Game 90: CC’s Back
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The Yankees have had awful lot of injuries to high-profile pitchers this season, including long-term injuries to Michael Pineda, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte. CC Sabathia‘s groin strain was, thankfully, not as severe and he’ll return to the rotation tonight after missing just two starts. The timing worked out well for the team because the All-Star break probably saved them like two starts from a non-Sabathia guy. With a chance to push the division lead to double-digits (!), here is your lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Nick Swisher
LF Andruw Jones
3B Jayson Nix
C Chris Stewart
LHP CC Sabathia
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on My9. Enjoy.
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Hey la, hey la. CC’s Back.
‘Cause he’s kinda big and he’s awful strong . . . Hey la hey la . . .
Ah, to be a backup singer. Screw the 3 degrees . . . .
So the Marlins may be in sell mode soon. Anyone of attainable interest?
The Marlins won’t be selling in the first year of a new stadium with their past history of completely losing the fanbase following conducting fire sales after winning a championship. It would be complete suicide. Not happening.
ADDENDUM: They won’t be selling the parts people are bound to say they want the most.
It will be laughable. I may interest in Emilio Bonifacio.
Handley Ramirez please.
Mike Stanton would be a nice stopgap option in RF for next season.
He hasn’t even reached his arb years yet. He’d be more than a stopgap.
And the Marlins won’t trade him anyway.
Check your sarcasm detector.
It failed me.
They actually said they’d listen on Stanton trade proposals so I’ve been playing “what-if”. It’s not like it’s going to happen, but I imagine they’d like to see if someone gets really stupid and sends over an unbelievable package that they can’t refuse. Odds of him getting traded are still near zero, but it’s fun to imagine.
Like I said, a fire sale would be about the stupidest thing a sports franchise not named the New York Knicks could ever do.
Just even the fact that we’re hearing rumblings of them being willing to listen is unbelievable. What an incredibly idiotic franchise the Florida/Miami Marlins are. They never learn. Fuck them.
What’s that sound?! THERE’S A BIG MAN COMING THROUGH.
Sabby’s career against Blue Jays is 3-12 6.13.
And he will pitch against the team without home run king. Ought to mow them down for 7 innings. Is that what you want to hear?
Umm.. 12-3 with a 3.16.
It wouldn’t surprise me to hear that, in yoobooland, he actually is 3-12 with a 6.13 ERA.
Me neither. There’s also apparently some character named “Sabby” in yoobooland…
let’s do it carsten
Amazing yanks looking for relievers they have Joba back soon 98 on the gun today, wtf cashman with a smoke screen.
Trading deadline is in two weeks. They’re going to be monitoring everything. Doesn’t mean they make a deal.
If this year’s version of Kerry Wood a few years back becomes available for a bag of balls, you don’t bite, even with Joba coming back? Come on.
No Hughes will be in the pen come playoffs rather have ichiro for a few months rental.
Not sure Ichiro is an upgrade over any of their current starters at this point, at least not offensively.
yeah, Ichiro, with his incredible .302 OBP the past two season. No thanks.
Ichiro at yankee stadium would get a lot more hits and he can pull the ball into the short porch.
The short porch won’t matter, he can’t hit the ball in the air that far.
Ichiro plays great defense so he might be a nice cheap stopgap option next season but yeah we don’t really need him this year.
I’d much rather have Tori Hunter.
385 obp in NY. Leadoff hitter with speed.
Most of that OBP came when he was one of the best hitters in the league.
Hey look, it’s CC being downright beastly.
The short porch won’t matter, he just doesn’t want to hit the ball in the air that far.
Fixed that for you.
what’s wrong with cc’s back?
It took me a minute. Damn over work.
Why is A-Rod DHing again? Someone else needs a turn.
He’s been on fire as a DH.
stiff neck. Also, who would you rather DH against a LHP?
Jeter.
And who would play short?
Nix.
Good point, not really too important though.
This was met for Brain’s “Jeter” comment.
Does stuart have an opinion about this?
AL East folding like a lawn chair. Yankees running away with it.
I’m enjoying this simile.
Yeah, I missed this guy.
You can tell the Blue Jay telecast is a Canadian product. It reminds me of 1990′s CNBC or maybe 1980′s “You Can’t Do that on Television.”
I don’t know!!!
“Whaddya thinks in the burger?”
Ahhhh!
I know we’re supposed to repeat the mantra of “RBIs DON’T MATTER,” but Jeter with 26 RBIs is still making me sad.
Doesn’t help without Gardner absent from 9 spot and either Martin or Stewart down there.
With*
Very true.
Be careful out there, folks!
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Oakland may give us Coco Crisp for a A prospect.
Career OPS+ of 93 and 68 this year. Owed another $3M this year and $8M next year (including the $1M buyout). It’s nice that they want an A prospect, but I wouldn’t give them one.
Another HR for Mark Trumbo. That dude’s a beast.
HGH
No way was that a strike.
Lawrie is good at baseball.
Off topic, but has anyone noticed Jesus Montero’s splits:
While catching, he’s hitting .315 with an .852 OPS; as the DH, it’s .190 with a .503 OPS.
No Edgar Martinez he be.
I doubt it means anything. He should be used to DH’ing since he did tons of it in the minors.
I think part of that is because he catches vs. LHP more often than he DH’s vs. LHP, and he has a massive platoon split.
Not an ace.
Working with Robbie Cano? WTF, Robbie. Do not work out and help the competition. Period. And, no, not trolling.
Um… if they’re friends they’ll work out together; I doubt Cano did this with the intent of making the enemy better. It’s not like Encarnacion can’t work out somewhere else if Cano doesn’t want to with him.
