Game 129: Just Win
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The Yankees have split four games against the lowly Indians and Blue Jays, and they’re essentially a .500 team since the All-Star break. Mark Teixeira now joins Brett Gardner and Alex Rodriguez in the position player infirmary, so the club is really short-handed on offense. Add in a taxed and somewhat ineffective bullpen, and the current outlook isn’t looking so rosy for the Bombers. No one feels bad for them though, so just win. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
1B Nick Swisher
2B Robinson Cano
DH Steve Pearce
C Russell Martin
CF Curtis Granderson
RF Andruw Jones
3B Jayson Nix
LF Ichiro Suzuki
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy, or at least try too.
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So if the Yankees continue to play .500 ball the rest of the way, they will end up with a record of 91-71. At the least, that will probably get them into one of the two wildcard spots.
With the amount of injuries this team has sustained, that is a very good record.
Of course, they first have to play at .500!
Why isn’t Martin batting 4th? If you’re going to give a guy a vote of confidence, why not go all the way?
Because that would be suicide.
I guess you’re right. Sam Pearce’s presence in the cleanup spot will make all of the difference in tonight’s lineup.
I’d rather have an unproven experiment than a proven failure. Joe Maddon does this all the time.
Joe Maddon puts Jeff Keppinger in the four hole, and Keppinger proceeds to hit .300, with a .400 average against lefties.
I’m convinced Joe Maddon could turn my feces into a gourmet steak.
Joe M. is extremely analytical and creative. He doesn’t have a lot to work with in terms of the offense in Tampa but he gets the most out of his team. And I don’t mean sticking Marcus Thames at third base-type of creativity…
He’s the best manager in MLB.
Whoa… you mean Mr. 3-Ring (and I don’t mean WS rings) in the Yankee dugout isn’t?
I’ll take Ozzie anyday of the week. You can’t get better than a grownup screaming crybaby.
We’ll have you taste the steak thing yourself.
Step up, Phil.
Well, just hope the Rays mini-slump continues, and the Orioles lose for once on an occasion.
You know, with the wealth of injuries the Yankees have had themselves, just imagine where they’d be without Jeter’s unreal bounceback season? Damn would they be sunk.
But everybody believes the Orioles aren’t a threat.
Old news.
“No one will feel bad for us” has become this season’s motto. Unfortunately.
When somebody said “Now batting clean up for the NYY Sam Pearce” I laughed, clearly thinking it was a joke…now I’m sad because apparently it wasn’t. Jesus this has been a weird year. I can’t say it’s been tough because we’ve been in first for a majority of it, but that’s almost stunning when you think about how many injuries and how much ineffectiveness we’ve dealt with. Off the top of my head:
Gardner (all but 11 games)
A-Rod (Large chunk)
Tex (twice)
Swish
CC (twice)
Pineda (all year)
Pettitte (most of the season)
all have been hurt
How dare you forget Mo!
also forgot Cesar “Stairs” Cabral
*sniff*
Cabrones.
nobody cares about Cesar.
Remember, Stairs MUST BE TSJC in disguise.
I think it’s JJ personally. if it’s TSJC then PLEASE COMEBACK WE MISS YOU.
I didn’t forget Mo…it just still hurts too much to talk about
YOu forgot Robertson was out for a chunk of the year
Yeah, him too. And according the narrative he’s been terrible since coming back. (Joking, I know he’s been fine, just not as lights out unconscious as he was last year)
Why is Mike trolling us? Putting Steve Pearce as the Cleanup hitter and Grandy 6th? lol! April Fools?
I liked it yesterday when Kay tried to convince us Martin was having a decent August. A month in which he raised his avg from .190 to .196 whilst his OBP dropped from .312 to .301, 2 HR’s & 5 RBI’s.
And now hes batting 5th. Give us a bit more of the 2011 version tonight Russell.
I don’t think Mike was trying to do anything of the sort last night.
He was saying how a .219 average for the month is somehow good, given how poor a season he has had.
Obp is more important for him at the bottom of the lineup then average. He doesn’t have high on base people usually in front of him, but he can get on for jeter and swish.
Anyone notice what an ugly dude Colby Rasmus is? Not Jesse Orosco or anything, but man…
He was named after the cheese.
With Tex out the next 2 weeks or so, I’d bat Ichiro lead off and have him play RF. You could then hit Jeter 2nd, Swish 3rd, Cano 4th.
Would it really kill them to just put Chavez in against some lefties?
It might kill Chavez.
0-2, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, walk/hit: the Phil Hughes Story.
dammit Hughes
This might be the worst lineup on paper I’ve seen this year.
Mike talked about the difference in the bullpens from last year to this year. They are essentially the same people in the bullpen with trading Luis Ayala with Cody Eppley. And of course Mo was replaced with Soriano, but Soriano was in the bullpen last year too.
SAMMY PHUCKING PIERTISTA
Lefties hit Romero better than righties. Since the binder is all about platoon splits how does Girardi not know this?
Well the Yankees have done very well against him this year with the platoons presumably in place so…
We didn’t do that great against him in Toronto.
