Game 81: Halfway There
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Today is America’s birthday and it marks the halfway point of he 2012 season. The Yankees come into their 81st game with 48 wins on the year but also four losses in their last six games. Thanks to some well-timed AL East mediocrity, both the Red Sox and Orioles gained zero games in the standings while Tampa gained just one during that time. Hooray for that.
It’s too bad the Yankees have to spend the holiday playing indoors in a stupid dome, but that’s life. Blame the schedule-makers. Here’s the lineup as the Bombers look to avoid getting swept at Tropicana Field for the second time this year…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Nick Swisher
LF Andruw Jones
C Russell Martin
3B Jayson Nix
RHP David Phelps
This afternoon’s game starts at 3pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
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Opening Day, 4th of July and Labor Day all in this stupid garbage stadium.
I originally said 4 this week. Well thanks to the Oakland A’s, I think we can make it 3 in any combination. Take today’s game and split with the Sox and call it a half.
Although I haven’t commented any time you brought it up, I will admit that I bought into it.
Now I’m pissed off. Just win today, please.
Cano will hit a homer off Price in this game. Book it
He only has two home runs off of lefties this year right? Both of Johan Santana?
And the video on SunSports just completely Shit the bed and I have to listen to Staats through two cups and a string.
Great.
I miss the captions that come with the photos, Mike.
Bring those back please.
“How dare you call a strike on the great Centaur”
Haha. Not bad.
“I smell bacon.”
“Did you hide my syringes??”
Think Granderson reaches 200 this season?
I bet he doesn’t come within 20.
He’s at 91 right now.
So he needs 109ks in 82 games
About 190.
That’s like, 175 more homers. Dream big Brian, dream big.
19 pitches not bad for a 1 2 3 inning. Good job Jeter.
I think we can agree right now that they will need to trade for a starter after the break. Warren was horrible, Garcia was okay and we need a long man in the pen
I disagree. Garcia + no trade may be better than giving up assets for the pitchers that are available, and there are plenty of available options for long-man duty.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the team swings a trade, but I don’t think they *need* to at this point at all.
not really a need, more of a luxury
CC should be back soon, Freddy/Phelps should be serviceable enough until Andy gets back
Looks like the bench is calling the pitches.
Finally, you stupid POS ump
Gotta swing Upton.
Maddon with a righty cleanup batter against Phelps? Strange manager.
Keppinger has been their hottest hitter of late so it makes sense
Oh I see. That’s why we have ARod batting 4th.
He’s been on fire!!
Whatever happened to the legendary Sam Fuld?
lucky arod is batting 4th. love his production. need his high slugging % and power in the middle of the lineup to strike fear in the opposing pitchers.
give arod an extension..
besides sucking the guy cannot even play the field every day…he is a boat anchor on this team……
You’re here earlier than usual.
Please, tell me more.
Why aren’t you banned yet?
He’s not doing anything wrong, just being annoying like everyone else.
Yeah but this is the the nth degree annoying.
He’ll tire himself out eventually. They all do.
Another typical, dumb American that thinks he has the right to never be offended.
“I don’t like this! Make it go away!!”
Stuart, it concerns me that you continuously confuse baseball players with boat anchors, but it occurs to me that you may never actually have seen an actual boat anchor. It’s usually very large, somewhat bulky (often in the shape of a large, duplicated fishhook) and made of metal. Most importantly, when in service, a boat anchor is suspended by a chain or rope, the other end of which is attached to…a boat. By this point, the dissimilarities of this piece of nautical equipment to the average baseball player (a human who wears a uniform and is outfitted with special sports gear) will hopefully be obvious.
I can see how this confusion on your part may have arisen, given the fact that the phrases “baseball player” and “boat anchor” both begin with the letter “B.” I hope, however, that this brief primer will help you to avoid conflating them in the future.
lmao
Nice play
fuld is hurt….had surgery
Well, winning the 09 series is the trade off for this, everybody
0 RBI vs. Rays
That cutter is ridiculous.
Guess hitter
Really growing to just hate Arod.
Phelps had three strikes called balls that last inning.
If they get swept, we will need the A’s to help us again.
Let it go man. The red sox are shit and not a threat to anyone.
OT. Zach F%^&*g Parise just ruined my 4th of July.
13 year contract with a full no movement clause. he can go. I don’t see his game aging well.
Agreed from the left side of the brain, but the right side says it almost feels like Niedermeyer leaving again.
Ooh. Phelps looks good this inning.
Oh fuck it’s Sean Rodriguez. IBB him.
Sit the fuck down you POS fuckface Rodriguez.
Trade bait! Get Felix and Cole for Phelps!
arod has less rbi by 10 then Daniel Friggin Murphy.
the reason I harp on this is because the guy is hitting 3rd or 4th and no 1 on the telecasts ever point out the obvious, he is killing the team…
arod should to the press state I am not doing my job and if Binder Boy wants to bat me anywhere in the lineup I am fine with it, all I want to do is help the team..
35 rbis after 81 games, do the math Einsteins……..
Dummy up, you…..
I have a question for you. It’s a serious one, so take your time.
