Game 124: Game One
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No matter who you’re playing, it’s really hard to sweep a doubleheader. The Yankees split their previous two doubleheaders this season but don’t really have that luxury anymore. Every game and every win is extremely important from here on out. Sweeping the Blue Jays today would help their slim postseason chances but getting swept would nearly bury them. Their margin for error is that small. Here’s the lineup that will face right-hander Esmil Rogers:
- CF Brett Gardner
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- 2B Robinson Cano
- DH Alfonso Soriano
- 3B Alex Rodriguez
- LF Curtis Granderson
- 1B Lyle Overbay
- SS Jayson Nix
- C Chris Stewart
And on the mound is right-hander Ivan Nova, who is coming off his first shaky outing since officially rejoining the rotation in early July. He allowed just three runs in seven innings against the Angels, but they did tag him for a season-high ten hits. Shake it off.
No concerns about the weather today at all. It’ll be hot and sunny with a little bit of humidity, but no threat of rain. They won’t have any trouble getting the two games in. First pitch for the first game is scheduled for 1:05pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
Roster Update: Preston Claiborne has rejoined the team as the 26th man for the doubleheader. By rule, he has to go back to the minors tomorrow
Injury Updates: Eduardo Nunez (hamstring) is still day-to-day, but yesterday’s MRI did come back negative. It’s still tight but they hope he can play the second game tonight … Derek Jeter (calf) will play in a simulated game and run the bases today for the first time since being placed on the DL.
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Can’t say that I blame the Yankees but it seems like they are really taking it slow with Jeter’s rehab.
He has played more simulated games than actual games this season. (h/t @bkabak for being so astute…)
Clarkin pitched one inning in the GCL today.
Oh wow. Actually a bit surprised by that. How’d he do?
I assume no word on Judge yet.
groundout to short, walk, flyout to center, groundout to third
Sounds good to me. Thanks.
This is a must win with Nova on the mound and Hughes going tonight. Nuney’s going to try to gut it out tonight but there’s a good chance we’ll get a double dip of Jayson Nix.
not related, but Jack Curry reads this blog? In that “Behind the Scenes of the Yankees Pregame Show” video, you can see curry’s on RAB
Which one of you bitches is Jack Curry?!?!?!?!?!
Hey guys, I’m here! I’m jealous of ARod’s quad, he was posting here all the time. So, just thought I’d say hi!
Not me.
Mr. Curry playing RT like a fiddle.
Plot Twist: Eddard is Jack Curry.
BOOM
#FinkleisEinhorn
I considered this. Then I thought of stuart.
ugh… went to a conference call and came back to a 4 run inning…
Pretty much what happened to me. Both my 12:30 and 2:00 meetings got rescheduled, but I happened to get into a conversation with a co-worker right when it all happened.
I don’t know if he reads regularly, but he knew who I was a few years ago when I introduced myself at the Winter Meetings. Every once in a while he’ll send me an email saying he enjoyed a certain post or whatever.
That’s pretty cool.
Oh wow. Very nice. Must feel great.
There’s just no getting away from Chris Stewart is there?
I think if he dies before me his ghost would haunt me somehow…
This must mean Romine’s catching tonight, right?…. right?
Need a sweep / not a split. Somebody step up and do it for us!
The ghosts of Stewart, Tanyon Sturtze, and Rick Cerone will appear over Yankee Stadium, “Return of the Jedi” style, when the Yanks win #30.
*lurks*
Thank you. Cerone gets bumped on that one.
Sturtze, God bless him, was at least a good man to have in a brawl.
When the ghost of Ross Moschitto appears over Y/S, it will be a sign that the End of Days is nigh
It should not surprise you that I have no clue who that is. My assumption is that he was the late 60′s precursor to Oscar Azocar and Jeff Johnson.
Ghost of Miguel Cairo says:
August 20, 2013 at 1:01 pm
*lurks*
–wah. I don’t want to hear it.