0-2 with a 6.28 ERA against the Yankees this year.
Se we bombed him with the platoons in place.
Nu-uh
Leiter just said the stat.
So
So…?
2 games outweigh 119 career games for Romero? Also, in those 2 games, both the lefties and the righties beat up Romero, so it’s not like you can draw any conclusions from those games anyway.
You know as well as I do that pitchers have varying success from year to year so his career can’t be counted upon, i.e. Tim Lincecum and Jon Lester
Greg, there’s a difference between a stat *fluctuating* from year to year and it being *predictive* in each year. For example, a pitcher’s BABIP will fluctuate from year to year, but their career number (or just .300) is most predictive at any given time.
And even if you were going to incorrectly claim that platoon splits inherently change from year to year, going on the basis of 2 Yankee games makes absolutely no sense. Lefties hit Romero better than righties in 2012 too.
Look at Phil Hughes as they showed.
Last year lefties him hard. This year, righties hit him hard.
I don’t see how that’s responsive to what I said. The fact that Phil’s stats have fluctuated from year to year doesn’t mean that this year’s stats are more predictive than his career stats.
But more importantly, Romero’s actually worse vs. lefties this year, the same as he’s been his whole career. So why should we look at the 2 games he’s had vs. the Yankees this year rather than his entire year? Are you always trying to find the smallest sample size you can?
Yay defense.
Hey, we should equip all of our baserunners with giant foam fingers, too. It might give us the edge we need in stealing bases!
This could work. Extra reach AND minimizes injuries.
Reasonable not crazy people: How did Philbert look in the first?
I’m not sure if I’m included or not.
That’s the beauty of you. You easily go either way with these things, but you’re always in on the joke.
You can be reasonable, but you are unreasonable at times (especially when speaking about the usefulness of Ibanez.)
Walked first guy in classic Phil style. CS, and then got the next two out.
In other words, DOOM.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t.....emQZrxXqQw
I haven’t broke this out in a while.
Haha I totally forgot about that show. Good times.
Meh. Got his act together after walking the leadoff batter from an 0-2.
Sam Pearce will have a Shane Spencer type September calling it right now.
Well, that didn’t work.
I agree with that move. Swisher’s been hot of late. Didn’t work bu the logic is sound.
Why did he stop? Isn’t it more likely they’d mess up the tag at 2nd than that they’d mess up a rundown?
Yes, Jeter is dumb.
Oh, absolutely. I don’t know how he’s managed to stay in major league baseball for so long.
Should have picked up Torrealba.
#Cashfail
Ugh.
Sam Pierce denied an at-bat this inning.
Pearce. Goddamnit.
Can we just call him Samwise?
Eddard is trying to call himself that now. Tolkien should emerge from the grave and kick him in the nuts for that.
Only if Eddard changes his name back.
Swish is hot lately OK. But…two Ks yesterday and one to start off today. I never liked him in the 2 hole.
Yes, he’s been absolutely terrible in the 2 hole since Joe put him there. :eyeroll:
SSS. His overall numbers do not justify him batting 2d. Hey if he continues to bat .350/.400 the rest of the way great. But I doubt it.
“His overall numbers do not justify him batting 2d”
?
Who should be? By overall numbers, he’s been the second best offensive everyday player on the team.
Does anybody know where I could find Tebow’s career numbers on passes 0-10 yrds? I’m having a conversation w/ my friend about his usefulness as a throwing running back.
Look up in the sky. Get on your knees. Papa will provide the answer.
I’m going to class. Hopefully the Yankees are winning when I get out.
An evening class?
God would I hate those.
Had 2 years of em in grad school. They really do suck.
What’s the “Sam” Steve Pearce joke that’s going on?
Some guy said Sam Pearce instead of Steve Pearce.
I feel stupidly under informed. I was under the impression his name is actually Sam.
You’re doubting Eddard?
Until he’s gotten Big Member to back him up, I’m going to have to.
Speaking of which, we haven’t heard from the Big Guy lately. I miss him.
So if I start referring to Brian Cashman as Bill Cashman, people will start calling him Bill Cashman?
Only one way to find out!
*backs away slowly*
Eddard repeatedly referred to him as Sam Pearce even though we must have corrected him about three times.
For some reason I still can’t explain, I found this insanely funny. Still do a day later.
Update: Nix is no longer just a baseball player he’s a professional baseball player
What’s Manny doing there?
Why is Kay blaming Phil’s change for his reverse split? Didn’t he just watch the video that had Hughes saying he just started throwing it with any regularity a couple of games ago? Unreal.
That vein in Pearce’s head is freakin me the fuck out.
I have a good feeling about Sam tonight. He’ll be player of the game.
This Pearce gut sucks.
Fire Bill Cashman.
*guy
Not a great start to Sammy’s Yankee career.
Can somebody tell me what a Scott Disick is and why it’s apparently famous?
I dunno, but upon Google searching, the first thing I noticed was that three Kardashian sisters come up under “People also searched…”
So I immediately closed that tab.
