Game 97: The King
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All of the Ichiro Suzuki hoopla is done and over with, meaning now it’s time to look straight ahead and focus on the task at hand.
Crap. Felix Hernandez is pitching tonight.
King Felix has shaken off a (relatively speaking) slow start to the season to allow one earned run or less in six of his last seven starts. Those didn’t come against scrub teams either, he dominated the Red Sox (9 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K) and Rangers (9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K) during that stretch. You can make a pretty strong case that he’s having a career year as well. The Yankees, meanwhile, are running Freddy Garcia out there. I’m really pulling for that reverse lock, you guys. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
LF Raul Ibanez
DH Eric Chavez
RF Ichiro Suzuki
C Chris Stewart
RHP Freddy Garcia
Tonight’s game, the final West Coast night game of the season, is scheduled to start a little after 10pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy if you’re still awake.
Brett Gardner Update: Gardner (elbow) had surgery today and “everything went well,” according to Joe Girardi. They removed the inflamed tissue and shaved down some bone chips. Gardner is definitely done for the season.
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Off topic, but Cliff Lee is about to be 1-7. I just can’t contain my excitement.
dont get too excited…
Brewers bullpen blew his loss.
Never thought i’d say I miss Kim Jones. I dont like Meredith at all. Her interview with Montero tonight was just awkward and unpleasant to watch. Eek.
I really liked Kim’s interactions with the players.
I can’t watch Meredith. Or listen to her. Hate her voice. Fortunately I rarely see her on MLB.tv
But shes got great cans
I’m not a big fan either. My only substantive (meaning other than her suspiciously-similar-to-Kim-Jones look and voice) is the questions she asks players. They’re always incredibly cliched and simple, but I’m not sure if she writes them or if they are provided so it may not be her fault.
Are we allowed to talk about this?
They need to get the dummy from the Nationals broadcasts. She’s very attractive.
Yanks will force The King to leave the building…early.
Also off topic, but what happened to Hannah Ehrlich?
And the Brewers bullpen implodes again. They blow a 6-1 lead for Zack Grienke. The game is tied at 6 in the seventh.
It’s because I mentioned Cliff Lee’s record. Fuck me.
This is my take on tonight’s pitching matchup:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q.....s:10,i:146
Everything is a trap.
Akbar FTW.
Gardner’s gonna have to prove he can hit on a regular basis with that elbow at some point during the off-season. It would be tough to tender him a contract otherwise.
I would think the surgery and an offseason’s worth of rest would do the trick. I mean every player that has season ending surgery isn’t DFA’d. They’ll bring him back. I’m sure they’ll monitor his off season rehab/work outs. though.
Nah, no DFA involved. But he’s due for an arb award, so they’ll need to see some winter ball somewhere before tendering him. You can’t pay 3mil + for 2013 if he still can’t hit with that elbow.
I’m guessing they would have to be completely convinced he can’t hit to non-tender him. Otherwise, it’s worth the 3M risk to find out next season.
If the austerity plan was going into effect next season, it would be a much tougher decision.
I can’t see them just signing him and crossing their fingers that he’ll just show up in ST and be fine. His procedure didn’t sound definitive to me, so I would think they would need some proof that setbacks are behind him. And besides, he could use some off-season playing time after a lost season.
I would kill a man to have King Felix in pinstripes.
Murder is a sin.
Atheism. It’s a beautiful thing really.
+1 on that.
Subsequently he wouldn’t have to face C-Grand.
Fernando Rodney is a POS. I kind of hope Adam Jones takes him deep here.
Me too. Jones is on my fantasy team.
you can’t hit HRs off good pitching though?
Not in the postseason. It never happens NEVAR!
Hello!
Grandy!
well.. there ya go !
Way to bust out Curtis!
There’s your run, Freddy.
I would like two please the first time in ever my meatball didn’t work
Yankees have no chance … they can’t hit homers off good pitchers … oh, wait.
Curtis!!!
I love it when the Yankees shit on that narrative.
that was a cookie..
Every run against Felix is big. Thanks, Grandy!
That was certainly preferable to the likely alternative. Way to go Grandy!
that was close, but ill take it
LOFL Adam Jones. Gets up 3-0 and strikes out.
that was a nice AB by Alex
Robbie………., you’ve got to be kidding me.
It’s DP night again.
Take it easy, miss. This site has a lot of 8 year olds posting.
Cano needs to lay off those pitches… terrible AB
What was that, a nine-pitch inning that included a run and HR, a walk, and three outs?
That’s King Felix for you.
chances garcia gives up a gs tonight at about 93%
A grand slam? Slim. A single HR in the first? 100%.
just said that because cone was going on about how he never gave one up
Freddy’s getting ready for London.
I hope that donkey doesn’t have a heiney troll
awesomeeeeeee
Predictable? Predictable.
Well that was up. Get Phelps up.
lol freddy
Phelps.
Well, that didn’t take long.
Everything up… again. How long can they keep him as a starter?
Until they start hurting record wise
One would think a team would prefer the player that gives them the best chance to win a game. That player is NOT Freddy Garcia.
Well go tell them
Until they get Josh Johnson?
I wish, I kid.
When does Pettitte return?
not soon enough
Whenever he feels like it. That’s when.
Get phelps up.
Montero is fucking terrible.
He’s been lighting it up lately in a very small sample. Still a lot of baseball to play.
I think his problem is he expands the strikezone too much, and MLB pitchers will keep throwing him junk out of the zone until he shows better pitch recognition. I think he also tries extra hard against the Yankees, so they pretty much should throw him few strikes.
His splits are ridiculous. He is not terrible at all against Lefties..
373/409/588 vs Lefties
201/241/301 vs Righties
He made Freddy look like Usain Bolt on that play.
Montero runs like he is pulling a cart.
Anyone remember bye bye Balboni, that what jesus is.
Off topic, nobody probably cares about my fantasy team, but…someone gave up on and dropped Ryan Zimmerman about a month ago, and I happened to be lucky enough to be the first one in my league to see it and grab him. Over the course of that month, Zimmerman has hit .383/.441/.785
How hard is my division rival kicking himself right now?
Wasn’t he injured? When did he come back?
He got a cortisone shot over a month ago, and has been playing ever since. He started off slow, but he’s got well over 300 PA, so he hasn’t been hurt that much.
They player he dropped him for…Pedro Alvarez. Yep.
I guess he was going for flat-out power, but I would never cut Zimmerman for Alvarez. He’s like Mark Reynolds. The BA and OBP will kill you.
Probably. But Zimmerman has 3 more homers than Alvarez over the last month too
I did the same thing. I had him stashed for a week before he broke into his madness.
same with me. He was dropped in two of my leagues. Scooped him up in both.
Got his cortisone shot and has been raking ever since.
That’s the kind of guy I would just never drop. Injury prone? Yes. But you should have known that when you drafted him. But just too much talent to give up on. And now my opponent is stuck with Pedro Alvarez.
Yeah one guy dropped him for Kyle Seager and another dropped him for Middlebrooks.
June is a dangerous month for the fantasy-impatient.
HAHA! You are oh so very lucky, we should get an RAB draft next year between some of the commenters, it sounds like a nice idea
this was me btw didn’t change name
I think RAB does have several leagues. I have never been apart of them though, maybe next year.
Sign me up!
I joined one and then I was unable to access it for some reason. I joined someone on here’s league in March and then the Yahoo password changed the very next day.
Weird. I’m just in 1 league, same one I’ve been in for years, with a bunch of my undergrad buddies. But I might try an RAB league as well next year.
