Game 68: Stop the Skid

June 15, 2013 by Mike Axisa 547 Comments

Second rounder Gosuke Katoh was with the team yesterday. (Jeff Gross/Getty)

The Yankees are playing no good, very bad baseball these days. They can’t hit and their rotation has gone from outstanding to average of late — 3.96 ERA over the last 30 days and 4.09 ERA over the last 14 days. The bullpen has been dynamite, but there’s only so much those guys can do to help the team win. Someone needs to hit and someone needs to hand the relievers a lead. Here’s the lineup that will faced the mushy shoulder of right-hander Tommy Hanson:

CF Brett Gardner
3B Jayson Nix
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Lyle Overbay
RF Ichiro Suzuki
LF Thomas Neal
SS Reid Brignac
C Chris Stewart

And on the mound is the rotation leader with a 9.1 K/9, right-hander David Phelps. He is actually starting tonight, I don’t have my days mixed up again.

More perfect weather in Anaheim, but no surprises there. The game is scheduled to start at 7:15pm ET and can be seen on FOX. Sorry to those of you who will be blacked out, but then again the other teams might be more entertaining at this point. Enjoy.

Wheels

Man, Alex Cobb was hit in the head by a screaming line drive in the Rays-Royals game. Scary
- trr
  
  naturally, he’s on my fantasy team, which carries a warning: Caution! May be hazardous to your health
  - forensic
    
    My team too…
- Bo Knows
  
  They seriously need to do something to protect those guys, kevlar lining in the caps; something, anything because its frankly a matter of time before someone gets killed
  - Wheels
    
    Some source from Grantland said the ball was tracked at 102 MPH when it hit him in the head.
    - Bo Knows
      
      I pray he’s doing ok
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Now I feel bad for being happy he only went 4 and a third for my fantasy opponent.
Eddard

Excuse me but the increase in starter ERA has nothing to do with tonight’s pitcher, BGDP. Phelps has the 2nd lowest ERA on the staff and is the most underpaid #2 starter in baseball.

It seems like whenever Girardi needs a big game to stop an ace like Felix Hernandez or to stop the bleeding of a losing streak he hands the ball to BGDP. In baseball we call that a stopper. BSDP.
- Robinson Tilapia
  
  I perversely enjoyed this comment.
  - vicki
    
    eddard’s wheelhouse.
vicki

sterling’s diamond notes went “something, something, milton berle, something, matlock.”

i’m not kidding.
- trr
  
  heh-heh
  
  well, he can’t go on much longer.
  Living in NY has one advantage, I almost never listen to the games on radio
  - vicki
    
    i affirm all the censure and condemnation, but i can enjoy them, their ridiculousness, most of the time. even when i watch television broadcasts i tune in for pre-game.
    
    so you’re local; i’ll put you on the city-and-surrounding roster. i want to have a rab party at my bar this summer. i’ll buy a couple rounds and we can bicker in person.
    - trr
      
      Sounds great!
  - dkidd
    
    you will miss pa and ma when they retire. the cheesy radio broadcast is the last remaining non-corporate aspect of the franchise
    - vicki
      
      again, don’t tell that to ralph nader.
      
      http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/nader-criticizes-ads-on-yankees-radio-broadcasts/
      - dkidd
        
        sterling is unsafe at any screed!
        
        /tip your waitress
        
        vicki
        
        winner.
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      Haha, you’re kidding right? When was the last time you listened to a broadcast? Every other pitch, swing, inning, scoreboard, and update is sponsored.
      - dkidd
        
        but it’s cheesy-homespun-corporate. like branson, missouri. i dig it. maybe it’s just me…
        
        Henry Krinkle
        
        Agreed, remember Paul Harvey?
        
        vicki
        
        “page two…”
        
        i’m with you guys.
- WhittakerWalt
  
  “Something something, Gilbert & Sullivan, something something where’s my pipe and slippers, something something what do you think about these dadgum horseless carriages?”
trr

at this point, 3 words : just. fucking. win.
Bo Knows

Katou looks taller than 6’2, Ichiro is what 5’10? Also he is really skinny, he could easily put more weight on that frame
- vicki
  
  ichi’s listed at 5’11”. you know what that means.
  - Rooting for U.S. Steel
    
    It means… Muggsy Bogues, watch out?
    - vicki
      
      oh, he’s tower over 5’3″ muggsy. by a good four inches.
jppnyy

Really should bat Ichiro 2nd and move Nix down.
- vicki
  
  i’d try thomas neal or even, kill me, chris stewart there.
Tom

Nix has a .610 OPS; there is a righty on the mound. Girardi is one damn stubborn son of a gun.

Is it the high strikeout rate, the aggressiveness early in the count, or the bad hitting that makes him the ideal guy to give the 2nd most AB’s in the lineup to?
- forensic
  
  It really is absurd. I’ve lost so much faith in him with some of his moves/non-moves this season.
- Laz
  
  Hey I understand that under ideal conditions Cano is batting 3rd, but when you don’t have a #2 hitter, you just bite the bullet and put your best hitter in the 2nd spot.
vicki

oriole magic brewing.
- forensic
  
  Not with that ending.
- forensic
  
  BTW, since we discussed it briefly 5 days ago, you notice Kenley Jansen and the Dodgers bullpen just blew another win for Kershaw?
  - vicki
    
    i’m watching. so it wasn’t brandon league, it’s the universe.
forensic

Dalek or GPU (or anyone else who wants to offer input) if you’re around and so inclined to grace me with your expertise: :-)

http://riveraveblues.com/2013/06/futility-now-yankees-drop-series-opener-5-2-to-angels-88843/#comment-6404813

Thinking about it more overnight, I’m really leaning toward taking it. Ramirez is still short power, but I didn’t really account much for him having missed the first month of the season. We also don’t know what Pineda will still become, or if he’ll even be in the majors, and Ramirez will certainly help solidify my 3B situation so I don’t have to think about that anymore.

Really, I’m not too sure there’s a reason not to do it other than potential and youth that are slightly on Pineda’s side when considering the keeper league aspect.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  The only reason I can think not to is even in fantasy, you can never have enough pitching. My top two pitchers from the draft were Cueto and Gallardo. Cueto has been hurt almost all year, and Gallardo’s been terrible. Meanwhile you probably have a top 5 third baseman in Beltre.
  - forensic
    
    Yeah, I hear ya on the pitching, especially since I may have just lost Cobb for awhile today. But, it’s probably still worth taking the shot.
forensic

One of the worst parts of FOX/ESPN games?

Listening to Suzyn try to vamp for an extra 10-15 minutes till the game starts.
Jason

Just watched Mariano here in Anaheim sign autographs for an hour. It’s the understatement of the century, but man am I gonna miss this guy. I think he means to us what Mantle meant to my day’s generation, it transcends baseball. I just hope I can make it out to NY before the season ends to see him one last time. Hear that music come over the speakers and see him run out to the field. Nothing like it.
forensic

I understand his speed is one of his weapons, but he’s also one of the very few guys actually hitting. Not a fan of bunting there to start off the game.
teddy

dreadful decsion by gardner, hansen is trash
SeventhAce

Man, I just noticed this…but does Mike Trout have a neck?
- Dalek Jeter
  
  He did last season, he seemed to lose it over the offseason.
- vicki
  
  gardneresque.
Dalek Jeter

No, John, the reason you can’t walk Trumbo is it’s almost statistically impossible for Trumbo to take 4 pitches, balls or strikes, over the course of an AB.
vicki

wow.
- SeventhAce
  
  Wow indeed.
MP

Helluva play there by Ichiro.
I’mVernonI’mVernon4U

Nice play Ichiro!
Dalek Jeter

Apparently Ichiro has a patented slide now.

