Yanks return to the scene of the crime. At least they are out of Detroit. Let’s hope for a mess o runs, piled high and deep. Yeah, and another good start from Ivan Nova would be swell too. Here’s Cliff with the preview.
Don’t burn the brisket and Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photograph by Steve Perille]
Well, that's good news about Chavez.
Great Red Sox game so far. Wakefield just balked in a run, the fourth run so far for the punchless Twinkies.
Yeah, doesn't look like Chavez thing will be too bad. That'd good. Sox giving up runs early? That's good too. Also, Andre Either hit a hard line drive in the first against the Mets...hit streak is alive.
Good, the Dodgers fans could use something to get excited about.
And yeah, the Red Sox games I've watched, I dunno. The team looks like it just kind of sucks. Lots of mistakes, lots of helpless at bats. Adrian Gonzo let a hard grounder go by him with the bases loaded and two outs, fer instance. And the balk.
You can't go by how they look, but they look like crap.
Cone! : )
4) I just don't see the Sox sucking indefinitely. They'll turn it around. Hey, anyone think they might make a play for Jose Reyes?
Atta boy, Cutis. You da' man!
Holy cow. What a hit.
What a fucking BOMB!
Oh, jeez, Michael had absolutely no idea that one was leaving the park.
[6] Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox do make a run at Reyes. There are constant rumors of them unloading Scu-scu-scutaro.
Beltrté is Cano smooth at third. He throws as some wild angles.
Ooof, Alex turned that over...
[11] I want Reyes!!
Curtis tater? MLB.com tv taking awhile to load up here.
Angel Hernandez tossed Tito after the balk, by the way. I didn't quite get why -- Francona just came out of the dugout calmly and, boink, gone. Then Joe West got into the action and for about fifteen seconds I forgot I hate the Red Sox.
[15] I hate when that happens. Rope from Cano.
Man, nice rip, Robbie.
14) IT was a blast. Upper deck.
Nice, saw the Curtis bomb. That trade continues to be a steal!
[15] Angel Hernandez and Joe West have gotta be the worst umpires in baseball.
Tio Carlos. Ha.
Is MK right that three assists in an inning is a "record held by many"? I think it's in principle possible to get four -- don't you get an assist if you throw to first and the 1baseman drops it, E3?
Wakefield gone, 4.1 IP 6 ER.
And Aceves replaces Wakey!
If Brett can't get Posada to third I am going to be pissed.
Quick, send in Frankie to PH. Harrison loves to walk our catchers.
[19] Here is the shameful record of Hernandez in the current game. Wow, that's truly terrible!
Hit the showers buddy.
Hah. That throw wasn't rushed or anything. He just threw it away.
Oh, good, a play.
Oh, I'm waaaayyyy behind with mlb.tv, but [28] alerted me to something fun!
[26] 11 missed strikes. Nice work, blue.
Drew Butera for the Twinks plates Ace's two inherited runners. The Sox have two solo dingers, so it's now 8-2 Twins after 4 1/2.
[26] How does he still have a job?
And Joe West...he got fined and suspended for shoving Joe Torre in a dispute over an ejection. I swear he held it against the Yanks. Remember Game 5 against the Angels, when he called Cano out for running outside the line? He wasn't freakin' outside the line.
Wakefield is a little harder to call, but still, just horrendous.
Bases full of Yanks
Batters stiffen, flail like mad
Lather, rinse, repeat
Crap. That was kinda disappointing.
Green light proves unwise.
That sums up a slump. 3-0. Fuck.
If Nova hadn't touched that Rob might have assisted the first five outs.
Cliff Lee has 16 strikeouts and is losing in the 7th because Lowe's line is better. Hint-Hint.
Ace balks in a run. Second run of the game that the Twins score on a balk!
I think the calls were correct, much as I'd love to blame Angel Hernandez.
So much for that. I hope Lee k's 22 and loses.
Wow! Great stab!