Watch the sign steal here.
That’s only in Toronto. They have guys in the stands.
Jayson Nix is Batman
the Jays are really good at leadoff double RISP fail
Dear John Sterling-
What the hell is a “Joo-NELL Escobar?”
Whew, just got here…damn commute. Did I miss anything fun or exciting?
cc not being an ace
Aces never give up doubles to the oppenent’s cleanup hitters. Ever.
Isn’t Jacob Turner supposed to be good?
Robbie is just amazing
What comes after “on fire” because Robbie’s two steps ahead of that.
MVP caliber. Paging MSM.
“Nobody in this line up is having an MVP season.”-MSM
En fuego has a better ring than “on fire”, even though it means the same thing
Other than that, let’s get some M-V-P chants going.
Keep that streak alive, Robbie!
bad call on that 2-1 pitch… way outside
starting to not like this umpire
Home run Jones.
I win.
Yes you do
Angels are lighting up Jacob Turner – 7 runs (3HRs) while still in the 2nd.
I’m glad the Yankees are done with them in the reg season.
Not done with Detroit, though, and they’re finally playing like they were expected to. Not fun.
Sterling is now explaining the origin of his tortured homerun call for Andrew Jones.
That’s journalism, folks!
locked in!
I see Andruw is still hot!
Me and….me and Mr. Jones…
THE STREAK IS ON!
Jesus I hate Sterling. Feel pity on us, those with TVs.
Better than Chicago’s “He gone” Hawk Harrelson. He is a fucking annoying redneck hillbilly sounding SOB.
He’s only better than Harrelson because the Hawk is the worst broadcaster in the world.
Check the time stamp.
I win.
41 in a row!
It’s pretty crazy. I love it.
Nice when they get it out of the way early.
ANDRUW!!!
I am so torn. I love Brett Cecil.
Don’t be torn. I would really hope that you love to see the Yankees win more than you love Brett Cecil, unless he’s like, your brother.
Brett Cecil pitching well and the Yankees winning could both happen.
Sure, but if the Yankees beat the living crap out of him, you’d really be sad?
To be honest, yeah I kind of would
May I ask why you like some random dude on the Blue Jays so much? I’m just curious. I could never fathom another player that’s never played for the Yankees capturing my fandom to the point where I would be sad if the Yankees offense explodes all over him.
Me too.
Why in the world do you love Brett Cecil?
Batman
Batmobile lost a wheel
Man I love it when Andruw turns back the clock.
Too many homers, eh?
Is this streak even relevant?
It’s the 2nd longest such streak in MLB history behind the 1994 Indians.
It should be to the starting pitching staff. They know that in all likelihood, they’re getting 3. So if they nibble and don’t throw strikes early or pitch afraid and cough off 4 runs – they have noone to blame but themselves.
Sorry. It was a rhetorical question from me.
The Yankees always have a good offense. This offense is not better than recent ones, and in fact is worse in some ways looking at the lower OBP. They compensate for that with more power.
The record, though, is one of luck and randomness. The luck they haven’t run across a super hot pitcher, or in some losses feasted on a bullpen in the 8th or 9th when the game was already lost.
There’s nothing wrong with the record as long as the hitters aren’t thinking about the record.
Even Nix, everything is going right!
…well, it was, until he just did that.
exactly.. got carried away, I suppose.
Was surprised by Nix running. He seems to be a fundamentally sound player and he needs to be since he’s a back-up. Players like that can’t give a way outs. I’ll chalk it up to an out-of-character error until I see him do it again.
Damnit…I’m happy that Nix is helping in this case but now I have to listen to John and Suzyn felaciate him
What are they saying after that?
The whole “omg, everytime he plays he does something positive to help the team (never mind stealing third and getting thrown out)”
Reminds me of the old Alex Cora meme from a couple years ago.
Not that I listen to the radio guys, of course, but the general idea remains.
We both thought the exact same thing.
Time to fellate Jayson Nix and Chris Stewart.
hopefully getting caught stealing subsides the fellating
They got very confused after that. The caught stealing occurred only seconds after Suzyn was gushing that Nix “does SOMETHING every game to help the team win.”
what the fuck is he doing? fucking scrub
Incredibly dumb by Nix. He was going to bunt him over
There goes Nix doing everything right on the field again.
brett Cecil the Blue Jays version of Andy Pettitte….my ass lol
There was that one season where he absolutely owned us though.
Literally the first pitch I saw in this game was Andruw’s home run.
Um, why did Nix try stealing there?
Fuck you Derek. Stop making outs.
Sweeny just posted this on twitter: Jones+Ibanez+Chavez+Nix+Wise = 38 HR in 626 ABs.
pretty incredible.
Is it safe to say the Yankees have the best bench in the league?
I think so, but I am also not all that familiar with most team’s benches.
Is there any way Cano can beat out Trout for the MVP? Trout has the narrative and the WAR on his side :/
I think Hamilton’s still the MVP.
Sure he can. Still a lot of baseball to play.
For a Yankee to win the MVP (or Cy), he has to perform considerably better than anyone else. Like 2007 A-Rod. If it’s close, the vote always goes to the other guy.
A-Rod in 2005 too. Man, Rodriguez was such a beast in his peak. I wonder how A-Rod’s 2004-2009 stacks up against other six year peaks in Yankee history? Might make for an interesting post on a slow day (hint hint)
Wait for Trouts .402 BABIP to regress a bit?
It would also help if he developed an addiction and then kicked it, because that always is a good story.
I think it’ll regress, but not to 320ish. His numbers will drop, but not too dramatically.