AND OMG HIS GLOVE WAS ON THE GRASS!!!

Jeez listening to the beginning of that call it sounded like Sterling was making the call from Dodgers stadium with a pair of binoculars and by the end he was basically in tears about how great it was.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Somebody should tell John that he has a monitor like directly in front of him with the television broadcast. That follows the ball. Seriously, I know I’m in a shitty mood and sound like I’m complaining but christ Sterling is in rare form.
  - forensic
    
    Sterling doesn’t like the monitor, he always gives it to Suzyn. “We’ll let Suzyn look at the monitor and tell us what happened…”
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      Why? because watching the monitor prevents him from being able to make up what’s happening on the field by showing him what’s actually happening. When ever he says “we can’t see into the corner because the stands jut out, so I don’t know if it’s fair or not” I’m screaming at my computer “JUST LOOK AT THE FUCKING MONITOR!!!”
- vicki
  
  it was weirdly emotional for me too, to be honest. i’m just looking for something, anything, to be awed by. and it was awesome.
- Bo Knows
  
  You better hope he was crying, because the alternative would give you nightmares
  - Dalek Jeter
    
    Well, I’m never sleeping again…so much more time for activities now!!
Tom

That 2-1 pitch to Pujols and the 1-1 pitch to Trumbo is what separates Phelps from Hughes… the ability to throw a fastball inside for a strike or just off the plate and induce a swing.

The only thing Hughes seems to be able to do is throw it way in off the plate (where it’s an easy take) and then go back outside (or up). Hitters against Hughes don’t have to respect the inside of the plate and that leads to his marathon AB’s.
The Real Greg

Am I reading this right that Manny Machado has 31 doubles in 69 games?
- dkidd
  
  i noticed that too. look out earl webb (i think)
SeventhAce

Man Hanson has some ugly mechanics…
- BFDeal
  
  Looks almost like he’s flipping the ball to the plate.
Dalek Jeter

Fantasy experts: I’m up 12Runs, 11 Hits, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 33 Points of BA, 36 Points of OBP, 71 Points of SLG, 25 IP, 4 Wins, 7KS, 1.50 in ERA, .08 in WHIP, and up 3 in QS.

Should I just bench my entire team tomorrow to not risk going like 0 for the day with Cueto blowing up in his return from the DL or are my leads in counting stats too small?
- forensic
  
  Maybe just start a few of your best players and sit the iffy ones with poor pitching matchups.
  
  Here’s one for you, put these three starters in order for who you’d try to get added to a trade:
  
  David Phelps, Homer Bailey, Julio Teheran
  
  Obviosuly, I have a bias toward Phelps (you may too), so it’s tough. Bailey’s pitched the best, probably, but will that hold up over the season and in his ballpark (Phelps too).
  - forensic
    
    I just lost my Phelps bias… :-)
  - Dalek Jeter
    
    Taking the Yankee bias out of it:
    Bailey
    Teheran
    Phelps
    
    I’d put Teheran first, but he’s not getting any run support, so he’s not getting many wins.
Dalek Jeter

Am I the only one who felt like Hanson threw like four pitches that inning?
Cy Pettitte

6 up 6 down on 22 pitches yay offense
nycsportzfan

How did Overbay miss that 1-1 fastball? It was belt high and 90mph with absoulutley zero movement and he fouled it off. These guys coulden’t hit a little leaguer! Fucking bums!
- The Real Greg
  
  At this point nothing should be surprising about the ineptness of this offense.
  - nycsportzfan
    
    True, but still very frustrating.
The Real Greg

I don’t know what Cashman was thinking when going about filling the DH role. He honestly thought Hafner was going to be good the whole year?
Bo Knows

My father and I went and saw the new Superman film (superhero/starwars films have always been our tradition bonding thing) I strongly recommend it. Good movie
nycsportzfan

I wonder if Alvaro Espinoza would be starting at SS on this team if he’d been playing now?
dkidd

f-ing mike milken. how is this guy not scorned by the public?
- Pat D
  
  Because no one remembers that any of that shit happened back in the 80’s.
  
  And probably because all his “philanthropic” work makes up for his crimes?
  - dkidd
    
    yeah, i just read up on the philanthropy. makes up for a lot, and i guess he served his time
    
    i retract my comment!
Kramerica Industries

Well, Howie Kendrick getting hits is obviously one of those things we don’t see enough of.
Pat D

I was just finishing my dinner and contemplating something. Tim McCarver is apparently retiring after this year, at least from Fox. So obviously Joe Buck will have a new partner next year.

I have noticed that Fox and MLBN seem to share some on-air personnel. Now there are plenty of guys on MLBN that I absolutely can’t stand, but there’s one that stands out above all. I know he’s worked games for Fox in the past, too, so I don’t think it’s a completely impossible proposition.

So, to finally get to my point, won’t it actually be far worse to listen to a booth combination of Joe Buck and KEVIN MILLAR?????
- Wheels
  
  Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.
  - Pat D
    
    That’s my point. I listened to part of game Millar broadcast and it was a fucking abomination.
    
    And don’t even get me started on that “show” of his on MLBN.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Better than Buck and Reynolds, or Buck and Williams, or Buck and Migraine…I mean Magrane.
  - Pat D
    
    Maybe, probably yea, and maybe.
Bo Knows

tits
- Pat D
  
  Whose?
Kramerica Industries

Fucking Erick Aybar? Seriously?
forensic

Ugh…

Erick freakin’ Aybar!?!?!?
SeventhAce

That shit barely made it.
Cy Pettitte

HR to Erik Aybar? give me a fucking break
The Real Greg

Wow
Pat D

Erick Fucking Aybar.
nycsportzfan

Theres the pitch that overbay fouled off.
I’mVernonI’mVernon4U

Don’t panic guys, we can still score 2 runs!
- The Real Greg
  
  But then we would have to win a 2-1 game which this team has seemed incapable of doing.
- Cy Pettitte
  
  2 runs? let’s just get a base hit first. baby steps.
  - SeventhAce
    
    Whao, slow down there. Let’s get a walk first.
    - Bo Knows
      
      That we are, which is why I don’t sweat whatever happens when it comes to this team.
- Bo Knows
  
  Bwahahahahahahaahahhaahhahahahahahaah!!!!
  
  wipes tears from eyes
  
  (I’m kidding)
  - I’mVernonI’mVernon4U
    
    Lol. We’re all in this together…
Pat D

Just remember, every time the life of someone like Mike Milken is saved through cancer research, the life of some poor inner city kid ends.

/rich is rich, poor isn’t
- dkidd
  
  but the research trickles down!!!
  
  /i love the eighties
nycsportzfan

Snooze fest yet again.
SeventhAce

I haven’t watched TV for 2 weeks, it’s only natural that Dunkin Donuts reminds me of how F-ing annoying their commercials are.
vicki

deep, real hate for mike scioscia.
- dkidd
  
  starting to look like rush limbaugh
  - Wheels
    
    Heh.
  - Pat D
    
    Starting to?
  - vicki
    
    and they’re both geeeeeeniuses.
    - Pat D
      
      I think/hope that is sarcasm.
      - vicki
        
        come on, pat.
Cy Pettitte

we have a base hit. I repeat we have a base hit. offense is scorching hot.
Anderson Silva

One of our best hitters! Stewart! LOL
Dalek Jeter

THE GRITTIEST AND GUTTIEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
forensic

Nice Gardner!

