Jul
16
Game 89: Ten Up
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Games against division rivals are always meaningful, though just not as much when you have an eight-game lead. The Yankees have a ten-game lead on their opponent tonight, the Blue Jays. They’re always pesky as you know, and it doesn’t get much better than Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion in the middle of the lineup. The big division lead is comfortable but don’t be fooled, there’s a long way to go. Here’s the starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
DH Alex Rodriguez — dealing with a stiff neck, otherwise he would have played third
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
RF Nick Swisher
LF Raul Ibanez
3B Eric Chavez
C Russell Martin
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game starts at 7pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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I’m of the opinion that all they have to do is win each series. As such, I believe that winning the first game of the series is a good idea. Especially when facing a guy they should tattoo.
I agree on both counts.
Plus after this we go play the A’s for 4 games and the A’s have found some offense to play with.
Everyone finds offense against the Twins these days.
Look at numbers – they have been scoring a lot even before Twins series – may have to do when Yoenis Cespedes came back. Remember he was out the last time we visited Oakland.
The Yankees have feasted on the A’s over the years. They’re not a push over, but the Yankees have beaten up better A’s teams than this one.
That’s it. Basically win the first two, no pressure on the third. Of course it’s nice to sweep but as long as you win the series, that’s what matters.
Let’s hope the Paul O’neil theory is in full effect today.
So what are the chances that a HR is not hit in this game? I am surprised that Alvarez has been so HR happy considering his groundball rate.
I hate how they keep talking about how phil hasn’t given up a homer in X innings…..jinx alert!
x = 1 ???
Odds are, in the 3rd inning it will be one inning since the homers he allowed in the first. I’d like to be pleasantly surprised though.
Cool, that works for one inning. Just 6 or 7 more like that doesn’t seem like too much to ask for.
Both Trenton beat guys said they’ve heard that the W sox are interested in Betances. Norris said his source told him that they were ‘zeroing’ in on him. W Sox have anything yanks would want?
Honestly can’t think of anything other than Thornton. That cupboard is pretty bare.
What about in their farm system? A AA or AAA outfielder maybe?
Their system sucks bad.
Thanks
They have the worst farm system in the game.
Why go after Thornton ,he is a old player that is overrated?
The Yankees are full of old overrated players. What’s one more?
Eh, for a guy of betances’ near-non-prospect level at this point, there’s plenty on their team I’d trade him for. Granted, not many of them are realistic, but still.
And maybe Betances turns it around in AA. I’m not banking on anything happening but I do not want to trade him right now for a relief pitcher.
Anything we can get lol. I feel like Betances’ stock is at an all-time low.
…which is the worst time to trade a player.
I remember reading here a few years ago that there’s no such thing are anyone’s stock being high or low. LOL.
I remember reading here a few years ago that there’s no such thing *as* anyone’s stock being high or low. LOL.
wait, interested in him for what? pitching? really?
All the talk of home runs..this game will be a pitcher’s duel!
Uh oh, the big YES box at the top of the site is gone. Visit YES is still on the side under the street sign though.
We condensed things a bit. I don’t like the smaller banner, but it’s better than having to scroll down to see the content.
I personally like it, I felt the old one was bulky. Also the Goldman Sachs thing is gone. I totally approve.
Just the street sign without the other box looks good. It’s different after so long and will take a little time to get used to, but it is nice and condensed.
hughes in ys in this weather against hr hitting team scares the crap out of me. hope this secures the reverse jinx
well…that’s a good start.
There goes Phil’s chance for a 27-pitch complete game.
I knew he was terrible.
Oh good, Tim mcclelland. Love waiting an hour for every strike call.
I can deal with the ridiculous motions and the karate screams, but the delayed calls are easily the most annoying for me.
I kind of love the crazy screams, they’re entertaining.
Delayed calls – Sterling on delayed calls is a nightmare.
Cobly Rasmus. Another reminder on why I like the Yankees grooming policy. I think it’s a bit extreme, but I’d rather they go overboard than allow their players to like homeless people.
Gameday isn’t working for me in Firefox or Chrome, but it is working in Internet Explorer. That’s never happened before.
Are you using an Ad-blocker by any chance? I ask because I had the same thing happen over the weekend and disabling Ad-Block Plus for the site fixed the problem, even though the ad-blocker never created a problem before.
Yeah, I am! I’m going to try that. Though seriously, looking at the site in IE, the ads are ridiculous. I’d gotten used to an ad-free internet.
Thanks for the tip! Gameday works now. It looks like they updated the site.
No problem. It’s unfortunate, though. The Internet is so much better without ads.
