Game 99: “If you ain’t first, you’re last”
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I don’t know the answer to this — I’m not even sure how I would go about finding the answer without doing it manually — but when was the last time the Yankees and Red Sox met this late in the season (~100 games in) with one club being in first and the other being in last? Probably back during the early-1990s before the wildcard era, no? Either way, it’s been a really long time. Here’s the starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
LF Raul Ibanez
DH Andruw Jones
3B Eric Chavez
RF Ichiro Suzuki
C Russell Martin
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game starts a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and MLB Network nationally. Enjoy.
Nick Swisher Update: Swisher (hip) did all the drills — batting practice, sprints, running the bases, etc. — and is available as a pinch-hitter tonight if Joe Girardi is willing to use him. I suppose that means he could be back in the starting lineup as soon as tomorrow, thankfully.
Joba Chamberlain Update: Joba (elbow, ankle) will make his next minor league rehab appearance with Double-A Trenton on Sunday. He said he feels fine physically but needs a “couple more” rehab appearances to shake the rust off, basically.
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This lineup isn’t as bad as it could have looked. But please pinch hit Swish early if need be.
I like this line up…but once Swish is healthy can he hit 2nd, drop Grandy to 4th and Tex to 5th?
Batting order doesn’t mean anything.
It doesn’t mean much, but still I’d like statistically our best homerun hitter (Granderson) to come to the plate with the highest chance of having men on base. Which would be clean up. I also would like our guys most likely to be one base (Jeter, Swisher, Cano) to be hitting before him.
Pity all those managers, all those years, wasting their time like that.
Sounds like another modern statistical myth, based on considering a thing as if it were in a vacuum, and not in a context.
Hard to credit the notion that scoring in the first inning doesn’t affect the rest of the game; that a pitcher finding themselves with a lead after the 1st pitches exactly like a pitcher with no lead, or behind. Nor that putting a slow-footed catcher to bat in front of your best singles & doubles hitter doesn’t affect run-scoring.
Because stats might show the lineup, considered in the abstract, means only .x% run differential, that doesn’t mean teams don’t win a game by a run, or a division by a game. Winning a game, a division is significant.
This is the game that I have the least confidence of us winning. Hughes has never done well against the Red Sox, and we haven’t seen Aaron Cook in awhile.
The other two are games that I am confident that we will win.
But the one rule is:
Don’t get swept.
I have to think that a pitcher who doesn’t strike anyone out is going to have trouble with the Yanks lineup.
Cook will fan Jones like 10 times.
But, Cook allows you to put A LOT of balls in play. Recently he’s gotten lucky and all his grounders have been finding gloves, eventually more will start finding their way through the infield. That plus the 25% FB rate he has, and it’s a hot night at the stadium…I’m feeling a good night for the offense.
Ugggh being blacked out of Yankees-Red Sawks is the worst.
I’d really like a sweep just to put them so far out of it they feel like they have to be sellers come Tuesday.
Even if they get swept(which I doubt), Gammons will still think they have a chance for the playoffs.
Gammons will still think the Red Sox have a chance when the Yankees are hoisting the 2012 WS trophy.
Gammons still thinks the 2011 Red Sox is the best team ever assembled.
That Ibanez-Jones-Chavez run feels like three May-2011-Posadas in a row.
I know, I know. It’s not that bad. It just looks……chunky.
They’ve been bad of late. Could be worse.
I’m going on vacation with some Sox fans this weekend, and it would be nice if we could kick their asses and get rid of any notion that they are still in a playoff hunt.
I remember looking at an AL standing in the 70s or 80s and Red Sox were in first and Yankees were in last. It was before the wild card, but it was weird to see. Also, weren’t the Yankees like a million games back mid-season when they won the sudden death game that year (the Bucky f’ng Dent game)? I’m not too lazy to look it up, just working.
Yes in 1978.
Kay/Flash followed by Fox and ESPN? ugh.
BY the way I’m watching the opening ceremonies “LIVE” online. F*** you NBC. Ceremony was okay, but not as good as Beijing.
Fuckin play Swisher. Their lineup is better than ours.
Well maybe not…Ellsbury, Crawford, Pedroia are terrible this year.
Even with Swisher, it could be argued.
favorite part of my job: a kid’s all shakey while waiting to pay, tell them the total to let them think they got away with it. Then asking them for ID. Funnest thing ever.
711?
Head Shop, so everything I sell has a minimum age of 19. Cause it’s all considered “tobacco products”
haha! that sounds like the best job ever
There’s still such a thing as head shops?
Against a LHP our bottom third is going to look really weak…Nix, Ichiro, Martin/Stewart. Yuck.
Didn’t Nix get a big hit against a LHP a few days ago?
Chris Stewart gets a hit every once and a while too.
“A” big hit.
Cole Hamels hit “A” homer against Matt Cain a few days ago.
Reminds me of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Also Rowan and Martin.
fuck.
This is why…
why what? Why the Yankees should be afraid of the last place team? Or why the Yankees should trade for every good pitcher?
Grit
0-2 to a 3-2 HR pitch.
Lovely.
Aramis Ramirez.
Yay or nay?
Not with that contract.
apparently he has a huge contract…so nay.
OK. Thanks. I tried to look up that info and just saw 6 or 8 million for this year. I figured half of that would be decent for one year. Didn’t know there was more. Oh well.
6M is right for this year, but it is 10M in 2013, and 16M in 2014, then with a 4M buyout on a mutual option. They got him at good AAV, but his salary is big in later years.
nay!
Seriously? I’d rather punch myself in the nuts than watch that bald ugly overrated turd go yard. Hughes stop that shit.
You have a strange priority list. Be gentle on yourself.
Theres the obligatory homer
I thought you meant Widget (see above comment).
WE need to answer back immediately. I do not trust Hughes at all.
Fly ball phil strikes again.
How come Lord Ibaldemort is playing LF and Andrew jones is DH?
The DH
Pedroia: “Wow I suck how did I get that out?”
Wow, Hughes not locating at all tonight.
This is why I had low confidence in this game. Get him out
Hughes is gonna annoy the shit out of us tonight.
B.o.h.I.c.a
Okay how about you don’t give big fat meatballs like that again?
Get phelps up.
This is why patience is a virtue.
Are you serious hughes? o-2 to pedroia and next thing you know he pops one out and then it is 1st and 3rd, bear down hughes
2nd and 3rd*
Nice job this inning Phil. Really nice job.
@Ken_Rosenthal
BREAKING: #Angels close to acquiring Zack Greinke from #Brewers, sources tell me and @jonmorosi.
Well then.
Angels? More like devils!
Are there 2 of you?
And yet they’ll still find a way to completely underachieve in the playoffs.
Well, that means the division and or wildcard for Angels. So there will be at least two AL West teams in the playoffs.
And an even more loaded front end of the staff.
Angels are probably the best built for the playoffs. If they don’t win the division, though, it’s a tossup in the play-in game.
Ok Philly keep it to one.
Phil Hughes fucking sucks.
Calm down man
No. No other fucking pitcher in baseball goes from 0-2 to 3-2 as much as Hughes. And he fucking disappears against Boston every fucking time.
I have this one guy I want to introduce you to his name is A.J. Burnett, and I also know one guy named Carlos Zambrano, What about my other friend Francisco Liriano. Stop hating on him after 1 run man just get through it
haha, oh these yankee-red sox games. i need more alcohol for this.
Hughes to SD for headley strait up.
Who’s the most unlikeable Red Sox?
I go with Pedoria only because it’s sickening how the media never stops slobbering over him.
It’s sort of like choosing between gouging your eyes out or pulling off your fingernails. There really is no right answer.
Widget is hardcore.
I’d still probably say Beckett. Pedroia and GBFF are neck and neck for #2 on my list.
