Game 117: Not According to Plan
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The first two games of this four-game series have gone about as well as the Yankees could have possibly hoped. Unfortunately, Mother Nature looks poised to throw a wrench into things tonight. The weather forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms through the evening, so we might have to sit through a rain delay or two. Furthermore, Robinson Cano is out of the lineup with a “stiff neck.” That wasn’t part of the script. Here is today’s starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
1B Nick Swisher
CF Curtis Granderson
DH Mark Teixeira
3B Eric Chavez
LF Raul Ibanez
C Russell Martin
RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Jayson Nix
RHP Freddy Garcia
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET, but who knows with the weather. If and when they do play, you can watch on YES locally and ESPN nationally. Enjoy.
Update: The Yankees already announced that tonight’s game will not start on time, so that’s that. No word on a start time yet.
Update Part Two: The game is expected to begin at 8:45pm ET. In case you’re wondering, the Yankees and Rangers share three mutual off days the rest of the way. Making this one up wouldn’t be a problem.
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The Rays have been perfect game’d more times than they have won playoff series.
That’s pretty sweet.
Now, that’s a GREAT stat.
There have been more perfect games this season as Cliff Lee has wins.
his war is higher than his wins. Has that ever happened?
Probably not anything over 2 wins. That’s nuts.
Well done!
I have a theory that Cano knew about Melky’s testosterone level all this time. Below is a moment from the 2012 All Star Game
http://sports.cbsimg.net/image.....t/CANO.gif
As you can see, Cano leaves Melky hanging after Melky just hit a home run. They are known to be great friends, why would Cano leave Melky like that? I think that Cano knew about Melky and did not approve. I just hope Melky did not influence Robbie…
Brilliant!!
Now then, who killed Jimmy Hoffa? AND WHERE’S THE LINDBERGH BABY??!
Re: The Lindbergh Baby — why do you think they moved Yankee Stadium? Ain’t nobody finding the kid now…
That was Hoffa and Giants Stadium. We all know.
I’m scared to death the Giants will overreact to this and trade for Carl Crawford.
I hear that a deal for Vernon Wells is imminent… not!
I wouldn’t worry, although Crawford would probably do well in SF.
They’ve been connected to Alfonso Soriano, who said he didn’t want to go to SF as the weather isn’t “good” for him.
What does he call Chicago weather then?
Anything is possible, I suppose, but it’s also possible that with the ridiculous fate of the World Series home advantage hanging on the game Cano wasn’t thrilled with the dinger itself…
There was a discussion about this at the time. The more reasonable explanation is that Robbie was on the opposite team. Another more reasonable explanation is that Robbie was on the grassy knoll. Take your pick.
I think that Cano had enough on his mind given the poor behavior of the fans in KC towards him and his family during the AS break to worry about low fiving the Melkman.
If your best buddy just hit a home run in the ALL STAR game during which nothing matters why would you not return the high five?
Because your mind is elsewhere.
Look closely at the gif, Cano is starring RIGHT at Melky, with his arms on his belt WAY before Melky offers the high 5. There was defenetely something between them.
There’s a pretty good chance it was a joke. I’m not going to say that there’s no way you’re correct, I’m just saying its not the most reasonable explanation.
Does Cano’s expression look like a joke to you? Cano was was STARRING DOWN Melky. I think the ump moved up in order to interfere if a conflict would arise.
One anti-high five doesn’t make a conspiracy. You’re making way too much of this.
I think you’re reading too much into it. That’s an awfully small example to base such a claim on.
Because you’re on the other team and you’re not happy about it no matter who hits it; your teammates might not be too thrilled about it; it does matter; you and your family was just treated like shit. And I’m not sure they’re still best buddies.
I don’t think, “Screw him, he’s juicing.” is the only correct answer.
Just the night before during the HR Derby – Cameras showed Melky and Cano joking and having fun. During the game, he isn’t a friend…he is still the opponent.
I think it was those ridiculous cleats he didn’t a approve of really…
This thread has HOF potential.
No way this thread gets in if last night’s isn’t in.
not that the AL was going to win the game anyway, but melky getting busted highlights the silliness of basing home field advantage on anything but team records
And Braun highlites the sillines of a World Seiries and MVP award
Wait what?
This makes no sense.
If im Sabean, I would to deal Lincecum to a team DESPERATE for pitching. Guy is 6 AND 12 and has an ERA in the mid 5s. Timmy is Barry Zitto v.2, he started of good but then he just ran out of gas. Plus Giants already have ample pitching
I think the Red Sox can give them Crawford, cash, Ciriaco and Lavarnway. Crawford is a damn good player when healthy and he clrealy needs a change from Boston. Personally, I blame racism. Ciriaco and Lavarnway are very good prospets with bright futures.
Great post. Would read again.
The only point I agree with in this post is the thing about Boston being racist.
You just gotta face the facts. Mike Cameron and Dice K were treated horribly by the fans. Manny and Pedro were thrown under the bus by these “fans” even tho they gave Boston a ring. Crawford was racially abused at a minor league game while he was rehabing
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports......e-his-job/
The only exception is Ortiz but I think the fans lke him becasue he is chubby and fans like chubby guys.
I said I agree. I have been pointing out how racist Boston is for years.
It’s also rainy in Seattle.
Crawford can’t stay healthy and hit balls because of racism?
It aint easy to hit a baseball while 40 000 fans are booing and yelling racial slurs at you pal.
Yeah, because Florida is not racist at all.
Florida does not…
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/.....slur-rehab
http://www.npr.org/programs/mo.....ct/redsox/
http://boston.cbslocal.com/201.....-violence/
http://bleacherreport.com/arti.....sox-racism
Just give up.
Bleacher Report. *Head Explodes*
Florida is the fourth most racist state in the nation.
#1 state with most racists is California.
#2 state with most racists is Texas.
#3 state with the most racists is New York.
Good. I approve of it since he plays on the Sox. This race card crap is ridiculous. I see it enough on the news and politics, I don’t need to read it on RAB. If he can’t hit a baseball because someone called him the N word, he needs to find a new career.
First, it wasn’t the N word. It was Friday. From the looks of it, you did not grow up in a gheto community. If you go to East NY and yell out FRIDAY, prepare to lose an arm or 2.
Nope, I didn’t and I’m glad I didn’t either. It’s nothing to brag about. N word or whatever slur it was, whatever. It shouldn’t matter. If he gets that stuck in his head then there’s a problem.
I thought someone called him a MONDAY (a bad thing) not a Friday, which is a good thing, isn’t it? Unless they said Friday, Friday which is a Rebecca BLACK thing, in which case I blame Ray Cyst.
It was “Monday”. And I live in Brooklyn, and have been to East NY a decent amount, played on plenty of ballfields in bad areas and have never EVER heard the term before.
It’s actually not a bad idea. The remainder of Zito and Lincecum for Crawford + 20mm. No prospects needed. Both teams win. Both Zito and Lin each have 1 more year under contract. Yeah it’s a big bullet of $35mm or so, but getting ride of Crawford for 5 years has value. The Red Sox could capitalize since luxury tax adjustments don’t factor in 2013.
Big Member – great fake account or greatest fake account? Discuss.
Ciriaco and Lavarnway are very good prospects
Ciriaco will turn 27 before the season ends.
Ciriaco is a MiLFA who has a career .656 OPS in 3502 career minor league PAs. He’s no prospect.
Wrong. I heard Peter Gammons compare him to Andre Dawson the other day. It’s time to stop posting.
Did he really?
No. But I love the fact that you might believe Gammons could actually say that.