And that’s why you shouldn’t be bunting at this point…
vicki

mvp
dkidd

he missed the bunt sign
nycsportzfan

Gardy! Hes done his thing this yr.
Wheels

Nice Gardy
brian

good news is… think we’re all expecting this team to come home 37-32 so if they even win ONE of these next 2 it’s a bonus
Anderson Silva

and there goes our best hitter with a booming triple
Kramerica Industries

Gardner is the best power hitter on the team right now.

Scary thought.
- vicki
  
  by far, lately.
  
  gauntlet’s been thrown, thomas neal.
The Real Greg

If Gardner makes an out, Chris Stewart will have the best batting average in this lineup, not counting Neal’s SSS.
Pat D

Sorry, Scioscia, this isn’t a reviewable play.
Dalek Jeter

That’s not a reviewable play, whether the guy touched it or not, that’s not a “boundries” play.
Cy Pettitte

if your stupid fans interfere with the ball you shouldn’t get a break
pop

STFU tim mccarver
forensic

You know your offense is in a sad state when Chris Stewart is likely your best option to hit #2 against righties.
Anderson Silva

he touched that.. if they review it we lose our run
- The Real Greg
  
  It’s not reviewable.
Bo Knows

Nice Gardy and Stewie

Also has anyone noticed Hanson looks like a fat Ian Kennedy?
Duh fuheva deal with it

The pitching should not be implicated in the team’s woes whatsoever. If the Yanks’ season ended today they’d have the lowest ERA in a 162-game season since 1980.

The pitching needs to keep doing what’s it’s done all year, the bats need to wake up, and Cashman needs to wake up and realize hoarding pitching is not the way to go.

Neither is drafting a player so the Yanks can bolster their Japanese fanbase like they re-signed Ichiro for. Who the fuck is that guy in the picture with Suzuki, his successor? And WTF is with Matsui retiring a Yankee by being a Yankee for a day? Hideki I love ya but you ditched the Yanks for a paycheck after 2009 and you do not deserve a day at the Stadium when Paul O’Neill never got one.

The Yankees don’t need four fucking starters for the fifth starter job when their rotation is set with Sabathia, Kuroda, Pettitte, Phelps, and Hughes.

They should trade one from Nova, Warren, Nuno, and Pineda for a SS or 3B and trade Heathcott and Austin in a package for a corner outfielder and be done with it.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Your first paragraph was so good, I really thought you were going somewhere…but then you just kind of fell apart.
- Pat D
  
  W. O. W.
- BFDeal
  
  The wheels really came off that wagon.
  - Pat D
    
    I’m not sure they were ever on. Or at least on properly.
    - BFDeal
      
      True.
Dalek Jeter

Okay, Mr. Ballplayer-who-always-does-something maybe do something?
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Thank you, Jayson :)
Dan

could fox have worse camera angles? You can’t see anything on that replay
Cy Pettitte

Ma and Pa must be going nuts
nycsportzfan

There ya go Sciossia, we’d have the 2runs anyhow you baby!
I’mVernonI’mVernon4U

WE ARE ALL WITNESSES!!!!!
- dkidd
  
  lol
SeventhAce

Alright seriously, time to run the train on Hanson.
dkidd

nix will now bat second for another month
Pat D

Callaspo with the Davey Lopes Ole! Defense.
Anderson Silva

here we go! 2 runs! way to go nix!
Wheels

Beat a dead horse, Fox.
The Real Greg

If the fan had caught that and it was ruled a homer, then it would be reviewable.
Cy Pettitte

if they don’t score again and don’t win 2-1 now Greg might implode
Tom

Yeah runs!

However this is only going to serve to convince Girardi that batting Nix 2nd is somehow the right thing to do.
Pat D

Typical Fox. Not giving up on something somewhat questionable where the Yankees benefited.
nycsportzfan

AS game reps for yanks- Cano, MO, and Gardy.
Mick taylor

Texiera Sucks
- Pat D
  
  And you’re not as good as Ronnie Wood, nor do you have the versatility of Brian Jones.
  - Mick taylor
    
    Ron wood sucks too
- nycsportzfan
  
  Yes he does.
nycsportzfan

Wow, Nix is actually doing solidly this yr.
- The Doctor
  
  Not really, one good inning won’t change his overall numbers but ok.
  - The Real Greg
    
    Meh.
    
    .251/.314/.301 with 18 RBI as a backup guy forced into duty
    - nycsportzfan
      
      Hes also stolen 10outta 10 bases. Hes done solidly(as far as who he is as a player and what hes done overall for us this yr)
forensic

Methinks Suzyn needs to look up what “Emulsified” means…
- SeventhAce
  
  lol what did she think it meant?
  - forensic
    
    She said an Angels beatwriter caught the foul ball and “saved Mark Feinsand from being emulsified by that ball”.
    - SeventhAce
      
      lol that was good for a quick laugh
Kramerica Industries

Gee, thanks Mark.
forensic

Nice job Tex…
SeventhAce

…
first pitch of the AB….
really?

/facepalm
Anderson Silva

Great, now it is up to teix.. fuck him
Laz

BGJN?
Cy Pettitte

Tex needs to start hitting or Cano may never get a pitch to hit again this season
The Real Greg

Amazing how Tex has devolved. And very quickly too. Absolutely baffling.
Mick taylor

Tex baseball’s biggest bust
- The Doctor
  
  Try Pujols, he’s got 8 years left and can barely even take the field.
  - Dalek Jeter
    
    Seriously, he has an injury that makes it hurt to stand! And it’s a chronic injury too, that’s going to be a long eight years for Angel fans.
    - SeventhAce
      
      2016: Pujols DHs, hits from his knees.
      - Dalek Jeter
        
        2015: Angels push for the use of Designated Runners and Fielders.
      - forensic
        
        Not gritty enough. Needs to field from his knees too.
- BFDeal
  
  Apparently you’ve never seen Prince or Cecil Fielder without a shirt on.
  - Pat D
    
    You win the thread.
The Real Greg

However, Tex can’t be considered a bust because he helped get us a ring. Yet the point stands that he has been disappointing.
- Pat D
  
  Yea, I think the “bust” label is thrown about way too much.
  
  Is he going to fully earn the money he will make? Of course not, at this rate. But I think “bust” is a tad extreme.
forensic

Tomorrow’s lineup:

Nix
Stewart
Gardner
Neal
Cano
Ichiro
Adams
Hafner
Tex

/onlyhalfkidding
vicki

damn, that pitcher can field.
Pat D

That was a really cool painting.
Dalek Jeter

Walking Trout is like walking Ricky back in his hay-day. It should basically be a walking double for him.
- Pat D
  
  Heyday, son.
  - Dalek Jeter
    
    …shut up.
    - Pat D
      
      NEVAH!!!!
- The Real Greg
  
  And to think that if had lost a few more games that year than the Angels that he could have been ours.
  - Pat D
    
    WILL YOU NEVER GIVE UP ON THIS SHIT??????????
  - Dalek Jeter
    
    And if King George had allowed colonial representatives in Parliament, we could still be part of England.
    - The Real Greg
      
      This comment really wasn’t that serious, people.
      - Dalek Jeter
        
        And mine was?
        
        I was just pointing out the logical fallacy of saying what could’ve happen years ago. Say we do wind up getting Trout for whatever reason, there’s nothing to say that he would have developed on the same path. Maybe his first day in the RGCL he runs into a wall making a catch and breaks his wrist and never plays a game for the Yankees.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Exactly. Given the way the Yankees develop, he probably would be only a third of a player he is right now.
        
        dkidd
        
        checkmate
  - BFDeal
    
    CASHMAN FAILED!!
  - Mr. Roth
    
    If my brother had a penis he would have been my sister.
    - Mr. Roth
      
      Err….lol EPIC FAIL
stuart a

tex with another great ab. hit the ball somewhere is his strategy.