It’s going to be hard to maintain anything above .350 long term (even with his speed). Though since the .400 is already posted he could be finish this year way above it.
But if it comes back to .350, that’s a 50 point batting average (which is at least 100points off his OPS – 50 vis OBP and 50+ off his SLG)
Did not panic at all.
The streak is at 41?
Man I hate how inconsistent the offense is one night it’s eight runs the next its only three. OVERRATED!!
Colby Rasmus reminds me of an Oompa Loompa.
As true as what he’s saying might be, I hate when Michael Kay gets on his soap box and tries to explain baseball logic to us.
I know there are the casual fans, so I guess he has to pander to them, but we all know the logic on the stealing of third, and when/when not to do it.
I agree to an extend, but like you said, there are the casual fans and also kids who may not be as familiar with such strategy. Gotta learn from somewhere. Hopefully those kids grow up to be RAB commenters though, I’d hate for all the future generation’s baseball strategy to come from Michael Kay.
Yeah, even now I like listening to strategy like this. I always like to keep an open mind about things. The kids have to pick up the nuances of the game somewhere.
Random, but one thing I would love is a camera you can control to watch the runners on the bases in order to see the decisions they make on the basepaths. Sometimes I would like to know when exactly a runner picked up that a ball was going to bounce off the wall, when they decided to go from 1st to 3rd, etc. Sometimes the quick replays they have or the camera angles don’t cut it.
pretty pitch
Rasmus never stood a chance.
CC the best.
You are irrelevant Rajai Davis.
So un-ace-like.
Adam Jones pre-extension = 958 OPS
Adam Jones post-extension = 769 OPS
Not that this really means anything, but I thought is was funny.
Didn’t he have a huge April-May and then fall off a few years ago too?
you could probably do something similar with almost every player on the O’s before June 1 and after, lol.
and the team in general.
Before June 1st= playoff caliber beast
After June 1st= laughing stock
His numbers are almost the same as 2009… he started out Apr/May on fire that year and he completely fell off a cliff the rest of the way.
I just recalled a silly memory from when I was a kid…in 2003, A friend and I were having an argument. I was convinced that Dontrelle Willis would be great for the next decade, and basically be the next “El-Duque.” He was trying to convince me that Sabathia was going to be an ace and a dominate pitcher, and even named his fantasy team The CC-Train to spite me. I don’t think I’ve ever been more wrong about anything regarding sports.
I thought Jeremy Hermida was going to be a star, like a full-fledged superstar. Basically the hitter Joey Votto is today.
Not the same Jeremy Hermida who is in the Padres’ orginization right? this was some stud that died tragically that baseball-reference doesn’t have, right? right?
Mike if I have to start questioning your abilities to scout talent I’ve got nothing left man!!!
It’s such a shame about Dontrelle.
It really is…when he was good, like he was in 2005 he was a lot of fun to watch pitch.
I remember him getting some crucial outs in that ’03 WS. Though I usually have to take a valium whenever I think about that series.
Fuck anyone that has anything to do with the 2003 Marlins.
The biggest failure of that series, in my opinion, is that the Yanks lost to Brad Penny (!) twice.
Careful Tex…good throw has him there.
Meh, three run lead, ace on the mound? I’m ok with taking risks.
I’m not knocking the decision to go for it, but it was much closer than I thought it would be, even with the bad throw.
Mike Trout would have made that catch.
A-Rod has crushed the ball 2 times.
Nothing to show for it
Ike Davis would have gotten hits.
Ike Davis would have gotten 10 RBI’s
Bad luck for Alex tonight.
Adam Dunn just stole second off of Lester/Saltamacrapinmypants
As long as it wasn’t a Latin player.
….WAT?
Weakest swing Cano has taken in awhile.
I don’t think he meant to swing.
Adam Dunn stole a base against Lester-Salty.
repeated for emphasis…White Sox should get a free run for that.
You’re both kidding right? Shit if he could steal a base against them, I can too.
no kidding…they are playing the game without second base b/c they sent it to the Hall of Fame. The Big Donkey now steals bases
They’re just paying tribute to Varitek.
22 HR out of the 7th spot in the order isn’t too shabby at all.
Nice job by Brett to get out of it. Sorry if I am bothering anyone.
I just want to know why you love him so much.
Must be those nifty goggles.
He is one of only two University of Maryland players in the majors (Justin Maxwell is the other).
I went to school there.
I take it that’s your alma matter. Still though, don’t root against the Yankees. I hope they hang 20 runs on the guy, just like I do any other pitcher they face.
I could understand if he was a truly great player and you admired him. As much as Pedro annoyed me, I was always secretly a fan just because of his greatness. I can’t dislike great players because I’m such a baseball fan.
Yet we’re talking Brett Cecil here. So unless you tell me he’s a personal friend, it makes no sense, especially since he pitches in the AL East.
As I watched Rasmus miss Tex’s ball, was surprised they didn’t insert Gose in CF. I guess they wanted to spare the kid, a lefty, facing CC in his MLB debut. He probbly would have caught that ball. He may have as good an arm as any OFer in the game.
Zach Britton is pitching tonight. I’m curious to see how he does. He was pretty good last year.
As much as I hate to agree with Ralph Nader about anything, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THERE’S A LOT OF ADS ON THESE RADIO BROADCASTS.
this. That and his absolutely correct point that the war on drugs is an abject failure.
+1 million on that one
One of these days I’m going to listen to an entire radio broadcast and make a list of all the ads. It might not be as bad if there weren’t so many ads for ambulance-chaser law firms.
Lol, post the list at the end of the game.