But wasn’t ARod crap against lefties this year?
no
Hm. I thought Mike said that he was.
.277/.382/.500 against all LHP
.218/.315/.395 against LH Starters
so…yes and no.
The against LH starters line include all PA in the games started by LHP, including against RH relievers.
Who do you guys think Bill Cashman will get to be our catcher next season?
(Tilapia, back me up bro.)
Mark Napoli?
*looks around*
Dude, it’s Brian.
Why ol’ Jiminy Montero, of course!
Maybe Jose Posada can come out of retirement.
My Friend Ronny Paulino
me no likey this lineup
I can’t get this enough. Pearce and Martin batting 4-5.
This is what happens when the two highest paid players on the team are on the DL, and Granderson’s wrecked in a slump.
This is what injuries do to you.
Hughes better dominate. The only way we’re getting 3 runs is if Jeter gets on, Swisher gets on and Robbie hits a HR.
Mkay.
If this team misses the playoffs, it shouldn’t be considered a choke due to the injuries.
No excuse. Did the Rays have their best player and only legitimate hitter the whole season? No. Did the Sox have Ellsbury the whole season? No. Every club has injuries. The players on the field need to overcome them.
Time to close up the office. I may just go straight to bed. Feel like shit. Sammy Bonds FTW.
Later R-Tils.
Orioles did more against Sale in two innings than we did in an entire game.
But Raul thinks they aren’t a threat.
awesome
Chris Sale dominated the Yankees, so naturally, the Orioles take a 3-0 lead in the second.
No wonder:
Road ERA: 3.58
Home ERA: 1.74
They are playing at Camden Yards
They’re both hitters ballparks.
So?
So, nothing. Just voicing my mild frustration that a bad offensive team is beating up on a good pitcher. And Sale is on my fantasy team.
Do you understand the concept of small sample sizes? Because you are quoting about 70 innings in each sample (and on a stat like ERA which has so many variables that is insane)
Home xFIP: 3.05
Road xFIP: 3.38
Perhaps the 90% strand rate at home is driving the low ERA?
I feel very confident in saying that Greg does not understand the concept of small sample sizes.
(See, for example, my discussion with him above about lefties vs. righties. He wants to rely on 2 games vs. the Yankees this year rather than either Romero’s 2012 stats or his career numbers.)
yanks batting steve pearce clean-up
red sox batting james loney clean-up
we’re partying like it’s 1968
Ha ha ha. Bravo
Can they please stop putting Rajai Davis on base?
Phil isn’t being very economical. Who’s the long man tonight?
Lowe.
Of course not, he’s Phoul Ball Phil. Gets 2 strikes and we get to watch all the foul balls that run up his pitch count.
It’s not a great pitch count, but he’s still on a reasonable place for 6 innings. I’ll take it.
Steve Pearce.
Joba?
Really, the Yankees absolutely must get in on the festivities against Romero. If they let him pull of a win against them, they ought to concede the season. His futilities have been the talk of Toronto for weeks.
I hate Andruw Jones. They should have gotten rid of him.
Heyyy, we agree on something. How ’bout that.
No way. He meets all the requirements of a Yankee bench player.
There’s no point in having Andruw on the roster. He can’t hit and he sucks on the field as well.
Get Jones off this FU*KING team!!!!!
So much Andruw Jones hate today. Watch him hit a HR his next time up.
Michael Kay on A-Rod’s football throwing:
“If the Jets have scouts out here…”
Hahaha. Subtle jab at the fact the Jets have no real quaterback, or am I just a trolling Giants fan?
YES! We’ve got runners on for the good hitters. Now take advantage.
Don’t jinx it.
Is there a bigger POS than Chris Sale?
That’s a loaded question because it makes the assumption that Chris Sale is a POS.
I don’t know why, but this made me laugh quite the hearty laugh.
Andruw Jones
So, just wondering, when is the appropriate time to start panicking? Playoffs don’t appear to be a lock anymore . . . I mean, you know, since they were up 10 games in the division at one point. I don’t see how anybody can be confident in this team going forward, at least until MT25, ARod, and Le Petit come back. 2-3 weeks? Could this team possibly float on for that long?
I’ve been panicking all year, so I’m easy.
Ah yes. That’s HULK zen. I shall practice that from now on too.
That all comes down to your worldview. I’ll panic in late September if the Yankees lose first place or are only up by a game or two and a series against Baltimore or Tampa about to start. To each his/her own, though. I don’t think that the time to panic is 3.5 up in first place in August, though. Some people have started though.
Probably if they lost the division lead it would be time to panic. Until then, we’re still in good shape and the cavalry is on its way next month.
This lineup is ugly.
SWISHA!!
Solid piece of hitting by Swish.
Every time I trash Swisher he steps up. Greg will see a relation.
There we go! There’s Phil’s run. A 3 run HR would be nice here.
Informal survey: Does Phil allow a run in the next half inning?
Is it me, or do Kay and Leiter get into more debates than any other tandem on YES?
Probably. But Cone spends more time lecturing Kay
Kay needs lecturing. He is not particularly knowledgable and constantly embellishes stories to make them more controversial.
