Game 138: Dead Team Walking
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I really don’t have much to say about the current state of the Yankees that I haven’t already said this week. They’ve fallen flat on their faces during the first seven games of this incredibly important ten-game stretch, and now they turn the ball over the Phil Hughes to stop the bleeding. Hughes allowed five runs in five innings to these very same Orioles last weekend, and overall he’s allowed 23 runs in his last six starts (34.1 IP). Not only does he not inspire much confidence, but neither does the bullpen behind him outside of Rafael Soriano. The Yankees are in an ugly place yet can still finish the night in sole possession of first place in the AL East. Here’s the batting order…
SS Derek Jeter
RF Nick Swisher
2B Robinson Cano
DH Alex Rodriguez
C Russell Martin
CF Curtis Granderson
LF Andruw Jones
1B Steve Pearce
3B Casey McGehee
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES.
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I’m not even watching this game. Too painful to watch. I’d rather not see my Yankees like this. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
I know I was personally looking forward to the day when we had Pearce and McGehee in the same lineup.
I wish this team the best, as I always do, but I may opt out of watching tonight.
Rothschild’s gameplan for how to attach Mark Reynolds, Adam Jones and Matt Weiters has been released to the public- Fastballs, cutters and more fastballs.
Should be interesting to see how that works tonight. 5 home runs were given up last night by Yankee pitchers and 5 more might be given up tonight by Phil Hughes alone.
6 homeruns were allowed by Yankee pitching. Not once since 2007 had the Orioles hit 6 homeruns in a game.
Why does he trot Jones out there!?! Dickerson hits better, fields better and surely run better!
Because Jonesy can hit a home run vs a lefty even though he hasn’t in 2 months.
He can also strikeout the rest of his at-bats, can…not run grounders, will…not field pop ups that end up falling 2 meters in front of him, will…not make good throws from the OF, plus everybody will be taking an extra base whenever a fly ball drops in front of Jones as he lets the ball roll past him.
Matchups, man.
have faith! Go Yankees!!
I’m heading to the Giants-Dodgers game tonight. Hopefully the Yanks have already wrapped up a win by then or they have enough of a lead that the last couple innings won’t matter.
I’m definitely watching. But I’ve reached the point (well, I’ve had this feeling for the last several days now) to where whenever something goes right for the Yankees I ask myself “how will the Yankees screw this up?”
Andruw Jones is a bigger blackhole than a blackhole itself
I loved the Orioles going back to the cartoon bird this season.
I loathe it now, since the Orioles suddenly became good again once they did that.
I am looking forward to the 5 strikeout night by our mighty bats in the 5th and 6th slot in the lineup… not really but =(.
Apparently Girardi still cannot grasp the concept of actually looking at splits.
What hand does the guy throw with? Left… OK roll out the right lineup. This from a guy who apparently “uses” #’s.
Chen has virtually no splits (if anything lefties are slightly better); so hey roll out the corpse of Andruw Jones in LF. Well at least there is not a flyball pitcher on the mound tonight.
okay…if I make a typo it’s becccuase I’m watching through my fingres…we really needed those two on 1st and 3rd. I think Swisher could’ve played 1st with a better outfield option.
ooow i just noticed how after a three hit night, Ichiro gets the day out because he can’t hit LHP, but neither Cano nor Granderson can hit LHP and yet they are still there.
I would rather have Ichiro in there than Granderson, at least if he gets on base it will be with a hit instead of an almost non-productive walk.
Heh.
Ichiro vs. LHP this season: .224 wOBA, 37 wRC+
Grandy vs. LHP this season: .335 wOBA, 108 wRC+
Here comes the change ups.
All I have to say is that, if this is going to be another loss, make it quick and painful.
‘Cuz I’ll still want to make something of my Friday night if this will be another loss.
Gonna just turn this off now.
No reason to have this shitty team fuck up my day again.
I hope they win
Tonight’s feelings about the Yankees:
Hughes pitching tonight… is Reynolds going to have a feast?
pitchers continue to be allergic to 1-2-3 innings.
You mean OUR pitchers. Chen certainly had no trouble in the 1st
yes, definitely. the Yankees’ offense loves the 1-2-3 inning lately.
I thought everyone bought into Swisher’s clubhouse “presents?” And how his light-hearted attitude was such a boon for this team? C’mon he’s such a great “clubhouse guy.”
JJ Hardy is right up there for most annoying player on the orioles behind Reynolds… everything is hit to him and he hits way too much against us
And here…. we….. go
Looking like this is going to be an Adam Warren game.
Another lovely start.
Are these fuckers serious?
are you fucking kidding me with this bullshit again? every.single.game. the other team gets 1st inning runs.
Embarrassing. 1-2 count and you can’t finish a clown like McClouth. This game was over before it started. Here comes a 3 run HR. Throw another fastball Phil.
Nice play Robbie way to hustle lately
Excellent play Robbie.
Robbie!
What’s the last Yankee team that has underperformed as much as this one? So much potential and such poor results. 08?
Thank christ.
Phil owes Cano dinner or something.
Escaped the first.
Maybe the Yankees can get lucky a few more times.
Dumb luck.
Wow that was a lucky inning.
I’m all for giving the 3-0 hit sign… but with the righty Babe Ruth on deck and Phils splits against righties, the O’s did Hughes a HUGE favor there. That’s a Girardi-esque decision.
Right.
Yay Alex
Hi everyone =/
Hallo.
Alex is doing all he can and nobody else seems willing to help him.
Yes, the team got together and they decided, eff this noise… A-Rod hits and NOBODY ELSE DOES.
Christ.
Strike out some more, Kurtis.
Granderson blown away by a 92 mph fastball. Just quit and throw up. Nobody helping Alex.
Chen does not look sharp.
Oh my GOD BUT WHY.
Man on and 3 straight outs? Never seen that before!
Why in gods name are you swinging 3-0 w/ 2 outs?!
Andruw can’t even hit a 3-0 pitch well anymore.
3-0 pop up.
Toast.
wow, he couldn’t do anything with a 3-0 90mph fastball. lame.
Jones gets a cookie. Just like the ones Reynolds doesn’t miss
andruw jones sucks and the whole yankee approach is moronic. 3 and 0 a hack swings and pops out.. nice you friggin moron.
take a friggin pitch. you will get a similar pitch 3 and 1.. when a guy is hitting 200 he gets out 8 of 10 times so the odds of him getting a hit are not good, that is called math……..
fu-kin morons…….
