"A New York Treasure" --Village Voice

2010 Kansas City Royals

The Royals have had just one winning season (props, Tony Peña) since 1994, so it’s easy to write them off as a bad team. They are a bad team, and they’re not getting better, but they’re not remarkably bad the way they used to be. Sandwiched around that 83-win season in 2003 were four 100-loss campaigns. In the four years since then, the Royals winning percentage hasn’t dipped below .400 and if the standings stay the way they are, 2010 will be the third straight season in which they finish above last place in their division. Those are pathetically low standards, yes, but they’re also a reminder that, while the Royals are bad, they’re not awful.

Better yet, K.C. has played nearly .500 ball since Ned Yost replaced Trey Hillman as manager on May 14. That’s a little more than two months of break-even baseball, which is a big deal for this ballclub. The Royals went 9-4 under Yost over the remainder of May, then outscored their opponents in June (though they were still just 13-14 on the month).

Things have cooled off a bit in July. The Royals are again just a game under .500 for the month (7-8), but they’ve been outscored by 37 runs, a bigger run deficit in 15 games than they had in 23 games while going 9-14 under Hillman in April. Chalk that one up to three lop-sided losses (11-0 to the Angels, 15-5 to the White Sox, and 13-1 to the Blue Jays) all three coming in games started by Anthony Lerew, who will face Phil Hughes on Sunday.

Playing the Royals is an advantage in and of itself, but the Yankees luck out by facing them for four games yet avoiding defending Cy Young award winner Zack Greinke. Instead the Yankees will face, in order, Bruce Chen, Brian Bannister, Kyle Davies, and Lerew. That Yost has been able to keep this team around .500 with those guys making up 80 percent of the rotation is both startling and a sign that the Royals likely won’t keep it up, at least not without getting an effective Gil Meche back from the disabled list (he started a rehab assignment on Wednesday).

Indeed, only the Pirates and Orioles have a lower rotation ERA than the Royals’ 5.12. The same is true with Baseball Prospectus’s win-expectancy based SNLVAR, only the Bucs and O’s have had worse rotations by that measure. The Kansas City bullpen is closer to average thanks to lock-down closer Joakim Soria, ex-Ranger Robinson Tejada, and, get this, ex-Yankee Kyle Farnsworth and Kanekoa Texeira, the reliever acquired by the Yankees in the Nick Swisher trade then lost to the Mariners as a Rule 5 pick in December. Farnsworth has allowed just two home runs in 41 innings this year and is walking just 2.2 men per nine innings. Texeira, who was plucked off waivers in June, has walked just 1.6 men per nine as a Royal and boasts a 2.38 ERA in 22 2/3 innings for Kansas City.

I’m not about to go yearning for Farnsworth’s return, but it’s a bit galling to see those two helping the Royals’ bullpen to a performance not far  removed, and in fact slightly superior, to that of the Yankees’ pen. The Yankees have a slight edge in ERA, 4.22 to 4.26, but the Royals’ pen has contributed nearly 40 more innings, which increases their advantage over the Yankees in the cumulative win-expectancy-based WXRL.

As for the offense, it’s probably enough to point out that this lineup makes the 34-year-old Scott Podsednik look valuable, and that their worst hitter, 36-year-old catcher Jason Kendall, is not only replacing one All-Star catcher (John Buck) and another who was more deserving of that honor (Miguel Olivo), but is hitting second. First baseman Billy Butler, 24, is the featured hitter, but his power is still a bit lacking (.467 slugging). Center fielder David DeJesus, now 30, is having his finest season, but with only an option remaining on his contract, is a top candidate to be traded. DH Jose Guillen, a 34-year-old in his walk year, is also trade bait. Can’t miss prospect Alex Gordon is back in the minors, but raking at Triple-A. Then again, he’s 26 already, and after Butler, the youngest man in the major league lineup is 28. That’s not encouraging for a team that’s theoretically rebuilding.

Tonight CC Sabatha faces Bruce Chen, the well traveled Chinese-Panamanian lefty who was a top prospect last century and is now with his tenth major league club at the age of 33. Chen flirted with a perfect game on July 3, but otherwise has been decidedly average and prone to short, though not disastrous outings. Since joining the rotation on May 30, he has made nine starts, posted a 4.28 ERA and averaged about 5 1/3 innings per start. He last faced the Yankees in 2006 (two starts plus two relief appearances for the Orioles).

Sabathia looked a little rusty in his last start, though he was actually starting on normal rest having started the two games on either side of the Yankees’ four-day All-Star break. He still gave the Yanks seven solid innings in an eventual win. In his last nine starts, he has gone 8-0 with a 2.03 ERA and just two home runs allowed.

Marcus Thames starts at DH against the lefty Chen and bats seventh ahead of Curtis Granderson. Everyone else is in their usual place. Meanwhile, the suddenly very busy (and depressing) Yankee uniform has added another element, a black arm-band in memory of Ralph Houk, who passed away on Wednesday. I can’t remember the Yankees ever wearing three memorial objects on their uniform at once, though they’ve also never work a memorial patch before doing so for George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard this month (previously they had stuck to arm bands or retired numbers on the sleeve).