I agree with you. Cone is far and away my favorite guy in the booth.
I like Singleton. Awesome guy with class and a tremendous knowledge of the game.
I like Singleton too. My ideal booth is Singleton/Cone/O’Neil. I like Leiter too though.
Yay RSIPHITS.
Still think that looks like RIPSHITS. Should get checked for dyslexia.
Romero should just walk Cano here
Fricken’ asshole, that Mike McCoy.
fuck good D..
Michael Kay’s take on the playoff system is idiotic, in my opinion. Yes, the team with the lesser record would not have made WC last year and they will this year, but how is that fair to the team that could potentially have 5-10 more wins? Love how he conveniently ignored the other side to his own point.
Miami up 5-0 on Strasburg and the Nationals.
Big because Rizzo might think Strasburg is starting to tire.
Tyler Austin with two doubles in the first game today. Love that guy.
Isn’t that Devon White?
Yup.
If they kept that Marlin team together, they get to the playoffs a couple more years.
not because of Devon leaving, though. he was washed up at that point, as was Daulton
Nah.
Brown, Leiter, Hernandez, Fernandez is a pretty good rotation with Nenn shutting it down.
Offense was decent with Sheffield, Alou, and Bobby B.
Devon White was who I was thinking too
Wow…Ponson sure is…Ponson.
Aaggghhh! Get Sidney Ponson off my screen!
that mere appearance will torpedo this game and send us to a 10-game tailspin
We heard it here first.
3 straight curves out of the zone, whats the point?
Maybe just to fuck with Torrealba’s mind. 3 fastballs with plenty of plate afterwards and he only swings at 1.
From 3-0 to K.
That’s like a reverse Phil Hughes.
I was about to post the same thing, but thanks to my mlb.tv delay, you beat me to it.
Sam Pearce has an OBP of .500 as a Yankee.
That’s very Bonds-esque.
Steve Pearce! get excited ladies and gentlemen.
And a SB! Who is this guy?
Manny Machado had 1 walk in 59 plate appearances coming into today.
That’s small ball which they will have to do.
Any chance we strand this runner?
If they wisely walk Grandy, they might…
….but they pitch to him, which neutralizes Romero’s only effective pitch (the changeup)
Not sure why Toronto is pitching to the lefties in tight spots with Romero on the mound.
Maybe Farrell has a binder, too.
No
Steve Pearce: Baseball. Player.
our TB offense working so far..
Small Ball Sam!
There you go. That’s how you play the game. Should have tried this last night.
My friend came to visit me, cause I told her I was bored before the game started. Nice of her, but I missed like 3 innings. What happened, how’d we score? Is Steve Pearce a True Yankee (TM) yet?
0-1 with a BB and a runs scored.
He scored a run?!?!?! Was it on that sac fly?!?! If so, sadly not a True Yankee (TM) cause all the Yankees do is swing for the fences.
/double Narrative
Swish RBI single, Grandy sac fly. Peace is a BASEBALL. PLAYER., because he stole second on a blocked ball in the dirt and is the one to score on Grandy’s sac fly. Hughes has looked pretty good. Throwing a decent amount of pitches, but that’s pretty much expected.
Lamest introduction . . . ever. I hear the internet is pretty dandy with game recaps and updates.
Somebody’s grumpy. Has somebody brought The Troll for a walk and fed him today? It’s already after dark, so I figure it wouldn’t be a good idea to feed him now…but somebody’s going to need to step up and take care of this Troll otherwise we’re getting rid of him.
Damn, son. You be talking ’bout a gremlin. Get your supernatural/mythology straight, li’l britches. I’m still awaiting details on your lady friend . . . Did you get a discount rate? You must be a preferred customer by now, right?
I’m confused? Are you claiming that my friend is a prostitute?
. . . . . . Uhh . . . . . . .
Duh.
I wish…if I had a friend who I could say “Here’s some money, blow me” I’d definitely take advantage.
You sick bastard. You should be locked up behind bars!
Lol Mr. “high and mighty.” It’s literally the 2nd oldest profession behind hunting.
I’ve grown to seriously despise sacrifice flies. Pussy’s way out if you ask me.
With this line-up you take what you can get.
I’m just happy they got one there… Pearce with the smart baserunning is the only reason they got it.
By the way, about halfway through. 3 of the 4 hits against Romero have been by righties.
Now this is a bit skewed by the fact that there are more righties in the lineup than lefties, but its still ain interesting note.
Actually it’s not interesting at all… just another one of yous insane small sample observations.
*your*
Did Leiter just say the ‘v’ is silent in Hechavarria?
…then how do you pronounce it?!
Sounds like they’re saying Hech-a-ber-eer-ah now. It’s weird.
The Jays’ announcers seem to pronounce it ETCH-eh-vah-reea
I don’t. All the letters are silent.
And with two outs and two strikes…
Hughes allows the requisite home run.
You know you give up too many homers when Adeiny Hchavarria takes you long.
