Jason Giambi returns to the line-up today as Jaret Wright and Scott Downs face off at the Stadium. The MVP bats second, Giambi three, Cano down to seventh with Bernie and Bubba rounding it out as the Yanks look to make it six straight.
So, any guesses as to what flying object will strike Jaret Wright today?
1. Okay,it's a little after 2am and I've decided that sleep is overrated. I have a lecture to give this morning, but I can sacrifice a few hours of sleep for my Yanks.
These are the brutal days in Japan.
2. Nice start. How soon before Small comes in?
3. Wright's first inning stats are good, but he has struggled early lately.
4. Come on, Wright. Settle down.
5. There is no time to rest, these are our playoffs. There should be no let-up now. Grind, Mike, grind...
6. Yikes, Wright, get your shit together.
7. F'en Wright.
8. 4 singles to lead off the game. Get Small ready...
9. Bad luck on that one. Shea sucks, except against us.
10. Gawd, Matsui is awful defensively.
11. And just like that we put the Red Sox back into the race.
12. Oh, my.
13. We can survive about 5 runs today. Any more than that and I fear we buy the farm for the day.
14. This is getting ugly, fast. 0 out.
15. Calm down, the Yankees will win.
Wright hit again.
16. Ouch. Are you serious?
17. What are the fucking odds?!?!?!
18. Matsui is an awful outfielder.
WOW...Wright has no luck.
19. How does a guy get hit this many times. Is someone telling him to stay home?
20. Well, no surprise, today is the day the Yanks regress majorly. Our brilliant offseason signing, one of Torre's "warriors," stinks it up.
You know, Wright must have really slow reactions...
21. at least he got an out
22. He got hit on the right shoulder.
I blame Cliff. ;-)
23. Keep it at 3 runs in the 1st and we'll get it back in short order.
24. I feel terrible!
25. I really think it has less to do with luck and more with fielding. The bat, okay I give you that was freaky, but that last one was simply not getting his glove up
26. Jaret, take the "hit it here, win a suit" sign off your uniform.
Glad I'm going to miss the end of the game.
Go Orioles.
27. Everyone but Hillenbrand has hit it hard. I think.
28. 4-0, gotta keep it there
29. Hmmm. First five men reach base. Since Wright was hit with that ball, which would have been a single up the middle had it not hit him, he got three straight outs.
Is three the charm?
30. Painful, but I have a feeling we'll see some runs on the board from the home team today. How about a good old fashioned 8-6 win?
31. That is, the other two hit-by-objects knocked him out of the game. Here's hoping this one knocked him into the game.
32. If this a 5 pitch inning, I'm gonna go out and commit a crime...
33. Godzilla better have a monster day with the bat.
34. I can dig on that, Mike.
35. Wright blows. Remind me again why either Wang or Chacon has to go to the bullpen?
36. If Matsui makes the catch, it's 2 - 0.
37. Ugh. I guess Wright wasn't hurt too badly this time, huh?
I don't have the game on TV - is anyone warming up?
38. Those are moments Mats reminds me of Shemp...
39. I see Downs struggling a bit with location, but a big zone from the home plate ump. What do you see?
40. Ramone, neither of those guys is going to the bullpen, I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.
41. No one is warming that I know of.
42. MVP
43. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
44. Big Papi, meet the MVP
45. I had a feeling.
46. A-MVP!
47. A-CLUTCH!!!!!!!
48. We are fortunate to get to watch him play for the Yankees every game.
49. MVP Chant. Nice.
50. See, A-rod, you should have waited until it was the 9th inning, than you could be "clutch" like fatty
51. Wait a second...that at bat wasn't with a runner in scoring position and it wasn't after the 6th inning, so it obviously wasn't a clutch hit.
52. Giambi down on three pitches. Wondering if Torre should have put him back in lower in the order.
53. Giambi was late on all of Down's slow stuff.
54. beat me to it Zack
55. Ah, so close.
56. Why not wait until we're facing a righty to put Giambi back in the line-up?
57. If that ball to Sheff was two more inches over the plate, that clears the wall.
58. Giambi hits lefties better than Tino this year.
59. Here's hoping Wright settles down now, that is greatly needed
60. Thanks, Rich 41.
Hopefully, Giambi will have learned something from his first at-bat. C'mon, Godzilla!