I especially like his ability to make adjustment. not hang on his back leg and swing for the fences all the team.

he is a true pro..

what a joke..
Kramerica Industries

Well, I guess all those pickoff attempts were completely useless, eh?
- Pat D
  
  Stewart strikes again?
  - Kramerica Industries
    
    Nah, breaking pitch in the dirt, Stewart had no chance.
  - The Real Greg
    
    No.
    
    He ran on a slider down and in. There would have been no shot.
    - Pat D
      
      Stewart still sucks.
Cy Pettitte

that lead was fun for 2/3 of an inning
nycsportzfan

Has Cano ever dove for a ball in his career?
- The Doctor
  
  Yes. Quite a few times. You can only dive if the ball is movin slowly enough that you’ll actually be there in time. That wasn’t such a time.
  
  Stop asking stupid questions.
- Pat D
  
  Have you ever seen the rain?
Kramerica Industries

You gotta be fucking kidding me with these two out run scoring hits.

Every run scoring hit for the Angels in this series has been with two outs.
The Real Greg

THERE IT IS AGAIN!
forensic

Two straight games, Yankees offense actually scores two runs to take the lead, starting pitcher goes out in the bottom of the inning to immediately give the lead right back…
- The Real Greg
  
  Exactly.
- The Real Greg
  
  3 straight the Yankees have given their starters a two run lead and they have proceeded to blow it. Kuroda blew 2 innings after they took the lead.
  - WhittakerWalt
    
    Greg, two runs IS NOT A LOT OF RUNS TO WORK WITH. Stop it.
    - The Real Greg
      
      You’re given lemons, you make lemonade.
      - Pat D
        
        WRONG!
        
        When God gives you lemons, you FIND A NEW GOD!!
        
        vicki
        
        yes!
      - John
        
        Almost no team ever does what you complain about them not doing (the idiotic 2012 Yankees reference you make amounted to 4% of the season) but keep reaching for that moron star!
      - BFDeal
        
        I was given a pack of smokes.
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    The Yankees never had a two-run lead tonight or last night.
- John
  
  This is what my friends and I commonly referred to as a “Mussina”
  
  (Yes he was great, but it felt like he LOVED giving up leads in big spots)
stuart a

game over. yanks scored there 2 runs.

pujols he stinks and is injured is better then Texiera.

pujols a shell of his former self is still a better hitter then marky..

phelps is a starting verison of robertson, they hate clean innings. like to do it the hard way…
- I’mVernonI’mVernon4U
  
  Is that you, Vicente Padilla?
- Evan3457
  
  I can’t be sure about this, but I think Pujols has been better than Teixeira since he got to the majors.
  
  So his shell should be better than Mark’s shell, too.
- WhittakerWalt
  
  Really stuart? You think first ballot Hall of Famer and 3 time MVP winner Albert Pujols is a better hitter than Mark Teixeira?
  I sure hope someone is paying you for such stellar analysis.
Cy Pettitte

Ichiro XBH? woah.
Anderson Silva

what an atrocious AB
John

“Hanson and his step-brother shared a room since they were 9″

Not to be creepy or insensitive but…um…wut?
Dalek Jeter

I wonder what Sterling’s call would be for our young Mr. Neal.
forensic

That’s Ichiro’s first XBH since May 26th. He’s been hitting over .300 since them, but zero power (obviously). First double since May 20th.
Pat D

Go, Girardi, Go!
Dalek Jeter

….you’re fucking kidding me, Ichiro.
Kramerica Industries

Not even close. What bullshit.
Eddard

The team can’t hit a lick and Ichiro gets an out on the bases. Get tossed Joe and fire up the club.
The Real Greg

He is safe by a mile
nycsportzfan

Fuckin moron ump
Pat D

Oh, what a terrible fucking call.

NO MORE REPLAY! NO MORE REPLAY! IT WILL TARNISH THE GAME!!!
- stuart a
  
  it would slow it down about a minute and the morons like selig don’t want that and after all people come to the games to see the umps dont they????
  - Pat D
    
    It’s scary when we agree on something.
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      Right?!
Cy Pettitte

that call was so bad, that’s embarrassing.
John

Lololol
Anderson Silva

what a fucking joke..
Bo Knows

bullshit ump
I’mVernonI’mVernon4U

Clearly safe. This team does not need help from the umps in not scoring runs. Blind as an effing bat.
The Real Greg

That is just horrible. How could he not see that he was safe? He was right there in good position
Anderson Silva

the ump was not behind the 3rd baseman, he had a pretty good view of the play. What a fucking joke of a call.
Kramerica Industries

I always love the “ball beat the runner” ideology.

You know, the fucking idea is for the TAG to beat the runner.
stuart a

nice call fro mthe ump at 3rd. no big deal he got the call wrong..

they only get 25% of the calls wrong….joke
Cy Pettitte

apparently David Adams is now at 1st base

see you in 2014 Tex.
Pat D

More injuries! Yay!
forensic

Well, there goes Tex again…
- forensic
  
  So, he can be out until maybe mid-July, then ST will end up stretching into August for him…
The Doctor

So I’m sitting out in right center and this kid with a blank Angels jersey is telling his Yankees fan grandpa he wants to get Jeter on the back of his jersey.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  I…I have…I want to be angry…but I’m more just confused.
  - The Doctor
    
    He’s like 4, I don’t think he really understands
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      His grandfather does. That’s like…putting Piazza on a Mariners uniform. It makes zero sense. There are plenty of great Angels, Tim Salmon comes immediately to mind.
      - Pat D
        
        Reggie.
        
        “I must kill…the queen.”
      - The Doctor
        
        His grandpa isn’t actually going to let him dude, the kid’s telling him he wants to do it
Kramerica Industries

When the fuck will they ever find a way to get Kendrick out?
Dalek Jeter

Fucking Christ. Can we just IBB Kendrick whenever he comes up?!
- Pat D
  
  No. This has been proven to not be a good move.
Anderson Silva

teix out, is it the wrist?
- Pat D
  
  Sounds like it could be.
- Bo Knows
  
  Damn, please Robby don’t get hurt, you and Gardy are all that’s left. If you get hurt season over
John

Ok, so they’re taking Teixeira out with a “batting like crap” injury.
Cy Pettitte

the next 3 years of Tex’s contract are gonna fucking suck
- The Real Greg
  
  At least it’s not 8 years.
Kramerica Industries

Only in Anaheim with this bullshit.
stuart a

but hey give cano 8 years it is a gamble worth making!!!!

if you are a moron….
- Rich
  
  If we lose Cano, our offense will be Marlins-esque. Hell they would have a better offense than us
- WhittakerWalt
  
  No one wants to do that. You are lying.
Dalek Jeter

Jeez, I can almost hear the M*A*S*H theme playing.
- dkidd
  
  girardi = frank burns
  
  cashman = henry blake
  
  hal = winchester
  
  nunez = klinger
- Pat D
  
  Suicide is painless.
  - forensic
    
    Depends how. :-)
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      Yeah, the sadist, Havok came up with some real brutal ways for me to do it using only office supplies.
forensic

Tex apparently said he doesn’t have any strength in his wrist…

/insertjokehere
- Pat D
  
  Well it is a sheath-related injury.
Cy Pettitte

also it’s pretty fucking hilarious that the one day Overbay DHs Tex decides he need to check out of this game so they have no 1B to replace him with
Eddard

Why did Hafner not DH today? Now they can’t even put Lyle at 1B. And maybe Joe should have given Teix a day off before this. He was just coming back from injury.
- Pat D
  
  5 for his last 52 I think they said.
- forensic
  
  Because he’s 0 for his last 23.
Bo Knows

That is such a dumb fuckin ass comment, the announcers need to be ashamed
Pat D

Surprised he didn’t blow that call.

