Game 56: Break out the brooms
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It’s hard to think the first two games of this three-game set against the Rays could have gone any better. The pitching staff has held Tampa to one run in 18 innings and tonight they’re going to be running CC Sabathia out there for the sweep. David Price is no slouch himself, but right now everything seems to be breaking New York’s way. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Nick Swisher
DH Andruw Jones
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 MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
Update: We’re officially in a rain delay. They expect the game to begin at 7:30pm ET, not too bad.
Update Part II: The game has begun, right on time at 7:30pm ET.
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Our ace is on the hill at home and they are without their best player. This is the time to sweep them. CC should be able to dominate this lineup, possibly even make a run at a no hitter.
Ah, the inevitable letdown.
Game 86? Did I suddenly fall asleep for a month?!?
In other news, I can’t think of anything to say right now.
The Rangers are going through a stretch like the Yankees did in early May that good teams never go through. 3-7 in their last 10 including 2-5 against Oakland and Seattle and just got outscored by 15 by the A’s.
Also RA Dickey, NL ASG starter?
When you face the gauntlet of Jarrod Parker, Travis Blackley, Bartolo Colon, and Brandon McCarthy, did you really expect the Rangers lineup to score more than 7 runs in 4 games?
“Also RA Dickey, NL ASG starter?”
Wait, are you my mother-in-law?
Who cares about the Rangers?
my son is 2 years old today
he would like a sweep (and a cupcake)
Happy Birthday!
Gosh – seven years since that time. Seems a lifetime.
thanks!
time is blurring. you blink and they’re in high school
congrat’s dude. Happy birthday to the wee lil one. Hopefully he grows up idolizing Mason Williams as his generation’s Derek Jeter. I hope in fifteen years he’s saying to his old man “Yeah, Jeter was great and all dad, but Williams is the greatest Yankee ever.”
1979
me: dad, who’s that coaching third?
my dad: that’s wayne terwilliger
me: who???
2019
my son: dad, whose that coaching third?
me: that’s mariano duncan
my son: who???
“We play today, we win today dassit.” One of my favorite Yankee quotes.
I’d forgotten about that one.
That really is on par with Livan Hernandez’s “Team happy, manager happy, Miami happy, everybody happy” during the ’97 WS.
2019: Dad, who’s that guy forgetting all the players’ names?
Son, that’s John Sterling.
2019:
dad, why is bud selig still commissioner of baseball?
ask your mother
By 2019, Mariano Rivera will emerge from the bullpen like Yoda in his fight scene during “Attack of the Clones.”
That would be actually kind of awesome.
guys…please stop….if this is our future. i’m done.
Happy Birthday! Mine turns one next month. I’m really looking forward to what the next year has to bring. Hope your son gets a great birthday weekend.
thanks and congrats!
it just gets more and more fun
There’s a ton I’m looking forward to. I also think my son’s been looking forward to walking since he was about three months old. Can’t wait to actually talk to this guy. He clearly has a lot to say already.
I would like to see CC limit his hits given up tonight. He has only 2 starts this season where he has given up fewer than 6 hits and only 3 when he has given up less than seven
He also has gone at least 7 innings in all but three starts (2 of which to start the season). When you go that long in a game, you’re going to give up some hits. As long as they aren’t coming around to score, and he’s not walking people I don’t think it’s really to much to be concerned with.
True, but it causes some ageda
Competitive sports do that.
Anybody at the Stadium, or live in the Bronx? If so what’s the weather like? I’m just over the bridge and about 10 miles north of the Bronx and it just got finished pouring here.
It’s always sunny in Brooklyn.
me think’s your getting brooklyn confused with Philly. Cause that’s one of the funniest TV shows I’ve ever seen.
Nah. Just looking out the window.
Yanks for the sweep, Celtics for the kill.
#anyonebuttheheat
Them’s fightin’ words. Go Heat.
Completely off topic, but if you like zombie/horror stuff and like to read, I highly recommend World War Z. I’m rarely, if ever, disturbed by fictional things because they are fictional…this book is a different story. It’s excellent/terrifying/gut wrenching.
Continuing on that off-topic theme, if you want to kill about 14 minutes during the rain delay…check out Steve Carell’s speach to Princeton graduating seniors: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....b=facebook
Haha I wish he spoke at my college graduation..
We just had the president, wasn’t nearly as funny.
West Point?
Do we have a Barnard woman on board, or was this another year and another school?
(or another president?)
Check out Colston Whitehead’s Zone One
Thank’s I just googled it. It’s now on my list, though I’m probably going to want/need something light after this book.
Love.Love.Love. WWZ. I’m intrigued at the movie coming out next year.
I take it you watch the Walking Dead? I recommend the graphic novels greatly.
I read the graphic novels, though I’m far behind on it. I hate the TV Show, at least hated Season 2 Which could’ve been renamed “Where’s Carl?! Why isn’t Carl in the house?!”
Also Intrigued with the movie coming out…it apparently takes place during the War as apposed to an oral history of it, so I think it’s going to be slightly different With Pitt pushed into the hero roles of some of the stories his interviewees talk about.
Anyone up for a Dickey vs. Wang pun?
I really, really want a sweep here. Need to make Price work early, except for Jeter I guess. The one guy that really gets to him when he jumps on him.
boo! Delays!