61. Torre is a creature of habit. He was slow to move Giambi up in the lineup and he would be slow to move him back down.
62. Giambi hits better than Tino period this year. =)
63. Jorge missed that curve by about ten feet.
64. No more runs, Wright.
65. Not in May, Shaun.
66. Okay. Two at a time.
It's up to Jaret to hold 'em here.
67. Man, people really die on Torre's bench. When was the last time Woemack, Bellhorn, Phillips, or anyone else played. I know its a race and all, but those guys must be beyond rusty. Same thing with Mendoza/F-Rod
68. Get Small up now Torre, don't fuck around.
69. Where's Aaron Small? Wright sucks.
70. If Small isn't warming, someone pour green tea over Torre's head.
71. Crap, get him out of there now, Joe!
72. Small up.
73. He's the bed.
74. Do we relly want him pitching next start either?
75. I meant to say he's "sh^&^ing" the bed.
76. Torre,don't wait until it is too late!
77. True, Cliff, but ever since then . . .
Remember what a black hole 1B was last year?
This year, between Tino and Giambi, as 1B in 508 ABs, they have 39 HR, 107 RBI, 82BB, 102K, 143H, 19 2B, and have scored 83 runs. That's Mark Texeira-territory.
I see from Yahoo! that Wright is back to giving up singles . . . please tell me that someone is starting to warm up now.
78. I didn't want Wright in this game when we sent Small to the pen. Small is better than Wright.
79. Wright is the pen now. Even Torre will be able to see that...I think.
80. I don't ever want him pitching for us again
81. Thanks again, Rich. Small to the rescue?
82. Let's hope so, Shaun.
83. double play would be nice here
84. Or a walk.....nice pitching.
85. See ya, Wright.
86. Lovely situation for Small to come into
87. At least we yank him early. Get out of it Aaron.
88. Pedro or Wright, good choice Cash.
89. Small will be lucky to get out with a 6-2 game, lucky...
90. Oh Lord, and Wells is coming up. Please PLEASE tell me Wright is being pulled as I type this . . .
91. Tough situation for Small. He'll probably give up one or two runs.
92. Now the game begins. We'll give up two more here to make it 6-2, but the Yanks will rally and Small will hold them to 1 more run over 5 innings. Gordon and Rivera will lock it down and we'll win it around the 8th inning.
93. He threw one pitch out of 8 inside to Frankie C.
I mean if you can't challenge FC inside, something's wrong, no?
94. FWIW, on the postgame radio broadcast last night, Susyn or Sterling (I forget which) said Wright wanted very badly to pitch today, and wasn't the type of guy to say if he was hurt or not.
He's so bad - and I can't see him - I don't know how to tell if this is just a crappy performance, or if he is hurt. In either case, someone should knock some sense into him. If he is hurt, he damn well shouldn't be pitching in the middle of this race when the team has other (good) options available!
95. That's one.
96. Bloody Cano. Tough ball but please man.
97. God DAMMIT. Small did it perfectly.
98. Ouch.
99. All of a sudden we can;t field either
100. Oy. Wake up, Robby!
101. I think Small gets out of this with NO runs given up. Who's with me?
102. Yanks couldn't have started this game worse. Between Wright, Matsui, and Cano.
103. Tough play, but he had to get in front of it.
104. Uh, never mind. Yahoo just updated with Cano's gaffe. Sigh. My bad.
105. 7-2 is going to be tough..Go O's
106. I'm leaning towards game over right now. 7 runs is too much. I think we lost this one fellas. Never say die, but we're bleeding pretty bad now.
107. Let's go Orioles.
108. And we are sleeping. Clearly this is a game that we are doomed to get smacked around in, which seems to happen once a week or so, excpet that its too late for something like that now!
109. Hey, not too long ago our bullpen gave up how many runs to the Blue Jays? Who says the Blue Jays won't return us the favor?
Maybe I'm more optomistic 'cause I haven't seen any of it, just read it online here.
110. Nice Aaron.
111. And, because of this stupid saturday schedule, the Sox get to watch all of this and go into their game and be ready to catch that game
112. This game is far from over. Let's see the grind Yanks...
113. I'm still awake. You'll know when I've given up, baecause I'll say goodnight and go back to bed.
114. I'm not giving up. Wright's out, Small looks good. Cano will be sharp as tacks after that error; that's how it works with him. He'll lead the charge back.