Oh, that’s right, the ball beat him.
John

Love any and all plays high,igniting the stupidity of sacrifice bunting.
Kramerica Industries

In any case, thanks for 2009, Mark.

One year of getting what you pay for is better than none, I guess.
- OldYanksFan
  
  Albert agrees.
- Jacob the OG
  
  Oh you know and a well above average 2010, and 2011, but whatever; no avg=no production.
The Real Greg

So I made the statement when Mo blew the save against the Mets that the season was over.

Since the start of the Mets series, the Yankees are 7-12. They have lost both Youkilis and Tex(for a certain period of time).

And Tex has a partial tear in his wrist? Why the hell is he playing?
- Jacob the OG
  
  He doesn’t have it any longer, the season is far from over, go to the hospital the piece of sky hit you.
Anderson Silva

very nice play by Nix
Jersey Joe

I was cleaning out the attic today and I had left a 2005 Bernie Williams card as a bookmark in one of my old books. Bernie Williams certainly didn’t seem like a very important player in ’04 with Matsui, Jeter, Sheffield, ARod, etc., but look at his numbers:

-.795 OPS
-22 HR
-70 RBI

What I wouldn’t give for a .795 OPS in this lineup. Only Gardner and Cano are the full-time players with that good of an OPS. :(
- dkidd
  
  check out 2009’s starting nine slugging percentages
  
  insane
  - vicki
    
    good times.
Cy Pettitte

yea McCarver he’ll just start batting RH against RHP because that’s so easy to do.
Kramerica Industries

Well, now I anxiously await the two-out run scoring hit here.

Do it, Bourjos.
Anderson Silva

I think we are about a week away from learning that Teix has to have surgery and will miss the rest of the season..
Duh fuheva deal with it

What an idiotic move by Ichiro. You don’t steal third with one out and your team struggling to score runs!

The Yanks should release him or bench him until he pleads for a trade.

If the Angels can eat almost $30M of Wells’s contract, the Yanks can eat Ichiro’s remaining 2013 salary and $6.5M salary for 2014. If it means Japan hates us forever so be it. Business is business.
- John
  
  He was safe.
- The Real Greg
  
  You do know he was safe by a mile right?
- BFDeal
  
  I see the wagon still doesn’t have wheels.
- OldYanksFan
  
  You are wrong. You don’t make the 1st or 3rd out at 3rd base. That was Out #2.
The Real Greg

At least the early 90s teams had a fucking direction and with Stick at the helm they were in good hands.

Now, there is no positive outlook. There is no hope coming. There is no direction
SDB

Well, thank heavens they didn’t send down Overbay just yet.

Fingers crossed on Tex. This season just gets uglier.
The Real Greg

Mike Axisa ?@mikeaxisa 3m
Eric Jagielo is hurt already. Out a few weeks with a hamstring injury.

Why the hell not….
- forensic
  
  heh, all you can do is laugh now.
- Jersey Joe
  
  :(
  :(
  :(
  :(
  :(
  :(
  :(
  :(
- Jacob the OG
  
  Should we have expected anything else right now?
- dkidd
  
  rub some faygo on it
- Pat D
  
  Fucking serious?
- Bo Knows
  
  This curse is attacking guys before the ink is dry, what the hell
John

Great job by Adams working through that.
- vicki
  
  i’m developing aaron small love for him. but i’m cautious, because my early crush on romine had a delilah-like effect.
your mom

Brignac is so fucking useless offensively.
Pinkie Pie

Is there any truth to this argument Buck and McCarver are making that the way modern baseball players are built makes them more susceptible to injuries that were virtually non-existent in baseball just a few decades ago, or is this just another one of their crazy, unfounded rants?
- Jacob the OG
  
  Ehhh somewhat true, mostly crazy rant. The true part is that these guys get bulkier and bulkier losing flexibility and increasing susceptibility to injury.
  - Bo Knows
    
    That is a stretching issue, if you stretch properly a lot of injuries can be avoided.
    - Jacob the OG
      
      True but lack of flexibility does become an issue.
      - Bo Knows
        
        which is why you stretch, I’ve been to games and watched players warm up, its frankly a joke. To call it half assed is an understatement. Weight training should go hand in hand with a ton of stretching. It’s not the fact you have muscles it’s the fact your doing too much in some areas, and not enough in others.
        
        Pinkie Pie
        
        I’m a dilettante when it comes to weight training, but your explanation makes a hell of a lot more sense than BuckCarver’s.
- Bo Knows
  
  It’s a stupid ass comment, it’s so idiotic I feel like my IQ has dropped 20 pts. It’s like saying being muscular affects speed, it has no basis in what actually happens.
- OldYanksFan
  
  I agree. As David Wells used to say, you can’t pull fat.
  In the old days (pre 90’s maybe), guys almost never worked out. Mantle, Maris, Mays, Aaron did not pump large amounts or iron.
  - Bo Knows
    
    Guys would have played regardless of whether they were injured or not, using the old players as paragons of health is not a good assessment. Mantle played his entire career on torn ACL for Christ’s sake, doesn’t mean you should.
  - Jacob the OG
    
    I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumors but I think the baseball gods have a cruel sense of humor and when a yankee player comes off the DL they begin laughing.
John

Tommy Hanson is drunk.
dkidd

hilarious

what the hell was trumbo doing?
OldYanksFan

Wow…. we already scored our 2 Runs. We must play for the tie.
Eddard

HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT! Sterling excited for that Stewart hit.
- forensic
  
  “You won’t see that again in 100 years!!!”
John

Take a pitch, Jesus.
Jersey Joe

Jayson Nix. The #2 hitter. Kill. Me.
- your mom
  
  Our offense sucks so bad a #9 hitter is hitting #2.
Anderson Silva

first pitch pop ups are always awesome
Cy Pettitte

Hanson 4.2 innings 55 pitches what in the fuck
Jersey Joe

Stewie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dalek Jeter

What is Stewart doing trying to steal there? Safe or not that’s a terrible move because it leads to a guy with a .312 OBP if he’s thrown out. And he’s a catcher.
- The Real Greg
  
  Again, outcome more important than process to most outlets.
  - Pat D
    
    Parody recognition fail.
  - Jersey Joe
    
    That’s pretty much the Yankees’ offseason strategy.
    - The Real Greg
      
      No the offseason strategy was go to the bargain basement and the old folks’ home.
      - Jersey Joe
        
        No process; just see what happens.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Honestly I’m starting to believe a bit of Mike’s “hubris” theory. Cashman had been so good at bargain basement pickups the last couple of years that he thought he could to the well fully.
        
        And it has backfired.
        
        Pat D
        
        That’s because he went to The Well of the Souls.
  - Kramerica Industries
    
    Any business approach that condones disregarding process is a business that will fail.
    - The Real Greg
      
      Tell that to ESPN.
- your mom
  
  Doesn’t matter, he was never going to score.
Jersey Joe

If only the Angels could get negative runs, because now that we have 2 runs our offensive battery has been exhausted for the day.
Tom

1st pitch – out
1st pitch – error
1st pitch – poup
1st pitch…. sure swing away!