I’m sure this has been discussed, but Melky Cabrera as a one year stopgap in right for next year?
Yes, the Yankees have already planned their 2013 ad campaign around the theme “Got Melk”
So we can have not 2 but 3 club house cancers? No thanks.
Who are the other 2?
I’m guessing A-Rod and…Pettitte?
No way! I’d guess that both of their names end with ‘no’
arod has got to be one, im thinking soriano is the other one
I it’s think Cano and Soriano.
From what all the players say, A-Rod is far from a clubhouse cancer. And Pettitte? Is that a joke?
I’m not the one who said it. Just guessing what he was thinking.
Oh. Whoops.
Call the game now. Double header tomorrow. No big deal. Mother nature is serving some serious spice tonight. Serious rain on the way.
The Rangers are going up to Toronto, so the travel shouldn’t be a problem
Got to leave time to go through immigration. Canada can be pretty tough… remember when they detained the Orioles’ Adam Jones because they thought he was Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones?
Why the hell does it rain in July and August in New York? I thought you guys had scorching hot summers?
Oh, it’s still hot as balls, it’s just raining as well.
Come down to Union Sq where I live. For whatever reason this area of the city is brutally hot. There are times I walk across 14th and the pavement looks to be melting. Few reasons why: 1.1m people (I prefer to call most idiots) under the age of 30 sapping oxygen and also because it’s one of the wider parts of the city (center point) and little effect (breeze, etc) from the water. Last week the girlfriend and I headed up to Cloisters on Hudson and it was 8-10 degrees cooler up there. The city is weird like that. Always has been.
i think that is true in almost all parts of the city, asphalt and sidewalks keep it hot
Indeed. In fact there was an article recently about the NYC temp in recent years.
I think the hottest I’ve ever been in my entire life was last summer on a mid July day when I was walking underground in Penn Station carrying my five year old son who was close to passing out while trying to find the right subway to take and get the hell out of the city. My shirt was absolutely soaked through with sweat.
I can only imagine. Been there – that whole Penn Station transit point, it’s just insane. It’s funny because people go to Texas for example or Miami and yeah it’s hot, but not NYC hot. NYC hot, 30 feet underground at Penn St with 1,486,345 people is something all of its own.
Living in both NYC and Miami, there’s just no comparison. You never have to brave the elements in Miami. You’re going from one AC to another.
I cannot even tell you how miserable I was the other day at Chambers, which seems to trap dead hot air worse than so many stations (34th is also just awful on the yellow train platform.) I almost decided to buy a house out of the city that day.
None of the subways will take you out of the city. They’re all in the city.
…..and you live where?
Only if you buy me a falafel am I headed down there in this rain.
Slope goes back and forth between “comfortable” and “humid as balls.”
I LOVE falafel.
If he lives by Union Square, he’s got both Rainbow Falafel and a Maoz franchise. Love me some Maoz fixins bar.
Rain breaks the heat, at least it’s supposed to.
Is the game actually happening? I’m watching Breaking Bad right now, I’m in season 3, and episode 1 is just ending, so I want to know if I should continue the season or switch over to the game.
Jesse sexually assaults Walt at the end of that season.
Damn, that’s gonna be hot…but seriously? Baseball? No?
Still a rain delay. It’ll happen eventually, I guess. Not cancelled.
I idea, but how are you liking it?
*I have no idea
Yeah, love it.
Should I watch Breaking Bad? I hear it’s great all the time. I watched the first three episodes or so when it first came out, but I haven’t seen a single scene since. I haven’t really watched a TV show since 24 ended. TV sucks so much ass now.
24 sucks balls compared to breaking bad, but most shows do. and i actually enjoyed 24, for the most part
It got kinda of boring at the end, but most shows do. I guess I’ll pick it up on Netflix since my next semester of school doesn’t start until the 27th.
Definitely worth checking out. I only started it on Saturday and I’m on season 3
Breaking Bad is the best show I’ve watched since Lost, and since then I’ve watched Dexter, Scrubs, Burn Notice and a few others.
Really? I think I like Dexter better, even though I do love Breaking Bad.
Scrubs is great.
I loved it, but Breaking Bad is just another level of awesome, same with Dexter.
Lucky you. You still get to watch things really take off. I wish I could go back and watch with zero knowledge.
Who are these guys with the skull boots? and why would they want Walt dead? and how did Tuco’s Tio know Walt’s real name when Tuco only knew him as Hiesnberg?
OMG. Tuco F’ing Salamanca. Oh, shit’s gon’ get craaaazy, Plouffy. You’re just getting started.
I think the team needs a day off anyways. GO RAIN GO!
Not gonna happen, based on radar and weather forecast. And even if it did get rained out, they’d probably do a day-night DH tomorrow, right?
Probably look for a common off day in September. No one wants to play a doubleheader, especially on a getaway day.
Yeah, this has to be the Rangers’ last trip into the Stadium for the regular season. DHer tomorrow.
the king is gonna look snappy in pinstripes in 2015
We’re rooting for Boston, right?
No, we’re rooting for Skynet to come online and nuke the stadium
This.
Can we stop with the “THIS”
How about we start saying “Word.” instead. It’s way less geeky.
THAT!
Seriously, if you don’t like it, don’t use it.
this.
You could get wit’ THIS, or you could get wit’ THAT…..
who’s a black sheep?
this as well.
and this.
Gettin’ thissy wit it….getting thissy wit it.
Okay, that was lame. And you know what? I don’t care.
That.
Meh.
Considering its widely used on all corners of the internet and we aren’t on this blog to look cool, no. Get over it, it’s an easy way to show you agree and a hell of a lot less stupid than suing “word”z what are you, a 10 year old trying to be a gangster in the ’90s? This is much less stupid than “word.”
Have you ever gotten tired of something widely used? I have. your Mom for starters. oh shit!!!
Ok, that was stupid, sorry. In all seriousness, I just think “this” is an annoying part of the internet.Just because it’s widely used doesn’t mean it should continue to be used. Do you still use ROFLMAO?
You might not go on this blog to be cool, and that wasn’t my point. There is a high level of discourse on this site a lot of the time and “this” does nothing to add to it.
It just grates on me and I think it’s lazy.
Camden Yards is an awesome ballpark though.
Correct.
We’re rooting for Skynet to come online and send in a Terminator to do targeted eliminations, leaving the ballpark untouched. I’ve checked the roster. Nothing to worry about. No John Connor listed on either roster.
That goes against my religion.
That’s what made last year so awesome. Red Sox fans HAD to root for the Yankees in that last series with the Rays.
Last year was awesome in so many ways. They HAD to root for the Yankees… and they also HAD to pin their hopes on Scott Proctor. Everyone knew he wasn’t coming out until he lost the game.
That game against the Rays is literally the only time EVER that I’ve wanted the Yankees to lose a game.
It was indeed one of the single most incredible games I’ve ever seen.
Combined that with Papelbon’s blown save against the O’s and it’s like Christmas came early.
Its a win win.
If Baltimore wins, it increases the chance that the Red Sox come into our park dejected and divided.
If Boston wins, Baltimore gets held down.
I’m just waiting to see one of their pitchers or players just throw their glove down mid inning and walk off the field. I actually thought Lester was close to this a few weeks ago.
What will the media think?
*throws comment grenade*
Jenny Dell sighting a few minutes ago. Even her voice is sexy.
Miguel Gonzalez spent the last two years in the Boston organization. I’m sure they would have no use for him this season.
ESPN says “hoping for” 8:15 start.
Radar looks consistent with that.
M.A.S.H fan?
Machado sucks
I missed a perfect game, because I of my job today.