115. I'm not fucking giving up.
116. Five runs down after 1 1/2 ain't nothin'.
117. We can come back. Small keeps it close, we score 12 today, I can feel it.
118. Small back to the rotation?
119. I'd like to see Wright go to the pen, if only because Small seems more durable.
120. yankz,
Well yea! Wright belongs in the pen, if anywhere.
121. I'd love to be proven wrong, but this one's done. Pull all the starters. At least they'll get the better part of a day off. Return rested for tomorrow.
122. BUBBA! Show 'em how it's done. ;-)
123. I still can't believe youth over experience has us with Wright and not Pedro. Wright has one good year since 1997 and he gets how much, 12 mil., for 3 years. Cash, man you got to own up to that one.
124. No way I'd pull the starters now. No freakin' way.
125. Wright got 21 mil for 3 yrs
126. atc,
That's all? 7 mil.?
Still, I just think if you can sign Pedro, you do it.
127. Stormer,
Why do you think it wsa Wright or Pedro? Pedro's contract was for approx. $30 million more.
128. Fuck you Down, you assclown.
129. FUCK YOU, DOWNS
130. It's only the 2nd inning. They have plenty of time to catch them.
Jeter hit by pitch for the 2nd time today.
131. Pull the starters in the 2nd? No way they should give up this early. We ain't Tampa Bay.
132. BTW, Yahoo says Crosby "singled to catcher"? A very good bunt attempt?
Way to go, Cap'n! Take another one for the team. Now, Mr. MVP, could you help us out here?
133. We're winning this game. Book it.
134. Nope, AROD ain't clutch, much.
135. I'm guessing that pitch by Downs was somewhat intentional?
136. A-Rod hits an RBI single into right field. Bubba scores from 2nd.
137. Thanks, MVP!
138. A-CLUTCH!!!!!
139. Bubba's hit went right back to the pitcher. He should have caught it, but flubbed it, and it bounced back toward home plate.
140. There's one.
141. Giambi....bat speed....not so much. He needs his at bats.
142. Let's go Aaron!!
143. Rich,
Just my gut, about Pedro. It seemed like he was never even on Cash's radar. How many pitchers does Boston have to kick to the curb who end up having 6-10 more great years, before we pick up on it. We almost lost Clemens, should have signed Lowe, and should have signed Pedro. I don't care that it's Boston.
144. Giambi is slumping again, maybe it's his back.
145. Stormer, it was actually Wright or Lieber, Lieber signed for the same money on the same day with the Phillies. Lieber, by the way, has been an ace for them down the stretch, much like he was for the Yanks last Sept. I understood declining Lieber's $8 mil option to try to resign him for more years at less annually, but the market exploded. Signing Wright for the same money Lieber got, however, was unforgivable. Again, worst offseason in team history. Period.
146. I don't know about Lowe
147. Captain my Captain!
148. We should not have signed Lowe or Pedro. We should have signed Clement and Lieber, who combined got less money over less years than Wright and Pavano. And that's not second guessing. I said that last November.
149. The key to this game is to keep Downs pitching out of the stretch. Well....the key is to hold them at 7, and then keep Downs in the stretch.
Every time he's pitched from the stretch he's lost the plate.
150. It makes no sense. They pinch pennies with Lieber, spend money on Womack, pinch pennies this draft by not taking Hansen. I don't get it.
151. Cliff,
I understand, but I thought paying Lieber for one year while on the DL in anticipation of him pitching for us for a while, he has a good year following the year you paid him not to pitch, and then you let him go for a lousy 8 mil., made no sense to me.
152. Johnson
Mussina
Chacon
Wang
Small
Give me that lineup in 2006.
153. BUBBA!
154. BUBBA!!
155. And give me Bubba or give me death!!!!
156. Holy crap! Bubba made another amazing catch. Head-first dives seem to be his specialty.
157. Sheffield never would've had that play.
158. Thanks, randym77 - much obliged!
159. Alright, so I'm waaay behind on this, but was I the only one screaming at the tv last night when Mo started getting warm? I knew it was coming when they cut to Mel picking up the phone and I just started screaming at him, "put that f***ing phone down Mel! put it down!" Just as my roommate walked in with his girlfriend, whom I was meeting for the first time. Heh.
