Jul
07
Game 84: Get Greedy
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The Yankees have met their minimum requirement. Realistically, they had to come into this four-game series and manage at least a split to make sure the Red Sox would gain no ground on them in the standings this weekend. Two games in, they already have their split. It’s time for the Bombers to get greedy and create even more separation with Boston. They’re already ten games up in the loss column, time to make it eleven. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
DH Mark Teixeira
2B Robinson Cano
1B Nick Swisher
LF Andruw Jones
3B Jayson Nix
C Russell Martin
RF Darnell McDonald
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on FOX. Yuck. Try to enjoy anyway.
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Greed is good.
-Gordon Girardi
Phil Hughes becomes a true Yankee tonight.
I’d rather bat Swisher 3rd. He’s been much better than Tex lately.
You know Swisher just broke an 0-17 streak in the first game, right? Sounded like Tex was bad in that game, but he was good yesterday when Swisher was terrible.
Hehehe
I’m enjoying the multi-run first innings. How about another one?
Sweet!!! Thank you very much!
Knew you’d like that.
let’s sweep this day
I want to sweep the entire series and kill any hopes the Sox had of winning the division
Toronto loses. So unfortunately, the Red Sox will not have last place to themselves today.
Read OTM game thread (not to troll, I actually think some of those guys are very funny and I don’t post there). But the first comment about the game past the 1st inning came sometime around 4:00.
They referenced pink hats again. What does that reference mean?
Fake fans.
Because they show up wearing those pink baseball caps that no real fan would ever wear.
Fox? That means the night’s running story will be big-mouth Reggie. What a 32 carat jerk.
Count me in for being greedy. I’m wanting the series sweep to widen the lead. Tampa has issues with Longoria now out indefinitely. Baltimore is making a play for Greinke, and they have the prospects to make it work. Boston is down now, but never out. Toronto is what they are.
Hughes needs to be aggressive against this lineup and not regress. He’s come a long way to this point. This will be a further boost to his confidence. A commanding win in Fenway.
Offensively, we should be able to handle Doubront.
I’m guessing 7-2 Yanks win.
Matt Moore sucks.
Sweep the leg!
Finish them!
God i hate fox broadcasts
McCarver looked like he was holding back tears in his opener.
This times infinity. Worst broadcast team in baseball.
Valentine is gift wrapping wins. Another pathetic lineup tonight
He’s got Ross and saltalamacchia back in there, even in addition to Ryan Sweeney. This is nothing like the earlier lineup. This is about the best they can put together right now.
Oh god, I thought it was awful with MLBN last night and this morning, but now I’m stuck with Buck and McCarver? Time to watch the game on mute.
I’m only able to see this game right now because the Braves and Philthies are in a rain delay. I both hope it rains for a while and stops raining immediately.
Already more innings than last year for Doubrant? His arm is going to fall off by the end of the season, do the Red Sox just not care about anyone in their organization?
Did Jeter swallow a Furball?
Totally at the mercy of the home plate umpire? What does that even mean?
It’s his way of saying he thought it was a strike. It’s also his way of letting new viewers know that he is a douche early on.
Haha as if he has to let anybody know he is a douche
Maurlol.
Nice start…
good start
even better!
That’s not a tough play…stop being a Red Sox apologist, Tim.
DON’T FUCKING BUNT
OK Nevermind. Sweep the leg and test the crappy 3B. I like it.
HAHAHAHAHA.
that didn’t even look like a great bunt. lol at the sox
lol at the start of this game. Sox fans must be suicidal.
Wow. Awesome start so far!
Teix! holy shit this is awesome.
And it continues. May the 1st inning never leave.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
FUCK YEAH!
Bam!!!!!
Deja vu, bitches!
TEX!!!!
also LOLSOX
Oh hells yeah!
Boston Massacre 2012 part 2.
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK THE RED SOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Valentine looks like he’s going to slit his wrists right there on the top step of the dugout.
lmao
TEX!!
It’s really nice when Tex gets hot… so much different feel than the beginning of the year…
this is AMAZING
Hard working team, right now.
I’m a huge Cano fan, but I hate how he jogs to first on grounders. Just looks bad.
Over/Under on McCarver mentioning 2004 is set at 6th inning.
Way, way, way under. I can’t believe he hasn’t brought it up yet in a rant about how the Red Sox aren’t out of this game yet.
UNDER!
already brought up how the Sox were 112-6 against the Yankees last year. I found that amusing.
12-6*
Legit have never heard of Ciriaco or Mauro. Sad state of affairs for the Sox.
https://twitter.com/John_W_Henry/status/2126014978
lmao
Could these fuckers telegraph any more clearly their disappointment and disgust that the Yanks already have a commanding lead in the AL East and are building on it?
No mercy
Do not forget hughes is a fly ball pitcher and the sox love their wall. Need more runs.
If he has the nasty breaking ball working like he has in his last two starts, he’ll get a lot of ground balls and Ks.
Okay, let’s go Phil.
Did Buck just say Bronson Arroyo will be back?
Wait…did Buck just say “Bronson Arroyo on his way back?”
yep
Based on their history, he might have the same chance of returning as Ellsberg and crawford.
Ellsberg? Ellsbury obviously. Damn autocorrect.
It’s just his way of mentioning every player from the 2004 Red Sox. He’ll mention Lowe and Varitek by the 3rd.
Did McCarver try to correct him that it’s Brandon?
We had a pretty good rally brewing and typical Tex fuckin ruined it. SMH
No Mariano, no CC, no Andy, no Gardner, no Joba, no Pineada – best record in baseball. Go figure, go Yankees.
you also forgot no catcher.
And yet the poor Red Sox have injuries and should we should all pity them.
Small strikezone
Yup that first pitch looked like a strike. Same with the first one to Punto. Fuck this ump already,
At least it seems consistent. I thought there were a couple balls called against the Yanks that I would have wanted for strikes.
I’d much rather listen to announcers who are partisans for one of the teams–even if it’s the Yanks’ opponents–than to assholes that are partisans for the competitiveness of the game.
doubront: ace of the staff? only gave up three.
Dante jr with a 3r dinger tonight. Is that his first one this yr?
2nd
His second, I believe.
Thanks.
Would anyone like to get Nava out?
Buck was more excited about Nava’s base hit than he was about Teix’s HR
come on Hughes, shutdown inning please.
Sorry Fox, they DIDN’T get a lead early…
Hughes can not live on just a fastball at fenway
Let’s hope he’s got the nasty breaking ball working like his last two starts.
You could hear these fuckers popping wood on that Red Socks hit.
Fox Ford Keys to the Game:
Boston: Get early lead.
The other strategy they may employ to win this game is to try and score more runs than the other team.
comon Phil, dont give it all back
HAHA didn’t realize Swish was playing 1st.
Yankees are full of 1st basemen tex swish chaves ibanez nix martin i think even andrew jones has played 1st before too.
ROBBIE!!!
Defense today has been amazing
omg CANO
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Remember folks, this game really means nothing to us.
We’ve done what we had to do here.
liar. You said the Yankees had to win 4 out of the 7 games against the Rays and Red Sox.
I amended that when the Red Sox couldn’t take advantage of our losses against the Rays by getting swept by the A’s
fair enough then.
Robbie!!!
Remember when they said Cano couldn’t play defense? Lol.
Cano ? gritty
No. Smoov, with a “v “
Too fucking smooth. Goddamn it I’m in love.
Gotta give Buck props to that one: “Ortiz grounds one into right field for an out.”
More runs. Go get em now. Throat stomp.
So yeah remember when Cano was the best option to let walk?
Remember torre want him in la for kemp.
This heat makes the days just drag. I can’t imagine playing baseball in this stuff.
I feel like it’s midnight. Worked today and have to work tomorrow…I need something to give me some energy that is not Red Bull and is not illegal. Don’t know what. 47 iced coffees?
three groundballs. who are you and what have you done with phil hughes?
It’s amazing… he made that play just look ridiculously routine.
Even that back handed flip was a pretty long flip and perfectly on target. (not exactly a tough flip, but he also made that look easy)
Why does everyone think McCarver hates the Yankees? I’ve never gotten that impression. He’s a terrible broadcaster, but I don’t get the Yankee-hate thing.
Fox is stupid, it’s ESPN that has stupidity and hatred.
EI was just thinking this too. He’s not a Yankee-hater compared to others.
When people say that about McCarver it gives creedence to the notion that “All fans always think ‘so-and-so’ hates their team.”
There ARE genuine hatred out there, but you have to be somewhat objective in identifying them. McCarver doesn’t pass the smell test as a hater.
Have to be happy with that first inning from Phil. He tends to struggle in the first. I’ll take a couple of hard hit balls as long as they lead to outs.
I may not know who he is, but I like the way that kid Ciriaco plays SS. Looks very smooth.
Harper going to the All-Star game for Stanton
You’re late.
Some people might not like it, but I think it’s good to see some youth there. Good for the game long term to showcase young talent as well as veteran stars.
Yeah it’ll be nice to see Trout’s first of 18 or something.
Harper going to ASG? What a joke.
Everybody originally on the NL Final Vote ballot except Hill is going.
Have you seen the NL roster?
They have 3 backup 3rd baseman, while I think just 1 backup at 2nd, SS and catcher.
In the last few days LaRussa has replace Molina with an OF, and Ian Desmond with an OF.
A joke?
.283 .355 .475, 127 wRC+
What’s funny about it?
Why cant Long fix Martin.
Good defensive catcher. Hahaha…Nichols effect in action.
Russ!
Russ taking a some advise from Stewart.
Come on crabman get him in.
Darnell needs to add insult to injury here.
Yep yep.
Yeah Boston had no use for Youkilis on the bench…. the key was making Bobby V happy.
McCarver has such an eye for talent. Giancarlo Stanton stood out to him during ST one year? 6’5″ monster hitting absolute moonshots all over the field. Talk about a diamond in the rough.
Wow Sox are just playing awful baseball right now.