I officially hate my job. This wasn’t just any “perfect game” to me – this is the kind of game I would’ve been able to watch start-to-finish because it’s an easy, local, non-MLB.tv game. I watch the Rays all the time due to this convenience. I cherish having seen Mark Buehrle’s 2009 perfect game start-to-finish.
Not so today. Fuck eh.
Ha. Michael Kay trying to support his position on Strasburg by using Dallas Green, who is pretty much now viewed as horrific.
I’d like for him to ask Al Leiter what he thinks of Dallas Green.
What’s Kay’s position?
Bent over. No condiments.
Word.
The problem I have with Kay’s position is he clearly has one (the Nats should not shut down Strasburg), but he won’t come out up front and say it. He dances around it, leads up to it, and then dismisses every other position, including those of medical experts, if it doesn’t agree with the position that he refuses to fully state.
The closest he’ll come is saying he thinks if an arm is going to blow out it will blow out. I don’t necessarily disagree with that, yet he takes complicated arguments to the extreme, makes them sophomoric, but delivers it in his loud, bombastic style, which makes me want to disagree with everything he says.
Boston umps in Baltimore
Aaron Cook going for the 0 k no-no.
Weather’s been really unsteady today. Tomorrow looks spectacular. We even rescheduled a pretty major outdoor event at the last minute because of it.
8:45 start via LoHud.
Is Jacoby Ellsbury the best player ever? I think so.
That you Peter?
Tarp – off!
Giants should aim for a 1-game playoff or multiple tiebreakers so as to exhaust Melky’s suspension sooner. Can they trade him to another team on their off day and then get him back to get his games missed count up too?
Dewayne Wise with a home run today. Cashman failed.
What team is he on now? For their season is now changed.
back with chicago
They’re reporting 8:45Pm start.
I miss when Dickey only threw 1-hitters.
Dickey threw a no-no?
Haha at the ESPN broadcast. Mets-Reds game while they wait for the Yanks to start (though it’s now Braves-Padres, not sure why). When they were still on the Mets, they were joking about Shoppach and how he was probably approached by teammates as he was leaving and the teammates were all probably like “Hey…take us with you!!”
I got a good chuckle.
Just for insight purposes – it was the Reds telecast making such comments.
Was I hearing Jeff Brantley there, btw?
I figured it was, the Reds were the home team. But still funny.
I hope this game gets played. The Yankees are playing well and its better they play now then later as long as the team is playing well.
Yeah, though with Freddy facing the Rangers offense, there’s a chance there might be some regret after a few innings.
Just because I have to say something about the whole Strasburg mess in D.C.. I c+p’d this from another site I posted it on:
The city of Washington hasn’t seen a playoff baseball game since the 1933 World Series – 79 years ago.
The Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals franchise has only been to the playoffs one time, in 1981. 1994 was the only other time they were even close, but the strike ruined that.
Furthermore from that, they have the best road record in baseball, best record in baseball period, and probably the most electric front-3 in the league, and Edwin Jackson is far from a shabby fourth starter with the season he is having. Couple that with some of their bats coming to life (Daniel Espinosa, Ryan Zimmerman, and Mike Morse) and they have all the makings of a very, very potent team come October. They’ve been holding off Atlanta all season, and I don’t see why they can’t continue. The pieces are in place.
There is no guarantee Jordan Zimmermann can pitch to this ERA again in 2013. Ditto Gio, ditto Jackson and, hell, ditto the Stras. There’s no guarantee the Nationals will be a playoff team in 2013, with the Braves in the division and some stiff competition across the rest of the NL.
I know, I know, it’s Jason Stark and everything, but I thought he brought up an excellent point the other day – Chris Carpenter has not thrown a single pitch this season, and won’t at all. This is the same guy who sacrificed his arm to help deliver the Cardinals the World Series last year. Think he regrets doing what he did? Think Robb Nen regrets throwing his career away in the 2002 World Series in trying to help deliver the SF Giants their first ever championship, and first championship for the franchise in 48 years?
I hear all the time the idea of protecting Strasburg’s arm so the franchise can make “future runs”. To which I, and many other logical people, say – tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. The Nationals can win a championship with what they have right now. Flags Fly Forever.
I mean, this is why we can still look back well on Mr. Burnett. Dismal in 2010, dismal in 2011, but hey, what he did in Game 2 back in the 2009 World Series saved the Yankees’ bacon. If the Nationals do indeed shut down Strasburg, fall short in their 2012 quests, and then are not able to get themselves back to where they are, now, in 2013/14/15/etc., boy is Rizzo going to look foolish.
And poor Davey Johnson, too. The man is 69 years old, who knows how much time he has left in the major leagues? It’s unfair to him as well.
I think risking the end of a veteran’s career is completely different than risking the health of a generation talent at the beginning of his dominant career a year removed from Tommy John. I understand complaining about an innings cap if it was just the “Verducci effect” people were talking about, but we’re talking about coming off TJS.
Nah
I’d save the kid’s arm. If I was a Nats fan, I’d rather wait an extra year for a potential dynasty than blow my wad on one championship and risk our best pitcher for years to come. I get what you’re saying, but I’d roll the dice the other way.
Then again, this is coming from a Yankee fan perspective. My team’s won seven championships in my lifetime.
Yeah. It might feel different if they had a bunch of old pitchers whose window was closing, but they have a core rotation setup for years to come.
Well, hope the guys are ready for tonight. Rain delays are a pain in the butt.
Bye-bye Cook’s bid.
I just remembered that A Rod wanted Yankees to sign Melky before he “broke out” with Kansas. Looks like some people were sharing milk shakes….if you catch my drift
OH GOD, are you that guy who made the racist Japanese comment last night?
I predict GREATNESS out of Big Member.
Give it to us, Big Member. Deliver on your expectations.
DO IT.
Tell us more about how Robbie not sharing his plate of mofongo with Melky meant HE KNEW.
There are many directions we could take this.
Oh. I know. Feeding the troll ALL of the directions.
How dare you call me racist? I just pointed out that Girardi should had brough Ichiro into the game as a LF in the 5th while Kuroda still had the shut out. Kuroda and Ichiro are great buddies, just listen to Kay. His emotional support may had carried Kuroda onto a perfect game.
Trolololo, dude. It’s not like a pitcher has time to go have pillow talk with his best buddy in the middle of the game. He was fine.
Who actually listens to Michael Kay around here?
ummm……
me?
who r u
Um you clearly do not comprehend the importance of emotional support during a baseball game. Why do you think that the pitching couch goes to the pitcher to talk when the pitcher is struggling?
I think a pitching couch would be an AWESOME idea.
He could have yelled “I got your back, brutha!” and assorted phrases in Oriental in between pitches.
Pfffftthahhaah
I remember when Kansas broke out with “Carry On My Wayward Son.”
Word
Hay kids!
What a day in baseball, eh? Things happening at opposite ends of the spectrum.
A pitcher like King Felix deserved to throw that perfect game he did today. And to think – Kuroda was so close to his no hitter last night! Though, honestly, to two-hit the Rangers? That’s… huge.
Here’s a silly clip to watch while we wait for first pitch: http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/.....-the-limit
Someone’s feeling it tonight.
Feeling it as in feeling gross from stupid New York weather (I saw the thread up above about how hot it is in the summer. I CONCUR).
I stayed in my office all day. We were supposed to have a big outdoor event today, first with the Nets, then with the Jets (but no players.) Now it’s all happening tomorrow, with much better weather. Bummed that we’re just getting a Jets PR team, but it’s the wrong time of year.
