Arencibia is having a pretty nice debut for the Blue Jays. but seriously, kid, why not go for the triple and the cycle instead of going for your second HR?
All kidding aside about hitting Arod, Girardi's use of Berkman at the expense of Posada is going to weaken the lineup. A much better acquisition would have been someone to play infield instead of relying on Pena.
7) i hope that those comments were just managerial BS for public consumption, and not his real thoughts. Because that was kooky talk. The following in particula just depresses me:
• For the first time, Girardi acknowledged what has become fairly clear: He plans to stick with Francisco Cervelli catching A.J. Burnett and Javier Vazquez, while Jorge Posada catches the other three starters. “We’ve had a rotation here with our rotation and playing Jorge,” Girardi said. “It’s been successful and it’s pretty much what I’m going to stick to.”
[8] The reason I don't think they are managerial BS is because there is no need to say them, and his actions speak even louder than the words.
The worst part of the Cervelli comments was: “In the beginning, he was extremely hot and we didn’t expect him to stay that hot. Offensively he’s holding his own. He’s doing OK.”
Does Girardi think Cervelli is holding his own? That's delusional.
[33] i know! EIGHT homers for the blow jays. it seems like a lot of the times when a team scores a shitton of runs, they go on auto pilot and let the other team back in it. slugfest ensues...
[63] *sigh* IIRC, Wetteland was kinda scary as a reliever at times, but he managed to get the job done (even won the WS MVP in 96), but was glad to see Mo take over the next year. Joe seems to be the type; wins despite his actions and won't mind if a Mo-type takes over next year, whomever that could be...
Dudes, here's a general life rule:
If you don't quite get a Chyll Will remark, then (a) it's your fault, and (b) don't feel too bad about it because he operates on a higher plane.
[67] i don't think he had any choice. he had to hurry up, zero time to set. i thought he did a great turn of it and is sooo strong he made it thatclose...
[145] I wish FOX would have showed the 2B umpire to see if he called a delayed deadball. Pena can't be awarded 3B unless he attempts to go there, so if the ump threw his hand up, it would have been a free base if he tried for it.
[169] So he didn't give a shit in Houston b/c no one else gave a shit. I guess it makes sense. Unfortunately I'm with Buck on this one. I think he'll be fine. Eventually.
Just got in and fearfully checked the score, and got to see Mo do his 9th inning thing. Nice!
I noticed that TB lost it's football game with Toronto, with OMG... NINE field goals (2 guys with 2 each).
Also noticed ARod was out, and saw that his replacement was far better then Arod-of-late. Waiver time for ARod?
Wait.... Girardi says Po will only Catch 3 (of 5) starters and yuz guyz are surprised? In my day, that was 60%. What... you guys want to kill old man Posada before the PS?
June for Po: .203 .337 .351 .688
July for Po: .247 .360 .438 .798
Aug for Po: .250 .308 .333 .641
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees believe they know why starter Javier Vazquez had a mysterious drop in the velocity of his fastball Friday.
"He has a little dead arm," pitching coach Dave Eiland told ESPNNewYork.com. "Nothing more than that."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi raised alarms by admitting that Vazquez's velocity was down Friday when he gave up six runs, three earned, in 5 1/3 innings. Girardi said the Yankees would examine why Vazquez couldn't reach 90 mph on his fastball.
184) 60% amounta to fewer than 100 games over a full season. Tnat's too few games behind the plate even for an old man like Posada...or put another way, that's far too much Cervelli. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that Girardi, so he says, will sit Posada rather than DH hion off days. That means we get too much Cervelli AND have exchanged Posada's bat for Berkman's!
The Yankees are not yet guaranteed a play off spot. Posada should not get more than two days off a week including off days; i.e. He should catch more or less five out of six games.
Nice Win! CC is our Secretariat! Granderson was actually good. Even Pena contibuted, although Arod would have gotten to two balls he couldn't. And Cano...maybe he is the league MVP?