When A-Rod is at the plate, do you root for him to succeed or fail?
If he succeeds, the Yanks benefit.
If he fails, you get to talk smack about him.
What do you root for?
If you say you root for him to fail, you’re not a Yankee fan.
Let’s hear it.
Darnell McDonald is cousins with Pirates pitcher James McDonald. And his brother Donzell played for the Yankees in 2001.
Might as well add that they both attended Cherry Creek High School(Denver Metro area) with now DFA’d relief pitcher Brad Lidge. Unfortunately for those three, even attending the over hyped snobbish school they pale in comparison to the brilliance that was Roy Halladay who attended Arvada West High School (Denver Metro area). Thankfully.
They were all molested by uncle Ronald.
His uncle, Old, is the head groundskeeper at Tropicana.
Who had Cliff Lee with 1 win by the All Star break? Yankees approaching a year without a win in Tampa?Or R.A. Dickey pitching like Cy Young. This first half of the baseball season is upside down.
all these humongous sick contracts in hockey, basketball, baseball, almost never pay off.
the wild are still far from a contender and they gave out $190 mill in guaranteed contracts today….
If you are gonna hit a guy, always to good to make sure he leaves the game. Well done.
I hope nothing good ever happens to this ump.
Those were good strikes
Why do managers love versatile white players that can’t hit?
As opposed to versatile black players who can’t hit?
GRIT
Are posts disappearing? Or is it just me?
Someone was impersonating stuart and I got rid of it.
Not just you.
I would say that Phelps has earned another start so far.
He’s gotten ten outs.
He’s looked better so far then the other two in this series
He’s just finished the first three-inning game of this double-header and earned the start of the second six-inning game about to start.
Phelpsy looking good!
I am curious as to what will happen if Phelps pitches well here? Does he still get sent down (like Mike mentioned earlier)?
Why wouldn’t they? He’s not going to pitch for at least another 12 days anyway. Let him go down and get some innings in.
I don’t disagree with you. I’m just wondering if they’d expend an option for that?
He has a lot left? I don’t know. ??
The option was already used when he went down the first time.
He’s already been sent down this year.
The options work on a yearly basis…. once he gets sent down once in a year, it doesn’t matter how many times you do it; it’s still just 1 option that’s burned.
I learned something today. Thank you.
Yeah, I misinterpreted your post. Do you think he will be back up after the AS break?
Probably. With the all star break and the 10 day rule, he’d be able to be called up the 3rd (?) game back after the all star break.
After today, I guess he could pitch in an emergency on Sunday (3 days rest), but why carry him on the 25 man for just that?
I assume McDonald will be put on the 25man for the Boston series.
I’m telling ya, a Yankee is getting beaned today. We got 2 of theirs yesterday and 2 today with no response.
Probably the only way we will get a baserunner. /troll
And risk Price getting ejected and suspended? No way
it would be a warning not a straight ejection.
Didn’t you say Shields would hit someone as retaliation yesterday?
No
Oh wait, that was Cuso. My bad.
Actually I said that yesterday. Yes. I was surprised they didn’t.
If I had to guess it would be either Tex or Swish.
I hope it’s Teix.
Can’t bean Tex with the walk to Grandy now. So it’ll be Swish.
& Cano saved Swisher there. It’s gonna happen.
Bean all the Rays.
I didn’t get the impression that either of Phelps’s HBPs were intentional.
Price got screwed on that one.
Yep. Clearly over the corner.
Phelps had three strikes called balls int he first inning. Cry me a river.
Well, didn’t see that because I don’t have the game live on tv. Saw the Price pitch because mlb.com did a live look in. Hope you don’t drown in your own river.
Price throws a breaking ball here, Grandy’s done after all those high-90s fastballs. Doesn’t even need to be a strike.
And he threw another fastball.
Pinella and Baylor (with the Rockies)
Bean him Price!
Teixeira that is. Leave Rodriguez and Cano alone.
All right: RISP! C’mon, now!!
A-Rod looks so awkward at the plate: not comfortable and locked in.
Although I guess everyone feels awkward against Price…
stuart may have an opinion about this.
(Random disparaging comment)
He just guessing up there right now. UNfortunately we have nobody else to put in that 4 hole besides Cano
I’m considering adding guess-hitter as the 3rd entry to my dictionary following GT and SP
Shame the Yankees aren’t as awesome as the red sox. They have so many options for their #4 hitter. If only the Yankees were scrappy enough.
Swisher is the greatest player ever. Maybe he could hit 4th?
Aaron Cook pitched a 3 hit shutout against the M’s a few days ago on 81 PITCHES!
That’s criminal. Seattle fans should ask for their money back
Greg your obsession with the red sox is pathetic.
This has nothing to do with the Red Sox. They happen to be the other game on MLB Network.
Its Aaron Cook throwing a shut out on 81 pitches.
This umpire has been bad for both pitchers
We need Juan Miranda back.
Arod is a joke. The guy is a guess hitter. Brain surgeon, they do not think you can get around on the inside gas. No need to guess. Again he is killing this team…bat cano 3rd, tex 4th, swisher or Ibanez after them tehn afraud.
ibanez sucks but he gets hits with RISP. Tex gets lucky on occassion, arod is just horrible…
anyone who is not up in arms over arods performance is his bitch or on his payroll…..