I never looked at Scottie Proctor wondering “what the fuck are you still doing here?”, though.
Hey guys
Leave immediately.
I’ll be back. I’ll always be back. And I’ll bring Sergio Mitre with me
Otherwise, as good a lineup as you can expect today against a right-hander given the circumstances.
Now is when we find out what this team is really made of. Are they simply a 4th place team, with many many flaws? Or something more? I don’t think any game is a must win until you’re about to be eliminated, but getting on a hot streak now is crucial.
PS great news about Jeter, maybe we’ll see him on Saturday. He is the final piece of the puzzle.
According to Joel Sherman, Ryan Dempster is almost certainly going to be suspended today.
My only hope is that Dempster appeals his suspension and gets to play during the appeal. It would be such wonderful irony.
He obviously can, but I doubt he will. He will accept his penalty and act as if he is awesome for doing so, as will MSM
It will make him a martyr for all the people who want the game played “the right way”. He’s a certified asshole
Pavano
Dempster
Burnett
Life insists on killing off my millenial Marlin heroes.
Pretty Sure the Marlins ownership started that.
He’ll get 5 games and won’t miss a start.
Love when you can hear Bald Vinny yell out the players names on a nice day.
Also, who’s the bigger bust this season: Angels or Blue Jays? I remember everyone was saying the Jays were going to the World Series and that the Angels had Muderer’s Row.
Toronto, easily, to me. We saw the warning signs with Pujols last year, and most folks, at least here, were wary of going near Hamilton.
Toronto was supposed to win the Super Bowl, NBA Championship, and Masters.
IVAN NOVA DID NOT LISTEN TO JOHN STERLING’S “KEYS TO THE GAME!!!”
Cano made the right choice – don’t trust Nix.
Does this one day call up for Claiborne affect his status s needing to spend minimum 10 days in the minors after being sent down tonight?
I ask because the ten days after tonight wouldn’t stretch into the expanded Sept 1 call up date.
I’m guessing no?
No.
The 10-day count will just resume where it left off.
Robbie should have let Nix field that.
Said no one ever.
It was a weird play.
Woohoo we’re not losing!
Now we’re losing.
And the umpiring crew for this series (note there will be a 5th umpire today due to it being a doubleheader, I have no clue who the 5th is, but I have my beliefs. Usually its a AAA call up.)
Scott Barry (HP) – Not a whole lot to say about Barry. He is a hitter’s umpire in his 7th year of umpiring in the majors. Expect a lot of calls to go to the hitters.
Adam Hamari (1B) – Like Will Little, ROOKIE. Hamari is a rookie and has a strike zone that annoys the blazes out of me. Swing at close pitches, or it will likely be Strike 3.
Ted Barrett (2B-CC) – Entering his 20th season as a Major League umpire, Barrett actually called David Cone’s perfect game, also infamous for ejecting 6 people in April 2005. In order to get a strike, you need to pitch high, because the low strike call is not likely. However he is extremely unpredictable.
Mike DiMuro (3B) – Seventeen years umpiring, DiMuro is the pitcher’s umpire of the group. Most, if not all borderline calls, will got to the pitcher, including Roy Halladay’s perfect game, which had a extremely pitcher-friendly strike zone. Also, he is among the highest in ejection rates above the average, so hope no one plunks Alex.
Not the worst crew, but Hamari is a rookie who has driven me nuts in his strike zone.
I hadn’t seen one of your umpire write-ups yet. This is excellent.
Alright, based on the crews, I might have the fifth umpire. I can’t vouch for it.
Alfonso Marquez (sitting out game 1, Hamari planning) – Shrimpy strike zone. Very few umpires with smaller strike zones than Marquez. Also has a total attitude problem, and is a high ejector, so DiMuro and Marquez on the same crew, if I am correct might be a headache in the arguing department. Marquez was the home plate umpire during the Don Zimmer-Pedro Martinez brawl.
Hamari playing*
All of the base umps will be working the second game again on the bases. They will just switch out the HP ump with the 5th Ump so he is fresh for his plate game.