Yes. It would be much better if everyone charged for content instead of making it free.
Ad-blockers allow the best of both worlds.
odd. I’m using chrome and it’s working fine.
good thing about bautista is that if it goes opposite field, it almost never goes out. but ys does have the shortest rf
I think he hit one opposite-field HR against the Yankees last year, although not sure if was in Toronto or NY. It might have been the first opposite field drive he hit that year.
The problem with Hughes vs. Bautista is his command. Phil could aim for a pitch on the outside and have the pitch drift right into Bautista’s power zone.
John Farrell going to the Joe Maddon book of managing.
Extend the 3 run streak with one swing, Teix.
The umpire seems like he’d rather be anywhere but at Yankee Stadium when he calls balls and strikes.
Yeah, Kay, but Beckett’s not supposed to hold onto pitches that long. There’s, like, a freaking rule against it that isn’t enforced for him.
Isn’t like 30 seconds or a minute otherwise the pitch is called a ball? or a balk?
Yeah, well. That never seems to be enforced when Beckett is pitching.
This kid is working himself into trouble. Let’s make him pay for it
Great AB by Tex.
This would be a good time for a Garbage Slam.
Not a golden opportunity here with two outs, but it would be nice to score here.
Bases loaded is always golden in my book.
im not expecting runs, but we are working the pitch count at least
WTF Swish?
Swing the bat maybe?
Those were good pitches. Two sinkers down and away and a 2 seam with movement.
Strike 3 was a meatball. Swish was guessing off speed.
Uh uh. It was a 2 seamer that moved from inside to over the plate.
They were good pitches. He can still put up a fight against good pitches. It’s allowed.
Alvarez made good pitches in that at bat. All with movement.
Nice AB Swisher just standing there and watching 3 straight good pitches go by.
They weren’t straight at all. They all had movement.
Alvares K’s like 3 batter per 9. He is not deceptive.
He pitches to contact.
So Swisher should have done that.
True. I’ve noticed recently that Swisher has been walking more than he had all year. Maybe his patience bit him.
Sighhhh
Have no idea what Swish was doing there. Clearly wasn’t picking up his pitches as he didn’t swing. Alvarez has just about the worst strikeout percentage going.
He had just walked two batters in a row. Alvarez made great pitches to him.
I hate the delay from gameday, I never get to see where punch outs to end an inning end up, was that a strike? Sterling’s call made it sound “borderline”(out of the strikezone)
I’m not watching gameday, but it looked like a strike to me.
FYI – if you are on MLB.com, you can switch over to classic view (upper right corner) and then go back and click on the AB and it will show all the pitches.
Damn it. At least they made him throw 25 pitches.
They looked like it’d be an 8 or 9 pitch inning, so at least they improved the pitch count. But geez, terrible AB for swisher and even tex had several very hittable pitches he missed/fouled.
Yeah, until Robbie walked I was cringing at the pitch count.
According to ESPN Mo was on Kay’s show today and said he’s working to comeback this season. My phone just told me so.
Full Huse
good job not melting down Phil
Way to work out of it, Hughes.
Hughes looks like a completely new pitcher.
But I’m still afraid to get on the bandwagon.
i’m not ready to believe. he’s lucy with the football.
3 walks. I think that adds to why Swisher was taking in that atbat. Doesn’t full absolve it, but explains it.
Apparently Swisher knew Chavez was going to walk in a future AB.
This is a guy who walks <2/9IP and has most of his minor league career. As soon as you get to 2 strikes you have to swing anyway. I get him taking a pitch or two, but for some reason you seem to justify or try to explain away offensive failures (a lot)
No, I just understand that sometimes pitchers deserve credit where its due. He had just walked 2 in a row and he threw 3 really good pitches in succession to fool Swisher.
He threw 2 good pitches… the last one wasn’t all that good and had a lot of the plate (the off angle camera makes that look like it’s on the corner)
There’s a reason why Alvarez has a K rate of ~3/9IP and a swinging strike rate <5%… and it's not because he has great stuff.
Fair enough, I thought the third pitch had movement.
But those two good pitches (the location) fooled Swisher into taking the third
Russ Mart being productive!
YAY!
Russell!!! With the YS special!
No one hits cheaper home runs than Russ. How many would he have this year if he didn’t play in Yankee Stadium?
I’m sure he’ll be happy to get what he can at this point. A run is a run.
He’s got just 2 homers on the road this year. Of his 7 at home, I’m not sure I remember more than maybe one going more than 2-3 rows deep.
