Game 96: Ichiro!
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So that was some afternoon, eh? The Yankees upgraded their fifth outfielder situation by acquiring maybe the biggest global star in baseball in Ichiro Suzuki, certainly the biggest who wasn’t already employed by the Bombers. He’s not the Ichiro of old and the Yankees are treating him appropriately — Joe Girardi said he’ll back Ichiro in the bottom third of the order going forward. I would expect him to sit against tough lefties as well. The day-to-day monotony of baseball can be a drag this time of year, but the Yankees really spicing things up for at least one night. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Raul Ibanez
LF Andruw Jones
RF Ichiro Suzuki
C Russell Martin
RHP Hiroki Kuroda
Tonight’s game starts a little after 10pm ET and can be seen on YES. I’m guessing there will be a few more New Yorkers staying up for this one, at least the first few innings. Enjoy.
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BANZAI !
Ichiro!!!
Can’t wait for the signs from the New York crowd when they get back home. Japanese media is going to go nuts.
..and it would cool, perhaps even more ideal, to have Ichiro bat 9th, essentially taking over what Gardner did. Speed and slap hitting back to back before the big bats come up. Let’s keep in mind the Yanks suck with RISP this season. Some of that directly has to do with Gardner and even Nunez being out of the line-up in that bottom three.
Orioles lost so we are not moving back today
“The Real” Greg?
There were two Greg’s in the Ichiro thread.
Had to do it.
Greg is the realest motherfucker I know.
Shut yo mouth!
Bite me.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, I keeeeed, I keeeeed.
I was going for Shaft. It wasn’t an insult.
Oops, didn’t get the reference at first.
Carry on.
Wonder how many Japanese media members are going to be on planes to the U.S. in the next couple days to meet with him in Seattle and then to meet up with him in NY for the Red Sox series starting Friday.
*Roid Sox
Roger Clemens. Jason Giambi. Alex Rodriguez.
Ichiro better get a standing ovation when he comes up to bat. He deserves that much from the Mariners fans.
The Mariners lineup actually looks good on paper. But then you realize that Smoak and Ackley suck.
Pirela with another double and triple so far today. But Mike still hates him.
Turley and Tracy each pitched 7 inning complete games.
LOL I love how if Mike doesn’t gush over a prospect he automatically hates him. Besides Eduardo Nunez I don’t think there’s any players in the system he hates with a deep seeded passion.
I’m at the game. Adams’ homer was a line drive over the 40 foot wall in left and Segedin has been ripping the ball all night.
And the fastest pitch I saw Nuno throw was 87 on the stadium gun.
Average age of players starting tonight is over 35.
You don’t think Yu Darvish is a bigger global draw than Hiroki?
Ichiro is going to add something we lacked in that Oakland series, someone who can scratch together a good AB, get on base and manufacture a run. He’ll be an upgrade defensively over the aging Ibanez and lackadaisical Jones. Great pickup. Now get us a catcher, Cashman.
What makes you think he’ll get on base? He’s barely done that all year. Martin has gotten on base more frequently than Ichiro this year.
At least Ichiro won’t ground into so many double plays as Ibanez.
No catchers worth a shit are available. I don’t think Ichiro is that great of a pick up. Five years ago, absolutely. But if he plays over here like he did in Seattle, he won’t be getting on base. I hope he just needs a change of scenery. It would be great to see him hit .280 with the Yankees and maybe get a one year deal for 4m from them to replace Swisher.
Gardner
Granderson
Ichiro
No doubles for you!
Ichiro is on pace for more than 3 WAR which is a little less than everyone’s favorite player in Nick Swisher.
But Swisher is still a much better player than Ichiro right now. Putting aside how much the fans love Swish, he is still a great player.
Ichiro played 10 more games and has a .01 WAR advantage. Swish is still better but Ichiro with his defense still makes him valuable.
And seriously do you know how epic it’ll be having someone with an actual cannon in the outfield?
Absolutely. The defense is why they made this trade. And some speed as well. Gardner has a decent arm, don’t forget that.
Talk about some great f’n defense in 2013 if they choose to resign him assuming Gardner comes back the same.
Better be Mays-ian x 3 for the combined 10 home runs you are gonna get in your COF spots…
But Grandy more than makes up for them.
He’s not what he used to be, sure, but considering what we gave up for him, how could you not like this move?
Plus, he’s hitting a lot better outside of Seattle this year (.297), so maybe a change to a more hitter-friendly ballpark will help get the average into the .270-.290 range. That’ll be more than enough considering the other things he brings to the table.
That’s what I’m hoping. I don’t think it’s a great pick up, but I still think it’s a good one. I’m not overly excited about a guy who probably won’t produce but hopefully he proves me wrong.
NO POWER FOR YOU!
1. Just got home from work. Or “work”. Dinner is cashews and diet Pepsi. Doesn’t seem very celebratory.
2. Russell Martin will hit better now that Ichiro is on the team.
What do you mean by “work”?
In my studio (artist). Classes don’t start until August 20 (teaching).
Wow. Girardi’s pure dickishness/tonedeafery never ceases to amaze me.
Ichiro should be batting 1st tonight and that’s not even a legitimate question.
let him get the first cheers of the game, they should be huge.
See how he does. If you want to take a one game sample and decide that’s the only time he’ll ever bat leadoff for you, fine. But I fail to see the harm, and I see all the good in the world. Ichiro’s biggest problem is energy (it’s bad).. DO most to inspire, not remind of bad things.
, Derek 2nd, Grandy 4th, Alex 6th, the rest you can figure out.
Is this a joke? He doesn’t get on base at all. Baseball is about winning, not letting someone get claps because he had a good career with an ex-team.
You realize that you’re arguing over one AB, max. One.
Would you agree that it’s a small enough sample size to maybe, you know, pay a tiny bit of respect to one of the best hitters in baseball.
History.
Personally I think it’s stupid because they have one job: to win. Ichiro hitting lead off decreases their chances of doing so.
Are you implying he won’t get an ovation if he bats 8th instead of lead off?
The good news is that honor and respect aren’t that important in Japanese culture.
It’s pure dickishness to not give one of the least productive hitters in the lineup more AB’s? Isn’t Girardi’s job to try to put the Yankees in the best position to win games?
Girardi and the Yankees owe him nothing at this point. Really, he could be batting 9th to put more speed at the bottom in front of the better hitters rather having his times on base often erased by Martin.
If light can’t even escape a Black Hole, what chance do you think Ichiro has?
You’re half right. There is nothing legitimate about what you are saying.
I don’t even know why because it’s 38 year old Ichiro but I’m really excited.