Kansas City Royals

2010 Record: 41-53 (.436)
2010 Pythagorean Record: 40-54 (.426)

2009 Record: 65-97 (.401)
2009 Pythagorean Record: 66-96 (.407)

Manager: Ned Yost
General Manager: Dayton Moore

Home Ballpark: Kauffman Stadium

Bill James Park Indexes (2007-2009):
LH Avg-108, LH HR-73
RH Avg-104, RH HR-87

Who’s Replacing Whom:

  • Jason Kendall is replacing Miguel Olivo and John Buck
  • Mike Aviles is taking over Mark Teahen’s playing time
  • Scott Podsednik is replacing Mike Jacobs
  • Chris Getz is replacing Alex Gordon (minors)
  • Wilson Betemit is replacing Coco Crisp
  • Bruce Chen and Anthony Lerew are filling in for Gil Meche and Luke Hochevar (both DL)
  • Kyle Davies is taking over Sidney Ponson’s starts
  • Brian Bannister is taking over Lenny DiNardo’s starts
  • Dusty Hughes is taking over Ron Mahay and Jon Bale’s playing innings
  • Blake Wood is replacing Jamey Wright
  • Victor Marte is taking over Roman Colon’s innings
  • Kanekoa Texeira is replacing Juan Cruz

25-man roster:

1B – Billy Butler (R)
2B – Mike Aviles (R)
SS – Yuniesky Betancourt (R)
3B – Alberto Castillo (S)
C – Jason Kendall (R)
RF – Mitch Maier (L)
CF – David DeJesus (L)
LF – Scott Podsednik (L)
DH – Jose Guillen (R)

Bench:

S – Wilson Betemit (IF)
R – Willie Bloomquist (UT)
L – Chris Getz (IF)
S – Brayan Peña (C)

Rotation:

R – Zack Greinke
L – Bruce Chen
R – Brian Bannister
R – Kyle Davies
R – Anthony Lerew

Bullpen:

R – Joakim Soria
R – Kyle Farnsworth
R – Robinson Tejada
L – Dusty Hughes
R – Blake Wood
R – Victor Marte
R – Kanekoa Texeira

15-day DL:

RHP – Luke Hochevar (right elbow strain)
3B/OF – Josh Fields (right hip labrum surgery)

60-day DL:

RHP – Gil Meche (shoulder bursitis)
OF – Rick Ankiel (right quad strain)

Typical Lineup:

L – Scott Podsednik (LF)
R – Jason Kendall (C)
L – David DeJesus (CF)
R – Billy Butler (1B)
R – Jose Guillen (R)
S – Alberto Callaspo (3B)
L – Mitch Maier (RF)
R – Mike Aviles (2B)
R – Yuniesky Betancourt (SS)

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1 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:11 pm

Wow, so Bruce Chen must have a sick GB/FB ratio (his Chinese half) and a preternatural cutter, huh?
No?

You can't predict baseball (using genetics).

2 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:27 pm

[1] The Boone family sure gave it the ol' college try though...

3 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:43 pm

Great, so we'll probably end up splitting the series with Kyle getting one of the wins.

Now if only this storm would pass so I can get the satellite link again. Better happen before first pitch.

4 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:48 pm

I remember watching baseball in grad school with a buddy who was much more statistically inclined than I was at the time. Every season he would swear that Bruce Chen was going to break out.

You know, you just can't predict baseball (hat tip to [1]).

5 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:49 pm

In happier news, I get the ol' Pinstripers on teevee tonight (thank you, blue jays day game).

6 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:53 pm

Heh, according to the boys over at RAB, Callaspo was traded to the Angels today.

That means our old buddy, Wilson Betemit is starting at 3rd!!!

7 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:56 pm

[2] I know. Debbie, Pat. How much talent can one family have???

8 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:56 pm

I can't root against the Yankees, but i will admit that the thought of mattpat losing his mind over Farnsworth and Betemit killing the Yankees this series is darkly amusing.

9 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:59 pm

[8] Hah! Twisted minds think alike!

I was going to call a homerun from Betemit off CHoP to deliever a win to Farnsworth ... but then I decided even *I'm* not that cruel ...

10 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 6:59 pm

[7] Don't forget about Daniel... he was really big in his day...

11 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:06 pm

In two weeks, the Yankees have lost three men representing 118 years of history.

12 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:11 pm

Siddown, Pod Person

13 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:16 pm

[11] The uniform is starting to look a little to NASCARish to me. No more, simple for no more deaths.

14 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:17 pm

From Lohud:
THE YOUNG GUYS: Juan Miranda and Colin Curtis each hit home runs in the seventh inning yesterday. According to Elias, it was the first time two Yankees rookie hit a home run in the same inning since Sammy Byrd and Lyn Lary in 1929.

And I'll just keep posting amazing news about Montero. It's all right, noneofya have to make any comments.

15 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:19 pm

[10] Believe it or not, Daniel really is related to Aaron et al.!

16 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:20 pm

14) boy, I'm sure glad the game is on TV for me to see...

17 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:20 pm

Huh.

But Cliff promised that the Royals still basically suck.

18 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:21 pm

16) why did i reference 14) ??

19 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:21 pm

What an inexcusable mistake by Guillen.

20 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:21 pm

This isn't going well.

Well maybe not so bad.

21 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:21 pm

[18] Typo? Spelchlekc?

22 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:22 pm

Well, that could have been worse, thank you Jose Guillen and incompetent Umpire!

23 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:22 pm

And Betemit right on cue.