It’s like Little League… Are there any coaches in the dugout?
- Tom
  
  *popup
Pat D

Jeez, Robbie, make yourself look worse.
- The Real Greg
  
  That was a good curveball though. And it would have been a strike.
Dalek Jeter

John, if this is the first experience they have with baseball and their listening to you, don’t worry, you don’t need to explain the rules. They won’t be coming back soon.
The Real Greg

That one was not a good curveball.
Cy Pettitte

ladies and gentlemen, the $200mil man lol
Anderson Silva

Hanson toying with this lineup. They reach a new low every day
Jersey Joe

I hate that Mike Sciosia is winning against us. Hate it.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  Wait… a tie means the other team is winning?! Fuck. Just when I think I have this sport figured out.
  - The Real Greg
    
    Its delaying the inevitable.
    - Dalek Jeter
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5d5jxJ5vbM
      - The Real Greg
        
        Because I’m watching a team that quite frankly is not interesting, listless, and has enthusiasm.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Lacks enthusiasm. Even the Royals, while they may suck, have enthusiasm.
        
        Pat D
        
        This is an example of why you need to proofread before you post.
        
        Pat D
        
        You’ve also been like this for as long as you’ve been posting on this site.
      - Pat D
        
        *slow clap*
- The Doctor
  
  We’re tied…
WhittakerWalt

4 hits through 6 innings. We’re on fire.
- forensic
  
  And 2(!) XBH.
vicki

so you cut kelly shoppach and sign henry blanco? why bother?
- Pat D
  
  Apparently he hit a grand slam.
The Real Greg

I know the injuries are going to be the main discussion after this season, but it should be clear that this organization is very flawed in its structure and mechanisms.

The Yankees need a new direction/vision. A fresh outlook.

Whether that be getting rid of Brian Cashman, clearing out the draft personnel or talent evaluation, something needs to be done.

The Red Sox were at this point a few years ago with the collapse. Their response? They fired Francona and Epstein.

And now they’re back. Relatively quickly, I might add.
- Pat D
  
  Because they somehow convinced the Dodgers to take half their payroll so they could just sign other guys to fill holes.
  - Pat D
    
    I mean, I guess you missed the first year without Francona and Epstein where they absolutely sucked.
    - The Real Greg
      
      They did. And they got a high draft pick out of it.
      
      And the new GM came in and made that Dodger trade. A fresh eye and outlook.
      - Pat D
        
        What I’m saying is that it takes two to tango. If they hadn’t been able to make that trade, they might still suck.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        I doubt that Theo Epstein convinces not only the Dodgers to take those players but the Blue Jays to give them John Farrel which has been the second major coup for the Red Sox this season.
        
        Pat D
        
        My point is that they got fucking lucky to find a trading partner who was desperate to acquire big names to erase all the bad feelings generated by their previous owner.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        I understand that. But for the new GM to even THINK about executing this trade and finding a patsy takes thinking outside the box.
        
        A quality the Yankees could use right now.
        
        Pinkie Pie
        
        “But for the new GM to even THINK about executing this trade and finding a patsy takes thinking outside the box.”
        
        Really? A move to unload over 150 million of bad albatross contracts for a group of has-beens and underachievers, no strings attached, takes thinking outside of the box? I’d think that’s a no-brainer for any GM. Face it, the Red Sox got lucky that there was a team out there actually stupid enough to take on all of those bad contracts and players.
        
        vicki
        
        it was a pretty good move for the dodgers.
        
        Pinkie Pie
        
        They’re still 9 games under .500. And those guys aren’t getting any younger.
        
        vicki
        
        once more: they looked at the last year’s, and next’s, free agent classes and saw little to spend their limitless budget on. crawford and agon are two of their best and most valuable players. beckett has a very low xfip and his best k/9 in years. he’s much better than his 0-5 record. (for perspective, kershaw has a 1.84 era, a sub-1 whip, about a k/inning; his record? 5-4.)
        
        the dodgers have problems (bullpen! injuries!) but they haven’t looked back since the trade. they didn’t even give up their best prospect.
        
        yes, yankee fans seethe with envy that the sox ditched their big-buck long-term contracts. but the trade was good for LA too.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        So yes it does take two to tango. But would Epstein have even considered that move?
- Pinkie Pie
  
  Cashman isn’t perfect by a long shot, but a lot of the terrible acquisitions and contracts this team have made in recent years are the fault of the Yankees going back on Cashman’s so called “autonomy” in team affairs. The Yankees’ front office has a lot more to do with the Yankees current state than Brian Cashman.
- Bo Knows
  
  Epstein left he wasn’t fired, and Francona was a scape goat for a team suffering from internal disfunction from idiot players and a shit ton of injuries. Making moves for the sake of making moves is not a smart way to do anything and rarely does anything but make things worse. You also forget to mention that clown show they had last year.
  - The Real Greg
    
    And actually thinking about it, that year is almost mitigated by the Dodger trade and the fact that they get a high draft pick.
    - Pat D
      
      High draft pick which may never amount to shit.
    - Bo Knows
      
      And what are the chances of something like happening again? Heck its incredible that it happened a first time that someone came along and literally bought their headaches giving the RedSox a clean slate. That was a twist of fate. Firing Cashman isn’t going to magically fix this roster, it’s not going to do anything but create another headache
      - vicki
        
        it did happen for miami too.
Tom

Leadoff walk in a tie game… this should end well.

/hoping for reverse jinx
Anderson Silva

another walk on a slider.. Let’s hope this one doesn’t score
Eddard

I just don’t know what Phelps has to do to get some support. He matched King Felix inning for inning and didn’t get anything to show for it and now he’s giving us another great chance to win and they can’t buy a hit.
vicki

yes, tim. tommy hanson has been terrific. against the worst offense in the game.
- WhittakerWalt
  
  It’s weird how Dillon Gee was also terrific against us.
- LarryM Fl
  
  CY Young tonight
Kramerica Industries

This Howie Kendrick bullshit is unreal.
The Real Greg

All of Howie Kendrick’s hits have gone the other way. Interesting
- WhittakerWalt
  
  I wish the same could be said for Cano.
Anderson Silva

predictable.. here comes the game winning run
WhittakerWalt

I refuse to believe Howie Kendrick is hitting less than .900 against us for his career.
- Pat D
  
  “So in steps Jack Parkman who’s hitting just over .900 against Vaughn.”
  
  That kind of feeling?
  - WhittakerWalt
    
    We can’t get the fucking guy out.
Anderson Silva

they can’t even play D, what a joke
Kramerica Industries

Yeah, with this shit-tastic offense, that will just about do it.
The Doctor

Erik fucking Aybar. You’re not being serious.
forensic

Erick Aybar again, of course.
Cy Pettitte

game over.
WhittakerWalt

Erick Aybar’s yellow teeth come through again.
Anderson Silva

Game over. They reached the magic number of 3.
LarryM Fl

3-2 Angels thats the game we can not score more than 2 runs so ball game over.
Bo Knows

I’m going to be terrified when the all star game comes along, my big baseball fear is that Cano in the derby fouls a ball into onto his foot, breaking it in some freak accident. That’s how bad this year has been
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Must. Resist. The. Need. To. Bunt
nycsportzfan

FUCK YEAH ICHIRO!
forensic

Nice Ichiro!
nycsportzfan

Fucking give up baseball neal! Jesus!
forensic

Wonder how they can screw this chance up…
- forensic
  
  2/3rd’s of the way there. Chris Stewart, you’re our only hope…
- Pinkie Pie
  
  Three strikeouts in a row, that’s how!
Eddard

Ichiro is single handidly trying to win this ballgame for us. He should steal home if he gets an opening.
Kramerica Industries

lol Neal.
The Real Greg

Bringing in the lefty blocks Hafner but Girardi can use Wells.

The problem is that they have nobody to play 3rd base.
- WhittakerWalt
  
  And that bringing in Wells is bringing in Wells.
- forensic
  
  They can easily move Adams to 3B and Overbay to 1B. But, all the options on the bench suck almost as much as Brignac. Hafner would still be the best option, despite his recent complete suckiness and left-on-left.
  - The Real Greg
    
    Lose the DH and have pitcher risk getting injured at the plate a la Wang. Not such a good idea.
    - forensic
      
      There’s still a guy left to PH for that spot when it comes up.
- nycsportzfan
  
  Who cares who plays 3rd if you don’t score another run you lose!
  