Same here. I never even cared for him that much when he was in his prime and I expect nothing more than .265 with a .290 OBP like he was doing in Seattle. It’s the name that makes you feel excited even though he won’t produce.
It’s something new, that’s often exciting in itself. It also helps their defense and gives them a little speed element again. Now, if he could only figure out how to steal first…
I got home from work and put on MLB Network and right when I turned it on all I saw was “Suzuki batting 8th for NYY.” I almost killed myself because I thought it was Kurt Suzuki they traded for. Thank God.
He’s about the only catcher I wouldn’t take over the Martin/Stewart tandum.
Yeah, Kurt has been terrible.
I know you’re a gamer so I’m asking you an OT topic. Have you played Portal 2?
I’ve played it, I haven’t played through it. A lot of fun, best puzzle game I’ve ever played. It’s Portal but with perfect graphics, and slightly less dark.
I got both in the Steam sale but I’m wondering if there’s a story to it. I’ve played a lot of levels of the first game but I’m awaiting on an actual plot.
It’s odd…there is a story…and there isn’t. It’s really hard to explain. Make sure you look around, like seriously, check out every nook and cranny of the game. And remember, always remember the cake is a lie.
There is no cake. EVER.
http://i23.photobucket.com/alb.....110000.jpg
I still have flashbacks…
I beat it. Very fun game.
A few years ago this guy was one of the catchers of the future. Now the only reason he has a job is because of his contract.
aw, dewayne. we hardly knew ye.
Nice start Cap’t.
Jeter will finish in top 5 all time for hits.
John Jaso …. while they’re in Seattle …. Ninja?
Can’t frame pitches like Russ
How bout compared to Stewie? I was thinking Russ/Jaso platoon.
(I know it’s never gonna happen)
Can actually hit unlike Russ.
Ichiro wearing #31, Dave Winfield’s old number that’s been used by a cast of dozens since. So no worries about him taking Bernie’s number.
What are folks’ thoughts around retiring Bernie’s number? If they retired Guidry’s, you’d think Bernie’s would be too.
IMO it should only be HoF players that should get it retired. It’s tough to be a player like Bernie but this is the Yankees, there’s a long list of those guys.
But since Bernie is a homegrown star I wouldn’t mind it.
Nah, getting a number retired should be looser than the overall HOF. It’s the team’s personal HOF. Bernie was so good for so long, that’s the harm? So nobody else wears #51? Plenty of other numbers out there for players to wear.
I think they might. Posada, Pettitte, Jeter, and Rivera although it’s already technically retired will all get retired without a doubt in my mind.
I’m kind of on the fence about O’Neill and Bernie, but personally I’d retire them both. If it wasn’t for Griffey, Bernie would have been the best CFer in the 90s.
And Torre.
It’s amazing, but ALL of those guys deserve to have their numbers retired. Each one really deserves it and not just out of sympathy or good feelings.
guys who miss the cut:
Tino
Wells
Clemens
Forgot Torre. The other guys are on the fence but I wouldn’t retire any of their numbers. Plus you can’t retire Tino’s number when they will retire it for Cano, right?
I say retire Bernie, not O’Neill.
You absolutely retire Torre’s number. I’m more inclined to retire Bernie’s number than O’Neill’s, but there’s certainly an argument to be made for both.
Absolutely Bernie’s number should be retired. He was a top hitter for four title teams.
Hasn’t Bernie not officially retired yet? It would be a bit weird to retire the number of a player who is still technically active.
I think that Pettitte, Bernie, Jeter, Jorge, and Mo are all going to have their numbers retired on the 4th of July the year after Derek retires.
God, I hate, hate, HATE Jon and Suzyn.
They’re expounding on how Ichiro HAS to play right field every day and HAS to hit up in the lineup! And how NOTHING could go wrong! And how Ichiro has had his numbers go down because he didn’t want to be the center of things!
Ugh. It’s like listening to your casual fan great-aunt and uncle tell you how the game is going over the phone.
I have no idea what’s happened since Jeter hit that single because they HAVEN’T BOTHERED to talk about it!
What’s the count? No idea! What pitches has he been throwing? NO IDEA!!!!
They are dinosaurs who entertain themselves but paint a HORRIBLE picture for the radio listener.
They are an embarassment – loathe them. How do Yanks put up with it?
Why can’t Jeter steal bases anymore?
Joba hit 100mph the other day
I think hes ready to join us for the redsux series.
too bad Youk was traded
A great trade with the potential to be awesome!
With the short porch at the Stadium, it wouldn’t surprise me if he out slugs Alex from now to the end of the season.
What just happened in the Mets game? The Nationals are suddenly leading 8-2 in the top of the tenth!
The Mets bullpen is truly tragic.
They’d probably be 10 games over .500 if they had even a somewhat decent bullpen.
No, it’s tragic if you’re a fan of the Mets. It’s entertainment if you’re a Yankee fan.
I’d forgotten we’d see Jesus this road trip
8 months ago if you said Montero would be batting cleanup and Ichiro would be playing rf in a game at Safeco I would have said……
Great!
I would have become a Mets fan if the OTC pills didn’t kill me.
Ichiro’s career slash at the new YS:
.380/.400/.560
Ackley reminding me why I dropped him yesterday, after a season of putting up a putrid .629 OPS.
Danny Espinosa, come on down!
Faquk casper wells Faquk da Diaz brothers.
Unfortunately, I kind of get the feeling that John Sterling and Suszyn Waldman are real believers in the theory that Ichiro could hit 30 home runs (but just preferes to be a slap hitter.)
heads up play by Kuroda to not just take the easy out
Good play by Kuroda! Took a chance instead of taking the sure out and it paid off.
I love that he just got rid of the ball ASAP — pitchers fielding the ball make me nervous (call it the Rapada effect.)
Montero shaves the goatee pleading for the Yanks to bring him back.
I actually like Sterling, but that rundown was not the pinnacle of his announcing career.
And that’s all I’ll say about that.
I started listening to the Seattle broadcast in the first, after my post above…I had NO problem figuring out what happened on the rundown. Because these guys aren’t an egregious sham of an announcing team.
That was the radio equivalent of a drunk chasing a butterfly.
Alex…god damnit man.
I see Pitbull, and bass boosted. I’m not even hitting play.
I don’t blame you. I’m not even a Pitbull fan, just thought the song was appropriate.
Fucking Arod
Alex, kill yourself.
Wtf arod not even close.
Alex is like “eff this man…if today is about any ex-Mariner, it’s me! ERROR…NOW!”.
That’s two throws this inning that could have ended the inning (Jeter had a tougher throw, but I think a good throw would have gotten Jaso at first on the rundown play)
I see Arod is starting off nicely.