Could have been worse, all things considered, but Jesus Effin’ Christ, Phil. 0-2 to a home run and then almost fall apart? Can’t let this shit keep happening.
Why cant we produce any pitchers that strike people out consistenly? Nova and Hughes are both contact pitchers for the most part.
Both Nova and Hughes of K/9′s at 8. They are strikeout pitchers. They are also give up a shit load of home run pitchers.
I assume this is sarcasm?
Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova rank 14th and 15th in the league in strikeout rate, respectively.
I want top ten.
And anything less than that is “inconsistent?”
Robertson?
Starting pitcher.
You’ve now moved the goal posts twice in the space of 5 minutes.
The Yankees are 4th in K% in the MLB i think and 2nd in the American League. Beyond that, all their pitchers are striking a shit ton of batters out this year and that is there strongest point so why dont you open your eyes.
Phil reverse splits on exhibit… the two righties have crushed balls.
I’m surprised teams don’t stack righties against him as he will rarelyt throw a change to a righty for some reason (which makes him a 2 pitch pitcher against righties).
Everyone has talked about how much better it is that Phil does not use cutter. He is much better since he dithced it but one downside may be that at bats are longer – he never seems to be able to finish 0-2 counts and Red Sox may be wrong team to try to overpower with fastballs like he has overpowered other teams.
That’s perception. He ability to finish off hitters with two strikes is equally as bad now as it was then
And the BABIP begins
Robinson Cano makes that play look routine.
It would be nice if the YES booth didn’t slobber all over that rat faced midget.
Sniveling little rat-faced git.
Oh my God. Fake dive just to look gritty. And they’re gonna call it a web-gem. Lame.
Nice hit Curtis
Not a fake dive, he is just so damn short he has to dive to get to everything and that makes him look like he is so great on Defense
The past week has spoiled me. I cannot stand this YES booth.
I want to cancel my Time Warner Cable, but I can’t imagine listening to the radio broadcasts. I’d end up muting them.
Angels get Greinke.
Sterling just said nobody healthy on the Yankees besides Grandy makes it to second…did he already forget Ichiro was on the team?
Curtis hit it almost too hard. Cook’s getting roasted tonight.
Another hit that didn’t score the run.
Not saying it would’ve been wise, per se, but it’s annoying all the same.
Granderson would have scored. God dammit Thompson.
No he wouldn’t
This.
Thompson can’t assume that Ross was going to botch the throw that badly.
why just kay and flash tonight?
If Robbie was running hard he would of made it to second easy!!
Stop holding the runners!!!
Well done Mark
Tex with the hustle!
Tex beating that out.
Woah.
Wow, did Tex get to first on a motorcycle?
Wow what a terrible turn and throw by the tiny one… that should have been an easy double play. Kind of shotputted the ball to 2nd.
The Yankees must lead the universe in hits with a man on 2nd that don’t score anyone. Terrible reads constantly by baserunners over there on balls that are nowhere near being caught.
Holy Christ. Tex with teh wheelz.
RAUL #13
THE COUNT!
Ibanez!!
And now the atonement home run.
Fantastic.
IBBY
Yeah buddy! Hughes gotta cushion!
Thanks Pedroia for not turning that DP!
GRIENKE TO ANAHEIM
Is the haul enough though?
Well that has nightmare written all over it. More reasons to not like Anaheim. If they still had Kelvim Escobar at his best, I’d try to get on the DL when facing the Angels.
We’ll see. You know it’s going to include 2 outfielders.
Isn’t it two AA pitchers?
Might be all of the above
Ah. Segues and pitchers. Nevermind.
Segura as centerpiece.
They’re better than the Rangers now.
But can they catch them?
They dug a huge hole in April and have been trying to climb out ever since. And they still haven’t.
Probably not but they’ll gt the wildcard and after that record won’t mean shit.
Weaver-Haren-Greinke-Wilson in the playoffs. Damn.
Um, play-in game.
I hate it too, but it exists and could knock them straight out if they lose.
And they’ll play who? The Orioles? Oakland? Detroit? While anything is possible in one game there’s a pretty big talent gap.
It’s impossible to predict who they would play now, and what pitcher they would face.
But if they were to face Detroit, for instance, then there’s the possibility of Verlander. And that’s a scary-ass proposition.
Weird things happen in single games. ‘Tis why I hate the play-in game for non-identical records in the first place.
1st innings are not kind to the red sox at all against the Yankees. I like a lot.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Jones has been terrible ever since the last Boston series.
Its why I want Hairston. Better hitter against lefties and marginally worse than Jones against righties.
Ichiro looks damn good in pinstripes.
Angels are a team to reckon with now. Yikes. I hate them overall but I like Trout and Trumbo.
Angels are bad for baseball
They were a team to be reckoned with before the Grienke move. I still think we could beat them in a best of 7. If we have homefield, that is because apparently the Yankees cannot win at Angels Stadium.
Well, Greinke wasn’t exactly fantastic in the playoffs last year, so there’s that.
But, in general, they have the best front-3, and then Haren to boot if he can stay healthy. That’s a fantastic rotation – expect lots of low scoring games in the playoffs.
That is, of course, if they get there. I can’t stress enough the play-in game factor.
Now THERE’S a ball you should dive for!
Nice, Cook. Tear the towel. Break your hand on the dugout roof….
Smithers: “Egggggcellent!”
Great comeback by Hughes. Keep it up.
Offense comes right back and scores, Hughes puts up a shutdown inning. ARE YOU HAPPY GREG????????
For the moment.
Greg is just a taskmaster.
Am I the only one that thought Robbie looked a little slow getting up on that one? 2nd time in last two games, not good
Nice bounce back inning by Phil. Now let’s see Ichiro hit one over the RF wall in his YS debut.
Phil needed that inning…. One more semi-quick inning and his pitch count will be back to normal.
So what is Texas’ knee jerk reaction? All out for Shields or Johnson???
That would be depressing, but I could see it happening.
Wouldn’t mind either going there. Johnson has the most upside but I think he has 200IP once in his career.
The only thing I worry about is if they do the deal with Olt and just some filler. Olt’s a decent prospect but he’s being talked up like he’s a future Wil Middlebrooks
Would like to see them have to kick in one of their young arms as well to help start to thin a pretty deep farm system.
Nice inning by Hughes.
What would Sterling’s HR call be for Ichiro? (sorry if this was already discussed earlier in the week)
“It’s the Ichi and scratchy show!”
“He hit that right into Lake Ichi-goomy!”
“So zooky…so strong-y!”
“Ichiro…into the 10th row!”
“Me so horny! ME SO HORNAY!!!”
I got carried away. He prob won’t hit a HR.
I lol’d on the last one
Serious, are you two people, or do you have split personality disorder?
This.
Glad I am not the only one who noticed
I generally a nice person. Some comments really set me off sometimes (or lots of times).
And I got laid recently. A lot.
And I’m back to drinking. I was miserable with out it. I’m not drinking yet tonight, though.
Haha, ok. Good for you on the getting laid a lot recently, it definitely helps one’s mood.
Well we forgive you for your recently angering comments and I am sorry for my angry replies
Good to see folks @ YSIII excited for Ichiro.
Especially all the asians.
Are the fans at the stadium cheering for Ichiro just cause he’s new, or because they think he’s still Ichiro?
He is still Ichiro. I don’t think anyone expects him to be the player he was, but it’s exciting to see yet another icon of the game wear the pinstripes.
He’s barely worse than Swish in overall productiveness so their excitement is warranted.
Swisher: .346wOBA 115wRC+
Ichiro .281wOBA 77wRC+
What?!
He’s using WAR I believe.