That’s so cool! But… what Jets players would you want to hang out with? (I hope you’re a Giants fan – no self-respecting Yankees fan can actually stoop to Jets fandom, can they?)
We can
I go back and forth between the two. Grew up a Giant fan. Embraced the Dolphins when I was down in Miami. Couldn’t stand to root for such a bullshit franchise, but gravitated towards the Jets now because I initially couldn’t stand Coughlin.
And, no, I wouldn’t be above completely brown-nosing Tebow for a photo-op. Hell, I’d be bossing him around tomorrow.
I’ll tweet you a video from an event we did with the Nets.
And the Dolphins are embracing Ochocinco no more.
(Yeah, I guess Tebow wouldn’t be bad to meet but I just can’t consider him a Jet just yet. It’s too weird.) I’ll keep a lookout on my Twitter!
I’m jealous. DC is insane during the summer. My ridiculous walk to the metro twice a day doesn’t help though.
Blegh. All the AC in all the world just can’t get rid of that awful, perma-humid feeling.
And the tennant upstairs has the thermostat and insists on trying to save money on the AC usage. Even though we live in a fucking swamp. And it’s August.
That settles it. We’re breaking in upstairs. Me, Erica and, for comic relief, Big Member.
Hahahahaa. Let’s go!
PLEASE! I need you all!
Cook just imploded.
Hahah WTF was Granderson doing on that catch by Jeter?
Haha same thought, I think he was stepping in some puddles. Wet-sock, a terrible condition.
Awesome first inning, Freddy!
Felix who? Freddy Garcia has 24 outs to go!
HE’S ON THE EDGE!!!
Those splitters are turning into knuckelballs
Freddy needs to learn the knuckleball. He could be our answer to Dickey.
I’m away from TV tonight. On a scale from an eskimo to a fat-kid-who-just-ran-50 meters-and-is-drowning-in-sweat how sweaty does Freddy look tonight?
I’d say he’s close to whore in church territory.
Salino & Barnes, injury attorneys, la di dah de dah, 20-20
I think it’s like, 800-621-20-20? Right? Sad that we all know these ads so well, haha.
You’re totally correct. And I spelled it wrong, it’s Cellino & Barnes.
I really hate the way Suzzynn says dot cawm. That accent sets my teeth on fire.
Charred teeth. Hawt.
No, I’m with you on that. Drives me up a wall, and off the road when I’m driving and listening to the game.
She has a lot of institutional knowledge about the Yanks and I like her personal take on the players, but her announcing style is dreadful.
Fully agreed!
Where have you gone, Giuseppe Franco?
Carl Crawford’s fielding effort has really deteriorated.
Is Granderson losing his eyesight? Hiding an injury?
I wonder if he’s going through the same thing Tex went through earlier this year
for the first time in my life, i actually sorry for the red sox
i’m sure this will pass
feel sorry
me tarzan
Naw. I kind of hope they take a game from the Orioles though.
Heretic
Stop.
Sooo why is Granderson batting third?…
guh
Who else is going to bat third?
A-Rod, who’ll just strike out all of the times.
Trade for Ike Davis.
Tex, Chavez or Swisher would be better
1. Swisher’s doing well in the 2 spot
2. Chavez needs to be down in the lineup in order to lengthen in
3. If Tex bats 3rd, who bats 4th?
So are we going to miss Big Roidi this weekend? Or will he come off the DL just in time?
It really won’t matter. They are going to come here dejected and divided
CHAVEZ, you flawless man.
Look at Swisheira at first base!
Freddy looking good!
It’s a good sign that he is getting ground balls.
Srsly.
21 outs to go!
Michael Kay is jinxing Garcia’s perfect game bid….
bahahahahahahaha
I hate the fact that Kay and Sterling to a lesser extent take such pleasure in not paying any attention to the old tradition/superstition of not directly mentioing no-hit_ers or perfe_t games. It was always fun to turn on a game in the middle and hear an announcer avoid saying anything, while still letting you know what was going on.
Oh Kay, let me ocunt the ways in which I hate you. Your last good call? The Tino Grand Slam in 98 WS
Also, while I understand Jinxes don’t mean anything, Kay doesn’t have to go into an indignant rant about them every chance he gets, as if he’s thought of something new.
Posted this last night… you want Kay going into and indignant rant about jinxes…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTquJjTkfGo
How much longer until a “Yankees Are Better Without A-Rod” article?
Well, the slump after ARod got hurt stopped that.
What will be asked is to put ARod at DH and play Chavez at third
Yankees are better without: A-Rod, Andy, CC, and Gardner. Simple as that.
If I am Chavez there aint no way Im accepting a cheap 1 year deal in the off sseason. A .293 3B who has hit 13 HR as a BENCH PLAYER? I’m looking at 2y-15 mill. Yanks better be ready to pay up unless they want A Rod to man 3B next year with .250 10 HR 50 RBI
Chavez himself has admitted he’s not an everyday player anymore and this offseason he was saying Yankees or retirement. It shouldn’t be a problem to bring him back.
We have something to, um, tell you about Eric Chavez…
He won’t be able to demand that much after he gets hurt.
Chavez would break in a second, sadly.
A-Rod will DH next year and have a 140 wRC+. You heard it here first.
Big Papi for DH.
Naw. He’s an asshole and A-Rod can’t stay healthy and sucks at defense so he needs to be DH. Move Jeter to third, acquire a good defensive shortstop.
Not gonna happen.
Let’s go Sox. Beat those dumb fucking idiots in Baltimore.
That’s disrespectful to Flanny.
Still funny.
Hard right at Kinsler. Bad luck
Hard?
It wasn’t soft contact. It sounded hard off the bat
Why yes it is thank you for asking.
Not sure why a .230 hitter who strikes out 1/3rd of the time is hitting 3rd. I have more faith in Chavy hitting there than Granderson. I wonder if Robbie Cano is available to PH for Granderson later on in the game.
The problem is that we need Chavez down in the lineup in order to lengthen it.
Lengthen?
Make it more formidable 1-9
Cano should bat ninth. Then it would be really formidable 1-9.
Fifth is a more important lineup spot than third.
Third is the perfect spot for your worst good hitter.
There is literally always something for the bridge-jumpers to latch onto. I guess that’s the beauty of baseball. Granderson was a pretty good 2nd tier MVP candidate about six weeks ago, now people want him pinch hit for?
Who was arguing for pinch-hitting for Granderson?
Someone up there said they hope Cano is available to pinch hit for Grandy tonight.
Ridiculose.
Wow really Kay? Nice way to jinx Freddy. Very disresepctful. I would be very offended were I Freddy. Hell, I think that if CC or Hughes were on the mound, Kay wouldn’t joke about that.
High expectations.
There’s no such thing as “jinxing”, and at least Kay doesn’t blather on and on about whether there is such a thing as jinxing like Ma and Pa baseball do endlessly every game that starts out with a few hitless/perfect innings. Anyone listening to the CBS radio broadcast can report back as to whether they were already doing so tonight.
I assume this wasn’t supposed to be a response to me.
No, to “Big” (small) Member.
All Kay’s fault.
No, I’m not a huge fan of guys in the booth talking about it all the time, but it isn’t the end of the world to me. And I don’t think its disrespectful. It’s a game, I’m okay with announcers of said game treating it that way.
Happy now Kay?
Freddy’s got awesome movement on his pitches tonight. And he’s barely got a sheen on his face.
No more perfect game for Freddy!
Let’s go Sox.
Chavez is SO GOOD.
Chavez!!!!!
Showing shots on teevee of someone twittering is really just more than I am ready to accept.
i have a man crush on Eric Chavez
Adrian Gonzalez ejected.