A double! Hooray Russell!
And damn you Fox, damn you to hell.
Unless I’m mistaken, that’s the fifth time on this road trip that Jeter has scored a first inning run. I think Granderson has 3 or 4 himself.
two good sliders/changeups by Doubront
Couldnt make contact fail
This is why you got dumped by the red sox Darnell, you suck.
He got dumped because their organization is literally made out of 5th outfielders right now.
Same pitch was called a ball 2x for Hughes.
Ok the 2-2 was probably a strike. We’re even.
Felix sure got mouthy right there. That’s not going to endear him with the Ump, which is kind of the opposite of what the Sox need right now.
at least they are making Doubront work.
and are leading by 3
How many at-bats is it going to take for the Yankees to realize that Doubront is relying on his curve in the dirt in hitters counts?
The ump got both calls to Jeter right…. the Fox off angle shot makes it tough. Strike 2 got the inside corner and ball 3 (or ball 2?) was just off the plate (some umps call it)
Salty not an all star?
I think Russ should give him his spot. Lol
People take inclusions and exclusions to the ASG way too seriously.
Wieters is better, and Napoli got the fan vote…how many catchers do you need?
Just one, otherwise you have to chase the ball all the way to the back fence after every pitch.
He isn’t worth. 4th best catcher in the AL at best
worthy*
Hughes lookin sharp
Joe Buck really hates NY Teams.
He isn’t getting a lot of calls, but Phil is flat out painting the corner. A lot of these pitches have been borderline ball/strike, and that’s a ton to like about that. I like where he is putting the fastball so far.
Tell me Tim McCarver, how does one have a “soft” 17-game hitting streak?
Well, you hear about people hitting an “empty” .300 when it’s basically all singles. I figure it’s the same thing. If you go 1-4 with a single every day, that’s kinda not actually that great.
He has 25 hits during the streak – 3 for extra bases.
Rather soft for a first baseman
What happened to the Sux batboy? How did he hurt his thumb?
Cutting up popeyes chicken for Beckett.
Peedy does that too?
Gritty.
Who the hell is Cody Ross to do a bat flip? Especially considering how awful their team has been playing.
He is their Swish Swagger boy.
Seriously. No need for it. It’s so pronounced too. It’s not a small gesture. It’s the hitters equivilent of Valverde.
Speaking of which he was apparently doing a dance today after locking down a 4 run lead by only giving up 3 runs.
Both pitchers are getting angry at the ump
well game day tells me that Phil should be. ross should’ve been gone on the first 3 pitches. So far blue has cost him 3 pitches in this AB.
Fox is pathetic. Let’s show a Cody Ross homerun from two games ago disregarding the fact that the Red Sox lost that game and admire it.
In fairness, it was “titanic”… lol…
Nice effort there russel
I really need to start paying for cable. Being blacked out on MLB.TV sucks. Can someone give me a quick recap? I suppose I could just look at gameday, but I won’t get the context that only RAB commenters can provide
Teix went boom.
Both starters feel they’re getting squeezed.
All three runs on that? Sweet. How do Hughes and Doubrant look?
pssst…. http://www.witopia.net….
clicked your link and it’s telling me I shouldn’t have clicked your link. Also, I hope for your sake Mike’s not around…you just broke rule 1.
Why? does Mike have something against internet security?
remove the dots after the url, that’s what is messing it up
derp I thought it was a streaming site…
Tex with a 3 run homer in the 1st after some Red Sox defensive misplays. Andruw just made a fantastic diving catch. Hughes induced a DP from Punto in the 1st.
Also, Bronson Arroyo is back with the Red Sox.
Muchos gracias senor. I shall return to doing my thing (bars) while attempting to dodge the still insane heat wave. I’ll check back later for another update when I see the score change. Thanks guys!
The Yankees also exploited future Red Sox HOF 3rd baseman Mauro Gomez – Jeter hard hit grounder for both a fielding and throwing error and Granderson dropped a bunt single down on him.
Then Tex went boom to dead center.
Shit, I’m going to lose the game in about 5 minutes.
You’ve already lost the game.
Damn Phillies’ fault.
Oh, that game? I thought that was over.
http://xkcd.com/391/
Arguably per pitchfx, Hughes threw nine strikes to Ross.
Yep, and according to pitchfx, he struck him out on three pitches.
‘Druw!
Andrew jones day
Vintage ANDRUW
Turn back the clock Andruw!
Andruw!!!
didn’t think he still had that in him
Defense babY!!!!!!
I love how Andruw just has that “yeah, you saw that shit,” grin on his face whenever he does something right. That guy is a character.
holy fuck Andruw. he is having some day.
I would’ve been so pissed if Andruw didn’t make that catch.
Fuckin Jonesy. Just making a mockery of the sport. You see that smile? Disrespecting Flanny I tells ya.
Idk why but you made me think of this: http://www.theonion.com/articl.....hit,10792/ possibly my favorite article ever.
HAHAH Walter “Shitty Batter” Dugan
Andruw is playing like its 1996 or something…
And the rain delay in Atlanta is over – meaning I just got bounced from this game.
F. F. F f f
Happened to me, too.
Stupid that Fox picks up 2 games in adjacent (large) markets.
D is saving Phil so far.. awesome D
What the fuck got into Jones?
he stole some of papi’s ‘milkshakes.’
Jones covered a lot of ground there? Ummm looked like 5 or 6 steps. Hah.
I don’t think it’s possible for the FOX booth to be any more anti-Yankee/pro-Red Sox.
Wow. At least this home plate ump sucks for both sides.
comon offense, dont go to sleep
Erin Andrews working Alstar game on AL side
Wonder if jeter will do her?
give her a gift basket.
The same one he gave her last time?
Grandy should’ve gotten this game off too. Doubront is a tougher lefty on lefties IMO.
A Red Sox pitcher bitchin’ about the strikezone. What else is new?
This Gomez clown is hitting the shit out of the ball
That will happen when you throw a fastball down the middle early in the count.
Shane Greene pitching a no-no into the 6th.
I bet Gardner would have had that one…
comon D… and Phil looks like crap so far
I’ll take a double play
everything is being hit hard so far
Phil Hughes’s ERA is 420….hahahahahahahhah shit’s not funny, bro.
This inning sure is shaping up to be shit. The offense gives Doubront a freaking easy inning and now Phil is about to explode. COme on with this crap.
Yeah, no.
I’ll happily trade a run for a DP against the Sox.
This.
watching some guys through the slit in the monster, this is captivating television.
Punto? Really?? Comon Phil
God damnit Hughes.
2 out double to Punto in front of Ortiz…come on Phil.
I hat that fucking wall.
Stupid wall.
Calm down guys. This game means nothing
Yankee Stadium is a joke yet Fenway is quirky and historic.
“America’s most beloved ballpark” my ass.
Then which one is?
clearly has to be “The Trop”
trop?
Looks like we have a quorum.
Only if they paint the various catwalks in tropical colors to give it a Florida type feel… maybe use the color scheme of the Marlins?
Beloved by people who don’t have to watch these atrocious 4+ hr marathons.
Would you guys say Hughes is the weak link in the rotation?
A couple wall scrapers off the wall in left and a tiny strikezone. Comeon now.
Over David Phelps or whoever takes the 5th slot? Absolutely not.
At fenway a righthander whp throws high fastball = 4+ run innings. Watch him groove the high fastball.
A straight FB and marginal secondary pitches. It’s just a matter of time before he’s gone in this game.
I was at that game in Oakland, and Ortiz did drill the shit out of that homer.
Nice job, phil. Way to minimize the damage
That’s got to be at least 4 or 5 doubles that are probably routine outs this series. (there were at least 3 in the first game against Kuroda that were very routine flyballs)
This ball park has charm though.
This is the norm at Fenway. This is why with this pitching I don’t see the Red Sox contending for the AL East pennant for years. Unless they acquire pitching somehow.
Hughes just wanted to get Ortiz out of the way for next inning.
Thunk! it’s one of the unique sounds in baseball, a ball smacking the Monster at Fenway. But A Yankee Thunk sounds better than a Sox Thunk!
Good grief… are the Fox announcers banging the scoreboard operators (not that there’s anything wrong with that), do they really need that much airtime?
I really don’t understand swinging at anything but a fastball straight down the middle after a four pitch walk.
That was a really nice play. Damn!
Yeah that kid’s pretty clean out there. I like that.
damn … nice play
That boston ss is so thin if he turns sideways he disappears.
This Ciriaco kid, I like the cut of his jib
Ciriaco is the SS of the future
/Gammons’d
Jose Iglesias wants to have a word with you.
Doubront is starting to piss me off with all his prissiness and his blantant complaining about the strikezone. I feel like he’s gonna start getting generous calls.
Well when you are on staff with Lester (who will just stare down umps early in the game to get calls later) and Beckett (who will do the same); it’s not hard to figure out where he picked it up.
Umps shouldn’t take that shit. Eject those motherfuckers!
In fairness to Dubront, Tim Timmons has a postage stamp sized strike zone, but he is consistant.
Is Ciriaco nicknamed giraffe yet?
Lol, Jones is a big dude to be barreling down on you at 2B.
Tony Romo a better QB than Eli Manning? discuss
Dwayne Wise a better pitcher than CC Sabathia. Discuss.
He puts up gaudier numbers but seemingly not when it matters most.
If they switched teams Romo was with the Giants would he be better?
He also has a much better supporting cast. Manning has turned Nicks from a very good receiver to an all pro receiver and Cruz from a 4th receiver to a stand out. Romo has great receivers who ever is throwing them the ball.
Romo plays a different type of offense than Eli and the Giants Wr Options where the QB and Reciever read the defense and decide the rout to run. Eli has mastered it, could Romo?
I honestly don’t know. I mean I’m not a Romo so idk what kind ability he has to memorize an entire team’s defense and be able to call it out on the line.
Amani Toomer is just an attention whore.
That Jason Nix…everytime he plays he does something great.-John Sterling, every time he sees Nix.