24 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:23 pm

Wow... what luck. And Betemit was safe at 2nd.

25 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:23 pm

[13] All three men deserve their honor, but another death and they'll have to start assigning the pinstripes.

26 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:23 pm

By the by... a great throw by Gritner.

27 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:23 pm

21) actually, I think that I was going to respond in witty fashion to OYF's post when I was distracted by the game.

28 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:25 pm

Michael Kay is in form early.

29 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:25 pm

[26] His arm seems like it has gotten stronger, which is kind of odd.

30 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:25 pm

Nice hustle, Derek.

31 Raf   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:27 pm

[4] Perhaps it was a reference to his skin condition?

32 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:27 pm

Yikes...Bruce Chen has thrown more than 150 innings only once, and more than 100 in only three seasons.

33 Raf   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:29 pm

Does Chen's move to first seem as awkward as I think it is?

34 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:29 pm

33) it looks like he's shot putting or, at the risk of offending, girl-throwing to first base.

35 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:30 pm

Small sample size or not, Teix owns Chen.

36 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:31 pm

Good.
Teix, July, good.

37 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:31 pm

Luck > goodness

38 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:31 pm

[34] I was going to say it looks like he is throwing a knuckleball, but your analogies work too.

39 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:31 pm

Dang, missed the Teix double -- satellite going in & out

Yay-Rod! way to tie it up.

40 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:32 pm

[15] Aaron Boone being related to Pat Boone throws me off for some reason, but I don't know why.

41 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:36 pm

[40] Uh, he is?
I looked on Wikipedia. It mentions Aaron being a descendant of Daniel, but not a relative of the singing Boones.

42 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:36 pm

THE PINE TAR HR

43 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:38 pm

Hm. Is CC this far out of whack, or what's going on?

44 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:39 pm

CC is soooooo big. From the side, his uni looks a little like a clown suit.

45 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:41 pm

Great, is this going to be one of those Chip & Dale games?

"You take the lead"
"I couldn't possibly, you take the lead"
"Oh no, it should be your lead"
and on and on and on.

46 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:42 pm

[41] On the Daniel Boone Wikipedia page, it's mentioned that Pat and actors Richard and Randy Boone all claim kinship. Thus... that is, if you believe Wikipedia...

47 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:45 pm

[46] Ohhhhh.
That's a nice fact that is distracting me from the fat guy who doesn't know how to pitch standing on that hill.

48 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:49 pm

[47] my hilarious hebrew! : )

49 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:49 pm

what was that ridiculous accessory on the base runner's hand? Baseball really should crack down on the various body armor and such.

50 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:50 pm

[48] Ah, just what we needed to counterbalance the Boone-like atmosphere!

51 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:51 pm

[47] Not really. It's my opinion that Pat Boone is an asshole. But that's only my opinion.

52 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:53 pm

[50] i was in the studio this afternoon with my half-hebrew engineer. (wrong half)

53 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:56 pm

[51] It may be only your opinion, but it definitely isn't only your opinion.
[52] Wrong half? Oh, goyishe kop? ;-)
Speaking of the wrong half, that must be the Panamanian half of Chen saw this inning.

54 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:56 pm

I thought for sure Gardy had that beat.

55 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:58 pm

[53] well, if it's only the dad who's jewish, it doesn't really count. it's gotta be the ema!

56 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:58 pm

[53] "... of Chen we saw..."
Although he did rip through the bottom of our order like a Chen saw.

57 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 7:59 pm

[55] I know. But I don't really believe that. I mean, that's the law, but I buy it about as much as I buy the kashrut.

58 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:00 pm

So Guillen just doesn't run hard at all, does he?

59 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:02 pm

Oh, there he is.
Who was that fat guy pretending to be CC for the first two innings?

60 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:04 pm

[52],[53] I was thinking the same thing, but with different letters. Had a question all set up about circumcision, too... >;)

61 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:04 pm

I hope DeJesus is not hurt.

62 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:05 pm

Oww.

63 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:05 pm

Well, there's something you don't see every day.

64 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:05 pm

[61] I do too, but that didn't look good at all.

65 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:06 pm

Very nice hustle, Derek.

66 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:06 pm

[59] I have a good friend who makes a passable CC; you'll eventually see him in one of my videos...

67 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:07 pm

[60] Heh. We'll be happy to answer all of your questions.

Jews for DeJesus!

68 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:07 pm

Oh, man, I meant, "DeJews for DeJesus".

69 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:07 pm

Too bad for DeJesus

70 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:08 pm

65) do the Yankees lead the league in inside the park home runs?

71 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:09 pm

[70] Dunno.

72 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:10 pm

[67] Are you sure?

73 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:12 pm

Damn, Rob is really getting respect. Those to IBB yesterday really impressed my son.

[72] Well, come to think of it, no, I'm not at all sure.
But I'm pretty sure it would be interesting.

74 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:13 pm

Yankees need more production from the six hole, otherwise Cano will lead the league in walks.

75 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:14 pm

73) im really happy that the new and improved Cano doesn't swing at pitches during an IBB! ; )

76 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:15 pm

Not to pick on him, but the pitch the Granderson struckout on last AB should have been launched into orbit.

77 Cliff Corcoran   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:16 pm

Just to clarify, Chen is of Chinese decent, born and raised in Panama. He's Chinese-Panamanian like Alex Rodriguez is Dominican-American. He's not part Panamanian.