Andrew Jones might want to consider Riverwalk. I hear it’s wonderful.
Down and outside Phil. C’mon
Michael Kay I would expect a lame “Sure give him the green light on 3-0″, but Ken Singleton? What are they serving in that booth?
Not to hurt the guy or anything, but I was hoping that HPB would keep him out for a few days.
there’s the slider, great pitch.
Nice to see Reynolds strike out like he’s supposed to.
Mark Reynolds has like one hot streak a year, maybe two, at which point he is blistering hot for a month, surrounded by a whole lot of suck. Unfortunately his one hot streak this year is happening now, and against the Yankees.
Hot streak? What are you talking about. His wing in the hall of fame will be right next to Pedro Ciriaco’s.
Reynolds has been a double pain to me this year. I’ve had him on my fantasy team and he’s been horrible. Now he gets hot, and he’s killing the Yankees.
I would have cut him a while back, but I play in a AL-only, very deep league with very experienced players. Finding replacement players who qualify at third is nearly impossible.
Hmm I see. I have yet to play fantasy baseball. Looking forward to it next season.
This thread is reaching Debbie Downer territory.
C’mon people. In enemy territory, down men, against a scrappy upstart? This is great stuff. Conquer today, rinse, and repeat tomorrow.
Ha. You’re right, of course, but the game threads are filled with Debbie Downers even when times are going well.
How much longer must we be subjected to this piece of crap hitter andruw jones. Why isn’t Suzuki playing . So girardi decides a 190 hitter is better than one of the greatest hitters who is hitting 70 points higher.
Ichiro is horrendously awful against lefties now.
Dickerson or Nix should be playing.
As I wrote above, Ichiro vs. LHP this season: .224 wOBA, 37 wRC+
He has a positive wRC+ against LHP? That’s actually a shock to me…
ok that slider is great. it’s annoying they waited so long, through so much suckitude to bring that back.
Well they did say it would end up damaging his elbow, maybe because he’s a FA at the end of next year and they probably aren’t going to sign him they decided ‘fuck it, we don’t have much more invested in him, let him throw it.’ and Hughes decided ‘fuck it, I gotta get my numbers down if I wanna get paid’
Let’s hope it holds up through 2013 then, having a legit out pitch to righties works much better than trying to throw 92mph chest high fastballs by them.
I think it was more of a long term, wear-and-tare type injury then an all of a sudden elbow soreness type deal, so I wouldn’t expect it to really affect him by next year unless he’s throwing it like 35-40% of the time. And throwing a slider that much makes it loose it’s effectiveness.
Nothing from 7-8-9 in the lineup
34 pitches in three innings.
That’s just fucken stellar.
can tex PH tonight or what? incase we need to drive some of these low expectation scrubs in.
Phil Hughes is going to have to pitch a shut out to win and that just ain’t gonna happen.
they need to work some counts and get Strop in this game already so they can get some runs.
That 1-2 pitch was strike 3 and the ump just stood there. We can’t buy any help.
The Orioles are doing a ‘throw back ticket price night’?!?!?! Imagining the Yankees needing to do that?
pretty sure Cano makes that play if Pearce just stays on the bag, no?
Just tuned in to see the Yankees one-hit, a strikeout by Granderson, and only 35 by Chen through 3. Same ol’, same ol’ I see . . .
Tomorrow’s lineup:
Jeter, SS
Nunez, 2B
Dickerson, CF
Texeira, 1B
Rodriguez, 3B
Suzuki, CF
McGehee, DH
Pearce, LF
Cervelli (does it matter?), C
The Yankees need to stop relying on Cano and Granderson to save their butts and retire Jones and Ibanez for now.
So you want to split the series at best then? I don’t even know where to begin…a career minor leaguer batting third, a guy with a strong arm that he cant control at 2nd, a guy with a wRC+ of 37 against LHP hitting against a LHP, having a guy who has been below average in the minors in the starting line up, the fact that you have 2 CFs…It’s almost like you want to lose tomorrow.
Let’s talk later…
Still like the lineup
by later if you mean the post game thread, I’m probably not going to be there. Whether we win or lose it usually falls apart into a cesspool of what we did wrong lately.
Sorry. Just don’t feel like you have to use sabremetrics to justify every lineup. There are times when gut, how a team is playing, etc. matters. That is what my call was based upon. Billy Martin once pulled a lineup out of a hat. Stupid, except that it 1) Loosened the team up 2) Got the media off of his back..
No way that’s going to happen. If Girardi were gong to try something different he’d have already done it by now. I fear nothing will change and the team’s fate will depend on The Ancients.
2d time around. time to break stuff. let’s go!
Another lead off man on. 3-4-5 hitters up. Do something this time.
hope Cano takes Chen deep. he didn’t look happy. time for some revenge.
Robbie didn’t like that at all. Phil needs to throw one in Weiters back.
Runs please.
A-Bomb? Please?!
Cano walks! We really can’t waste this opportunity. Come on Alex. I don’t trust the 3 hitters behind you.
Nice disicpline by Cano not chasing that 2-0 slider. If the pitcher is going to walk you, take the walk and don’t try to be a hero.
Yankees have been swinging at too much 2-0, 2-1, 3-1 off speed junk
Was Alex late on the first pitch?
Damnit Alex, I didn’t mean just straight up back leg a 1-1 fastball when I asked for an Abomb…
That was a pretty shitty AB.
Chen must hide the ball really well because at least three of those pitches were very, very hittable.
Wow…Alex just kind of got blown away by a 2-2 fastball off the plate. that wasn’t pleasant to watch.
Crap at-bat.
Martin’s going to hammer one here
Well played, sir.
Awesome.
Good call dude
Well done man
I’m going to get a knock on the door from a guy giving me a $1,000,00 check now….
Damn, my powers only randomly apply to an occasional baseball AB…
Beautiful, naked, big titted women just don’t fall out of the sky you know!!!
10 points for the movie.
Aargh… I know the line, but I just can’t place it.
(must be the delirium over a 5 run lead)
What movie?
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. AKA the worst, but funniest Kevin Smith movie.
Dammit… knew I’d be pissed for not remembering it.
“You’re like a child. What’ve I been telling you? You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do the payback picture because your friend says you owe him.”