I’ve never been a huge fan of WAR, only because everybody’s formula is a little different and different formulas weight different things differently…and I’m pretty sure it uses defensive metrics in it, and most/all defensive metrics are useless in SSS.
Ichiro has had great defense for years. It bridges the gap. Swish is still better but it’s not lopsided.
Ichiro has made hard contact ever since coming over
Joined the broadcast just in time for Ibanez’s homer. Unfortunately it looks like I missed a good Greg post to respond to (the claim that Nova and Phil don’t strike people out consistently despite the fact that they obviously do). I’ll get ‘em next time.
Dont trust him at all.
HR Phil at his best
Wow, is Oakland for real?
Wow, is Hughes for real? WTF?
wow that’s pathetic Phil
Only Hughes can let Carl Crawford would hit two hard hit balls.
Three home runs given up Hughes in his last four innings of work.
I guess the non-HR Phil was a blip on the radar.
Get him out
Trade Hughes
Look at his home road splits. He cannot have success in New York. Trade him, Austin, and Warren for Chase Headley.
*Sigh*
At least Hughes can pitch 1 inning without getting hurt.
homer to crawford? What does Greg have to say
Get him out of there.
Oh chicken little you are so cute
This is another great example of why this new WC system is utter crap. The Angels have now pretty clearly distinguished themselves as a top team in the AL and unless something spectacular happens and they catch Texas, they’ll have to put all of that at risk in ONE GAME against an inferior team.
remember when everyone talked that the top 3 AL East teams would make the playoffs. Now it’s looking like the top 3 AL West teams. Crazy.
the “the angels” angels have worried me for a while this season. i’m not as confident playing against them now as i was back in may. starting to feel the same for the a’s. what the hell happened there?
You never know. Texas is having pitching issues right now and two weeks ago it was almost certain they’d be getting either Hamels OR Greinke.
Now if they do go after either Shields or JJ, they will probably have to give up Profar. If Texas doesn’t budge on their Profar stance, Anaheim could easily catch them.
Giggle
Not sure why you would speed up Crawford’s bat until he shows he could do something other than swing feebly at an outside fastball.
hughes sucks.
Memo to Red Sox: you can’t win by hitting home runs, so don’t bother. Thanks.
+1
Flyball Phil
Would be a beast at Petco.
Hughes for Headley, straight up? Or am I crazy?
Yea, your nuts. It’d take more than Hughes.
Hughes and 2 minor leaguers of San Diego’s choice not named Sanchez?
That’s closer sure especially if your parting with … Tyler Austin and Heathcott.
You want Headley that bad? Who’ll take over for Hughes, whos given the team two good months.
Phelps I suppose
Like I said further down, this was kind of just a joke, but in all seriousness…Phelps takes over until Pettitte comes back. Then for the playoffs it’s CC, Kuroda, Pettitte, Nova.
Not named williams either, I think could work
SD would give Cash the bird.
Just a little bit RI just a little
Throw in austin and betance.
If I was serious about this and had more faith in Phelps, yes.
Okay Phil, no more runs.
it looks like Phil’s curve is not fooling anyone..
It’s an arms race in the al west. Rangers might land Josh Johnson this weekend.
Or James Shields.
STRAWMAN IN THE HOUSE!
Love it! Always wanted to check out his restaurant.
Phil Hughes is garbage. When all you have is two below average pitches and you don’t get the ball on the ground, you’re going to get bitch slapped around, especially in the AL East. They say solo homeruns don’t kill you but Hughes seems to give up several a start. I haven’t been fooled by the 2-3 decent starts he’s strung together. He’s definitely been the weak link in the rotation. Every time he starts against a good offensive team like the Angels or Red Sox he gets hammered.
GOD MEREDITH’S VOICE MAKE IT STOP.
Meredith just talks in one long sentence in the same tone of voice. Why doesn’t Kim Jones come back?
Thank you. I actually have no idea what she just said.
She got a better job.
They really give Marakovits a long leash. She just keeps on goin on.
She has great cans.
I love her though man
Cook looks so hittable, no reason that we can’t chase him from this game early.
Joba throwing in 3 digits wow threw mid 90s with a tear in his elbow. Joba is cyborg.
Damn
Lol
Yeah, Grandy!
We’re going to need a lot more BABIP luck like that to beat a sinkerballer like Cook.
Or they can hammer XBH like they did to score the first 3 runs.
Cano, walks are ok.
Swung at ball 3.
and ball 4
Michael Kay just peed himself (fakes to third, fakes to first… oh, Jeff Nelson).
Michael Kay is gonna be like, the saddest person ever when that move is eliminated next year.
The fact that he always needs to throw in the Jeff Nelson facsimile never stops annoying me.
This time he actually didn’t; it just feels weird typing anything involving Michael Kay and “first to third” if I don’t include “Jeff Nelson.”
Michael Kay is like your dependably weird uncle – you know he’s going to say something ridiculous ALL the time, so it’s best to smile and nod… smile and nod.
That is the perfect way to describe him. Does that make Sterling our older, senile uncle who goes on tangents that we just ignore?
this guy takes forever between pitches
It’s tough to decide whether to throw the sinker or the sinker.
Each Yankee who swings and misses at an Aaron Cook pitch should be fined. The dude has got 3 strikeouts all year. Come on now!
I hate that I actually flinch when the 3rd to 1st motions are gone through.
and swings at ball 4. Cano with men on is sad to watch.
The double edge of Cano. That might have been ball 4
JordanCote promoted to SI? That’s what the nightly game thread on minorleagueball.com is saying.
Cano hasn’t had a single pitch near the strikezone this AB according to Gameday.
That was…odd.
That’s an interesting play by Gonzalez
Well, semi productive at least.
Okay Tex! I’ll take the sac fly.
And, hindsight and fallacy noted, that would have been the third out
but it wasn’t so that’s a good thing Greggers. Accept good into that bleak heart of yours.
Yay, Tex.
That’s not a bad looking throw by Crawford. Good job by Teix. Hughes will need the run support.
And now they are going to IBB Ibanez to face Jones
Uh….is Jeter limping??
What????
pimp walk.
Yeah, I was back and forth. Thought it couldve been pimp walk…
But I thought he was a little mature for that so I got concerned
MOAR RUNZ PLEASE! You know Hughes is going to give up at least two homers next inning.
Funny how the Rangers and Angels are both trying to make moves to bolster their team when we’re still gonna win the WS anyway. It’s kinda cute.
I’d IBB Raul to get to Jones too. Dudes been horrendous of late.
Ever since the last Boston series, all he is doing is swinging for the fences. Not trying to do any situational hitting, which is frustrating.
Weaver, Grienke, Wilson, Haren…that’s a scary rotation.
Does our farm system not have the pieces to get a front-line pitcher? I think the Yankees still need that mythical “#2″ pitcher. Kuroda/Pettite and Hughes go down a slot and that is an awesome rotation.
Pettitte and Kuroda are fine #2′s.
We’ve got two “#2′s” in Kuroda and Pettitte, 4 if Phil and Nova are pitching their absolute best.
I agree they are great number 2s, but they aren’t elite. If the playoff started tomorrow, I think we might have the weakest rotation (head to head) out of all the AL teams, especially after this Greinke thing. Michael Pineda was a good trade, i just wish we went for someone more established.
The Cardinals won the World Series with Kyle Lohse as their number two last year. The rotation in July doesn’t matter. It’s all about who’s pitching the best in October, and that could be anyone.
yea that is true. All these mega pitching transactions in the last few years, without us being involved. Makes me jealous and insecure.
Yes, that is the point I’m trying to make. Don’t get me wrong, when Andy is on (and he was so on this year) he’s a terrific pitcher and Kuroda has been more than I ever expected.