Seeger
Turn the page
Banzai
I was so focused on Kuroda getting out of that inning that when the ball was lined to right and the camera followed it’s flight, my first reaction was “wait, who the hell is that playing right tonight?”
I can’t believe they gave Dave Winfield’s number to Ichiro!
I think you mean Javy Vazquez, MORAN!
LOL, Red Sox getting manhandled by Texas. I think they need to trade for JJ.
Please don’t trade me to them!!
Pull a Jake Plummer, just retire if we do.
just what the Sox need, another injury prone player.
Text pole has to be 1,2,or 4.
Ichiro’s greatest achievment:
6) Being traded to the NY Yankees.
Man it’s weird to see Ichiro catch fly balls in a Yankee uniform.
Does anybody else still think it’s kind of bullshit that Ichiro won the ROY but Matsui didn’t?
Yep. Yankee haters. It’s okay.
WS rings for Ichiro: 0
WS rings for Berrora: 0
WS rings for Matsui: 1 (and the MVP)
He’s winning right now.
Anyone ever been to Safeco? It looks beautiful on TV.
Yes. Great park.
Was there about ten years ago great site lines, but the trains that go by are anoying. Food was good. The retractable roof is great to see to.
I was there last August. I didn’t get a chance to see a game (they were on the road somewhere) but I did the stadium tour.
I have to say that it is a VERY nice ballpark and the tour staff were knowledgeable. I wouldn’t mind taking a trip up the pacific coast and watching the Yankees in Seattle.
There’s how you beat the shift.
Fire sale in miami
How much would gianncarlo cost?
The entire farm.
Banuelos, Sanchez, Betances, and Nova. At least.
Everyone worth anything.
To start? A healthy Banuelos, Nunez, Nova, Austin, Williams, Warren/Phelps and they might take your phone call.
But would he be great at YS3 and in RF.
Yes and who cares.
So would Bryce Harper. Just because you want a player doesn’t mean 1. He’s available or 2. He’s worth the price needed to get him.
back to back inning ending double plays…not a fun way to start the game.
Well Millwood is a ground ball pitcher nowadays so it is to be expected.
A DH upgrade would be nice too.
Great it’s DP night.
Still not a huge fan of making a trade that doesn’t change much, unless Ichiro turns out to play alot better the rest of the year.
We made the trade for the name basically, which is no longer a scary name.
Wise is the same thing, but we already had him. Average hitting with speed and a solid fielder. I think Wise got the raw end of the deal here, I knew this was coming, but I wasn’t looking forward to it.
I kept reading we were looking for OF help, but I didn’t want it. I was really content with Wise, Jones, and Ibanez so far. And aside from this last series against Oakland, things had been going great.
Ichiro better find his bat again, otherwise this was a waste of money and a semi-decent prospect.
Are you kidding? The trade was worth it for his arm alone. Stop trolling bro.
FUHKK MY FATHER FOR MAKING MY MOTHER MOVE ME TO THIS SHITTY STATE WHERE I CANNOT GET YES NETWORK AND HAVE TO USE MLB.TV THAT WILL NEVER FUCKING WORK ON MY LAPTOP AND HAS SHIT CONNECTION ON THE DEVICES
Thank you that was my complaint a more spicy version of the “gawd we need an outfielder relieer starter hitter manager bull pen coach bat boy”
Where did you move to?
Newark.
Redneckville, it makes me sick to look at these people or hear them talk *Shiver goes down spine* bleh
Is your internet connection that bad? I used mlb.tv in college (on my computer) and again right now (on my xbox). Never had an issue. Look into your ISP if it doesn’t work, because my experience has been very good.
My connection is amazing but on the laptop it freezes to much and the picture quality on the xbox fuzzes up
Dunno what to tell you. I live in DC, have mlb.tv Premium, run it on my xbox (HDMI connection) and it’s perfect. Ditto with my laptop, I occasionally watch on my laptop if there’s something else I want to see on TV, and it’s HD quality there too.
My preference would be the laptop because the xbox is far behind
Bring me the body of Justin Upton or I declare war on Yankee Universe. (I suddenly have a massive hard-on for that man, by the way)
He has a no trade clause to the Yankees.
It shall be for naught. By order of I his transfer to pinstripes shall be imminent.
I’m sure $$$ would fix that.
Isn’t that the entire point of a no trade clause? To create leverage for big market teams in the event you’re traded?
Maybe not the ENTIRE point. AJ clearly didn’t want to go to the West Coast. But that’s true for the most part.
Wow Colby Lewis out for the rest of the year. I guess we’ll be seeing them trade for a big arm shortly.
I could’ve sworn I read in the comments here that Texas had the right idea, not babying their young pitchers, cause look they’re all fine and haven’t gotten hurt…Lewis, Feliz, Lowe and I feel like a couple more have all gotten hurt this season.
Well, to be fair, Colby played in Japan for a little bit and Lowe came from the M’s.
The brewers might collect a ransom for greinke now.
Amsinger talking to R. Howard on MLB Network. “Forget your record, you know how to win.” Can people stop kissing the asses of bad teams? They are in last place because they don’t know how to win.
Amsinger is a tool and so is Howard.
He seems like the kid who was always picked on in high school.
Actually Howard isn’t a tool he’s just a fat slut.
ietc
And Pedro Cerrano strikes out to end the inning.
I say, fuck you Jobu.
Kuroda looking good thus far.
Calling an Ichiro bomb or something.
Has girardi called him
Ichy yet?
Suzuky
That’s already how his name is pronounced though! Should be Suzuki-ey.
goddammit now you got that in my head
Heh.
Was not expecting Ichiro Suzuki for a birthday gift!
Thanks Yankees!
Happy birthday! It was the least the Yankees could do for you.
Standing Ovation time
Classy
Wow, who didn’t see that K coming????
6 straight AB’s now. He caught something from Granderson.
This shouldn’t be allowed. Mariners fans distracting Ichiro from focusing on his AB.
What distraction?
You’re right. They should give him a standing O every AB now.
Ichiro!!
We win the trade.
Ichiro, baby!
And that’s what he does
There we go!
Ichiro!
Is it me or has Andruw Jones struck out a whole damn lot of late?
Yes. He’s streaky. Not in a good one now.
Can someone give me Ichiro’s numbers as a Yankee?
1.000/1.000/1.000
100% fielding percentage
100% in stolen base attempts
/retire#31
Cashman wins another trade with Jack Z!
Um, you realize Montero is playing this year and Pineda is not? Trade won, Mariners (so far)
Ichiro could have hit a homerun there but he wanted to hit a single because that’s the way he plays the game.