**STARES DIRECTLY INTO CAMERA** I loved that scene.
good spot here
RUSS!!!!!
COLTRANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Russ!!!
Nice HR. He still sucks, I have to be consistent with that one.
SHE’S GONE!!!!!!!!! RUSSELL MARTIN IS AS HOT AS A FIRECRACKER!!!!!!
MENDOZA
Mussell goes Earl Weaver on the O’s!
Hell of a week for that man.
Coltrane on a little hot streak.
Who is this man that hit that home run, I don’t recognize him!! Yes!! We got this game…. I hope!!!
Now the pitching needs to hold it. Let’s finally have a complete game. Hold it, Phil.
It’s amazing how bad Kay is at reading fly balls. That was an obvious HR off the bat, yet he sounded surprised. Maybe he was looking down at his scorecard, but that was a no-doubter. Then he gets all excited when a player pulls a ball foul, the player already getting re-set back in the batter’s box, and he’s still pretending the ball has a chance.
by Kay you clearly meant Sterling. At least Sterling was ready for this one though.
That’s why I think he was looking down. That was an unusual call, even for Kay.
Jesus, Curtis.
Chen has Kurtis completely off balance.
I would bench Granderson tomorrow and play Dickerson in center. Granderson looks done.
Strike out some more , Kurtis.
#tradeGrandy
Kurtis absolutely lost right now. JFC.
STEVE PEARCE!!!!
PEARCEY
SAMWISE PEARCE IS FIERCE!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL STEVE PEARCE
Pearce!!!!
review coming
Pearce is Fierce!
Pearcing the O’s right there!
Pearce???
How the fuck does that not hurt?
Give that Yankee fan a beer.
Is Steve Pearce even a real person? Like, does he actually exist?
Pearce!!! The resurgence of the mendoza type hitters!!
Interference my ass, McLouth.
It’s bedlam!
Nate McClown has been born…
Shutdown inning please.
in the immortal words of scooter..”How a bout that!”
You mean Mel Allen. scooter was “Holy Cow!”
your right apologies
“Holy Cow” maybe?
I finally know how it feels to have a nobody on your team smack a home run!
I hate this Chevy commercial so passionately.
Phil: time to STEP UP.
AAAAAHAHAH GOOD STUFF GUYS!!!!!!!!!
Nice inning Yanks. Martin is redeeming himself. If only we could have Soriano pitch the rest of the game, still don’t feel confident leading by 5 runs, lol.
A shut-down inning would be helpful.
C’mon Phil, no phucking around
That’s actually quite true about Soriano.
Trying to remember – wasn’t that home run hit against Schilling?
Oh yeah. Gone as soon a he made contact. Remember that homer like it was yesterday, I was ecstatic.
I have absolutely no memories of it. I think that’s because I’ve tried to erase all memories of that series.
Hence when I watch that one Yankees tribute on YouTube, I don’t get a big thrill out of seeing Tino’s, Jeter’s and Brosius’ homers from the Stadium.
See, I still appreciate those home runs because of the sheer insanity and incomprehensible nature of them all. The backdrop of 9/11 doesn’t hurt either, obviously. Always get goosebumps when I see how electric the Bronx crowd was.
Conversely, I feel as you do, about the Aaron Boone home run. I was obviously ecstatic at the time, but I really don’t have an appreciation for it in hindsight. Lost the World Series against a team they absolutely should have beaten. A team just as tired as they were coming in. And it’s because of that series that I’ve never been able to truly mock Josh Beckett – for all the pounding the Yankees did to him over the years, the redneck can always point to Game 6.
The Aaron Boone homer still means something to me because it was against the Red Sox. And because I think I’ve purged all memories of the 2003 World Series as well.
But the whole backdrop of 9/11 thing with the 2001 World Series is something I use as “evidence” of something which I won’t say here for fear of starting one of those discussions. I’ll just say it has to do with a concept like “cosmic justice.”
I’m curious as to what you mean about that last paragraph…but this isn’t the time or place. Do you have a facebook or a tumblr at which you could send me a private message?
Sadly, no. “Social media” is not a concept I’ve yet adopted.
I’ll draw some parallels as to what I mean. In 2006, and then again in 2009, all I ever heard was how the Saints were playing for a city ravaged by a hurricane. As if winning the Super Bowl really means anything to those who lost their homes or worse. It was also ridiculous that the narrative was dragged out 3 years after it was first used.
There was also that thing about the Angels playing for Nick Adenhart in 2009. I’m forgetting a lot of others, too.
But to me, what situation could ever be worse than post 9/11 New York? Yet you didn’t hear anyone say how sorry it was that they didn’t win for the city. Nope, all you got out of MLB was that the evil dynasty was ended.
So it’s one of the many reasons for which I like to say “There is no ___.”
Holy crap!!!
A shutdown inning!
Hallelujah! Sing Hosanna! Come to the name of the Lorrrrd!
I would tell you to calm down, but I can’t, since that was basically my reaction.
Hughes going right at em…
Very nice Phil.
Phuckin’ Phil, man! way to step up.
wait…a fife run lead and a shut down inning…WUT DA FUQ DID I JUST HEAR?!?!?!
five*
I heard fifes.
Shut down inning: complete.
Phil looks like a changed man…
Phil with the shut down inning. Let’s get some more runs to put it away for good. We just might be turning the corner with 11 runs scored in 1 1/2 games.
You forget against Matt Moore and the Rays they scored 6 runs in the finale of that series.
That’s 17 runs in 2.5 games
Jeter is 11 hits behind Mays now.
Robbie never saw a pitch he didn’t like
Its amazing that he hits .300 a year, isn’t it?
We only remember the outs he makes on first pitches, not the hits he gets.
Yes, it is.
Did anyone check what Sterling’s call was on Pearce?
ABOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE’S BACK!
That was a no fucking doubter.
Bronx Bombers on full display tonight.
Atta boy, centaur.
ABomb!!!
More please.
Looks like we’re getting our mojo back baby!!!!
AN A-BOMB FOR A-ROD!!!!! THAT’LL PUT IT AWAY!!!!!!!
Annnnnnnnnnnd now this team is not fucking around!
Stuart, your turn.
ALEX
(Also graphic fail.)
A-Bomb!! aww yea!
Kay finally recognizing obvious HRs off the bat.
A-Rod’s hand looks fine.
Hughes proofed lead.