78 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:17 pm

Thames smoked that ball, but for naught.

79 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:19 pm

[77] He's not part Panamanian because he is all Panamania, no?

80 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:19 pm

77) that raises interesting questions about these national/ethnic monickers. Why is he not Panamanian but rather Chinese? Why does one heritage 'count' more than another?

81 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:19 pm

[73] Hmmm... well, maybe South Park has answered that question already...

82 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm

Well, Cliff just means he is ethnically Chinese, because I made the stupid joke about 'genetics'.

83 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm

Ugly, Swish, ugly.

84 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:20 pm

I wonder how much action Po will see next year. I imagine Jesus will be up and we could still use Brains.

Ouch for Swisher

85 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:21 pm

[81] Did you know that South and Chan-Ho are distantly related? True. Both descended from MacArthur.

86 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:21 pm

[83] Actually, on the second replay, it looked like he may noy have misplayed it after all.

87 Cliff Corcoran   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:21 pm

[79] Chinese ethnicity, Panamanian nationality. So, yeah, he's all both, I guess. Like how, say, Al Pacino is Italian and also American, and Italian-American, but not part Italian or part American.

88 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:22 pm

Ridiculous play by Cano.

89 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:22 pm

82) but even that raises interesting questions. If he was born and raised in Panama, he is quite likely to be ethnically Panamanian, not Chinese. Unles we are trying to say he is genet ally or rqcialy Chinese, whatever that means.

90 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:24 pm

[80],[81] Wowzers, look how the planets just lined up... >;)

91 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:25 pm

87) i'm just yanking your chain and being sort of dicky. In fact, i find the various discussion sof this or that players race or ethnicity or citizenship, etc, pretty tiresome all the way around. Then again, i'm the guy who hates the world baseball classic and the olympics because of the way it grafts competition onto these constructed identities.

It's one of my hang ups, is what im trying to say.

OK, back to the game...

92 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:25 pm

[87] Right, but what then makes an ethnic Panamanian or even American? You can really keep going back in terms of ethnicity, so I prefer to look at Pacino as an American and Chen as a Panamanian, but that's a debate for another place.

93 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:27 pm

Would Girardi consider leaving the Yankees for the Cubs? Is that wishful thinking on my part?

94 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:28 pm

[85] I'll bet if South and Central had a baby, it would piss Pat Boone off immensely...

95 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:29 pm

I really wish the YES would reassign Michael Kay.

96 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:30 pm

The NYC sky is becoming a real home field advantage.

97 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:30 pm

93) why would anyone want to leave a successful organizatioto go to the Cubs? Plus, he would have the specter of Ryne Sandberg hanging over him. I know you're being facetious. But more seriously, that is not gonna be a fun job for anyone to take, I have a feeling.

98 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:31 pm

[94] Also Bert Parks would be none too happy.

99 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:31 pm

96) i t bought Gardy had a shot at another inside the parker on that popup!

100 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:32 pm

99) I thought....

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101 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:32 pm

[97] It was a rumor. Girardi was a Cubs fan growing up, so it might have appeal. He was asked about it earlier, and he said something along the lines of I am only worried about the Royals right now, which seemed a little coy.

102 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:32 pm

[97] Home town, is the only reason.

103 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:32 pm

[91] "Constucted Identities"? Ok Benedict Anderson, there's some value there, but keep your Canuck (living) hands off my WBC! :)

[97] Joe G is a Chicago boy, he wins the WS there and becomes bigger than Ditka..

104 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:33 pm

101) interesting. Still, I wouldn't wish that job on anyone, or at least anyone I liked.

105 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:34 pm

I would hit and run here.

106 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:37 pm

I guess Teix can't get a hit *every* time against Chen.

107 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:37 pm

[93] Keeping the Jesus ball up in the air for another minute, Fredi Jesus Gonzales is a serious candidate for the job. So does this make him a masochist or are the Cubs just... aw, what's the use...

108 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:38 pm

That was a wasted opportunity. Gardner seems to be struggling now. I don't know if its a good thing, but this lineup has really never been hot together, and conversely has never gone completely cold.

109 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:39 pm

The wild card looks ticketed for Texas, which I think is incentive to win the AL East.

110 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:41 pm

I can't believe 20+% think Arod's 500th HR was the most memorable Yankees-royals memory. Short memories or younger audience, I guess.

111 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:42 pm

[110] Was that the YES poll? Damn..I feel old..how could you choose anything but the pine-tar game?

112 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:43 pm

Except for the PED bit, I'm a sucker for the Ankiel story.

113 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:44 pm

[107] Well the Cubs are in need of a savior, and it would be a miracle if they won the WS.

114 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:45 pm

In 1988, Eck said the following:

''This was a tough one," said Eckersley. "I haven't given up a bomb like that in a long time. This really shook me. A walk-off piece is what this was."

115 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:46 pm

The Yankees have not had a good start since the All Star break.

116 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:47 pm

I can't believe im saying this, but girardi should get someone warming in the pen.

117 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:48 pm

Run and Gun Gritner!!!

118 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:48 pm

Gardner's throwing has really been amazing all season.

119 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:48 pm

Phantom tag.

120 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:48 pm

Throw beat him, nut it looked like his foot was in there.