Just passed stadium on train – beautiful night. Why delay, except that gets me home to watch full game!
Anyone know why my MLB.TV isn’t working? I just a blank pop up window. Not just for the Yankee game either, for all games. I tested it out last night (while I was still in market) on the Boston game, and it worked fine. Any ideas?
scratch that, it’s all good.
How’s the video quality?
Excellent. But the hotel I’m at tonight has shitty internet, thus it is mostly unwatchable, Oh well.
It’s at its normal high quality for me.
Nerve damage to his Vocal Chords, how did Tex do that?!
Coughing. All that juicing, you think he’d have stayed healthy.
My cable Yes feed in Chicago is breaking up badly. Are NY viewers having this issue with Yes too?
And CC starts it off well.
Make it hurt. Make it hurt.
god damnit.
Wow never saw Cano get heated like that. And he was out too.
I think he was more upset that the play was made, not that he was called out.
Robbie best start hitting the ball with RISP or I will disown him.
I HATE having Tampa feeds. I don’t want a different guest in the booth every inning. Watch the darn game.
I had a feeling that would happen.
No reason to be that deep Swish.
That is frustrating… quality pitch, weak contact, RBI single.
lucky BS
Against Price, I don’t know.
We seem to hit lefties well this season so I’m not too concerned
Price’s last start against us 5ER in 7IP
CC looks dialed in… with the exception of the Upton double he has dominated every Rays batter.
why in God’s name is Nix bunting after Price walked Jones on four pitches, with Stuart on deck?
Setting themselves up for one of Stew’s clutch ground balls with eyes.
The two bunt attempts were not balls but the second half of your statement still stands
Somebody has to teach bunting with the Yankees. They suck at it
They shouldn’t be bunting in the second inning anyway.
Anyone see the Django Unchained trailer?
Looks fucking awesome.
Thinking about changing my handle to Pat Django (The D Is Silent).
But it doesn’t make much sense.
Tags don’t need to make sense. My old handle was an unintentional miss spelling of Ching Ming Wang, and I just rolled with it for a season and a half.
And the Rays did it for us
I’m fucking working while watching, so I can’t hang. But, ERRORS!!!!!!!!!!!
Clutch ground ball!
It’s a line drive in the box score.
wow this ump is screwing price
not that I’m bitching
Yeah the Rays could kiss my ass, but this is an awful zone.
Stewie is the most clutch weak ground ball hitter EVER!!!!!!
Gritty Chris Stewart with a check swing RBI
Just like we drew it up.
Price is pissed
Clearly not a pitcher’s strike zone.
Regardless the walk, is it time to rest Derek? He’s played just about every game for two months and he is slumping now. The dude is turning 38 this month. He’ll never ask out, so it’s up to Girardi to sit him. I can understand why they don’t want to take him out when he’s cruising, but now on the flip side.
Hmm. Now we’re getting inconsistent.
Damn, Curtis sure does love himself a strikeout.
Hate it when a pitcher stares in at the ump, walks around the mound in displeasure and then the homeplate ump is intimidate into calling a marginal strike.
That 1-1 pitch to Grandy was pretty low and changed that AB completely.
nice throw Alex
Goodness A-Rod.
Alex doing his best Nunez impression.
He just misses him, y’know. He just… misses him.
Hallo all. Armchair GM Father thinks Derek needs a rest.
Ask your dad what he thinks it would take to get Bryce Harper.
Okay!
“Dad, what would it take for the Yankees to get Bryce Harper?”
“They’re not trading him.”
“In a pretend trade…”
“Like, 5 or 6 guys.”
“Like who?”
“Nova… a couple of guys in the minors… a Brett Gardner…”
“Minors… who, Mason Williams?”
“A guy like that – no, they’re not trading Harper.”
Haha, not even a mention of Banuelos?
I’ll give him some leeway, for he’s just returned from a business trip.
The questioning is not yet over. He shall be asked about more trades this weekend.
Tell him to start with a time machine, go back and get Derek Jeter 1996. Then return to 2012 and start adding in other parts, like Mason Williams and Manny Banuelos.
OOOOOH. Someone needs to script this movie. We need Doc! Go to 88!
Were we’re going we don’t need roads!
wow that was a terrible throw
Two weak ground balls lead to a run for Tampa. Grumble grumble.
What is up with these ridiculous defensive alignments?
Jeter is playing Ben Zobrist deep in the hole as if he’s Andruw Jones?
So CC is once again not really dominating, not totally his fault, but he gave up the double to Upton who scored and that RBI single.
And that double to Desmond Jennings
Obviously not an ace.
I mean, seriously, A) what’s your point, and B) what are you expecting from him?
Against a weak lineup, I expect no more than 2 runs
You need to wake up to the real world dude. CC is probably behind maybe Halladay and Verlander for pitchers that can dominate as well as give you tons of innings consistently.
not his fault at all.. A-Rod played that ball like Nunez and Jeter is simply a statue at this point ..
awesome D boys..
DFA A-Rod.
Way to go Alex!
Nice game “ace”.
Yes, this game is clearly over in the 3rd inning, also it’s completely his fault that Alex’s body was taken over by the spirit of Eduardo Nunez.
Real aces make sure their third baseman make routine throws to first.
Price pitched around the error in the first and came through clean. Why couldn’t CC do that?
Price’s error came with two outs.