  Everyone and there mother knew Brignac was gonna K. Play wells at 3rd for a few innings. Its stupid to worry about who plays 3rd when your losing.
pop

the frenchman is due for a hit… otherwise he gets the guillotine
Tom

PH here? (it would mean giving up the DH)
- Mr. Roth
  
  If it weren’t nearly 100% guaranted that one of our pitchers would get hurt batting, I’d probably rather see them hit more than most of our regular hitters.
BFDeal

Do they dare try a squeeze play?
nsalem

May have to give up the DH. Hitting Reid is not a good idea.
Cy Pettitte

Brignac will probably strike out, Stewie your our only hope
- WhittakerWalt
  
  Probably?
The Real Greg

Of course with this team, having the pitcher risk himself swinging a bat might not be a good idea.
nycsportzfan

Why the fuck would you let brignac bat here? It don’t matter whos gonna play short if you can’t score another run.
- The Real Greg
  
  That’s just it. They have nobody else to play short.
  
  The only way it would work would involve losing the DH.
  - forensic
    
    It doesn’t matter if they lose the DH. It’ll only come up once more this game and they’ll still have either Wells or Hafner on the bench for it.
    - The Real Greg
      
      Again. Pitcher at the plate. HBP broken wrist. Out for the year.
      
      Would you not be surprised?
      - forensic
        
        Do you not know how to read? Here, I’ll put it in big bold letters to help you out.
        
        It’ll only come up once more this game and they’ll still have either Wells or Hafner on the bench for it.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Only takes one time to ruin a career and a season.
        
        And with this team’s luck, do you dare take the chance?
        
        forensic
        
        Oh my god.
        
        THERE IS NO PITCHER BATTING THAT TIME. IT’S EITHER HAFNER OR WELLS, WHOEVER ISN’T USED FOR BRIGNAC.
        
        Could you hear that?
        
        The Real Greg
        
        And have Hafner get hurt too.
        
        Again, would it surprise you?
        
        forensic
        
        Then why ever play him? He might get hurt.
        
        Why ever play any of their Major Leaguers? Can’t risk getting any of them hurt. Better pull Cano out of the game, he might get hurt his arm throwing someone out.
        
        Take out Gardner. Don’t want to pull a hammy chasing down a flyball.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Well Cano and Gardy don’t have the injury history that Hafner has.
        
        Hafner has probably already played too much given his current ineffectiveness.
  - teddy
    
    then the what you do, giradri playing to lose. thats their best chance to score and as usual giradri fail
- The Doctor
  
  Actually it does because who’s going to play short?
  
  Seriously I’ll just sit here and wait. Give me your master plan since you’re just a baseball genius.
  - forensic
    
    Move Nix to SS, Adams to 3B, Overbay to 1B, PH whichever guy is left the last time the DH spot comes up.
    
    It’s not rocket science.
    - The Real Greg
      
      The only guy left is Romine. What if Stewart gets hurt? Who catches then?
      - forensic
        
        God, you are so freaking dense. You use one of Hafner or Wells to hit for Brignac, meaning one is still available. That one PH’s for the DH/pitcher spot the one time it will still come up.
        
        The Real Greg
        
        Except Travis Hafner is an absolute corpse. And given his injury history he might get injured too.
  - nycsportzfan
    
    Who gives a fuck? You can’t win this game unless you score at least 2more runs and more impotant, tie the game. PLay anyone at short. Put Nix at Short and Wells at 3rd. Is it that hard to figure out for you?
  - nycsportzfan
    
    wells at 3rd and Nix at short.
Kramerica Industries

Unfuckingreal with this team.
teddy

giradri didn’t play to nice, pinch hit wells, move overbay lose the dh.

fire this dreadful manager
- The Real Greg
  
  And have a pitcher get injured. Good idea.
  - teddy
    
    right, or what about hafner for oneill. is 1 at bat, i bet they be ok,
Kramerica Industries

The worst part, and something that I think we’re all in agreement about, is that this impending blown opportunity isn’t even the least bit surprising.
- Rek4gehrig
  
  Yup. That’s the scary part
- WhittakerWalt
  
  It was like a 95% probability.
- Tom
  
  The only surprising thing was that there wasn’t a failed suicide squeeze involved.
Ron

Was anyone expecting anything else. I rather they not even get on base than to watch them fail in these situations.
- http://www.twitter.com/matt__harris Matt :: Sec110
  
  no, and no.
Cy Pettitte

this team is such a fucking joke. how many times have they had a man on 3rd with less than two outs and not scored on this road trip?
Cy Pettitte

now might have been a good time to PH with a LH batter
- The Real Greg
  
  Well, Hafner is god awful right now so…
- WhittakerWalt
  
  With two outs it’s not really a great gamble, because then you need a basehit and we’d be stuck with Romine.
forensic

How many rock bottoms can they actually hit?
Cy Pettitte

seriously, fuck this team. man on 3rd no outs and 3 K’s in a row. just fuck off.
Kramerica Industries

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I’mVernonI’mVernon4U

So in one half inning we get a guy to third, follow that with 3 straight strikeouts, and then receive more injury news. If that’s not a microcosm of this season I’m not sure what is.
The Real Greg

I hope people understand the reasons for not making moves there. Otherwise, I can’t help you.
- Rek4gehrig
  
  There are no moves to make
- forensic
  
  You’re so clueless it’s unbelievable. I can’t believe you’re willing to make yourself look this assinine just to keep your blind support for Girardi.
  - The Real Greg
    
    Hey, He’s got a corpse team over .500.
    - forensic
      
      sigh, you’re not even worth it anymore.
- Tom
  
  Adams to 3rd. Nix to SS. Overbay to 1st
  
  PH either Wells or Hafner for Brignac
  
  And before you say “oh the DH”… you still have either Wells or Hafner to PH when the pitcher’s spot comes up. And if you saved Wells for that, you could even have done a double switch to push the next time it comes up even deeper into the game (11th inning or so)
  - The Real Greg
    
    And have Hafner get injured.
    - Tom
      
      Hafner would PH and then be out of the game…
      
      Or are you projecting him getting injured while he hits.
      - The Real Greg
        
        Hey with this team’s luck, you just don’t know.
    - I’mVernonI’mVernon4U
      
      From what?
      - forensic
        
        He’ll spontaneously combust, of course.
        
        Tom
        
        I must give you props for the pretend use of intentional humor to disguise your complete lack of knowledge of how losing the DH would work.
        
        forensic
        
        huh? How do I have a complete lack of knowledge of how losing the DH would work???
        
        Tom
        
        Crap – meant as a response to Greg’s comment
        
        My apologies.
        
        forensic
        
        Ok, no problem, I kind of figured that but you never know.
King George

At this point, and moving forward, we really shouldn’t be optimistic and now it’s just a matter of who really supports this team and who doesn’t. It’s gonna be a test of or mettle and willpower boys!
http://www.twitter.com/matt__harris Matt :: Sec110

Confidence poll on Monday should be real interesting…
- forensic
  
  Can Mike include negative numbers?
- Cy Pettitte
  
  -10. no immediate impact prospects for the next year or so and all these old overpaid fucks are breaking down while ownership engages in their circlejerk because they’re saving a few million dollars by getting payroll under $189mil meanwhile they’re losing that money anyway because YES ratings are cratering while attendance at YSIII is literally 7 people, 4 of which have suite seats they bought off stub hub for $5 so they’re don’t even buy any concessions because they have the free buffet included in with their ticket.
teddy

for on’eill is either hafner vs hansen or wells vs downs. giradri should be fired
The Real Greg

Now the PH means absolutely nothing because the Angels scored another run. In hindsight of course.
- forensic
  
  FALLACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  It’s a completely different pitcher on the mound instead of Phelps/Kelley if they had tied the game.
  