You just wait until Darnell McDonald does something. He’ll be the new darling.
Thank god. I cannot wait for them to get of Nix/Stewart’s dick.
That is provided, of course, that McDonald actually does something.
This was not the kind of “something” I was hoping for.
wow…Sterling is god awful. He just called the 2-1 a cutter or fastball. It came in at 86 as a change.
That’s why I dread FOX and ESPN Yankee games. The alternatives are just as bad.
I miss the Posada era.
Hey Russ, it’s OK to take that bat off of your shoulder.
He would’ve figured out a way to hit into a double play.
So Dubront is at 73 pitches through 4, should be gone by the 6th or 7th, hopefully…
I would rather see stewart everyday than this version of Martin.
I think Doubront is on his way to joining the ranks of hated Red Sawx players such as Pedroia, Manny Ramirez, Youkilis, and Papelbon. Something about him just irks me.
wow…he’s entering the hatred pantheon. I mean I’m only listening on the radio so I’m not seeing his demeanor, but he must look like a douche.
You’ll hate them all by September.
Chavy Jonesy and Nixy. HAh fuckin Joe is trolling us.
Did you notice though…
a “Freddy Garcia”
…apparently Freddy’s name can’t be converted?
this park is such a joke
Phil + wall = not good
Hate that fucking wall.
Do you guys remember how excited we all were when Hughes was a prospect, 21 years old in 07, pitching a no-hitter against Texas? He was doing it with a 4 seam fastball 92-94 topping 95. A beastly curve. And a 91-93 2 seamer tailing away from lefties.
Then he went to the pen and learned that ABOMINATION of a cutter and he was never the same.
Good to have our top prospect back. He’s 26 btw.
Got hurt in Texas as did Joba , I hate that park as much as this one
I blame pitching coach, manager and catcher, not the 24 year old kid.
Actually he’s 25.
turned 26 on June 24
Seriously? Fuck this ballpark, man.
Fastball fastball fastball.
I mean come on Hughes.
?
he threw back to back curves before the double
Phil throw a fucking offspeed pitch please. They’re gonna play wall ball all fucking day out there.
God damn wall.
Man, I hate that wall.
Jones is settling under it, and he ma…it bounces high off the wall for a double-John Sterling.
“When Adrian hits the ball to left field as a left hander, he looks like a right handed pull hitter.” Dumbest statement of the night?
Dumbest statement of the night…so far.
Although he was quoting someone. Still dumb.
lol at this fucking little league park.
There’s the flyball Phil I know (and hate).
that was right down the middle
Both pitchers are approaching pissed off level.
I think Hughes isn’t as dramatic about it and seems to brush it off.
damn, what a play by Nix
Look at the arm on Nix! Wow.
pretty impressive throw, Nix has some arm
Hughes would have a shutout in any non-little league park and in some little league parks in my area.
The Yankees are putting on a defensive clinic today.
Finally a throw that Tex didn’t have to dig out
That’s Swish.
Thankfully he didn’t throw it to Tex in the dugout.
That was a good impression.
That 2 seamer he’s throwing as some ridiculous movement.
Tell me again why Nix can’t be the long term answer as utility guy ?
because his bat is Ramon Pena w/ a slightly drier newspaper.
Not even close. Nix can hit for power, unlike Pena
hence the slightly drier newspaper
Ramiro* god I need to go to sleep. going on 7 hours of sleep in the last three days.
That curveball is just filthy.
Most annoying John Sterling-ism?
Whenever the Yankee SS or 3rd baseman has to make a long throw to first and he says “the LOOOOOOONG throw to first.” Don’t be go friggin’ melodramatic.
And as I type this, Suzyn reminds us that Jayson Nix is “a baseball player.”
Dude…I’m just throwing it out there…we could kill them and make it look like accident.
Or the police wouldn’t be able to arrest anyone because millions of Yankee fans have motive.
“Officer…how could you say it was me? I’m far from the only person to plot their murder online. Seriously google kill John and Suzyn.”
I’d like them to both be killed in a tragic piano bar fire. No one would ever have to know.
I like it.
“The Red Sox don’t want to go into the break down double digits”
Doesn’t get much better than the Fox crew.
Anyone else think that if Elvis Andrus was a Yankee Sterling would totally go with
ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!
how does Fox still not have pitch count displayed with the score?
Yes! so annoying… Phil is at 64 now through 4… Doubront is at 73.
Nice inning… keep throwing up the zeros, Phil!
If Hughes stops inducing routine flyouts to left he’ll be fine.
Don’t think he can help it.
Joe Buck now apologizing. Love it.
This ump can go himself after the game.
Swish doing his best Tex impressions.
That has been a ball all fucking game.
That’s a draft story I don’t want to hear. Ever again.
Ugh
zone has been so tiny all night and then the ump calls that a strike? come on.
Huh? That’s a strike? WTF?
Wow…I wish Hughes would get that pitch.
Low strike. Bullshit.
Someone remind Jeter he can still hit lefties, please.
Looks like the staredowns worked… hate that shit (like I said earlier, Lester does that all the time)
Tim Mcarver put his foot in his mouth.
By discussing “locks for love”, do they do business… o man that was bad.
offense looks dead..
Curtis vs. Lefty breaking ball: A Tragedy in Three Acts
One thing about Valentine, he should not sit down at a poker table.
I’m going to laugh so hard when Bobby V gets the boot from Boston.
what did he do?
Hughes better get that fucking pitch from now on.
Doubront at 85 pitches through 5.
Swish! defense today has been so good. loving this.
Filthy curve all night.
Joe Buck: “I wanna illustrate how good Phil Hughes was as a reliever, maybe I should reference his win-loss record. Yeah, that’s how you do that.”
I want to illustrate what an idiot Joe Buck is. Joe, please speak one sentence into the microphone.
LOL
That was a Vlad-like hit.
Damn. I want this guy
Ditto. From what I’ve seen so far he’s a gamer.
Ciriaco with an Aybar-esque hit.
LOL at this stupid fuck getting lucky like that
Lol of course this scrub flips a pitch into CF. It practically fuckin bounced first.
Get this Vlad Guerrero impersonator out of here
Another garbage Fox replay. Yeesh.
Lolfense.
wow what the fuck Darnell
I remember when Ichiro lined a pitch to Jeter that bounced. It actually bounced.
Come on McDonald
Embedded Red Sox?
That’s on Grandy
I said that on another blog and was BOMBARDED with people that are only Yankee fans because they want to suck Granderson’s cock.
Well, that was a bad time for the defense to abandon the Yankees.
That was Curtis shying away from the idiot running at him, despite him calling for it.
Sorry, DFA McDonald…
Darnell McDonald: Embedded Red Sock
OK, DFA McDonald after the game. Enough of this.
That’s on Grnady. He whiffed it
With McDonald jumping out of the way at the last second. Certainly didn’t help.
Platoon advantage…. quality of player is irrelevant, the binder dictates platoon advantage is the key.
Good defender, career .345 wOBA against lefties. Yanks facing three lefty starters in the series.
That’s definitely better than Ibanez or Wise, so…
Uhhh…
WTF
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?
pathetic… grandy cant do that
Jesus Christ.
Yankees are going to blow this game. Pathetic.
Doesnt matter. We did what we had to do here
ok, captain.
Terrible
Jesus Christ. Come on now.
that’s a strike
Guys. dont get upset. This game means nothing at all
Why are you here then?
And why do you keep repeating it?
What the hell are you talking about! Every game matters. Especially in the ALE!
We took our 2 already. We’re not losing any ground that we had coming in
Foot on throat, my friend.
The difference between want and need is very different
With these four game series, especially when the Yankees win the first game, or two, I always eliminate those games and look at it as a two game series or three game series.
In that vein, this is a two game series. At worst, you wish to split a two-gamer, no? And a split is easier if you win the first game.
Bullshit, man. You can’t just be willing to accept a potential loss.
They’ve given away a few games already this year and lost some they might regret (those games against the Twins and Royals), so every game is a need.
Besides, a 3-4 road trip is not a success.
Furthermore, even if the Red Sox aren’t the chief focus, tonight is a chance to gain another game on the Rays (lost already) and possibly the Orioles.
As well as keeping with the Rangers for best record in the AL.
No one needs to delude themselves. This game is not an exhibition game, and should not be treated as such. Hopefully, the Hughes and the pen can hold the fort down, because the the O has gone to sleep since the first inning.
We get it, you think they only needed to win 2.. stop repeating it every goddamn comment
Oh. My. God. Were is Talapia? Greg is trying to talk people off ledges?!
Cut crabmans ass get my boy Wise out there.
Argh Grandy. I don’t even know why he’s playing with a tough lefty out there.
WHAT?! Fuck this ump.
Where are these pitches missing
This ump should go kill himself after this game. I know I would if I was this bad at my job.
this umpire is absolute garbage
What is up with this strike zone. Absolutely miserable.
Where the fuck was that 1-0 pitch?
I hope Martin “accidentally” misses a fastball.
I dont care if McDonald is coming in. Grandy has to catch that
SURE load the bases for ORTIZ
Safe to say that getting Punto is absolutely huge
This ump clearly grew up a red sox fan.
4 out inning.
That run is unearned, correct?
Oh wow he actually caught it this time.
http://deadspin.com/5924209/fo.....-broadcast
juts got home and I can’t watch the game thanks to the Braves. Once again, thank you, FOX for your out-of-date blackout rules.
Has Ortiz made an out yet this series?
Hughes giving it up.
His fault Grandy dropped a can of corn?
Ugh, if fucking Salty comes through here I’ll rage.
Rampage averted. Carry on everyone.
Hey look, Swish is recruiting Big Papi for us.
Do not want.
As good as Ortiz is, he whines and moans too much. Besides, Yankees don’t need another DH.
It is so clear how excited Joe Buck is that the tying run is on third
nice Phil
Nice job by Hughes
Sit the fuck down, Salty.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughes.