1-2 HR to the fucking #9 hitter.
first career HR…
get to 2 strikes, allow a bunch of foul balls and then a HR.. great job Phil
Come on Hughes…todays the day we need a 7 or 8 inning game from you. #notanace
From 0-2 to HR. Joke. Damnit.
That’s a stadium special.
Was that such a bad pitch? Seemed like it was a fastball out of the strike zone.
That’s what I’m saying.
Yeah, maybe he could have gotten it up a bit more, but that would have been a ball.
Fastball up in the zone, not up out of the zone.. on a 1-2 count nonetheless.. It was a bad pitch
It was away. It was almost in the same location as the last fastball.
You are not watching the same game.
Oh yes I am. It was a bit further down than that pitch, but it still was out of the zone.
I dont blame Hughes for that one. Pitch was up and away where he wanted it.
Just a tad in reach for the hitter. Another inch or so and that might not be a HR.
Leiter said it was too good of a pitch and I go by what he says. Mistake by Phil.
Like I said last night, Heche = Bizzarro Ciriaco
Why must you bring up that name? I fucking hate that guy with a passion.
Cano sucks against LHP this year.
Can someone explain why every team’s scrubs come to life against the Yankees? It can’t just be perception right?
It’s Oedipal, in the psychoanalytic sense. The Yankees represent authority (the Father!). In Canada there is the additional fact that the Yankees = authority = America = New York City (for which Torontonians have urban envy).
Well that about sums it up.
It’s hard to look up, but it’s most likely just perception. We don’t notice all the crappy hitters who fail to do anything against the Yankees night after night, we just notice the rare ones who have big nights.
Nixy should be DHing over Andruw. Let’s play some more small ball and bunt him over to 2nd.
awful AB by Jeter. Not what we need with this lineup.
That was probably his worst AB in about 2 weeks.
Totally negates all his other at-bats! YEAH!!!
Interesting thought about designating a roster for a given day of ~28 or so guys, but having the 40 man roster available for that designation. Thoughts?
It is interesting, but a lot of guys could be waiting around awhile in between playing time.
True, but the most of the minor league teams’ seasons are over anyway. With up to 40 guys available to sit on the bench/bullpen, a lot of them would be waiting awhile anyways. I’m not making an argument for or against it, but I never really thought about it before. It makes some sense to me, but I haven’t decided yet whether or not I like it.
Oh. I’m playing a game with this game on in the background. I didn’t realize they were only talking for September.
They also have to require all starting pitchers to be designated… (otherwise you effectively are playing with a 32 man roster on a given day)
I’d favor the idea of a 26 man roster designated each day and any starter that has pitched in the last 6 games has to be on that roster, barring injury of course (so people can’t game it by taking starters on and off day to day)
I think the idea of a 40 man roster is absurd, and other than it being in place for a long time there is little logic to it….
Interesting that Pearce is DHing. I saw him in the outfield at the Astros-Mets game last Friday, and he nailed Wright trying for two from right field on a ball that hit the wall. Dunno if this was a total aberration, but I remember thinking, Man, that fucker’s got an arm.
It will be bases loaded for Pearce, I bet.
That surprises me a bit.
Damnit. They’ve had men on for the top 3 hitters and haven’t taken advantage. I guess it’s up to Sam to manufacture another run.
Yes they have. Swisher drove in a run you know.
Big inning here
OHHHHHH Robbie.
Oh also: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoor.....ingle-imag
So. Much. Win.
Romero is looking like his old self tonight. Hasn’t pitched this well since his last meeting with the Yankees.
ahh the old 0-2 to leadoff walk. that usually ends well.
So Phucking Phrustrating Phil.
Phopposite of Phenomenal
0-2 to a BB. WTF Hughes?
Everybody, including Suzyn Waldman is very down on Phil..who is probably 3 innings away from having an ERA in 3′s
Every time he gets close to a sub 4.00 ERA he implodes.
He’s been inconsistent. Bad April and May. Great June and July. August ERA 4.50. 6 innings may be one too many tonight.
He could throw a perfect game and it would be the most frustrating perfect game ever. The results are better than the process I guess.
Ma and Pa were harshing on Phil even in the pre-game.
This ump is starting to squeeze
Phil’s getting squeezed now. This is trouble.
Hughes about to blow the game.. Great.
Implosion inning? Probably.
That walk is not on Hughes. The ump squeezed him on the first two pitches
…why is Derek Lowe warming up in a close game.
TEH SIXTH INNING GUY!
Also am I the only one kinda glad that Girardi isn’t quite as hard headed about marrying relievers to innings this year? Not the it mattered, I just got sick of people bitching about it.
Oh, lordy.
He’s probably better than Eppley and Joba at this point. All righties coming up. Soriano and Robertson may be unavailable today.
Derek Lowe is almost definitely going to pitch in this game.
God, with the way that ball kept tailing closer and closer to the pole, I started to fear that was gonna leave the yard.
That part of the field is like a black hole for home runs.
Got out in front of it.
that pitch was sooooooo bad. Phil got lucky.
Jesus, that was close. Fly ball Phil got the fly ball.