Hell of a play by Crosby just now, btw.
160. Bubba starts every game for the remainder of the year. Playoffs included if they get there. That's it. I will accept nothing else.
161. Stormer,
You keep bringing up Cashman. He doesn't make those decisions.
162. Funny Yankee23
163. Giambi's bat needs some B12
164. My new motto: Give Me Bubba or Give Me Death
I claim the t-shirt rights
165. Cliff,
I agree, though if you notice, Clement has done his typical 2nd half of the season melt down. His #'s post all star are awful around the board...
166. btw, Lieber's ERA is 4.23 in the NL. It would be nearing 5 in the AL.
167. Bubba has been great on defense, and he's not terrible at the plate, either.
168. They can't overswing. They have to chip away.
169. I think Giambi's back is still bothering him. Maybe he should be rested awhile longer. Let Tino play.
170. They're pressing. Tough to win that way.
171. Swing the damn bat Jorge.
172. Wow, Jorge looked baaad in that at-bat.
173. I have a feeling about this one, the Yankees are coming back.
174. At least I can get some laundry done. Maybe Costanza's cotton uniforms would help them today, keep em loose.
175. Robbie, easy there!
176. heh, 'as so often happens' eh?
177. You guys think that Modell's sign behind the plate might be subconsciously making Torre & Mel put Mo in every night? "Gotta go to Mo."
178. Going through us like butter. This game may be over.
179. yankees23.
lol. He'll be better next year with Ryan or Wagner setting up. All I want for Christmas is Billy Wagner.
180. I love the Amino Vital ads behind home plate. It's almost shamefully ironic.
181. You guys think this will get Small his spot back, Wright to the pen?
182. 0-2 count. Take a picture and send it to Wright.
183. Lets get some RUNS!
184. Come on, work the count. Make him throw a lot of pitches.
185. Jeter and Giambi first pitch swinging. Is ARod the only guy who came to play today?
186. Looked like Hillenbrand could've made a play on that, no? glad he didn't though...
187. It's gonna come down to the last day of the year people.
188. Maybe Jeter was afraid he'd get plunked again if he waited for any more pitches. ;-)
189. He catches that one
190. This offense should be able to pile up runs on command.
191. The problem isn't who came to play. The problem is Downs came to play and breaking crap has them completely off balance which would be able to be overcome by sitting on stuff but he's able to throw enough strikes when he needs them to take that option away.
192. Yeah but Marc, the guy was on 50 pitches through two, and then the Yanks started swinging at the first pitch. If they'd work some counts, which ARod is doing, he'd be out of the game by now.
193. This is the guy who starts over Small?
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=124605
194. Remember when they scored all those runs to come back vs KC? No reason it can't happen again.
195. Remember when they scored all those runs to come back vs KC? No reason it can't happen again.
196. Game.
Set.
Match.
It's only 4 runs, but the way they are swinging, you would think it was 14.
197. Sierra???
198. What is he doing? Sierra! Has Joe lost it, it's the 6th inning, and 2 out!
199. For those watching the game how tough was the play that Cano couldn't handle on the potential DP ball. Sterling makes it sound like it exploded at the end and was probably a hit thoug it could be handled with a great pick.
200. Sorry Bubba, no good deed goes unpunished in Joe's world.
201. Then again, maybe Sierra wasn't such a bad idea...
202. Was Bernie running hard on that dropped ball? Could he have been on second?
203. Bubba could have done that. Now a weakened defense that may hurt us late in the game. Great.
204. Here is a golden opportunity for Jeter.
205. Ruben's a good PH.
206. Hey, Sierra got Downs' out of the game and that could be a big deal
207. who'd going to play right?
208. We need Jeter to find a way on here. A-Rod with the sacks juiced or A-Rod with multiple runners on base is just what the doctor ordered in this game.
209. The Cano error: It was hit hard, but I think he should have caught it. He should have gotten behind it and blocked with his body at least.
210. I'll take that
211. Jeter hits a single that's more like a bunt.
212. There we go, 1 run at a time boys.
213. I'll take it.
214. That's why you always hustle. Kids out there: Watch Jeter play the game.
215. same as a brutal line drive single tho I'm sure the swinging bun't not what he had in mind
216. Single to pitcher, single to catcher....how about these Bronx Bombers.
217. Dammit!!! Almost. He got the pitch to drive and just missed it.
218. shit
219. Games like this are what seperate us from the Red Sox, they come back, we don't.
220. Now people will say Shrek is the MVP because A-Rod's homer came in a "non-clutch" situation and he choked when it counted.
