stopped appearing in pictures I was tagged in. I wonder why.
It happens. For me…hint: start scrolling though picture backwards. I miss those times.
I’m shocked I was the only one to friend you.
I have a few entertaining pictures
Anyone who’s not a troll is welcome.
I kind of like the anonymity of this place! But it was cool that you shared your pup with us.
I feel like I have developed a pretty solid picture in my mind of what everyone looks like by now. Tilapia’s name threw me off, but not his appearance. And stuart and Athenian look like Smeagle from LotR. That much I know for sure. But the rest I have a pretty good idea anyway.
Hahahaha! Oh, Athenian.
What do we all look like?!
Normal? Specific descriptions are difficult (though you have previously described yourself as pretty, so I won’t doubt that). Pat D, while I enjoy his comments very much, has also admitted to being overweight. Etc., etc. I don’t draw all my conclusions on my own.
I have scrolled through the “likes” on the RAB page before to see if I found some obvious faces, but have never matched up anyone.
jjyank fits my mental image as well. I’ll just spy on his page to see who the hell from the rest of you start showing your faces.
of course, by “the rest of you,” we all mean Erica.
http://instagr.am/p/L-4O46g84v/ Curiosity satisfied.
Well you certainly are pretty. Just don’t let Tom Riddle see that, he’ll go nuts.
Weird. That’s actually close to what I expected, Erica. Had you pegged as dark-haired, dark-eyed.
Hahaha, that’s because I don’t come off as a dumb blonde! Derp.
So far only one guy besides you as friend requested me, and I’m pretty sure it’s “Jeff from Columbia”, the guy I almost went to the Friday Nats game with.
But if you spy on my page, you’ll mostly just see lots of frat brother love and a few friends from Long Island who I share a Yankee love with. Also a few Red Sox fans from undergrad that might talk shit every now and again.
I actually have strange FB boundaries. I never go through other people’s pages. I actually feel like I’d be invading their privacy. Ridiculous, I know.
Haha I get it, but trust me, if I didn’t want someone to go through my facebook life, I’d just block them from it. I’ve done that to several peopl, so if you are allowed (which you are) don’t feel intrusive. I’ll gladly block anyone that I don’t want to see my life. Trust me, considering the career I’m going for, I’d prefer more strangers from Yankee blogs than real acquaintances anyway looking through my stuff…as weird as that may sound.
Same here. I have people from pretty much every era and walk of my life on my page so, while I do go out on a limb, there’s nothing I would ever regret on there.
It’s SO un-acelike for CC to be pitching the 9th. C’mon.
If he’s a real ace, he’ll come out for the 10th……even if the game’s over.
Yes. And if he’s a real ace, he’ll just keep throwing strikes through the night. To nobody. To anybody. To invisible people.
And someone will still complain about his command.
Who’s our latest favorite troll that would say that? Nobody has been too hardcore today.
Srsly. Even if he completes this win, he didn’t do it like a real ace. Send him down. And fire Girardi and Cashman. This is not a playoff team.
YUP
That’s just not fair…. 3-2 slider up 4 runs, he had no chance hitting that.
Doesn’t matter if it hit him.. he swung at the pitch anyway.
The Braves really haven’t done jackshit since we handed CC the lead.
#Ace
10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aayyiiii!!!
NOT AN ACE!
TEN.
Just like a non-ace… He has to break Heywards wrist in order to get the CG.
hahahahahahah! Best comment of the night!
Boom!!!!
Ace ends it, CG-style.
Yanks win 6-2.
I remember in May 2005 when they were about to win 11 in a row then Gary Sheffield’s error fucked everything up and the Mariners came back and won.
A complete game?? But CC isn’t an ace? Ah well.
Awesome game. Ten in a row, how can you not feel awesome about this run?
Judging by the number of people who don’t (or at least don’t show it), its pretty easy.
And in closing, Dempster to the DL. is this god intervening so Cashman doesn’t do something stupid?
PS: goddam is CC a big mutherfucker.
You saw the interview with Kurkjian?
Pretty funny. Not a small dude at all… Maybe kurkjian is like 5’1″?
Kurkjian is, indeed, a shrimp.
I doubt that Dempster talk is serious. Just due diligence by Cash.
That being said, I can’t see us giving up even Adam Warren or Ramon Ortiz for Dempster. It’s a long season, but between Garcia and Phelps, we have rotation depth this time around.
Pretty sure I would give up Ortiz, but yeah, otherwise I do think the Dempster stuff was just due diligence.
Oh and the bullpen just woke up. They really had the night off. Like no warmups or anything.
10 straight and counting!!!!
I bow down to CC. Fantastic start. Especially after we got the lead he went into the dominating mode that I have been waiting to see. Keep it up CC. Well done
Hell yeah.
And this, Greg, is why pretty much everyone on here either likes you or at least finds you bearable.
I like Greg. He at least sticks around long enough to give props at the end of a win. More than I can say about a lot of commenters.
Career win number 185 for C.C. Pretty impressive pace.
For your enjoyment: http://riveraveblues.com/2012/.....nge-68877/
20-4 since.
The end of that thread…..heh.
Damn. When we’re down, we’re plain drowning in our misery.
10!
This league can’t even handle us right now.
FYI, on the great news front via MLB Trade Rumors..
“GM Brian Cashman told Jim Bowden on MLB Network Radio that the Yankees haven’t pursued contract extensions for Robinson Cano or Curtis Granderson, but aim to keep both players long-term”
Sweet!!!!