Is Joe Girardi the John Wetteland of Championship Yankee Managers?
a-rod out after being drilled in the shin by a batting practice line drive off the bat of big puma. not good! pena in the 9-hole, robbie cleans up.
blow jays have 5 more homers. they let the rays back in a bit, but have scored in all 5 frames thus far and are blowing it open. 13-5, and counting...
i'll catch part of the game on fox. i hope we blow it open early and it's not a stressfest.
GO CC!!! GO YANKS!!!
2) I saw that on RiverAveBlues. So far Berkman has been the gift that keeps on giving. Yikes!
Losing your cleanup hitter is not a good way to go into what is shaping up to be a very big game.
Arencibia is having a pretty nice debut for the Blue Jays. but seriously, kid, why not go for the triple and the cycle instead of going for your second HR?
All kidding aside about hitting Arod, Girardi's use of Berkman at the expense of Posada is going to weaken the lineup. A much better acquisition would have been someone to play infield instead of relying on Pena.
Reading Girardi's comments at LoHud are very troubling. He seems as if he has no clue about what is going on with the team.
7) i hope that those comments were just managerial BS for public consumption, and not his real thoughts. Because that was kooky talk. The following in particula just depresses me:
[8] The reason I don't think they are managerial BS is because there is no need to say them, and his actions speak even louder than the words.
The worst part of the Cervelli comments was: “In the beginning, he was extremely hot and we didn’t expect him to stay that hot. Offensively he’s holding his own. He’s doing OK.”
Does Girardi think Cervelli is holding his own? That's delusional.
9) That was one of the comments i thought sounded more loke BS. What else is he supposed to say about his own player in public?
[10] I guess you could say nothing, or at least nothing that is obviously untrue.
I love seeing Ortiz speed up the first base line.
Okay, so Girardi's in another cabinet on a shelf all his own?
Is anything wrong with Ellsbury, or does he just suck against lefties? Did they say?
[1] What do you mean by that?
Oh, good, another reason to hate Joe Buck.
Run prevention, baby!
run prevention!
oh, and FUCK YOU, joe fuck!
jesus christ, toronto - just end the damn game already.
Yay, my chorus is here!
There's really no reason to pitch to Cano.
[19] Your wish, my command.
Nice to see the "gritty" label applied to a non-white guy.
That was an absolute Yogi-ism from Tim McCarver.
"If you do routine things spectacularly rather than spectacular things routinely, that's how you win."
Oh, man! Nice play by Lowell.
fuck off, timmay.
The bad news is this team continues to struggle with the bats. The good news is they didn't hit a two-run homer in the first inning.
[20] anvil chorus!
of course, lowell is playing his ass off. : /
[22] finally! now, how 'bout andrea bogart?! ; )
[28] Mine already.
fucking cocksucker.
This is shaping up to be a disasterous weekend.
[29] lucky bastid! ; )
That Jays-Rays game was nuts. Rays scored 11 runs... but lost.
[31] i was very worried about this. i'm not surprised...
[33] And lost by a lot, too.
[33] i know! EIGHT homers for the blow jays. it seems like a lot of the times when a team scores a shitton of runs, they go on auto pilot and let the other team back in it. slugfest ensues...
Ouch.
this is a bunch o' bullshit. of course, lowell is gonna play like ugly from here on out...
The holes on this team have been there all season, but are finally being exposed against some better competition.
I am taking the dog and wife for a long ass walk. Hopefully Lackey will received a nice shellacking while I'm gone. And CC gets his big shit together.
The Red Sox have half their team out and their lineup still seems deeper the Yankees.
good catching, jorgie.
[36] The Jays have an unreal number of homers this season. They lead MLB...by a ton. I don't get it.
[15] Thanks for asking >;) I meant in a "he won despite himself" way...
[44] Like "AAAAAUUGGHHH-whew!"
Yeah, Tim, I bet Lance B. is a really good two-strike hitter.
Yay, leadoff walk. But now the bottom of the order. Egads.
Oh yeah! That's my grandy man.
GRAND!!!
Yay Grandy! Keep proving me wrong!
[47] In your face, monkeypants! Love, CG.
thisclose to being a rally killer.
Squeeze bunt???