Do you ever get any new material?
“He just guessing up there right now.”
Is there anyone who wouldn’t just be guessing against Price today?
Hector Noesi is terrible.
Hahahahah. Yeah, he is.
At least he didn’t throw it into center!
My goodness
stuart a is not an ace.
Carlos Ruiz anybody?
Just sad how a player as below average as that guy owns the Yankees.
Joba’s crappy mechanics look intact!
Yep. 80 pitch area.
God fucking dammit
Haven’t seen Sean Rodriguez beat the Yankees enough this series, hopefully they play Tampa again soon.
And that’s why they walk him alot
I’ve had enough. Throw at his head the next time he comes to the plate.
damn.
I fucking hate Sean Rodriguez.
What a maroon.
You better start calling him S-Rod – he’s earned it.
(Urrrp)
Nice play by Martin. Are we allowed to compliment him if he does something good?
In my head, I said to myself, “Nice job, Martin!”
Low/no expectations makes life easier.
That’s why I’m a negative person
Looking at his stats, Sean Rodriguez seems to own the AL East this year
Red Sox: .300/.323/.433
Yankees: .290/.389/.452 (prior to that hit)
Blue Jays: .280/.345/.560
Those are weird splits. HR or nothing v Toronto huh?
7 hits in 25 at bats against Toronto. 2 home runs
really bad umpiring. Minimally Phelps got squeezed on 12-15 pitches by the ump.
Yes. This needs to be factored into evaluating his performance as well as Martin not throwing to 2B due to a massive brain fart.
it´s the difference between 5-6 great innings rather than 4 innings
Phelps had five strikes called balls and one ball called a strike for a -4 according to brooksbaseball net. Price has had one strike called a ball and two balls called a strike for a +1
Ugh. Maybe bunting would have been reasonable there?
David Price doesn’t need any help getting outs today.
Double ugh.
That one run may just hold up. Sounds like Price is dealing.
Andruw Jones is sloooooooooooooooooooooooow
He and Swish for a match race!
stuart blames A-Rod.
Ugh @ the dp
And hi all… I read these threads every day but finally decided to post something. You provide a nice recap to read at work as well when I happen to miss the game. Hi, and go Yanks! Hopefully they overcome price today.
They’re just lucky it’s still not a no-hitter. This is pitiful. Hopefully it doesn’t carryover to Fenway.
The Red Sox pitching staff is nowhere close to the Rays staff
Look out!
I can’t get over how much Hector Noesi sucks. Thank god for got rid of that turd.
Hahahahaha. I hated when the Yanks needed him to pitch well.
Ok Phelps. Good start. Now go to the minors and get “Nova-Pissed.”
Come back and win 16 games.
Post fail
Good performance by Phelps, well done by the kid.
Was Phelps on a hard pitch count?
Yup. 75-80 and he went 81.
Thanks.
Montero is 0 for his last 22.
I’m starting to think we shouldn’t consider the Yankees an elite offense anymore. All the heavy lifting seems to be done by Cano and Grandy with others seldom chipping in. Maybe we shouldn’t be that surprised and angry that Tampa is beating us. You can’t expect an offense carried by two or three players to do well against great pitching. Just look at the Detroit Tigers.
I agree. Cano is the only one playing above expectations. Everyone else has played below what should be expected of them.
Jeter has been playing even with expectations.
Meh. .600 OPS last two months.
But overall…
107 wRC+. Negative defensive value. 16 million dollars.
Which is a good sign for the second half.
Or just a sign that everyone is old as fuck.
Well those should be factored into your original expectations
Well those should be factored into your original expectations
Well those should be factored into my original expectations.
Sorry it does that to me sometimes
I disagree.
Two losses in a row due to poor defense and lack of timely hitting against one of the best staffs in MLB and the offense isnt elite?! The Yankees have been and will be power and pitching. They cant hit 6 doubles and 3 home runs a game.
Nice one Rapada. That was great.
This ump is a little dodgy. I’m not sure I’d blame Rapada there, with at least one arguable strike called a ball.
Agreed. He was squeezed.
I don’t care if we lose anymore. Bring in the hardest thrower and start injuring these fuckers.
I said this yesterday too, but this mix & match thing Girardi is doing is painful to watch. Why not just start the inning with Mitchell and let him pitch?
Is Mitchell even on the team?
Yeah, he’s the long man.
Because D.J. Mitchell pretty much sucks and it’s a one-run game.
Oh, ok.
Double play would be nice here.
Looks like here is where it unravels. Was hoping for better.
It truly is amazing how the Rays could be in a time wide offensive slump for a month but when they play the Yankees they manage to score runs like nothing.
Come on Eppley…
Do it, Epples!!!
They are running wild on Russ this series.
Yeah. I don’t know what’s up with that. Maybe Girardi told him before the game: “No matter what, do NOT throw any balls into the outfield!”
What are they doing?
It’s Carlos Pena… he’s out easily – why concede the base.