According to Hit Tracker, half of his 6 YS homers before that one would be out in at least 8 other parks. 2 of them were only out at YS, and one was actually classified as being out in 0 parks however that happens.
muscle !
ps how is garcia wearing a hoodie
/random thoughts, ignore me lol
He’s SWEATY Freddy.
He supports 6 foot tall 160 pound dudes who beat the crap out of guys who walk near them in the rain.
Yeah Russ!
Rasmus and Soriano are the only people I’ve seen that not only stand outside of the back of the box, but stand all the way at the front.
Hughes looking good tonight.
BEEP
?
Oh, look, it’s a non-single from A-Rod!
pasta diving bautista
That was smashed.
this is not a cheap 19 game hitting streak. Robbie is so locked in, love it.
Rockets every time
This offense has been so much fun to watch lately.
Yup, while I enjoy HRs, I’d much rather see them start hitting singles and doubles with RISP. The HRs will be there, if they can just get hits, they’ll be golden.
Homers are hits too.
How about home runs with RISP?
Now Cano is admiring non-HR’s? Yikes.
He’s always done that…it’s semi annoying but as long as he’s not getting thrown out I’m good.
Nice.
Swing the bats fellas! I know it’s good to work the count but this is the kind of guy you swing at the first good pitch with.
YEAH ROBBIE!!
Three or more runs, here we come… ::fingers against the Evil Eye::
laughing at youk scoring on the E3.
Youk must be loving it.
I’d love to know how he scored from 1st on a throwing error by the 1st baseman on a groundout to 2nd…
And, why are the Red Sox using a 6 man rotation?
Who cares. It never works out well.
Youk tried to go to 3rd on a slow groundball to 1st and the 1st baseman threw the ball into LF, allowing him to score.
So, they’re still playing flawless baseball and making their climb up the standings then? But hey, Crawford is back and he’s hitting .500!!! Who said he wouldn’t help?
I still hate his face. No matter what uniform he’s wearing I can’t like him.
me too. it’s the muff.
See he got those pitches over in the first at bat
Is hughes getting a lot more groundballs lately (besides the bosox game)?
Bautista bunting? Yes sir, may I have another???
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/394766_10150958055796939_166834275_n.jpg
I love this guy.
caption on facebook: “Nooooo, I can’t be gay! I’m a happily married conservative.”
Haha that’s awesome.
There’s a comment along the lines of “the next thing you know men will be marrying bears in godless killing ceremonies”, but I’m too tired to craft it properly.
Hahaha, i love it.
Ha ha. Great.
We got a short porcher. They got a short porcher.
Hopefully it will stave off their YSIII grumbles in postgame interviews.
and strike 3
Well, Hughes is gonna give up a few homers. I’ve come to accept that. He has done a pretty good job of keeping the bases empty when it happens though.
Phil without a homerun…
http://veryhilarious.com/wp-co.....k-gone.jpg
70 pitches through 3+ innings. That’s amazing.
75 through 4 isn’t quite as amazing…
Phil’s a fly ball pitcher, in a stadium that’s easy to hit homers in. As long as nobody is on base when it happens I can live with a solo shot or two a game.
That just destroyed the pitch count working.
Seriously.
75 innings through 4 is still brilliant. At this rate he’ll be out of the game by if not the middle of next inning, definitely the end of it.
Worst trade of the Year.
Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez.
Sanchez just gave up 5 to Seattle in the first inning.
I thought that was the Montero for Pineda trade?
No way. that’s only if your an angsty yankee fan. Montero has been a decent rookie for Seattle, Melky’s been an MVP caliber player for San Fran.
Decent rookie is generous.
very generous
Yeah and Noesi was so bad he got sent to AAA. That trade is a bust for everyone right now.
wow…his slugging is terrible. If Alex had a slug% like that I think stuart a would shit himself.
-0.5 fWAR, 76 wRC+, a .279 wOBA, his strikeout percent (22.7%) is the highest in his career, outside of that small September call up sample last year, and almost double his minor league percentages. He’s been brutal.
*lower ops than russell martin*
I was kidding.
I figured you were but I just felt like starting something lol.
People seriously just need to let go of Mo pitching this year. Geez, get over it.
4 pitch walk to the #9 hitter with 2 outs?!? DFA his ass!!
4 pitch walk to the #9 hitter with 2 outs… that’s frustrating.
(but not DFA worthy)
Me tell joke.
Rays are down 3-0 to the Tribe, FYI.
We’re far enough up in the division right now where I don’t care what other teams are doing. As long as we keep winning at a decent clip I’m more than happy and confident we will win the division.
I don’t care per se, but it does make me a little extra happy to see other division teams lose.
Toronto’s broadcast just showed a graphic, Grandy has a better average against lefties than righties this season.