Perhaps I’m undervaluing our rotation and the “grass is greener” but other rotations are more impressive: Angels, Phillies, Giants, Nationals, and Rays to name a few.
I know the Rays wouldn’t trade within the division, but if the Yankees could swing a trade for Shields, that sets up a strong 1-2 punch with CC.
Our farm is full of guys with high potential which they may or may not tap into. They are so far away from the big leagues that they’re not considered blue chip prospects. At least until they prove themselves in AAA/MLB. Other teams like the Rangers and Angels have guys who teams can project in the big leagues. I’d sure be nice to have a Jean Segura, Mike Olt, or Jurickson Profar waiting in the wings either to use as trade bait or start in the big leagues but alas we traded away our only blue chipper in years for a guy with a noodle arm.
Get Scott Hairston please.
For once I really agree with you.
Andruw looks done. Time to get a real bat for the bench.
He’s been playing too much for a reserve player, he needs some rest.
We need swish back so bad Girardi is the only one in the park at wants jones facing a righty
They really have no choice. the injuries have limited Girardi’s options.
Saying Girardi “wants” him facing a righty assumes facts not in evidence.
Obviously
He actually has a better OPS against righties.
.800 OSP against righties. What’s stupid is letting Ibanez’s .480 OPS against lefties.
Jones should be benched ASAP. That was pathetic and frankly inexcusable.
He’ll be back to a platoon role when Swish gets back.
In favor of….?
Fuck Jones. Please get healthy Swish.
OK, really deep-in-the-weeds question: do you think the four balls thrown on an intentional walk impact a pitch count the same way standard pitches do? Technically, yes, they’re thrown — but generally without any power behind them, using up less. It just seems if, say, a pitcher issued two or three IWs in a game, his pitch count could look misleadingly high.
I just think they should change the rule that if you you want to IBB a player, you just indicate that you’re doing so and throw one pitch out of the zone.
My guess
Fred Lynn, Rickey Henderson, Josh Hamilton
Answer to Trivia: Griffey, Yount & Hamilton?
What Was it I missed it
3 CF’ers to win MVP in AL since 1963. My first two were right. The Real Greg had Freddy Lynn correct.
I think YES is using an old question because J-Ham was not on the list
I am so happy that Cash Ninja avoided getting Crawford that guy is not worth it at all.
Ra’s Al Ghul is a wise GM, and knows when to strike, and who to strike.
+1
Can’t believe a cop got fired for calling him a “monday” of all things. I asked a black coworker and he never heard of it either.
If baseball had an amnesty Alex is the easy choice right?
SERIOUSLY PHIL SERIOUSLY??????????
SERIOUSLY?
Seriously.
Really.
This had me rolling for some reason.
Internal conflicts.
Give up some more home runs, Phil.
For the love of God.
Phil…come on man. You’re better than this. Aren’t you?
not against the red sox he’s not.
BP pitcher… Phil should have pitched to Cano at the HR derby
LOL.
Hughes can’t stop giving up the solo jobs.
why give him a fastball? that’s all that clown can hit. nice job Hughes. Ass.
Although Flaherty is saying that was a good pitch
Phil when I said 6 IP 4 ER I DID NOT MEAN IT!
HOLY SHIT.
phil hughes: “s’all good guys, they’re only solo shots”
I wish we had a catcher that could actually hit. Angers me that we don’t.
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?
Hughes is going to give up six solo shots the way he’s pitching.
I don’t remember him being so homer prone. Either way, Hughes is NOT a front-end starter.
I think we all figured that out a long time ago.
A lot of people will disagree. Not me but a lot.
he will be, when we trade him to SD for Headley… he needs lots of space in the OF to be successful
This is Hughes’ third best season in regards to fly balls. He’s been like this forever. Home run rate is luck but his flyball rate is consistent.
So in Yankee Stadium he’s a back end starter.
Ok get phelps up now.
If the Yankees really loved Hughes they would set him free.
I never really got mad about AJ Burnett because it was expected that he’d do SOMETHING stupid.
Phil? Yeah. Yeah, I’m really irate right now.
The only flaw to Hughes’ game is the flyball rate. I honestly don’t know why it’s even attempted to fix it.
Peripherals at this point only mitigate the damage.
it;s not even being attempted*
And he’s just so inconsistent in his starts, too. One day he’s so on point it’s scary; others, like a game I went to in April opening weekend, we were down 7-1 and he was getting booed mercilessly. So who knows.
Boston game plan: Sit fastball, swing for the fences.
Dude has 2 pitches… and the curve is not fooling anyone. So they can sit on that straight fastball
Exactly. Boston ain’t that smart! Any fool can figure him out.
Yankees need to put the balls in a humidor before Hughes’ starts.
Basically get him through the fifth and then get him out.
Basically trade him and prospects for Headley and let Phelps start.
I’m with you.
I like the cut of your jib.
In that enormous ballpark, the Padres could find many productive pitchers at much cheaper costs.
What they need are hitters, and Headley’s one of the few they have that can hit.
Hughes is doing a shitty job of giving the Yankees a chance to win. Way to put pressure on the offense Hughes!
Get a run back here.
a thank you.
Nah in fact, brotha man, get two.
Two runs is a snack to me, but it means a great deal to you.
Mr. Wendelllllllll
You all better make this entertaining if the rest of us have to sit through the “TOO MANY HOME RUNS BY DAH HUGHES 2NIGHT” bullshit all night.
By the way, too many home runs by dah Hughes 2night.
I know. The peanut gallery is restless tonight.
Oh. I hadn’t even scrolled up. That was a lucky guess.
Yeah, who doesn’t love 4.60 FIP pitchers? Hard to find those guys.
Not a question of like. More of we hearing how badly he sucks, then he’s the centerpiece of a trade the farm type deal, then he’s having a good rebound, then he sucks again, oh, and Phelps needs to replace him AND Garcia and he’s not a front of the rotation guy (because we still thought he was?) and thus is useless and, oh yeah, he SUCKS!!!
Etc and so on. And that’s just the grumbling over Hughes.
If you makes you feel better I’ve always thought he was bad in 2012.
I plan on contributing!
PHIL HUGHES IS A STAHTING PITCHAAAA!!!
That he is.
I miss Andy.
We all do
I really hope he’s back next year.
Or this year? Can Andy and Mo pay a visit to the Baseball Gods and ask to come back this year? Sigh.
Russel…showing some Mussel.
RUSS THE BUS
Jacked!!!
RUSS BUS! ALL ABOARD!
I’m having more fun watching my parents play ball with my niece than I am watching this game.
And as I say that, Russell shows off his muscle.
Not too many home runs by da Yanks, though. RUSSELL LIVES!!!!
YEEHAA!
Power up Mussell.
The park is playing small tonight.
When Russell hits a hard HR to left field like that you know you suck at being a pitcher.
Seriously. It still doesn’t change my opinion of him this year. It just makes me realize how shitty Cook is.
One home run won’t change anyone’s opinion.
I don’t know why it would.
RUSSELL!!
RUSS!!
Great. Now hit six more of those and this game will be Hughes proof.
thank you Martin. I take back the mean words I said earlier.
The balls are flying out of Coors stadium east tonight.
I would’ve sworn that that was gone off the bat.
Chavez’ fly out I mean.
James bond is on NBC.
Which one, btw I saw a preview for Skyfall in Imax last night (cause I had to give Christopher Nolan more of my money) it looks pretty badass.
I intend to go again this week. Not on IMAX this time, because there are other theaters closer.
I didn’t get to see it in IMAX the first time, so I had to do it this time. Still a great flick, only one discrepancy. When Bane does his thing on Wall Street, it starts during the day, then the tunnel scene happens, then it’s night on the streets…I cannot justify or work out how that happened.
Late afternoon?
