Daily Archives: May 12, 2010

Stalled

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 5:45 pm | 484 Comments

The Bronx Bomber Score Truck caught a flat somewhere between Saturday and Detroit. Yanks look to Phil Hughes to keep rolling this evening. Expect the bats to wake up too.

With the Quickness

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 3:34 pm | 21 Comments

Welp, the Yanks got a good performance out of Javier Vazquez who gave up two runs on five hits and a couple of walks over seven innings. Only trouble, Rick Porcello was even better, throwing a good sinker, and shutting the Yanks out over seven. The Yanks had four hits for the game.

It was scoreless until the sixth, when the Tigers collected four singles (Jackson, Damon, Cabrera, Boesch) good enough for all the scoring they’d need.

The game moved briskly (two hours and fifteen minutes, wait, this was a Yankees game?) and the Yanks had a couple of chances early–Ramino Pena stranded runners to end the second and fourth; Alex Rodriguez was robbed of an RBI extra base hit in the third. But pitching was the thing, zip, zip.

At least Vazquez was good. One bad inning that’s all, and it was far from a disaster. Still, hard to pick-up a win when your team gets blanked. The Yanks have now dropped three-straight.

Game One, Final Score: Tigers 2, Yanks 0.

[Photo Credit: Leon Halip/Getty Images]

Jav-Full or Jav-Empty?

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 12:24 pm | 222 Comments

I’ll take Jav-full as Javier Vazquez looks to have a good outing today in the first of two against the Tigers.

Go git ’em, Hoss, and Let’s Go Yan-Kees!

Taster's Cherce

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 11:41 am | 3 Comments

It’s a soup is good food day.

[Photo Credit: Lisa’s Kitchen]

85 Years of Yogi

by Diane Firstman | May 12, 2010 10:41 am | 3 Comments

The Banter wishes Yogi Berra a very happy 85th birthday!

(Photo credit: www.Britannica.com)

Beat of the Day

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 10:30 am | No Comments

Times Two…

Oh Baby, That's What I Like

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 8:52 am | 7 Comments

The Big Bopper…

Alfredo Aceves is headed for the DL; prospect Juan Miranda is headed for the Motor City.

The first game is set to start shortly after 1:00 pm. Game Two is just after 7. Javy and then Hughes vs Porcello and Bonderman.

[Photo Credit: Kathy Willens/AP via River Ave. Blues]

Update: Looks like I linked too soon. Greg Golson is back up, not Miranda.

Waiting For Mo

by Alex Belth | May 12, 2010 7:14 am | 1 Comment

In the Times, Ben Shpigel writes about Mariano Rivera, who has not pitched in nine games:

Manager Joe Girardi saw no need to insert him into any of the three blowouts in Boston over the weekend, and the Yankees never led in their 5-4 loss Monday.

“I wouldn’t imagine we’d go much longer, but these weather conditions aren’t the most conducive to a guy that had a little irritation in his oblique,” Girardi said. “I don’t consider that to be a problem, but if he’s coming in just to get some work and it’s going to be 42 degrees, I’m not sure I want to do that.”