Brooks Conrad. uh oh.
did Martin just miss a chance for an interference call on that steal?
And sit down.
Nice job by Eppley.
That’s the way to do it. Focus on the batter.
Did Martin miss a chance for an interference call on the steal of 2nd?
Nice job by Eppley!
So 3 or 4 innings left for the pen in a 1 run game… is Girardi going to be stealing outs with Eppley and Gaudin or will he be using the big guns with a day off tomorrow?
He should only need 1 more inning out of Eppley/Gaudin
Gaudin???
That’s what I was thinking: When did the Yankees get Gaudin back…again?
Qualls, Gaudin,
Good job Epps. It’s refreshing to see a Yankee pitcher pitch to the Rays with no fear. Not that these scrubs should be feared…
Sad that the backup catcher is hitting better than our starting catcher.
Only in terms of batting average.
OBP
Martin: .299
Stewart: .295
Only took the worst year of Martin’s career and the best of Stewart’s.
Are sane people actually clamoring for more of Chris Stewart?
That is a recipe for utter disaster. At least Martin can hit one out on occasion. Try watching a full season of Chris Stewart. They’ll be begging for Martin.
Yes, Martin has sucked. Stewart’s still MUCH worse.
I dont think he’s arguing that Stewart is a better ballplayer than Martin or that he had the better career (at least he shouldn’t be). He’s merely pointing out how AWFUL Martin has been this season, and that pretty soon Stewart will be an equal option to Martin (considering this season’s results).
Exactly. In terms of offense they are pretty much even right now with the exception of power
Martin’s been terrible, but Stewart’s a AAAA player. He has an empty batting average thanks to some bloops, soft singles, and drops by third basemen.
If he gets much more playing time he’ll be overexposed.
You read my mind. Exactly the point I was trying to make.
I Blame Lou for this. I think we’re 1-7 when he is in the booth.
hahahahah
Jayson Nix is a baseball player.
Maybe this game is supposed to go 1-0 to the 9th and then Rodney has a blown save.
I think we all hate Rays games since they magnify how old the Yankees look.
And how inefficient their spending looks.
Some at-bat by Granderson.
Twice now, hopefully Price is out soon.
He finally decided to go to the breaker
Granderson vs. lefty breaking ball.
Ugly.
nice AB by Granderson unoffically the 3rd time he SO. Ugly is right. maybe a .238 starting CF in the all-star game.
If it wasn’t for Jeter and Grandy, Price’s pitch count would be like 60 right now. they’ve both made him work at least.
price will give TB at least 7 plus
Definitely. But he’d be working on a complete game if it wasn’t for those two.
You gotta hand it to Price. He’s been nasty today.
he battled. what are you going to do…
the zone is big, but it looks the same on both sides.
“He was brilliant”
-John Sterling’s assessment of Phelps’ performance.
He threw 4 1/3 innings, you old fool. Settle the fuck down.
When Axisa writes the same thing later, you’ll be licking his ass and agreeing.
Sounds like jealousy.
WTF. I don’t suck up to anybody.
Phelps was OK. Better than could be expected.
Not brilliant.
And he put seven men on-base.
Carlos Lee to the Marlins confirmed.
This game is difficult to watch. It’s not a pitcher’s duel. It’s one good pitcher and zombies everywhere else.
it´s like watching a bad ED Wood movie.
This d-bag
Sit down S-Rod
Bear down, Eppley.
I just got in – how was Phelps?
BRILLIANT!
Not bad. Looked really good at times, just walked/hit too many guys. Gave them around what you’d expect, plus some K’s which was nice.
Thanks.
TEX!!!!
Tex message
FUCK, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
just got home… How are we doing so far?
TEIIIX!!!!
Homer doesn’t count, shoulda used three singles to score.
Hanging change
OH YEAH
TIE GAME
Nice job ARod. That was a hanger too.
and now and A-Rod double! awesome
AROD SUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Now this is a perfect example of why the “you can’t beat good pitching with the long-ball” is bullshit. How are you gonna put together walks and singles against Price? But with just one mistake pitch like that one–up and over the plate–kaboom: a run scores.
A-ROD!
I hate this motherfucker Sean Rodriguez
A-Rod turnin’ on them burners!!!!!!
Where are you Stuart!!!!!!!
Cano I love you but yet another brainlock.
Would have been nice if Cano moved the runner over.
Would have like to see Cano at the least move ARod to 3rd…. while you have to be aggressive against a pitcher like Price, you can’t get jammed like that on a 0-0 pitch
Lets see of Russel can stretch the gap between him and Stewart right here
My fault. JOnes is batting
please no DP..
I felt that breeze here in NYC.
Swish, c’mon! Sheesh.
A-rod is a base running monster.
I have never seen umpire’s interference before.
That sucks.
WHAT?!?!?!?!?
Jones is worthless, he has a job and that is to hit LHP but he cant do it… time to cut him loose
Unbelievable
And that would have been a run. Thanks ump.
that would have been a run without the umpire’s interference
HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT? HOWS THAT THE YANKEES FAULT?
WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!?!?