Wait, Ralph Nader has a radio advertisement complaining about too many ads on radio?
Easiest trivia of the season.
Guys, just remember: CC might be doing well, but it’s against a last place team. Therefore, whatever he does tonight is totally irrelevant, as is every hit a player gets and every run we score. They don’t count because the Blue Jays are last place.
Even wins only count because MLB has some sort of technical bullshit rule how every win needs to count the same regardless of the team. We all know the wins SHOULDN’T count because the Blue Jays are in last place.
Best last place team in baseball.
But this is a big game.
If they win tonight than tomorrow’s game won’t count because of the all you have to is win the series rule.
*all you have to DO is win the series*
No, you don’t understand. Even if we win the series it won’t matter because the team is in last place. Therefore every positive thing the Yankees did in this series is irrelevant. The wins are only a technical issue.
Pitchers designated as team aces should have to get four strikes against every team under .500.
Furthermore, those sub .500 teams should be allowed to play under rules similar to the Home Run Derby — every ball struck by a batter on them should count as a home run if it’s not an out.
For competitive balance, the pitcher on the sub-.500 team will be required to bat. Unless he doesn’t want to.
Doesn’t apply yet. Blue Jays won’t be sub-.500 until after the game.
In addition to his many wonderful, wonderful qualities, Bud Selig is psychic.
“Mr. Selig will let you know when you’re a sub-.500 team, young man.”
“Nobody has any idea what we’re talking about, you know that right.” John to Suzyn “I’m going to continue babbling anyway.(might be paraphrasing)”
It’s only a slight paraphrase.
Elena Verdugo.
CC’s pitch count in great shape. Hopefully he can go 7. I’m guessing we’re looking at a 100 pitch count limit. Would be nice if the O exploded so they don’t have to use the A pen arms.
Only 11 balls by CC.
Here’s Dayton Moore explaining the Melky-Sanchez trade…
“You want them all to work out, but most of the time they don’t, unfortunately,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said Tuesday. “It’s part of the business, you move on and you accept it. You continue to look for solutions.”
MOST of the time?! Poor choice of words. That made me laugh.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_.....assignment
Sterling: “Yanks got all three of their runs in one swell foop.”
HELP ME!
I think he thought he was being clever.
maybe, i just don’t trust him anymore for anything.
Faux John Sterling on Twitter is great. It’s difficult at times to tell the difference between Sterling’s crazy statements and the imitation.
http://twitter.com/FauxJSterling/
What’s crazy is, CC has thrown 54 pitches so far through 4 innings. 43 strikes, 11 balls.
Welcome back, ace!!!
Another home run.
I win again.
Betances went 6 innings tonight. 7 hits, 1 run, 5 K’s, NO WALKS.
Kenny Williams loves it.
Bullshit. lol trade him to the ChiSox now!
Someone mentioned trading for Coco Crisp on the A’s. I’d rather have Seth Smith. Just can’t see the A’s trading a bat for an arm since they need bats more.
Seth Smith was the Dominic Brown of his time.
Dammit Jones I fail.
That was a smart, gritty play by Nix. Now we just need him to jump up and down between every pitch.
You know, I wonder if Bill Hall regrets not taking the Yankees offer to play in AAA. He probably would have gotten the call to join the Yankees instead of Nix when Nunez went down.
I actually prefer Nix…just as long as he doesn’t trying stealing third with no outs.
Chris Stewart should probably try the same thing the way Cecil falls off the mound toward 3rd
If you looked up the definition of “noodle bat” in the dictionary, you’d find a picture of Chris Stewart.
Yea Kay, hooray for the 2nd wild card. Baseball is so much more balanced with Detroit and LA in the playoffs AGAIN. What a stupid idea.
What kind of crazy shit is Kay talking about? Guide it home? It’s freaking July. Nine games leads can go away. He once predicted the ALCS was over after the Yankees won the first game against the Rangers in 2010. He’s crazy.
He is a pre-madona bit*h. Does he even do road games anymore? The Yankees broadcast crew as a whole sucks. TV and Radio. The best people are the former players.
I’m pretty sure he only does East Coast games.
As a whole? That’s a little harsh. Cone, O’Neill, Leiter and Singleton do great jobs in my opinion. There’s no help for the WCBS crew though…
Agreed. Kay just throws the whole thing off.
He just doesn’t do West Coast games. He’ll go to Minnesota, Texas, etc.
Only reason he would go to Minnesota is because it’s late in the season.
Otherwise, only the really important games will he ever head west of the Mississippi to do.
I’ll never forgive Kay for that.
Just me, or is there jets flying over the stadium?
Come on, Jeter. Swing at strikes.
There has been RISPfail for the Yankees tonight, but it has gone unnoticed with the domination of CC.
However to be fair, two of the chances can be attributed to bad luck with ARod at bats.
one chance
runner was on first in his first AB
Derek is infuriating. WTF dude
Youuuuuuuuuuuuuk!
awesome
Youk just hit a 3-run bomb off Lester. That looks so weird!
Three run home run for Youkilis. trolololo
Youh homered! Haha.
*Youk
Youk with a 3 run bomb off Lester.
Youkilis is so much more likeable when on another team…3 run bomb off Lester!
what is up with Lester? he’s fallen off a cliff
His cutter doesn’t cut anymore.
He’s not getting his mid game fried chicken and beer anymore. His performance has definitely suffered.
“Skip makes us eat this weird raw fish stuff with sticks. What the fuck?”
Hey guys, did Youkilis homer? I didn’t see anyone mention it.
Come again…
I’m sorry. Missed this. I was busy watching Youkilis homer. Did you know?