The problem is I’m bad with managing 1 league usually now that I’m so busy with work. Example being I forgot to start Madison Bumgarner tonight, and he’ll probably make me regret my negligence.
You’re right. No one cares.
I do
Mike im not sure were u lost a game but this is game 97 not 96
We’ll watch that on SportsCenter for the next few weeks.
Saunders killing us with the bat and glove. Fuck.
Nice play… Damn it…
If I remember correctly, Michael Saunders does suck, right?
He’s been hot of late. 8 for his last 22.
So I get the Mariners telecast & apparently this Saturday is Mariners Hall-of-Fame day.
They’re inducting Randy Johnson …..and Dan Wilson.
Ahem. I said Dan Wilson.
Never change, Sterling.
i really don’t mind sterling too much, but just the fact that he cannot call a fly ball out vs homerun for his fucking life make me not want him back in the booth next year. i have gotten overly excited way too many times to ultimately just be disappointed and angry
He’s a tease, no doubt, leaving more listners flaccid than any other announcer.
A good announcer would let you know with the rising tension in his voice right off the bat if it was going to be close, or would take a great catch. Sterling, though, has to always go into his HR call on the chance the ball goes out so that it’s a clean HR call in case it goes out and he gets replayed on all the other sports stations. In other words, he no longer cares about the listners, he cares about the call and himself.
*listeners*
Sterling always sets me off because what he does is so unnecessary.
Felix is a bull. Jeez.
King Felix has not been fooling the hitters in the first two innings. Hopefully that continues.
I don’t think he’s thrown one changeup yet. Looks like he wants to get outs with the fastball first time through the order. The Yankees have been right on it. He’s been lucky.
is it bad that i wouldn’t feel too bad if he missed the rest of this start?
I’d be thrilled if he missed the rest of the start, but I’d feel bad if he missed more than that.
He’s hurt, his value is down. Go Cashman go.
I chuckled +1
I really, really want to have a drink with David Cone.
I really, really want to have
aten drinks with David Cone.David Wells can come too.
Freddy better find his feel fast. Too many pitches up.
At least it’s the Mariners. I might be able to shut them down with my 75 mph fastball and my 55 mph change-up.
Heh actually, a 55 mph changeup would probably baffle the hell out of some hitters.
Especially after I brush them off the plate with my high heat, ha.
That last pitch to Carp was more like it.
That was foul by a centimeter.
All right, look, there’s only one “Return,” okay, and it ain’t “of the King,” it’s “of the Jedi.”
…oh, I’m the geek? Look at you two whipping out your preciouses.
I am absolutely loving the Clerks references.
Here’s the first movie! *walks straight*
Here’s the second movie! *walks and side-steps*
And here’s the third movie! *walks, mimes dropping a ring, shrugs*
Seriously, even the fucking trees walked in those movies!
Hey, f%cko! We refer to it as inter-species edification.
Hey, f%cko! We refer to it as inter-species erotica.
Damn autocorrect, haha
“That guy’s being awfully forward with that donkey.”
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=269119319855605&set=a.212223438878527.33964.212208148880056&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
I lol’d so hard KuRKJEN
Late, but Carlos Peguero is actually Pedro Cerrano.
Well, that was suboptimal.
He walked Chris Stewart.
chris stewart….most feared backup catcher in all baseball
And that’s what usually happens.
whats the deal with the dp’s?
I said, it’s DP night again.
your mom said it’s DP night again
too easy but greatest comment of the night
Hahaha nice!
west coast (lack of) offense
Felix is not a True Ace™
A True Ace™ does not walk Chris Stewart.
Again? Really?
Jeter made quick work of that good AB by Stewart.
Derek Jeter: Platoon player
Cervelli missing throw to second>>>Martin missing fastball down the middle
Do you remember Cervelli’s at-bats? I do. They were woeful.
They were. Yet he managed a .340 OBP for a season’s worth of PA’s.
A lot better than Martin.
I have to believe Martin is a better player than he’s been this year. Cervelli at his absolute best still can’t crack a .700 OPS.
Maritn is at .650 right now and probably still in decline. Cervelli may not top .700 but what’s Chris Stewart doing on the team?
Cervelli at .639 right now … in AAA
He is better than Stewart, but they’ve lasted this long with Stewie, I’m sure they’ll keep going with him until Sept. callups, so they don’t lose the depth.
My point exactly
Pining for Frankie Cervelli reveals a bad case of selective memory. He can’t hit, and his defense sucks. I could give a shit about his stupid fist-pumps.
I do but he brought energy to the team stewie does not and he was obviously better all around than him, good hitter with RISP for his career and I just absolutely hate our catching staff now, added to the fact he is a fellow italian I am biased toward him
Yankees BABIP: 0
Mariners BABIP: infinity
But again, can’t get too angry. Didn’t expect to win this game and the Orioles lost.
I still don’t care about the Orioles.
Seriously, a -48 run differential.
Yay for Safeco.
Ichiro’s fielding and throwing is just amazing. The way he sets his body to make that throw… perfect
man dustin ackley looks down right scared when hes at bat
i wonder if ichiro can teach all of our outfielders to throw like that?
Freddy blows.. cant hold down a punchless Mariners lineup
If Ichiro charged that ball, he would have had him.
A nice chopper to short would be perfect here. Jesus saves. Runs.
Is it wrong that I want to see Montero go yard here?
Man I would love to keep Ichiro in right. Imagine him throwing like that in the New Yankee Stadium.
Oh Alex you always mess every thing up you terrible terrible person
/stuart a’d
DERP, here’s your boy he heard you talking smack
And he comes through
Cant blame Freddy for that one.
Whatever but the sooner he’s off the team the better.
Sure you can… he threw an 88mph fastball up and in the strike zone.. He is lucky it wasn’t hit hard, but it was still hit and it did score a run
So you blame Mo Rivera for Luis Gonzalez’s bloop then?
thats what happens when every goddamn pitch is up.. fucking useless pitcher
Cant blame him for a bloop. Never can blame a pitcher for a bloop.
Makes up for the deep fly out which is a homer everywhere else.
Except Citi Field. And Petco.
He made a bad pitch… an awful one, actually. Just because the hitter didn’t hit it hard doesn’t mean I can’t blame him.
Well there goes that theory.
Ichiro looks great not actually throwing baserunners at third. And yes I know they wouldn’t be easy plays. But it’s irksome.
Fucking weak two runs.
weak, but everything is dropping for the m’s
That 3rd run is game. Night all.
No don’t go. I need you.
Yay for giving up in the 3rd inning!
We all secretly gave up when we saw felix was pitching but we want to stay si we can troll and hate on RISP fails that could potentially happen and on Freddy being terrible
I never give up. YCPB, Suzyn. The idea of a reverse lock exists for a reason.
http://tinyurl.com/cf433j9
sooner this hideous west coast trip ends the better. And waiting back the stadium will be the last place and downright awful Red Sox. Nothing stop the losing like face that shitbag team.
Even in last place, I’m never comfortable playing Boston. They play their best against the Yankees.
The only time I’m ever comfortable with Boston is when they are mathematically eliminated.
Not this year, they haven’t
Someone suffers from 2004 Post Season Syndrome. They suck. No reason the Yankees don’t take 2 of 3.
Guilty as charged. I think 2004 put a healthy dose of reality as before then I was always supremely confident of Yankee wins against the Sux.
Freddy looked bad in Oakland and still doesn’t look like he’s got his A game tonight.
He doesn’t have an A game.
I really hope this is the last start for Freddy.
Montero ripped a Chris Stewart-style RBI single.
I hope after this start the next time I see Freddy Garcia is on a milk carton “Please never find me”
A little late I know, but
+1. Love this.