I just imagine Michael Kay, rolling around in bed, unable to sleep, because he is tormented by the question: :”What does it mean? What does it mean? What would Ichiro having 4,000 hits between here and Japan mean? We know what 4,000 hits here means. We know what 3,000 hits here means. BUT WHAT DOES 4,000 HITS BETWEEN HERE AND JAPAN MEAN? JUST WHAT DOES IT MEAN, GOD? Pete Rose says it means something different from 4,000 hits here. He is probably right. If anyone knows what 4,000 hits means, it’s Pete Rose! But the question remains: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Who decides? Do we decide? How?”
While Jodi reaches for the…..
Nova isn’t looking so sharp.
nova doing a cc impersination
Damn passed ball. Glad we have Stewart back there.
who sed stewert is a good defensive catcher?my grandmother wud have cought that
another run that wouldn’t have scored if not for the defensive wiz Chris Stewart
Certainly don’t like what I see as I come in today.
1-0 and two more in scoring position. Nova not exactly sharp.
Without the HBP and passed ball they likely don’t score at all.
Well, the Nova I saw myself there wasn’t sharp, either, so boo for that.
Needs to turn it around before it’s too late. 4-0 no longer feels completely impossible, especially given the Toronto SP, but if Nova isn’t sharp, the Jays will score more than four runs.
stewart plays more than posada did
Dammit. WTF Nova
stewert cant field or hit
Why the Bloody Fuck did he throw a fastball in that count?
This is going according to plan.
0-2 fastball to davis.
I mean could you be anymore stupid than that?
Better get Warren up. This was a must win.
What a fucking awful start to this game. For the love of g-d, Nova, that was an 0-2 pitch.
no worries guys keep holding out that this team can make playoffs.
[/peter pan]
…it’s the first inning.
Go somewhere else, ass.
second, whatever.
we’ve hit for 1.
fuck off
Go ahead and try to take the green suit and hat off of me.
If I’m Peter Pan, who on here is Tinkerbell?
Will Ferrell’s Alex Trebek.
At least that’s what Darrell Hammond’s Sean Connery called him once.
I say you just volunteered for the role.
I don’t think anyone wants to see me in that outfit.
nova getting raped
A little too much love from the booth for Soriano.
He was a decent pickup, and he got scorching hot for a while.
But he is basically and .800ish OPS guys who K’s a lot.
I’m glad to have him…. but he ain’t the 2nd coming of Barry Bonds.
does rothschild tell these guys to throw 0-2 pitches right down the middle?
Oye! C’mon Nova!
This is an inauspicious start.
Awesome time to turn back into a pumpkin, Nova.
Of course, one of those runs is on Stewart, but actually maybe not after Davis’ double.
It’s on both, Nova fucked up big time he’s due for a clunker anyway but still it’s frustrating. I’ll bet he’ll be better next start (though he’s not done in this game, damage has been done)
Stewart I question his bat, I question his Defense; now he has me questioning his game calling ability. Nova’s curveball is his best pitch, it’s probably become one of the best curves around, there is not one single reason he’s throwing a fastball in an 0-2 count against a team that is full of guys that are dead eye fastball hitters.
Guys, I just checked baseball-reference, and get this. A 4 run lead is COMPLETELY insurmountable. Especially in a small park. Against a guy with a near 5.00 ERA.
Just turn it off and lets reconvene for game 2, what do you say?
Oh well.
If this were a month ago, this game would be over.
Now, Jays have an iffy pitcher on the mound, we actually have an offense…4 runs is surmountable.
Not great signs from Nova, though. And you really don’t want to get into the bullpen early on Game 1 of a doubleheader. Having your defense standing in the sun for a long-ass half-inning probably isn’t great for fatigue either.
Once again I ask why is he throwing a fb in an 0-2 count? It worked that time, but players are whiffing almost 20% of the time on his curve.
I actually have a productive conversation with someone and come back to 4-0. Nice.