Nolan has to be allowed to direct a bond film.
Excuse me while I go change my pants…the idea of that got me way to excited.
Nah , not the movie. It’s the opening ceremonies. Nothing but a Cheesy skit.
Honestly Martin has no right to pimp that home run, that disgusts me when he is hitting .189(?) and he is pimping home runs..
Pimpin’ ain’t easy.
Russell!
My baseball boyfriend steps it up.
There you are!!!
I’ve been working –er, “working” too hard and the whole Oakland nightmare followed by the Alex HBP really depressed me. I had to rehab with a large dose of Eureka.
(Oh, and I miss Andy too. Sniff.)
But . . . Joba! And Itchiro! I’m hoping Girardi will start calling Itchiro “Suzi”.
I don’t blame you! That was a very trying West Coast excursion. I myself missed the A-Rod HBP and refuse to watch any footage of it. No need. Seeing Mariano go down was bad enough.
Ichiro** Heh, though if Girardi called Ichiro “Suzi” that would just be too silly. Maybe “Itchy.”
Are you still in possession of that “special pie” you whipped up for Mr. Martin during the last homestand? With the team back home, might be he’d like a taste.
I can have it ready on a moment’s notice, yessir I can.
LOL
Despite all the runs, this game is going pretty quickly for a Yanks-Sox affair.
We’ve got a decent lead. Girardi please take Hughes out before he gives up a grand slam to Nick Punto!
At this rate, he’ll give up one to Nomar.
Don’t want to tire the bullpen in the 1st game of the series. Let him go as far as he can until the lead is at stake(which unfortunately may be soon).
In response to the Angels signing, Ninja needs to strike back with something like;
1) Hughes/Nova/CoJo for Halladay…Phils need $ relief
2) Hughes/CoJo/DBich/Liard for Vargas…M’s need almost everything
3) Hughes/Williams/Sanchez/pick any other for Stras…we ain’t afraid to throw him 30 more innings this year.
Need another ace, 2012 version.
4) Keep on winning fucking ballgames.
+1 that is the best option
Your trade proposal sucks.
Um no.
1. Halladay is hurt
2. Hughes > Vargas (Yes Vargas is that bad)
3. Strasburg is one of the best pitchers in baseball. Plus the Nats are contending. Why would they do this trade?
Vargas? R U serious? I’d rather have Hughes. Vargas sucks.
Vargas is terrible, Strasburg is untouchable, and Halladay is old, hurt, and expensive. Hell no.
“We need another ace. Let’s trade for Jason Vargas.”
I don’t want to overstate……but Vargas? For that deal? That is the most God-awful trade proposal of 2012.
They’ve allowed the same number of homers this season despite the massive difference in home ballparks.
Six more outs, no more runs Phillip and I will consider this a decent outing.
If we win the game I could give 2 shits how well Hughes pitched.
Twitter: repository of joy & mirthfulness.
I could swear that when I was listening to Kay on ESPN the other day, he was saying how he didn’t like Twitter.
From listening to ESPN Radio today, I learned he likes Flo Rida.
Oh God. He’s trying so hard. What do we do with this information now??
Are you sure he wasn’t just mispronouncing Florida? I mean it would surprise me to learn he knows who Flo Rida is, and it would surprise me even more to know he likes Flo Rida.
My wife is convinced Flo Rida only exists to make mothers of three still feel like they belong in the club.
2-2 pitch = ball
Same pitch 3-2 = strike
I love dumbassed umps, at least, when it works in the Yankees’ favour.
We all know Hughes is no Ace. He’s at best a number two, more realistically a number three.
I’m not sure what you all were expecting. Hot humid night (as Kay pointed out)+homer-prone pitcher+very good Red Sox offense would all lead you to believe that, yeah, Hughes would give up a few HRs tonight.
I’m glad they’re all solo shots. If you’re a homer-prone pitcher that’s what you have to try for.
So was I hoping Hughes would do better tonight? Sure. Am I surprised by what’s happened though? Not really.
Anyway, the game’s not over yet. Maybe he’ll have a nice start after all. We don’t have all the info yet.
You’re being too reasonable regarding Hughes. You’ve got to let him polarize you and then get MADDDD at anyone sitting on the other pole.
All i see is blah blah blah LOGIC LOGIC LOGIC blah blah blah SPEAKING LOGICALLY ABOUT PHIL HUGHES blah blah blah blah.
That’s not allowed here.
If he gave up hard liners because he’s trying to pitch low to avoid HR’s and still sucks I wouldn’t care as much. He would be trying to cover up the only thing holding him back and I can respect that. He’s still serving high meatballs to sucky hitters who are able to hit bombs. That’s not good.
1) He doesn’t suck.
2) I’d absolutely care because right now Hughes is pretty decent. I don’t want him fiddling with something new in the middle of the season when he’s really doing fairly well now.
full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count full count
If this game was on FOx or ESPN they’d be showing the 2009 steal of home by Lulsbury over and over and over again.
0-0
0-1
0-2
1-2
2-2
3-2
Walk or Homerun.
This is the story of Phil Hughes.
All the years I was reading about Hughes as a #1 prospect and future ace, I’m thinking I was being fooled by the Yankee prospect phenomenon.
Against good offenses come playoff time, I don’t think I trust Hughes with a playoff start. Surely not in a short series.
What the hell happened to his cutter that he used out of the bullpen with success?
He fell in love with it, and it was terrible, and it made him terrible, like god awful when ever he was healthy this season.
It didn’t work when he threw it as a starter, at least not consistently. He’s been decent-good since he dropped it.
YOU get a full count! And YOU get a full count! Full counts for everybody!!!
But the taxes aren’t covered on the full counts! It’s a farce!
oh wow, i didn’t realize hughes was at 90 pitches already.
Yeah, all those full counts didn’t help.
i haven’t been watching since he gave up the salty hr – that bad huh? batter to batter in the 6th?
So bad the Yanks are up by three runs.
shit. 90 pitches through 5 is a good thing, i forgot.
You know back when baseball was at it’s best , there was no such thing as pitch counts.
hmm… “when baseball was at it’s best” is somewhat subjective, no? but i get your point
By the way Phil Hughes breathes/clenches his jaw/grabs his right nut, you can tell he’s not a starting pitcher. Should have traded him, Mason Williams, a Plouffy bag of weed, and time machine to last week for COAL HAMMMMELS.
YOU NEVER TRADE WEED IT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PROSPECT!
Is it possible for Hughes to develop a slider to use against righties?
Um. You can’t just develop a usable pitch out of thin air. Technically he could develop a slider but it would probably be so bad that it would result in more homers.
Didn’t he have a slider waaay back when?
Even if he did, chances are good that it was dropped for a reason.
Yeah, when he was in the low minors but the powers at be decided that it put to much pressure/torque on his elbow so had him develop a curve instead.
Apparently it was a good pitch but dropped because it puts too much stress.
This game is going reasonably fast, something has to give
I stopped watching because Huse was pissing me off.
So you have a short fuse for Huse?
Something we all could use?
+1 for your mom
What, I don’t get shit for continuing the rhyme?
-1 for Jacob
WE SAID IT AT THE SAME TIME +20 or RT
Brian S. = The Real Greg and visa versa
Nah. That’s not Greg’s style.
Alas, Bonnie and Clyde are no more.
Oh, you know they’re here somewhere.
I say let Hughes go batter to batter in the sixth.
Cook has increased his K totals by 66% already.
Reply fail.
Has anyone ever noticed that the guy in the State Farm arena fan-cam commercial is the same guy in the Nationwide vanishing deductible (“this is weird, but awesome!”) Commercial?
Selling the same product (auto insurance) for different companies.