Oh, well done Robbie.
Hell yes Robbie!!!!
what a throw by Cano, wow.
WOW. The Blue Jays run themselves out of the inning.
Luck is good too.
WOW!
That went really well, actually!
YES
Hughes gets out of it. Baseball is all luck.
Yay Robbie!
What a play by Robbie! A little luck finally goes our way.
Not only that, but with 97 pitches, Joe can go batter to batter with Hughes in the 7th.
Matt Kemp basically just killed himself on the center field wall in Colorado.
RIP Bump Bailey.
Im a bit late, but what a play by Robbie… amazing.
That’s how bad Romero’s luck has been.
Finally he ptiches well, and he still might lose the game.
One more inning, Phil. Robertson and Soriano are pitching tonight only because there’s no one else, sad as it is.
White Sox win six straight, go to Baltimore, and now can’t score runs.
You can’t make this stuff up.
And they were swept by the Royals right before they swept us. It’s just amazing.
It’s almost as if…you…can’t…predict…wait for it….BASEBALL!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can we just add Granderson to the list of platoon bats? he has regressed back to his pre-Kevin Long form.. or maybe he’s coming back down to his real talent level, which is a platoon CF
Didn’t he go yard against a lefty, just yesterday?
His OPS split is like, 20 points.
I’m getting skeptical about Long. He didn’t do diddly for Jeter, and I don’t see that he’s done anything much for ARod. In fact, I hope ARod avoids him when he’s cleared for action.
A hitting coach’s approach can’t work for everyone. And A-Rod speaks very highly of K-Long. How do you know that it’s K-Long’s fault, and not A-Rod’s various health issues such as hip, knee, etc. are the real problem?
My impression is that Long has helped A-Rod a lot when he has gone through discombobulated stretches at the plate. And what possible complaint could anyone have about Long vis a vis Jeter???
I agree with you. A-Rod has credited Long for a lot, and Gary Denbo maybe just knew Jeter’s natural swing better. That’s not a knock on Long, that’s just a credit for Denbo. Long’s stride-less approach didn’t work for Jeter, but like I said, no hitting coach can fix every hitter. That’s a ridiculously unrealistic expectation.
Did Jeter not abandon Long’s tutelage when he went to Tampa to recuperate. He was discreet about WHOSE, but I got the impression he was rejecting advice he had been receiving.
I’m sure ARod speaks warmly of Long. That wasn’t my point.
I addressed the Jeter thing above. Your expectations are unrealistic.
I have no expectations! I just have suspicions. For all the claims about Long’s greatness, this is a team that seems to be less formidable at the plate than it should be.
Norm am I saying that a hitting coach should be able to cure everybody. My suspicion is that naturally great hitters, like ARod and Jeter, who have had many years of success, ought to be careful about making too many “adjustments” at the suggestion of mere hitting coaches.
Long has been dining out on the Granderson story for nearly two years.
A-Rod is getting older and has dealt with several rather major injuries. I can’t possibly blame the hitting coach for that.
And he hasn’t just “spoken warmly” about Long, he’s borderline worshipped the ground he walks on. So his fix didn’t work for Jeter? Do they need a new hitting coach now? Too much emphasis is being put on the coaches here.
Hitting coaches are not for geniuses. They’re for ordinary performers. Nor have I suggested ditching him, merely that he receive, for once, some skeptical attention. Hell, Girardi sure gets it.
And as I keep saying–this is a point of simple logic–who CARES how warmly ARod may be speaking of him. And how do you KNOW that ARod’s performance this year was affected only his age or those ailments (he’s denied the latter). I mean the HR problems in particular, but also the problems with lefthanders.
That was my point, in reverse. You don’t know that his problem stemmed from a lack of a god hitting coach, just as you don’t know if his problems stemmed from injuries. So what is your point, exactly? “Skeptical attention”? Alright then. This seems pointless.
Oh look, Grandy K’d.
Wow. 7 pitches and Grandy continues to suck ass. I’m about at wit’s end here. I cannot remember a season ever being this ridiculous. I’m another bad stretch from kicking my pinstriped addiction.
Go for it.
With a win tonight, the A’s will be 44-22 in their last 66 games.
Where did this turnaround come from, and how are they maintaining it even now that they aren’t walking off every other home game?
They got youth and grit.
Phuck this umpire.
Fucking HP ump is killing me.
Maybe that’s it for Hughes?
How many strikes has this guy called balls?! It’s ridiculous.
Nope. Interesting.
I’m caught up in Politics tonight…is Scott, I mean Sean, uhm, I mean Stephen Pierce instilling fear in the competition tonight?
Heads up base-running got him in scoring position and then he scored.
well, there’s that.
this is a bit of a risk
Pitching Hughes deep with a small lead is always a risk.
It is.
But so is Derek Lowe.
Exactly what I was thinking. With a ragtag bullpen, it might be a risk worth taking. And Joe reaped the benefit.
I’m just saying the people that are complaining that Sale got lit up by Baltimore after he shut us down, go look at the Detriot/Kansas City game.