Then he allowed another man to reach base and needed a great defensive play from his SS to get out of the inning. He really did a bang up job pitching around the error.
Price allowed a rocket and got his ass saved by a great play.
Price only had to get 1 out to “pitch around it” and STILL required a very good play on a hard hit ball to get out of it.
Does none of that count for anything?
Only hope is to raise his pitch count enough to get to the pen. Price is dealing
You just completely ignored everything I said. All the points ALL of us had that disagreed with yours.
You shouldn’t give up 3 runs against this weak of a lineup. Your an ace, you have to pitch around the error. Like Price did in the first
Price didn’t pitch around anything. The only reason that error didn’t directly lead to a run is because the shortstop redeemed himself and made an excellent play on Cano’s grounder. 9 out of 10 times that ball goes into the outfield and is a run.
the RBI single was on a weak ground ball
the Sac Fly was a routine fly ball
so what, an ace shouldn’t induce weak contact?
Price got out of the first with a hard ground ball and a great play by the SS.
CC got a weak ground ball and it got through.
(no excuse for the double though)
Seriously? Are you really saying CC isn’t an ace because A-Rod threw a ball away and Zobrist hit a soft ground ball through the infield? Go watch other teams and be happy man
Who cares, people like to complain because there’s nothing better to do.
That’s true, I just feel like analogous to the Rivera situation where we just take for granted how good they are and expect the world from them.
Mmhm……
I miss Gardner
Suzyn Waldman just said she doesn’t know who Rodger Waters is, it is official I hate her more than any other living soul.
She’s so silly. He’s the guy who delivers the pizza she and John ordered online.
Senile old folks, y’know…?
Oh god…that conversation made me want to bash my skull in.
nvr4get
she stopped following the band when syd left
And I am ashamed of you, young child, for his name is George ROGER Waters. And, also, Pink Floyd is quite subjective. Not everyone’s going to like their music. It’s funky to say the least. Fact: You cannot fault someone for their taste in music unless it’s entirely comprised of Heavy Metal/Screamo Shit and Hardcore Rap.
Roger Waters is actually older than Waldman, by two or three years anyway. I’m guessing she’s at least heard of Pink Floyd. She was a opera singer or something before becoming a broadcaster. Probably never listened to any of that rock and roll stuff.
I’ve got two words for Roger Waters: David Gilmour.
Whether he’s being praised or faulted, CC does tend to stumble and nearly crumble in the early going. It’d be nice if he didn’t let up those mandatory 3 runs every start, though.
I’m not a medical doctor or anything, but is it possible that Teixeira’s persistent cough is a product of Legionairre’s Disease? There is a purported outbreak of the disease…..
Two hands, Jayson.
So let me get this straight, If CC pitches a gem it doesn’t count because the Rays have a bad lineup, but if he allows 3 runs he’s not an ace because he can’t shut down a bad lineup?
No. Against a weak lineup CC SHOULD pitch a gem. He’s the ace, he’s held to a higher standard.
Not an ace.
On a more serious note, CC probably would have gotten out of that inning unscathed if A-Rod makes that routine play.
Pitch around the error.
both runs scored on weak contact
Yeah! Like Price!
Oh, wait….the situations were totally different. And CCs pitches resulted in weaker contact.
Is it me or have they been talking about cancer for like an hour on the TV?
I blame A-Rod
CC looks pissed!
absolutely hate those friggin’ scrappy runs.
So much grit.
We need our Gritner.
David Price, second time through the lineup…. if you are righthanded sit curveball on that 1st pitch. He goes mostly fastballs 1st time through, and unless there are men on base he will throw the get me over curve the 2nd time through to righties.
If they sit curve ball and he blows a fast ball right over the plate there is literally noway they could adjust in time. Against a guy like Price you have to sit fastball and react to the curve.
6 righthanders…. 5 first pitch curves.
If he blow a fastball by you, then it’s 0-1.
Our only hop in this game is get Price out. Because we are not scoring any more runs against him, unless the Yankees surprise me.
Like they have half the time they’ve won this season?
I know I’m especially irritable tonight, but c’mon man. The chicken little routine got old weeks ago.
I love the opt-out clause you wrote yourself. They’re not going to score any runs! ….unless they do of course
again, we scored 5 runs against him last time we faced him. This isn’t Sandy Koufax man, he is human.
Forget it
Scott Kazmir seems way too obvious for the trivia. Maybe Tanyon Sturtze (Yankees connection)?
I’m at work so I haven’t seen how the runs are scoring but its getting old having my phone constantly beep with scoring updates early in CC starts.
I’m officially over the expression ‘on the interstate’
See this is what I mean. Jose Loboton should not have two hits against you.
Grounder through the 5.5 hole and little bloop to right
Context is unimportant when Greg is in this mood.
Sigh
0-4 with RISP and 4 LOB in 3 innings combined with CC still being off = awful game
So how many people come out and say there’s no way we win the division if we cant sweep the Rays, and are serious?
Over/Under: 8.5
I think not being able to sweep the Rays is the least of our concerns.. We should be worried that CC has one above average pitch at the moment (slider) and the offense still cant hit with runners on base.
Yet we’re still in first in the Division, so we must be doing something right?
Nope. Everyone else is just having an off night.
Im sorry. I forgot this team is awesome and is doing everything right.
Come out and say it? Under.