Echo echo echo
CC was barely gone, but I missed him so.
A true ace would have a 15 pitch perfect game going against last place drivel like this.
14. One guy would have said “fuck it” and walked away before he threw a pitch. VERLANDER DOES THIS ALL THE TIME.
He’s just cruising along.
He’s been practicing his ace impression.
What’s up with Mathis? Didn’t he always hit doubles off us when he was with the Angels?
In the 09 ALCS, he did.
Only in the playoffs.
Anyone read OTM lately? I’m curious how many of them are engaging in mass bridge-jumping with Youk on fire with the White Sox and WMB shitting the bed lately.
Honestly, with the way things have gone for the Red Sox this year, I think they all saw it coming.
My favorite OTM memory was the way DRaysBay just shit on their lives last September. They would have members post gay porn gifs in their game threads and shit. It was professional trolling done right.
That’s fucking hysterical.
Yeah the people at DRaysBay waged a full out war on OTM. Believe it or not Rays fans hate them more than they do the Yankees.
I know all about this because I was an active member of the Yankees SBN blog.
I posted this pic of Robert Andino with the caption “Hi, I just fukd your season” on an OTM game thread a month or two ago and was banned instantly. I only created that account to post that pic there too.
Rays fans should love the Yankees.
The Yankees enabled those fuckers to reach the playoffs last year. Which was fine, since it was the Red Sox, but I would’ve hated it in any other case.
I liked how at one point all the regular OTM posters just started posting gifs of hot girls (different thread than the one you’re talking about). Every single one of them completely gave up on their own game thread, it was awesome.
Betances update. He actually pitched to two batters in the seventh and gave up a walk and a hit before they took him out.
Don’t know how to directly paste pictures into comments.
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Another hard hit ball that is caught.
Cecil is settling in nicely.
He’s at 92 pitches, so it might be too late.
No, not nice at all!
What at an unlucky day for A-Rod… hard grounder snagged on a great play, line drive right at Rasmus, and another line drive that looked like it was headed for the gap but hung up a bit too long…
Oh well, I’ll take 3-0 before good luck.
I’m still steamed that I had to allow my visiting mother to watch a half hour of one of the final episodes of her favorite telenovela and not CC.
My condolences. If it’s any consolation, you can look up a lot of videos of CC dominating and they’re all pretty much like this haha.
Andruw Jones casually catching a ball Raul Ibanez would have had to catch in a full blown sprint.
It bothers me when people say Jones is bad on defense. He’s still solid out there.
I was going to write the same thing. Someone here was lumping Jones and Ibanez together, suggesting the Yankees needed to improve their OF defense because of them. Jones is one of the greatetest defensive OFers of all time. He is nowhere near his peak, but he still rates as a plus defender. He isn’t someone you replace on defense. He’s someone a team tries to acquire to improve their defense, at least as a part timer.
So Boston is moving back to a five man rotation…and they decide to keep Aaron Cook?
Aaron Cook is on some vodoo magic. Just like all the other scrubs that have played for them this year. They get injured but don’t skip a beat because they have AAAA filler and waiver wire fodder turn into superheroes.
Trying to catch lightning in a bottle. They’re hoping Aaron Cook will be their version of Aaron Small, although Small’s performance was much more of a shock.
They have been catching lightning in a bottle all year. Nava, Podsednik, Cook, Morales, Ciriaco, etc.
CIRIACO IS A HALL OF FAMAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow CC has made Rasmus look silly tonight. (reminds me of what Pettitte did to Harper)
Bullpen phone already???
Off topic, but, will we get any updates on Brett Gardner tonight? I know he had the MRI today… don’t know if the media usually gets wind of those immediately or not.
I imagine something will come out on Twitter relatively soon.
That’s a medical issue, which is goverened by some very strict laws. It won’t get leaked until Gardner and the Yankees talk and then they leak it, or in reality release it.
You heard it from Michael Kay first everyone. Other than the 3 runs, Cecil has matched Sabathia 0 for 0.
And other than the 608 saves I’ve matched Mariano’s career perfectly.
Reply fail… not sure how this ended up here
Too bad. I got excited reading it quickly. I thought somehow laws were being created to govern what Michael Kay can say.
I posted this:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q.....s:43,i:216
At OTM, and I’m being hunted as a troll, and they’re begging the mod to ban me
Careful. If you troll, they will come.
We have enough Yankee-fan trolls. We don’t need Red Sox ones too.
I think they’re too miserable dwelling in self wallow to bother trolling us.
How are they going to know he’s a Yankee fan from RAB? They will probably assume it is someone from DRayBay
Using the jjyank handle may have been a tip off he was a Yankee fan.
Sure. But for all they know I’m from LoHud. We’ve had other people get banned from OTM before, I haven’t seen them try trolling here at all.
If you used the jjyank handle they’ll find you easily. Just put your handle in Google search and see what pops up.
See my comment below. What are Red Sox trolls gonna do anyway? It would actually be kind of funny to see them try.
Trolling in an art form. The fan of the worst team in baseball can troll and be annoying. They don’t even have to troll in favor of the Red Sox. They can be against the Yankees. As I said, half jokingly, we have our own annoying trolls, and they’re Yankee fans! We don’t need to add Red Sox fans in.
I’ve trolled from time to time, but never under my usual handle. So I wasn’t saying don’t troll, just don’t lead them back to RAB. I could find you here in less than five seconds. If I remember how OTM was set up there is a registration process, so it’s easier for them to ban you than it would be for RAB to ban any of them.
Other than that, keep up the trolling!