But again:
Road ERA: 3.58
Home ERA: 1.74
And sample size means nothing here because he’s started basically all season.
A road ERA of 3.58 is still pretty beastly. That home ERA, especially in a hitter’s ball park is just god damned impressive though.
Again, you are a fool. His strand rate is 90% at home which is driving his ERA…. opponents are not going to be the same over that small a sample, park effects can be all over the place…
xFIP at home 3.05
xFIP on the road 3.38
Repeating the same bullshit over and over doesn’t make it any more accurate.
What does it matter what his strand rate is? That could just mean he settles down with runners on?
Does he have some magical ability to strand runners at home that he loses on the road? Or is that a function of opponents and variance (or “luck”) because of the sample size?
This is the problem with quoting ERA over a small sample… 1 or 2 hits with runners on a sample like that will sway the #’s
You really can’t understand this?
Its not a small sample size. He’s started all year. Its not like 5 starts.
And some pitchers feel better pitching at home than on the road.
Look at the BABIP #’s below… (you seem to love that so much)
I should have mentioned his strand rate on the road is ~75% (vs 90 at home)… which is primarily what is driving the ERA.
The other stat you seem to love (until it works against you)
Road BABIP: .312
Home BABIP: .230
But hey I’m sure that’s a real difference and not variance BECAUSE OF THE SAMPLE SIZE…. or maybe Chicago roles out a much better defense when he picthes at home?
*rolls* (yikes)
90% of the time?
Which is more likely:
(a) This year, Chris Sale has learned to strand runners 90% of the time, but only when hes at home, despite the fact that the best pitchers have strand rates of 75%.
(b) In the very few plate appearances that were at home with runners on where he stranded the runners, it just so happened that he stranded 90% of them, but it just as easily could have been 60% or 70% (just a few hits here and there), which would result in his ERA being close to his road ERA.
Seriously, do you really think (a) is true?
I think we are fighting a losing battle here…
ERA over small samples rules all
/Luis Ayala’d
The worst part is, if we manage to convince Greg, he’ll end up drawing the wrong lessons from it and then start lecturing everyone about it. Like how he found out that BABIP is mostly luck and then started telling everyone that all of baseball is luck.
I don’t understand what that means. A small sample size is predictive if it’s “all season”? It’s 70 innings in each sample.
OH, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PHIL HUGHES IS TERRIBLE!!!!!
DFA HIM!
PHIL.
congrats to Phil, nice start!
Phil pitched his heart out tonight. I think you have to pitch Robertson and Soriano tonight and trust that the big man can take you home tomorrow.
A bit Phrustrating at times, but I’ll sign up for 7IP, 1R from Phil any day.
Or any starter, really.
true
Phil did hid part, will he get screwed again like his last outing?
Z-Mac getting smacked around
Yankees are 15-19 in 1 run games. Bullpen is not good right now, how much does that sway the win probability?
Well the fact that they avoided their middle relief.
maybe
Would anyone tell/quote me the Yankees’ offensive rankings since the AS Break? (Runs, Average, OBP)
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/t.....order/true
Thank you.
That’s a fascinating table! I have a feeling the Yanks would not be as near the top on a pitching one.
Insurance runs would be much appreciated.
Andruw Jones should call his mom
*Gran’mama
Completely off topic, but Sterling just said “I’ll have Phil’s number in a minute for you, I just have to add up strike outs and walks and what not.” It got me thinking…what do broadcasters do in between innings? They can’t exactly go to the bathroom, not really enough time…
What the fuck is he even talking about? He’s got assistants to give him numbers and stats and shit.
I think there is definitely time to take a quick whiz.
They use those urinals that they have at hospitals to pee.
Depends on how far away the bathroom is. Sometimes Suz will talk away more than is normal (and vice versa), suggesting that the other has gone off somewhere.
You know those two are at the age where they discuss the quality of their bowel movements when they are off mic.
Ageist bullshit
GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
so much hate and negativity…it’s really spoiling my RAB experience
But its warranted and not embellished, which is alright with me.
well as long as it is alright with you, I guess it’s OK
Like if I had said “Andruw Jones needs to die” it would have been a problem.
Last 2 pitches right down the pipe. Fuck Andruw Jones!
A close game headed into DRob-Sori territory.
Please end better than last night did.
Pitchers duel on a Ricky Romero start.. might be the worst offense ever.
And the lineup card backs that up.
Yankees turn scrubs and rookies into ACES. They cool like that.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/t.....order/true
That TGI Friday’s commercial just made me realize I have had one in my town for years now and have never been. Am I missing out?
NO! It’s absolutely disgusting!
Well that’s a glowing recommendation.
not sure if serious
Completely serious actually. There has been a shitload of those big name restaurants springing up in my town lately since the military has been coming back. Haven’t tried half of them.
You aren’t missing anything.
Dunno where you live, but I bet there are plenty of really good local restaurants that are a bajillion times better than the big chains that advertise on teevee.
I live just outside Fort Drum NY, so the chains have pretty much taken over the area and wiped away anything good there may have been.