Just a hunch, but tj in this thread = teddy?
Yeah, you BETTER fear Lyle Overbay.
great job Nix, couldn’t even clear the pitcher’s spot
Nix is terrible.
“I shudder to think where that left side of the infield would be without Jayson Nix.” – Suzyn
This was said immediately before Nix hit into an inning ending DP.
GGBP.. she is a fool, he makes no mistakes in the field but cannot hit at all…
That’s just about perfect.
Jayson Nix doing his Jayson Nix things.
It was nice when he wasn’t here for a few weeks.
Please tell Soriano to do Soriano things via the Twitter. We need some Soriano things.
It worked when I did it for Paul Goldschmidt.
i was thinking as nix came up to bat. as bad as nunez can be and how stupid he can be, man it is a downgrade to have nix hitting in this spot. nix as a defensive replacement for Nunez late in a game that is another story. but Nix gets a big hit about once every 90 AB’s. Seatlle last year comes to mind.
he is the epitome of a utility player whom as they play more shows why more and more they are a bum.
nove down 4 to 0, not good……….need to win this game..
He’s a journeyman 25th man who’s played 2/3 of the season as a member of the starting nine.
This is why I defend Nix. There’s nothing wrong with being a journeyman 25th man. There is something wrong with playing a journeyman 25th man in the starting nine for 2/3 of the season. Nix isn’t responsible for the Yankees having to overplay him. If you want to get mad, don’t get mad at poor Jayson. The league would be a lesser place without journeyman 25th men like him. Don’t hate him for being who he is. But do go ahead and hate the Steinbrenners for $189m/Ichiro/Youkilis whatever.
I defended the Youk signing, so I can’t say much there. Clearly, I’m better off at my desk.
Otherwise, agreed.
You can have a different opinion about Youk, blame “luck” rather than/along with personnel decisions, or blame “Cashman” or “the farm”; whatever the case, the point is that Jayson Nix was not the cause of the circumstances that required Jayson Nix being an everyday player so he’s not the thing to direct anger at. Unless this all was an elaborate plan on NIx’s part – he injured Jeter and A-Rod, buddied up to the front office to influence their personnel decisions, etc – so that he could have the starting opportunity. In which case he deserves massive respect as well as anger.
Paging Big Member…
not fair to the team nix
Nix is not fair to Flair.
I’m honestly not sure what Yankees I’ve ever had more irrational hate for other than Nix and Stewart.
Neither approaches Esteban Loaiza territory to me.
For whatever reason I remember so little of Loaiza’s tenure with the Yankees. I just remember he was traded for Contreras.
I was very pro-Contreras at the time, so that contributed to it. I also just hated his face. He looked like somone dressed as a Yankee for Halloween.
But why does stewart play EVERYDAY. Even dominant catchers get days off. He never does, and he is HORRIBLE.
can we just start the inning with 1 out that we way can save ourselves from another miserable stewart at bat?
well at least his approach at the plate has improved. don’t swing the bat until its absolutely necessary.
Ahh my favorite pastime, scrub hitters scoring runs off of one of our better pitchers while their career nobody shuts the yanks down.
I just waited to finish a Chris Stewart at-bat before walking over to the copier, and now am going during a Brett Gardner at-bat.
That’s a bold move, Cotton… Lets see if it pay off
This.
Rogers spots Stewie the 3-0 count and still gets him out easily.
Next guy to swing at the first pitch against this guy needs to be summarily executed.
BOOM!
That’s a fine way to get back in the game.
Robbie Cano, 200!
ialien, where are you now?
I picture limbs crawling back to one another and regrouping in time for the next boo-bird moment.
Yeah, this game is over.
ROBBBBBBBBBBIE!
ROBBIE!
Oh, wait, we’re supposed to be mourning the 0-4 deficit.
Guess it’s not quite over yet. LOL!
That!
ROBBIE CANO! A-DONTCHA KNOW!