My all time favorite Rap group. Wutang Clan just never grew on me.
I think I’d go with A Tribe Called Quest, personally. But Run DMC isn’t a bad choice.
So one rumor has it that if the Phillies sign Hamels, they’ll look to move Cliff Lee to free up salary room. That probably wouldn’t happen until after the season. So he has three guaranteed years left after 2012, but really four with a very reachable vesting year.
Would there be interest from the Yankees if the Phillies chipped in money? I don’t see how they could trade him without cash considerations. He’ll be making $25M per.
I say no. Even if the Yankees needed him I say no. He had his chance.
Screw Cliffy.
Do the Phillies even know what they are doing at this point? Keeping Hamels and trading Lee still doesn’t fix any of their problems.
Do the Phillies know what they’re doing? I’m really not sure they do. I think Amaro got lucky, inherited a good team, and is now watching it sink away without a clear plan on what comes next.
That Jonathan Papeldouche signing sure is looking good now.
It would be ironic if they traded Lee to get younger and extend Hamels
…but I thought the Phillies were already a young team?
Love,
Cliff Lee
He’d probably find a way to go crawling back to Philly somehow.
They trade him away once, he went back. Probably do it a second time.
I think they’d HAVE to trade Lee if they sign Cole to the reported contract. I mean, they have Doc, Lee and potentially Hamels to $20M contracts? I don’t know where their payroll is sitting at but that’s insane.
I *WANTED* Cliff Lee badly but after the crap he pulled…eff him.
Bottom line is the ship has sailed. Not only will he be two years older, but he’s now heading into the most expensive years of his contract. Even if he didn’t trip his vesting year (which would be bad, because that means he was too injured to compile innings), he still gets a $12.5M buyout.
The Yankees wanted Lee, he strung them along and then had his agent call the Yankees to say he went and negotiated a deal with the Phillies. That’s fine since he’s looking out for himself, but that should be his chance to come to the Yankees, who have made additional moves since then. He’s yesterday’s news.
Come through Robbie…
He’s gonna walk Cano
Well if Robbie would have let him, that is. He’s only thrown 1 in sttrike zone
I wonder if it is Alex’s fault Grandy stopped and waited
that 2-0 fastball was THE pitch to hit… middle of the plate.
Yep. That was the only shot. Robbie shouldn’t have swung at 2-1 pitch
Uahhh, Robbie is so frustrating in these situations this year.
Man, I’m stuck watching the home team feed on MLBTV and Seattle’s sports keep showing the crowd and their “K” signs.
Geez, thankfully chants of “K! K! K!” don’t scare me.
Nice hit there Robbie.
You know you can switch to the YES feed on MLB.TV, right?
The YES feed was showing the “K” signs as well.
Sorry must not be MLBTV…it’s the MLB package on Comcast. It’s generally the home team feed and occasionally the away feed.
No away feed today.
Gotcha. I’m not familiar with Comcast stuff..but I’m streaming mlb.tv through my xbox and I can switch back and forth between the feeds.
Yeah I had that last year and I like that you can switch feeds and only local games/national broadcasts are blacked out.
Only downside is the little bit of lag compared to live. I think I’ll switch next year…this comcast package is sort of lame.
…and the RISPFAIL continues.
“a jam sandwich?” Really?
It’s almost like swinging at every pitch isn’t the way to go.
Robbie……, y u no take inside pitch?
Argh. Robbie. Plate discipline Robbie. And also when do you ever swing and miss at a FB?
Usually with good pitchers, you get one good pitch to hit. The 2-0 fastball was the one. And Cano fouled it off.
Embarrassing swing and miss, holy crap, tex missed by almost a foot!
That was a nasty slider.
sac fly is yankee kryptonite.
Did anyone else see that guy with the Red Sox cap in the “King’s Court”? Fuck that guy.
remember they are like cock roaches. they are everywhere at all times and nothing can stop them.
Have you EVER heard a Yankees radio broadcast???
Not regularly. I try to avoid John Sterling as much as I can.
There was some attention whore kid in Oakland last week in FULL Boston hat and jersey and another kid in Mets full dress.
Nice at bat by Tex.
nice AB by Teix, I thought him swinging over the top of a change up was inevitable when he got to 2 strikes
Well that was predictable.
Come on Chavez.
RISPfail, they are the best at it
Please oh please get a DH upgrade Cash.
See this is where Ichiro would be very good. First in the AL in ABs/K.
Runners on first and third nobody out, he’s going to put the ball in play.
On the ground, probably resulting in a DP.
But the run would score in that case. That’s the point.
Argh. King Felix, why can’t you be a Yankee? Fucking Jack Z!
We just gotta tip our cap to the opposition right, Greg?
Yes you do.
We are our own opposition in these situations Captain.
Where can I find how much the Yankees get a runner in from third compared to the league average?
http://www.baseball-reference......ting.shtml
Yankees 44% scoring runner from third, < 2 out
League average – 53%
sorry, I meant to include this link
http://www.baseball-reference......al_batting::34
Wow, thanks. Lowest in the AL…
Ken Singleton said it. Great pitching by Hernandez
Awesome.
pathetic but predictable
“You have to tell your self that the pitcher is the one in trouble”
Oh kenny that is a nice thing you are doing trying to do consoling us and all but we all know that ith the bases loaded and any amount of outs or lack of, the pitcher always has the upper hand against us.
TROLLTROLLTORLL
oh to have a good DH.
That sucked. Need to get at least one run in that situation against Hernandez.
The Yankees even had a hit with a RISP and still didn’t net a run.
the yanks are very good at that
Wow, opportunity wasted.
Although I’m pleased with the Yankees record, their overall team batting average and average with RISP concerns me. They can’t always live by the homer. Just look at what happened in Oakland, our offense was dead in a big ballpark.
Hurry up, hurry up, somebody. Tell him that some guy wrote an article that shows what he fears is not really a problem!
When, in fact, it is.
Good thing Oakland won’t be in the playoffs.
It seems the Yankees have no luck when it comes to taking chances/playing it safe on the base paths; they produce extra outs but not runs. I honestly can’t even remember the last time they drove in a run from second base on a single. Ah well, gotta hope Felix remains somewhat mortal and try to capitalize the next inning.
1st and 3rd with 0 outs and robbie manages to find a way to pop up to the third basemen. I just don’t understand how someone with so much talent can be so bad at times. He puts himself in awful situations at times because he swings at horrible pitches. Then again… just about everyone in this lineup swings at horrible pitches. Off speed in the dirt works 99 percent of the time. If it happens to fail, just jam our hitters inside.
They’re suckers for any pitcher who has a first-rate change-up.
Did Padilla hit Beltre in the head?!
Yep.
Wow. I haven’t seen it but how could it not’ve been intentional? I hate that goddamn team. Even without Youkilis they still manage to be the biggest sack of scumbags in the baseball universe.
And with padilla you have to think it was intentional. that guy is a legit scumbag.
Haha. Clearly we’re sharing the same wave-lengths . . . ^
Ichiro hitting rockets man.
Ichiro, baaaaybeeeee!
Yes bunt
Not sure if sarcastic but Stewart doesn’t deserve to be called a hitter.
I was calling for him to bunt. But he failed.
Rispfail inning
Having a 38 year old Ichiro makes me salivate at the thought of how much better offensively the Yankees would be if they had one of two speedy guys.
Steal.
Meaning, steal after Stewart fails here.
Not even a productive out.
Placing Ichiro in the 8th spot is just ridiculous. If your going to bat him that low, bat him 9th. The 8th spot is literally the dead spot of a lineup. We wont ever reap the benefits of his dynamic at the plate unless he is hitting 9,2, or possibly 7.