Think it….?
Can we get ONE game thread where you do NOT refer to “How many people”, “Where are the people”, “Where are they now”, etc.? Every single effin’ game you’re making some childish, immature comment about other people, other fans. You’re constantly knotting up these threads with your off-topic, insignificant gibberish. It’s garbage. Please, for the love of Mo, please stop it with your antics. You’ve become as predictable as Greg and his Fallacies. Thank you in advance.
Something something not an ace.
Another game where he gives up more than 5 hits. Only 3 starts this year when he gives up less than 6 hits
This is really unacceptable from CC. Pettitte and Nova had no problems shutting this NL offense down. He has to limit the damage to 3.
Joyce has been swinging and missing at sliders all night, then gets a hit on a fastball. I’m sure no one will question Stewart on that, only Martin and Jorge Posada call a poor game.
I miss Gardner.
Drat. I miss Gardner.
Thank you and goodnight
for fuck’s sake
pfft
This is embarrassing. Nobody should give up 5 runs to this offense, let alone our ace.
Maybe…Nix isn’t the best LF option?
I still miss Gardner
our “ace” … i’ done.
Wow. Get well soon Gardner.
Yeah I’m done with this game. But we won the series so I am satisfied. We need to take two from the Mets though.
Also, Nix is awful.. why is he stll on this team?
Brett come back soon, we all miss you soo much.
Error, no? That allowed the 2nd run to score.
O man, I’ve missed the trolls. It’s funny how Greg doesn’t comment when we’re winning
Yes I do. I’ve commented on here during wins
You do it all the time actually.
You do not deserve the hate club you have.
Not nearly as much. The sky is suddenly falling every time they don’t play a great game. It’s a long season dude, you need to learn how to settle down
I’ve seen him comment many a time when they’re winning.
Now now, he does.
He’s just moody tonight. Or something.
It’s just this was a game I wanted to see CC dominate. Now most of the runs aren’t his fault, but it just seems that he gives up a lot of hits which is not dominating.
Can’t get away with being a one pitch pitcher against the rays.
So who;s telling me that all their hits are weak?
Only 3 starts this year when he has given less than 7 hits.
and only 3 games where he’s given up more than 4 runs while pitching less than 8 innings.
It shouldn’t happen against this weak of a lineup.
You act as if this kind of thing is rare in baseball. This thinking should have sweeps be common and losing streaks by great teams never happen. Bad and worse teams shouldn’t finish anywhere near .500.
But that isn’t actually how baseball works, has worked, or ever will work.
Srsly. When you consider that winning > 60% of your games is an amazing season, it makes sense. Baseball has too much non-athletic random chance involved to be predictable on a game-by-game basis. It’s why there is no betting on baseball games except by deranged compulsive gamblers.
That’s what infuriates me. Too much luck involved in baseball. Especially when millions of dollars ride on each outcome
Then it sounds like baseball’s not a good game for you to follow.
And I don’t think millions of dollars ride on “each outcome”, if you mean a regular season game 1/3 of the way through the season.
Oh, and in relation to “too much luck”: yeah, there’s a lot more chance involved in each game. But there are 162 games, and over the course of a season, outcome is not any less predictable than in other major sports.
Two out of three. Win two out of three every series and you’ll win 108 games.
Their hits are weak, that’s right. That was a lazy flyball down the line that should have been caught, it’s not like he hit it on a line
If everyone who said they were leaving the thread actually leaves for the rest of the game, I’ll be greatly impressed.
When I said thank you and goodnight, I used it just for emphasis not literally
That sucks for the rest of us
Someone should keep actual track of this.
We did one night, earlier in the season. It was something like 6 or 7 people said they were leaving and all but one came back.
I did it for the Great Red Sox Comeback Win too, but that is the definition of special circumstances.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
The Great Red Sox Comeback Win was certainly a one-off… and I can’t believe it’s actually a Yankees Classics already.
Is it really? I don’t get YES, but that doesn’t really surprise me. That win was epic on so, so, so many levels.
Can I still be in the thread even though I’m done with the game?
Hmmm….
I suppose. You better watch yourself though. We’re watching you.
-_-
I blame A-Rod.
Its so much easier that way.
The only logical decision.
CC is good/bad/wild/sharp tonight. 5 runs, 8 strikeouts? Crazy.
So this is off topic, but I had to share.
Found a nice 32 inch Stealth bat for my Summer league. Original price 375 bucks. I got it for 75 only due to the new requirements around here about what’s legal to use in high school/college. This is last years model that wasn’t allowed for this year. Crazy good!
Now, CC giving up a 5 spot? Yikes! Let’s hope the bats are around tonight!
Wow, I can’t believe what the trivia answer is going to be.
Buchholz twirling another gem. Also, what does this make CC’s record against Price now? 1-5? Price is CC’s kryptonite.
No, its better than that
I liked it better when the Laptop thief had a 9 ERA.
He’s still got an ERA of over 6.
I think he’ll be 1-4 if this holds up. But we’ve lost five of the six games between the two of them. Six of seven if this holds.
One of those loses was a scoreless tie into extra innings and Sergio Mitre allowed a walk-off homer to Reid Brignac. How that should be considered a knock against Sabathia is beyond me.
Oh, it definitely shouldn’t. Just answering the man’s question since the Rays broadcast had given me the stats like 20 minutes ago.