HELL YES. *fistpump*
Suzuki- hall of famer- batting 8th!!!!
Already a more successful Yankee than Pineda.
I laughed.
I cried.
BANZAI,,,,,,,,!
Sorry about Martin being up, Ichiro.
Reminds him of the Seattle offense…
millwood grooved that.
Retire his number.
SuzukiSAN !!
Well. There we go. Enjoy it folks!
Good start for the new acquisition!
definitely win the trade.
Damn look at this guy!
Ichy does it all baby!!!
We r going to win the WS bitches!!!!!
Boom
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE. Thank God my girlfriend is out with her mother, she’d think I’m gay because of the wood in my pants.
O hai Gardner.
I love this guy!
Ichiro is trying to manufacture us runs.
At least there won’t be a DP.
And there’s the stolen base, which negates the double play Martin would have just hit into.
I may be getting way too giddy about this guy.
Man, maybe I should pick up Ichiro in fantasy
Welcome to being stranded at 3rd Itch.
It’s nice to see Ichiro and all, but when can we be rid of Martin? Is there seriously no better option? Like, why not boost Sanchez up to the bigs? Could he really be any worse?
I miss Posada?
I miss Posada!
Corrected.
Not only could Sanchez be worse, they could completely torpedo his future development. That would be monumentally stupid.
Next trade will be for a catcher. Book it!
Here’s an idea. Convert Justin Upton to catcher. Done. They’ll make it happen. Just watch . . .
I’m thinking Ichiro. Imagine having a speedy catcher and that arm behind the plate.
He’ll be CC’s personal catcher.
I can live with that.
Only a good play by the second baseman could deny Ichiro
I hope that’s a preview of things to come…more Ichiro hits/steals, not leaving men on base (what else is new?).
That wasn’t Jeter’s fault. That was a good play by Ackley.
It was a weak ground ball. Does that normally lead to good results?
The velocity doesn’t matter. The placement is what counts. Ackley had to range a long way to his right to get it.
It was a tough play, but if Jeter actually hit the ball hard, he would have a better chance at a good result. You absolutely can fault Jeter (or anyone else) for making weak contact.
Actually, yes. Behind line drives, the second best way to get a hit is on a ground ball. Worst way is a fly ball. Jeter has made a career off of line drives to the OF and slowly hit ground balls, hence his high BABIP.
I’m pretty sure hard ground ball has a better chance of finding a hole than a weak ground ball. Just guessing though. Runner on second, IF hit doesn’t get the job done.
Ok…M’s announcers…”[The Yankees] have lots of players into their late 30s”
That’s false. Sigh. Why can’t any of these announcers know as much about the game as I do? It’s only their damned job!
Well they’re right that it’s an older team. They are a younger team. The older team is better than the younger team…by a lot.
Most of the team is like…31. Is that really old? Yes, there’s jeter and ARod. And Kuroda. I think everyone else is 32 or younger. Not young, but really not old.
I guess narrative is more important than reality
Chavez, Ibanez, Jones, Ichiro. Tex is nearing that area too, at the 32 you mention. Do they all not count?
everyone else is definitely not 32 or younger.
Ibanez – 40
Pettitte – 40
Jones – 35
Garcia – 35
Chavez – 34
Ichiro – 38
wouldn’t call them all late 30s either, however
You also have Kuroda and Mo (if you count him) if you’re including pitchers too.
When did gardy change his uniform number? oh wait.
Too bad we couldn’t have gotten Jaso out of them too.
We need a catcher.
He tried but martin and jeter suxity.
I got chills watching Ichiro bow twice to the crowd’s cheers. Pure class all around!
That was pretty cool to see.
The Yankees have not been getting any breaks all trip. That play by Ackley was another one.
meh, most MLB 2B make that play.
Just got in. Did Seattle give Ichiro a standing O when he came to bat?
Yes indeed, and Ichiro bowed to the fans, then got a hit and stole second. And I yelled so loud, twice, the cats ran for cover.
Awesome first at bat.
Oh boy, in a big way. Thunderous cheers.
The same way how democracy dies. IYWIM.
Yes, and when he took the field
I have a crush on meredith <3
8======> Me too.
Imagine if we resign Ichiro next year. Gardner/Granderson/Ichiro would be the greatest defensive outfield, ever.
Except Granderson is an awful, awful centerfielder.
“Awful, awful”? You lost me there. Very much disagree. He’s not great, but “awful, awful”? No.
If by awful, awful, you mean takes lots of bad routes but is extremely athletic and often makes up for bad plays with great ones, then yes, he is awful, awful.
Nah, the Mariners had the best defensive OF ever last year, with Ichiro, franklin gutierrez, and…really anyone else at all in LF.
Of course, they couldn’t hit. At all. And they were terrible.
braves’ outfield is better.
Is Kuroda going to get into a 3-ball count against every hitter?
Loves walks to guys hitting .225
Well since the Orioles and the Red Sox lost tonight, this game is an insurance policy. You want to break the losing streak but no more damage will be done tonight.
Nothing going the Yankees way right now.
I’m confused…do I hate you or not?
This game is going to be annoying isn’t it?
This whole fucking road trip has been annoying. Thank god the other AL east teams are losing too.
Martin washed up
Well I hope Cashman ain’t done dealing.
Well fuck. Would have been awesome if Ichiro had thrown Ackley out.
Misfire from the ‘arm cannon’ there.
Meanwhile Swisher’s throw is still en route.
John Jaso just stole a base….
Jeez…
Fuckin Teixeira needs to dive for that. And Russ fucking sucks at throwing out runners.
Kuroda and Hughes are both really slow to the plate, as is Robertson. Freddy’s pitches are all slow and he relies on a lot of breaking balls.
In short, except for CC and maybe Nova, Russ is usually fighting an uphill battle. Even the Seattle guys were pointing out that the M’s are stealing these on Kuroda, not Martin.
Nice throw Russ. Way to continue to be useful.
Of course it’s his first stolen base
They’re running on Martin now?
Kuroda more likely
Bouncing another throw didn’t help.
That’s more on Kuroda than Martin with the slow delivery.
Martin and stewart worst yankee catcher combo ever.
I think we’re going to have to endure it for a year or two.
I’m sure if you looked hard enough you’d find a worse duo but yeah, they’re pretty fucking bad.
Wyniger / cerrone
A week or two ago Steven Goldman wrote an article which had Martin as the (I believe) 4th worst starting catcher in the history of the franchise, in terms of TAv. Don’t know if he’s worked his way further up the list yet, but that’s pretty embarrassing. Of course, one of the worse seasons was from his manager.
Oh the irony….