What the hell did he do?
He had an issue with Strop’s delivery. I wasn’t really paying attention.
Ump got sick of listening to him whine about Valentine?
Chavez got #SWAG
In this wacky 2012 AL East, sure it is more beneficial for the Red Sox to be beating the Orioles and everything…
but God is it fun seeing the Red Sox disintegrating before our very eyes.
That’s why I said that game is a win-win.
If Baltimore wins and even sweeps, Boston is going to come in here so downtrodden
Valentine ejected. I wouldn’t have stuck up for Gonzalez after all the shit he did.
You got it all wrong. Gonzo was bitching about Valentine to the ump, ump got sick of it and ejected him. Valentine went out to talk but ump couldn’t stand Gonzo’s tears and had to remove him from the presence.
Gonzalez’s reputation has really taken a hit over the past year. Boston is the place to go right now for reputation harm.
Any updates on Robbie’s sore neck?
Just ask Melky abou his “neck” but don’t mention the testostrone. But the chances are, he’ll just say “thank you”
Trololololololo
I don’t understand this theory… at all. Cano is sitting out out of… solidarity?
Is it like John and Yoko’s sit-in?
NIIIIIIIICE Nix!
YEEEAH!
Are the Sox belting strop?
No first two guys are out.
I know he’s not the best in the world, but I’ve been really impressed with Nix. Wasn’t expecting a guy who can hold his own really.
Pedro Strop has a nicely shaped ass.
I’m feeling an urge to go to Chick fil A.
JEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!
I have no idea how Big Member functions in society. I don’t understand 75% of his posts.
There’s something poetic about his next post being right under this one.
Tears in my eyes. Tears.
What poem is that from? Is that James Joyce?
e.e. cummings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuB3uY5K7Kg
Reminded of this awesome tune.
Double tears. This is WONDERFUL.
I’m sure Big Member really likes Cummings
Laughing hysterically.
Ultravox! Woah.
This conversation went in a totally different direction than I thought it would.
Nice piece of hitting
I like his handle. If you have to talk about it…
He doesn’t even bring up meaningless anger like some other guys do on here. Really. All I can do is smile.
Did you know that Randy Johnson’s nickname was the Big Unit because of his, well, big unit? It took me like 16 years of life to learn that. Can never unsee. Never
They do get their nicknames in the locker room, so yeah.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo Nix got a single and stole a base! Lets bring him in before we cream the pants.
Classic Jeter hit to go opposite field on that inside pitch.
Swish laughs at your shift
Garbage time bloop!
Nick Swisher is eviscerating the Texas Rangers
I really want him to wear his cap backwards in the field, like he had on during his post-game interview last night.
BABIP!
BLOOP DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dunk you very much.
So when does construction begin on the Big Member wing of the HOF?
When the Pedro Ciriaco wing is finished.
Okay, Grandy. I’ll take it!
There you go Grandy. Productive
Sac Fly for Granderson
/smallvictories
I’ve been clamoring for Swish to hit #2 for 2 years. I think it’s a good fit for him. It encourages him to take more pitches.
He did well at #2 a few years ago.
He’s the best fit on the roster for the second spot, IMO.
Right in your wheelhouse Teix…
Yankees approach seems solid tonight… they are really working some deep counts and making Feldman work.
That is always their approach to take counts deep.
Ump has had a wide K zone tonight for both pitchers, which works in our favor
CHAVEZ CHAVEZ CHAVEZ
CHAVEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chavez.
That is all.
Chavez for MVP of the world.
Chavez in god mode. this isn’t even fair, I almost feel bad for opposing pitchers.
Damn I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight. A-Rod, Melky and Cano were like the 3 musketeers of the Yankees. Just look at them, best buds in the rain
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.co.....Nl4Zxl.jpg
The first 2 used PEDs. I’m really worried about my main man Robbie.
Really worried.
Gold.
Love you Chavez.
Swish totally ignoring Ibanez telling him to slide in home.
Do you guys think Eric Chavez is a good player?
Nick Punto’s better.
/Ted Nelson’d
SEND HIM DOWN!
Best FA ever? Yes.
Kay is straight trollin Rangers fans with that Cruz comment.
Damn ESPN and that behind the catcher camera angle…
Yes we get it, you have a “new” camera angle, but it is for the most part useless for live action (better for replays)
I hate that angle. I have no idea why it is suddenly so popular
I think it would be pretty cool to have a “mask-cam” on the ump to see what pitches look like from his perspective.
I remember a catcher cam during the late-’90s. That was awesome.
RJ, Halladay, Cone, Koufax…?
and Catfish.
Robbie and Melky were hanging at the Mamajuana Cafe in the Heights when Melky starts making out with this….I don’t know…..loose Dominican tramp. When Melky tries to pass her on to Robbie, Robbie refused. HE KNEW.
I was there and have the proof
http://drunkathlete.com/wp-con.....15;301.jpg
Always one of my favorite pics.
Look at Melky with the duckface.
Holy shit, I just realized that Melky DID NOT refuse her. Moreover (hehe heh) he got another one! Damn…I bet A Rod took the picture
Actually, there’s a great merengue video out there they cameo in. You must YouTube it.
I love just overwhelming Dominicanness…….or Total Dominication, which doubles as the best screen name ever on here.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it, Google up the Youtube of Melky being interviewed by Mary Carey. The most disturbing thing about it is the sunflower seeds.
the next day, bud selig announced that home field advantage in the world series would be decided by “loose Dominican tramps”
After Nix just made that catch, Suzyn says: “We say this all the time: Professional Ballplayer.”
It’s crazy amateur guys like CC Sabathia play for free.
Phew. It’d suck if he was a plumber.
She and Sterling know full well that they are gibbering buffoons. They just don’t care. I read that Sterling claimed that his continuous stream of mis-calls and misstatements is the basis for his appeal to the fans.
just me, or does nix look like a young jim lampley?
that felt so inevitable after the “no HRs in YSIII” comment
Requisite home run for Hamilton, in this series.
A hearty welcome to those who will now show up to say the Yankees MUST SIGN Josh Hamilton. Enjoy the entertainment.
There are so many things I’d rather have happen than the Yankees sign Hamilton to a massive contract.
Any team should sign him, he’s a beast
Big Member furiously google imaging “Cano and Melky Cabrera”, trying to find incriminating evidence to dispute Cano’s “neck injury”.
My friend, “neck injuries” are the least of my concerns for Robbie. I may be onto something much much bigger….
The plot thickens.
Law and Order theme song plays in the background…
Hopefully, “something bigger” and “thickens” doesn’t lead where I think it is.
Or, you know, maybe you aren’t.
Can you actually explain your theory? There’s a small part of me that is curious.
I think his theory is that since A-Rod, Melky, and Cano were arguably “buddies”, and A-Rod and Melky admitted to PED use, Cano was doing them, too.
And the fact that Cano didn’t high five Melky for hitting a homer in the ASG cements these facts behind reasonable doubt. The suspension paperwork is awaiting Selig’s signature as we speak.
That play happens all the time in video games.
sweet inning
No crooked numbers.
Now we’ve got trouble. Freddy’s not great at getting three outs an inning, can’t ask him to get four.
Eric Chavez can ask him whatever he wants.
Yeah Swish!
SWISHERIFFIC!!!!!!!!!!
Swisher has been huge this series.
To bad he’s not clutch though.
Nice!
And there were no crooked numbers.
That was a beautiful double play.
Nice play by Swish saves the inning
Hey, the game started…anybody wanna give me a quick recap?
Search the thread for Big Member.