He gets some of the best run support in baseball. Just another example of how wins are worthless when evaluating a pitcher. And you live under a bridge.
Nix isn’t good.
On the real, the games still early, our ace loves to navigate thought the later innings quick and effieciently, Prices pitch count is elevated and he will make a mistake. Rays may even give some extra outs too! We gots this! I smell a comeback!
His pitch count isn’t elevated anymore after that inning.
Thanks for running my narrative!
*ruining
Also CC isn’t an ace according to random RAB guy.
Yeah after the dominate performances by Hughes and Nova, if the playoffs started tomorrow they would line up to go one and two with CC as the LOOGY, clearly.
Yankees losing. Heat winning. Nightmare.
doomgloom
6 games against the Braves is so pointless.
That at-bat proves Stewart>Russ.
More like >>>>>>>
Yes, one at-bat proves the relative worth of two players. Absolutely.
NOOOOOO!!! RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION!!!!! NOOOO!!! HOLY FU**ING SH*T!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!! EVERYONE’S GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should’ve waited to break this out until the runner got to third.
True. But the only way that could happen is if CG walks . . . I think a K is more his style
And BOOM goes the dynamite.
This one ain’t over till my pregnant wife sings!!!
Granderson needs a day off in the worst way.
Not really. This was a horrible matchup for him
He’s got more HRs off Price than any other lefty batter.
They were all off nights for Price.
I really should be working…C’mon, Teix!!!!
YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All Arod needs here is a base hit.
I’ll settle for a walk.
I’ll take a HBP.
Fuck…bases loaded…
Great at bat regardless of outcome
Well . . . Not really. Under these circumstances, a great at-bat would result in at least ONE RBI.
striking out with the bases loaded and 1 out with your team down 5-1… not a good AB.
Yeah great at bat striking out with the bases loaded. Perfect!
Arm circles! Arm circles!
This is awesome.
10th chance….
damnit, got home just in time to see the strike out.
Nice to see RISPfail and BasesLoadedFail. I love those guys.
The perfect pitch
Argh.
A-Rod sucks. Gardner would have had a bloop single, I’d take a bloop over a blast right at someone any day!
how bout wait for a strike before ya swing Robbie?
That was awesome
I guess we’ll have to solo home run our way to victory every game.
3 identical pitches..and he strikes out.
Now here comes the Cano pop out and the threat will be over
It was the perfect pitch. It would have been strike 3
yeah, right.. tip your cap to Price, as usual.
Not happening.
Price hasn’t thrown a single pitch under 95MPH this AB, whoa!
Imagine how good this team could be if they weren’t the worst team in the AL with RISP.
I don’t want Cano to get past the first round in the home run derby this year. Therefore I am going to have someone stand on second base and pretend like they are a baserunner.
wow … they really are stretching RISP/BasesLoaded fail to new lows.
I bet Price loaded the bases just so he could promptly eliminate the threat, laugh, and continue his abundant, profound hatred of the NY Yankees. It was all for shits and giggles. We are nothing but entertainment for him. Yuck it up, Price, yuck it up.
Oy. Robbie. :/
Yeah he’s making the decision to let him walk next year real easy. Wouldn’t kill him to run hard out of the box once in a while either.
Maybe I shouldn’t watch/listen to the rest of the game. they loaded the bases while I was away, then turned on the radio on the way home right in time for Granderson’s strike out, and turned the tv on in time for Alex’s
How do you beat the Yankees? Load the bases!
Yup
So Price was able to do what CC was unable to do tonight. Work under duress, get key strikeouts in key situations, work around failures of defense. Not allow chances for weak ground balls to go through.
You know, I was waiting for this. And the best thing? You still haven’t replied to any of our counter-arguments above. You just keep harping on this and ignoring anyone who disagrees.
Don’t waste your time.
He’s given up 3 ER vs the Rays. He could have struck out the guys who hit the weak gorund balls and the long fly ball. Price got the K’s when he needed them. CC did not.
Okay, for real, are you saying that CC isn’t an ace? Because all you’ve done is insinuate so far so that you can back out of it later if circumstances warrant it.
Of course he is, why are you bothering to ask?
Because it’ll make me feel better to call him out on it when he tries to backtrack in a week or two.
And, looking at his response below, so I can giggle at the incongruity of it all.
I just want him to pitch better as the ace. I did not expect him to give 3 ER against a weak lineup. He’s still the ace, but he disappointed tonight.
No, its just I expected more from CC against this weak lineup. I expected fewer hits. I made the point at the beginning of the night. The errors and unearned runs he can do nothing about. But the earned runs could have been prevented if he didn’t give up hits. Weak hits to be sure but the pitcher could have struck out the batters in those situations
didn’t Cano hit a weak ground ball?
Price is not an ace, he allowed a weak ground ball!!!!
I give up. I just expected better from CC tonight, okay. I expected domination.
No one kills a rally like Old Purple Lips.
Hahahaha. Is that racist? I’m not sure . . . Should I have laughed? Oh god, I feel awful now. HAHAHA!
It isn’t racist, it is just the blood flow constricting as he chokes. The bigger the stage the deeper the purple.
This has got to be a baseball team record for sucking with RISP/Bases Loaded. I mean, it’s unbelievable.
It’s turrible!
OHMYGOD DOUBLE RAINBOW ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKY!!!!!!!!!!