Joe: Okay russel thius is how you fuck up eeverything,
That looked fair but w/e…
Trading deadline is in 8 days, and we need a catcher. Badly. I’m not looking for Posada-type production here – just a guy who can hit .240 and throw people out trying to steal will suffice.
I would take a guy who could hit .200 and make an accurate throw to 2nd
Wow hate russel martin more than burnett now, I think…
Can we steal Buck from Miami?
Well, at least Jesus sucks.
man has Montero taken some ugly swings tonight
Get David Ross from the Braves.
A team in the playoff race is trading a useful player because…?
Its a backup catcher. How much value is there in a backup catcher?
Seriously?
The fact you want a playoff team’s backup catcher to replace your backup catcher gives him value.
-.- then why did you suggest him?
There’s value in not wanting to a potential WS opponent any favors, and that’s not even the easiest argument I could make there.
Dude’s killin it this season with a 32% CS.
I wish we could get a clutch hit once in a while.
Oh my lord….
Bend over my knee while I spank you.
Can I just bend over?
Dear Yankees, can you please get to the business of beating the breaks off of a 37 year old with a 4 era
Tell that to the team he no hit.
You mean in 2002?
I mean this year. The combined no hitter. He did most of the work.
6 innings is not a no hitter. Not trying to argue, but many pitchers have gone 6 innings with no hit ball. My point, he’s old has a 4 era and the yanks should shell him
Was that us?
Nope against the phillies 9 years ago
No, not unless he was on the Houston Astros for the bogus team no-hitter.. No pitcher has no-hit the Yankees in who knows how long.
Ichiro, Gwynn, Boggs, and Jeter?
The last two are more guesses than the first two.
Question?
Four players since 1990 to record 225+ hits in a season.
Ichiro was a given.
It actually makes sense that the Yankees are struggling with offense right now because they had just gone on an historic run in terms of scoring runs. Now they are coming back to the median.
Yikes, A-Rod got really unlucky…then really lucky.
Alex, with the season you’re having, you should be hustling till it lands in the seats.
looked like he was hustling on the replay
Of all the things to question about A-Rod, hustle is not one of them. He runs hard and instinct wise he’s probably the best runner on the Yankees.
He frequently goes into HR trots on balls that don’t leave the park and then has to go into overdrive to make up for it. Other than that, he hustles.
Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln….
He started jogging for a second going to first.
This. Not saying he didn’t hustle once he realized it wasn’t out. but he should have been busting right out of the box.
Well I know what you’re saying — I assumed that is what happened when that play was inexplicably close but I just don’t see that in the replay they showed. Booth didn’t mention it either
Cashman: So John how would you like to be the catcher for the New York Yankees?
Martin: What about me? I don’t want to be a Mariner!
Cash: Pleaseee! You suck so bad they wouldn’t take you I am sending you down to short season so Tejada can teach you how to catch and the rest can teach you how to hit!
Where the f*** did the offense go?
And, well, not to necessarily agree with Stuart A but . . . y’know . . . he does make a pretty decent point. He’s an idiot to the Nth degree, but he’s right. You can’t keep batting ARod at 3, 4, and 5 . . .
And, yes, he did just double as I posted this . . . That was my intent, naturally . . .
Rabble, rabble, Stuart A’s an idiot, rabble, rabble.
The law of averages.
There’s that offense you were looking for.
big inning guys!
What is that? Our 2nd walk in 5 games?
Gotta love the Cashman trade. Brilliant. Got some quality, didn’t give up anything of real value. But if the Yankees lose tonight I am sure it will be his fault. Shameful.
Are you happy, your mom?
Very much so!
Yay…goodness!!!
Teix has been doing some serious under the radar mashing lately
More of that against this hack.
Aww shit, man on 3rd with one out. . . . . .
Both Ibanez, and Jones laugh at your fear.
RISP win
Lord Voldemort, going the other way. I approve.
RISPSUCCESS
Everyone gets an RBI!
You get an RBI!!!
And You get an RBI!!!
And YOU!!!
Rodriguez has the worst luck. How many warning track flys and doubles off the top of the wall has he hit this year?
A lot. I’ve seen a lot of balls that are barely missing.
I wonder if A-Rod only has gapper/double power now.
Not bad luck it is declining bat speed not able to move his hips enough and other things
I like this inning.
You should introduce yourself to Ro tonight.
Random thought: How good would an outfield featuring prime Andruw & Ichiro have been? I think you could throw just about any left fielder with the other guys covering the other spots.
So is Ichy his Girarid nickname?
God, I hope so.
Not it’s Suzy
No its Scatchy.
oh noes, trade is now a bust
Fuck those rally killing home runs. This is how I want the Yankees to score runs.
Ichy break it open now come to the darkside
BUST!!!!!!!
To be honest I dont think an Ichiro hit would have scored Ibanez anyway.
Well we got hosed again on a trade with seattle.
Russ is kinda slumpin’
Ha.
Fucking useless.
Well this is a lead that the Yankees should hold.
We lost the trade
3 runs and clear the pitchers, nice inning.
I’m starting to think I’d prefer Jorge’s bat and crappy defense over Russell’s crappy bat and meh defense.
Oh, it was never a question for me. And while part of it is sentimentality (he was the catcher my entire childhood) mostly it’s that I can’t stand having a near auto-out in the lineup. A few passed balls I can deal with.
In this game offense >> defense
Girardi/leyritz > martin/stewart.
Sadly yes.
God I do hate Martin this year . . . I nominate myself as the Yankee’s new backstop. You done, Russ.
There’s a Tex play.
Lance Johnson and Darin Erstad, two forgettable names.
And Molitor’s season came 16 years ago.
Oh well.
I don’t know if I’d call Erstad a forgettable name. Dude played a hell of a CF for a mighty long time.
Red Sox, Rangers and Angels scouting Josh Johnson. I hope they fuck themselves over and make the winning team overpay big time.
Contract the Marlins. Seriously.
And bring back the damn Orange Bowl. What a disgrace to sports it is that a historic site like that would get torn down to placate such a shit franchise.
Even if they don’t, those teams wont get much. Josh Johnson is having a crappy year.
Perfect example of not knowing what to expect after shoulder issues. Let’s see if he can recover. I’m a fan. Would love to NOT see him on any of those teams.
Cash should ask what they want for Buck.
Why?
Used to hit beter in AL way better defense than both our guys having off year but better than our tandem.
Russell Martin used to hit better as well. Doesn’t mean he’s gonna do it again. (Buck is probably an upgrade over Stewart though)
HIROK!
I am still am in awe of Cashmans ninja-ness. Amazing. Just when you thought the team couldn’t get older and faster in one move, BAM!