How DARE they!!!!!
Lol they actually don’t seem that bad. Granted I’ve only had two ‘live look-in’s’ at a minute a piece buy they seem good.
And with that a season high strikeout total for Alvarez… (five)
(and I posted that before Kay mentioned it)
He’s been supplementing his sinker with a changeup that has fooled the Yankees.
And now it’s six…
Leave it to Granderson to strikeout twice in 3 innings against a guy who doesn’t strike anyone out.
Though of course he has to set his season high tonight…
And now tie his career high…
Alvarez, he of whom with the K/9 of three, has 6 in five innings tonight.
That’s brutal.
At least we have the lead.
Care to rephrase that?
#ycpb
You know what I say Suzyn…
We may only have 3 more chances at that 3rd run. We need to keep the streak alive. Someone needs to hit a solo HR.
Now they’ll need it
Alvarez has made great pitches tonight, utilizing his sinker and changeup.
Don’t tip your cap to this guy Greg. We should be hitting him better. I blame Mike for doing that write up for consecutive games with scoring 3+ runs.
Yankees offense has been crap.
ARod swung through a 3-0 fastball right down the middle on his way to the strikeout. That’s just poor hitting, not good pitching
Granderson fouled off how many hittable fastballs before he struck out on a low change?
You are looking at the final pitch of an AB and based on that result deeming it good pitching or being fooled… you aren’t looking at how many pitches the offense has swung through or fouled off prior to that.
The O’s are regressing in the worst (best?) way right now. I guess you can only get away with having the 2nd worst run differential in the AL for so long.
Same old O’s. They won’t even win 80 games.
Best. Definitely best.
But I was told by someone on RAB that the Yankees were a third place team and the O’s were truly a force to be reckoned with since they out-develop the Yankees in every way?
The Orioles could’ve started 80-0 and I would’ve expected them to finish 80-82. They’re trash.
Agreed.
They’ve got three really good players in Jones, Markakis, and Wieters. Besides that they have a lot of nothing.
Pretty much. Jim Johnson is a pretty legit closer, but most of that pitching staff was pitching way over its head in the first half.
To be fair,, Hammel’s a very good SP. But I agree with your overall point that they’re seriously lacking talent.
USA basketball team not looking so good right now.
Neither is the baseketball team.
Ugh.
We’ve lamented RISP fail before.
The Indians just had a bases loaded/0 out situation, and a 3-0 count to Johnny Damon, against a pitcher who had thrown 43 balls in 82 pitches.
That’s pretty remarkable.
and they didn’t score? Christ that’s infuriating.
I mean, that’s about the highest percentage chance of scoring you can possibly have in baseball.
I know one of those sabermetric wizards could actually tabulate that math, but it seems as if there’s about a .01% chance of not scoring in that situation. It’s unfathomable.
Hughes trying to hang in against a last-place team. Cool.
Lol, a decent hitting one– and 6 ip, 2 er is excellent
Yeah, I’ll take that anytime from Hughes.
You’re an idiot.
Yup.
LOL. Am I wrong?
If you think there is any relevance to them being in last place, yes.
6 IP, 2 ER against the team with the third-most runs in baseball. F-minus trolling as per usual.
They’re at an even .500 in the best division in baseball, he’s only allowed 2 runs and 3 hits across six innings of work. One of the runs was a YS3 special. I’m completely ok with the way Phil’s pitched tonight.
6IP 2ER against the team with the 3rd most runs scored in baseball
Last place, buddy. Last place.
Not because of their offense.
The third-best run-scoring team in baseball, buddy. The third-best run-scoring team in baseball.
So what? They’re in last place because of shitty pitching and injuries. They have a pretty good lineup, and that’s all you can judge Hughes on.
Both teams scoring on porchers and RBI doubles by their best hitters.
Both teams probably feeling like they should be pounding this guy.
How many pitches has Phil thrown? any chance we see him start the 7th?
Exactly 100. I’d let him start the inning and see what happens. TO’s 7-8-9 are due up.
So does Girardi bring Phil back out for the 7th?
Yes, bottom of the order.
Yeah, Might as well go batter-to-batter agains the bottom of the order. He hasn’t been struggling that much besides getting beat by Bautista and Encarnacion and Lind’s cheapie homer.
Need a HR here.
Swish just got a hit vs a last-place team. Nice.
You’re particularly frisky tonight.
You people are so easy. No sense of humor or sarcasm. Lighten up. LOL.
I was just pointing out the fact that you’re posting more often than normal and trying to get a rise out of people.
I just ignore you for the most part.
I usually do too. Not sure why I took the bait tonight.