Why? What dynamic will they not take advantage of batting 8th as opposed to 9th?
Same reason Gardy hit 9th… it basically gives you a second leadoff hitter. What is the point of having martin hit behind ichiro? martin will never DRIVE HIM IN. Most teams put their speedsters in the 1,2,9, holes.
Then Jeter can drive him after Martin.
The problem with having Ichiro in front of Jeter is both are very agressive hitters. You might have two pitches and two outs. Martin is patient at the plate and will take pitches allowing Ichiro to steal.
True.
Kevin long will turn ichiro into godzilla jr.
He may have turned Godzilla ARod into Ichiro.
another opportunity to fail with RISP
You realize this game means nothing right?
I forgot this is a spring training game.. you need to get back on your meds dude.
You seriously need to stop being a troll, man. I have never seen you here in a blowout.
I would not want to be here in a blowout either, it gets really messy
It means nothing if the Yanks maintain a lead. If they blow it, it means something. April means something in such a case.
No game means nothing. For all you know the Yankees could make or miss the playoffs by one game.
If Jeter had hit that one pitch before that would have gone through. Ryan moved back. Bad luck continues
brian cashman a joke. this lineups blows.
stewart,ibanez,what a joke
Yes Hideki Matsui would be much better. Or perhaps Manny Ramirez and his .350 AAA SLG?
I forgot Manny existed. Wasn’t he supposed to be back by now?
You’re a joke.
Didn’t I just hear that exact exchange between Singleton and Cone last inning? Bad deja vu time.
“Hey guys! Let’s get hits off of Felix Hernandez but only in non-RISP situations!”
Please stop giving Felix the pitches off the plate. That’s uncool.
Good pitching again from Felix.
hit more HRs so they don’t have to get hits with RISP
This is getting legitimately aggravating.
Garbage. I don’t understand how an ENTIRE TEAM fails with RISP. One or two guys, OK…but an entire team?
K-Long is a homerun oriented hitting coach. I feel like other than that he sucks as a hitting coach.
Silver lining: after 30 pitches through 3, he’s now at 79 pitches through 5.
only a moron allows jeter to bat leadoff.
this franchise doesn’t hold their players accountable for being bad baseball players
Exactly how might they do that?
Who should be batting leadoff?
But the respect they show for their players is what makes them the Yankees. You never see them bash or destroy a guy’s rep when he’s traded, DFAd, leaves as a free agent, etc. It’s one of the things that makes me happy to be a Yankee fan.
Are stuart and teddy the same person? Different aliases for different complaints?
We have too many old/washed up players on this team. I just don’t want to see the Yankees have a 2012 Phillies season next year. They can’t keep having a roster full of guys in their mid to late 30s. Some young blood would be nice. Unfortunately we’ve got no exciting prospects coming up for a while.
and they do fail again.. this is amazing in a bad way
It’s amazing they don’t string together hits agains Felix? Really?
Clearly the solution is to have Chris Stewart volunteer an out so a runner in scoring position could move to really scoring position.
Grandy and the strikeouts!! Jeez. #RISPFail
I haven’t been on this RAB site all night so someone may have already mentioned but Padilla beaned Beltre in the head tonight.
It might be an interesting weekend against Red Sox. I cringed at Tex’s comments last time about Padilla (not sure what his endgame was bringing up old stuff of what an ass Padilla is) and thought if I were a jerk like Padilla my retaliation to Tex’s comments might be to bean someone other than Tex (Jeter, etc.) the next time – hope I am wrong. Of course beaning Tex is also always an option.
I mean, Padilla has used him for target practice and he got a huge hit off him. I did not at all blame him for poking the guy with the media.
I stay with the Yankees’ tv announcers who, a couple of weeks ago, apropos Rispfail, agreed these HR guys will never compromise their swings, their bread-and-butter. It’s like the old Sinatra song with them, “All or Nothing At All.”
Personally I prefer the Yankees hitters taking the swings that produce the most runs on average, but that’s just me. It would be hilarious to see Andruw choke up on his bat though.
Some solid hitting by the Yankees… pretty much this entire trip.
Haha, Cone just called this a weekend series for the third time in two days
OK, all the trolls have arrived.
No. Just one. And please, use capitalization when addressing me. I am a professional after all.
They were just waiting for the moment to pounce man they have been here all along
How stupid. People call anyone a “troll” who will not share in the Pollyanna spirit.
Or people who are trolls. And there are plenty of them with that reputation commenting tonight.
Management really does need to make a move . . . I think they’re fooling themselves if they honestly believe that Ichiro is the save-all to this lineup. I seriously hope that they find a legitimate outfielder who can hit for average. I know it gets mentioned plenty, but the offense with RISP is incredibly depressing. Without the homerun the team suddenly looks sluggish and dumb. I’m still holding out for Justin Upton, but my hopes are wearing thinner by the second. Sad face.
The lineup doesn’t need to be saved.
I see holes, Mike. The Troll sees holes. The Troll wants a bat that hits for average. The Troll does not care about power. Also, the Troll does not like the catcher. The Troll would prefer Girardi, at his current age, behind the plate, instead of Martin. Let the Troll roll, Mike.
Let’s assemble a team of 9 Juan Pierres for The Troll!
You lost me when you started referring to yourself in the third person.
I refer to myself as an indirect object.
That can get really confusing..
The Troll has no self-awareness. The Troll is on a roll. The Troll wants Justin Upton but the Troll knows it won’t happen. Tonight . . . tonight the Troll sheds a tear.
Maybe you should try some “self awareness”.
It does need its collective ass kicked.
Of course, Felix is a very good–perhaps great–pitcher. He’s not one of those Oakland rookies.
Meh, I don’t think The FO viewed the Ichiro acquisition as anything close to a save-all for the line-up. They were looking at his range, his arm, his speed…I think the bat was probably 4th on the list.
I agree. He does possess his fair share of perks, of course, but I believe this lineup could definitely use a consistent hitter in their midsts. If Ichiro ends up hitting .400 down the line, then, obviously, it’s a win . . . There has to be someone out there that fits my description. Too much hit and miss with the DH’s. Ahhh, fuck . . . My mind’s a scramble. RISPFAIL, blah, blah, blah. I want Justin Upton. I’m a broken record. G’night folks.
Freddy Gordita
Freddy has pitched almost as well as Felix. The two runs were setup on a check swing by Ryan and a broken bat by Montero.
The difference has been the Mariners were able to get the ball out of the infield with a runner on 2nd or 3rd
Ok……
I just said Gordita.
?
I thought you were praising him…. (and was agreeing)
Oh. Ok. I was. I thought you were….nevermind.
This game means nothing in the sense of win/loss record. The Yankees will make the playoffs.
HOWEVER, it’s pretty damn frustrating/ concerning, just how bad this team is at moving guys over and driving them in. men on first and third with 0 outs and your 4 and 5 hitters coming up and you don’t score? a leadoff double with a speedster on, and you fail to score?. None of these games will matter if were getting bounced in the first round again because we cant produce runs.
This offense has slipped quite a bit. We might not even finish the year in top 5 in runs scored. The Yankees not in the top 5 in baseball in offense? That’s pretty amazing. Pitching has and will continue to carry us this season.
They face Lester on Saturday. That should help their run differential.
Oh noes, how ever will they survive without a top five offense?!
You shouldn’t trivialize the importance of offense.
well, like i said.. with pitching.
Our offense has been trending downward for 3 years now. That’s what happens when 90% of the guys on your team are in their mid to late 30s.