Freddy’s got good stuff and good control -at least so far. Josh hit a bomb to the 2d deck in the 4th. Yanks scored all their runs in the 3d: Nix infield single, stole second. Jeter singled to right, Nix to third. Swisher bloop double to left, J.Nix scored, Jeter to third. Granderson sac to center, Jeter scored. Teixeira struck out. EChavez singled to left, Swisher scored.
Oh, the game? I thought he meant the thread. lolz
I can neither confirm or deny that Big Member has footage of Melky and Robbie doing testosterone shots off an underaged Honduran.
However, I can confirm he has the same footage, only with Kuroda and Ichiro.
As per Jon Heyman
Holy shit, King Felix went perfecto tonight? And I missed it? Damn.
Did you know that Phil Hughes threw a perfecto earlier in the season? I totally missed that one.
I missed both Humber’s and Cain’s.
Cain’s was epic, I was lucky enough to just turn on MLB Network as it was happening, saw from like the 7th on, the one catch in Right Center should be one of the plays of the year. As for Humber’s I still laugh about that strike three, it was a foot outside and there’s noway the batter went around.
So Martin can’t beat the throw to second but chubby beltre can?
Cone’s perfect game. When men were men, games weren’t in hi-def, and pefect games didn’t happen once a week.
Cone’s perfect game “happens” once a week in the YES booth.
There is no reason why Yanks shouldn’t look into Hamiton the offseason. Granderson turned into an Ibanez/Dunn offspring. If Yanks can trade him, they can get a good piece(s) in return. I think Grandy will be making 11 mill or so next year. By getting rid of him, we can go ahead and get Hamilton who will ABSOLUTELY CRUSH the ball in Yankee stadium. .320 47 hr 130 RBIs baby.
If they offer him 5 years/100 mill that is. That’s 20 mill per year, just 9 mill more that they would pay Kranderson. Imagine Robbie and Marky in the same line up. Mmmmmmmmmmm
The HOFster is back.
He’s 33, get’s hurt every year and misses at least 20 games, also he’s a former junkie. Usually that wouldn’t make me judge a person, seeing as I have a few friends that are former users, but he’s also fallen of the wagon twice, and has shown he can have an attitude problem. He’s also going to breakdown in a couple years, I’d bet my bottom dollar he’s replacement level by age 37.
I…….have no clue who Marky is.
Dude, just go with it. He’s riffing.
That’s why you have to IMAGINE him and Robbie in the same lineup. Jeez, think a little.
I don’t think Hamilton has the mental makeup for NY.
Oh yeah the guy who put up show during a home run derby that just happened to happen in….NY?
By that logic Robbie sucks becasue he completely chocked in Kansas? What, he couldnt handle a few “boos”?
The home run derby????? Dude, you gotta try harder than that.
It’s not like Hamilton was living in New York City for an extended period of time during the ALL-STAR BREAK.
Failed logic. Thanks for playing.
Wow really bro? All players on the Yankees live in NYC? Actually, most live OUTSIDE of NYC. Hamilton can live in Connecticut or some village in NJ and just have a driver drive him to games.
There’s villages in Jersey?
I think Big Member is Axisa sock-puppet trolling.
I like that he called me “bro.”
I laughed out loud at that. I though you were going to blast him for it.
Nah. Just added it to the Troll File.
I do not possess a Troll File.
Yes you do.
Bro you totally own a Troll File bro.
It’s what non-Jerseyians call towns I guess?
Dude, we have moats around our villages in Jersey! Not no fucking “towns”!
Well…my town has water surrounding it on two sides, so it almost has a moat. Thank god too, we have to keep those savages from River Edge out.
Do you have alligators swimming in your village moat? I do!
Piranhas!
There’s those stupid “Entering the Boro of……Lodi” signs. I blame fatass Christie.
Ugh…why’d you pick Lodi? There’s only two things in that town, the DMV and the only stip club I’ve ever been to. Fuck that town.
I pictured myself driving up 17, past the Discount Liquidators with the weird food shop in the back.
Haha, I know exactly were you’re talking about. The Harem is on the south side of 17 right after Discount Liquidators if you’re heading north.
Right by the Party Box.
If it’s not off 3, 4, 17, or 46, it doesn’t exist in my concept of New Jersey. I literally only know how to drive down those roads.
And Hamilton’s “driver”–i.e., the guy with every dealer’s number on speed dial–is supposed to protect him from trouble while taking him back and forth from Yankee Stadium and his village.
You’re actually thinking of Satin Dolls, everybody makes that mistake. Harem’s owned by the same guy, but it’s up the block a little bit. Satin Dolls sells liquor so by law the girls can’t get full nude, Harem it’s BYOB so the girls do everything. If you weren’t a married fish I’d tell you to take a swim.
I’m sure I could come up with a legitimate excuse. I also had my fill of Ft. Lauderdale clubs in my day.
Glenn Danzig is from Lodi. There’s today’s fun fact!
Of the Misfit’s? I wonder how he met Bobby Steele, he lived in my town of New Milford.
Same county? Small world?
No shit?? I went to high school with Jack Rabid, who was our conduit to the punk scene.
Still 81 games a year he’s a ten minute subway ride to the city that never sleeps and a ten minute walk away from the underbelly of the Bronx…I’m just saying if I was a recovering user the last place I’d want to be is famous and in NYC.
I love you.
I think the reason I wouldn’t want Hamilton here is his on the field play (lack of patience means he wont age well), and his knack of getting injured. I think his off the field issues just add to that.
At least not the will power to stay away from the night scene. NYC would eat him alive
He’s slipped with drinking twice in Arlington, imagine him in NYC, where the liquor never stops flowing and the H is only a phone call away at all times?
I’m having visions of 1981 Times Square right now, complete with a young Melky and Robbie at a peep show booth…..BUT ROBBIE WALKS AWAY.
God I wished I lived in that NYC.
I’d rather be able to walk down Avenue B without being killed for heroin. Total sell-out.
You’re such a grown up Tilapia, live a little bit. Go spend some time in Washington Heights, or down in the East Village by Saint Marks. Life’s more fun that way.
There’s not a ton that I regret not having done in my day.
I hope I can say that once I settle down.
Not saying I’ve done it all, or anything of that sort, but I can’t think of much that I’m kicking myself over NOT doing.
That’s all I’m saying, I don’t want to look back in 20 years and say “fuck, if I had only done ____”
You’ll never be able to screw everyone you wished you would have screwed. Any drug that could Len Bias you the first time out wasn’t probably worth it. You’ll always be able to travel wherever you want.
Interesting that Jeter wasn’t taking all the way on 3-0, and then took ball four on 3-1.
I love that Boston is falling apart even harder. I thought they found the basement when they hired Bobby V, but they broke right through that floor and are still in freefall.
They should have never traded Montero. He could be out there giving Freddy moral support right now.
Venezuelans, man.
Hey, we still have Cervelli!
That’s really important for pitchers! Girardi has a page titled “Moral Support” in his binder!
Terrible work by the ball boy there. Skippy would’ve had that.
Kinsler looking silly
Nice bounce back inning by Freddy. Once again he’s getting it done.
Hopefully the Yankees can tack a few on and maybe Garcia will work deep into this game.
What was he bouncing back from? He’s had excellent inning after inning.
He gave up a HR, loaded the bases and had a long inning…and threw a ton of pitches.
It was a nice quick bounce back inning after that.
This is splitting hairs, but I would never call a one-run inning something to bounce back from. Anyway, good that he had a great inning after that one!
WTF is wrong with Granderson.
He sucks.
……..and CUT!