This might even be a bullpen proof lead *knock on wood*
hopefully
Make that 19 runs in the last 2.5 games
At this rate, we could have Joba pitch the game and we’d still win! Please please this has to be the start of the O’s luck running out!
LOL Chen. Too many FBs. Didn’t he learn from Drob last night?
A nice no-stress win is hopefully in order for tonight.
Man its good to have A-Rod back. CRUSHED.
The team is finally hitting home runs again. This is great baseball. And tomorrow we’ll get Teixera back. Might be finally turning the corner.
Except home runs are a bad thing, never forget.
It’s not a bad thing that wasn’t the argument. People thought they sold out for the home run and when it doesn’t work there’s gonna be long droughts of k’s and weak flyballs.
I don’t feel like looking up to prove or disprove it but that’s the argument.
A Phail-proof lead?
Nope. Nothing is PHAIL proof. Let’s just hope for the best though . . .
I know good things are happening but . . . can they PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bench Granderson for a minimum of 3 days? That guy is turrrrrrabull!
Don’t look now but the offense might actually be waking up. Maybe this season ISN’T over yet.
And just like that, Chen’s ERA is close to Phil’s.
Martin is going to hammer one here… into the ground.
(the crystal ball is the crystal ball)
Although A-Rod has looked overmatched, but I did not think he would have such an impact right away. Heres to hoping the Centaurs back and more importantly so are the Yankees.
Another shutdown inning please.
Ohmigawd!!!!! THESE GUYS SUCK SO BAD I AM SO GLAD IT’S FOOTBALL SEASON, AND I WOULD RATHER THEY JUST ROLL OVER AND DIE NOW INSTEAD OF DYING IN THE PLAYOFFS…..
Oh wait… It’s not yesterday? My bad
+1 even though last night was the saddest I’ve been since game 5 last season.
I gotta go with the Soriano choke against the Jays
It only took 3 hours on Wednesday night for me to have a bad feeling about football season.
This game doesn’t disprove that they sucked since July but okay.
point of the above post is to point out the obvious lack of bridge jumpers… all of the sudden life is worth living again. jus sayin
Stay Phocused Phil
This would be a good time to go off on a nice six to seven week hot streak. Timing is everything.
I want more runs, after last night im paranoid. so 15 sounds good to me.
But if we score that many runs at once we’ll go on another long dry spell.
they’ll need a refractorary period? maybe a little sandwich?
Well Kurtis you can’t hit but thanks for hustling for that.
Phil, I think I love you.
Thanks, now I have the Partridge Family in my head.
what are you so afraid of?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to Back shutdown innings.
Well done Phil.
is this the pitching equivilent of “Garbage Time Runs”? 1-2-3 innings when your up a touchdown?
Sidebar: They make it so easy to put up 7 points, you would think the Jets should be watching this… amirite?
The way the Yankees have played lately, I don’t consider even a 7-run lead safe.
I very much appreciate the shutdown innings.
.232 .323 .474 – Granderson’s Triple Slash . . . Just thought it LOOKED cool.
Symmetry is fun.
Rumors of the Yankee demise are greatly exaggerated…
:crosses fingers:
Mike definitely jinxed this game with the title of this post. Very nice.
I never specified which team!
Haha, very true.
What the Yankees now need is for Granderson to start hitting. Make that lineup l o o o o n g.
Phil’s ERA approaching sub 4.00, he’ll give up some runs soon.
Too damn predictable!!!!
Not a K.
/progress
heh
Nice ePHicient Phil… he seems to be pitching “downhill” with the lead.
Get ahead and make them hit it, don’t go for all the setup pitches to get a K on the 5th or 6th pitch of the AB.
18 pitches over the last 2 innings – not sure if it’s Martin or Phil (or both), but after getting the lead this is a smart game plan and great execution.
Why not Dickerson?
As Kenny just said, they’re saving him for defense.
He would stay in the game after PH’ing and play defense. That’s why Dickerson makes more sense.
they better just put Dickerson in after this Ibanez AB. I don’t want Ibanez in LF with a 7 run lead.
I don’t want Ibanez on this team in general.
Nothing like amnesiac fan ingratitude.
Okay. He’s a terrible player in every facet of the game.
So Girardi will seemingly rarely pinch hit for Ibanez when there’s a lefty up, but he’ll pull Jones immediately when a righty comes in?
I don’t get it . . . . Why does Joe ONLY pinch hit when there’s a substantial lead? WTF goes on in that idiot’s head?
No.
He pinch hits when they are behind as well. He doesn’t pinch hit when its a tie or they have 1 -2 run lead, it seems
Ok, point being . . . he doesn’t pinch hit when doing so makes the most sense.
I am more confused with the lack of faith in playing the hot hand… lets pinch hit for the guy who just hit a ball that hasnt landed yet. seems logical
Steve Pearce is not exactly the hot hand.
well, he kinda just hit a home run. as hot a hand as youre gonna get.
Exactly. In the binder, having a great game requires a breather and an early shower. Dem’s the rules . . .
Does anyone else find it a bit funny that with a 7 run lead, Girardi is pinch hitting liberally in the 6th inning, but down 4 or 5 yesterday there was apparently no need to get any type of platoon advantage?
I approve of the pinch hitters here, but why do it now and not do it yesterday?
Why doesn’t somebody ask him that? The question’s come up alot. Why hasn’t somebody asked him?
Our beat reporters are.. well I wouldn’t call them homers, but what I think is that with access to the Yankees, there comes a thought that if they ask questions that peeve the manager then they won’t looked as kindly upon in the future.
If you caught the Franseca interview a few days ago (say what you want about Mike, but the man still asks tough questoins) that Sweeney and Feinsand (however you spell his name) they simple made excuses for the Yankees and did not have ANYTHING negative to say.
Mike said afterwards something alone the lines of “They have to appear that way since they work with the Yankees” Which is totally ridiculous because they don’t work for them, their duty is to the people reading their articles.
The basketball beat writers for the Knicks are pretty much the opposite. They never get any access to begin with, so they say whatever the hell they want.
Hmmm seems like a bit long of a rant I wrote, oh well thats my opinion!
ahhh now it makes sense. they’re winning it for Suzyn.
I totally shut the game off during Martin’s at bat last inning to go hang out with friends. I see a lot has changed.
Nick flails at the high hard one
Oh, the irony. He replaces Jones with Ibanez with a 7 run lead, but when Ibanez should be replaced in a tight game…nothing.