Ichiro is just a rental and they didn’t have to give up much to get him unless you consider DJ Mitchell the cream of the Yankee farm system’s crop. And it’s not like they’re gonna resign him after the season. He brings to the team everything that they’ve been missing in the absence of Gardner short of on base skills: speed, base stealing proficiency, and great defense.
It’s going to take a while to get used to Ichiro in pinstripes. Hope to get more of shutdown Hiroki tonight. I want to wake up tomorrow morning to a big W.
Kuroda looking pretty good early on. Just two mistakes
- Walking Ackley
- Pitching to the only major league hitter in the M’s lineup with a runner on 2nd (Jaso)
Too many 3-ball counts. Very inefficient.
67 pitches through 4 is efficient enough. He can get us to/through the 7th at that rate.
Agreed.
Damn, that’s a good looking ballpark.
Safeco? Didn’t go inside, but beautiful, with the football stadium right next door. Really an impressive looking complex between the both of them.
Nice town. Hard to really get to know as a tourist as they really do funnel you into the tourist section, with a lot of nice neighborhoods outside the center of the city. Getting outside it all and into the Olympic Peninsula (“Twilight” country) is awesome.
Rains 5 days a week …..pass
not really. it rains a lot in seattle, but nowhere near that much. still one of the best/prettiest cities i’ve lived in.
Didn’t rain once when I was there.
I’ll take Portland over it, though. Love me some Portland. I’ll even take Portland over San Francisco.
I really need to get out and see this country of ours.
Your time will come.
avoid the southern states, save for florida.
Lol, I hear New Orleans is fun, and the Carolina’s are pretty nice, at least the parts along I95.
I would have sex with that ballpark.
So I was thinking of the nicknames we have for the back end of the bullpen…the Jo-So-Mo’s and Ro-So-Mo, as well as the once used Lo-So-Ro and when chanted they sounded familiar. But I couldn’t place it. Then it hit me. Robinson Talapia, you’re going to appreciate this. It reminded me of when the 10th Doctor goes before the Shadow Proclamation in The Stolen earth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llb4_dSUvIs
Hahaha.
My wife is the big Doctor Who head. I’m just along for the ride.
Nancy Newman: “Mike Napoli has been hitting a lot of homeruns lately.”
He has 3 homers in his last 20 games and 4 in his last 28 games. I will never understand how she got and keeps that job.
Do you really think she’s writing what she’s saying?
Yes, you can tell from how screwed up and different it is than when Lorenz, Shearn, or Curry are talking.
She has trouble speaking to begin with.
He has 3 homers in his last 3 games, so it’s not AS bad as you make it sound.
I remember when I wanted a Russel extension. Ha.
He has got to be kicking himself so hard right now. What did Cash offer? A three year deal for something like $20M?
Oh Cash dodged a bullet on that one.
That two-seamer is nasty. Phelps kind of reminds me of Kuroda in regards to the type of pitches he throws.
Hiroki has a great 2 seamer tonight. Looks like Colons from last year.
Felix hernandez chose look up to freddy garcia vs johan santana…. wow what a dumb child
The younger Freddy was pretty badass.
I know I was kind of just thinking now and not realizing johan was not pitching when felix was really young
Felix was already in the big leagues by the time Johan Santana turned into Johan freaking Santana.
You know what mike you are right that was just another exampple of me not looking to deep into things when they appear to obvious on the surface. Thank you for correcting me!
Maybe he looked up to Johan the outfielder. Johan’s OF scouting report in the HOF is kind of cool. But it’s certainly no Batman movie.
Another ignorant Yankee fan.
Ok man listen only 3 people can say something like that and me be okay with it and it is 1.MIke 2.RT and 3.RI AKA TMR so go fuck yourself
Don’t forget about TSJC. Don’t you ever fucking forget about TSJC.
(single teardrop trickles down face)
TSJC
I wonder where he his right now, and wow I got put in a grouping with Mike, about baseball acumen…I feel proud right now.
I was at the Batman movie. Man was I surprised when I turned on the TV and checked on the board.
Are you trying to brag?
About what?
God I wish you hadn’t taken that bait.
In all seriousness, when I saw the trade announcement, I actually looked at my calendar to make sure I knew what month it was. It felt like an April Fools joke.
Wow you are a douche. Sorry, does that comment somehow offend the gay community I’m a part of?
Sorry to hurt your feelings, Batman fan.
This is over my pay grade.
James Holmes? Or just a really lame troll?
You didn’t hurt my feelings at all, you are just the embodiment of everything that’s wrong with the internet. You come to a board, never say any thing productive or constructive, you just say something to inflame some one or a group and watch or take part in the flame war. The internet would be a lot better place if people like you and rule 34 didn’t exist.
You’re lying.
About which bit?
I was about to say I was going to sleep, but you’ve just provided quite the cliffhanger here.
How the hell did Batman get from the well of souls prison in the far east to gothem city that even the government could not get into?
Leave it to the 8 year olds to figure out.
I’m guessing Bat Boat? Plus he’s one guy, who wears black. At Night. All he had to do was get near the city, getting in from there was probably relatively easy.
How about this
Limp
Bruce Wayne now walks with a cane. He goes to the doctor for a check up, who then tells Mr. Wayne his leg is fine for travel but not for alpine skiing. Later, Wayne straps on a robot brace, but then loses it when he’s trapped in the Lazarus Pit. Similarly, after he fucks Talia he gets up and walks away perfectly.
I think the brace also helped heal the joint a little bit. I have no idea. Plus Wayne has incredibly high pain tolerance and is worried about other things at the time (I don’t want to spoil anything for anybody who hasn’t seen it yet) it’s completely logical that he pushed the pain in his knees to the back of his mind. Plus I think it was Helo-skiing =P
Dammit Jones.
He is in a slump.
The RBI single not withstanding.
Oh good, I was hoping they would hit into another double-play.
Yeesh, it is DP night.
i pray that my mom has NEVER said that ever in her life
you sir are a funny man. But she has. =P
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/okay-guy
haha perfect.
Damn Kuroda looks good tonight.
So I guess Jaso is going to play the role of “Pain in the Ass” this series.
He’s the Mariners best hitter right now. Hitting .294
So the answer is yes.
Hiroki!! so good.
Be any smoother Robinson.
That’s the proper way to throw to second.
Take notes, Mr. Rapada.
I had almost forgot that and now you bring back the nightmares ohhhhh the nightmares!
Thank Jesus for the double play.
Can Kuroda field his position or what?
If he didn’t he wouldn’t be allowed to drink any water.
icwydt
I love everyone
Yay! A DP the other way.
You’d watch.
Wow.
Double play coming in 3,2,…
No.
nevermind, nice job Russ.