Why should we pay for ump interfernce? That’s a huge break for the Rays
Isn’t the ump just part of the game?
What. The. F@ck. Is. That?’?!?!
Swisher still standing there at first!!! DUH!!
A-rod just won’t give up on the base paths.
Nick Swisher not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.
This place is the new hell for the Yankees.
Should have been a sac fly.
If that happened in the Yankees favor it would be the first story on ESPN.
This ump can go kill himself after this game is over.
Umpires interference is NOT a rule at the plate. Girardi has to protest.
Nevermind. I just looked it up. It’s correct.
I had to look it up myself… it’s unbelievable…
That inning both sucked and didn’t suck, but basically sucked.
DAMN!
Fuck you umpire. We should be winning.
Nice of the ump to prevent that run. Also, Martin and Jones are worthless and need to be cut.
If they followed all your cuts, they’d pretty much have a seven-man roster.
Russell Martin is the Yuniesky Betancourt of catchers.
Its official. Yankees arent going to win this game unless they overcome great obstacles because that looked like fate
Stupid old-timey outfits. If they’re trying to be accurate, shouldn’t the asian dude be in a cage?
I’m not the kind to complain too much about umpiring, but what the HELL is going on in this stadium?
Ump call was horseshit.
And Martin needs to be sat down. He isn’t helping the club.
NY should consider PH for Martin late in games.
Or get a new starting catcher at the deadline
I’m cool with that. I don’t see any obvious improvements out there, but thats why Cash is a ninja.
This is a frigging outrage! I can’t believe Girardi just sat there and took it. Get in that stupid ump’s fucking face, Joe!
Girardi spent how many years behind the plate? I’m sure he knows the rule. There’s nothing to argue.
GRR! hahahahahah
And even if it is a legitimate rule, he should have argued that A-Rod was gonna be safe regardless!
I can’t wait for Martin to negotiate with Cashman.
Martin: I want 5/75m
Cashman: here are your 2012 stats.
Martin: minor league deal?
Cashman: spring training invite.
Randy Levine: 5/100m.
Haha…that sounds like Randy.
“But Cash, Cash…he’s an ex-All Star!”.
I’m almost at the point of being pro-callup Cervelli. Almost.
(c) Umpires interference occurs (1) When an umpire hinders, impedes or prevents a catchers throw attempting to prevent a stolen base,
Does it say if the rule is waived when the umpire determines that the runner would have reached even without the ump’s interference?
The ball is dead as soon as he hits the ump.
Tx.
There’s no subjective interpretation, so no. It appears black and white
Thx.
lol we all know how this will end
The ginger is killing us
AUGH!
Ugh Pena
Game over. Hope for the A’s
Logan is back.. the real pathetic Boone Logan
shutdown reliever my ass..
He needs to be cut.
We dont have enough relievers as it is. But he is not a relief ace like you claimed.
Except for everything that he did before this series that says he is. You’re the most “what have you done for me lately” commenter we’ve ever had.
Hit more Rays now.
INTERFERENCE (a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter- runner, or a runner out for interference, all other runners shall return to the last base that was in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference, unless otherwise provided by these rules. Rule 2.00 (Interference) Comment: In the event the batter-runner has not reached first base, all runners shall return to the base last occupied at the time of the pitch. (b) Defensive interference is an act by a fielder which hinders or prevents a batter from hitting a pitch. (c) Umpires interference occurs (1) When an umpire hinders, impedes or prevents a catchers throw attempting to prevent a stolen base, or (2) When a fair ball touches an umpire on fair territory before passing a fielder. (d) Spectator interference occurs when a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball. On any interference the ball is dead.
Crap. Did I just break commenting rule? Sorry.
Not any rule that I’m aware of. Did the RAB SWAT team just bust into your house?
A guy just busted into my apartment with a ski mask and a tazer. He had the proportions of Mike Axisa, but…..
That may be more interesting than the rest of this game. Let’s hope not, though.
FFFfffffuuuuu…
Starters not going the distance are burning up the bullpen and then boom…this happens.
Phelps was pulled on a hard pitch count, so he went the full distance.
Ugh.
That could have gone better.
Logan is a true American piece of shit!
I hope Pena comes up again and we hit him right in the forehead.
It’s July 4th, it’s summer, it’s beautiful weather, why are we stuck playing in this awful place, indoors with a worn out carpet? I have no love for this place or team.
Logan puts a slider right down the middle. here hit the ball
Hatty not Pena………
They are the only team in baseball that can’t get f***ing Pena out. This is just ridiculous. Give up a single to the #9 hitter on an 0-2 pitch and then worry about the runner so much that you serve up a meatball to a guy who couldn’t hit lefties if his life depended on it.
Worst 1st place team in baseball, The Rays were dead in the water coming in but got really healthy really quickly against this group.
Good thing for the exra wild card spot – we’ll need it,
“Worst 1st place team in baseball”
That phrase makes me laugh.
Check back after the Red Sox series and see if you’re still laughing.
Don’t worry, we will.
How about “worst team with the second-best record in baseball”?
In a league where the White Sox, Pirates, and Nats are in first place, I’ll take my chances with the Yankees.