OK, not bad Phil, not bad… now put Neck-too on the bench.
Thanks for whiffing, Salty.
Hughes is mince-meating Saltalamacchia tonight.
Old Fenway is a tough playground. Hang in there. Phil.
Hughes is hanging tough!
Good job picking up the D (after the D picked him up earlier).
bloop hit, error, sac fly… could have been better, but in this joke or a park a routine flyball to LF could have given Boston the lead too.
Can someone explain how that run isn’t unearned?
it is unearned
It is, they probably just haven’t update it yet…. sometimes the unearned runs lag a bit on gameday
Phil now at 86 pitches, one more than Doubront through 5…
I fucking hate fans that have favorite players that think they can do no wrong. Granderson fucked up there.
They both fucked up.
Sure. But it hit him right in the glove. I can blame both of them.
So McDonald had nothing to do with it?
I never said that. But Granderson also fucked up.
I’d be first to admit that Granderson messed up, but it can’t be easy to make a play like that when out of the corner of your eye it looks like McDonald is going to run into you.
I dont get this ump. You have 10 pitches in the same spot, 5 are balls and 5 are strikes. How does that work?
I feel like Doubront should’ve been out of this game a long time ago. He’s been barely getting by and being just efficient enough to keep pitching.
Okay, a red carpet show for baseball is a little bush league for my taste. What are we going to do? Discuss who designed Jeter’s suit?
Good scouting.
This is just pathetic. The offense better show up tomorrow.
or else what?
They’ll lose and I’ll be sad.
LOLffense.
Has that double pick-off move ever been successful?
YES. I saw it earlier this year.
I must be watching a different broadcast. My TV says the Yanks have the lead.
Shut up Joe Buck, is Fenway Park is to MLB Ballparks as Khloe Kardashian is to the Kardashian sisters.
I can’t believe I just used that analogy.
Has had a lot of drunk guys in it? Yeah, that was mean. To Fenway.
I know this is really greedy, and unlikely…but hopefully Hughes can some how get us 6 more outs w/o allowing another run…and then we can go to Roberston and Soriano. Even if it’s only 3 then we can use Logan in the 7th…
Wow fenway is beautiful? Yeah it smell wonderful too like underwear with a load in it thats been rotting in a locker for a year.
Its unbelievable that you guys cant tip the cap to Doubront. He’s a tough lefthander. He has settled down well.
Bottom line, you cant blame the offense all of the time
His stuff is nasty, don’t get me wrong, but he’s also working with a tiny ass strike zone which would usually benefit the batters…and it hasn’t yet.
sure we can. Hard to tip your cap to a guy that has been given a different strikezone than Hughes. Especially one that is clearly favoring the home team.
They have 3 hits off the guy… one of which is a bunt single.
So jam shot on a good pitch, error, popup.
Could easily have been a 1-2-3 inning.
Last inning was jam shot, error, sac fly (what could have been another 1-2-3 inning)
Doubront actually sucks
How is that DM’s error?
When you almost run into the guy catching the ball, it turns out people can see that and realize that you were the problem, not the guy you were running at.
47 pitches through 2 innings
48 pitches through the next 4
I realize Doubront has settled down a bit and is pitching better, but he should have been out of this game after 5 or 6 innings.
Clearly Curtis Granderson is the Official Scorer’s favorite player.
ffffffuuuuu
Fuck you Jeter.
“Jeter doesn’t make the flashy play, but he makes every routine play.”
Are you fucking kidding me? Wow…Lolfense as I leave for the bus
WTF Captain
God almighty.
Defense really abandoning now.
Have they hit a ball hard all day? Off the top of my head the Ortiz single last inning was the hardest.
Jeter really?
bye bye lead. Thanks Yankee defense.
There’s been some great defense, and some atrocious defense…
Stupid defense.
Dear Boston,
We feel sorry for you guys. Here, have a gift wrapped game on us.
Signed,
The Yankees
Wow. The defense is seriously letting Hughes down today. They’re making him work extra hard for outs now.
As good as the Yankees played in the first half of this game, that’s how not good they’ve played in the second half.
This game has not been fun.
That pitch right there is a strike for Doubront. Screw you Greg
Hughes seems to be getting squeezed
Let’s go Phil.
Besides, the percentages say we shouldn’t win this game anyway. My double headers are usually split.
And since we did what we had to do by at least splitting this 4 game set, I’m not that upset. And neither should you guys
The logic of going for the jugular is totally lost with that line of reasoning.
And I already gave plenty of more reasoning above.
I was hoping for at least a split. Anything after that is gravy.
I’m not going to let you guys or this team get me frustrated when they have met my expectations
Fine.
Most of us are hoping for even more now that the basic expectations have been met. It would feel disappointing if the Red Sox split after the Yankees won the first two games.
Didn’t you expect a 4-3 roadtrip, by the way? A split means 3-4.
As I said earlier, I changed my quota once the Sox got swept by the A’s and didn’t take advantage of our struggles against the Rays.
The Orioles and Rays have better records in the division.
The Rangers are up there for best record overall.
Anaheim and Chicago are also very good, record-wise.
All of them are better than the Red Sox in that department, right now.
So, again, always basing things around Boston is just ignorant. Sorry, but there are many teams with better records right now. Teams that have not lost 7 of 9 games.
Here are the best records in the AL, top to bottom:
1. New York – 50-32
2. Texas – 50-34
3. Chicago – 47-37
4. Anaheim – 46-38
5. Baltimore – 45-38
6. Cleveland – 44-40
7. Tampa Bay – 44-41
8. Detroit – 43-42
9. Oakland – 42-42
10. Boston – 42-42
11. Toronto – 42-43
12. Kansas City – 37-46
13. Minnesota – 36-47
14. Seattle – 35-50
Boston is tied for 9th, and Oakland has a better head-to-head record. So WHY are we basing everything around them, just ‘cuz they’re the Red Sox?
You have some information that the rest of us don’t about the outcome of this game, that the Yanks are currently leading?
Not anymore
ump sucks big time..
defense is killing hughes tonight.
mcdonald besides the error, he thinks every pitch is a fastball…
That was a beautiful curve.
nasty
Throw Gomez that pitch again please.
Don’t throw Gomez a fastball
He just did
Oh, rats.
Win or lose, Phil is pitching with balls.
Gonzalez should have scored there. We just got lucky.
Friggen 0-2 hit.
How many times has Gomez gotten on base in this series? I mean, who the hell is that guy, anyway?
Phil deserved better for this one.
that was a really horrible 0-2 pitch
awful 0-2 pitch… PHil is done, take him out..
Throwing someone a ball in the strikezone when you have them 0-2. #thingsiwillneverunderstand
That’s a Hughes specialty.
I’m sorry, but this isn’t some stud first place team we’re playing where we should be happy asfans for a split. This is a last place team playing a terrible stretch of baseball and our rivals. We as fans have every right to want to smush them into the ground.
And another fucking scrub gets a big hit. The Red Sox way.
I thought that was the Ray’s way?
Don’t mind the fastball, but 0-2 that needs to either be letter high or on his hands….
getting beat by Ciriaco and Gomez. are you fucking kidding me?
Who needs Youkilis when you Mauro fucking Gomez.
Oh well.
ridiculous call by Girardi playing the infield in… and obviously it backfires.
Totally agree.
What are you talking about?
The guy bunted for a single – Nix was in to respect the bunt.
2nd and SS were back for a DP.
Bunt with Gonzalez on third base? They can’t squeeze him in he’s slow.
Way to let that asshole kill you.
Fucking hell.
Son of a bitch
Thanks Cap
That was so predictable.
La de dah. I guess Rothschild told him the wrong thing.
Shocking! Another fastball!!!
Bases clearing double…awesome.
Our defense is so fucking bad.
to that guy? really?
Hughes shits the bed once again
Lol yup. He fucked up routine groundballs and dropped easy pop flies. Also fell on his ass in the outfield.
inning should have already been over
Allowing a minor league free agent to hit a double is his fault.
Hughes definitely deserves some blame, but the inning should already have been over, and the double was a ground ball that wasn’t hit all that hard
It is Hughes fault that Granderson can’t catch a flyball, Jeter can’t field a routine ground ball, and Girardi had the third baseman in.
ouch
one batter too late… horrible decisions by Girardi.
Where the hell was Nix playing. That ball was not hit hard at all.
I have no idea. He must be bizarro Jeter: terrible range to his right.
offense and defense totally let down hughes big time…
the multiple gift runs. jeter error and the totally f-ed up mcdonald joke play….
Sounds like Hughes has thrown way too many hittable pitches, too.
Not upset at all. They already met my quota.
Coming from you, this has to be the most ironic comment ever.
I’m not going to let you guys get me agitated about my personal confidence.
OK
I’m not trying to agitate you about your confidence, I just find your premise regarding this game to be wrong.
Of course I want the Yankees to win. But if they lose this game, its of no consequence.
They already did what I wanted them to do. Even when I wanted them to win 4 this week, I thought 2 against the Rays and 2 in Fenway
I thought you said 4 wins. Not that that made any sense to begin with.
On the other hand, if this is what it takes for you to understand that losing one game isn’t that big of a deal and doesn’t mean that much, so be it.
Even when I wanted 4, I thought the best outcome would be 2 against the Rays and 2 in Fenway. The Sox sweep to the A’s changed that quota
Of course the Yankees are losing a FOX game.
seriously? giving up a based clearing double to an AAA guy. C’mon hughes!
I love it when we get beat by AAAA scrubs.
Hughes sucks. The 0-2 fastball to Gomez was unforgivable. Bury a curveball and get the second out. Just pathetic.
That was a mistake. But man the defense could have turned five outs between the Granderson drop, the Jeter error, and the Nix not being able to get to a ball down the line.
I’m sure you’re an expert.
this Ciriaco guy is a pain in the ass
Thanks for nothing Hughes and thanks for nothing offense. This is a terribly frustrating game.