Rainbow Connection is feeling extra attention whorish tonight, apparently.
It’s only a game.
Good God Ibanez.
That’s what you get with a sinkerballer.
Really no golden opportunity for either team. That was the closest.
Carlos Quentin would have gotten a hit against this last place team there
Word.
RISPFail: Even when you’re winning lots of games, still makes you want to tear your hair out.
1-5 I think. Not crazy bad, just below failure.
.200 BA
.250 and below is failure. But with the logistics of percentages, it is just below. (1-4 is ,250)
.250 and below is failure. But with the logistics of percentages, it is just below. (1-4 is ,250)
Dude, 1-5 is pretty bad. One more hit WOULD have been a big deal. Would’ve meant a run.
This is meant for Greg, of course..
But there are different levels of failure. Crazy bad is 1-11 or 0-10.
I never said “crazy bad” though. Plain old “bad” is frustrating enough.
I don’t know about Hughes facing JP.
First pitch swinging are we?
Remember guys, if you say “last place” after anything the Yankees do in this game it immediately makes the achievement not matter.
Hughes 6.1 innings, 2 runs? Doesn’t matter, last place.
Got a hit? Doesn’t matter, last place.
Made a great play that preserved the lead? Okay, but it shouldn’t have been necessary because the team you’re playing is in last place.
Try it! It’s fun!
Let’s just stop with the last place thing. The Blue Jays aren’t your typical last place team. This isn’t the Cubs or the Padres. And even if it was those teams could still beat us in a random 3 game series.
Perhaps turning on your sarcasm meter would help.
(Yes, this was sarcastic.)
you should get your sarcasm reader checked =P
Exactly! Thanks for clarifying. Over-explaining is the most important part of a joke. You’re a bright chick.
*High Five*
See? Rainbow Connection and me? We’re on the same page here.
Okay, except for the part where he thought I was a chick. But other than that!
And you’re a troll.
i hope cashman bluffing, but the yanks need 2 bsts, lf and dh, could be a 3rd baseman.
i know market is thin, but ibanez just isn’t any good, farm system has nothing at the high levels that can help.
cashman so far has failed the offense this year
Cashman failed!!
This is a crazy line of thinking, but I mean it’s your right to be crazy I guess.
??
One of the best offenses in baseball.
Some people will never be happy. I’d love to see what people like him would be saying if they were fans of almost any other team.
Cashman is such a failure that his team has an eight-game lead in arguably baseball’s best division.
phew, pushed Hughes through 7 and escaped unharmed after the double.
Gotta be good for his confidence.
Veerry Nice Job, Phil.
Get Hughes a freaking run here.
Nice job tonight Hughes. Now if the offense can put a run on the board for you that would be sweet.
Hughes did good.
Great job there working out of the lead of double by a speedy guy like Davis w/o the run scoring. Let’s get Hughes the win guys. I hate the stat but he deserves it.
one out double. but point stands indeed.
They need a win against this last-place team.
Word.
someone explain to me how Aaron freaking Cook is pitching so well for the Sox.
It doesn’t count. They’re in last place.
It’s his Grit Factor. He’s white, he doesn’t throw hard, and he’s playing for the Red Sox. That’s a +15 GF
Maybe in the offseason you can email Mike and convince him to let you write a joke post about your new statistic.
You’re not funny.
/RI$P
See!
Haha…That would be kind of fun. Playing stuffy teams like the Yankees automatically gets you a negative, playing for “scrappy” teams like the Angels get’s you a plus.
The joke posts are ALWAYS entertaining.
I’m sure his success is sustainable with that dazzling 0.61 K/9 rate.
Every piece of shit Boston has touched this year has turned into gold. Nava, Pdsednik, Ross, Ciriaco, Doubront, Morales, Cook have played way above expectations. They are a bunch of fucking assholes.
What was Martin looking at on 0-1? accoriding to gameday it was a slider up and out over the plate. Isn’t that like prime hitting?
He struggles against sliders, or so it seems.
best pitch in baseball
– ted williams
Can someone to tell Cano to physically stand on 1st base… and forget secondary lead, or even the primary lead at this point.
All tied up against a last-place team from a country with terrible health care and police on horses. Wonderful.
You’re entering the stuart a level of useless and repetitive comments.
Just ignore me, bro.
They’re playing for Queen and Country against yankees, i.e., Americans. They’re all celebrating their victories in 1812 this summer. The NYY are just playing.
Yankee fans just can’t get straight how excited the Jays get when they play the Yankees. Whatever punishments God may otherwise have ordained for them (“last place,” “mounties,” etc.), these all vanish in their win-won-for-the-country mode. This is particularly true when the Yanks go up to Toronto.