Cant pinch hit for Ibanez because Jones is DH’ing and Nix is a shitty outfielder
“Nix is a shitty outfielder” that hasn’t stopped Joe from running him out there to start games on multiple occasions.
Ibanez=offensive force.
Franklin Morales. Just another pitcher who was unbearably bad with the Rockies and suddenly is becomes good with an AL team.
He’s good?
And he walks him.
This is….a bad thing?
No. I was just saying that in amazement.
Get Scott Hairston
Get David Wright.
#notkidding
All Mets fans would commit suicide if this happened.
And?
My son would lose his godfather? Not happening. Keep the Met fans.
Ah, ok. Not a good idea then.
I don’t mind Met fans. It takes guts to have a choice between a Rolls Royce and a Dodge Pinto and proudly choose the Pinto.
No bueno.
My Grandpa, may he rest in peace, was a big Mets fan. He was a Dodgers-converted-to-Mets fan, and I don’t think he’d be happy with a Wright trade. Leave him there!
It would certainly free up the 7 train.
The world’s most offensive joke just went through my head. I’m not repeating it. It would go against everything I stand for in life.
OH MY GOD BUT I WANT TO HEAR IT
Do you have a Twitter? Follow/DM me. I need to know this, as a sufferer of the subway on a daily basis.
I’m on Twitter. You should have friended jjyank that night on FB, then me. You’d then have all the cute pics of my kid you could handle…..and he’s fucking cute, let me tell you.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Baby steps (no pun intended).
https://twitter.com/Erica_Lynnnn — I NEED TO KNOW THIS JOKE. PLEASE.
Done.
eww…twitter.
The internet exists for two things sir Tilapia. Porn, and political incorrectness.
Whatta tease.
Apart from my two good friends, so worth it.
Craig cartoon in the house
That wouldnt be fair to wright because the hate in his own city would be massave.
I hear he’s yet to make an out against a LHP this year.
Lol, reading this thread you would think Hughes gave up 8 runs in 2 innings and was pulled. He can give up solo shots all day, and since he walks very few thats what they usually are. Hes not pitching a great game, but its not awful either.
Greg and brian think quality starts are 9 IP 0 ER
I get really competitive when we face the Red Sox. I apologize.
Got a car? Use the Greg method.
No apology necessary.
He’s lucky the Yanks scored 6 and that David Ortiz isn’t playing.
I hope that was directly cut and pasted from “Over the Monster.”
essh. Guess hes lucky they dont have Trout on the team also? He can only pitch to whos on the field and hes pitched a solid if unspectacular game.
If we get through this inning without allowing a run, we win. It’s that simple.
Andruw looks lost at the plate. I guess he’s only usable at Fenway…
Is there a bigger POS than Adam Jones? Stupid mojo just hit a GS.
It was a 3 run homer but the point still stands.
6-3. Not half bad I guess.
nice final inning by Phil.. quality start, right?
Not in the eyes of half the people here. They write about him as if he stole their girlfriends.
So in the end, despite all the homers and panicing, Hughes ends up going 6IP, 3R against a very good offense.
Not bad.
With 4 K’s and 1 BB.
Indeed. A quality start from Mr. Hughes. His record against the Sox was the real reason I did not trust him. But well done
He pitched “OK”.
When we’re healthy, he’s our 4/5. That’s really all that’s necessary.
here’s my plan for 3B: alex gordon; then move him to the outfield next year. his contract ain’t great but he’s cheaper than swish would be. what would it take?
This little slide by Chaves could force Cashman into action a little bit.
*Chavez
Crawford.
Ichiro is ripping the ball. Must have 5 or 6 line outs as a yank
Man, If that gets past Crawford…inside the parker.
Crawford – elite defender
…. 5 years ago
Lol
You have to think Ichiro is gonna go off soon right?
hitting rockets man.
Yeah, I’ve been impressed by the contact even if the results have been one hit a game.
Ichiro may not have the official hits but he isn’t giving up weak groundouts or bad contact. He’s hitting the balls very well.
Carl showing some gracefull moves there.
Why Thank You.
I bet Girardi sends Hughes out again.
Well, the bottom of the lineup is 0-6 against him so maybe go batter to batter again.
I think he would have if they didnt have yesterday off, as he has been running Hughe’s pitch counts up lately. However, they have a fully rested pen and no need to send him out for another batter or 2.
I’d slightly lean towards that. 3 run lead, 101 pitches, bottom of the order up. Save the bullpen a little if you can.
Looks like you win.
what a far cry from just 3 innings ago. lol.
Speaking of Crawford, you know the guy or someone near him reads/hears all the stuff about him. Boston wants to get rid of him after just one year. I’m sure both sides wish they could do a playground “DO OVER!”.
No he’s fine where he is thank you.
Nah, Crawford is a rich bitch. If I were in his situation, I’d take all the negative comments and just be happy I’m a friggin millionaire.
Phil Hughes breathes. Therefore, he is a terrible pitcher.
I still think that tagline should be “Legends Remembered, Heroes Born.”
Does anyone else here watch “Yankees on Deck”?
It is so delightful.
At the gym, sometimes, yeah. It’s really sweet.
It was/is marketed towards children, so I never even watched it…what exactly is it?
But it would be perfect for you!!!
It’s a program that the Yanks film during Spring Training – they go out and bond with each other (I think D-Rob and Boone, maybe, did archery last year?), give fitness tips, Derek Jeter tells a joke… it’s actually just fun in general to watch.
sounds like a fun time…I lied I actually caught a few minutes of it one day while waiting for an encore of some game I missed and D-Rob and Gardner where going go-carting. I’ll definitely check it out. If i don’t enjoy it though…I’m coming after you.
The go-karting episode was great! I think D-Rob won their race. I love them so.
What, but I’m not responsible for the programming! I’m just doing free PR!
It actually is a lot of fun to watch. They really look like they’re enjoying themselves on the show.
Yeah! I like when Swisher tells jokes and laughs at himself. Whatta ham!
Somebody better be up in the pen if Phil starts the 7th…
They are. Logan and Eppley are in the wings
They are. Logan and Eppley are in the wings
By somebody I mean Phelps and Logan.
However, if Phil gets through this inning fully, then I’d have to say he pitched a damned good game.
The two specialist are up…. guessing mix/match if someone gets on.
Did the fucking Angels really just land Greinke?
Damn they’re gonna be a bitch to beat in the playoffs.
I don’t know. WE blasted Greinke last year when he was with the Brewers. And we will hopefully have homefield in the AL
We won’t because of Bud Selig.
For that reason I hope the Angels overtake Texas or we finish with the 2nd best record. I really don’t want to start a best of 5 in that shithole in Anaheim.
I hope Verlander shuts out the Angels in the one game playoff and then we pound them in revenge.
This, and we hit Weaver pretty good last time we saw him (injury shortened, granted)…
Meh, let’s see them get in and past the 1 game playoff first before we crown their asses.
On paper they are solid. But look what happened to Philly last year. Anything can happen. I’ll laugh my ass off if the A’s beat them for the final WC.
They might have to win the 1 game playoff just to get in. That game will be a crapshoot. They very well could end up going against Verlander in that game, you just never know.
Let’s hope that’s how it plays out. I bet the rangers go get Josh Johnson now.
They were in on him hard even before the Greinke news… M
Do the Rangers really need another starter?
Darvish, Holland, Harrison, Oswalt…I know Lewis went down but they appear to have four solid pitchers.
Or am I missing something and someone isn’t pitching well in their rotation?
Yeah, you missed the part where Oswalt is not a solid pitcher…
Worst opening ceremonies ever.
Yea,gonna switch back to the Yanks.
I don’t really follow the Olympics, but I kind of feel like China blew everybody out of the water and nothing will ever compete with our memory of it.