EXCELLENT MOVIE REFERENCE
Who’s excited for the Shaun White Centerstage? I’ve got it set to video tape later.
Ok, the YES booth talking about Grandys swing, cue home run next AB
Chav-monster.
Is it ok to have a man crush on Chavy?
Pretty sure we’re all crushing on him. I started crushing last season. He sexy.
He is sexy though. Don’t joke about those things. *fans self*
YUP. Just go with it.
Rock out, buddy. It’s 2012.
You guys probably didn’t see that Nick Punto scored 2 runs today for the Sox. Chavez doesn’t have any.
can they wrap Chavez in a bubble to keep him from getting hurt before october?
Come on Russ. Be inspired after that Ibanez at bat.
Or watch three pitches right down the middle.
http://www.tickld.com/images/content/21667.jpg
It says that access is denied.
Same here. I’ll just assume someone was fucking a horse.
hmm…weird it works for me. It’s one of those fake motivational posters with Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman playing checkers in Shawshank, underneath it says “If you watch Shawshank redemption backwards it’s about a guy escaping a storm by breaking into prison to hang out with Morgan Freeman.”
Well, when you explain the joke you kill it SO IT’S NOT FUNNY.
(I’m sure it’s totally funny.)
It was
I fail.
Try again!
No Big Member comments in a while. He must be finding the real killers.
He’s coming back after that…fuck that was a SHOT
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiii Hamilton
Fuck off Hamilton.
stop throwing meatballs to their best hitter
wow
Reminder: “Victory Lap” would start at about the second year of the contract you’re about to propose.
Another, requisite?, home run for Hamilton.
At least they’ve been solo shots.
Can someone get him boos now
Why was Russ setting up there? You get Hamilton out low and away!
Holy Crap
I’m going to go out on a limb and say Freddy won’t be facing Hamilton again tonight.
BOLD PREDICTION!
I definitely do agree with Mike about staying away from Hamilton at all costs, but damn would he be fun to watch play 81 games here.
Love Hamilton’s swing. As far as aesthetically pleasant swings go, his has gotta be right behind Robbie’s from the left side.
6 solid innings from Freddy. I’m satisfied
My armchair GM father walks into my room to comment on the game. He said a few things:
-Re: Hamilton’s HR: “Those are the kinds of homeruns Mickey Mantle used to hit.”
-Re: Russell Martin: “I got news for you – Russell can’t hit. Why would you bat him before Ichiro? What a lousy manager.”
Sigh.
Bro that’s crazy.
Okay I’m done with that schtick. That seems like every father who’s ever been a Yankee fan ever.
“I’ve been watching this team for xx years! I know baseball!”
I still rub it into my dad’s face that he called Kuroda “the home run machine” and said “I’d rather Burnett still be on the team” earlier this season. I was texting him all through the game yesterday things like “god this Kuroda guy sucks” “Imagine how much better off we’d be if Burnett were still here?”
HAHAHAHA. What did he respond with?
Mine will not let the Jesus Montero thing go.
He told me if I didn’t stop there’d be a new lock on the door by the time i got home from work. Then I informed him I know 5 different ways to break into the house that don’t include climbing up to my window.
HAHAHAA. And, threat level decreases.
If he locked the windows too…then I’d be screwed.
My dad sounds the same. Although he’s been fairly receptive to newer ideas, and learning that BA isn’t the be all and end all of rating players has actually caught on with him.
That’s excellent! It’s always good to hear a success story. Not all baseball dads can be closeminded forever. They just can’t.
My dad took me to the Yanks-Dodgers WS game when Reggie hit three homers, which made me a Yankee fan. But he’s a goddamn Dodgers fan.
Oh no! I can understand that, as my grandpa was a converted Dodgers-to-Mets fan. He was true to his Brooklyn teams.
All the original Mets fans were former Giants and Dodger fans left behind in NY when those teams moved to California and united in their hatred for the Yanks.
I spent a good 15 minutes explaining run differential to my dad a few weeks ago when he kept asking me why I wasn’t concerned with the Orioles.
My dad does give some credence to sabermetrics, and actually sighted OPS the other day. I was so proud.
cited*
Old-dad like guys behind me at the game yesterday were trying to figure out what OPS stood for. It was rough (although, back in the day I remember trying to figure it out as well)
That sudden moment when I realized that is TOTALLY GOING TO BE ME ONE DAY.
I have the same (scary) thoughts on a regular basis.
I already pull stuff like “Well, back when I was your age….”
What the fuck is wrong with me?
Oh, well I’m 20 so I havent pulled that one yet. Maybe one day…
That’s exactly what I used to say when I was…..
I’m 22 and have said “when I was your age” already…but I’ve been an old man on the inside for years already.
Mrs. T thinks Melky did the PED’s because he wanted to come back to the Yankees but knew they wouldn’t give him a big contract.
I love her very much.
Awwwwwwww.
BASEBALL PLAYER
Isn’t that what baseball players do?
110 pitches, decent speed at first… hack at first pitch?
Girardi sleeping at the switch.
In what way?
Should have either sent ichy or bunted him over. Letting nix swing away in a tight game was a wasted chance at another run.
There was a passed ball too
So itchy at third 2 out for swisher.
Don’t always agree with the bunt, but I do wish Nix took a couple pitches to see if Ichiro could steal
Not really feeling Freddy here in the 7th.
Pitch count still good. Not the worst thing.
This can blow up on him fast
If Nova and/or Hughes had the guts and guile that Mr. Sweaty has, we would have two very good pitchers. IDK how Sweaty does it but he is in the 7th against a very good hitting lineup.
Should have given Ichiro a chance to steal. Freddy’s out there for another one. Fingers crossed…
Big zone tonight
Sweaty!!!!
Well done, Freddy. Well done.
Nice game freddy
C’mon let’s sweat, bay-bay. Let the music take control….
That was 2011 Freddy on the mound tonight.
Outstanding.
I wonder what his numbers are since May, they must be very good. I don’t remember too many bombs of starts since then.
I was surprised Freddy started the 7th. Really awesome outing for him.
Go Boony!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo Freddy. Bravo.
This is the “easiest” Yankee team to root for in some time.
that was very kind of the weather to delay the game so i could get off work and at least catch a few innings! i see freddy was solid again today. just need more of a cushion eh…
Sutcliffe (aka best in game analyst ever) just got a “Really?” from his own booth, as Sutcliffe continues to say I’m really suprised Garcia is still out there.
“He’s under 100 pitches, he’s, with the exception of Hamilton, has pretty much had this lineup under control all night…”
Is it bad when your fellow broadcasters are calling you out?
He’s always hated on the yanks
Oh my God Rick Sutcliffe is SO DAMN BAD.
Yeah, Loone Bogan!
Boone robbie and
Muther fucker i kill you to wrap it up.
Where have you gone, Big Member, and how do we get him and Ted to interact on here? Ted may pop blood vessels he didn’t know he had.
I’ve been relegated to the ESPn broadcast tonight, but I am very interested what the YES booth had to say about Melky tonight, if anything.
Can anyone fill me in? O’Neill, Cone, Kay….any memorable opinionated quotes?
I don’t even know if they mentioned it, more than maybe a brief word about it.
I can’t recall them mentioning it in the booth. But they did ask Girardi about it in the pre-game presser. He gave some usual Girardiesque contentless response.
Kay mentioned it passing, just while he was saying that Jeter was the active hit leader in baseball because Melky had been suspended.
It was all Melky, all the time on the radio today.
I’m sure it was, former fan favorite turned star elsewhere busted for PEDs? I’m sure that’s all any station was talking about. I keep radio silence w/ baseball during non-game times most days otherwise I get myself worked up about stupid shit, like the line up, or Nova pitching poorly, and as much as I love the Yankees I don’t want them effecting my mood during non-game time.