Maybe so but this has been more smoke and mirrors than anything else. Unfortunately Banuelos and Betances have taken a step back so potential trades for someone like Lee two years ago aren’t even possible.
26-11 in their last 37 games, all against teams with winning records = smoke and mirrors
I respect all of your work but you really think this team has been dominant? I think I saw it here that only 3 wins were by more than a couple of runs. They’ve gotten by more with bullpen guys over-achieving and Cano getting really hot. I don’t expect A-Rod or Tex to do much more than they’ve done. All that said, wins are still wins so in a sense I agree. Just mucho frustrated to possibly get swept by a team that was dead on its feet coming in.
Smoke and mirrors in what sense? Some of their best players have not even heated up yet (Swish, Tex, A-Rod) and they’re still comfortably in first. Cano and Grandy have been awesome but if some of these guys heat up, they could go on another crazy roll.
“Some of their best players have not even heated up yet (Swish, Tex, A-Rod) and they’re still comfortably in first.”
But don’t you get it? They suck and are never gonna heat up. Because whatever happened this week is guaranteed for the rest of the season.
Why so nasty? Where did I ever say anything other than an opinion displaying frustration over the way this series went and the fact that if we had swept the Rays would basically be dead at 10 out in the loss?
Absolutely not intending to be nasty to you. Sorry if it came across that way.
I tend to think whoever leads the NL Central on a given day is the worst 1st place team in baseball.
True but if they played the Yankees this weekend they’d still have won. What a lost series. Maybe Farnsworth will pitch like he did with the Yankees and we can get back in this game. Need to salvage something.
So, that was pretty weird, because the catcher backed into the umpire and you can’t really say the umpire should have jumped out of the way, because when have you ever seen an umpire jump back after a pitch? The weirdness continues because the umpire called that on himself.
That’s interesting, because the rule requires that the “umpire hinders, impedes or prevents a catchers throw”. So if the catcher is a dumb klutz and backs into the umpire, then arguably the umpire didn’t “hinder, impede or prevent” the throw; the catcher did it himself.
APPEAL!!!!!!
Shaping up to be a tough week for Yanks.
How so? The Red Sox are next and the Yankees will take 3 of 4 from them. I’d say that is a pretty good end of the 1st half.
Yanks will be lucky to split this weekend.
I’m really afraid of a team rolling out Nick Punto, Ryan Kalish and some dude named Gomez.
Oakland and Boston tied 2-2 in the seventh. Let’s hope the A’s can help us again
It’s gonna be hilarious when the Yankees take 3 of from the Red Sox. We will all forget this hideous series. Except Greg.
No.
The hits before the HR’s are the killers.
A couple of games ago they gave up a single to Molina on a 2-2 fastball (when he will swing at virtually any pitch with 2 strikes)… and tonight Elliot Johnson singles on an 0-2 pitch (It wasn’t a bad pitch, but he should not be able to put an 0-2 pitch in play unless his batter is splintering)
The HR’s matter, but they will happen – putting crappy hitters on base ahead of them is a bigger problem.
*bat is splintering*
“The hits before the HR’s are the killers.”
Really!?!?
Yes… HR’s by a guy like Pena are going to happen.
When you are giving up 2 strike hits to guys hitting .200 in front of them you turn a solo shot into a couple of runs. (or open up the bunt/SB/error run scoring event)
Bullpen is gonna be ran into the ground.
All-star break can’t come soon enough.
After that umpire’s interference, I’m past the point of even holding the Yankees responsible for the past few days. When this much bad karma shows up in one place, I’m thinking, “Forget it, Jake — it’s Tampa-town”.
I guess I’m in the minority, thinking this team is still good. At least disregarding this past series…
Some bad errors and whatnot and things could have changed pretty quickly.
I haven’t given up hope yet the Yanks can come back today either. It’ll be tough, but it’s possible. Remember, down 9 against the Red Sux, and we won 15-9.
You’re not in the minority of those with half a baseball brain. It may seem to you you’re outnumbered because, on every day the Yankees fall behind, this site is swarmed by people who live to trash the team.
Exactly.
Yeah, this.
+1
this team is GOOD. Unfortunately they have some big holes that could use an upgrade. For example, a lefty masher that can play in the OF (Jones is done), an average catcher and a bullpen pitcher that is not a specialist.
What the hell. How was that a strike.
That’s a good call. It ran on the inside
Because it was over the plate?
The catcher’s glove move a lot so it looked like it was way inside.
Nice AB Jeter. Wow that was a buzzkill.
Grandy and arod back to back hrs
Except tex is batting 3rd
Pitch was at his feet. Come on. Take the walk.
tsk tsk
PHEW!
Ibanez here please
Haha, what!? Please look at the numbers. Nothing would make that a good call.
Somebody wake up a-rod.
Tex could go deep and the Yankees will find a way to lose this game.
Where are the Canos? He should be up.
Love crazy kyle
A-Rod will swing at the first pitch
Wrong
Wrong
This is the Farnsworth I remember.
DO IT!!!!!!!!
Nobody is afraid of you Alex. Get mad.