Terrible health care?
Jeter vs. righthanded groundball pitcher has been predictably groan-worthy.
In 2009 I am 100% confident we are winning this game.
Now, 60-40, I think
I can say with close to 100% certainty that you were not 100% certain in 2009 we would win this game.
Greinke scratched to ‘recharge’ batteries? Good luck playing in NYC, bud.
He started 3 games in a row, he’s tired.
or he’s on the move.
Phil Hughes can’t even get a win against a last place team. What a schmuck.
Sweet play.
Great play!
Oh my
that was an epic play by Cano
Nice job Robbie’s!
This is a scary matchup.
Apropos what I said just above, WERE Bautista to pop one, there would be risks of mass aneurysm and heart attack brought on by sheer joy and excitement, all the way out to Vancouver Island.
What a play!
YAY!
Oh he hurt his hand
DRob broke Bautista.
Bautista broken.
I guess he quit roiding.
- RAB commenters
Wow would you shut up already?
Well, you’re an RAB commenter. Oh, I get it.
I think I’m clever.
-RI$P FTW
That doesn’t look good for Joey Bats.
That’ll make the rest of the series, and maybe season, a touch easier.
Yeah I guess, but this team is always in scoring position too.
If I were you, I would sacrifice a sheep (or your pet dog) on the altar of the Goddess Nemesis. Do it right now, please!
Damn that sucks. Bautista is fun to watch when he’s not playing the Yankees.
WTF just happened to mlb.tv?
“Unable to play content. Could not access selected content. Please try again later.”
Right after Bautista apparently got hurt. Anyone else with this?
Never mind. Reloaded it and it’s all good.
USA chant? Idiots.
They MIGHT have shown the US-Brazil game on the screen. Just a remote possibility.
Suddenly the commercial about tendons breaking down because of steroids comes to mind
Thanks for making my point.
Your right, I guess a guy who had 74 him runs in six seasons just shows up one year with 54 because he adjusted his swing. Only a 41 homer difference from the season before.
And of course he walks the pinch hitter
Robertson is so annoying to watch. I want him traded.
Bummer about Bautista. I don’t like injuries to any one. (OK, there might be an exception or two.)
I’d much rather see the best compete. Sappy, I know.
Oprah?
Oh, flapjack. Bless your heart.
Hearing that Joey Votto needs knee surgery and he’s out for a month
Torn meniscus, I think.
Damn it! My fantasy team is in trouble now.
You’re hearing that? From your intrepid sources? The article that’s been on ESPN for 3 hours didn’t give it away or anything?
(Sorry, just bugs me when people say they’re ‘hearing’ supposed breaking news)
I just looked on ESPN. How was I supposed to know when it was put up?
Okay, no win for Hughesy. How about a win for Drob?
I would be all for finally making him as good as Cliff Lee.
Get him into the Cliff Lee/Chris Davis echelon.
Who the fuck is this guy? And the last pitcher for that matter?
RI$P FTW/Rainbow Connection’s style of trolling is getting more sophisticated. He tries to pass himself off as semi-serious by pointing out that he’s “joking” when people get too annoyed at him, and making the occasional semi-intelligent comment.
This serves as a semi-clever front where we give him just the slightest bit of give before we snap at his next episode of trolling. It also allows him to easily deflect criticism. If we call him out on obvious trolling, he can act righteously indignant because, hey, he was just joking!
I think we should do with him what we did with bo, troll of legend, and adopt him as sort of a pet. When he insults people we could say, “Oh, that’s just Rainbow Connection. He’s just our pet troll. He growls a lot, but he’s harmless.” That way instead of annoying us he’ll become a sort of blog mascot. Like bo.
That’s more or less that’s happened to stuart a as well. Works for me.
And “feeding the troll” also gets an entirely new meaning!
Whatever helps you sleep. Keep on truckin’.
Is it time for another Arod stealing 3rd base special?
Nice gift, all we need is a single Robbie.
Heh. Well, we got it.
Cano launches one here
let’s go robbie!
i helped
That’s a last-place error right there.
Except it was a hit.
Home cookin’ at it’s finest.
Not really.
That was clearly a botched transfer. No clue what Kay and Pauly are talking about
Even if he comes up with the ball, I doubt he is able to get Cano at first.
Initial reaction: Ugh
Second reaction: Whew
Third reaction: Dammit
No DP’s, Tex.
So they are now 2-6 with RISP
*against a last-place team.
Technically.
Anyone miss stuart? Anyone…
I work with him. He’s actually a funny guy.
The world makes so much sense.