  You’re just making yourself look worse and worse.
  - The Real Greg
    
    If it were the 8th or 9th you would be absolutely right
    
    Who’s the 7th inning guy?
    - Kramerica Industries
      
      Jobber or Claiborne. Situationally, Logan might appear too.
      - The Real Greg
        
        Claiborne I think would have been the choice. But since that role has not been defined and Kelley was not a garbage pitcher going into that inning, it’s not like he raised the white flag.
- teddy
  
  might have lead to big inning, highly unlikely atleast try something. they likely wouldn’t gotton the run in earlier
Eddard

The reason they couldn’t make any moves is because that idiot Girardi DH’d his only backup 1B. He knew Teixera’s wrist was shaky at best. Neal, Brigniac, Stewart. If that’s what Girardi is banking on to win ballgames he’s going to lose his job faster than Donnie Baseball.
Kramerica Industries

Getting swept by this Angels team is like baseball suicide.

Tomorrow is the rare time I am going to be overjoyed by the fact that I will not be able to watch the game. That rarely happens, it should rarely happen, and I don’t like when it does happen. But this team has left me no choice but to celebrate it.
- SDB
  
  At this point I’m not even feeling that unhappy or frustrated. I’m learning to just deal with it now.
  
  The Mets sweep was painful. Oakland hurt. By this point, it’s just more of the same.
Chris

Blaming almost any of this on Girardi is missing the forest for the trees
- The Real Greg
  
  Exactly.
- The Doctor
  
  My only complaint is he left Phelps in too long. That’s about all he could’ve done differently, and judging by the way the team plays I doubt it’ll be of much consequence in the end.
- BFDeal
  
  Why don’t you put the blame where it goes…on the bats.
- SDB
  
  Agreed. It’s all down to Cashman, correct? Cashman fail!
  
  (Sorry, in gallows-humor mode now…)
teddy

guess it dm kelly having a bad game
WhittakerWalt

Better than giving up a grand slam, I guess.
forensic

Now they’re trying to take a save away from my fantasy team too.
WhittakerWalt

Someday we’ll score than 2 runs, and then we’ll have a big laugh.
Chris

Hitting with risp seems to be a fundamental problem for this team over the last few years. At some point, you have to trace that somewhere. It’s good players, bad players, average players. Pretty much everyone
- vicki
  
  hey, guess what. 2012 yankees were third best in the majors with risp. woba, wrc+, pick a stat.
  - vicki
    
    and 2011 yanks were best in the league.
ExitCashman

Jason Nix’s name reminds me of Johnny Knoxville of Jackass fame. Those guys have some good ideas. I’d love to subject Tim McCarver’s bare ass to an alligator snapping turtle.
number 21

This team is about to be held to 2 runs for the 4th game in a row.
teddy

they score in only 1 inning again, that got to be a fluke
The Doctor

For as bad as this game has (predictably) been, Ichiro has had a damn fine game.
ExitCashman

YOSSHA!! ICHIRO!!
The Real Greg

We’re finding out what it was like in Seattle in the latter part of the decade.

Ichiro and company today
Chris

2 catches like that. And should have had 3 stolen bases. The morgue is missing a body!
ExitCashman

Is it my TV or does Trout have a bucket head?
Dalek Jeter

So I decided to listen to some music on the bus, apparently I missed some situation…from what I understand there was a runner on third when we were still down one, with no outs, and Brignac was allowed to hit. I guess this happened in the top of the 7th. And if Brignac was up with less than two outs it was some combination of the bottom 4 hitters up or on base.

Why exactly wasn’t Brignac pinch hit for? Sure you lose the DH, but odds are, unless there is some kind of offensive explosion the DH slot only comes up once more and you just use whoever you didn’t PH the first time the second time. And if the DH slot does come up again it’s because we scored an ass ton of runs, in which case let the pitcher take pitches until he strikes out, or it’s extra innings and if you’re playing to win the game (which you should when you’re facing a 6 game losing streak) you cross that bridge when you come to it.
- The Real Greg
  
  IT would probably be Hafner and with the luck this team has had he would get HBP and out for the year.
  
  In the end, it really means nothing because the Angels blew open against Kelley who had been pitching well of late so there is no “raise the white flag there”
  - The Real Greg
    
    Plus it would have been Vernon Wells who would PH.
    - SDB
      
      Could have always moved Vernon to 3B (not like it’s not happened before!) and shifted Nix to SS.
      - The Real Greg
        
        I did not think of that. That’s entering emergency territory
        
        SDB
        
        Yes, but Wells is at least capable of lifting a fly ball to the guy in right field, deep enough to score a runner.
        
        Brignac… ugh.
        
        I’d wonder what John Sterling’s HR call for him might be, but I expect it’ll be a cold day in hell when I hear it.
- Dalek Jeter
  
  For that matter, why wasn’t Stewart pinch hit for? I mean Romine is on the bench and the odds of a catcher getting injured catching 3 innings is close to zero.
  - The Real Greg
    
    With this team, would it surprise you?
  - The Real Greg
    
    Also there was two outs and they brought a righty in.
    
    Only lefty on bench is Hafner who is a corpse.
- Tom
  
  It was an obvious move… but one that required more creativity than Girardi has. As you said, he also would have had another bat on the bench for the pitcher’s spot.
  
  Greg’s now trying to turn it into comedy because he’s hellbent on defending every Gitardi move and couldn’t grasp the concept of how losing the DH would work (and I assume thought Hafner would go in at 1st? So he defended the move by claming there was an injury risk to Hafner).
  
  When pointed out that Hafner would not be in the field, he moved on to the “could have been hurt hitting the way this team is going” joke to disguise his ignorance on the move.
http://www.twitter.com/matt__harris Matt :: Sec110

ok calling it a night….don’t kill one another.

oh, and happy father’s day to all the dads out there.
Chris

Are there any other non prospects we can bring up to try, other than Adams or neal
- The Doctor
  
  If the injury turns out to be minor, Mustelier. That’s about it.
- Pat D
  
  Yes, all of us.
  
  The Benny Hill theme shall echo throughout the stadium as we “play.”
  - SDB
    
    Right now I think “Another One Bites the Dust” might be even more appropriate.
    
    Is it too early to play Mozart’s requiem?
    - Pat D
      
      Yea.
      
      But since it played during the end credits of a movie where the last line was, “I’m finished,” we could play this:
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev45Knhdlp8
Chris

Good AB’s, ladies
Tom

This game is being managed by dumb and dumber.

I hope using Fieri to lock down a 4 run lead against an explosive Yankees offense means he will not be available tomorrow.

I do like yet another night of down 3 or 4 runs let’s try to hit a HR with noone on base approach in the 9th
The Doctor

Waste of time and money, not sure why I even came out. Could’ve spent the day playing The Last of Us. Relative to this, it’s a game full of hope and joy.
Dugan

THE YANKS SHAKE-UP THE lINEUP BUT WHY IS lONG STILL THE HITTING COACH WHEN THEY HAVE ONE OF THE WORSE BATTING AVERAGES AS A TEAM IN BASEBALL.THE OTHER DAY I SAW LONG LAUGHING IN THE DUGOUT AND THE YANKS HAD LOST 5 STRAIGHT!!! STEINBRENNER ,TIME TO GET COMMITTED TO THIS TEAM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!