Hughes got what he deserved tonight. Too many fat pitches to scrub players.
btw this ballpark is a joke… punto hitting doubles off the wall in left.
a 330 foot fly ball to left center is a double….
yep Hughes sh-t the bed by making Jeter make an error on a routine out and mcdonald being a total fuc-en moron on his f up……
Underrated aspect of that play was Andruw. Took a terrible route to the ball and then didn’t pick it up cleanly.
Blaming Hughes here is totally batshit crazy. Have you seen the defense today?
Offense falling asleep didn’t help either
Game is far from over.
No doubt…but to this point just a lot of shit breaking the wrong way – defensive issues, fading offense, tight strike zone, etc. Hopefully there’s a few more runs left in the tank in these final 3 innings.
Agreed. Unfortunately it looks like we let them off the hook.
Yeah OK. The 0-2 Fastball to Gomez was everyone else’s fault. And this #77 that he can’t seem to pitch too. He’s a AAA guy all the way.
There’s nothing wrong with an 0-2 fastball, especially when Hughes has a great fastball. And the three run double is totally on playing Nix in when he made that exact same play like a champ a few innings earlier playing a normal depth.
That’s because of who was at the plate.
No problem playing corners in for a speedy runner. The fact that a weak-ass dribbler was hit in just the right spot is not Nix’s fault, or Girardi’s fault.
Let me clarify, I don’t have a problem with Nix playing in there, but that was just the ball being in the right spot at the right time.
It wasn’t on Hughes, Nix, or Girardi. Just a good hit.
Pretty much, yeah.
Glad we’re all clear about that.
Yeah, I saw some bad plays, but also saw Cano turn a DP on a rocket, Jones make a diving catch in the OF and some other plays on rockets Hughes gave up.
Yes we can blame him, he was AWFUL tonight/
Not even close to awful.
he wasn’t awful at all
he was meh
He pitched well enough to win, if they made routine plays
Logan in as girardi raises the white flag.
WTF are you talking about?
Would you raise the white flag down by 2 in Fenway park?
Please trade Hughes. After next year he goes FA, and there is no way the Yankees are paying him. Hell the may pass on a 5/6 million plus tag for next year.
This one is not on Hughes. He didn’t pitch terrible but he wasn’t the problem: it was the defense. It betrayed him.
And other than the first inning, the offense has done nothing.
Love how the usual suspects arrive here as soon as Red Socks take the lead.
Great idea to pick up McDonald. Useful guy.
And there is someone in the stands that has a serious hard-on for Nick Punto. Sounds like he wants to marry him every time he comes up to bat.
Wow. I can’t wait until next year when Hughes is replaced by Pineda in the rotation. At least Pineda who is also a two pitch pitcher can actually dominate.
This will rip their hearts out when Yanks come back on their shitpen.
Logan really needs this all star break.
I’d rather mix and match then watch Logan face a righty.
Nick Punto getting the Miguel Cabrera treatment.
The Red Socks really only have one leftie in their pen??
walking Punto is unforgivable.
I like how Hughes was victimized by 2 errors and the home plate ump and people are ready to write him off. He did throw some bad pitches to the last two hitters. Perhaps he should have been lifted sooner.
+?
Write him off? Filthy hook and really good FB all night. Pretty good command too. Plenty to continue to build on. Can’t wait to see his next start!
Walking Punto lol
Honestly, how many hard hit balls did Hughes give up? Two maybe? I’m open to being corrected, but I just don’t remember many.
He gave up 10 hits in 5 1/3. Two errors didn’t help, but that’s not getting it done.
There was a sharp Ortiz single to right, a reasonably hit double to the wall for Ortiz and the hard hit single between SS and 3rd by Mauro (that to me was the killer as it was on an 0-2 fastball)
That and the smash to Cano that he turned the DP on is about all I can remember.
bunt single, 2 bloop hits (Ciriaco and AGon), a routine flyball/310ft double (AGon), and the Ciriaco groundball double wasn’t exactly crushed either.
Bitching about wall-ball doubles is the kind of thing Jake Peavy does. Hughes has to make some adjustments, stop throwing fat pitches on 0-2 counts.
Our guys are just as capable of banging the ball off that wall, and they’re not doing it.
Will somebody please embarrass me with $15 million?
At that pay I’d sign up to be embarrassed.
Are you left-handed
Boone Logan, definately not a relief ace
He must be tired or some shit. He has sucked lately.
He’s on pace to appear in like 85 games. He’s gassed. But Joe feels he has no alternative. Joe Torre syndrome. Watch out.
So we need a LOOGY at the trade deadline?
Everyone in our pen walks a lot of batters. Except Wade who is going to AAA after the game.
Ortiz just bailed him out there.
Well not on the last pitch.
Unfortunately Lester has been really good lately.
Logan is useless.
Oh yeah, that was really useless.
I ask again: has Ortiz made an out yet this series?
One. (in the first game)
the 2 today don’t count?
GET FRICKEN ROBERTSON IN THERE
Salty will hit a grammy. Calling it
Good jinx.
Andruw is sick of this shit.
The guy sings too?
A regular Renaissance man.
Ortiz is a prima dona.
I love how the FOX booth constantly ignores the fact that the Red Sox are 9.5 games back. They are going about this game as if the Yankees and Red Sox are neck in neck in the standings.
At least Pedroia isn’t in there right now. The commentators talk about him with such reverence you think that he personally pulled them from a flaming car while driving a truck of milk to an orphanage.
Nice pitch, loogy.
this broadcast is ridiculous. Pedro Ciriaco: American Hero.
When a minor league free agent does all that shit in one MLB game eh deserves it. Because it should never happen.
Why why why?
Bad defense — but 10 hits in 5.1 isn’t good pitching. And you need to pick up your fielders in big spots.
So you take off the 2 runs, Phil gives up 3 in 5.1 and can’t be efficient. Do not want and will not pay. Softer than Charmin, young Kenny Rogers can go away.
Great effort from the team this first half, but there is no way Hughes touches the ball outside of a blowout in the postseason (CC, Pettite, Kuroda, Nova). If you can get something, do it. If not, opition his ass.
He gave up a soft ground ball down the left field line. I like soft ground balls.
Take away the errors, and he probably gives up none in the fifth and none in the sixth, and is still in the game having only given up 1 run in 6 innings with plenty left to continue into the seventh.
Except if you take away the errors and turn them into outs he saves about 20 pitches.
He and Nova have been about the same this year. Hughes has just given up more home runs. Nova has a higher H/9 and BB/9 and a lower K/9.
So…there’s not much difference there.
Oh, and option his ass for what? More Adam Warren?
GB’s vs flyballs…..
Hughes gets ~33% GB’s, Nova 48%… that makes a big difference.
You all are right, a guy with 100 or so starts and a 4.50 ERA in them is the greatest thing ever.
He blows. He is Jeff Weaver Jr. Soft and already decreasing in terms of velocity.
Bye-bye.
Salty’s just glad all these strikeouts came against white pitchers. If it had been against Latin players, he’d have to kill himself.
Andruw is so hot right now. my god.
Fuck your shit Felix.
Jones!
Lift-off, Andruw.
Lets get some more this inning.
Andruw 1998 Jones.
If Cody Ross’ HR was titanic, what the hell was that?
Apparently, that was Sports Authority.
Can we declare July 7th as Andruw Jones day?
Andruw makes up for one run that shouldn’t have scored.
1-run game bitches
Crushed.
boom
Have a banana Andruw, you earned it.
Racist!
Relax, dude was eating a banana in the dugout after trotting the bases.
I bet Andruw is a gentle lover as well.
It’s almost as if the Yankees don’t think the game’s over yet.
Yay! Boston bullpen. Music to my ears.
They have been good this year against the non-Yankees.
I think we can scratch off a run or two against Boston’s pen.
What ever else happens this game, Tampa has already lost…
I don’t care about Tampa. It’s Boston I don’t like.
4 runs in 6.1 innings isn’t “very, very good” McCarver, you geriatric fuck.
In fairness, all he really did was give up the two home runs.
Mistakes are mistakes.
True, but it’s not like he was terrible, either.
See if people are going to say a billion excuses about errors then Felix gave up only one run. You can make excuses about everyone but they’re all annoying none the less.
Or two runs, same thing.
Neither pitcher could pick up their defenders after their mistakes. Even if they had, we’d still be losing this game by 1 run.
I guess he’s using the “other than when he gave up runs he was totally dominant” theory.
Selective logic, to be sure, but I see people in this thread trying to defend Hughes’ performance using the same tactic.
Not gonna lie, I’m a sucker for dumb commercials and Cal Ripken catching every foul ball at a game amuses me.
Mas Padilla, por favor.
Don’t get picked off Russ.
Greg, going back to some of your comments where you said the Sox getting swept in Oakland changed your outlook for this week.
You do remember that the fucking Orioles are in second place, right? And that through 2 games they’ve been the anti-Yankees and haven’t lost in fucking Anaheim, right?
That’s why these games aren’t giveaways, no matter what position the Rays and Sox are in.
I was told on here not to pay attention to the Orioles. Heard that they were no threat at all.
Not by me. Considering that even with their negative run differential they haven’t completely folded yet, they’re just annoying the hell out of me.
Like I said above, though it may be lost by now:
Boston is tied for the 9th best record in the AL. 4th in the East. Why should we base everything around them, right now?
Because they are the Red Sox.
That’s insane.
The 2012 Red Sox need to earn the right to have that kind of fear attached to them. A team that’s .500 and 9.5 games behind and three spots behind hasn’t earned that.
Not to mention that they have a friggen mash unit out there right now.
It might be insane but its true, whether you like it or not.
The bigger the cushion between the two, the better.
But there are many teams right now that are closer to the Yankees in the division standings or AL standings.
Don’t be a drone. You’re better than this.
I was told on here to ignore the Orioles, they are not threat
They have the second best run differential in the division. Once Ellsbury, Crawford, Bailey, Pedroia are back they might be legit. We need them to lose as often as possible right now.