Gimme some glove.
Hell yeah.
Our infield rocks.
Wow, Nolan Ryan looks like 100-yr old frog now.
Enjoying Cone back in the booth. Way better than Flaherty & O'Neil.
[46] Isn't 100-year-old frog a Japanese delicacy?
So Red Sox starters have given up 8 runs in two straight games. And John Lackey has given up 8 runs in two starts already. (Beckett did it last year.)
Still, they'll be on our tails in September.
Yeah, sorry to hear about Singy's mom passing away. Nice comment there by Coney.
Harrison seems to have really settled down.
Cone is great in the booth.
The Rangers have made eleven outs so far, and Teix has ten put-outs.
Make that eleven put outs.
Any every find out why YES goes with the rotating color commentators? Seems we've been wondering about that for years now. Singleton, Flaherty, O'Neil, Cone, Leiter..am I missing anyone?
Oh, Rob.
Jeter's looking pretty good on defense.
[52] I kind of like it. You can't get too annoyed with someone b/c they are not around for too long. And you can feel happy when someone you like pops up. Like Cone this series. : )
[46] Man, Ryan looks like a 100-year old frog with gas... or Yoda's older brother.
[52] Maybe it's too much work for one person? Or more work than they want, anyway. A lot of teams don't get all their games on TV like the Yanks.
Having a lot of broadcasters mean they can cover makeup games, too. For many teams, a rainout means the makeup game might not be televised, because they can't round up people to work the broadcast in time. YES is pretty good about that.
angel is the worst ump. country joe is right there with him. laz diaz ain't so good himself...
don't see the shit sox going after reyes with iglesias somewhat close... plus, i thought jed lowrie was the new ellsbury.
oh...hi guys.
[47] funny you mentioned 100-yr. old frog. that's what i had for dinner tonight. i'm drinking coffee now. (no, i've never actually tasted coffee...)
oh jorgie.
[sigh]
[57] Hi!
Iglesias is overhyped. And Theo knows it.
[61] yeah, but does peter gammons know it?!
[62] Definitely not. But he's not in charge of whether they go after Joe Kings.
[63] my engineer and i referenced tom lehrer's "new math" today, during our studio session! : )
[64] And you know why four + minus one + ten is fourteen - one?
'Cause addition is commutative! right!
I have never heard of Jaime Garcia of the Cardinals but his 1st 7 innings tonight are pretty good.
Here's a cool stat list. In xFIP, the #3 pitcher in the AL is Jared Weaver.
#2 is Felix.
And #1 is Bartolo Colon.
Sox lose. C'mon Nova!
Jeez, Nova, hold it together.
[66] ooh, thanks! he kicked some ass for the red birds last year, as their rookie 5th starter...
[67] and bartolo is #1 in our hearts, as well!
Happy Day!
Smooth Robbie.
Dude, Coney just referenced Fan Graphs. Whao.
I like Ian Kinsler. Could we have two second basemen? Let's get him
[67] How is xFIP different from regular FIP? Can't remember..adjusted for home parks?
[73] Cone is kind of brainy.
[69] ...and he held it together!
let's just call him "duct tape"!
[74] i do, too. plus, he's a fellow tribesman!
[75] Oh, xFIP is almost exactly the same. It just removes the HR rate (on the theory that HR rates are mostly luck, I think).
[78] I forgot that! I must have remembered subconsciously.
no walks, no k's for nova. let's hope gets to at least 6.2 innings!
[79] Interesting. Is HR Rate really "only" luck though? I mean, if you keep the ball down you'll give up less dingers..right? This is known as the "Kei Igawa Parralax" in Japanese by the way.
That's my man!
Granderson has been unreal this season.
Goddam.
En fuego.
Right after Kay says the Yanks are overly dependent on the HR!
So I guess we can put the "we should have kept AJax" talk to bed?
Curtis!!!!
donnie baseball:
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6495727
grandy in double digits!!!