Yeah, where is the little guy? I thought someone took him to the park to get a little exercise, but it’s dark out now. I’m worried.
RISP Fail >>>>>>>>>> Jut say “No”.
Ortiz hurt too. Bad news comes in threes for sluggers today. Votto, Joey Bats and Big Papi
How did Papi get hurt.
Running (“running) the bases, pulled up lame coming into home. That’s what tweeter tells me.
more like trotting (HR)
Good
That helps the Yankees too. Don’t really care about Votto, but the other two are enormous difference makers (if they’re long-term things).
This has got fake to 3rd, throw to 1st inning ending double play written all over it.
please get a run here
Alright A rod and Cano, don’t get Nelsoned
That was a good 2-0 swing.
Tex is charging the mound! Oh wait…
weak
Yay for that shitty luck.
This is it. The Golden opportunity has arrived
Two huge breaks for them. C’mon swish, fly ball at at least
Epic at bat Swish.
Now finish em.
That was a great pitch.
Swisher does all that, all for nothing.
Shit.
And he just stood there again. Worthless.
Really swish?
I can’t blame him for that one. 3-2 with the bases loaded and the winning run at 3rd you can’t be thinking breaking ball
Omg what fail Swish!
That was a hanger man!
ill take it, was convinced he was hitting in to the dp there
lol
Went offspeed and froze him
Very tired of Suzyn talking about the Blue Jays throwing “beautiful” pitches.
O’Neill is absolutely right. That was a great pitch
Come on Raul
Turn it back to April when you carried us for a while.
Raul was more than happy to oblige.
Just poor hitting.
Are you kidding? He froze him with offspeed. Even people on here are saying it was a great pitch.
You need to stop with these ridiculous justiftcations.
He got a hanging slider 2-2 and fouled it off, fouled off a 2-2 fastball that was up (and should have been at least a flyball)
You need to stop looking at the last pitch of the AB and say tip your cap… try looking at the entire AB and not just the final pitch and assume if that was well located or fooled tha batter then it’s “hat tip” time.
I’ll agree with Greg. He made it to a 3 ball count then was frozen by a great pitch. It wasn’t a bad ab.
RISPFAIL: PWNED
KNEEL BEFORE THE COUNT!
Booooooooooom mother fucker
turning back the clock to april!!! now please dfa him
Wooooohooooo!
Swing the bat…. that’s what happens when you swing….
Why the hell haven’t they DFA’s Ibanez yet?
RAUL!!!!
professional baseball player.
The streak is at 40!!!
Ibanez bailed out Swisher’s ass.
RAUL!!! VOLDEMORT FTW!
OHHH MYYYYYY.
IBANEZ!!!!!!
Welcome back to May!
awesome. I love grand slams
RAUL!!!
FUCKING RAUL!
KNEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL.
Too many home runs!!1!11!
That was awesome.
its crazy how wrong i was about lord voldemort
Holy mother fucking Voldemort! My hero!
VOLDEMORT…..GOES YARDEMORT!!
Do Raul’s “mirage” homers and rbis count the same as real ones?
Remember that this will not work in the playoffs. Amirite?
yup. homeruns, ESPECIALLY grand slams, won’t help you win in the playoffs.
Each of them only counts for half a run. Only a third of a run in the WS.
Well, this was against a last place team…
I’d rather Brett Gardner hit that GS.
Brian, didn’t you want this guy out of here?
Still do.
Rally-killer!
We’re coming, 94 Indians.
thank you based ibanez
Down goes Frasor!!!
Awesome! Nicely done.
That was a good line.
Still sucks.
Bah if only the Red Sox were losing, the Yanks could gain a game on the entire division tonight.
Not that it’s a big deal, the division cushion is pretty nice right now. But would’ve been cool nonetheless.
Well the cushion gets bigger with Baltimore losing.
Well, if the Rays win, it’s a +.5 gain, not a +1 gain.
I (we’ll?) see if Cleveland can hold on. I don’t expect it, because the Indians are awful at Tropicana Field. Yankees-like bad.
I think I’m going to root for Wild Card teams except when they aren’t playing the Yankees. I do not want Boston to make the playoffs.
Even if Boston makes the playoffs, they will have to face LAA/TEX in a one game playoff.
the gs was awesome, but it’s not like he’s a superstar all of a sudden. he has been playing like crap for the last two months, this is awesome, but it doesn;t erase the last two months.
He’s not a superstar. He’s been very servicable, especially in clutch situations as Kay and O’Neill noted.
i do believe in “clutch” hitters to some extent, and he has done a great job of that, no doubt. but that doesn’t mean i want to see him play pretty much ecery day in, especially in the field, where he is just not good at all. nonetheless, the grand slam was nice
I agree with you. I think the playing time has led to his struggles.