I called it a little while ago – 4-0 is disheartening but this Jays pitcher is iffy and we have an offense again. 4-3, 3rd inning, game on. We can still make the playoffs.
I’d forgotten what it was like to get back in the game with one swing of the bat.
Cano being his usual lazy self
Too lazy to run the bases, just hit it out and you can trot.
Classic
Huh… leave for a few minutes and find 3 runs on the board. Nice!
So I guess how it works is that you should leave for a few innings, but Manny and I can’t even take a leak this game. Just great.
Sure looks like Nova has settled in now.
Nice play by Nix to get Reyes.
I think Bautista might have hurt himself running into the wall on Soriano’s foul ball
Ahh crap there’s no vegetables in my house and I’m in the mood for a tomato. Hopefully when I come back they’ll have the lead
Let JLC 776 get the tomatoes for you.
I see that not only is Nix playing but he has been his usual shitty self at the plate. What’s the status on Nunez?
of course stick swinging stewart pops the ball up
If Stewart gets ahead 2-0, he should not swing till it gets to 2 strikes. He is absolutely terrible. Weak popup on a FB in the middle of the plate.
i’d say there is a high probability that Stewart starts the night game as well.
looked out to me.. another blown call against the Yankees.
now we get 2 on because the umps can’t do their jobs. Fucking great.
I can tell you, having MLB Extra Innings has opened my eyes to the lack of bias.
I watch a shitton of baseball, and i’ll just say, the umpires are terrible. Everywhere. Every team has a right to be pissed off.
But that’s the main problem, quality of umps. They are terrible at their jobs but nothing is done.
I can’t wait for replay next year. Going to be… interesting.
About as close as it can be. Looks out from one angle and safe on another. Hard to fight it.
God I hope not.
Come on, Ivan.
I went away for a few minute during that 2 on 1 out. You’re welcome.
Can Cano get to 400 career HRs? What’s the most a 2b has hit for a career?
HOLY SHIT! STEWIE
Jeff Kent has 351. I don’t think Cano will reach 400 cuz he’s already on the wrong side of 30. I do think he will pass Jeff Kent
Professional ballplayer.
Nova’s got that “even when your stuff isn’t at its best you can fire off a decent start” thang rockin right now.
Pffft… he’s a home grown pitcher, therefore he sucks.
[/sarcasm]
Five games for Dempster is a joke. Give me a break.
MLB needs to figure out a way to properly suspend pitchers. This is what always happens.
“I intentionally threw at a guy and got an extra day’s rest!”
thanks gibbons. by all means, get cecil and his filthy stuff out of there
granderson, big spot, little bite
5 day suspension for Dempster. LOL
okay, two strikes. time for reynolds to shorten up, take a new approach…
just kidding
I’m starting to get the extremely frustrating feeling that we’re just going to leave a gazillion men on base and not score again for the rest of the game.
But when you walk Jayson Nix, you deserve to get creamed.
I have a very weird feeling that Stewart does something good here.
HBP maybe?
Nice man.
well done! i encourage more weird feelings
hahaha wow
Huh. That doesn’t happen too often.
Will you come to Foxwoods with me?
HAH! IT WORKED!
You’re cool.
Hope this makes up for this doozy:
http://riveraveblues.com/2013/.....nt-6440136
The words, “This lineup really needs Eduardo Nunez” used to be spoken in jest.
Not anymore.
PH for Stewart.. Wake up Girardi
Romine is probably playing Game 2 so you can’t play him now.
hahahahah what the hell?
FUCKING WOW!!
Chris STEWART!? What have they done with the real one?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????
Well that was unexpected.
No fucking way. LMAOOOOOOOOO
Holy Shit!!!
That was way more than a little league HR.
The least likely home run since the Wizard in the 85 playoffs.
it was rick camp-esque
In Play, Run(s)
Such a welcome sight
LOL
We’ve got ourselves a stew going.
WARNING TRACK POWER!
Greatest.catcher.of.all.time.