Crawford had a setback today, so he’s not coming back for awhile.
+1
I don’t only need the Yankees to win. I need Boston to miss the playoffs again.
A Chavy bomb would be a welcome surprise.
Or just watch strike three.
Doubront has been the only Red Sox pitcher capable of keeping us in line. Weird.
What the fuck, Jeter?
Well, nice idea, didn’t work out.
WTF Jeter?
Fucking two outs. What the hell was that?
Nice try, Jeter.
Jeter is dumb. And we still owe him 17 million next season.
Lol did Albers just call Jeter a “fucking pussy”?
If he did, why are you so thick as to be “LOL”?
Need Help:
got two questions for you at RAB
1) Reggies comments on AROD, out of line or not? and was it ACTUALLY taken out of context ( I think Reggie meant exactly what he said)?
2) is AROD on the bench, available to hit?
sorry for being so AROD- centric
Of course they were “out of line.” He works for / with the Yankees. If he’s going to say that sort of thing about one of their key players during the middle of a season, he ought first to sever his ties to the team.
It was a reminder of just what a jerk Reggie was as a 20 something. He’s one of those people, perhaps, who never gets out of his twenties.
yea I agree with your logic. I just hate the fact that Reggie defends himself by saying “it was out of context.” I don’t think you say those things to the media without thinking it through. I liked the way AROD handled it, but rodriguez did admit it changes their relationship, which kind of sux.
Albers pumped up after Jeter get himself out. Ha.
LOL Gamecast thinks Jeter bunted at a pitch six inches inside with two outs. Uh, he didn’t, right?
Yes. He did.
Maybe not 6 inches, but it looked off the plate. Caught him by surprise for sure.
Yankees are gonna win this game and it’s gonna feel so damn good.
no boone
Boone needs a long rest.
Gonzalez chose a good night to look like AGon again, eh?
boone logan, heckuva job sir.. at least you kept him in the park
http://www.yankeesmtom.com/wp-.....ooneno.jpg
Oh God Cory Wade.
Thank god he hit that into the triangle. Nice to see Logan has gone back into being a LNOGY.
Anyone have any faith in Wade in this spot?
if there’s one way to motivate a guy it’s to send him to AAA SWB with no home stadium so I have hope.
Where the hell is Rapada? We do have a second lefty don’t we?
Call up Juan Cedeno
Cory Wade = white flag
Who’s Cory Wade? The TV told me this was Cody Wade, and Fox wouldn’t be so pathetic as to be unable to get the name of a player who’s been on the Yankees for over a year right, would they?
Win tomorrow, you can still have your 3 of 4. If I’m not getting upset about it, and you know how I am, why are you guys upset?
Because tomorrow is Nova vs. Lester. Lester has been really good lately.
Not really. ERA of 4.01 in June
Because you keep on posting the same thing over and over again.
You tell us that we can’t change your expectations. Conversely, you can’t change any of how we feel about this game or tomorrow’s.
And, I mean, when the hell did a game against Jon Lester become one we think that way about?
batting practice pitcher coming up, Red Sox triple-A lineup can’t wait to hit..
No matter how this game winds up, Nova will get The W tomorrow.
jesus christ
Whit Flag Wade in a one run game? Really?
White*
With predictable results.
Because supposedly “one game doesn’t matter.”
It will if they miss the playoffs by one game. I don’t think you should ever give one away so readily, and that’s what Cory Wade does for you.
Nixy!!
“He does everything well”
Suzyn Waldman’s assessment of Nix catching the ball but then dropping it. You can’t make this stuff up.
Yeah, guys who “do everything well” have to settle for minor league deals late in the offseason, right?
Hamilton has 27 HR before the ASB? Insane.
Most of those were in May.
Let’s not forget that Joey Bats does as well. The difference is that that’s what’s expected from him.
Cory Wade: not fixed.
Oh well
Wade is awful. Come back soon Joba.
Sucks to suck, Cory Wade.
So Corey Wade still sucks…
Raise your hand if you DIDN’T see that coming. *Girardi’s lone hand in air.*
Wade DFA’d please. Thanks.
great idea on that pitch! why not throw a 0-2 fastball right down the middle.. even worse, and 88mph (if that) fastball. What a fucking dumbass
Yes, he clearly meant to throw it down the middle.
CHASE WHITLEY
WHERE THE HECK WAS THE 1-0 PITCH?
0-2 fastball folks.
Like clockwork for the Yankees with Ass Martin behind the plate.
I don’t want to see Wade before September 1.
Enough already. How many runs will this trash give up before joe stops giving chances. Semd him on a one way trip to Scranton and forget he exists.
I’m starting to think that last year was a fluke and that Cory Wade was no good to begin with.
You think?
Fuck Wade. I hope he blows out his arm and retires.
And you’re an asshole.
Wade and Logan have been garbage as of late, is it sad when I prefer Eppley and Rapada? I now understand the tag, Death by Bullpen.
LOL WADE. Thanks for everything but you are done.
Maybe try a reliever who can get outs, Joe?
Such is the nature of middle relievers. We should be thankful we got as much out of him as we have.
Getting beaten not only by themselves but a bunch of no-names? Embarrassing.
Just bean this guy in the head. He can’t hurt us that way.
Triple-A players beating triple-A pitchers… in the majors.
we all knew some scrub was going to kill the yankees this weekend. I’d say Gomez is pretty damn scrubby.
I bet Padilla comes in and hits Tex tonight.
“Wadey just didn’t have it tonight. We’re going to work on some stuff with him and hope to get better results next time.”
hahahaha You nailed it.
wade is a scared joke. He is done.
Logan has been bad for 2 weeks. Girardi thinks logan is the logan blip of weeks ago, he is not…
again bad loss, could have buried these losers…..
Still can tomorrow.
Logan has been very good for 12 months.
mauro gomez lol…
Boone Logan is headed the way of Wade and Joe G is running his ass into the ground.
How many balls will get hit past 3rd? Jeez. I don’t know if they’re tired or what. The defense has been little league-esque.
Is Corey Wade in this game had the Yankees lost game 1? I really dislike how Girardi seems to get in the give up mode sometimes.
If he’s down more than 2 or up more than 2 he often won’t nothe to use a Ph on the bench. And in a game down by 1 run, you don’t use the 26th man on your roster.
Even now… down 3 in Fenway with 2 ABs? Why is Wade still in there.
*won’t use a PH* (not sure what the hell I was typing there)
this game is a joke now. this is just a pathetic.
clusterfuck
Wave the white flag, put Wise is and call it a game. He relieved Wade in the last game I watched Wade pitch with better results. Hold it here and keep it a game!
Why fucking Wade?
what a joke.. time to watch the UFC
DJ MItchell, come on down…
“Jayson Nix does EVERYTHING right”
newsflkash nix cannot play 3rd but we have to rest the old man slap hitting afraud.
arod after all is up to 36 rbi’s so throw him a parade…
get rid of Wade enough. this guy is gas on any fire…..
Go chug gasoline.
LOL
Do you actually like the Yankees?
Beatrice?
No one’s throwing him a parade.
Sheesh, you really sound like a Red Sox fan. Is that your secret?
and by the way, why didn’t Chavez come in to play third?
Because Nix is better than McDonald.
Okay, so this is not going as planned. Still, we can win this game.
Although it is getting a little deep..
next inning, or Nix’s next AB I guarantee that Ma and Pa are talking about how Nix just does everything well, and how he’s a solid player while completely disregarding that play.
You must not have been listening. Right after he made a huge error they launched into “you never expect this from Jayson Nix because he’s been so AMAZING for the Yankees this season.”
They actually used the word “amazing.”
Put someone else in. Just to stop them from scoring.
What is going on down the 3rd base line tonight??? God this seventh inning…
Hey Boston you’re 9.5 games back. You do remember don’t you?
Fuck it, lets just leave Wade in for the rest of the game, as punishment.
I’d rather just watch Ortiz hit 8 solo homers than this shit.
I would rather have called up Betances than Wade. At least Betances could start headhunting if things got out of hand.
Another error.
…at least he has the bases empty now.
Wades ERA over 6 now.. WOw has he totally fallen apart. he is scared to throw a strike…
this game is a total joke now.
defense is offensive….
i see the Cory “the white flag” Wade is still not letting us down.
AUGH!!
If Gomez or that other AAA guy get up, please throw at them and injure them.
un-fucking-real
Russ keeping up the great D
Even with Pedroia gone Fox still manages to slob all over a Red Sock.
ok I’ve had enough Wade for a life time. Joba come back soon.
God do I miss Joba Chamberlain.
yup… Gomez, Ciriaco and errors will most likely be their downfall for this game
Ciriaco reminds me of Merton Hanks.
Funny, this came from you, because frankly, his nickname should be giraffe. Guy is a vampire’s dream.
F this game…d!ck slapped by a bunch of hacks.
So why again was Wade even in this game?
cause he’s a savvy, gritty guy. he knows how to change pitches, and get guys to hit screaming line drives, everywhere.
Just Joe confirming he is completely done.
I think I might vomit at the amount of dicksucking of Ciriaco and Gomez going on in the FOX booth.
Par for the course with Fox. They never hide their hate for the Yankees.
The Ciraco guy has one good hit all night. One. The double. Rest was crap. Whatever.
nix is doing everything right to about a 240 BA with a OBP of maybe 300…
he is a career AAAA…
he has been a butcher at 3b tonight.
corey wade is walking nick friggin 180 pun to…….
I hate this new 26th man rule, I blame Bud Sel…err A–Rod.
You know, four errors is kind of uncool.
If Russell Martin doesn’t wake up tomorrow morning, I’m throwing a party. Same goes for Wade and Girardi.
I am guessing that the Yankees won’t be putting on defensive clinics in the near future. Common occurrence since the three error Mets game.
every.single.ball. getting crushed.
Punto came so close to hitting Wade. Just missed
If Joe Buck says “the Red Sox, in a game they needed….” one more time….