I just don’t see the upgrade baring a trade. Maybe Branyan or Cust for the bat, but they need an outfielder. I supposed there’s Dickerson, but someone needs to be cut from the 40 man for that to happen and with Gardner’s set back, I think the Yanks value the depth.
That being said, I’d like to see some kind of trade.
Exactly. I think the amount of playing time has led to his struggles. We need a starting left fielder with Ibanez getting DH duty and occasional outfield duty.
He was hitting 318/348/455 this month before today – not exactly playing like crap.
He is what he is – weak defender, slow baserunner, virtually useless vs. LHP, and slightly above average vs. RHP.
This. I have no problem with this out of a platoon LF/DH guy.
Really only one month. June was horrid, but May was terrific and July thus far has been very good. Hopefully he’s getting June out of his system.
Oh Russell, you tease
at this rate, the Yankees might finally get to play a team under 500
Boston won 5-1. Ciriaco 3-4 tonight. Ciriaco reminds me of the Burmese women that use brass coils to stretch their necks.
Guess who was on the bus (actually walking home from the bus) during yet another late inning rally to potentially win a game?
Bob Saget?
lmao
SAGET YOU ROCK, YOU SUCK DICK FOR COKE!!!
“Dad, I thought you were a comedian?”
“No, you heard the man honey, I suck dick. For coke.”
I really have to give that show a shot. I asked for season 1 on DVD for christmas a couple years ago but my sister is cheap and found season 3 in a discount bin.
It got a little lame in the last season or two, but the first several are amazing.
Get back on the bus, Riddle.
Erica isn’t here, so I can only assume she is changing her adult dieper right now.
Joe Girardi got the memo to try to pump up Soriano’s save total so he opts out.
I’m all for it.
Me too.
As am I. It’s a win for everybody. He saves close game, to hopefully help us win the World Series, which allows him to opt out and get a huge deal somewhere saving games with a nice saves total and a world series ring on his resume.
Helps my fantasy team as well.
MFIKY
Looks like Eppley got that memo too.
Yeah, one-out saves are better than 2-out saves, but good enough.
Good call.
Loved the salami
We might need the 4 run padding here
I normally hate the “we have 27 rings” response to criticism, but I covet that got rings? tshirt.
I’m tired of that “we have 27 rings” response, too. Hopefully later this year it will be upgraded to “we have 28 rings.”
That play was all kinds of fucked up all around.
Mutha Fucka I Keeeeeeeeel You.
Remember, Bautista’s out
Holy shit this is getting hard to finish.
Um this game isn’t over.
unbelieavble that this is going to be close
Well damn Lawrie thanks for the help.
I’ve endured hundreds of these damned late inning things since 1952. Can’t stand it no more. Turning off the tv.
Why don’t these umps want to go home?
mcclellend is such a douche
UN FREAKING TUCK
Great win Yanks.
Soriano is a prick.
He even looks mad at God when he does his little crossy thing.
But he’s our prick.
UNTUCK
Rasmus pulled a Swisher. Thanks!
Hell of a game.
Good game, leading to a “violent” untuck by Soriano. Seemed annoyed.
I think he was pissed at McClelland for not giving him that slider on the oustide corner.
Not sure. Just seemed more aggressive in his untuck. Was that a save for him?
Yes.
YEAH.
UNTUCK
UNTUCK is fine. Just as long as he doesn’t escalate and remove his jockstrap.
It was like mega MFIKY time. He’s just going to punch some random teammate out tonight.
Congrats to D-Rob for finally becoming as good as Chris Davis and Cliff Lee!
Don’t forget Chad Qualls!
I’ve grown really fond of MFIKY. Like fond to the point of thinking “hmmm maybe he signs a 1 year big money deal next season, Mo does his comeback tour, retires, and then we resign Soriano.”
O’Neill just noticed MFIKY was angry
I can’t believe they showed guys in flip flops. Ack.
For all the RISP fail comments that have happened, the fact that Yankees are consistently scoring at least 3 runs a game is HUGE. I mean, the Yankees dont blow out teams but they score just enough runs to win all the time. For me, at least you dont have those games where the Yankees get shut out and have no chance of winning. At least 3 runs a game gives the Yankees a strong chance in every game when they are averaging 5 runs a game. Take a step back ledge jumpers and see that unlike every team in baseball, the Yankees offense is the most consistent offense in the game constantly scoring enough runs to support the pitching staff. Thats all that counts, I dont give a shit of how they score those runs but they put runs on the board every night.