I’ve trolled on non-baseball sites a few times. It is an art form.
Stuart is fucking Picasso.
:: facepalm ::
So? Considering Tampa Bay is tied with Boston, I don’t think anyone at OTM would expect trolling from them anyway.
meh, who cares? Let’em try. What are Boston fans going to say? Remember 2004?
That’s what ‘Pesky0407′ tried to say when he was trolling last year in that one thread last October.
That’s my point, or part of it anyway. I’m not worried about Boston trolls from OTM because they have nothing to troll about. Hence why I didn’t bother to change my handle.
Besides, it’s kind of a habit to type out “jjyank”. It’s been my handle for everything since I played Warbirds Online when I was like 10 years old.
Yeah, it’s not like I linked them back to RAB or anything. Just dropped that Andino link and left.
Lol, I was banned for posting an article. Not that one though.
I do not support trolling on other blogs but…*Whisper* “Good job”.
Fight the good fight.
So many hard hit outs for the Yankees today.
Yeah, really they’re smacking Cecil around, just nothing to show for it… other than the 3 runs which according to Kay don’t really exist apparently.
I’m guessing because it was one of those unreliable home runs?
It was the rally-killing kind.
Cecil is showing tremendous grit tonight.
Put it back in your pants DERP. Not in front of everyone.
lol
You’re making me want to root against him harder.
Assuming Cecil is done, now would be a good time to tack on a few more runs.
You know even though when he went down and it seemed like he wasn’t even gone…I missed CC so much.
F-bomb.
Great Job big CC!
that’s a stupid decision… not even at 90 pitches.. now we get to see the weak part of the ‘pen make things interesting and then the main guys get burned yet again.
Really?
Yeah, really.
Cautious, yes. Stupid, no.
I think the Yankees and Girardi have a much better grasp on CC’s arm right now. Didn’t appear CC had a problem being taken out. He might have told Joe he thought he could get one or two more outs, which is a sign he feels gassed.
Dude just got off the DL, and you knew in advance Girardi wasn’t going to ride him hard tonight.
Pen did the job.
Nothing to see here except your regular Negative Nancyness.
I don’t think you’re giving enough credit to Eppley, Rapada, and Logan. Logan was lights out before he started fatiguing, but he’s rested more lately and should be effective.
I guess I expected him to throw 100. Let’s go bullpen.
And any time the offense wants to score more, that’d be great.
Some idiot in Minnesota just fell on to the field trying to get a foul ball.
Is he okay? Or is this another Texas Rangers situation and their dangerous ballpark.
No he was right behind the short wall near where the third base coach stands. He was fine.
Oh come on… I understand wanting to limit the pitch count for a guy off the DL, but this isn’t just some guy. This is CC, he’s capable of throwing 150 pitches. 100 should’ve been the limit.
I thought he wouldn’t be limited?
Stewie almost broke Tex
Tex, you beast.
I wish CC wasn’t taken out.
Haven’t seen Rapada in a while.
Michael Fast, author of the catcher study?
Doubt it, but would be funny.
Mike Fast is the man.
The guy who won the Yankee Toyota signed by Derek Jeter was named Michael Fast. I’m sure it’s a common name.
Actually, it would have to be a Ford, not a Toyota!
Don’t forget that it’s pretty hot out tonight. No reason to push CC. Long season to go….
Fair enough, but I think we were all excited to see him back.
Good job, Logan.
Everytime I see that name I think of Wolverine.
Kate sounds off tonight
Time for the offense to “Qualls-proof” this game.
If not it potentially means no Ro/So tomorrow and potentially Qualls as the first man out of the bullpen tomorrow.
Did Qualls nail your girlfriend or something?
And a revisiting of the “every time he plays he does something right” bullshit for Nix.
Expand to Central and South America?
Well, I would hope the Mariners never need to take a trip to play the baseball team in Buenos Aires.
Nix is Batman.
Stewart special!
Classic Stewie.
Error or double/triple?
double and error
CHRIS STEWART 4 LYFE
That was such a Chris Stewart hit.
Stewie!!
NO NOT POSSIBLE
lol @ 3B
LOL Chris Stewart. I’m starting to hate him less. His hits are just funny.
Exactly!!!
He looked so awful on the 1st 2 pitches too.
Jetey!
Chris Stewart needs to teach A-Rod and Russell Martin how to get doubles off of third basemen’s gloves, instead of just grounding out to third.
Pact with the Devil. Totally worth it. Soul? Major league hits? Take the hits.
Chris Freaking Stewart!!!
The hollowest .261 hitter in MLB history. LOL!!!
I’ll take it.
, Oh these crazy hijinks.
PS Jordany Valdespin just deliver his 3-run job against Papelbon by teeing off on Clippard.
His 3rd pinch hit homer.
Might have just saved the Mets season.
Meh. I look at it more like giving the Phillies hope.
Mets and Orioles are in the same boat: they don’t realize “there is no boat.”
I bet Chris Stewart is a gentle lover as well.
Wooo Yankees.
Let’s hope this Dyson never loses suck-tion.
Yeeeeaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!
He clearly doesn’t have “the proper amount of suction”
/Ferguson
uh ohhhhhh
I was out at a business dinner last night and missed the game, but what could be better for a batter than bases loaded and 3-1 count? And Raul jacked that fucker!!!
Pass Lou now please A-Rod thanks.
Bases juiced!
Sure is nice to smack around the Jays for once after getting smacked around by them these past couple of years.
Come on, bust this open….
It’s already done.
We’re Yankees fans, we’re greedy.
Yeah, they’re going to win. But I’m looking for 8-0 type score so that the main guys don’t even have to get up in the pen if the jays put a couple on the board.