[66] Kay's curse strikes again. As soon as he mentioned the perfect game, Garcia gave up a walk, then a single.
[86] that's been asleep for me since the beginning...
[82] Oh, sorry, by "HR rate" I meant the rate of HRs per fly ball. So yes, the pitcher does definitely affect the HR rate, but (according to this sabermetric theory) only by affecting the fly ball rate. The fly ball rate is included in FIP. So instead of the pitcher's actual HR rate, xFIP uses the league average HR/fly ball.
[89] For your sake I hope Curtis starts swiping some bases. He could be a 30/30 guy.
[92] Gotcha. Thanks!
[90] I've got 2 in one thread. [40] I think that's a record.
so, was there any real reason why we dfa'ed kevin russo to add jess todd?
[93] yes, please! and i was gonna mention that i hope kinsler gets back to his 20/20 ways, though not this weekend (or june 14-16)...and possibly october...
[97] Yo thelarmis, you really have never had a cup of coffee? How about tea? Are you against caffeine?
Man, look at the kid. Painting the black.
Hey, a True Outcome for Nova!
[98] i really have never had a cup of coffee. i drink barq's root beer, which is the only root beer to have caffeine (hence their logo: "barq's - the one with the bite") - that's the only caffeine i ever have. i can't stand the smell of coffee; it was never appealing to me. no, i don't drink tea, either. regular, iced, chai...
i got all my studio work done today, so i don't have to go in tomorrow. this means i get to imbibe the best suds of all: BEER!!!!!!!!!!
Just wondering if there's any Yankees fans left who think the Yankees lost the Curtis Granderson trade? Did anyone keep a list of people who thought that way? I would like to mock them - repeatedly.
and nova's thru SEVEN! good on ya, kid.
[102] did you see that the Big 4 concert is playing Yankee Stadium?!?!?!
Wow, just getting home and shocked to see we're still in the seventh. Was there a delay or something?
[101] That makes sense. I'm not a root beer man myself but certainly like the real suds. 5th, 15th and 25th of each month is half-price Guinness night at a Mexican joint here, I am now a regular!
When will your website be up?
[105] central time zone. it got me before, also!
Howz about a couple singles in a row? That would be clever.
Ohhh, Texas!
Late start, got it, never mind.
[106] Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......Guinness..........
[105] [107] Me too! I said so in the previous thread (which I thought was going to be the game thread because it was on top at 7:00).
[107] Yeah, just figured it out. Very disorienting. :)
[106] nice. i *love* me some chips & salsa!
dude - the website is UP! the cd is available there right now. i haven't linked my name here to it yet for a coupla reasons:
1) i'm still waiting for audio snippets to go up. hopefully next week.
2) i was waiting to check out the new banter and make sure i was comfy and stuff. it's another technophobe issue with me!
since you know my full name...it's that, then the word "drums" (without quotes, of course!) dot com.
[104] YES! And I wish I had RIYank on my speed dial. The rock station in providence was giving away tickets plus a trip there and back earlier this week to the ninth caller. I was listening when they said the number, but they did not say the area code. I immediately grabbed my phone to call but then I realized I had no idea what the area code for providence was. Bad times.
yeah, i got in from the studio around 7:20 and couldn't for the life of me figure out why the score wasn't up or the game thread at lohud. i was sooo starving, i just left for some slices. then, i figured it out...
[113] Found it!! Well done, going to buy the cd!!
Got to jet now, hope the pen holds it.
This might be Nova's best start as a big leaguer. Let's see if he can get a couple of outs here.
Whoa, Ivan Nova, el va, si!
Motherfucker works fast.
[114] yeah, tix are waaaay expensive. for those that don't know what shaun and i are talking about...