THAT BALL IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS GONE! HE CHRISTENS THE LEFT FIELD SEAT!!!!!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
That gets me thinking; what would be Sterling’s call for Alvaro Espinoza? Hmm
About pinch hitting.
That was for my Vicki.
Love
Chris Stewart
Did that really just happen?
“The 3 guys who deserve special mention are Chris Stewart, Jayson Nix and Lyle Overbay.” – John Sterling
You know, I used to hate Stewart when he played for the Giants. It’s amazing what a new uniform can do for a guy.
He’s still a dick.
Maybe Stewie should be used as a PH in tonight’s game.
And now you may all apologize to Chris Stewart
Mebbe that ghost crack I made at the start of the thread riled him up.
Umm nope. 1 at bat. He’s still fucking awful.
im sorry i called you a stick stewart maybe you’re like a semi sized tree branch
Chris Stewart flips the bird to RAB.
Is this real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
no escape from reality
STEWIE!
Romine will never play again.
Alas, yes!
Only bad side: There will be more Chris Stewart. Why couldn’t somebody else do that, huh? Just HAD to be Stewart.
I believe the Blue Jays now have 3 infield singles in 6+ innings.
Which is more impressive?
Stewart hitting a home run?
Or Wagner throwing a pitch that even Stewart can take yard?!
i enjoyed stewart’s confused reaction immediately after contact. like: wait, what was that?
Haha ya. He looked like he thought he just ripped it foul or something then thought, “holy crap… did I jus.. umm.. Oh ya, I have to start running to first”
The funnest part is that Stewart totally cheated he started this bat like yesterday anything, but a fastball and it would probably been a strike.
Fucking Reyes has done that twice today.
This is two starts in a row that Nova has not been good.
This is one start where Nova had one bad inning and otherwise has been fine.
If Andy did this you’d be cumming all over your keyboard.
Then you’d be typing like this..
tttttttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss iiiiiiiiiissssssssss tttttttttwwwwwwwwwwooooooo
Because the keys get sticky when that happens.
*Walks away slowly*
LMAO!!!
I mean.. That’s just what I heard…
He had 6 good starts before that and his last start he was pitching with a big lead. He also had 7 starts of 7 or more innings. Its bad start moving on.
On a double header not giving Nova a chance to keep going? After that second inning, Nova hasn’t looked too bad.
great pitch, ivan
the boy is becoming a man
Quick hook, he’s sub 90 pitches and looks great.
It’s his game, leave him in.
don’t agree with this pitching change. It’s Gose and he is terrible. Let Nova work this out.
This is a weird move. Would’ve thought it would be done to face Lind, if anyone, but Lind is behind Encarnacion here.
Gose is a groundball threat though. Nova likes the groundballs. I agree that Nova should stay in but the binder probably states it would be best to go with someone else.
For those who are saying he looks great. I disagree. His pitched have been up in the strike zone and like his last start, he’s having command problems with his fastball.
lol
Go do something else, Greg. You’ll be happier.
I see school’s out for the day.
I don’t get burning Logan for Gose. He’s definately bringing in Kelley for Encarnacion.
Should have left him in. It’s a doubleheader–you need every inning you can get out of your starters.
Normally I’d agree but you have the lead and we can’t afford to any games at this point. With Hughes going tonight, that game could be over before the Yankees come to bat.
Yeah, I guess we are at the point where a blown lead might be a blown shot at the playoffs.
Heck. Every out. That’s one less appearance we can get out of Logan in the next three games, for an out Nova probably would have gotten anyway.
But who knows. Maybe Gose absolutely mashes right-handed groundball pitchers.
Try and win the game where you’re leading. Besides, Warren and Claiborne will probably pitch 6 or 7 innings this evening with Flyball Phil starting.
I’m real surprised at the quick hook with a double header looming.
I get that you go for the win in hand, but I thought Nova was looking okay.
Girardi is playing the odds here. He’ll use Kelley, Drob and Mo for the game he thinks he can win. He doesn’t think he can win a game that Phil Hughes starts.