The content was pretty good, but the presentation was a bit cheesy and random.
Mitt?
Send him out for the 8th!!!!
/half kidding.
DRob time. Let’s not push it.
Did Phil Hughes just mouth “suck ma balls, RAB” while walking off the mound?
he might have. He probably did. good on him though. He righted the ship and pitched a great game, minus 3 pitches.
Eh, he gave up 3 solo Hrs and outside of that virtually nothing. He wasnt pitching bad. He certainly did finish strong though.
7 innings, 3 runs…take that alllll day
Really good job by Phil.
How about that? Worst Pitcher Ever Phil Hughes posts 7IP, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K.
What I don’t understand is how you guys trust Nova more at this point. He walked 6 SEATTLE MARINERS. And he’s giving up just as many home runs.
So yeah… Who knew Hughes would give up 3 homers and still throw a quality start? Mind…. BLOWNNNN
6IP, 3ER… kind of an iffy quality start
7IP, 3ER… good start. (even with no Ortiz, this is a pretty quality offense in a tough home park to pitch in)
I’d have taken 6/3 from him against Boston’s offense. That’s really all you can ask from a back-end guy.
I told myself that before the game. If Hughes can go 6 innings and only give up 3 runs then they would most likely win. Cook is a very hittable pitcher, especially when you got some strong guys that can muscle that sinker higher.
Boston: 3 HRs and 15 pop-ups tonight.
15 popup in Fenway is typically like 5 HRs in a real baseball park though, so…..
Honestly if you don’t believe Phil is a viable, if not ace-level, starting pitcher at this point…what the hell do you want? Hughes is doing a decent Brad Radke impression, and you know, I’ll take that.
He’s definitely turning back into a competent starter. It’s great to see.
I wouldn’t go to ace-level. But I still think that he could be a solid #3 starter for us. He still gives up the HR, but is a strong pitcher otherwise.
Seth Smith doing great work in Baltimore. Good job playing Chris Davis in left.
Who would’ve thought an Oakland/Baltimore game would have importance this late in the season.
Second wild card, everybody.
FUCK the second WC…. Every swingin dick team sitting at .500 thinks they have a chance at a run, and it’s kinda depressing… Kinda like a cougar who still thinks she’s got it but everyone is just laughing at her…
Really, the 2nd wild card reeks of desperation….
“Every swingin dick team sitting at .500 thinks they have a chance at a run, and it’s kinda depressing”
That’s the point. More teams in the race = more interest. That’s what MLB hopes, anyway.
Andrew Miller makes me really appreciate the Yankees facial hair policy.
Hughes just went 7 innings and gave up three runs.
This is fucking hilarious. Loving it.
Oh, Robbie. Dear Robbie.
Hit a HR Cano!
Does anyone know what the corresponding move of sending A-Rod to the DL was?
Pena
Not a bad game for a number 5 starter, as someone referred to Hughes above.
really, its pretty silly the Hughes hate on here. Hes pitched as well as CC and Kuroda for 2 months now, and people still kill him like its last years version of Hughes.
He’s been good, but as good as CC and Kuroda? His ERA is still above 4…lets be realistic.
He has a sub-3 ERA in his last 9 starts.
He’d be my third best starter on this team this year. That’s for sure.
Um, given where it started? He’s been solidly in the threes for months after a rotten start.
his era is above 4 but not if u take out the first month
I specifically siad, the last 2 months. No, I dont not think thats hes as good as CC or Kuroda right now, but hes been very good, and reading the games he pitches in, you would think hes the worst pitcher in baseball.
I don’t think that Hughes is a normal #5 starter, but that was all they expected at the start of the season. They had CC, Pineda, Nova, Kuroda, and possible garcia ahead of him.
Anyone know if Hughes is on a innings limit this season?
Can’t possibly be. If he went 180 in 2010, he can easily go 200+ this year.
Shouldn’t be. He is 26, that is usually only for the young guys.
What are those people in the stands chanting? Is it a bootleg tomahawk chop?
You don’t know the cowbell chant?
Sigh…I have to leave for the bus. Tonight has been fun, but I highly doubt the game will still be going on by the time I get home, at least I finally bought the MLB At Bat app to listen on the bus. I’ll find out if the 7 minute delay is true.
Not that long… 3 or 4 pitches delayed at worst…
That ball was at the chest. Terrible call.
Wow…,pretty gracious strike 3 call on tex there…
I’m thinking Betances best case scenario is Andrew Miller.
It is and always has been AJ Burnett as Betances’ best case scenario. that doesn’t change.
We should trade him to Pitt then.
The Hughes hate on this site is ludicrous. He’s actually been GOOD this year. Is the irrational anger because he hasn’t been the ultra-mega-super-duper Ace like everybody thought originally, which was YEARS ago?
90% of prospects don’t pan out at all. The fact that Hughes is now a quality homegrown Yankee starter is a HUGE victory, and I’m really happy for him. He went through a lot to reach this point.
Agreed.
He’s improved a lot but his HR proneness gives me high anxiety everytime out, unless we’re blowing out the other team. Props to Phil though.
All 4/5 types have their flaws. I’ve made peace with his flyball tendencies.
People are always expecting him to implode. Guess he’s gonna have to keep pitching well for a little longer before Yankee universe trusts him.
I take blame for starting the hat this morning for saying I was half expecting a clunker from Hughes tonight… My bad, folks
I know I need to get over it but when I see Hughes/Joba I think “That could have been Halladay”.
Irrational I know. Hughes and Joba have helped the Yankees win in ’09 and are talented guys. Perhaps a piece is, as you mentioned, the ultra hype that comes with being a Yankee prospect.
Thing is there is also the payroll situation to think of. Halladay is making $20M per season. Hughes and Joba haven’t turned out the way we hoped, but they are quite a bit cheaper, there is only so high your payroll can go.
So I’m assuming that wasn’t a run on contact play?
And if it wasn’t why is Jones running? (2nd and 3rd is better than 1st and 2nd)
Nice play by Jeter. That was not easy.
This game is moving too quickly.
I’m enjoying the short BoSox game while it lasts.
“things you thought you’d never say about a Yankees / Sox game for $500, Alex”
God I hate Rat-face!
Drob starting to get back to pre injury shape.
He’s been great all season. 3 Earned runs since he got back
Results have been good but his command hasn’t been crisp, especially with the fb, until recently. He was striking guys out with 92 mph fastballs drifting over the middle, that sort of thing. Now he’s hitting corners again.
Brilliant, D-Rob.
What happened to Agon’s power?
Ortiz stole it.
Forgot to bring it with him from San Diego… Funny, someone told me he would hit 50 homers outside of Petco… A cautionary tale for everyone beating their dicks for Chase Headley…
Jus sayin….
Gonzalez was MVP-caliber last season. He’s probably hurt.
His power was still below what people expected last year. It doesnt take away from how good he was, but his power is not what was expected from him.
Career ISO: .213
2011 ISO: .210
My point was, that people expected his power to go up outside of SD especially in Fenway and with his ability to go the other way. Not only did it not go up, it went slightly down, and is way down this year.
Sterling’s usually full of crap but he was talking about D-Rob’s delivery, and how fluid and perfect it is when he’s right. And sure enough I think his delivery has smoothed out over the past 3-4 outings.
Chavez gets a hit off Melancon. Maybe a home run.
Kinda… Not hit by Melancon. Kinda like getting a hit off him
Got hit’
Yea, that’s what I meant. Typo on my part.
LOL… Yeah, it was autocorrect, thats it!!
Yay for Jones!
Time to get him over and get him in
uh oh
Oh SHIT!
lol at us
hr ichiro! leggo
Go Cashman!
Ah fuck, there goes Eric Chavez for the season.