Credit nomaas for the nickname.
221. 3 runs in 3 innings is very doable.
222. One more run next inning to make it 7-5 and we're set up for the big finish. Keep it here Small.
223. thanks randym for the Cano play info. Looks like that's going to be the big play of the game unless we can pull this off. It's still very doable
224. Hey Stormer, actually what separates us from the Sox is a one game lead in the east. So chin up, huh?
225. Small, you magnificant bastard.
226. Schteeve.
My chin is up. Lack of 2 out hits is just ripping my insides out.
227. Wright should be the odd man out for sure after Small's work today right?
228. Small is looking better than ever. Can we just say he started today, and put Wright in the pen now? After pitching 6+ innings, Small is not going to be useful in the pen for awhile. Wright, OTOH, should be pretty fresh. :-P
229. torre needs his head examined if he starts wright instead of small again. it might've cost us the game today. get some runs!
230. The Matsui error was as big as the Cano play. Matsui had a better chance at that ball than Cano. A slightly tailing fly ball to left versus a scorching one hopper into the chest of the second baseman.
Both should have been made, but thems the breaks. We gotta club our way out of it today.
231. I said that about Wright/Small about a week ago when the topic began to emerge. Small is one tough cookie and a helluva starter. Wright struggles to get it going and never goes deep into the game. Sounds like he needs some time in the pen.
232. God Bless America, now let's get some runs. Do they trot out Ronan Tynan in non nationally televised games?
233. Hmm, no respect for Giambi huh. Didn't even bring in a lefty to face him.
234. Now get him around for Christ's Sake! No more LOB-itis!
235. these Giambi walks are huge when you're behind
236. Yeah, God bless Giambi's OBP.
237. walk, walk, walk, walk
238. how's this for a t-shirt slogan:
front
The 2005 Yankees
back
Where having Small Wang is a good thing.
239. Sheff needs to pretend it's last year
240. The change in pitchers may be all the Yankees need.
Matsui does made boneheaded mistakes every once in awhile. Luckily, they're usually few and far between.
241. 1 Unproductive out, do I hear 2?
242. Another chance for Hideki. A run scoring double would be nice here. HR is too much to ask for.
243. hopefuly this will be one of many lefties Matsui can make mincemeat out of.
244. Is sheff dinged up other than the thigh?
245. so i guess the debate should have never been about keeping wang or small in the raotation; rather small vs. jaret wright. :) i love aaron small - how long before they start selling his jersey t-shirts outside the stadium?
246. I feel something....It may not be Matsui, although I think he'll have a good AB...I think it's Jorge.
247. Mike, me too.
248. Not a double, but I'll take it.
249. close mikeplugh
250. Now get him home! I don't care how.
251. Eat shit Jorge. My feeling was lack of sleep.
252. Eat shit Jorge. My feeling was lack of sleep.
253. You guys are the kiss of death, I tell ya.
254. what a way to kill a game
255. Only Posada can go from looking so darn good to a total waste in less than a day
256. I'm getting cranky at 4:30am. I have zero patience right now.
257. Ahh, LOB-itis, in full effect.
258. Would someone tell me why the man decided to swing at the first pitch?
I HATE when batters decide to take a little pressure of the pitcher by swinging at the first pitch. God forbid the pitcher should go deep into a count and actually feel the pressure of the situation.
That was horseshit.
259. I really want to go to bed, but I can't give up at this point in the year. In May I would have been sleeping and dreaming of J-Lo in a thong delivering me pizza. Now I'm up watching Posada cough up the best chance we've had in innings.
260. Sturtze and Embree (shudder) are warming.
261. I have such a love-hate relationship with Posada. Guess what side is winning right now? Ugh.
262. Embree's up, cash it in.
263. "The Yankees have Alan Embree warmning up in the bullpen." Is there a worse sentence that's ever been spoken?
264. Torre needs to give up his obsession with Embree and Sierra
265. I don't understand why Posada did that, either. He'd been so patient at the plate in the last few games. Walked a lot. Then that.