The only thing I can come up with for that change is the fact that Girardi now has two lefties in the pen and can afford to burn one of them with a lead.
It is strange though
I know I’m late to the party, but does my screen really say that Chris Stewart hit a 2-out 3-run homer, or am I hallucinating and should I get some help with this?
The only danger here is that Kelley is homer prone, and Encarnacion can hit those with the best of them.
it would sure be nice to have Logan to face Lind here.
Bit of fallacy intention-wise because we don’t what Nova would have done against Encarnacion
Wow, Kelley. After being 1-2, this is just awful.
Time for me to take a quick break…
Relievers who walk people = brain aneurysms for Peckerheads.
Now if he gives up a run here, careful with your fallacy comments.
Just shut up Greg.
We can say whatever the fuck we want. Why should we have to be careful? Are the Gods of Baseball going to smite us in our computer chairs?
He’s the board police.
Damn Straight.
Somebody has to be the KGB of RBB
By the way, I know you’re being sarcastic
Greg is a troll. Seriously. He’s somehow managed to take everybody in, and he’s a good actor, but how people don’t get that at this point is beyond me.
fuck off.
What a mess created by Girardi. Head-scratching moves.
At the end of the day, Shawn Kelley is the 7th inning man. He has to get these outs.
Having a 7th inning man is inane.
Inane refers the general emptiness, lack of significance or lack of meaning.
I don’t get that at all.
If Girardi had taken Logan out for Joba Chamberlain, then I’d seriously question his head.
Other than that, he technically made the right move in that situation.
To blame the manager when the 7th inning man, which some labeled on here, is on the mound is ridiculous.
…
Words fail me.
I give up.
Your 7th inning man, ladies and gentlemen
And a good one.
Annnnnnd breathe.
asshole.
you beat me to it because you used fewer exaggerated letters.
Hey, after calling that HR (sort of) you have no right to complain.
Well, hence the
Because otherwise, this is serious shit. Fucking wars have been fought over this stuff.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand…
exhale.
Phew.
I just peed and shit myself a little.
3,999.
hooray for insurance runs and red hot Cano
Robbie on a mean streak!
Ichiro!!!
(Also, Cano. But it was sure nice to see some speed there.)
I fear that it has happened too late in the season to save their playoff chances, but at least Yankees baseball is fun to watch again.
So…. Is Cano 4-4 right now? This shit is cray.
I smell a late season tear, like last year…
I’m perfectly okay with at least one of Soriano or Cano being hot at any given time.
You know I’m ok with that too
Sori should assume everything is going to be a breaking ball to him
It’s amazing to me that ARod is helping the Yankess get on a hot stretch on the field and yet is trying to sue them off the field. Its so dichotomous
Come on, Grandyman. Turn this into a rout.
Three True Outcomes.
3-run HR or bloop 2-run single, get it done Mark!
Of course D-Rob gets 7-8-9 in the order.
Hey, you still have to give him credit. Had it been Joba, it would have been 7-8-9-1-2-hook.
so much swinging and missing at hanging curves..
Dang. Nice inning by D-Rob. The first strike-three call was awful, but we’ll take it.
I have an actual meeting and Chris Stewart……hits a three-run homer? How many commenters dropped dead at that point?
Probably a lot, but it looked like more jaws dropped.
I’m still not entirely sure that actually happened.
Almost choked for a minute when that happened.
Chris BOOKING Stewart. Right booking now.
Booking dot…..yeah.
Professional ballplayer!
Jayson Nix is just a good little ballplayer. He has now 13/14 in stealing bases.
The fact that he has 13 impressed me. Didn’t realize he was already that high on the list.
I like Nix also. He’s not a great player, but he plays hard, he’s gritty, sends his meal leftovers to starving children in Europe, and he white.
What more could you want?
Mediocrity.
Alright 4,000 watch time.
Bad news with that is now we have to see Joba again
Alright, save 4000 for the next game.