121 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:48 pm

Posada didnt even tag him!

122 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:49 pm

Man, the Royals suck in so many ways.

123 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:49 pm

That was an atrocious call, even for the old throw-beat-the-runner play.

124 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:51 pm

121) if there is one thing that you can predict in baseball, it's that Posada will do something you have never seen before.

So, does Po get credit for selling that?

125 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:51 pm

The Yankees need to aggressively get Romine/Montero ready to catch next season.

126 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:51 pm

WTF is it with Posada?????

127 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:52 pm

I think Posada actually fooled himself by tagging is own knee.

128 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:53 pm

[127] The worst part is he had the plate blocked, but then opened up his legs to allow Butler to slide through.

129 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:54 pm

That was a bad send...Cano would have been dead on a decent throw.

130 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:54 pm

Po comes through.

131 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:54 pm

Yay! Po doing it with the bat and the glove tonight!

132 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:55 pm

Can Posada score from 3rd on a single???

133 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:56 pm

Kay really got excited on that 340' fly out.

134 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:57 pm

132) :)

135 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:59 pm

[132] Maybe, but he's already married (and to a hottie at that)...

136 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 8:59 pm

[132] It's been a quirky season..perhaps he can hit for the cycle at some point?

137 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:00 pm

You can debate whether the Yankees would be better off with Lee, but the Mariners made a mistake opting for Smoak over Montero.

138 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:01 pm

136) If Bengie Molina can do it...

139 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:02 pm

[133] (insert obscure Jim Browski joke here)

140 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:05 pm

A Jeter inside-the-parker, a CC balk, a Posada phantom tag.

141 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:05 pm

137) yeah, that is a head scratcher. Apparently they wanted a major league ready player, but the way Smoak is hitting, it's not like he is really MLB ready. Heck, they could have just put Montero at 1B and still need up with the better player, I think.

142 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

What the hell was that Jorge?

143 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

Well, this about sums things up


126. OldYanksFan
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 pm

WTF is it with Posada?????

144 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

That is the dumbest play I've ever seen.

145 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

Sigh.

As i said in 124)...

146 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

[139] HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Think Michael Kay would get that reference, "in full effect, Yo!"

147 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

It's the Howdy Jorge Show!

148 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:06 pm

Hot damn.
CC must have three or four Ks in his pocket for when he really needs one.

149 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:07 pm

Well that sucked. Sigh. Like that balk call wasn't bad enough.

MLBN tells me Callapso got traded to the A's for Sean O'Sullivan. Watch the darn Royals start him this weekend. He doesn't still count as an URP, does he?

150 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:08 pm

I am still stunned by the stupidity of that play.

151 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:08 pm

Fortunately, this is the Royals we are talking about.

152 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:08 pm

IBB Kendall? Are you serious?

153 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:09 pm

IBB? really?

154 JeremyM   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:09 pm

Jorge has to be the dumbest MLB player of all time. Love the guy, but he is unbelievable.

155 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:10 pm

[154] Except when he has a bat in his hand.

156 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:10 pm

Ummm, why walk Jason "I have no 3Bs, no HR, and my OBP is 15 points higher than my SLG" Kendall to face Ankiel? I mean, I know Ankiel is more likely to make an out, buy why throw an out away by putting Kendall on base?

157 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:10 pm

[150] It's the new standard. I.e. "Cano made a stupid throw, but it wasn't Jorge stupid."

158 JeremyM   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:11 pm

[155] Oh, I know. I was trying to explain to my wife that the bat outweighs everything else, but she doesn't get it.

159 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:11 pm

150) the ONLY way it makes any kind of sense is if the runner at third broke really hard to home and Jorge was worried that if he threw to first he would score AND by looking him back to third, he could not get the runner at first.

maybe.

But i'm pretty sure that was not what Jorge was thinking. Because I am pretty sure he was not thinking.

160 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:11 pm

Is it out of the realm of possibility to promote Montero or Romine now and simply make Posada the fulltime DH?

161 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:11 pm

[156] Ankiel is a lefty. Aren't you paying attention? Don't you know anything???

162 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:11 pm

[154] I still think Bill Lee has a firm half-grip on that mantle...

163 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:13 pm

[159] Or, it could be that Posada didn't think he had to throw out the runner. Maybe he got confused and thought there was a runner on first.

164 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:13 pm

[160] RAB made a nice point: the history of 20 year olds in MLB is not a stellar history. (Our 3Bman a spectacular exception to the rule.)

165 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:13 pm

160) yes, it is out of the realm.

161) right, right.

166 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:13 pm

Walking Kendall to face Ankiel is kind of like walking Tony Womack to face the pitcher.

167 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:14 pm

[161] Sheesh, if he wants to play match-ups, he might as well bring in Boone Logan . . . ;)

[154] I don't know, you figure someone has to be dumber.

168 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:15 pm

I wonder if CC has ever given up 11 hits in 6 IP before.

169 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:15 pm

[164] A certain Junior who recently retired acquitted himself pretty nicely before age 20 as well...

170 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:15 pm

[164] Romine is 21, but point taken on Montero.

171 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:15 pm

More runs, please!

172 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:16 pm

[164] The way Montero has been hitting lately, I think he would do just fine.

Romine - no way. No reason to rush that kid. He's hitting better this year than he ever has before; bringing him all the way up would, I think, mess up his development.