David Cone is Nostradamus.
I’ll give Martin props.
I don’t know what I liked more, Martin stealing or Coney calling it.
Way to stick it to Jaso, Coltrane.
Something you don’t see everyday,
OH MY GAWD MARTIN GOT A HIT!
Loving this Cone/Singleton crew, cant say it enough.
Yes, it has softened the blow of the terrible roadtrip so far.
The only redeeming aspect of this West Coast swing.
Kind of monotone and boring.
Monotone? Boring?
Cone’s voice is sexy as hell. Plus he’s smart and snarky and that makes him even sexier.
And Singleton’s voice is as smooth as a single malt scotch.
Ah, the train sirens of Seattle.
One of my favorite features when the Yankees play out there.
Just missed it.
Millwood owning Granderson
9 for 45 with 15 K’s against him career.
Tomorrow he has 18 K’s in 48 AB’s against Felix.
All well..at least we’re winning lol.
Curtis Dunn
Curtis Reynolds
Curtis Jackson
/I win
Well Millwood only gave up 2 runs in his last start against the Yanks so a slight improvement.
3 k’s against millwood is a joke. granderson perormance has been pathetic
Granderson strikes out a lot. Fact.
Ibanez would have hustled and got that.
If Ichiro’s in left that’s probably caught, right?
I think so.
Easily
What is the chance grandy beats derek to the club strike out record?
Andrew runs like batman in TDKR
Yankee offense is inept. 3 double plays. granderson has to move down in the order if he is going to strike out so much….ichiro 1 and jeter 2, cano 3, tex 4, etc….
andruw jones cannot run any more at all….
I agree with Stuart. The Troll agrees with Stuart, bitches.
. . . About the batting order . . .
Ichiro 1?
You can’t be serious.
I don’t know why JOe Girardi doesn’t consult with you on this lineup.
KKKKKKKKKuroda!
Hiroki with a ton of Bartolo Colon-esque looking K’s today.
Kuroda should start the 8th and go batter to batter…
That worked well for Hughes the other day.
Wow, two straight posts without mentioning A-Rod, and I bet you feel pretty lucky about that now.
Oh, stewieeeeeeeee!
hiroK
Kuroda dealing
Love this booth.
“Ten years ago he would shave made that play.”
“Would have been tough because he would have been playing center field.”
haha, nice!
Hiroki really got it together the last three innings. Fantastic outing.
Great performance by KurodaSan. Dare I say Ace-like(tm)?
http://riveraveblues.com/2012/.....nt-4592913
Kuroda is so smooth. I love watching him pitch.
Oh yeah.
Stuart? donde estas buddy?
Are my eyes deceiving me????
Oh Stuart…
a double and HR? A-Rod is the worst.
Warning track power
a-bomb!
HeatRock is on fire tonight. I know it’s just Seattle and all, but it still counts.
Even though he’s at 107 pitches already, I think Girardi should leave him out there. They aren’t coming close to him and he doesn’t appear tired. He’s got the bottom of the lineup coming up. They’re a combined 0-6 with 1 BB against him.
wow he hit a home run lets throw a parade…that was one one rbi he sucks…its his fault there werent any baserunners on for his double or home run…
Haha, c’mon . . . That’s not the real Stuart.
I love a parade!
Is this real life? It’s done perfectly, if this is a forgery…it’s a damn good one, and pat on the back to ever did it.
his fault there were no baserunners for his home run… please be trolling… lol.
I think that’s pretty damn funny. Asshole Arod! No baserunners!
i definitely laughed. good trolling, i gotta say
I warned you once already.
So that’s a no then.
Mike, we need a ruling….is this for real?
I say FAKE.
Take that, Mariners fans.
BAMF
Hahahahaha!!!!! A-Rod in garbage time. The narrative.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=268835699883967&set=a.212223438878527.33964.212208148880056&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf LMAO
Yankees are looking for a monopoly on 3000 hit players. Need to acquire Johnny Damon ASAP.
AR3K is gonna get half the publicity as DJ3K.
I was looking at how a reliever with a WHIP below 1 and a 4 to 1 K/BB ratio could have a ERA of 4.15 – well, AROD’s homer is 9th Delabar has given up in 34 innings.
Teix!
Tex on the move
Are the Japanese interpreters in the dugout?
Tex esta en fuego
So did the Mariner fan throw A-Rod’s HR ball back? Still ranks as one of the most stupid things fans do at baseball games.
http://www.latimes.com/news/na.....7261.story
I would NOT sell the ball. Work hard, wait, and pay off the debt in good time.
Not even a question. You sell that baseball. Life is much easier w/o debt. It’s easier to work hard when all your worried about is your actual work, and not your pay check because you have your creditors plus your normal bills. When you’re a successful doctor 20 years down the road, buy the ball back.
I agree. It’s an appreciating asset.
This club is like that Clint Eastwood movie, can’t remember the name, where all the old timers get togther and go to the moon or something. Love these veterans.
The Right Stuff? Tommy Lee Jones was a Harvard man . . .
No, Space Cowboys, I believe
You are correct, sir.
Cocoon?
HAHAHAHA! Steve Gutenburg!
Do you think Girardi is going to platoon Ichiro or play him everyday? Generally, he hasn’t had much of a platoon split throughout his career.
Every day but rest against key lefties, I would assume. Lester and Doubront start back to back this weekend – should be interesting if Ichiro starts both.
Although given Lester’s collapse and Doubront’s (crappy) last start, there might be hand to hand combat among Yank players to get into the line-up on both days.
Hopefully mostly platoon, though Nix is the RH option right now, so I’m not sure it matters much.
He’ll play him everyday. He shouldn’t face many lefties, but when it’s a choice between him and Nix, and at least you keep his defense in there and his speed if he does happen to get on base.
Stupid Sterling. He just said A-Rod got a home run. Nice try Sterling.
Huge hole in Jones’ swing. He will constantly chase that sinker down and away and try to pull it. If I was a pitcher I’d throw it constantly.
Fans on Mariners blog wishing Ichiro well. Thinking it’s good he’ll have at a ring. I always liked Seattle.
good for them. I always understood that they disliked A-Rod, he straight dumped their asses for money.
Their team didn’t want to pay him, that’s not his fault.
And it’s even more absurd that they always cheered Griffey even though he begged for a trade to get out of town.
this. i remember the griping around seattle whenever a-rod left, but there was none such whenever griffey left and it just blew my mind.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around when the Yanks leave town they take Ichiro with them.
I like the idea of taking players with them. Our next road trip is in Detroit. Let’s grab Verlander.
you know when my roommate was in Seattle, all she brought home was a magnet
Is Logan hurt? I seriously do not remember the last time he pitched.