OR when your managers doesn’t structure the lineup to produce Optimal results.
T-TROLL
A-ASS
B-BITCHING
B-BOY
E-EROGANT
R-RIDICULOUS
T-TRENDING DOWNWARD
The hell is erogant?
lmao misspelled version of arrogant
Cano is slumping lately. I don’t like it.
Robbie that was actually terrible.
way to make him work Robbie.
Cano should bat 9th if he’s gonna have ABs like he’s having tonight
only if arod bats 8th
Tat-man traded to the Rays
Cano loves giving away at bats. Sheesh. Take pitches, take a walk!
Congrats Alex on yet other milestone!!!!!!!!
Will this be 5 “tips of the cap” in the last 6 games?
Probably.
Dammit.
holy crap, so much for making him work. I don’t think hacking at everything is the right game plan.
Its time for girardi to fine guys for not hitting productivly like moving up the runner.
…no.
it’s time for RAB to start charging certain people
My favorite site on here is when the trolls rear their ugly heads and Mike slays them with his magical sarcasm and wit!
sight*
At least Freddy settled down.. some nice pitching in the last couple of innings.
freddy’s dealing. has had some bad luck too, at least on two of the runs. granted this is the m’s but whatever
Freddy Garcia vs. Felix Hernandez 2012 and after 6 we’re still in it. Did everyone really expect to be crushing Felix? Out of the range of possibilities, this is definitely nowhere near the worst.
I think what’s killing this game for me is that we’re still in it yet keep shooting ourselves in the foot with the RISP fails.
True, but baseball is always very frustrating if you micro-analyze every at bat, considering failure happens a lot. Felix doesn’t keep his ERA as low as it has been by allowing every runner to score from third with fewer than 2 outs.
Yankees are 1-7 with RISP so they have had chances. Also, Freddy is facing a historically bad offense, so yeah, it was reasonable to expect a close game. It’s actually disappointing that Freddy allowed 3 runs in 6 innings to this awful offense.
It is a close game.
This was a response to CUYanks post that implied it’s a surprise the Yankees are in this game given the pitching matchup. I never said it wasn’t a close game.
I’m starting to think signing Cano and letting Grandy and Swish go would be the smartest way to go.
The King is dealing now…
what does ibanez provide? hitting a hr every three weeks doesn’t count
I’m going to throw up if the Red Sox get Josh Johnson.
Not so much for the impact this year, but going forward.
Doubtful. I still laugh at people thinking they will get Hanley and Bell for Crawford and a prospect. The Marlins would be adding payroll and get the worst player in the trade.
That was ridiculous, I know. But there’s some weird dynamic when the Marlins give up, they feed the Red Sox and Tigers.
I think they move Hanley somewhere next week, I want to guess the Dodgers but they’ll hold onto Johnson.
Red Sox will trade Cody Ross for some other bald white guy and they’ll solidify their 80-82 season.
I’m going to throw up if the Rangers get ANY front-end starter. Good grief they’re in on nearly every big name pitcher.
I think they end up getting Hamels with the idea of re-signing him in the offseason.
They have a damn good farm system. They’d be wise to upgrade if they can.
But if the Rangers do, at least they have to give up Olt or Profar.
The Red Sox have NOTHING to offer of value to get a return of a top-end starter or franchise everyday player.
If they get away with getting JJ for 4 single-A scrubs I’m gonna be livid.
How do you think Padres fans feel? Not only is A-Gon given away, but the best part of that trade, Rizzo (fuck Casey Kelly), is then traded by one of Theo’s cronies to the old GM that traded for him in the first place.
And then Hoyer leaves power and runs to join his lover in Chicago. He’s a disgrace to the game. He bent over for Epstein. And continues to do so.
Yeah. I don’t want to commisserate with Padre fans, though.
Just because San Diegans have been screwdriver doesn’t mean we should take it quietly.
Ugh. U know what I meant
So would I. I don’t want to play for the Sox
Just a Chris Stewart HR away from being tied here….
no PH here? Really?
Like who?
Like any player on the bench since they are ALL better than Chris Stewart. If you are at least going to respond to every post, write something intelligent.
Really? You think Andruw Jones or Jayson Nix would have done any better? If they had a lefty left on their bench, I might agree with you.
Nix career 500/583/600 vs. Felix
Only 12 PA, but worth a shot, almost impossible to be worse than Stewart.
This is what happens when people start to expect things. They get all whiny. I didn’t expect the Yankees to do much in this game so I’m perfectly fine.
FALLACY
Explain. I always give my reasoning. You should give yours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ata_player
(couldn’t help myself)
I don’t think anyone expected much, but stranding those runners in scoring position with no outs is a great formula for losing.
So is facing Felix Hernandez.
Of course. The real crime was losing to all those pitchers who aren’t Felix Hernandez.
What’s most irritating about our lineup structure is that a .250, 40 homer guy is hitting second. Do you see the braves batting uggla second? Do you see the Whitesox hitting Dunn second? The 2 hole is suppose to be used for a High Contact, High On base guy, with the ability to move guys over via hit, walk, sacrifice. Then you typically put your best hitter third ( cano) followed by your best power hitter in the 4th hole.
Didn’t we beat down the Braves?
The season series was 4-2 in our favor. It could have easily gone 3-3… so i wouldn’t say be beat down the braves.
It could have easily went 5-1 or 6-0 in NY’s favor…what’s your point?
Optimal lineup statistically is to have 2 most productive hitters batting 2nd and 4th. Granderson and Cano are the Yankees 2 most productive hitters.
Your idea is one philosophy. And there are several legitimate lineup philosophies.
id really like to see a cg by freddy
This. And a comeback win.
both are probably impossible, i guess id take the win
Freddy would only have to pitch 1 more inning if they lose. He’s at 83 pitches. Depends on Joe.
i just meant one or the other would be possible, not both
Let’s at least make sure Felix can’t go 9 here.
And actually thinking about it, we fared then the Red Sox and Rangers have against Felix.
What the fuck, Felix?
Hit Smoak’s overrated ass in retaliation.
Um. Smoak was sent down today.
they should really eject Felix
Was King Felix hitting Jeter as retalition for Ichiro getting hit? Oh, wait…
what is this? vicente padilla on the mound?
Run Jeter! Stay out of the DP
Move the runner over! Bunt! Productive out even though you only have six left!
Fine Grandy if he doesn’t bunt!
Well he doesn’t have to now.
that was not a strike…
Perfect. Another RISP. My hopes are now crushed.
oh fuck, risp
Let’s see if the can get a hit with RISP THIS time.
Great pitch
great pitch, unfortunately.. they will fail to score yet again
Felix, you are great, but please have fun wasting your prime years for a last place team.
they are missing all the good pitches to hit, that 2-1 was a hanger
shit…..
Oh shit…
Woah. Alex is in real pain.
FUCK… that does not look good.
fuck, arods season is done
Need to get jeter in here felix tiring.
Is CC pitching tomorrow? He likes retaliation.
FUCK, FUCK FELIX HERNANDEZ!
Oh wait, he only injured A-Rod, never mind.
Trade for Hanley. We need a 3rd baseman now.
There isn’t even anyone worth hitting on their team.
Eric Wedge maybe?
You get your wish Stuart A.
Well, that’s not good.
Not good at all.
Fuck
Felix has become Padilla’s long-lost evil twin brother. Damn!
Paging Chase Headley.
That might be what they have to do.
I would love this idea, alex should be a full time DH sometime in the next few years
Might need to go out and get another hitter.
Stuart just nutted.
classy fans in Seattle, huh?