266. 258 nailed it. I HATE when guys swing at the first pitch and make an out. If they get a hit, it was nice, aggressive hitting however:) But that sucked. GRIND IT JORGE!
267. Aaron Small should get the start that Wright is slated for in B-more. If they don't make that move I'll fly back to the States and punch Joe myself.
268. Are Kay and Kaat advocating Wright getting another start, or are they just giving Torre's "logic" for giving him this start?
269. Small another great performance
270. Oh, come on. Small only threw 80 pitches, and he was a starter until, like, today.
271. Why in the hell is Small coming out here?
272. Yanks are about to mount their comeback.
273. Wright has had only 2 good starts this year.
Small gets a big hand, I like it. At least the fans' appreciate it, God knows the offense didn't, threw it right back in his face!
274. I wouldn't go overboard on Small. He was great today but I recall him being lousy in some of his his last few games even if he got the wins
275. weeping,
Because it is the 8th inning. Joe has to make a change, it's the 8th inning. He can't help himself.
276. Joe's playing this like the 7th game of the WS because we're pretty much down to that the way Cleveland keeps winning leaving us no leeway for losses.
277. f-in A! If any yankee hurler started with that line (6.2IP,0ER,4H,0BB,3K) we would be kissing is ass! let's pucker up, boys and girls, cos this guys is our f'in savior right now!
278. can Sierra do it again? If he's ever going to be hot this season now is the time
279. Come on Ruben "GMC" Sierra.
280. Everyone will get some "Sierra Mist" at the stadium. Let's to Ruben....
281. I mean, Let's GO Ruben...Yank one will ya!
282. God Sierra sucks!!
283. F'en Ruben. But he did get me in the mood for Grilled Ruben.
284. ARod you're a Papi too....make some Big happen here.
285. I think it's just really tough hitting conditions.
Jeter walks. C'mon, A-rod! Yankees score best with two outs.
286. A salami would be too unbelievable.
287. 3 - 0.....
288. Keep the line moving.
289. never mind. I thought I saw someone on third
290. I wanted that at-bat to continue. I trust ARod more than Giambi right now. Come Giambi...hit it to section B12
291. A-Rod walks.
Batista's coming in.
292. Giambi has his chance here. Lets do it! At least I know he'll have a good at bat.
293. Too much to ask? RBI single? Bases clearing double? Go ahead Grand Slam?
At this point, what I hope for here is a bases chucked walk with Matsui die next.
294. I meant Matsui due next. Hope that's not a jinxer.
295. No More LOB-itis! Giambino is going to come through!
296. C'mon, Jason! I'll settle for a walk, with Sheff coming up next.
297. two outs, bases loaded, Yankees have handled Batista. Sort of a big situation
298. take a walk unless it's down the pipe
299. Dick.
300. He had two pitches he should've handled.
301. that's a downer
302. 3 more LOB. They deserve to lose.
303. Man, not our day. Well, kiss goodbye to 1st place
304. Well, they've certainly had their chances.
305. I stayed up for this shit game....we'd better win it in dramatic or I'm going to poke someone;s eyes out with chopsticks today.
306. It's his back. Tino should be in there.
307. Those two errors are killing me and most importantly the Yanks right now....
308. We don't say goodbye to 1st. We're tied for 1st. HUGE difference.
309. Thats because they play like shit when they are behind Mike Kay, it's that simple.
310. I don't know if it was the shadows or what, but Giambi just didn't seem to be seeing the ball well. Usually he's very good at it. This time...oy. He was swinging at balls he shouldn't have, and not swinging at ones he should have swung at.
311. We've given this game away. All the lob's, the 4 unearned runs.
And of course Boston, Chicagom, and Cleveland will all win tonight.
312. Kay sucks elephant balls. Kaat is the best.
313. Boston hasn't won yet, but they are playing the Orioles after all.
314. Mendoza and DePaula throwing? Are you kidding?
315. This is the worst Yankee team, playing from behind, that I have seen in at least 15 years.
316. Better De Paula than Embree or Proctor.
317. I hardly think of it as the worse in the last 15 years.
Last licks coming...let's hope we lick'em good. Posada is the tying run.....Come on Jorge juice one.
BTW, Sheff and Matsui will both get on.
318. Sturtze got out of it, so no Embree. Unless they tie the game and we go to more innings than Mo can pitch.
319. the 2003 team sucked at coming back
320. Wow, susan mentions it's possible that Yanks, Boston, Cleveland and Chisox could all finish with the same record I think. And then I guesss the two losers would play for the wildcard. Is that possible?