And that’s the end of the Chavez experiment.
oh jeez.
Don’t break Chavez!
Wild are we???
This shit has got to stop.
Oh fuckers are trying to kill our injury-prone injury replacement third basemen!
Kinda like chess, take out the pawns first.
It’s funny because EVERYONE here thought the same thing….. See comments above.
And even knowing there’s no causal connection, my first reaction was I wanted someone on the Red Sox to die.
This from a pacifist, LOL.
I need a mantra or something as an antidote to all these plunkings.
Sterling Ichiro call.
Can’t wait!
Bunt Ichiro!
Odd that Ichiro would show bunt. It seems like a good spot to choose to hit a HR.
Why would you bunt against a pitcher who can’t get outs?
sonuvabitch.
Pedroia better watch his shit tomorrow.
Ichiro still has some wheels
There’s the speed.
Activate joba tomorrow and hit Pedroia.
well that was lame. But it’s nice to have that kind of speed again.
Come on Martin, flyball.
Get hot Russ
Run, Ichiro, run!
That wasn’t what you were supposed to do Russell.
S’ok. They don’t need anymore runs. Soriano, save totals, etc.
Wow… Andruw has to hold there… Wrong side of the infield, dude
Jones has his hands on his hips as the pitch is thrown. Not saying he would have been safe, but since little league you are taught to have a walking lead towards home when you are at third.
Did Jones smile as he got tagged out? Because that is not acceptable.
Jones would smile if he was taking a 10 lb shit.
I would too… Imagine the overwhelming feeling of relief. I am smiling just thinking about it.
Can I just say how amazingly grateful I am that Soriano is probably coming into a save situation next inning and I feel no less apprehensive about this possibility than I would with the current Mo?
Grandyslam c’mon do it do it
he did it.
YES
Time for a Grandy-slam… That would be sweet.
I’ve never seen a Yankee Red Sox game go this quickly.
Come on Grandy… put this into Qualls territory.
I can has Grandyslam?
Granderslam please???
Granderson grand slam…Joe goes to Rapada, Rapada walks two in and Joe calls in Sori.
Just my prediction.
Well…the first part I got right.
Now lets see if Rapada comes in and walks the first two.
you got the slam right, that’s enough i think.
No because it still wouldn’t be a save situation.
When he says ‘walk the first two’ he means walk the first 13….
Wrong. He said rapada walks two in. If he did that it would have to be 10-5 with the bases loaded which means the tying run is on deck which is a save situation.
BOOM
A GRANDY SLAM!
Grandslam for the GRANDYMAN!
Get Qualls up baby!
GRANDERSLAM!!!!!!!!
Kinda feel sorry for Mark. I’m still attached to him despite the uniform.
Fuck Mark!
Wasn’t he, at one point, thought of a possible replacement for Mo.
I remember he didn’t do to well when he got called up.
Melancon just got Grandersowned.
Should have kept……..
/trollface
AHHHHH………… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome!
Aaaand Rafael Soriano’s night is over.
Lil Jon says,”YYYYYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”
Melancon’s reaction was the best part of that.
Love that they didn’t even turn the camera around it was hit so hard…
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Back in the day I thought Melancon was going to be groomed as the Mo replacement.
Oh how times have changed.
LOL Grandy said “el diablo” in the dugout.
That was a shrewd move by the Sux trading for Melancon
Smartest FO in the game…. Meanwhile they are looking for a SS, which is what they gave away for him.
Sweet irony.
Unfortunate that Soriano can’t pad his stat total.
Hey Ben C….
How’s the Lowrie for Melancon trade working out?
Better or worse than the Reddick for Bailey deal?
Reddick is having a pretty good season out in Oakland. I’ve watched a few A’s games on TV and if he’s not throwing guys out he’s hitting balls out of the park.
And Lowrie has had a productive season for the Astros.
Two bad trades.
And Lowrie isn’t exactly turned into a pumpkin in Houston either, you know… He’s been having a nice little season down there…
This game is Qualls and Rapada proof.
Mark Melancon: Embedded Yankee.
time to head to overthemonster for some hilarity.
Seriously though, i do like that site, there are some funny dudes on there.
Yeah, I enjoy reading it a lot. They’re pretty amusing. Plus Ben is a pretty good writer.
It was a decent thread. Not their best.
Yea, I agree Ben is a good writer, and the thread was kinda weak. I think for the most part they have prety much accepted the fact Boston doesnt have much of a chance this year.
hahaha. YES cameramen not nice. Major botch.
Forget the ball flight. Zoom in on Mark’s face instead….poor kid
Ichiro is in shock he has never seen his team score 10 runs.
Not in a game…not in a series either, lately.
Hell he probably didn’t know what to do when he got to 3rd base.
“You mean I can go home and score a run? Twice in one game? Is this some kind of new guy hazing ritual?”
Keep Robertson in so he can pick up the save.
Melancon’s reaction made that home run so much more enjoyable. His reaction was priceless.
I remember being so excited about Melancon when he was in the Yankee system.
Dude needs to be traded back to a small market NL team, bet he’d thrive there.
Then he walked the entire world as a Yankee.
tOO many homers.
/msm
Don’t cry fellas I am back
That slam was set up by the great at bat by Jeter, but also the speed of Ichiro to not hit into the DP.
Yeah, Icky’s speed was a factor.
When was the name Cody popular? I don’t remember that trend and I hope it’s over.
Apparently around 1984.
.. Sidebar, you think he untucks? I think he should untuck…. That would be awesome
i think he should tuck it in harder. higher. distinguish himself.
You and I both
Alroldis Eppley
No joy in Mudville. I mean Boston.
brb reading the OTM thread
I actually really like the guys that post over there.
If a 7 run lead in the top of the ninth isn’t Qualls-ville, why is he even on the roster?
We need to build Eppley’s confidence back up after those 2 losses.
Salty with his predicatable hat trick. 4 out of the last 5 games against us. At least he has 2 HRs to show for it. I think he had a golden sombrero too.
Yankees should send over some popeyes chicken and beer to the redsox clubhouse
I think Eppley has more had more swinging strikes this inning than Cook has had all year.
It is really really really awesome that Jeter is actually a good player this year.
Just saying.
Well, he is the Captain!
This. Forever this.
Eppley went from doing his Chapman impression to doing his DRob impression. Now close it out and show me a little MO….
PWNNNN
Didn’t untuck…. Bummer
Shortest Yankees/Red Sox game in history.
Seriously though, pretty crazy that it is the shortest since 2005.
I love me some last place Boston Red Sox.
YANKEES WIN!
Does anyone remember that game where the Yankees crushed the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium with Granderson hitting a grand slam in the ninth?
Huge victory for the Yankees.
Pressure is now totally off. Sox can only gain a game if they take the next two and the pitching matchups are in our favor.
NY Times headline tomorrow: “Cooked”
Orioles had the bases loaded against a lefty pitcher. Buck lets Betemit hit (.460 OPS against lefties) instead of pinch hitting Wieters (.910). Betemit strikes out on three pitches and the bat ends up in the stands.
Wait when did Greg turn the game back on?
It was Brian that turned it off.
And they really aren’t the same person.
I just like messing with them both do not mean any harm Greg and Brian
I turned it off after he walked Ellsbury, turned it on a half inning later.
Hey, what up? Did I miss anything good?
We won the Home Run Derby.
Haha. I did catch most of it in a bar, video but no audio, no game thread either. Missed the Grandyslam.
Activate joba and hit pedroia in the leg too.
Crazy game in Baltimore
The latest day of a season in which the Yankees and Boston Red Sox faced each other was September 25, 1932, when the last place Red Sox defeated the first place Yankees on the last day of the season. the Yankees were historically great that year and the Red Sox were historically bad.