No fucking around Phil.
Wow, Suzyn Waldman’s birthday! They’re sellimg pieces of the original Yankee Stadium facade that she worked on when it was built in the ’20s to commemorate. Buy One!
yuck. Hughesy… settle in kid
wow. what the fuck.
Bullpen.
Immediately.
Oh poop.
OK Phil you did your job and you did it sort of well… time to go?
God damn you, Phil.
For fucks sake Phil.
Not the time for the fucking requisite home run.
fastball fastball fastball.
Whats coming next! Fastball!
My God, does Hughes suck.
Sigh COME ON Hughes. He should throw in the Home Run Derby.
Get the bullpen up
Right down Broadway.
Saw this coming. It’s the 6th inning implosion.
And now it’s time to give Adam and Suzuyn that little birthday love nest… see ya’ Phil. Bad News Hughes sounds too familiar.
Words we don’t want to hear in the 6th: Cody Eppley up.
This is all on swisher the guy is a curse
See. No lead is ever PHAIL proof with PHIL on the mound.
This quickly turned into a bullpen game.
THROW
THE
FUCKING
HOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
for real man, this fastball shit is just insane
Fuck Adam Jones.
Hughes certainly inspires no confidence when it comes to imagining a post-season rotation. Not that it’s all that clear who would follow CC and Kuroda.
awesome!!!!!!
Nothing is ever Phil-proof, he really was pitching well too. God damn 6th inning blues.
This is, like, the third time in Phil’s last four starts he’s given up a three-run home run.
Maybe over five starts. Red Sox, O’s, and O’s again.
Reply fail.
One easy win . . . That’s all I ask for. ONE! UNO! Jesus Montero, for the love of Mo, can’t a fan catch a Modamn break?!
I really think the Home One Derby side of Hughes can be fixed. Stop throwing a fastball down the middle and hitters won’t hit as many home runs.
you think Robbie wishes he brought Phil to Kansas City this July instead of his father? I kinda do…
I think all the hitters were pissed they didn’t pick Phil.
I think Selig will ban Cano if he did that because it’s similar to using PED’s.
PED= Phil Enhancing Drug! lol
33 HR’s given up by Hughes this year! i know he’s been homer prone but thats just friggen awful
Alright boys, Sophie’s Choice time. Would you rather:
Have a catcher who is calling a super great game night after night and keeping his pitchers in the game, but is hitting a SOLID .198, OR
a catcher who is starting to hit like a guy on his contract year, but might call for super duper fat fastballs waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much?
If this is a Martin vs. Pierzynski question, then I’d much rather have Martin. No way he’ll hit .200 again next year.
no this is April to August Martin vs. September Martin…
He’s not calling for fastballs down the middle.
Up 7-0, he should be calling for a healthy quantity of fastballs. It’s Phil’s job not to put it center-center against Adam Jones.
So I’d go with #2 if your reference is to how Martin is calling the game tonight (which I think is perfectly fine).
Last night – tie game he should have been forcing Robertson to shake him off by putting down 2 fingers over and over.
Looks like Phil settled down. Do we keep him in the 7th or risk the bullpen? Hmm
I would let him work through the line up a 3rd time at most. he shouldn’t be facing them a 4th time.
What’s his pitch count, around 95? Yeah, I’d leave him in too. That bullpen really makes me nervous. Give them some rest since last night when Girardi went on a binge with ‘em.
I let him start the 7th but if he gives up anything I hook him so quick I make Ali look silly.
Take him out. He’s missing his spots big time
Our other options for the 7th aren’t that appealing though… hell the 8th is no longer a longer safe for us anymore, Mike made a really good point about Robertson and his curve ball.
Agreed. But like Leg-End says at the first sign of trouble, he is out of there.
send him back out there… this bullpen needs a breather.
I feel like I need some therapy. Why does Joe do this? Why can’t he just leave well enough alone? When Michael Kay – his buddy starts questioning him every night – it isn’t just fans.
Do what?
Bring in Ibanez, bring in Ichiro — if he wants defense bring in Dickerson – if he wants someone to hit — well, I guess that might be Chavez – but Buck has 3 lefty relievers!
“Why can’t he just leave well enough alone?”
What do you mean by that? I’m not trying to be an ass, just confused by the way you questioned your comment.
Nice approach against Reynolds – one fastball out of 5 pitches that AB.
Hopefully other Yankee pitchers are taking notes on how to pitch to Reynolds. He certainly can hit a hanger but if you execute offspeed stuff you can get him out.
6IP 2ER. You know what that means!
whoever pitched that line was better than Hughes tonight?
Looks like 3 runs to me.
2 earned runs. 1 unearned
Why was one unearned? Was there an error I missed?
Swisher
Oh, that’s right.
That he gave up his requisite homerun? That he still isn’t the ACE that the organization envisioned? That he should be going at least 7 innings?
Now Buck brings in all his lefty relievers and who hits them? Ichiro?
Nix and Nunez on the bench.
Nunez
And who plays the outfield? Sorry, he frustrates me.
I forgot about Nix. He can play the outfield
Dickerson, Nix, move Swisher back out there. Plenty of options. It’s about time Girardi started pinch-hitting.
Good lord, people. 2ER, 1 HR, 5K’s in 6IP and Phil sucks? He’s put in a great start so far.
It’s Sir Phillip of Hughes . . . he allowed yet ANOTHER homerun . . . People are getting tired of it. Let them be.
I think it’s more along the lines of people have had more than enough with his giving up the long ball frequently. In my opinion that’s a recipe for disaster in the playoffs.
Also everyone is hoping for one game when our pitching & offense clicks, I don’t blame them, it seems like it’s been a while since we’ve had a truly dominant games on both sides.
Then again, a win is a win!
spoken like a guy who only read the box score. He gave up a ground rule double and a homerun in aout 5 pitches after the error. ERA does not a full story make.
I’m watching the game too. Are you saying that he’s been pitching poorly? He pitched poorly to 2 batters just now, and if you do that once or twice a game, you’ll generally have a good start.
Curious, Manny were you responding to my comment? Because I don’t see how your retort would be applicable.
Yes. Phil did his job.
I’m not comfortable with Hughes but I think I like him more than Robertson.
I guess I do too.
Now that’s a dead man walking. Zombified.
I see what you did there
Swisher’s overdue along with Granderson. Swish has been hitting about .100 over the last ten games.