173 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:16 pm

I like the idea, Gardy. Oh well.

He needs to get back to his old strategy of hitting it right at the infielders. That seemed to work exceptionally well earlier in the season.

174 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:17 pm

Thats not a strike.

175 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:17 pm

172) but can he catch? I thought his catching was still a work in progress. If anything, they could call him up to DH...but that would stunt the kids work behind the plate.

176 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:17 pm

Insulated Can Holder night? What's next....

177 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:18 pm

[166] Kind of like?

178 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:18 pm

That was a sub-optimal inning.

179 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:19 pm

[169] And Tony Conigliaro.
Still, check it out.

180 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:19 pm

[167] Melky?

181 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:20 pm

Does CC come out for the seventh?

182 Shaun P.   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:20 pm

[172] Sure he can catch. Let him learn on the job some.

Though, I would NOT want to see him catch against, say, Tampa Bay. Let him get his spurs against the teams that never run: Boston (as long as Ellsbury is still hurt), Toronto, Baltimore, Detroit.

183 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:21 pm

[176] They stopped calling them koozies, eh?

184 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:21 pm

181) yep.

182) though presumably those are the teams against whom Posada should start.

185 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:22 pm

[181] He does.
So, even though only three of the runs were earned, it's not a Quality Start, right? (As if this made any difference in any way.)

186 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:23 pm

[179] #30 is Danny Ainge?

187 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:24 pm

Hey, check this out. I went to yesterday's game, and afterward we hung out for a while, and Joe Girardi went out on the field and threw pitches to two boys, maybe 8 and 6 years old. He has one son. Anybody know the story?

188 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:28 pm

[179] Meh, some do, most don't. At least Danny Ainge got the right idea before it was too late (wrong team, but right idea)...

189 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:28 pm

[186] Wow, I didn't catch that. Cool.

190 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:28 pm

Ruh roh.

191 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:31 pm

[190] What is it, Scoob? Ghosts?

192 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:31 pm

I hate this bullpen.

193 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:31 pm

Was the Posada play as bad as it sounded on the radio?

194 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:32 pm

15 friggin' baserunners for the very very exceedingly large man.

195 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:32 pm

[193] Worse.

196 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:32 pm

Got away with one there.

197 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:33 pm

192) I do like, however, that Girardi seems willing to go to Robertson in tough spots...as frustrating as Robertson is, he's probably the best not closer in the BP right now.

198 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:34 pm

Tex should have let it drop...I dont think there was an IF called.

199 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:35 pm

[197] Robertson is the best non-Mo option, but that's really damning with faint praise.

200 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:35 pm

That was another huge mistake./

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201 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:36 pm

This is the worst game a catcher has ever had.

202 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:36 pm

Well, at least he didn't throw the ball to third...

203 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:36 pm

Wow ... it really is the Cletus show tonite.

204 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:36 pm

Jeebus Frakking Crystal, what the fuck is up with Jorge?

205 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:37 pm

126. OldYanksFan
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 pm
WTF is it with Posada?????

206 JeremyM   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:37 pm

[201] Beating his own record! :)

207 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:38 pm

201) I doubt that, given that he drove in a run and his poor plays, while aesthetically unpleasing, have mostly done no damage.

208 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:39 pm

Should I bother asking or checking to see what the score is?

209 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:40 pm

OK, do we have more to fear from a Joba 8th inning or Jorge behind the plate tonight?

210 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:40 pm

Some folks'd never throw down to 3rd on a strikeout in the dirt,
then, again, some folks'll,
like Cletus, the slack jawed yokel ...

211 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:41 pm

[204] 5-4 Yankees, despite Jorge's best effort to literally through the game away.

212 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:41 pm

[209] The former, for sure.

213 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:41 pm

[207] I didn't mean that literally...more along the lines that this has to be one of the poorest exhibitions of catching in the major leagues.

214 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:41 pm

[211] Oh, hey, you pulled a Monkeypants! Awesome.

215 JeremyM   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm

[210] Awesome!

599!!!!

216 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm

599!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

217 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm

And obviously [211] > [204] is [208]

I think I'm coming down with Posadaitist.

Yay, 599 A-Rod!

218 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm

BOOM!

219 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:42 pm

That's the Arod oppo swing for which we've been waiting.

220 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:43 pm

23) I know, i'm just having some fun. For more fun...

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/catcher_errors_records.shtml

Remember, misery loves company!

221 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:43 pm

599!!!

222 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:44 pm

Imagine, Teix at his July pace, A-Rod finding the groove, and Rob at his 2010 pace.
And Swisher setting them up.

223 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:44 pm

214) be nice.

220) --> 213)

224 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:47 pm

[220] Hey, it's Rick Cerone ( AL consecutive games w/o error). I didn't remember him as being particular slick.

225 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:48 pm

This all might actually be the reemergence of that Jorge Posado guy that Bob Sheppard was telling us about some time ago... or maybe Posado kidnapped Posada and has him tied up in a clubhouse closet while he takes his place...

226 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:48 pm

The eighth inning...

227 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:48 pm

[225] or Jorge Posad'oh! as the case may be...

228 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:49 pm

Even Joba's outs are discouraging.

229 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:49 pm

Swisher is channeling his inner Abreu tonight. This is one ragged looking game all the way around.