Is it wrong of me to take great joy in them not having a basketball team?
Very.
Well it looks like we’ll need another infielder.
God Damn It.
He just broke his wrist
don’t care if you didn’t intend to, if you hit 3 batters in one game you’re a piece of shit.
X-rays negative. X-rays negative. Please!
“Oh, a guy just had an awful injury occur? Let’s listen to the sound of it again!”
So if Freddy does not hit someone next inning I will be livid and hughes should hit one 2mrrw too just for good measure
Giving Freddy more baserunners in a losing game isn’t smart. Hughes too for that matter. If they’re ahead I would hope for someone beaned.
That is not……..good.
Fuck
3 hit batters…. intent or no intent someone needs to beaned tomorrow.
Montero. why? because fuck the Mariners, that’s why.
Well, at least the trade deadline is still a week away
Do it for A-Rod!!!!!!!!!
Fuck me nothing easy.
Please just be a stinger. Please just be a stinger. He was just getting hot too.
How long does it take to heal from a broken hand/wrist generally?
I see everyone’s le freaking out . . . Was it that bad? Does it actually look like he’ll be thrown unto the DL? If so, I hear Justin Upton plays a mean 3B . . .
He was really writhing in pain.
Well, ARod is a bit of a nancy boy. Hopefully he’s all right, but I do hear that Hanley’s on the market . . . The Yankees need to up the Black Power ASAP.
Headley > Hanley.
… I laughed.
my mind would be blown if it wasn’t a dl stint. he did not react well after it hit him.
Get logan up or qualls to hit a guy.
Of course, when they get these RISP hits, they’re too good.
2-9, neither scored runs.
some more bad baserunning to not score a run with RISP
wow, a hit with risp and no one scores???????
Second one today.
I swear we have the mnost non-scoring RISP hits in the league – I know they need to freeze on line drives but we have so few RISP hits can’t they just be rolling singles through infield?
Only a sac fly? Lame.
so unlucky.. that was a rocket
Hah.
Even the sac flies are scalded.
Talk about poor luck.
Should be tied if they could have gotten the runner in earlier in the game, but whatever.
Bases Loaded. Kryptonite!
This has the makings of an empty-feeling comeback win
Ibanez is going to hit? Really?? Girardi is trying to lose this game
PINCH. HIT.
Now this I don’t get. Unless Wedge was going to counter.
I would much rather Jones against a righy than Ibanez against a lefty
Everyone would….except…Girardi.
Andruw Jones on the bench here.
Umm, why?
It appears he’s holding Andruw to hit for Stewart?
Why the hell is Ibanez in against the lefty?
They need one above average hitter by the deadline. I’m not asking for Adam Dunn but someone with a wRC+ above 100 would be fine by me…
Let’s see: MLB – summer – relaxation and recreation – and then WHAP.
It’s possible I just don’t have the mental fortitude to watch baseball.
they are way too comfortable coming inside
Fuck the Mariners.
Okay HIT someone tomorrow please.
What the fuck is wrong with these Mariners pitchers?
so when does the bench clearing brawl happen?
Is Lou Piniella still managing this team?
Are you fucking kidding me?!?!
There better be a damn hit Mariner next inning.
Andruw Jones would have faced Brandon League if Girardi brought him off the bench.
Chaves cant play 3rd everyday have to think laird or joseph.
Ok someone has to get drilled tomorrow by CC, this is unacceptable
Plunk Ackley or Montero. This is ridiculous.
Damnit why is Andruw on the bench?
Yankee baserunning has been atrocious tonight. Thompson should have sent Granderson in the 4th the ball was well to the right of the left fielder and he would have scored even though he got a bad start.
No he shouldn’t have. He’d have been out by 20 feet.
Eh, 0 outs.
Shit, what did we do to them? I haven’t been playing close attention, did the whole lineup sleep with Wedge’s wife or something?
What the fuck is going on? They wanna fight?
Wow, take a step back, Seattle.
SERIOUSLY. TEN ST
Hit post too early. I am annoyed now.
It’s times like this I miss Clemens. He always protected his teammates.
Predictable strikeout is predictable.
Fuck.
Wow I hope League gets struck by lightning….and survives.
Well that half-inning sucked.
i hope someone breaks felix’s arm
Wedge was going to counter with League if Girardi had brought him off the bench.
Good move holding Jeter I heard Ichiro has an arm out in RF, oh wait…
How the fuck can Ibanez be left in to face a lefty there?
That is absolutely awful managing.
Game on the line and Ibanez is hitting against a tough lefty, not a good situation.
predictable.
Brandon Laird, welcome back to the bigs.
Shitty part of the lineup coming up in the 9th. Not optimistic.
Okay, we can’t pin the blame Felix’s skill on RISPfail there. It’s really just on the Yanks. Obviously, this is one game that won’t matter in the long run, but god, it is so frustrating to watch.
You all have to listen. IF GIRARDI HAD BROUGHT IN JONES, WEDGE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IN LEAGUE TO FACE HIM.
Again. Jones vs righty or Ibanez vs lefty. Not a hard choice
Given Jones’s recent performances, it’s a little closer.
Yes but this also means Chris Stewart hits (or Russell Martin) in the 9th. He clearly is intending to pinch hit for him there.
He had 2 men on… but I guess it’s better to use Jones with nobody on base.
That is the biggest spot of the game. Does not matter what you are planning to do in the future.
Honestly, take the field off the team and concede defeat before someone else gets hurt.
.480 OPS against lefties is a good move? Oh greg.
It’s called being in a shit situation.
.780 OPS for Jones against righties. That’s pretty damn good for a platoon player.
That should be .860
The logical thing to do is to pick the better shit.
Andruw vs. RHP is better shit than Ibanez vs. LHP.
Jones has an .863 OPS against righties. He had a pretty good option.
Plus, if he burned Jones it would guarantee Stewart or Martin would have to hit in the 9th.
That too.
Now you and I both know Girardi, he will probably have them both bat this inning
Another stupid post.
Jones vs. RHP has an .863 OPS
Ibanez vs. LHP has an .479 OPS
Think before you type.
Then why don’t you f***ing ask him why he did it?
Stop bitching around here about it.
So you wouldn’t complain when Chris Stewart or Russell Martin is hitting down 1 with bases empty in the 9th, right?
I rather use Jones with 2 men on base than nobody on base.
I probably would too, but it’s at least defensible.
Ibanez vs. LHP is WORSE than Martin or Stewart against anyone. Plus bases loaded presents a better opportunity to score.
*2 men on, not bases loaded
The Ichiro trade aside, this has been a clusterfuck of a roadtrip.
Ichiro will get the GW hit.
Jon Lester’s OPS against righties almost DOUBLES Raul’s OPS against lefties.
I thought Ibanez was going to charge the mound bat in hand for a second there. He had his rage face on.
Actually, this game is still far too winnable to risk extra base runners.
It might not matter but Garcia’s been pretty good tonight.
Girardi you have such great managing skills, where I give Cervelli a plus for being italian I hate you because you make us look ridiculous
Cash needs to pick up a DH who can hit righties and lefties. Don’t give Girardi a chance to be a moron.
There we go.
Freddy’s kind of out-pitched Felix. Wow.
Freddy gets to face Raul 6-7 times. Felix has to face Jeter, ARod, Cano, Grandy and Ichy.
True. But it’s still not something I expected to see. I thought he wouldn’t last six innings.
This is where joba and his 100 mph fastball come in handy.
this game sucks on so many levels. people like to hate on arod, but he is better than 80-90% of 3rd basemen in the league
Freddy Garcia has done all that you ask tonight, esp. after that one rocky inning where he only gave up 2 runs. The offense now needs to step it up.