I can haz garbage time?
Looks like slowly but surely Jeter is getting back to his earlier season form.
Now he’s going pinch hitter crazy? Girardi is absolutely maddening. Pinch hit for that fuckwad, Granderson. Ugh. This season has made me despise platooners. All would’ve been swell had they just kept Montero at DH. YUP! I WENT THERE, BITCHES! The tears have yet to dry.
Montero has essentially been a platoon hitter this season.
Every player on that team is essentially a platooner. All I want is a REGULAR lineup. Actually, I should rephrase that . . . all I’ve wanted for a while now is a real, live, consistent DH. And on the days he doesn’t DH he can catch! AHHH!!! Makes me miss the days of Giambi and his glorious, pedolicious ‘stache.
The requisite K for Swisher.
Swisher and Granderson must be eating the same KFC
Ugh. Just checked in on MLBTR, and saw this according to Jayson Stark:
Two National League executives had no reservations about spending on Cano. “Pay him what he’s worth,” one said. The other said Cano has a legitimate case for a $200MM extension.
Glad to see that no one in baseball is learning anything about big contracts.
There’s also a blurb about the Red Sox looking at Mike Scioscia if he’s fired and they can’t get John Farrell out of Toronto. Yes, please.
Also, I’m starting to think Adrian Beltre should win the MVP. Or at least be considered. Still think it’s Trout, though.
They’re probably just saying that to jack up the price for us. Bastards.
“They’re probably just saying that to jack up the price for us. Bastards.”
Yea the thing is, I don’t see a team with 200 million to spend in the offseason. Dodgers spent their billion already on contracts. Giants….. maybe? Prob not. Nationals? I think they are about where they want to be. Marlins? Had enough of those long term deals. Mets?? hahahhaa sorry had to laugh.
The money just isn’t there, in the AL maybe the Red Sox? Then again they have Dustin, though Cano wouldn’t be bad to build around, but where would they put him. Toronto? Maybe… I really don’t know, but he will have some pursuers.
Yeah give it to Trout.
Beltre’s OBP in relation to his AVG is not that great, Trout should win it, even though he’s been struggling pretty often lately. I think I read somewhere that he was having the worst September in baseball. Not sure how correct that is.
If they perceive him to be worth that much, why not? Its a free market baby, just like how all leagues should be run. Well almost a free market, luxury tax has put a damper on that, but then again, who in this country doesn’t pay taxes.
Rich people don’t pay taxes.
They don’t pay a fair enough in relation to middle class tax payers, I agree, but come on they do pay something.
Not the ones who hide their money offshore.
5 outs til MFIKY.
Are you fucking kidding me?
oh come on. another HR to Andino, and this one from a ROOGY? fucking lame.
Yankees gonna blow this shit also?
There’s no way we lose this game… right… right? Someone please assure me.
Bad Roogy.
Please don’t blow this fucking game.
Should have stayed with Hughes?
Easy to say in hindsightm but Hughes issues this year has been with righties (and Nate #&*&! McClouth)
The question mark signified that I’m really not sure myself. I would have left him in, personally, and took him out at the first sign of trouble (much like Joe just did with Eppley). The more time we can buy the ‘pen lately, the better.
Can anyone in this bullpen get a fucking out?
Amazing…just amazing.
My mojo’s telling me that they’re going to blow this. Bad mojo, bad!
Why would humidity make the baseball fly?
That’s what Jon and Suzyn are trying to tell me. Hot and dry air, sure. Hot wet air? That makes no sense.
Both Singleton and O’Neill have made the same point since the ASG.
It makes plenty sense.
More moisture = less dense air
That doesn’t make sense. Fewer gaseous oxygen and nitrogen molecules, sure…but there’s all that water vapor in the air. So why would it be less dense?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/howfar3.html
O’s all-over happy. They’re into the Yankees’ pen.
Should have just kept Hughes in..he made on mistake pitch. Come on Girardi.
They had a piece in the Baltimore Sun telling O’s fans to give Yankees fans a hard time in the ballpark – really? They’re killing us and they want to give Yankee fans a hard time.
Well, we have better “D” but what happens if the lefty’s come – again.
Joba’s up – words we never want to hear. And Joe who NEVER overuses his relievers has the most used lefty in baseball. What’s going on?
Are they sure Mo can’t pitch this year?
I’ve been there a few times and never not gotten a hard time. In fact it really sucks when you can’t travel that close to home. There’s so many cool places in Baltimore but in and around the Stadium is not one of them. I’m not going back. ever.
Shouldn’t Wade step into the Eppley role now?
Eppley has been ineffective for a far longer period of time than Wade was
my god, everyone in the pen is just serving up meatballs.
Just checked the scores on ESPN.
The Pirates are losing at home to the Cubs by a count of 7-0. It is the bottom of the 6th, and the Pirates have 1 hit, but have made 5 errors.
I think it’s time for me to give up hope on them catching St. Louis for the 2nd wild card. They can’t win games they need to win, or against teams they should beat.
What’s your Pittsburgh connection? Or do you just want them to make the playoffs for the first time in forever?
I always root for those teams that have been terrible for so long. Unless it’s a team I really hate, which the Pirates are not.
At this point Logan, barring a long inning, should be handing the ball to Soriano (for either 3 or 4 outs)
Clemens is hitting 90 in the gun.
Sign him for the pen.
Never happen for the Yankees. He’s bad publicity now because many don’t believe him, trial or no trial.
Sign up his chemist too
OH MY GAWD.
Him and Pettitte on the same team = awkward.
Marlon Byrd and that douche Padilla+Aceves (who broke Byrd’s eye socket in 2011) were together with the bosux after Padilla and Byrd expressed publicly their disgust, and everything went well for the… oh wait, nevermind.
These guys in the bullpen need a break too (along w/Granderson)
ok moar runs pls.
BTW, Is Kurt Suzuki a free agent next year? Nats should be getting their catcher back (the 1 they got from Twins–can’t remember his name)
Wilson Ramos.
But Suzuki is basically a lighter hitting version of Martin (if that’s possible)
The hitting may be slowly coming around, but it’s the pitching that’s now shaping up to be the potentially killer problem. Neither CC nor Kuroda have been exceptional lately; Hughes blows hot and cold. Freddy is over. Phelps failed to win one for the Gipper the other day. And now the bullpen. With Robertson recently shaky, it’s hard to be optimistic.
is this Steve Johnson or Randy Johnson
2.57 ERA this year. He’s not a nobody.
21 innings pitched.