Ike Davis would have hit a slam.
At least this time he got an RBI for it.
Holy crap is that a tough night for A-Rod. At least the Yankes got another run.
Damn, ARod has hammered the ball four (?) times now and has nothing to show for it.
Well, he got an RBI for that last attempt. Minimal compensation.
That was anti-climactic.
ARod hits the ball hard 4 times and is 0-4.
Chris Stewart hits a weak grounder to third and gets an RBI double.
lmao
So, do we just roll out Mitchell and Qualls and try to give Robertson and Soriano a break now?
Yes. No reason to burn the A-game relievers with a 6 run lead.
I would think so. Save Ro/So for tomorrow.
Rapada has to pitch one of the last two innings.
…and what about Mitchell? Is he still on the roster? A man kept around to be the long man should pitch ocassionally. I’m a fan of Girardi’s overall pen anagement, although I have never liked how he’s used the longman. He never uses them until the crisis situation when they haven’t pitched sometimes in forever, when he could throw them from time to time in games like this.
Mitchell pitched two days ago. Rapada hasn’t pitched since the Sunday before the AS break.
Dammit. So many fucking hard hit outs in this game.
If Swish goes yard here would it be Wise-proof?
I wounder what another team would think if a team brought in a position player to close out a big lead.
It’s astounding that they’ve put 6 runs on the board while turning this many hard hit balls into outs. Almost feels like it should be double digits at this point.
So Andrew McCutchen…
Sucks. Only 1 homer? Please.
This guy is an MVP candidate in the same way CC is an ace.
He’s really that damn good. How about Pittsburgh, folks?
It’s all because of AJ.
Just don’t…..:)
Michael Kay has the oddest food habits I’ve ever heard of.
Especially to me, considering my diet is more rigid than a brick wall.
Seriously, the dude is way past having a rigid diet into the realm of just being entirely disordered.
Thanks, 2004.
Tonight’s take on Russ question… Can u find my neck?
There’s the Jeff Mathis double.
Chad Qualls is awesome.
Double for Mathis. o hai chad qualls.
Yankees continue to be stymied by Jeff Mathis.
There’s the double. LOL.
Qualls looks like he’s pitching batting practice.
Leave it Chad Qualls to give up a ground rule double to freakin’ Jeff Mathis.
Jeff Mathis turns into Mike Piazza when he’s facing the Yanks.
….Paul O’Neil wants to hold down Michael Kay and “throw a banana in his mouth”??
Ummm…
Oh God, I wish MLB package gave me the Yes feed tonight
Horrible, awful, mental image.
Just pull out before there’s “condiments.”
…but will there be a condom?
Why?
Just why?
I have to go vomit now. And I blame you!
Eww, who eats mayo with bananas??
Like dirty mayo?
Chad Qualls is great because of wins.
I hate Qualls.
Qualls just helping create more save opportunities for Soriano. We should be praising him.
Smart.
Nah, let’s just end the freaking game already.
I wanted that shutout.
Cash will be shopping for a righty for the pen for the stretch run. With Joba also coming back we won’t have to watch Qualls much longer.
Why did they acquire him in the first place? So he could suck, but just not quite as much as Cory Wade?
Do we bring Cory Wade back up?
Is that his first Yankee K?
So is that a great outing for Qualls that he only allowed one run?
The Mets are snakebit at Nats Park.
That’s the third time (in two meetings) where they took the lead in the 9th inning or later, and didn’t hold on. Happened twice a couple months ago in one game (Harper walk-off), and happens again tonight.
Nice recovery by Qualls. I thought he lacked the ability to walk upright.
Hope Joe holds D Rob and Soriano tonight. We’re 9 games ahead and I’m sure he doesn’t want to burn those guys out. Here’s hoping Qualls can hold a 5 run lead.
Qualls = Gollum
To point out Jeff Mathis.
.175/.247/.300
But in 15 hits, 8 are doubles (including tonight) one is a homer.
Martin and Stewart collectively laugh at that slash line.
http://assets.sbnation.com/ass.....qualls.gif
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t take that one back.
Hahaha! I bet that’s really why Philly let him go.
That was like a day or two before he was released I think.
This is gold.
Seriously, I wonder what the fuck Carlos Pena and Fernando Rodney are looking at every time Rodney fires his arrows.
Their 9.5 game deficit in the division? Their wild card deficit? Certainly not anything involving the words “Rays” and “first place”.
Fuckers.
They are trying to find the one fan that came to the game.
I really want someone to hit a walkoff HR against him and have the entire team at home plate just shooting arrows into the sky as the batter crosses home.
Or do this on any game winning hit.
I think Wise could pitch better than Qualls.
I know Swisher could!
A lifetime 0.00 ERA and 9.00 K/9 just doesn’t lie!
What the fuck is Qualls still doing in there?
mop up duty
His mop is no good.
Gollum
Joba should be the one that tells Qualls he is DFAed.
Clay Rapada and Soriano starting to get loose.
Hopefully Qualls can end this before they really have to start seriously warming up.
I was waiting for Qualls to fall down before he made it to first
He’s trying his very best to create a save opportunity for MFIKY. Because saves are so interesting.
Qualls isn’t great or anything, but right handers have a sub .300 OBP against him this season. He’s not nearly as useless as so many seem to make him out to be.
Classic overreaction here with Qualls. Nothing wrong with seeing whether the vet had something. Clearly, he wants DJ Mitchell to remain in the majors past a couple of weeks from now.