Hope A-Rod’s x-ray comes back negative.
CC’s 1st pitch to Ackley tomorrow needs to be a 97 mph heater to his ribs. Fuck Seattle.
Nova is tomorrow
is cc going to hit him from the bullpen?
That would be funny.
WTF take Garcia out? I don’t get it.
The binder says so.
Payback should come when the Mariners come to NY is August. Joba should be back by then. Let’s see how they handle the 98 mph chezz in the clavicle.
LNOGY
good call on taking freddy out
Jesus this team has the best record in baseball and all you bastards can do is NAG!
If we lose, we lose. Nobody should be crucified. My god. IT’S JUST A GAME!
I can’t believe I have to pull that gem out.
We’re gonna lose. GET OVER IT.
That ain’t a gem. It’s a cow pie. Just another GD turd!
Well admittedly losing this game won’t be a big deal to me, it was King Felix after all.
But the whole HBP thing was sort of irritating.
THIS GAME DOESN’T MATTER!!!11!!1111!!
its just a game? oh, i guess i won’t care anymore
Is nunez ready to come back up in case arod is dled?
dled looks like died.
I was like “wait whut?!”.
I trust Gary Sanchez at 20 years old with no 3B experience to be better than Nunez.
Nunez had only one job to do. I get Mike’s hate of him. I never got it until I saw how awful he is.
Please don’t hit the ball at Rapada.
Robbie!!
Why do we have to use Chad Qualls in a 1-run game?
Did Boone Logan die?
Joba needs to come up so Girardi can’t get cute.
Apparently so.
Why is Chad Qualls coming in? That has to be a mistake. I’d rather have Boone against Montero. Seriously.
To bean montero
That would be a terrible idea. I’m not a fan of having Qualls in this game (or even mixing and matching when this could go to Extras and Freddy was crusing), but Montero is awful against righties
Montero is murdering lefties.
Now we need joseph and laird.
over under on runs scored with qualls in: 2
What the sweet fuck was wrong with the 1-0 pitch?
absolutely nothing. gameday shows that as what could be called literally a “meatball”. no way it was a ball. ruined the entire at bat.
WTF???? Chad Fucking Qualls now?????
Fortunately Montero is taking hacks like that.
Qualls looks like the love-child of Sidney Ponson and Scott Proctor to me.
Not good.
From the side he looks like Hughes.
Ackley got a great jump. Give him some credit.
Chad Qualls, still useless, still on this team.
Shit robbie is hurt too.
All the fail from all the broken parts on the roster today.
So what the fuck was the point of bringing Qualls in exactly?
Why is Qualls on the roster?
the ROOGY intentionally walked a righty, yea, that’s the state we’re in.
Some things are strange.
Montero has a .543 OPS against righties… that would be playing with fire.
3-1 count or not how do you not at least see if he’ll chase a curve?
Why not just hit him?
Girardi’s mixing and matching is out of control. Garcia was rolling along and now I’ve got to see Chad Qualls who can’t get anyone out pitching. Garcia had a low pitch count nobody on base and was pitching great.
Maybe they’re purposely playing like shit so the media will declare the team dead in the water . . . See, now, at this point, Cashman will unload the farm in a calculated act of desperation. You see . . . Cashman want to amp up the sympathy so he won’t feel as guilty when he lands the best player in baseball, Mike Trout. Or Joey Votto. Maybe he’ll be forced to settle for Carlos Gonzalez? It’s all on purpose.
This mixing and matching is fucking irritating. Should of just left Garcia in.
See he mixes and matches for the bullpen but when his hitters have a sub 500 OPS against a type of pitcher Joe suddenly disappears.
Make Joe Bullpen Coordinator and hire Toore for Head Coach.
It would be one thing if he was bringing in good relievers, but Chad Qualls?
I miss when the Yankees scored lots of runs each game. Let’s start doing that again.
i miss when they had a reliable pen
A where-have-you-gone-joe-dimaggio interlude.
in that case, i miss mo too. and arod
I miss every player of the 1927 Yankees in their prime.
Fuck these one out guys.
can’t help wondering what would have happened if they left Freddy in….
Logan is toast.
Nice inning bullpen. I mean fuck it, why keep it at 1 run when you can blow it open.
Why not go with the hot hand? Should have kept Freddy in… Instead we get Rapada that cant retire one of 2 lefties, Qualls who cant retire a righty and then Logan who cant retire a lefty. Great managing Girardi, doing everything you can to lose this one.
I saw no problem putting Rapada in, especially with 2 lefties coming up. He usually gets the job done. No idea why Qualls was put in.
This is turning into a clusterfuck. Remind me why they took Garcia out again?
A lefty was up with noone on base… who was 0 for 3 against Garcia.
I could see yanking him if a man got on, but it is typical Girardi over-managing….
And the dumb thing is once you commit to Rapada, then how do you not also commit to Eppley. This is the 2nd or 3rd time Chad Qualls has been the 2nd man in out of the pen in a 1 run game.
WTFBoone
LNOGYs in the house tonight!
Four pitchers to hold the mighty Mariners down for a chance in the 9th. wasn’t Garcia pitching well when he got taken out?
Joe’s trying to ice Wilhelmsen, Brilliant!
Logan stop messing around.
Wasn’t out night. Leave it at that.
All right they don’t want to win. Just hit a lot of Mariners.
wow
my god you HAVE to be kidding. Just wow. Fuck the west coast.
Unreal.
Yankees scald line drives all over the field in the top half of the inning, can only plate one run.
Mariners get a run on that chicken-shit dinker of a hit.
3 walks by OOGYs against same side hitters… this is anything but bad luck (incompetence comes to mind)
LOL the gameday scout: Logan showed faith in Stewart by throwing that pitch in the dirt w/runner on third. (Sure pal)
Seager
Against the wind
why not
Way to go! Use 3 relievers to give up a run!
How does a team with no offense score runs? You give them 3 walks and a dribbler.
One of the intentional variety to boot.
Can we fire Girardi after this game for this colossal shit he took on a 1 run game?
I’d do it. Seriously. I would.
i think i hear freddy laughing from the clubhouse
Just their fucking luck. Un-fucking believable. Not even a legitimate base hit, A FUCKING SLOW ROLLER DOWN THE LINE. And now Joe goes to the bullpen again. Freddy must of fucked Mrs. Girardi behind Joe’s back.
The road trip from Hell.
Can this game just end at this point?
So why did Joe take out the Sweaty one?
I think Girardi’s lost his mind he’s actually going to his 5th pitcher after that infield blast off Logan. He’s emptying out the bullpen against the mighty Mariners, please.
It’s not like we have a day game tomorrow!
I’m really not one to pick on Girardi and his bullpen moves, but it almost seemed as if he realized there was one out in the 8th and he had to make at least one bullpen move on the night.
Always been an issue of mine for decades. In a close game, never take out a starting pitcher who is on a low pitch count and in total control. There was no evidence Garcia was laboring.
I just can’t……
No idea what the fuck just happened nor why.
I think Ichiro brought the suck to us…….
Just kidding.
Kind of….
Look on the bright side, if the Yankees had gotten out of the inning unscored upon, Girardi would have had positive reinforcement. Now we have avoided that.
It doesn’t matter. The binder never changes.
ah, Mariners baseball at its finest.
Girardi’s (bad) management at his finest.
4th pitcher this inning. . . .good job BP!
I fucking hate losing. The team has that air right now. The “The World is Against Us” air that appears whenever they go on a losing streak.