Still one of the greatest videos of all time.
And I hate YouTube videos.
agreed, on both counts. I usually just use youtube for clips of movies/shows and/or music.
People look at me strange cause i dislike Tosh.0, it’s mostly because I dislike people doing stupid shit on camera and getting famous for it. Daniel Tosh himself is a great, albeit somewhat douchey, comedian. His show is a waste of time though.
Wait! Look! A UNICORN!
I still blame A-Rod, it helps with my anger issues.
Can we go back in a time machine and put ARod in a Red Sox uniform?
Well Price has 1 more inning max, and the Rays bullpen is not all that good.
Had they pushed 1 or 2 runs across they would have had a great chance at winning I think. Don’t think they are out of it yet, but it’s a long climb and looking a lot more iffy now.
CHARLIE!!!! CHARRR-LEEEE!
This was supposed to be a reply to Nitabach re: Unicorn.
Fu*k. This had been such a stress free week of baseball. Me not like this much at all. CC, you have disappointed me dearly. Sad face.
This is the approach that Girardi should take in the Yankees clubhouse.
http://youtu.be/XDZ_lSJjgvk
“Every time we hit with RISP we peel a section.” They can peel the clothes sections off one of ARods girlfriends instead.
Garbage Time, in the field.
Nice play.
Alright Wade. Channel the suck, man.
C’mon Yanks…we need some patience and power!
So, I guess Ibanez is being saved to pinch hit for Nix?
guess not…
How the fuck do you not PH for Nix???!!!??
I have no idea.
well at least now Nix’ monster bat will still be in the game if a lefty is on the mound his next AB … SMH
Why is Nix hitting here? So Joe can keep his glove in LF?
Who plays shortstop if Jeter gets hurt? Seriously. But that’s Cash’s fault not replacing Nunez on the bench. It’s also probably contributed to Jeter’s current slump.
in the unlikely event of a Jeter injury in the next 3 innings, they could make do with Chavez at third and ARod at SS, or vice versa
Not for a game in June. And 4 runs behind, no one on and two out in the 6th inning. This is not desperation.
nothing desperate about pinch hitting, it’s just common sense
the risk of PH there is extremely minimal
down 4 runs with only 10 outs left, they need to make every out count
Worst case scenario, Chavez takes over at third and alex moves to short.
Where’s Ibanez? Saving him for the big at-bat that may never come?
CC is the ace of the staff. But as the ace of the staff he has to pitch better than that against a weak lineup
My goodness will you let it go?
Mike Axisa says:
June 7, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Yeah he’s making the decision to let him walk next year real easy. Wouldn’t kill him to run hard out of the box once in a while either.
You’re surely just speaking out of anger, right Mike? He’s our best all around player…letting him walk would be madness…
He=Cano, everybody.
Letting him walk would be stupid. If we don’t plan on extending him he should be traded for a package of prospects like San Diego did with Adrian or the Rays did with Garza.
Why let a premium player walk and get nothing but a first round pick in return?
To keep his production and skill set on the field in a year you plan on contending for a championship.
What about long term? I understand keeping him if they plan on extending him, but the front office needs to be concerned with the long term viability of the team as well. One year of Cano isn’t worth six years of two top prospects.
If keeping Cano means you make it to the World Series and trading him means you don’t because David Adams is playing 2nd, is it really not worth it?
The odds are against the Yankees winning the World Series next season. Just like every season for every team. A team with so many long terrible contracts can’t just keep handing out more and expect to remain competitive every year.
Oh, no doubt. But the alternative isn’t another bad contract. Its another year of good-great-stellar production and an extra 1st round pick. *shrug*
it could be, no guarantee the prospects ever amount to anything
This. Especially since we get an extra 1st rounder anyway.
1 extra year of Cano + first round pick could prove to be more valuable than the trade return (really depends on what one year of Cano would get back in trade)
San Diego didn’t plan on contending and Garza was a salary dump (of a replaceable part) more than anything, neither of which would make sense for us.
He can help you win this year and next. Just because you don’t plan on keeping a guy forever doesn’t mean you have to trade him for prospects.
Well yeah but with one year left I think you trade him for two top 100 prospects and maybe another prospect in Low-A that has upside.
So pretty much exactly what San Diego got for Gonzalez.
Mike’s been pretty clear that he’s not a fan of the “resign at all costs” mindset.
I agree that it shouldn’t be at all costs i.e a blank check, but I think signing him should be priority numbero uno.
What are you thinking that it would take?
I’d offer him a 6 year deal worth 120-130, with a vesting option for the 7th year.
seems way too high, relative to what other 2B are getting
I agree. But if we need to overpay dollars to make up for years, I’d be alright with it.
That’s right on the edge of what I would be okay with after next season. If they counted next year as year 1 of that new contract I’d be happy with it.
Actually, no, too many years.
I’m sorry, but he’s not worth that much more money than other guys are getting if we aren’t getting a deal on the length of contract.
I really just made those numbers up off the top of my head, in retrospect both are definitely a little high. New numbers 5 for 100-110. also, whoever brought up Kinsler’s contract, Cano is just a better player than Kinsler. He doesn’t have Kinsler’s baserunning abilities, but he has equal power and better overall hitting abilities.