Now would be a great time to pass Lou Gehrig
C’mon, Yanks!
C’mon A-Rod prove me wrong
Go take those brooms and sweep out the stadium shitters
THAT WAS BALL THREE
OK, just don’t ground into a DP. Let Cano get up and smash one
They’re all gonna laugh at you Alex. Get even.
Let’s go, A-rod!
Yankee hitters chasing a ton of bad pitches in hitters counts today… it’s like they make up their mind to swing before the pitch
The ump can’t save you now Rays.
YEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Yes! Great take
Eat it stuart a
thanks Farnsy
That was … close. Wow, some take.
pretty fucking nice take Alex!
Woah! I think the ump just gave us a gift I’m happy to take. Different type of umpire interference?
definitely not a gift
I am shocked that that wasn’t called a strike.
A-Rod with AAAAAAAAAAA-Walk.
We’ll take that. SF ties the game.
Matsui recruited Farnsworth to embedded’dom’
Meanwhile the A’s have taken a 3-2 on the Sox in the Seventh
Damn Farnsworth! 4 walks!
Robinson, please murder a baseball.
Don’t settle for just this one run. Add two more and let Drob and Soriano do their thing
AROD SUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sometimes it takes balls of steel not to swing.
ARod gets an RBI – says in the post-game “failure was not an option”.
stuart in all his joy rushes to a tattoo parlor in the Bronx and gets the quote wrapping around his bicep.
Eat a dick stuart!
If we take the lead, I don’t think I will be able to watch the rest of the game. I’d be too scared.
Robbie’s got this. He’s been in beast mode lately
Thank you Kyle !
If they take the lead they’ll win. If they only tie it….I’ll be worried.
I agree…
shit
Nasty ass pitch there.
Please don’t strikeout
Chris Tillman is about to shut out the Mariners. That is really happening.
I dont blame Cano for swinging at that. That was a hanging slider that didn’t break. If it broke a bit…
These fans are idiots
Robbie > *
soooooo good
Woooooo Robbie
Cano!!!!!!!
CANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s fucking go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoo-ray.
Cano is the man!!!
ROBBIE!!!! MONSTER!!
Yeeeeeeessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YIPPYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOO! ROBBIE!!!!!!!!
Luckily very rarely outfielders can throw because Teix is the slowest person in existance.
Take those brooms and stick them where the sun dont shine
Now that’s heart by the hottest hitter in baseball.
To quote LeBron James! “Bout damn time”!
Robbie we like you hot.
Cano’s bat interfered with that pitch. All runners must return to their original base.
YES ROBBIE!
Stay frosty. Don’t give up ABs here.
RISPSuccess! Hardly recognize it.
C’mon Swish. More runs can’t hurt
Come on, Swish.
C’mon, Swish. Let’s get some insurance here.
Pile on swish its what you do best
I know he’s 37 but doesn’t it seem like A-Rod is really station to station at this point?
He did steal 3rd twice in this game
Yeah but even the broadcast team mentioned that Price wasn’t paying him any attention. He still has speed but when you watch him run doesn’t he look like he’s a little timid Watch him round first next time he has single that might be a double and see if you see what I mean. Not a criticism just something I’ve noticed more and more.
Stay frosty!
swung at ball four.. bad hack
Not even close
I liked the patient Swisher better than the agressive Swisher.
I liked the site before you got here better than the site after you got here.
Sorry to insult you with an honest opinion.
I know you like insulting people you disagree with but it’s obvious that Swisher has stopped taking walks because he wants to pad his RBI total in his contract year.
How did my original comment insult anyone? I just thought part of Swisher’s value was in his ability to both use his good eye and also drive in runs. Now we’re really only getting one side of the equation, If he is doing it intentionally to pad his RBI’s in contract year I’d be surprised.
That comment was directed at DERP
Thanks
Bases Empty: 7.0% walks
Men on Base: 10.2% walks
RISP: 10.6% walks
Good points. Just seemed like he was way more selective in the past.
Okay, let’s do this the hard way, come on.
Swisher had hero eyes all throughout that atbat
Come on with that. Take the damn walk.
Please don’t extend that fuck.
What happen to the Swisher that walked 90-100 times a year? Now he’s swinging at that garbage!
Please drob and sori dont blow this.
Carlos Beltran > Nick Swisher
BUT BELTRAN WILL GET HURTTTTTTTTTTT.
-All of RAB
Still have half a season to go
Swisher has been hurt this year and Beltran has not. But Carlos is the fragile one.
Yes, he is. One season is not a career.
Swisher swung at 3 balls (2 way off the plate) in that AB….
comon Jones, prove me wrong
that’s something, I guess
Anyone else notice McGee slows up when he throws offspeed pitches?
Trade jones for darnell crabman mcdonald
Booted!
Well, actually not booted. That was a pretty good stop to save the run.
I’ll take every break we can get in the Pit.
RISP success stat-padding. Hooray.!
Wise time
Martin really needs a few weeks off
Martin needs to go.
just caught up with the game, way to fight back yanks! although this bases loaded stuff kinda scares me…
Darn.
Martin’s offensive struggles are now starting to get in his head on defense. We need a new catcher.