Like, the “losing our third baseman to a nasty hbp and getting hits with risp that don’t get our runners home and nailing line drives with risp and having them be caught and having our 5th starter pitch a gem into the 8th against the Ace and losing” air.
And the “bases loaded two outs weak grounder that scores a run when down by one” air.
I hate that air.
The team has that air.
FUCK.
So why is Eppley coming in now? (and not after Rapada)
At what point did Chad F’n Qualls jump Eppley in the bullpen order?
I think someone swapped the pages in the binder. Joe hasn’t noticed yet.
The inner machinations of Girardi’s mind are an enigma. Sometimes even HE doesn’t know why he makes these kinds of moves.
came in at the tail end of the game, and… man. it’s winnable, it really is. girardi is blowing through that pen, but what’s killer is that it’s turning out like every other west coast game – small shit just killing the yankees. this is the hump game guys, win it, and it’s all downhill from here.
this is especially going to suck, because you know the yanks will score one run here
Maybe we get luckyand they don’t torture us like that since its bottom of order.
But you’re probably right 4-3 final
Worse. They might score two to tie the game, but the bullpen will have been burned. Phelps is still there. He’ll come in for an 1 1/3, then Joe will pull him after he strkes out all five batters, and then he’ll bring in Nick Swisher.
I think Grandy will get hit next.
Tomorrow?
Wow. Justin Smoak optioned to AAA, huh?
That Cliff Lee thing sure worked out….
Let’s not pretend that Jesus Montero has been great shakes either.
I’m not. But Montero is younger and still has a major league job. Smoak is pushing 26 and has been a bust comparatively.
Yeah, but so far Montero hasn’t had enough time to wear out his welcome in Seattle.
Joe Girardi with a clinic on how to waste an effort of length from your number 5 starter: pull him prematurely and use almost all your bullpen for the final 2 outs anyway.
Now that the inning’s over. Someone needs to explain to me why the fuck he took Freddy Garcia out when he was rolling and with a low pitch count. Why would anyone fuck with it??? Then follow that up by needing to use 4 pitchers to get 2 outs.
/Unfuckingbelievable
Why doesnt the media ask him that, then?
If it’s such an obvious question, then why dont they ask it?
I’m quite certain they will.
And I’m quite certain he’ll have some lame excuse.
Well no one in the media has taken him to task, so what does that tell you?
Really? You’ve never seen media be critical of Girardi?
Please don’t say “it tell us that Girardi is right.”
Is this the Greg that I despise with every morsel of my being?
A 98mph fastball and a 79mph curve? Lordy.
At least Will Smith fared better against the Angels than us.
Great road trip.
Well I’m glad they saved Andruw for …. wait, what was Andruw saved for?
Don’t worry the game is now in Russel Martin’s capable hands.
They should’ve just PH Swish here. Otherwise why bother?
Russel Martin instead of Andruw Jones? I know it’s a righty, but come on
Right, then how do you not PH Jones for Ibanez if you aren’t going to him here?
Losing to Felix is one thing. It happens. But that 8th inning shit fest just shows how stupid Girardi is in one run games. same shit in Oaklnad as well.
SO MUCH HATE
So lesson on this one… when your starter has retired 15 hitters in a row, has a low pitch count and there is noone on base maybe you let him keep pitching?
Especially when you have a guy hitting .222 with a .622OPS coming up… it’s not like Barry Bonds was stepping up to the plate.
I could understand maybe going to a relief pitcher for Saunders (especially if Ackley somehow got on), but Girardi is just too smart for his own good some times. A slave to the platoon effect (well except when it’s his hitter at the plate)
Except it didn’t matter in this game. If 2 runs is all you can put up on offense, it doesn’t matter when you take Garcia out.
Just remember, this is the same strategy he employed the other night when Hughes was pitching great, and everyone killed him for leaving Phil in too long.
I remember a game I was at against the Tribe where Phil pitched a real great game. Pitched 8 innings I believe, then in the 9th he brought Wade in. Left in the top of the ninth it was like 6-0 yanks. On the platform of the 4 train I look back at the stadium its suddenly 6-4. If you SP is doing well, leave him.
I agree. I thought it was the right decision to leave Phil in the other night. He just got burned.
Well the lousy bottom of the 8th probably didn’t make a differnce, but the whole thing sucked.
Back tomorrow.
Yeah I don’t like Girardi.
So you want fired then?
Couldn’t care less.
Martin is heroin to Girardi. There needs to be an intervention.
I am so sick of Russ Martin. Strikes out looking to end the game. Nice.
Ok, if Joe was going to hit Martin there instead of Jones, his move to leave in Ibanez was pretty indefensible.
it was already indefensible
The game outcome is meaningless. The report on A-Rod is paramount.
It’s not that they’re losing these games on this road trip that piss me off, it’s the way they’re doing it. Fucking Infuriating.
Red Sox better be sweating bullets. Yankees are getting all this losing out of the way. Saving up all the win for this 3 game series.
Can we please have a brawl tomorrow just so we can send an angry team to face the Red Sox on Friday?
Freddie Garcia does not deserve the loss he’s going to get, which is very unfortunate.
Yes he does, he gave up more runs than the other team.
These Mariners have to be repaid in kind.
Yes, we need to trade for Felix.
I’m more disappointed in the content in this forum than the actual game.
So much hate and anger. Probably would make anybody want to kill themselves.
We lost to Felix Hernandez. If this was Ervin Santana, then it would be a bit more frustrating
We lost to the Mariners…. there is more to the game than the starting pitcher.
He was also not on his game tonight.
Tomorrow I wake up to see that Cashman landed both a solid 3B and Justin Upton. That is the silver lining to this game. Oh, and, Girardi gets kicked in the nuts and is immediately sent into a coma. Darryl Strawberry comes back to man the helm and takes the revamped lineup to WS title number 27! (I think it’s 27 . . . 28?)
Being kicked in the nuts puts him in a coma?
Does that mean he’s a dickhead?
I know, that was pretty bad but I couldn’t resist.
This dude sent Russell Martin up to the plate, down 2 runs and 2 outs, to pinch-hit with Andruw Jones on the bench. What part of that shit makes any sense???
Signing off for the night. I just can’t…..So fucking disgusted with this game.
Boy has this been a horrendous road trip. Hopefully they leave this Mariners-esque type of baseball in Seattle where it belongs.
I really hope we upgrade our DH and catching positions at the deadline. I’m not asking for blockbusters, but honestly that bottom half of the order isn’t doing a thing. Any time you have Chavez, Martin, Ibañez, and Stewart down there you’re just asking to kill rallies.
Also, what’s the point of having Ichiro in front of the 9-hole hitter? At least put him in a spot where he can contribute if he gets on base.
Arod to dl
Laird or russo call up.
One last thing.
Apparently, Hamels close to signing extension 6 yr/$137.5 million with Phillies. So…..
Greinke
Sanchez
Dempster…..
joe girardi is the biggest idiot who ever walked the planet. how can baseball managers and players and media be so stupid as to abide stupidity like that? faced with a choice between sacrificing his child and getting a lefty-lefty matchup in the 8th when down one run girardi would take the lefty-lefty matchup every time, even if it was boone logan and he had a 7.54 ERA that year. does girardi understand that he is not obligated to use his matchup relievers EVERY game, because matchup relievers are generally lousy and the utility gained by using them is often less than what you get from a GOOD pitcher facing either side of the plate; that it is okay to use good pitchers even if it isn’t a a save situation, because “saves” are just a really dumb stat; that SOMEONE HITTING BELOW 200 SHOULD NEVER BE A LAST-DITCH PINCH HITTER EVER.