That’s exactly the kind of contract I’m scored of. That locks you into him until age 37 and potentially 38. When’s the last time there was a even a good 37-year-old second baseman?
He’s probably not going to be at 2nd for the life of it. I’d move him over to third the year Alex hangs it up. Within the last few years of Alex’s contract start giving Cano practice reps as well as spring training and blow out reps over at third so once alex’s is done the transition is smoother.
Kinsler got 5-85. If Cano wants more than 5-100 or 6-108 he can go fuck himself.
This. 6 is really the max I’d be willing to go. ESPECIALLY if we don’t extend him.
And it might be smart to not extend Granderson or Cano. Why hand out more contracts that everyone gets pissed about?
Public perception of contracts should be the last…no I take that back should not be a factor when it comes to who you sign and for what amount and for how long. The Mets always try to win the back page only, and look where that has gotten them.
If Cano and Granderson are making a combined 36 million and each have .330 wOBAs with bad defense in 2016 then I don’t see how anyone, fans and front office, would be happy about it.
He is their best overall player right now but he won’t be over the life of whatever contract he signs. He’s going to hit free agency at 31 and second baseman tend to decline fast and hard.
lol. Fast and hard.
Yeah, but with Alex, Derek, and Tex all under contract for the next few years the only places we can really look to up grade is 2nd base and the outfield. How/where can we get equal to Cano’s offensive output from anybody but him?
The answer to long-term viability despite bad contracts is not more bad contracts. Its a year or three of hard lumps and scrounging to make the playoffs/missing the playoffs.
Where’s Phelps? He needs innings.
See, the thing about Girardi with the lack of pinch hitting is that its almost certain there’s a reason for it beyond laziness or even his gut.
I just have no idea what it might be in this case.
I really hope that girl comes away with that ball lol.
Oh she will.
She’s gritty.
still 4-5 against them..not too shabby.
Absolutely. A successful series going into interleague
CC didn’t need to throw 121 pitches in a game that’s close to over did he?
meh, he’s on extra rest, and 4 runs in 3 innings is hardly game over
Withe Eppley up, I’m pretty sure that’s the white flag.
4 runs with 9 outs to go.
And 120 is hardly a big number for him. I don’t really see an issue except in hindsight after he blows out his shoulder in 3 years.
They’ve had a bunch of off days lately.
Phelps gets to go the next two innings right? We need to keep increasing his trade value.
so now for arod when he has a good AB even if he gets out that is a moral victory. 22 rbi’s… zobrist has 20 and is hitting 200
cano and arod with RISP, SUCK….
no homer they cannot win… 0 and 13 without a homer… disgraceful.
…so you pinch hit Martin for Stuart, but leave Nix in. That makes no sense to me. Can anybody see how/why that makes sense?
Ibsnez has really cooled off of late so I guess Joe figured there was no real difference.
Well I’m pretty sure Stewart could have done that.
These people are cracking me up.
The Yankees are a half game out of first place in a division in which every team is at or above .500. And they just got there by winning 10 of their last 13 games.
But they are a disgrace, and all their players are terrible. Unreal.
Seriously. As long as we win the series I am satisfied.
Oh, and yeah, they already clinched this series against the first place team. Disgraceful.
Absolutely true. I just expected full out dominance from CC, that’s all.
A disgrace thus far with RISP, yes. They’re still a high octane offense who lives and dies by the homer, or lack thereof. I pray that number balances out by the end of the year but it’s not looking like tonight will be that night.
Do you really think there’s any reasonable chance that their RISP batting average won’t regress back towards their overall batting average?
Judging by the way their pressing at the plate, off balance swings and just sloppy ABs, yeah there’s a chance but I HOPE they figure it out sooner than later. A sub .200 BA w/ RISP and the 3/4 hitters combined for less RBIs than Hamilton is borderline pathetic.
In other news, Aroldis Chapman gave up an earned run.
How the hell did four strike-outs get named the golden sombrero?
Somber o-fer?
I dunno
A Mexican hockey fan…obviously.
From Wikipedia:
The term derives from hat trick, and since four is bigger than three, the rationale was that a four-strikeout performance should be referred to by a bigger hat, such as a sombrero.[citation needed] The “Olympic Rings” or platinum sombrero applies to a player striking out five times in a game, while a horn (after Sam Horn of the Baltimore Orioles, who accomplished the feat in an extra-inning game in 1991) or titanium sombrero is bestowed upon a player who strikes out six times in a single game.
The term was coined by San Diego Padre Carmelo Martinez in the 1980s.
A Puerto Rican hockey fan then…
According to wikipedia (cue eye-roll) it’s a derivative of the hat trick. Since hat trick = 3, a sombrero (golden at that) would be 4.
The golden sombrero
Eh… can’t win them all.
While they didn’t get to Price they did get him out after 5 innings which normally would be a very good chance for a win.
CC threw much better than the results indicate – the 3 ER came on a bloop single and a double that most slightly above LF’rs would catch. He did give up 2 unearned; though he doesn’t get off completely for that, he should be able to pitch around a 1 out error (although the double that set that inning up may also have been caught by an above average LF’r).
Totally agree.
It was A-Rods fault and brown bear looked pissed after that inning.
Eppley has to have a 70% GB rate by now right?
69.4% after tonight. Was 82% in Triple-A before the call-up.
That’s awesome. I really hope he can be more than just a mop for us.