Yes. Just ask Guy Fieri, who used to tout all the small places…until TGIF’s gave him money to tout them. What a bag of shit he is.
Very quietly, Justin Verlander has allowed 10 hits and 7 runs in two whole innings tonight to the Royals.
Yikes.
Of course it’s the royals so the Tigers are only down 1 after three innings.
Nice job, D-ROB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hiiiiiiigh Socks
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Drob get thru an inning so quick before.
DRob with a 5-pitch inning.
Weird.
5 pitches. Very nice outing from Drob.
Rays have been Yankee-like so far tonight.
2nd/3rd, 0 out in 2nd = 0 runs
Bases loaded, 1 out in 4th = 0 runs
They’re finally hitting a stretch of bad games. If we can just beat these shitty teams we’ll be able to increase the divisional lead.
True dat!
Winning games like last night’s and tonight’s could (will?) help.
Atta boy, D-Rob. Your new son would be very proud (if he knew what baseball was yet).
Talk about being born lucky. Son of a Yankee and all. Kid will probably never want for anything.
Good for him. D-Rob seems like a good guy and all, I’m happy for the Robertson family. David just needs to teach his son how to pitch, and hope he turns out a lefty
Except for a father who is there for him.
Rays have had second and third, no outs in addition to bases loaded one out and scored neither time.
If we do hold on to win this just remember whose manufactured run was the difference in the game.
PEARCE for POTG!
Ian Kinsler = GOD
Since Jeter just batted, thought this Mitch Williams rant was perfect.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....ref=sports
Yeah, I can’t stand Skip. I hate that guy, I hate Ciriaco even more though.
“Mitch Williams: Skip Bayless ‘Is Clueless On The Game Of Baseball’”
Boy that is dangerously close to the pot calling the kettle black.
Between his recent ineffectiveness, and the fact that this will be three straight games, and four out of five, for Soriano…
I definitely have my concerns. Hoping for a vicious untuck instead.
It is going to be so awesome when we stomp the Orioles this weekend.
I keep thinking they are a joke and not for real. So let’s hope so.
I don’t think they are that great of a team, but that doesn’t really matter given how little time is left.
This offense . . . I cannot remember a Yankee offense this futile since I was old enough to appreciate the game.
Injuries, my friend.
I know the injuries have been brutal, but I swear . . . not so long ago it always seemed that there was a impact rookie waiting in the wings. I mean, damn, this offense . . . It makes me want to vomit. The year of the platoon. Gross.
You realize you are delusional, right?
Yeah. That’s okay with me. I rather be a little insane than a full-blown dick head. But that’s just my opinion. I AM delusional after all.
$200 million, bro.
Lind-Escobar-Torrealba
Go forth.
It would seem like Verlander’s billion-games-in-a-row 100 pitch streak is in jeopardy.
Sori don’t rely too much on the slider for fucks sake
Jobber warming up?
I hope those are just to give him some work.
Who’s starting for us tomorrow night?
The big guy
Sori’s out for blood tonight
Untuck that bitch.
HELLZ TO THE MOTHERFUCKING YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s an angry untuck…I’ll take it!
Soriano really didn’t want to have to dodge those reporters again
Untuck bitches.
Steve Pearce’s heads up baserunning saved the season.
Fuck Wise, this is the new meme!
I beg to differ…
Putting Martin 5th and his ability to play small and get the batter over to 3rd saved the season.
Nice job tonight. Wasn’t pretty, but feels good nonetheless.
it wasn’t pretty, but it’s a W!
UNTUCKKK
Yay bullpen! Yay Phil! Hoping for a blowout win tomorrow.
Un. Fucking. Tuck.
…and Baltimore keeps pace.
The O’s are 71-57. I don’t think anyone would’ve ever expected that.
assuming the Orioles wouldn’t be competitive this year is disrespectful to Flanny.
And so will the A’s.
According to everyone here, they’re the worst team in baseball and Buck is the worst manager ever.
YES.
Soriano dialed it up. Hughes gave us enough to spare us Lowe, Eppley and Rapada…nice win.
If Texas can hold on we’ll have a 5 game lead over them. Win tomorrow behind the big man. The Os have to lose 1/4 to the White Sox don’t they? We can beat them 2/3 at the stadium.
Another day off the schedule with at least a 4 game lead in the division at the end of the day. Not bad.
3.5 game lead
4 in the loss column, I think
nope
You’re right. I forgot that the rainout that meant the O’s played 1 fewer game. Sorry about that.
i will take the win… offense is horrible but i wil ltake the ein.
ump squeezed Hughes at the end at Kay cannot be bothered with talking about it.
who looks worse out therer andruw jones or ibanez???jones looks horrible.. i pray they do not resign him next year he is toast….
could go to robertson and soriano 3 in a row since CC is pitching tommorrow….
they won a 1 run game without a homer, miracles do occur…
Joe pretty much saying no Robertson tomorrow, and probably no Soriano. CC, pleeeeease pitch 9.
and do it under 100 pitches
Where is Big Member?