Now if D-Rob and Soriano do their jobs we can salvage this game.
WTF Yankees! Time to release Martin! He is God awful!
Swisher takes the walk and thats a sac fly and run.
That’s a bit of a fallcy and you know it
Russell Martin is dragging this team down. He’s fucking useless.
Would calling up Cervelli mark an improvement at least with the bat?
Should have pinch hit Chris Stewart.
That’s what ‘m starting to think
Swish K was huge. Cost Yanks at least 1 run, maybe 2.
FALLACY
An absolutely unintelligent AB from someone who normally would know better.
5 away
Cervelli is starting to look better to me…
Scott looks stupid with the woverine look.
Let’s go Robertson…back to lockdown status! This would be a big comeback win considering how the first game ended and the second game kind of got away from them after the 4th inning.
Nice, David.
Highsox bringing it.
MILLION THANKS MIKE AXISA (yes I mean every cap!) for all your efforts to keep this from turning into another Lohud. Must feel like fighting the tide sometimes. But there are some of us who appreciate the struggle.
Ump’s got a dinner date!
Come on dave!!!!
You get have to get used this with Robertson.
Maybe so, but that’s why Soriano is better suited as closer.
Not only does a guy get on base but that guarantees Pena of batting in the ninth
Sean “Barry Bonds” Rodriguez… we are fucked
Walk more shitty hitters Robertson.
C’mon, D-Rob!
Ughhh…. can’t be walking a .607 OPS hitter with 2 out. (also turns over the lineup an extra hitter and makes sure Pena gets an AB)
Nasty hook
NICE!
YEAH!!!!!!!!! Nice curve!!
Damn that curve had bite tonight.
Well if there are 2 outs and Pena comes up. I’d walk him.
Put the tying runner on base?
I would seriously consider it
You’re nuts.
Joe Maddon’s nuts and look where he is.
Hitler was nuts and he’s one of the most famous people of all time!
There is absolutely no connection between this and your idea.
What is Geovany Soto doing these days?
That’s an interesting name to bring up
Maybe Long can fix him. Plus he would hook the team up with some dank weed.
Making outs, mostly.
Caddying Clevenger’s jock strap.
Oh my God, I would’ve paid money to see D-Rob do the “bow&arrow” at S-Rod as he hopped off the field.
All their bluster if we win today they picked up 1 game on us.
Prepping for shirt tail pull out routine.
Insurance runs please.
A little insurance would be nice.
Could use a tack on run here…
Let’s go, Captain.
woo!
Jeter is ……unbelievable.
Yes, his .600 OPS since May 3rd is God like.
It’s a good thing the season isn’t just three months! Otherwise you’d have a point.
No bunts please
Red Sox just got swept by the A’s.
Red Sox lose 3-2, so this could be a good July 4th if the Yankees can close this out after a miserable first 2 games.
Papi must be saving his 400th for us.
Nope he hit it today
Ooh. Good.
No he got it in the game today (which is a good thing) – it was the only earned run the Red Sox scored.
Grandy is overdue for a Homer.
Boy can Jeter still mash lefties!
Damn.
Why would you ever throw Grandy a fastball?
RSox lose.
Curtis is becoming adam dunn right before our eyes.
So?
He’s a skinny black Adam Dunn.
howell has sick movement
That is one weird finish to a pitch.
C’mon, Teix!
C’mon, A-Rod!
Howell should just somersault at the end of his delivery and be done with it.
WOO! Do it, Robbie!
Cano makes that play
Hit it to the wrong part of the park
Whoah!
Damn I thought that was a double.
Woah nelly. Let go, Soriano.
its amazing how lucky the Rays get in this building… Cano killed that pitch
Come on robbie grind the at bat take a pitch.
Thought that’d at least land fair. Robbie continues to whack the ball.
Happy 4th RAB, I still blame A-Rod.
Pena due up third.
MFIKY let’s go
Yankee fans are making some noise in Tampa.
One pitch, one out. Let go, Soriano.
I would think about it….
?
Walking Pena
Good call… put the winning run on base.
*tying run* (and bring up the winning run at the plate)
Yes. Swinging at air. Two outs. Let go, Soriano
Mo taught him the cutter!
Take those brooms and push those cowbells deep bytches
Untuck that bitch
Oh man they did it.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Great come-from-behind win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exhale.
Burp. Fart.
Good win. Enjoy the day off, boys.
As soon as Martin positioned in, I’m like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
But he popped it up.
MFIKYYYYYYYYYYY
Logan gets the win lol
Phew! Untucked your shirts, pack your bags and get the heck out of the Pit! Way to go, Yanks. Happy 4th, y’all!
Flaps out, Beeches!
nice to finally win one there… on to the red sox
Good win.
I hope Cano pees on home plate before he leaves.
Best part about this win… 3 runs on with just 1 hit (single) in the inning.
That’s pretty much what the Rays do.
Nice meridith and her huge cans.
She doesn’t compare to Jenny Dell.
10th time a charm?
The only thing better than hanging the loss on Farnsworth would have been hanging it on Rodney.
But I’ll take it, for sure.