That sheppers guy was unreal last night hope one day Betance can pitch like that.
Scheppers spent MUCH less time in the minors than Betances did.
And Scheppers was drafted higher.
Grandy’s due. Let’s go
Player of the Game.
In the 7th inning, of a 3-2 ballgame. YES is stupid.
They do it in the seventh inning every game. What’s stupid isn’t when they do it, it’s that they do it at all.
CHAVEZ!!!!!!!!!
Well, yes.
But I still like to highlight the times where it seems even dumber, such as this.
I’m confused… why isn’t Washington turning Swisher and Tex around so they can take aim at the short porch like last night?
Damn… he’s learning….
Nah, Wash is just out of blow.
Hamilton snorted it all before the game. He was like “come on coach, we’re in NY, I gotta do it big.”
Thankfully the Yankees didn’t cut Freddy after his bad April.
chavez you sexy bitch
Chavez is just unconscious.
Time for some runs.
Chavy hits a lefty!
Chavvvvvvvvvv
Chavy now .303. Damns
Zombie is the hottest hitter in the universe right now.
Chavez hitting over .600 last six games.
Nice AB against a lefty for Raul.
during this pitching change I will mentally prepare myself for a strikeout or a ground out to 3rd
Or a lineout to RF that Cruz will make look like an adventure but was really east to catch but ESPN announcers will ball all over
on my life, I had the channel changed and didn’t know what happened
I swear on the eyes of my grandchildren
I can’t wait until tomorrow when Eddard declares Freddy Garcia Cashman’s new best FA signing ever.
Cano for martin please.
Can he pinch hit with the neck?
Russel is due, Ogando still rattled. Bases clearing double right here
dag nabbit
I go brush my teeth and take out my contacts and, BOOM, bases loaded.
I come back and, BOO, Russell Martin.
Black Hole Martin strikes again
Dammit. Right at him
One pitch?
Just bad luck there
Damn, he roped it
Damn ESPN with that camera angle behind the catcher!
I’m not sure if they have used it for a single Texas hitter all game but for some reason continue to use it when the Yankees bat
Axisa actually agreed with a guy on the MLBTR chat today that, even with this suckjob 2012, Russell Martin may still get 3/21 in the offseason. I picked the wrong career.
We all did, if you can squat 200 times in 3 hours or be a left-handed pitcher that can get one lefty out a month, you can be in the 1% like they do.
As much as Martin annoys me, I might be on board for 3/21
god I hate Francesa…
Said everyone ever.
My dad still listens almost daily, it’s sickening.
Those are some ugly ass uniforms.
This Strikezone is gigantic. I love it.
That was not even close to a ball. The entire circumference of the ball was inside the plate.
I was talking about in general, and the strike 2, strike 3 was a clear strike.
Yeah, it has been a generous zone tonight. Blue doesn’t want to get to bed too late after the rain delay.
Lately all my baseball hatred goes toward the Rangers. The Red Sox suck so bad they are merely a blip on the radar.
Unfortunately my idiot Sox fan friends still think it is some sort of rivalry worth bringing up every time the topic turns to baseball. I just can’t make them understand that I am literally indifferent to their shitty sub .500 team. They don’t suck because they are the Red Sox and I am a Yankee fan, they just suck. Literally.
I do, however, still maintain that you can’t swing a dead cat in that dugout without hitting a douchenozzle.
Washington too slow
Ron Washington IS TOO DAMN SLOW.
This guy got a wide strike zone but that was right on the inside corner, stop intimidating the ump Kinsler.
kinsler you boob
Moving away from the PC. Good night, everyone.
That was a lovely inning, David.
Nice job Robertson!
Strike zone has been huge all night, Kinsler needs to stfu!
I am sure thats part of it but that pitch was perfectly over the plate. Nothing in question about that. Right at the knees on the inside corner. Perfect fb.
Thats the good D-Rob adn bye bye Kinsler. Sorry a pitch right on the corner was called a strike.
Rangers frustrating. Pretty awesome.
Kinsler thrown out andrus slamming his helmet, the rangers are def. frustrated with this series, and if the yanks can hang on tonight, I think they will be firmly in their heads
All Swisher or somebody needs to do is to do the stupid claw or antler when they get on base and the Rangers might just lose it tomorrow. lol
I want this.
Kinsler was delusional there.
Insurance runs would sure be nice.
Get MFIKY up.
We’re in the heads of the Rangers. I love it.
Steal please.
I know Ichiro is fast but its amazing to actually watch four hoppers to third are easy infield singles.
Nix flinched, he’s bunting.
I was right, and he beat it.
be surprised if ichiro doesn’t go
Perfect bunt
Nix, so gritty.
Only baseball player would have beat that out.
Jeter’s bunting.
This is one spot where I think the bunt is a good idea.
Double steal here.
are you kidding me?
nice fucking bunt, Cap
That really, really backfired.
Bunts suck.
Well that sucked.
Smart fielding play by that pitcher.
Tha fuck was that??
holy shit that was ugly.
Jeter just invented a new way to hit into a double play.
It was just a really heads up play by the pitcher.
I wasn’t really blaming Jeter.
I just hate bunts.
Go Boom Swish.
Another crushed out
Let’s go MFIKY.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!! END THIS!!!!!!!!!!
I wish Olive Garden had good food.
I go there just for their breadsticks and salads.
their breadsticks are bangin, but telling a fat italian unlimited pasta and then telling him it’s at Olive Garden is just mean.
16 baserunners and only 3 have scored…
Let’s hope MFIKY can close this out
Hopefully the piss-poor execution doesn’t come back to bite us, but…..
Hamilton is a scary proposition right now.
Nice snag with the cap by richy-rich in the first row.
And exhale
MFIKY all over Hamilton there. FUCK YEAH!
Be more comfortable with Robertson pitching to Hamilton, but Soriano did his job with the K.
Beltre scared me there for a second.
When he drops to his knee like that, it usually means he connected hard. Often a HR.
How does a hitter develop a drop-to-knee swing like that?
If they don’t care for their body.
Because that’s not good for his hips at all.
I wanna see if Swish had the bag.
Oh, that’s ballgame, ump.
Damn…the pick was so smooth there too Chavez….looks like he should’ve been out.
He was out, bad call by the ump
terrible call. fuck you ump.
He was out.
/fuckingumpires
horse shit. game over dammit.
Wow he definitely was on the base.
ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Unbelievable, that is the first bad throw from Chavez in a long long time.
…and it was still good enough, but the umpire missed it.
Why we need replay
TEH HUMAN ELEMENT!!!!! said nobody intelligent ever.
Phenomenal pitching so far this series.
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reply fail
Bullshit!!!!
Looks like a 4 out save by Soriano, thank god he got over that earlier this season.
Untuck MFIKY!
#UNTUCK
And now, that’s ballgame.
Time for the sweep tomorrow!
YUAYUAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Untuck bitches.
Take it
I have Sori on my fantasy team.
I want credit for four outs tonight.
Soriano with his first 1-2-3-4 inning?
Let’s get greedy tomorrow guys.
SWEEP!!!!!!!!!!
I did not anticipate this series going so well.
Is Chavez from California? He has kind of a surfer dude accent.
San Diego
Called it!
eat balls rangers.
Chavez has been a remarkable this season.
Marakovits’s arms looked ‘roided in that closeup.
Careful what you say about my Meredith.
Great job by MFIKY pulling it out anyway, but the sooner we get robot umps the better.