321. Now Matsui and Jorge have to get on for Robbie.
322. I think Sheff's already given up. He didn't look like he was serious there.
323. OK....now we are going down w/o a fight.
This sux!!!
324. talk about ending with a whimper.
325. 3 up, 3 down...Liza that f'en c is singing.
326. So much for sleep. Go O's. What a waste.
327. Well, that sucked. Yanks should have won this one, dammit. Those errors were the difference.
328. What a pittiful display.
Errors, sloppy at bats, with 8 to go. If you lose you lose, but when you give it away, that may cost you big time. Come on O's! If Boston wins today, I don't like our chances the rest of the way, not if that sloppy play continues. We had to win these home games.
329. The Yanks had one bad game...we'll get tomorrow. This team isn't going to give it away. The O's win big tonight.
330. I hope Cleveland has that one bad game. Boston's already has had a lot of bad games to open the door for us.
331. i am the biggest oriole fan ever to exist today.
332. Bases juiced, no outs for Manny in the first.
Looking more and more like we'll need to win 2 of 3 next weekend.
333. Knowing "Manager of the Year" Joe Torre's habits, they'll probably need to sweep.
334. I'm not sure I can stand listening to these miserable O's get spanked
335. That is how you play baseball. You get runners into scoring position, and you get them home. If the Red Sox get good pitching, they can't lose. It isn't their hitting that is letting them down, as ours is. How many LOB for the Yanks today?
336. 15 LOB.
Team LOB 11.
That aint going to do it.
337. Maybe Clement is starting to suck
338. Except Wakefield, none of Boston's pitchers is looking particularly good these days. Well, maybe the young guns, Hansen and Papelbon.
339. Heh, Jon Heyman had a column this week promoting Torre for Manager of the Year. It made me LOL.
340. If the Yankees had drafted Hansen, they probably wouldn't have promoted him yet. In fact, if they had drafted Street instead of Poterson, they probably wouldn't have promoted him yet either.
341. Damn Indians
342. Well, Clement showed up today, and they ar well on their way to a win, so looks like we will be tied for 1st now, ith the Sox having all the momentum...that day off helped them
343. Rich, the test will be to see how fast we promote Street's successor as UT closer, whom we drafted this year.
344. Mora, two run bomb of Hansen. Tie game.
345. Fuck yeah!
346. Our future set up man is in — Ryan... Hold tight, Biods!
347. ... make that Boids.
348. CP3 O-lerud down looking with 2 on, side out...
349. Bases loaded, Rent. up, doesn't look good
350. 2 run sox lead, even more momentum for them
351. Mmmmm... not so fast on Ryan in pinstripes, there... 4-2 Sox, 2 on, 1 out, Ortiz up.
No help tonight. We're gonna have to do this ourselves. Which is OK. We will.
352. Blow Job Ryan sucks.
Yankee Fan in Chicago,
Cox.
353. miserable day so far. Looking like Boston win and Cleveland's ahead. We're about to be underdogs to make the post-season despite being red-hot before today. There's just no margin of error anywhere. Wait Timlin in. we have a chance.
354. Timlin walk. How can we end up losing to the Sox. I means it's Mo versus the crap closer du jour for Boston
355. How bout a blast Tejada
356. Boston's offense is more consistent than the Yankee offense.
357. Fucking tease. Ryan is a pussy.
358. Oh well, we just have to win out form here on in. I really don't like how it seems like every saturday we play before the Sox, not that it matters anymore. We just need to go back out tomorrow and immediatly reestablish our swagger.
Here's hoping either Toronto or Baltimore can win one against the Sox, but I doubt it
359. Now the worse mightmare of all. listening to KC game hoping they rally back for a win against Cleveland who's winning 3-1 in 5th. I'm better off waiting for Godot
360. Not much we can do, guys. Bad, bad game, but at least we won't see Wright starting again, and the rest of our starting pitchers have been pretty good lately. Plus Gordon and Mo get a bit more rest in the wake of a final road trip that's bound to stretch them to their limits.
I'm not hoping for help from the Indians or White Sox...it's the division or nothing.
361. Now Cleveland up 5-1. Kiss the WC goodbye.