In his career.
Excellent stat.
Spanning ~18 innings.
Good grief.
Mr. Gruder
Seriously, how the fuck does this guy have such a good K rate?
He was one of their rookies that they weren’t sure of but brought up for a spot start and well…here he is-
This Steve Johnson character is shutting these assholes down!
The problem is guys need rest and had we retained our 10 game lead, they would have that luxury.
And might have gone into the playoffs rusty and not playing meaningful baseball. It’s a double edged sword.
Myth. Would like to see the “rusty” data.
Me too. I think rested is better.
Damn injuries screwed us pretty good.
Victims…
uhhh DRob? really? for the third day in a row after that performance?
I’m not exactly confident… but who else is there?
Wow, they left Logan in for an out. Was not expecting that.
If they’re bringing in Matusz, the Yanks really have to take quick advantage.
Strike out some more, KKKurtis.
Why the hell is Granderson allowed to play baseball right now?
It’s the Orioles who took the quick advantage of the hapless Granderson. He should be benched.
If the White Sox don’t complain about Adam Dunn, we shouldn’t complain about Granderson.
Thank you!
That makes zero sense. Granderson has been playing like shit for three months and we have every right to complain.
Greg . . . chingate. Granderson is HORRIBLE. Admit it. There’s nothing wrong with being objective and honest. Kurtis blows!
Then Adam Dunn is even worse. Admit that.
te chingas sounds better or better yet chinga tu madre…
Dunn’s numbers are as lousy as Granderson’s since Aug. 1. He may have one more HR (7). Granderson’s about .191/.265/.390. LOUSY for a middle of the order hitter on a contending team in a tight race. Who really cares what the Sox complain or don’t complain about. The Yankees have every right to complain about the hapless and helpless Granderson.
Poor Grandy must hate having to face all these lefties with the rosters expanded. As if he wasn’t struggling enough.
I think he’s needed time off and I have been saying that since some time in July. I don’t know why he doesn’t get it.
I know we’re winning but Granderson is awful.
Let the stat hunters flitter a frenzy, is Curtis Granderson the worst player in baseball over the past month (or so)?
Josh Beckett’s been worse
Close!
http://www.fangraphs.com/leade.....;sort=20,a
Rasmus managed to not suck for that one AB against Soriano. God dammit.
I remember everyone screaming when St Louis traded Rasmus ( sports writers that is) Don’t see them screaming now lol.
Meanwhile they acquired Edwin Jackson from the trade (who is so often called overrated, that I believe he is now underrated)
The guy has a 3.76 FIP along with 8.08 K/9, we wish we could have that now.
To put that in relation, Sabathia has a 3.36 FIP along with a 8.89 K/9 and Edwin is the 4th in the Nationals rotation, god I wish we had such luxuries!
Ahh yes like I thought Trout isn’t the worst but he’s almost there.
huh?
Do you mean Trumbo?
Colby Rasmus . . . damn. Didn’t he hit a HR against the Yankees recently?
Shouldn’t he be stealing more than 8 bases a year? I mean he averages 16 a year, and stole 25 last year.
15th worst over the past 30 days (by fWAR: -0.1)
With some name brands being even worse: Beltran, Trumbo, CarGo, Cespedes, Michael Young
Joe: sit Curtis. Robbie: throw a curve tonight for fucks sake
The Orioles will be sitting cutter. And DRob will oblige.
Wrong
Think D robs throes some curve balls here?
yes
This could be a disaster.
Funny how no one believes in D-Rob anymore. He’s still great.
Was that a curveball???
First pitch. Curveball
Is D-Rob striding like he use to?
Looks shorter.
That looked like the real D-Rob.
3 straight curveballs. Somebody talked to him
Per typical scrubs become world beaters against the yanks. MClouth .223 on the season, 3 for 4 tonight. Andino, ?221 season, homered in last 2 games
LOL. 3 CBs and he gets a K.
Holy shit curveballs!
Comment of the year.
Im shocked!
a 2 strike off speed pitch!
Where has that curveball been?
Jones couldn’t touch that with a 10 foot pole.
Drob throws curve, Drob is successful. mind blowing stuff.
See what happens when you stop throwing fastballs to orioles hitters? Seriously they can’t hit anything but a fastball.
What is that 2 sign Martin keeps putting down?
Apparently the Yankees have been reading RAB.
When Harold Reynolds on MLB Network is mentioning Robertson’s not throwing that many curves you know it should be pretty obvious.
Not surprised Weiters sitting on the cutter there. Good thing he didn’t get a HR.
Have we lost hope if we’ve lost high socks?
I don’t want to be a Granderson apologist but when everyone says he needs to sit — he does, he needs some time off but they had no one to help out and now Joe really does need to sit him. Google hamstring tendinitis – it’s overuse. He can’t steal – can’t even really hit if his legs aren’t under him.
Welcome lefty’s
Why no PH now?
Is the game too close?
With who?
Nunez or Nix for Ibanez.
Ibanez should be removed for defense anyways.
Well Nix pinch hit for Chavez.
Nunez then. Hell even Cervelli or Dickerson would have a better chance against LHP than Ibanez.
Girardi hates Nunez.
Of course..I go out to get some dinner and I miss an actual game…at least I get to see Robertson throw a curveball
Something tells me we’re going to get sick of these commercials with Eli though.
Has the offense existed outside of the 4th and 5th innings?
As Ichiro gets a base hit
I wrote this a little earlier in the thread, but I just wanted to bring up this unrelated comment I made.
In reference to the Colby Rasmus trade:
Meanwhile they acquired Edwin Jackson from the trade (who is so often called overrated, that I believe he is now underrated and whom they should have locked up)
The guy has a 3.76 FIP along with 8.08 K/9, we wish we could have that now.
To put that in relation, Sabathia has a 3.36 FIP along with a 8.89 K/9 and Edwin is the 4th in the Nationals rotation, god I wish we had such luxuries!
Imagine having a guy with a 3.76 FIP and a 8.08 K/9 rate as your FOURTH best pitcher. Especially with pitchers not hitting the open market as much anymore, the Nationals GM looks like a genius with those trades/signings they made.
