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Wasn't that Cashman's mantra last winter? : D

Speaking of classy, I like this about CC. (He says Felix Hernandez should get the Cy Young this year.)

[2] Surprisingly, I found the comments intelligent. I do not believe ERA+ accounts for division strength. KF probably has faced the toughest competition with the unbalanced schedule having him face LA and Texas. ZG has some better numbers but lesser competition in the AL Central. Agreed that at best, CC is 3rd.

The question is who has been better. Felix or Greinke?

No doubter for The Captain.

I kind of hope Joba does poorly tonight. Maybe then they'll rethink giving him a post-season start.

Wow, not a big crowd for Joba's make-or-break game, huh?

[5] I'm exactly the opposite. But it looks like you're getting your wish.

Three walks and three hits in an inning and a third

[5] hopefully the yanks need a 4th starter at some point - would be nice if joba could be good - his command is crappy again

"Nobody get hurt, will ya, hah?"

Joba hasn't gotten the message. He's hurting his chance at a postseason start.

I'd rather see him do his "thing" here than during a playoff game, that's all I'm saying. And I'm nearly positive it's inevitable, but the Yankees don't seem to agree. So hopefully tonight gets those wheels turning.

Lucky.

I can live with the 3 hits, but 3 walks is UNACCEPTABLE.
Really... what happened to Joba? His control was never this bad. Is he afraid to throw strikes?

I just tuned in... Leadoff three walks? Ridiculous.

[13] flash said his mechanics were off - i'm not an expert at this, but it seems kind of like he is flopping off the mound

Here's a question. It looks to me like Jackson is scheduled to pitch on the 3rd, Verlander on the 4th. So if (the Tigers win the Division and) we pick the A series, which starts on the 7th, would the Tigers go with Jackson and then Verlander, each on short rest?

The Yankees should pitch Chamberlain, Gaudin and Swisher, all on short rest if possible. Just to show who's boss.

Girardi was right. Joba can go 7 tonight. He'll just have to throw 180 pitches. Cripes. : / Nice to see Pavano shit the bed in the 2nd for the Twinkies. 4-2 Tiggers.

[5] i hope he's never good so that they never rely on him

[18] Also, Wakefield sucks.
He wasn't going to get a post-season start, and of course you do expect some horrendous appearances from Wakey, so it's not a big deal. Not like yesterday, the Laptop Homer Festival.
RSN is officially not worried, because these aren't real games. But I sense some unease.

[20] Grazi. I was just going to look up which Sox pitcher was getting spanked tonight. Poor nation. : ( Ha.

[21] Well, it was Wakefield. Now it's Fernando Cabrera. (I have no idea. Never heard of him.)
Oh, no, now it's Dustin Richardson. I wonder if he's gritty and small.

Gosh, it's great that they're stretching Joba out with all these extra pitches. /irony

Well, Joba's out, and I'm afraid that was pretty good evidence.
And that's it for me -- nothing interesting left in the game.

[16] espn has jackson on the 2nd with porcello on the 3rd (verlander the 4th)

so jackson could go game 1 on regular rest
if the game on the 4th is meaningless they would probably either skip verlander or give him an abbreviated start; if he has to pitch for real i would guess they go with him on short rest, but if they go procello game 2 and verlander in a big game 3 that might not be the worst thing for the tigers (they ca,'t get him for game 5 but you gotta get to game 5:}

Well, that went well.

Well we know #4 starter is Gaudin now. (If I've got that spelled korrectely)

D f%#%ing Minus. 91 pitches, 7 hits and 3 runs vs. the Royals. Ugh. On the bright side, Joba has over 150 innings under his belt this year at the ML level. He didn't get hurt but he didn't show the progress most expected(hoped). Ah youth............A good postseason performance(s) sure would go a long way

[25] Oh, right. That's right, I just forgot to look at both games of the double-header.

Yeah, I think it's much worse for the Tigers to have Porcello twice and Verlander in Game Three than the other way around. I'm pretty sure they'd have Verlander start Game Two on short rest. And it's true that the game on the 4th could be meaningless -- if the Tigers win today it becomes not-too-unlikely that they clinch before then.

Jobamania...eeewwwwww....but was he "making good pitches?"

「0」 I LOVE Rodney!! "Is that your grandson? Hey, what a nice boy, what a good boy..now I know why tigers eat their young..Oh!"

[28] ever wrote that on one of your students' papers? :}

[29] yeah i agree, the most likely option is verlander on short rest - and furthermore, the twins are doing their best to make his next start irrelevant

Man, the Red Sox are getting whipped. It's Papi and the Pawsox. Still.

If you liked Leslie Nielson's umpiring in Naked Gun you'll like this. : D

http://tinyurl.com/y9hnvxf

[31] I've put an F, D. # symbol. % sign, and minus on papers, but never like that. lol.

Man, Pavano just gave up a 3 run double. 7-2 Tigers, two outs.

And Pavano coughs up the game.
I guess no more baseball for me tonight. Plenty of other things to do.

Later, team.

Wow... Manny TheCarMan in in the 6th... in a TEN-NOTHING game. Meaningless or not, the Sox should be ashamed to play this kind of baseball.

[34] haha, nice :}

[36] yeah, i second that -
hard to believe it is the last regular season home game

It never gets old. : O

Swish Dog with a lil BOO YAH

Would Betemit have hit 29 HRs?

「40」 One more time, ladies and gentlemen.."The New York Yankees announce that Wilson Betemit has been traded to the Chicago White Sox for Nick Swisher.."

J Gathright breaks up Halladay's no hitter.

If the coaching staff can convince Melky to not slide headfirst into 1st, I have faith they can convince Joba to throw more strikes.

「44」 Has Melky stopped doing that for good?

Evening, Team. Just popping in to say hi and oh, dear, consulting my box score, I'm amazed Joba only allowed 3, with a line like that.

Was he as bad as his line suggests?

What are we going to do with him?

「46」 4 walks in 3 innings..? That's a paddlin'..
Not throwing first-pitch strikes.? That's a paddlin'...
Doing this against the Royals..? Double paddlin'...

Joba was worse than his stat line suggests. No command at all. He got off lucky tonight.

The hell?

Triple my ass. E9!!

Got to love Swish out there...he's not Abreu but he's sometimes, um, an adventure

Buck tried to steal home?? WTF?? Damn you, vague GameDay despcriptions!

Last night Guzman came in to be a Pinch Stand There. Two nights in a row?

[52] Botched squeeze

Halladay CG shutout, 12-0, 4 HRs for Toronto, 3 hits for the Sox.

「54」 Squeeze with the speedster catcher on 3rd..? Not sure about that..

「55」 Great to see the Red Sox respecting the game..

Mo still throws a sinker to second.

Great to see the Sox losing their, what, sixth game in a row? Is that some new fangled post-season preparation plan? Get used to losing so they aren't afraid of losing? I hope we get to walk all over them...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm..................Let's go Pena!!

Eh.

「60」 Oh well..Royals can build on that I guess..wanna debate the Polanski situation?? :)