He was warming in the bullpen earlier in case Kuroda got in trouble in the seventh.
Apparently he’s been used too much so far, it’s a good thing you don’t remember the last time he pitched.
He worked the day before yesterday to I think 1 or 2 batters and the day before that as well.
Drob not effing around tonight
Okay, so the seagull cam is working.
uh-oh
I for one am pleased that our LF platoon might have turned back into the DH platoon (that can occasionally fill in in the field)
I might cry.
God dammit.
Shit. We need a reliever. Where’s DJ Mitchell?
I heard Ichiro has a nice arm.
Ichiro to the 8th
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Oh God.
Ken’s talking about a game in September 2008, one of those games where you just knew it wasn’t the Yankees year.
Oh shit DRob.
Nooooooooooooooooooo
And big sigh of relief (hopefully not premature).
wow my heart went from zero to PANIC very quickly
Nice Job– I don’t think the hitter was expecting a non-fastball after the limping.
Pleasepleaseplease be OK, David…
Well hey
I love that commercial.
Cashman: “Hey Jack, do you have any extra relievers while we’re here?”
Those are some classy fans.
@ichimeterlady: Wow, #Ichiro just thanked me and jumped to high five me. #classact @Mariners
I’m still getting used to seeing Ichiro in grey and navy blue. So surreal.
Pinstripes will be even crazier.
Paging Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Joba Chamberlain. Please report straight to the Bronx.
also, please leave your trampoline at home.
Is it wrong that I laughed at that?
http://theperilsofpalins.files.....o1_500.jpg
Nope.
I stepped aside and could only hear, but did Coney seriously refer to this as a weekend series, twice?
Yeah, he fumbled that sentence terribly.
sure did
That’s a HR in Yankee Stadium.
Only one hit but Ichy’s smoked 3 balls today. A good sign I hope.
Yeah, and remember if you’re expecting a big jump with the trade when he gets out of Safeco to a smaller ballpark, these three games are still there.
Don’t remember Ichiro hitting rockets like this.
Kevin Long re-tooled his swing prior to the game.
Three well-hit balls for Ichiro tonight. Only one ended up being an actual hit, but…I like.
Ichiro should have 3 hits tonight
Chad Qualls is just warming up because he’s bored, right? Right?
he’s warming up in case Jeter hits a 6 run home run
I think in case they score 4 more runs. Have to think anything less than a 7 run lead and you might as well just bring in Sori.
You know that if they make it a 4 run lead then it’s against the rules to use a good pitcher to finish it out, right? You have to bring in your worst pitcher to let the leadoff guy get on, then you can go to a good one again.
That’s weirdly dangerous. People with food and beer only inches from the field and opposition bullpen. Bad combination.
in New York.
The Asian girl was giving it to the guys pretty good it seemed.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Maybe if it was a prettier one and by giving it to them was something different.
So no…bad thing.
The Ichiro trade has me musing. Any chance Minnesota trades Mauer, eats some salary ($5-8mm) to the Yankees in the off season? I know its a stretch but Mauer plays 80 games as catcher and say 75 as DH/1B/RF combo. We could platoon another RF (Jones/Ichiro?) and live with a backup catcher. Its sort of salary neutral if we can’t resign Swisher and a decent catcher, offence neutral but makes the team pretty scary for the playoffs with Mauer as full time catcher. I don’t even know what sort of prospects we would need to send.
Or maybe I need to go back to the beers…
That’s just silly.
Soriano, Ibanez, Ichiro, Arod— any other former Mariners on this team?
Of course I’m not including guys like Pineda/Campos
Freddy…I think that’s it.
Garcia
Freddy Garcia
Excellent call on Garcia. Seems like so long ago.
Wasn’t Sweaty a minor leaguer who was traded along with Mike Cameron, another prospect then, for Griffey, Jr.? Or were they in the Johnson trade? Can’t remember.
Johnson trade with Houston.
Sweaty
I guess if he makes it back, there’s Aardsma to go along with Pineda.
Lol, was Philbert high? did anybody else see him playing with that bat?
bath salts
Is it necessary to replay that?
I really can’t imagine MFIKY hugging anybody.
The previous series in Oakland, a month or so back, while warming up I yelled out “EM EFer I Keeeeelllll Youuuu”! and he sort of just looking at me and chuckled. So…he’s aware of his nickname. Whether or not he has the ability to smile, I don’t know.
I’d be terrified if MFIKY smiled at me.
Ichiro went GREY??? forget it, now I don’t want him. He’s old.
Streak over….Threat level back to Blue
Jesus to Ichiro…. nice
In any case, welcome to the Yankees, Mr. Ichiro.
Ichiro ends the game!!! Welcome to winning again!!!
Yanks win!!!
I was thinking, does Ichiro know about the outfield celebration before going in to everybody else?
Untuck, fellow fans.
Nice! Okay, need to brush up on my Japanese phrase book. Nite all.
Ichiro seems happy…”So THIS is what first place feels like!”.
Another day off the calendar + a wider lead all around.
Wow, 1-2-3 innings by Ro and So?????
Doesn’t look so introverted!!!
So Ichiro is 5’11″. Does that mean Meredith is like 6’1″?
Haha, if Ichiro is truly 5’11″ I’m over 6ft.
I was thinking the same thing trying to size up Meredith.
She might have been in heels though.
She used to be a competitive volleyball player in college if I remember her bio correctly. If so, she’s tall for a woman, but she might “only” be 6′ is she did have on heels. I have a female friend who is 6′, which is my height. As a guy, I’m not aware of the height of other guys who are around my height, give or take an inch, by a six foot woman is very noticable. Put on heels and they’re towering.
Man, from everything I read around here, I thought the Yankees were never gonna win again.
nice game! relatively stress free. mostly spent wondering about the future with ichiro in the picture. auspicious beginning, dare i say.
Since they’ve only really been scoring on home runs, which could hurt them against some great pitches in the playoffs, this is a great trade for them, and for Ichiro who wants to win something before turning 40.
http://www.sportsfanhood.com/2.....nkees.html
I thought Ichiro looked great tonight. Still runs well and is solid on defense. He hit the ball hard 3 out of 4 times and got a hit. He’s going to be a big improvement in left field and take pressure off Ibanez and Jones who were playing too often. I still can’t figure where Joe will settle him in the lineup. I feel he’s either 1, 2, or 9 but I don’t like him at no. 8, it’s a spot where his speed may not be used best. If it were my choice I think I’d place him at 9 and use the double lead off philosophy. At 1 or 2 it might tweak Jete or Grandy and we don’t need to do that unless Ichiro gets real hot.