What else is he supposed to say? He has to make every game seem bigger than it is. His job is hype, not calling the game.
it’s a game between a last place and a 1st place team 1 game before the all star break. if I didn’t know better I’d think the Yankees and Sox we’re playing game 163 right now.
The Sox aren’t quite in last place.
Also, I’m not able to actually watch this game, so I’ll take your word for it on how ridiculous Buck is acting.
Please hit Ortiz in the noggin.
Yeah, time to pull Wade.
It’s just a 5 run deficit… you don’t want to let this game get away.
This is still winnabl, which of course is why Wade was pitching in a 1 run game.
Why was that worthless piece of shit Wade allowed to pitch in a game that was still close? Girardi just gave this one away.
You sir are an idiot
No, he’s right in every single way. You’re the idiot.
No YOU”RE THE IDIOT.
You act like Girardi is Grady Little. Show some respect
Oh, now Verlander is in the game????!!!!!! Oh, a commercial, sorry.
Just leave Wade in to throw at Ortiz.
Ortiz would catch it before it hit him.
I’m fine with Wade pitching. Now we know for sure that he won’t pitch in a meaningful game for a long time.
I hope thats true.
That’s what I’ve been screaming…!
Its just one game, go figure the one I attempt to watch in its entirity. Oh well, anything can happen in this rat infested hell hole known as Fenway. Teix must aim the ball back at Padillia if he has the pleasure of facing him IF the top of the 8th ever acutally happens.
Hey, did everyone know that the Red Sox are playing players with high numbers tonight? Had no idea…
breaking news: injury prone Sox players get injured.
Bad loss for the Cubs today in a game they HAD TO WIN.
You know, because they’re also in last place.
I laughed.
Would’ve been nice to have this game. Now the Sawx have confidence going into tomorrow with Lester on the mound.
Except Lester hasn’t been so good this year.
If the Red Sox win 23-0 tomorrow, they will be 8 games out of first place.
Things the Yankees need to address:
Catching
Bench
Making sure Wade is never allowed near the mound in a game ever again.
Bench?
The bench, like having NOT Nix/Nunez playing back up infielder.
Nix won’t play much once Gardner gets back, only occasionally to give Jeter rest. Not really a big deal.
I’m not so sure Gardner’s going to be back anytime soon. Elbows are tricky fuckers.
Nix is fine.
His defense is shaky and he can’t hit. He’s struck out 3x more than he’s walked in his career.
Not fine.
What would you like them to do with the bench? Replace Nix?
Yeah, I’m far to tired/lazy to look it up…but I’m sure there has to be some infielders available at a cheap price.
Especially catcher.
I am very much not one to second guess the manager, but I am having trouble understanding why you would ever put in the demonstrably worst pitcher in the bullpen in a close game.
But Da Binderr !!11!
Already losing, lot of games in a short timespan…would rather see him used with them losing than with them having the lead.
And to be honest, given how effective Wade was last year and for half of this year, is worth the chance at seeing if he can get back on track. Seriously, is one game.
Wade was the extra roster spot for the doubleheader. I cannot comprehend how he was pitching in anything other than garbage time.
Buck gets all orgaismic when the Sox do anything of remote value meanwhile he sounds like Ben Stein when the Yanks score. He is a douchebag.
Argh. It makes me want to stab a baby. “Ciriaco with the game of his life!” “The Red Sox slapping around the Yankees” ” Red Sox showing off their minor league depth”. Just a couple of the worst lines.
David Ortiz has to be on some kind of PEDs.
If slimfast is a PED fore-shore!
HGH and Dunkin’ Donuts.
John Lackey trying to steal that curtain call from Ciriaco.
Maybe they’ll trade Pedoria now that next best thing, Ciraco has joined the show!
Trade him to Houston.
I just don’t get the Girardi logic here….
If Wade is brought in during a 1 run game because you don’t want to burn a good reliever – why bother bringing Rapada in with a 5 run deficit. Just put Mitchell in and be done with the game (which is essentially what he did when he brought Wade in).
Totally agree
1) Rapada isn’t that good
2) Probably wanted Rapada to get some work in before the break (might not be needed tomorrow)
3) Probably wanted Mitchell to have a clean slate
Girardi thought Wade would pitch well. That’s the sad truth.
“I had confidence in Wadey. It just didn’t work out. What can you do?”
If he thought that, then why was Wade sent down in the first place? They had already apparently made the determination that Wade was worse than anyone else on the roster, and the only reason he was here was the double-header roster expansion.
So Hard Knocks but with a MLB team?
Last year it was the Giants, this year it’s the Fish.
Really? I somehow missed that whole thing last year.
I enjoyed watching it. It’s pretty well done, and considering that Brian Wilson is the only interesting character on that team, I can only imagine how this year’s series will be with Ozzie, Stanton, Heath Bell, Lomo, etc.
Yes, but also follows the team into the regular season.
6 hits, 3 for XBH by the bottom 2 hitters from nowhere – another fine job by the Yanks scouting dept. I hope when they slash payroll that they actually hire some scouts with the savings.
Lol.
Actually the quality of their advance scouting has been sub-par for years now, ever since Gene Michael was replaced by Billy Eppler and turned over the entire scouting staff.
Yankees will win this game.
I’d be happy if the Yankees just score a few more runs on this bullpen to make it respectable.
But I like your optimism.
I miss Hawk. Die Buck Die! Okay, goodnight RAB!
lol
Congratulations to Boston Red Sox infielder Pedro Ciriaco who has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Love how the ump has stretched the zone as the game goes on. Players really love that.
What the hell? Before they blacked us out and sent us to Braves/Phillies we were up 3-0.
Why aren’t we scoring?
Because Doubront somehow finds a way to keep the Yankees in line.
Where do you live, Cuso?
In Tampa Bay, they’re showing Yankees/Red Sox. Since you’re in the Rays market as well, I would think you would also get this game.
All of you disrespect Girardi. My goodness. Why does he have the job and you dont? Maybe because he knows more than you do. Show him some respect.
Greg, you know I’m normally on board with his decisions. Rationalize bringing in Cory Wade in a 1 run game, knowing he’s been horrid for over a month.
Because he didn’t want to use relievers that he used in the first game in a game that he knows is not really important.
That doesn’t mean to use a trash reliever in a 1 run game.
So then
Logan
Qualls
Mitchell
all available. all more likely to succeed.
Qualls pitched in the first game
Serious question, outside of Rapada, who else was available in that situation?
While bringing Wade in there is obviously not optimal I do think that taking the chance to see if Wade can straighten things up is worthwhile given just how good he was up until this recent stretch.
Qualls and Mitchell were both available
I don’t really mind so much that they tried Wade, I don’t get why they left him in so long when he looked so awful.
I really like Girardi and think he does a nice job, but this argument is silly.
He gets so much flack around here despite the Yanks having the best record in baseball. Its ridiculous
Your need to defend him anytime someone has the nerve to question any of his decisions is equally ridiculous.
If there is absolutely no logical reason behind a decision by him, then I will criticize him.
Is this to imply there was even a shred of logic behind bringing in Cory Wade?
I mean, have you watched him pitch since the Yankees were in Anaheim? It’s basically been batting practice.
I just stated the logic in my previous post.
Yes, the logic is trying to straighten out someone who has been one of their better relievers for a year and a half while also avoiding over using all of the bullpen for a game that is essentially meaningless.
In a one run ballgame?
If this wasn’t the second game of a double header it is a different story.
Why did he bring in Wade down 5?
Sorry, meant why did he bring in Rapada down 5? (when he let Wade face the lefty Sweeney earlier in the inning)
Because he hadn’t been used that day and he knows this game doesnt matter in the long run
The manager who says every game matters and you want to win every game suddenly thinks this intradivision game doesn’t matter in the 7th inning? It mattered to him earlier in the inning and the inning before when he used Logan yet again. Guess he changed his mind in the span of one AB.
Thank you for pointing out the ridiculously inconsistent logic.
This was either a give up game or not.
- he used (an overused) Logan when down; if he’s trying to save the pen Logan never enters the game
- used Wade to save (?) the bullpen in a game that got closer (only down 1)
- used Rapada while down 5 for two batters…. to save the bullpen?
Still waiting for that first time, huh?
This appeal to authority fallacy sponsored by your king of fallacies, Greg Girardi.
Still waiting for your defense of this Greg. Did you stop reading the Philosophy book after Fallacy of the Predetermined Outcome and think you figured it all out?
Or would it have been better if I just posted: FALLACY like you do?
Padilla getting loose….
… so you’re saying there’s a chance?
What was all that one in a million talk?
We can do this Yankees.
Come on Nick. A blast and Yanks bring tieing run to plate in this game.
Granderson playing against a tough lefty killed our offensive flow today. Anyone else agree? We should’ve loaded up on righties like we did in the first game.
And sit one of the team’s best hitters for both ends of the double header? Seriously?
OMG FOX! Please stop talking about Ciriaco and Gomez!
If Jones hits a grand slam here, I believe they will stop talking about them.
they both went 3-4 in one game. SSS be damned, that’s all I need to see. Give these scouts a big bonus and induct these guys into the HOF.
Nice!
Ya know, if only for that gift-wrapped 9th run for the Red Sox…
Could Jones have a GS in him today also?
Bases clearing bunt single ftw.
PLease use Raul. He has good numbers against Padilla.
Depends on what the binder says.
BASES LOADED!!!!
These scrubs have 1 good game each and Fox is talking about who should get credit for signing them like they’re some superstars.
So…if Ibanez doesn’t pinch hit here you know that Joe is consciously trying to lose this game.
I understand Jones is hot as hell right now…but seriously This is why Ibanez is on the team. This situation. right here.
Makes much more sense to use him for Nix.
Not really…Ibanez for Jones, Arod for Nix.
Its still has some logic behind it, which it means it shouldn’t be criticized
There’s logic behind building and dropping an atomic bomb, just because there is logic in something doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be criticized.
Hey, it ended the war. And its use then means that it will probably never be used again.