That’s percent of outs or balls put in play?
Balls in play.
Tx.
Does it include hits too? Or just balls in play that are outs?
It’s every ball in play. Hits, outs, errors, etc.
There isn’t any other possible outcome for a ball in play than a hit, out, or error, at least that I can think of.
it’s possible for a fielder’s choice with no outs to occur
that’s the only other thing I can think of
Fielders choice but the runner is safe?
Yeah, fielder’s choice. I forgot about that.
Balls in play means hits, outs, and errors.
Wow, Thurman would only be 65 today. To young…
While I was working this afternoon I watched his Yankeeography. Reminded me of how sad I was as a kid when he died. I was away at summer camp, and all the little kids in my cabin were crying when we found out.
Wait…did Swish roll into a DP while I wasn’t paying attention, or did Tampa go to the pen while I wasn’t paying attention? Why are we at commercial?
MLB.tv is screwy tonight, rejoining ABs after 3-4 pitches, the blue screen with sound still on.
Hopefully this is the inning where Girardi proves us all wrong (including myself) about questioning him for not pinch hitting for Jones and Nix.
Feeble hack Swish, gross. What happened to the pudgy version with plate discipline? Is he pressing because he’s a FA after the year or just trying too hard to be aggressive?!
Start the runners?
….terrible hack Swish.
Way out of the zone. WTH Swish?!? Hey-Zeus!
Dooooooododoodododooooo
6 pitches…. 1 in the strikezone.
Too damn aggressive with men on base.
Trying to do too much. its all psychological now
Shouldn’t it be Chavez in this spot? Cause now if Ibanez gets a hit Nix, who is in LF, has to be pinch hit for as well meaning Ibanez has to go play left, meaning you loose the DH.
Now Chavez.
Now next half inning either Chavez goes into the outfield, or Ibanez does and you loose the DH and your pitcher is hitting in the 7th spot.
Wise will play the outfield
yeah…i kind of forgot about the fact that Wise exists…
Wise can play left
Haha…forgot about Wise…
All right!!! Tying run at the plate!!
A HIT WITH RISP!1!1!11!! REVERSE THE CURSE!!!!!
Oh well, they gave it a try
Heh. BABIP again.
Can’t be mad at that, hard hit ball right at 1B.
Swisher has to go. What made him great for this team he doesn’t like to do anymore.
Carlos Quentin? Josh Willingham?
Bossman Junior Upton?
Melky and Victorino are also available, I’d also maybe look into a Platoon with Jones and a lefty…who idk.
Not Melky. The Giants need him and they are catching up on the Dodgers. Victorino is a good option
Victorino is no upgrade and he’s a dirty player to boot.
I’m just naming players who will be Free Agents, play the outfield, are under 30, and aren’t terrible.
around 30*
I want absolutely no part of Victorino.
I really want BJ Upton. We’d have a starting outfield of three center fielders next season, then it also makes it much easier to let Grandy walk if it comes down to it if BJ is under contract already.
I don’t think most Yankees fans could handle Upton. They’ll see the low batting average and high strikeouts and be ignorant of the fact that he does absolutely everything else well.
I don’t know, they/we handle Granderson pretty well. He has only hit .255 as a Yankee, and everybody seems to love him.
Because he hits 40 HR. Upton would only hit 20 (maybe 25 in NYS).
I guess you’re right, but Upton is just so toolsy that he could still be an absolute star. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still an above average player, but he could be Curtis Granderson.
I’ll agree if he keeps doing it throughout the season. We’ll just have to see.
Well….if we can come up with a viable replacement.
Who knows what Ibanez would have done… but that K by Swisher really killed that inning. With men on base he is a sucker for offspeed stuff early in the count or in hitter counts.
Okay, goodnight RAB. I feel troll-ish tonight so…so long, here’s to a comeback!!
Ugh. I hate when they tease me. Do we have any late game heroics this year? None come to mind. I’m getting forgetful though.
AJ’s gone. No pie. Nothing to be heroic about.
Why did Swish swing at ball four…
Wow Swish. Way to give that run right back.
God damnit. This is just not a fun game.
Ugh I changed the channel for a minute wtf happened?!
idk how the leadoff guy got on, but then the second batter hit a ball to right swish kicked it into the corner allowing the first run to score, then another legit double scoring the second run.
LOOGY walking the lefty hitter…
uggh … this game has been a giant turd
F@$k it. We’re scoring 6 runs here.
There’s one of them
Ooh. Thats a start
Well….that’s quite nice.
Not sure if anyone is watching the MLB broadcast, but Bob Costas is becoming unbearable calling games.
Between the continuous slurping of the Rays and Joe Maddon all game, and his incessant need to be clever, the broadcast is just painful to listen to.
Trust me I’d prefer that over sunsports
Don’t go platinum brandy.
Watch us get to 5 runs as a kick in the nuts for not holding them
If that happens I blame this loss entirely on Alex and Swish not making routine plays. (Alex throwing the ball away and Swish kicking the ball into the fucking corner)
Oh. My. God. Alex was taking all the way. I’m legit shocked.
fucking kidding me. The post wasn’t even loaded and you’re swinging out of your shoes at the second pitch?!
You get the feeling there’s certain ABs that he’s just trying to make sure he doesn’t strike out instead of attacking the pitcher.
Greggy boy, it’s bedtime.