Jobber will start the inning and create a save situation for Mo.
The fact that Jobber is pitching the 9th probably means Mo will still need to pitch in this game.
I like that mlb.com is using the Toronto feed for the Ichiro 4,000 hit live cut-ins.
That’s just… something.
They are? They must want Buck Martinez making the call.
We have a guy named Joba, can’t we have someone named Han Solo or something?
Re: Joba
“I’m taking an awful risk, Vader.”
This had better work
Haha
nice tackle by Joba lol
Joba should sign with the Jets this offseason
Pretty? No.
Effective? Yes.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH REYES’ HAIRCUT?!?!
Radio, sir. What’s the haircut?
He only has hair on the back of his head. Not the sides, not even a part of the top. Just a fro on the back of his scalp.
Given where it was when he was a Met, drastic change.
Like George Jefferson?
Worse. No horseshoe. Seriously, just the BACK of his head.
Half-friar?
Yeah, well, maybe Jobber’s calling was to be a DL, not a pitcher.
Is 4 runs Joba-proof?
Apparently not.
SMH
He lost a contact?
You’re rich. Get Lasik.
Unless my eyesight is already thoroughly destroyed, I fear having surgeries/operations done on my eyes. Even with their high success rates, there’s always the chance something could go wrong.
Oh, I will definitely do it at some point. I feel like we’re at the point where enough folks have done it without going blind that it’s become fairly routine.
The risk is worth never having that moment I realize I’ve run out of solution at midnight again.
“I realize I’ve run out of solution at midnight again.’
Totally don’t miss those days at all.
I had it done not a deal.
My wife too no problems for either of us.
Even with a 4 run lead I’m nervous
Keep calm and root on.
Might as well just have had Rivera start that inning. What Joe sees in Joba is weird.
Girardi’s bullpen management today has got to be one of the worst ever. Why not wait one or 2 more batters? They have a fucking 4 run lead. What a disaster.
And yet they are probably going to win the game. So his lack of bullpen management means ZERO
False.
Wins and Losses-all that matter at this point.
Fact
There’s another game today.
And many more this season.
Also FACT.
Okay, that was ridiculous. I know we’re being risk averse and everything, but we’re four runs up. Joba should have gotten one more batter.
Okay, I guess it’s his eye. That just sucks.
I never do the binder stuff, but it is now a save situation.
Also false
Was there any doubt, in anybody’s mind, that as soon as Joba came out to start the inning that Mo would be called upon to finish it?
of course mo gets in the game joba really cant even do this shit he blows
he got a real good hitter to dribble out and walked a guy. your anger appears to be mus-guided.
Misguided, auto-correct…
What’s the point if the hook is going to be that quick?
What are the odds that Joba will have a 1-2-3 inning?
They should just start selling ironic “Joba Rules” t-shirts at this point. They’d do well in Williamsburg.
And Lincoln…maybe Omaha
Tokyo…
Girardi should bring in another pitcher before Mo so he can burn 3 pitchers in one inning. Hughes is locked in for 4 innings tonight.
Joba with the shortest of short leashes. Almost not worth getting him out there.
I now wonder if Girardi pulled him because of the eye
why is Joba on the team if he can’t be trusted with a 4 run lead in the 9th?
I have to believe Joba was pulled due to the eye. He’s still blinking.
Good game nonetheless.
That’s what I’m starting to think.
Because the other option makes no sense.
I have to hope you’re right. It would have been the most short-sighted of short-sighted moves to pull him over a simple walk.
fucking joba.
Good win. Let’s take two.
Thanks (again) Mo!
Just win, baby.
I’ve got my broom ready.
Good win almost need to take 2 at this point.
Star of the game, Suzyn Waldman… Not Cano going 4-4 with 4 RBIs. NOPE, going Chris Stewart, Professional Baseball Player.
I personally enjoyed Sterling calling ‘Kevin Pillar’ ‘Kevin Millar’.
Several times.