You cannot be serious. Dropping that bomb was the single greatest crime against humanity that the United States has ever committed. It’s seriously not even close.
No that would the Jersey Shore.
But seriously, they dropped pamphlets on the Japanese people saying they were going to drop the bomb. It wasn’t a surprise attack.
There are seven million stats in baseball. I can say there is logic behind any move. That doesn’t make it the highest percentage or best or right move.
There’s logic behind robbing a bank, should we all do that?
I’d much rather take a shot with Jones popping one over the Monster. PH for Nix and Martin.
Right. Nevermind the fact that Jones has three HR today.
all against LHP.
Where is Ibanez?
Padilla shouldn’t throw Jones a single FB.
how many times can you call Jayson Nix Lance Nix.
srsly
C’mon, Raul!!!!!!
Jones only hits solo home runs.
What the hell is wrong with Joe G?
Wouldn’t you have Raul hit for Jones and A-Rod hit for Nix?
No because Jones has 3 home runs today.
All against LHP. Jones mashes Lefties. He hits righties at next to replacement level production.
Not even remotely true.
He’s hit righties better than Ibanez has this year.
hell no. Jones having a great day. Fastball pitcher. Short fence in LF. Give Jones a shot. PH for Nix and Martin.
apparently Lance Nix plays for the Yankees
Why would Ibanez PH BEFORE ARod?
WTF Joe? That’s dumbassery at it’s best.
wow. just fucking wow.
Unfortunate
Oof. Those pop ups hurt.
Can we blame Wade or Girardi for that?
well that was anti-climactic
Game over. Shower time.
3 fucking pitches. terrible. Padilla is certified grade A dogshit.
So why not Ibañez then Arod?
Have you seen Andruw Jones today?
Such simpletons
Okay…you are not allowed to call other people simpletons.
Girardi has not had his best game tonight, that’s for sure.
Just to make it clear, I don’t mind sending Andruw up there, but Girardi has to make sure A-Rod gets a chance.
My guess is that ARod was going to pinch hit for Martin if he got up.
Well yeah, because he was on deck when Ibanez was hitting for Nix.
You gotta make sure A-Rod gets a chance – use him for Nix and Ibanez for Martin.
If he were the ARod of 2005-2009 then I would agree. Now, eh….
If Jones didn’t hit those home runs, Ibanez would have hit for him.
Ah shit, come on DJ. Just show me you’re not a pussy.
Now Chavez is at 3B… better late than never, Joe!
why the hell didnt he pinch hit arod.
Great now we get to hear how Aceves used to be a Yankee and how the Sox took a chance on him and he’s paid them off immensely. Then the commenter here call Cashman an idiot and everybody hates themselves at the end of the day.
It’s easy enough to be a virtual manger sitting on your couch, but in truth, Girardi played that right. The result just sucked.
THANK YOU.
If this was a Saturday night game in Oakland I doubt that people care us much. For better or worse is a product of where many fans sit vis-a-vis the Sawks.
I have a feeling Ross is going to be looking for the CB again.
He was and he still missed it. Nice.
DJ Mitchell is our third best reliever.
Again Buck with “the Red Socks *must* win this game”. As opposed to some other games that they didn’t need to win?
So I’m starting to see Chik-Fil-A advertisements and commercials everywhere but there are no Chik-Fil-A’s within 20 miles of where I live in NJ. What’s up with that?
And the Red Sox have leaped 10 games in the standings and are now in first place!!
You would think that was the case by the way the FOX booth and Sawx fans are rejoicing.
Sportscenter will probably lead off with the excitement of MAURO GOMEZ!!!!!!!!!
I knew this game counted more than Greg let on…DAMN YOU GREG!!!
Those fountains in KC are definitely not the biggest in the world.
I know it means nothing in the long run, but you’re on national TV. Get your shit straight.
Lance Nix says hi.
So does Bronson Arroyo.
more ridiculous batting stance: Aviles or Youkilis?
Craig Counsell
Russell angry…Russell smash towel!
Uhh reply fail…
as many errors as hits.
Mitchell is actually known to be a very good fielding pitcher. Makes that error pretty surprising.
I guess it doesn’t matter who is playing 3B tonight… they are all going to go through…
Better rookie: Trout or Ciriaco
Close, but I have to give it so Ciriaco
Real question: Ciriaco, great rookie or Greatest rookie?
Ciriaco = second coming of Arod
Red Sox fans sure are full of themselves over someone they’ll likely forget exists within a month.
They’ll boo Ciriaco mercilessly in a couple of weeks. It’s the Fenway way.
I’m pretty sure that the fans think Ciriaco is similar to Manny Machado as a prospect.
Why change the pattern now?
This is the third straight season in which the Yankees will play at least one doubleheader against the Red Sox. The teams have split each of the last three doubleheaders against one another with the Yankees winning the first game and losing the second game each time (9/28/08 and 10/2/10 at Fenway, and 9/25/11 at Yankee Stadium). The Yankees?last swept the Red Sox in a doubleheader on August 18, 2006 at Fenway Park.”
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/201.....t-red-sox/
See what I mean? It’s hard to sweep double headers
yes it is, but seriously Girardi managed himself out of the possibility of doing so. I understand hindsight is 20/20, but anybody who thinks bringing Wade in was a good call is either a Girardi homer or plain silly.
Look at Adam’s posts. He will explain
you could’ve just linked it, but i did go back up and read it my response is simple. there is a time and a place for that. The real place is in AAA, but if you insist on doing it in the majors the time is in a lower leverage situation, not a one-run ball game with the tying run on second.
I almost never second-guess manager decisions, but I can’t comprehend why Wade came in there.
Especially when you give away multiple 4 out innings.
The Red Sox are just such loyal and knowledgeable fans. Especially the ones yelling racial slurs at Carl Crawford while he’s rehabbing.
What are they yelling?
Someone was yelling at Crawford calling him a “Monday” during a game in Portland the other day.
I’ve actually heard that before so I knew it was a slur, but for the uninitiated the “logic” is that “Everyone hates Mondays”.
Seriously. Now ARod is pinch hitting, when he could’ve PH in the 8th with the bases loaded?
WTF kind of logic is that?
For whom? Jones or Ibanez?
I would say Ibanez, because he actually did PH, but I suppose it could work in either case.
He’s the best bat on the bench. To use a lesser bat, “saving” ARod for a situation that likely wouldn’t come to pass (and, lo and behold, it did not) is moronic.
He wasn’t “saving” Arod. He went with the guy with 3 HR on the day and the guy with good numbers vs Silva in a not so small sample size.
And Arod was on deck when Ibanez popped out.
I wish Martin hit as well as he tore up towels
why arod now. god he confuses me sometimes
I totally can’t wait for stuart a to blame Alex for not hitting a five-run home run.
ESPN and FOX can go fuck themselves. Also I’m loving the tough schedule the Red Sox have after the ASG. Rays, White Sox, Blue Jays, Rangers, Yankees, Tigers and Rangers again (after Twins). Let’s see how many games they drop in that stretch.
Fox executives are reportedly petitioning Ron Washington for Pedro Ciriaco to replace Jeter as the All Star Game starter.
I LOL’d.
Ciriaco had three hits. One was a terrible bunt that he popped up that just died when it landed. Another was off a pitch that was in the dirt.
And two were wormburners through a drawn in infield.
The flyout may have been the hardest hit ball of the night for him.
… but that wouldn’t make for a good story
Love Chavez.
Chavez!
The real question is if Ciriaco were a Yankee doing this in a game against the Red Sox would Joe Buck still jizz his pants? I think not. He’d probably make fun of his neck with McCarver cackling mindlessly in the background.
Nope guaranteed they’d be making references to Shane Spence and Shelley Duncan as guys who have amazing couple games when they first come up then fizzle out.
*Spencer
At least Spencer and Duncan were close to actual prospects. Gomez and Ciriaco will be playing in Korea in 3 years.
Fucking asshole Girardi should have used Chavez earlier in the game. NL MotY my ASS
he did. Chavez PH in the seventh.
Chavez. Refusing to go down w/o a fight
Embedded Yankee Aceves strikes again.
I still don’t miss Aceves one bit.
I’ll take that as some O’Neill theory for tomorrow
Batting Arod down by 5 and the bases empty? Dumbfounding.
It was more “not batting Russell Martin”.
YES! No 1-2-3 inning for you. We’ll be back tomorrow!
Aceves is one sweaty motherfucker.
Chavez – still making me glad he decided against retiring.
Since when is that pitch a strike in this game?
Paul Oneill rule in effect.
not sure a solo HR qualifies
So, obviously Chavez should have hit for Nix.
/more fallacies than I can even track
especially since Chavez was already in the game
Bud Selig has announced that Pedro Ciriaco’s #77 will be retired throughout Major League Baseball.
he also declared that 7/7 is now #77 day. Ciriaco will be forever honored.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Base Ball Writers of America Association have also announced that Ciriaco will be inducted unanimously just after the game and his plaque will be placed in a separate wing. Known as the Pedro Ciriaco Wing.
Can we trade Cano for Ciriaco. I’ll even throw in Mason.
The Red Sox have just won the 2012 World Series!!
Long day of ball, boys. Nice split. We’ll get them tomorrow. Nite, y’all.
You’d think these fucks just won the goddamn world series.
I wonder if they will trade Middlebrooks for a utility player and a AAA pitcher to free up ABs for Gomez and Ciriaco.
They should sell high on Middlebrooks. He sucks just like Lavarnway and Lars Andersen.
What a FOX sports Boy and Girls club commercial with a Yankee player in it? Whaaaa!
Fully expecting Girardi to say in his postgame comments that this game didn’t matter and that’s why he used Wade. Right, Greg?
Go Angels
Meh. Might as well make a big mess as a little one. Glad I couldn’t watch it.
Cheers for 2-1 and the All Star break.
Based on the way he managed tonight, Girardi must be pretty confident his team will beat Lester tomorrow.