It’s not under .300 anymore, and his over .700 ops isn’t really roogy worthy either. For example, Eppley is at .600 ops and he’s actually been getting lefties too. Don’t even look at qualls splits vs lefties. Qualls is pretty terrible.
For a middle reliever ROOGY, it’s not bad. It’s not great, but it’s not as bad as many commenters would have you believe. Not every guy in the bullpen can be an all star, and there aren’t many better options if Wade hasn’t turned it around yet.
i actually sorta feel bad for qualls. eesh.
Won’t be long before Qualls joins McDonald on the DFA list.
At this point, he goes before a Mitchell demotion for Joba.
Get that shit off my lawn!
Rapada for the lefties
One more baserunner until the obligatory Sori-padding.
Ask and you shall re…….plbpbbbppp
What does MFIKY stand for?
Mother Fucker I’ll kill you.
What i do to you butt head.
Seriously, DFA Qualls after the game. I don’t know who to bring up but whoever it is they’ll be 5x better.
Righties have a sub .700 OPS against him in 2012 so far. He’s really not that useless. Not a high leverage guy, but he’s fine for a middle reliever.
Unless Wade’s looking better, not seeing a point in getting rid of him before Joba returns.
What. The. Fuck.
You know EXACTLY what played into Rapada’s head right there.
I figure 40+ saves he opts out? Maybe it’s time for a countdown.
Good grief Rapada… up 5?
It’s not like he’s going to turn two on that…
Stat padding time.
Geez, 2 straight nights now that they should’ve been able to get through without soriano and the middle guys blew it each time. Pathetic.
Don’t worry. It was a strategic move by Cashman to get Soriano to have a 50+ save season and get $14 million off the books next year.
Was that Rapada? WOW is he an ugly man. Makes Julian Tavares look f’able.
Then what’s Dylan Axelrod?
Just google imaged him. Looks like Adam Carolla.
Fuckable, then?
Umm… Shelley Duncan?
I’d be kind of annoyed if this wasn’t helping Soriano opt out after this year.
Word!
Dammit Clay.
Major league stupidity. “The sure out” — it’s what you go for
6-0 lead with 2 innings to go and it turns into a save situation.
Thanks Chad.
It’s quite unfortunate that no sees this as the good thing that it is.
Unbelievable, up 6-0 with 2 innings left and we have to go to our closer.
Lost a half game in the ” style points” standings.
Enough of this, time for these MFs to get IKY’d.
Sterling really likes saying “utterly brilliant” with an emphasis on the “UTT.”
I’ve started a ritual for myself where at the end of each work day I aggressively untuck my shirt as I get out of my desk chair to head for the elevator. That’s right. I’m out here!
You should also try smashing a creampie in someone’s face when you win the big account at the last second.
There’s almost no way we get out of this without giving up a run, is there.
Or is there?
well done
I stand corrected. That was very closer-y of Soriano.
Just claim sarcasm next time. We’ll believe you.
Nah, I don’t mind being wrong every once in a while.
WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah Tex.
Only 4-5 pitches. No biggie.
This.
It is a potential big deal if it takes him out of tomorrows game or Thursday. Twice in a row they should’ve been able to avoid him and failed, and now they have a short turnaround for tomorrow.
I don’t think that throwing 5 pitches will make him unavailable for tomorrow.
Exactly. I look more at the amount of pitches the closer throws rather than the appearances.
But your idol, the man who can never do wrong, doesn’t. He looks at both, which means there’s a chance he’s ou, especially with the short turnaround and Robertson available to blow, I mean try, the save.
Possibly not, but you don’t know the way Girardi protest relievers, especially with the short turnaround. But, even if he does pitch, then he’s definitely out for Thursday and maybe even Friday too. Every appearance makes a difference and affects the subsequent ones.
Sparky Lyle …Goose…are rolling eyes right now….
Whew.
And since I was watching this game, I see the Nats AGAIN tied the game vs. the Mets. Unreal.
Game over. Untuck!!!
5 pitches for that. mfiky…
Lost in all this is the fact Clay Rapada needs to be sent to PFP camp.
seriously, or at least “Use common sense, get the sure out” camp
Good win, but joba can’t get back soon enough.
And that’s why you never see me join in on the Tex hate.
Just win, baby.
Untuck.
5 pitches and an easy save. I’ll take that.
Red Sox just lost to the White Sox.
Orioles are ahead of the Twinkies.
Rays beat the Indians.
jays just lost to the…
oh wait.
Fat Kruk must be crestfallen.
Walk-off wild pitch.
Classic Mets.
Mets lose on walkoff wild pitch. Lol.
And the Mets blow the lead and lose….
Bases loaded. Wild pitch by the Mets. Nats win.
Did I hear that the Mets lost on a wild pitch?
WFAN will be fun tonight…unless that extreme liberal douche is on instead of Steve Sommers.
I don’t know his name. He LOVES talking shit about politics, but when callers try to respond he hangs up. Typical.
Sounds like Mark Levin, only liberal.
Ayala allowed three inherited runners to score. Good thing he never did that when he was here.
Now they just need to bring in someone to strand the runners he let on so he can keep a pristine ERA.
The ol’ ‘David Robertson’?
Cheetos are good.
Thank the lord the yanks win again
The Lord isn’t busy worrying about real problems like starving children. He’s making sure one group of rich nerds wins against another group of rich nerds.
Nerds? Aren’t they the jocks who picked on the nerds in school?
On May 21st, the Yanks stood at 21-21. The starting pitching needed to kick it into gear.
They did.
They’ve gone 35-13 since.
Why did the Yanks sign Qualls, he sucks, DFA him now.
It was a trade, not a signing.