I only commented again so more people could see it, but I think now that it is not even questionable, the Nationals will have the best rotation for years to come if they keep pitching the way they do. Imagine facing Stephen, Zimmerman, Gio, and Edwin in a four game series, looks like straight up nightmare.
And arguably I think better than the Phillies with Roy, Cole, Oswalt, and Cliff.
My reasoning is because in the long term (as long as they stay healthy) is that they have all relatively young pitchers. Add a few more bats and the Nationals are going to be BEAST for years to come.
The Braves never fully took advantage of a Maddux/Smoltz/Glavine trio. Washington’s not guaranteed to do anything special.
Why is it so hard for anyone to respond to what I said, instead of what you perceive to have read. I did not say they were going to win 5 World Series, I said IF they add a few bats and IF they stay healthy they would be beast. Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz won a championship and were perennial winners of the NL east, why I’m defending them I have no idea, but it’s largely because you did not respond to what I said, but instead responded to what you think I said.
Well we traded for Pineda who had a 3.42 FIP 9.11 K/9 and he would have been our 3rd/4th starter.
He never started for us, that’s a hypothetical situation, I’m talking about real live production.
Also Pineda was believed to be a #2 starter. Looking at the K rated Kuroda has this year 6.57/9 and the long term viability of him, the Nationals by far have a superior staff.
Yea, but a lot of this is in hindsight though. Pineda is a superior pitcher to Jackson last year, banking on him would have been just as good…had he not gotten injured.
Yea… Again people not reading what I said, I did not say the Yankees are at fault for not getting Jackson (nor was I comparing to him to Pineda at all), it was your choice to bring up Pineda. I was arguing that he is underrated, and how it’s amazing to me he is the 4th pitcher in a rotation.
There’s the problem with pinch hitting, the other manager can respond in kind.
If any of you are really interested about Steve Johnson he’s an interesting story. Drafted by the Dodgers in 2005 – they got him in the Josh Bell trade. His father was a pitcher and they’re from Baltimore so I guess they’re happy.
Andino taketh, Andino giveth back.
That was fricken’ huge.
Generous scoring.
Nice insurance run though.
Jeter takes the Laughing Troll to be spanked and given a gift basket
You’re into some sick ass sh*t, Greg. I pity your soul.
fucking Mclouth.
Son of a bitch.
Swisher can’t catch a break
Oh, WOW! Poor Swish
Fucking Swish can’t buy a damned hit right now.
I guess the same Yankee fan couldn’t ruin McLouth again.
Swisher and Granderson . . . YEESH.
We got enough wiggle room for Sori to make things interesting.
No thanks.
Still have nightmares from that Colby Rasmus smash…
Hi I’m Nate mclouth. Against every other team in baseball, I suck
Do you wonder if that concussion he got last year or 2 years ago when he ran into Melky messed him up? He was great in the All-Star game at the stadium.
Two weeks ago everyone was all “BRING BACK TEH SWISH!!!” and now everyone hates him. For a guy that puts up almost exactly a 125 wRC+ every year he sure is streaky. The streakiest consistent hitter in baseball?
He has to be up there . . . along with Teixera, perhaps? I used to think that Jeter was streaky (at least I think I did) but he’s somehow managed to limit his cold spells, which I couldn’t be happier about.
MLB doing a Jeffrey Maier thing on those catches
Prediction: nick swisher will hit under 200 the rest of this season because he can’t hit in pressure filled games. He begins to actually look like he shrinks in size at the plate. I would not resign him.
All true – and he wants Jayson Werth $$.
Soriano – please…
He just hit a fucking home run that was taken away. Christ.
Woulda coulda shoulda
Applaud the catch; don’t be down on the hitter in that particular scenario.
Prediction: Mick Taylor will continue to make stupid comments.
Luis Ayala being Luis Ayala circa 2011.
Inherited runners…you can score. My runners you can shall not pass. ERA intact.
or simply “you shall not pass”
Reason #431 why reliever ERA can be misleading.
suck it, Reynolds.
OMG
LOL. Well now its a save situation. You pad those stats, Sori.
No it’s not. He can’t create his own save situation.
Oh my god……. how did I do that….
So, does it count for anything? Obviously its not a win.
It just counts as an inning pitched.
Thanks
Not true.
Needs to make this interesting doesn’t he…
I just don’t know what to say anymore. lol
OK then.
If that was with no outs, I’d feel a lot more nervous.
He just wanted a save.
Hey, look….a cutter rt down the middle of the plate.
Let’s see, throw curve balls get strikes and outs….throw something over the plate…….
you get a HR and you get a HR, and you get a HR….
Too Many HRs!
Ugh. WHY NO 1-2-3?!
It’s still not a save.
Untuck that bitch.
Nice win.
Take the next two!
Wow the Orioles called up a rookie and he’s outperforming a crappy old veteran. Someone should tell the Yankees front office that they can do that same.
Not until the AAA postseason is over.
Who? Phelps?
CoJo>Ibanez
Mustelier/Mesa>Jones
Or they can just play Dickerson and Nunez.
Or just play Shelley Duncan! LOL!
True as a general point, although you’ll be searching long and hard to find a Machado in the Yankee farm system.
Save THIS, you piece of shit.
Now, the big question is: Can we win two in a row??????????
And fuck you Andino!
It was looking like a possible laugher. But still a good win.
Hopefully CC has his A game tomorrow.
Sabathia vs. Saunders. If the Yankees can’t win that matchup, they deserve to sit home in October.
Orioles lose every time they get in first place.
Clearly can’t handle the pressure.
Let’s see if they can do something in the next two…be nice to leave Baltimore a few games up.
So the conversation after the last two days needs to be. “ok bullpen, throw breaking stuff. Throw straight stuff and we will staple your balls to the club house floor”
i will tak eany win any way.
eppley sucks… does girardi know that? not that girardi has a lot of choices for the pen, it is horroble..
swishers almost homer was right where the pearce homer was. same fan etc.
hughes 1 mistake, good for him.
arod with a big homer…wow..
cano still with 73 rbi’s but hey he is hitting 302.. HE is invisible…wow some elite player…..
Cano has one down year with RISP and you think that makes him some kind of scrub? You’re a fruitcake.
You think Joe Buck likes to…you know…’untuck’??
#SORI2012
Now that our offense is finally starting to look pretty decent it would be nice if we learned how to pitch again too.
Melky Mesa walkoff 2-run home run with the season on the line and 2 outs.
Down by 1?