The BIG 4 tour is: Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth & Slayer. They're the 4 prominent thrash bands from back in the day; it's been their nickname forever. They played a HUGE festival overseas last year. so big, it was played in movie theaters across America! i got the dvd as a b-day present last December, but still haven't watched it.
it was sooo successful, that they simply had to do a few dates in the US. Cali, Chicago (i think) and...Yankee Stadium. it's on Wed, Sept. 14th. tickets range from $105 to almost $250. they'll end up doing a few more dates -south/midwest - but it won't be a full blown tour...
[119] I know. He's spent at least twice as much time in the dugout as on the mound.
[116] aw, thanks man!!! i can't tell you how much that means to me; i truly appreciate it! : )
Oh, hey, that was in the strike zone. Damnit, that's bullshit.
120) Anthrax?!?! LOL. "I'm the Man!"
Okay, let's just keep that Third True Outcome out of the picture, Ivan.
damon homered again. he reached 2,600 hits the other day and is approaching 400 steals, 500 doubles and 1,600 runs.
FUCK!
Ohhhh, fuck!
Now that I'm here, it all goes awry.
oh fug!
Yuck.
Nova could've gotten hurt there...
128) Noting is fucked here, you're being very un-Dude.
[124] in all seriousness, Charlie Benante IS the man! *best* metal drummer in the history of the world!!! (in my humble opinion) the band is actually all kindsa excellent. they've been around forever, so there's some clunkers in their catalog, but they're amazing.
along with megadeth, they're the only 2 of the big 4 that are viable to me anymore...
Hm.
I think I'd stay with Nova here. I mean, he didn't do anything wrong (except cover the bag badly). And sometimes Soriano... you know.
oh, and anthrax are local NY boys, Yankee fans and include a coupla tribe members! : )
[128] You missed some fine fielding earlier, too. All of our infielders were studs. Until now.
[134] the *other* soriano needs to steal some damn bases. he needs 38 more. was a foregone conclusion and now seems like an eternity away... : /
Okay, I feel better. Soriano okay.
Not okay.
That's your 1 Sori.
Come on.
This isn't fun anymore.
[134] Yeah, but Soriano's the EIG. :)
Whew.
Phew.
(Sorry, my feed is way behind. Maybe 45 seconds.)
[142] Ugh. And if we don't score, it's a Save situation...
Heh. "Relevations" from Rex Ryan's new book. Yeah, I'll certainly watch that, Coney.
I love having bunters who can't bunt.
Jesus Christ.
Another fucking play, another fucking wasted out.
I'd love to give Joe little electric shocks every time he thinks about putting on a play.
[147] I'd love to have an organization/culture of baseball where a guy like Gardner is not allowed to move to the major league level without perfecting his bunting skills.
Did Derek shave or something? He looks younger.
[148] He laid down a pretty good bunt in the second(?) inning, but the Rangers had a 'wheel' play on and got the force at third. He should have been swinging away. It was infuriating.
Martin outfoxes Jeter. What?
Horrible. Horrible. Horrible.
MOTHERFUCKER.
How much of this slop can we take?
How many of these outs have we given away this past week?
[147] Me too. It's 1 thing to throw away outs in a pitchers park against a team with a crappy offense. That's not texas and that's not the rangers.
[150] I'll bet it was.
O fer...
Unelievable.
Good throw, but still, you can't get picked off third.
Okay, well, Mo time.
Oh, sorry, Elvis, no streak for you.
Nothing more beautiful in all of baseball than a Mariano Rivera backwards K.
Nothing.
Thanks be to Mo.
All Rise.
Good on Nova. Horseshit on the offense except for Curtis.
All Praise Due...MO!
i love you, Mo!
Mo Rivera: Puttin' Heads to Bed, Straight out the Box.
Why is Curtis wearing his mitt on his head? He looks so goofy!
I love this guy!
Pure, efficient, and beautiful.
Who says Mo can't keep doing this forever?
[165] i think he does that a lot. like in spring training, and before games, when signing autographs. yeah, he rocks! i was a big fan of his even when he was in detroit. i used to read his espn blog, every entry.