230 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:50 pm

[228] More than the hits, even!

231 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:51 pm

[228] That deserves honorable mention for Comment of the Night...

232 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:52 pm

That giant thimble on Podsednik's hand is ridiculous.

233 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:52 pm

[224] but what a 'stache he had!

234 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:53 pm

[233] And didn't he hawk "10" jeans or something.

235 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:54 pm

Oy.

236 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:54 pm

Ok, Joba has been unlucky this inning, and I mean that without sarcasm or reference to Sergio Mitre.

237 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:55 pm

You have to go to Logan, or better, Mo here.

238 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:55 pm

No way we get Mo to face Butler, right? That's what I'd do. (Assuming Joba gets Ankiel.)

239 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:56 pm

jesus, we're being nickle and dimed to death

240 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:56 pm

[236] He has, but the Joba so many people think still exists would have thrown such a nasty 0-2 slider, the hitters couldnt even make weak contact.

241 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm

Joba's pitches to Ankiel have been scary.

242 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm

233) My father, who was Italian-American, or part Italian and part American depending on your point of view ; ), was sooooooo excited when Cerone first joined the Yankees. And he had a decent year in '81 as I recall. Anyway, my dad was convinced he was the next great Italian Yankee. Of courier, Joe DiMaggio he was not...

243 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm

mo's on record saying he can't go more than 1 inning in the regular season. the almighty "save" will prevent girardi from doing the right thing and stopping the bleeding when the win is in hand...

244 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:58 pm

[243] When did he say that?

245 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:58 pm

Is Girardi just trying to prove a point?

246 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:59 pm

Damn close.

247 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:59 pm

The Royals almost bailed the Yankees out there. What are the chances Joba can get Butler now.

Great...another blown call by these marvelous umps.

248 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 9:59 pm

Not the greatest throw, and nice play by Arod, but he sure looked out.

249 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:00 pm

It would have been nice if Posada could have made a better throw so as to remove any doubt.

250 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:00 pm

Seems like the Umps are battling Posada tooth and nail to see who can have the worst game tonite ...

251 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:00 pm

sweet 'n nasty all at the same time.

po...

252 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:00 pm

244) "In the beginning was the word..."

253 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:01 pm

Another hanger from Joba.

254 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:01 pm

Jorge got a non tag at home which would be a run, Alex doesn't get the tag at third which is only a potential run at this point. I'll take the trade-off.

255 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:01 pm

[244]

He said that he would pitch exclusively in one-inning stints this week, and that was likely to continue after the All-Star break.

NY Times July 6th.

256 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:01 pm

[244] i believe around the time he took himself out of the all-star game, saying he was banged up and needed rest...

257 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm

249) sure it would have been better. But Podsednik IS fast and Posada DID throw him out I'd the ump made the right call.

258 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm

[242] ..bet that was one hell of a message, eh?

[244] Maybe it's actually an "unwritten rule"...

259 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm

[255] [256] Thanks...I missed that.

260 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:02 pm

[255] toda raba!

i knew i read it, but couldn't remember where...

261 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:03 pm

Let me tell you, Joba is skating on very thin ice.

262 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:03 pm

Let there be Mo!

263 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:04 pm

Whoa...98 in the dirt...good stab, or more likely blind lucky stab by Posada.

264 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:04 pm

Joba is just not a good pitcher. He has zero command.

265 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:04 pm

very frustrating, this jobber character.

266 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:05 pm

Honestly, leaving Joba in here is like giving the game away.

267 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:05 pm

Wow, that was nerve-wracking. But now I feel confident!

268 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:05 pm

Damn, that was a long way around the mountain. Phew.

269 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:06 pm

It's time to send Joba to Scranton to completely rework himself. That was really an awful inning of pitching.

270 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:06 pm

glass carl has 12 wins. complete game, 5-hitter tonight. i believe he's the only pitcher this year to take every one of his turns and complete at least 6 innings.

asshole. and a horrible 'stache. nothing like rick cerone's!

271 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:06 pm

[261] It can't be all that thin if it hold Joba...

272 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:06 pm

whew...

273 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:06 pm

Something needs to change. We can't do this every eighth inning.

274 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:08 pm

The man's name is Dusty Hughes?

275 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:08 pm

Thames crushes lefties, he really does.

276 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:09 pm

Nice bunt, better play at first.

277 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:10 pm

[275] I never understood why some people included Thames in their "Cashman's bad off season" lists. I really like Marcus for what he is.

278 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:11 pm

Dusty Hughes is going to be replaced by Blake Wood? Are those real names?

279 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:12 pm

[274] it's a cool name!

double steal!!

280 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:12 pm

277) agreed. He has done everything expected of him. He shouldn't have started so much in the OF, but that was not his fault.

281 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:14 pm

279) is Thames still on base, or did girardi send in a PR?

282 Chyll Will   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:14 pm

[278] Yeah, before you know it the game's gonna have an NC-17 rating...

283 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:15 pm

Terrible bunt call by Girardi. You knew it would take the bat out of Gardner's hands.

284 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:15 pm

[278] Beat me to it.

285 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:17 pm

Whoo-Hoo!

286 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:17 pm

The Stick of Nick!!!

287 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:18 pm

Hmm, no need for Mo now.

Fiendishly clever, that Girardi.

288 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:18 pm

This has been one ugly ass game.

283) I truly hope that is sarcasm, because if it is, and I think it is, it was brilliant parody.

289 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:18 pm

swish-a-licious!!!

290 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:18 pm

Swish! No need to break the glass and bring out Mo?

291 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:19 pm

[288] {Bows}

292 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:19 pm

290) not until Boone Logan or Chan Ho Park or whoever puts a couple of guys on.

293 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:20 pm

ooh, now i want double digits!

294 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:21 pm

[293] And 600! Half a league, half a league, half a league on...

295 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:21 pm

Let this go to 11

296 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:23 pm

Ok, I'll take a double.

297 cult of basebaal   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:23 pm

Boooooooooooo!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

A real Yankee would have hit #600 there.

298 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:24 pm

Nope, but close!

299 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:24 pm

No HR, but that was a nice swing and nice drive the other way. 600 will come soon enough, the swing is more important.

300 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:24 pm

double for the double digits!

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301 williamnyy23   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:24 pm

The crowd was really into that AB. I'll be there tomorrow, so I don't mind the double at all.

302 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:25 pm

[299] Definitely. I think it might be making me toooptimistic.

303 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:26 pm

[301] I think Diane is going, too. So we'll root for #600 to show up tomorrow.

304 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:26 pm

it's pepto...

305 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:29 pm

[304] Looks like he got a job he could handle.

306 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:31 pm

[301] That's how I felt when I had tickets to the 9/11 game last year and Jeter was sitting on 2721 on 9/10

307 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:31 pm

Good win. I'm glad CC got the win too. He'd been pitching well enough of late to get a W on a less good game.

308 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:32 pm

i like winning!

309 rbj   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:32 pm

[303] Sorry, I can't. Tomorrow night I've got tix to the Mud Hens. Also Saturday night, but the Yankees play in afternoon, so I'll root for it then.

Royals 14 hits = 4 runs
Yankees 14 hits = 10 runs.

Good night all.

310 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:32 pm

[307] 13-3

311 OldYanksFan   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:32 pm

PLEASE IMTERVIEW JORGE!

312 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:33 pm

307) he's so good, even on a bad night he gutted out a tough six plus innings.

313 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:34 pm

[308] Now are you going to watch the Sox-Ms?
Rowland-Smith has faced the minimum through two innings -- the Sox got a hit but then GIDP.

314 Mattpat11   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:34 pm

[312] And may have gone further if not for Posada's throw into left field

315 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:35 pm

[313] can't "watch", but yes, i'll definitely follow throughout the night. gonna hit the sierra soon. i'm totally wiped out from the studio today though... how late will you stay up watching nesn?

316 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:38 pm

[315] Probably not long, actually. I was up early this morning, so even though I don't have anything much to do early tomorrow I won't stay up for much.

317 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:38 pm

[313] m's strike first! 1-0

318 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:40 pm

That was an awesome inning for the Run Prevention Kids. The Mariners score without benefit of a hit. BB, stolen base, advance on groundout, passed ball. They also got a man on by E4 in the first.

319 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:40 pm

60 wins!

320 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:41 pm

[318] nice! thanks for sharing that. but, fuck - that means ugly #1a is throwing a NO-HITTER!!!

321 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:41 pm

And I might add, this is Kevin Cash (SB, PB), not Jorge Posada. Kevin "No Redeeming Values" Cash.

Well, I'm sure he's a very nice guy, actually.

322 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:42 pm

[320] He is indeed. But wouldn't it be cool if he lost while pitching a no-hitter?

323 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:43 pm

Ryan Rowland-Smith isn't good. Even the Red Sox are going to score off him, it's pretty clear.

324 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:44 pm

Now it's a lot clearer.

325 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:45 pm

fuck, and there it is ... 2-1 shit sox. fuck those disgusting scumbags straight to hell and back!

326 RIYank   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:46 pm

I guess I'll knock down this gin and tonic, and then turn in.
Ciao, thelarmis.

327 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:46 pm

[323] The Hyphenator! from the Land of Oz

328 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:47 pm

[326] enjoy. i'll go pour a sierra...

laila tov

329 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jul 22, 2010 10:59 pm

Missed the game, just barely caught the highlights.

Can anyone remember the last time Derek hit a ball that hard?

That was really nice to see.

330 monkeypants   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:03 pm

OK, so now I am getting the Mets-Dodgers game. The announcers just said that Torre is foxing with a nine man BP. Fourteen pitchers?!?

331 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:09 pm

ugly #1a has a NO-HITTER thru 4...

332 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:24 pm

no-no thru 5. this SUX!!! : /

333 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:35 pm

[332] more Sierra!
5 hrs till Guinness time here...

334 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:39 pm

0 H thru 6.

motherfucking bollocks!!!

335 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:40 pm

[333] just took my 1st sip. real tired. not sure how long i'll last. but man, it tastes fucking GREAT!!!

royales get 14 fucking hits and the m's can't get ONE goddamn bleeder. i hope lackey loses the bid, the game and his mind. ugly son of a...

336 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:49 pm

He's at 92 pitches after 6, am sure Francona wants him to give up a rinky-dink single so he can pull him..

Huge lunch + super hot day = little energy for work now...maybe time for some YouTube?

337 thelarmis   ~  Jul 22, 2010 11:56 pm

nuffin' troo seven.

goddamn it...

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