So Chyll, what was the meaning of the "John Wetteland of Managers" comment? I'm curious.
[53] Get the hell to Tampa with that crap.
awesome. and now we get ramiro pena up to bat.
this run better fucking score...
51) --> 50)
Ha.
straight steal of home!
do it.
[54] He just explained it! [44] [45].
[54] See [44-45]
[57] Yeah, I saw. I'm like Ortiz trying to sprint up the line.
[57] 5150 - "Good Enough"
[59] yeah, and i still didn't get it!
oh well...
[1] See the case of Blind Squirrel v. Nut.
I'm going to guess that Sterling called Granderson's shot as gone.
oh, come on!
I felt like Rob didn't really fire that throw. I guess he was off balance on the pivot.
[63] *sigh* IIRC, Wetteland was kinda scary as a reliever at times, but he managed to get the job done (even won the WS MVP in 96), but was glad to see Mo take over the next year. Joe seems to be the type; wins despite his actions and won't mind if a Mo-type takes over next year, whomever that could be...
Wow, Papi not happy. I kind of think he's right.
siddown you fat fucking piece of dogshit!
[64] My point exactly! Thanks, I'm more succinct when I speak...
Dudes, here's a general life rule:
If you don't quite get a Chyll Will remark, then (a) it's your fault, and (b) don't feel too bad about it because he operates on a higher plane.
Goo work, fat guy.
[67] i don't think he had any choice. he had to hurry up, zero time to set. i thought he did a great turn of it and is sooo strong he made it thatclose...
[73] um...
[75] Goo = good. In sackbut.
nice catch, gritner!
Alright, I've been in and out so far but I'm back for the rest of the game. Has it been as insufferable to watch the first four innings as I suspect?
pena's having a shitty time in the field today.
big booma.
You see, a team can carry light hitting guys like Cervelli and Peña because they play such solid defense!
man, i just don't understand the tattoos on the neck.
OUCH!!!
[80] Could be two of the lightest players on a contending roster.
At some point, the Yankees need to test Lowell with a drag bunt. Pena would be the perfect guy to do it.,
Nope...much better to let Pena swing away and make his out.
jeezus, jeet. swing the fucking bat. all those fastballs looked good.
Wasn't Lackey not pitching well coming into this game?
[81] (From Beavis & Butthead) "His neck can kick your ass..."
84) Gameday had strike three inside, but ball one over the plate. All four pitches were around the plate, though.
Come on robbie
[87] yeah, ball 1 was definitely a strike. the pitch after that was similar, a little better.
c'mon robbie!
Just walk him. Go ahead an issue the IBB.
Sweet!
Thanks for not IBB-ing Robinson!
yeah, robbie!
drew lost that in the sun, it looked like to me.
[93] Or almost lost. It looked like he didn't want to try to make a spectacular catch.
That's the Jorge we all love! Hip Hip...
cletus!
(hi cult, wherever you are!)
See: Base hit, seeing eye. See also: score truck.
[94] spectacular. routine. ah, it's all the same!
alright puma, it's time to earn your stripes!
94) yeah...he pulled up and let it drop. Weird defense.
wheels!
[96] Monkeypants is the only commenter with footnotes.
Uh oh. The first sign of the apocalypse!
I've written before that with Jorge running the bases, you see something you've never seen before each game.
jorgie needs oxygen.
big booma, hearin' some bronx cheer. he deserves it.
alright, hold the lead, i'll be back before it's ovah...
[100] Re: Footnotes, not necessarily [64]
That's it...no more trading with the Astros.
102) my wife was laughing at him bent over, gasping for air after stealing.
[104] +1.
105) i commended the trade at the time, and i'll stick with my prediction that it will eventually pay off. But man, it's not looking good right now.
WTF is McCarver talking about??
Please stop showing me NFL clips during the game.
Well, again, I think Papi might have a legitimate beef there.
T Mac says front corner. I say those two pitches to Ortiz are not strikes.
But we'll take it!
See, now where is that pitch? Be consistent, jagoff.
112) gameday agrees with you.
shit, dumb hit.
Man, that sun looks tough.
Okay! Way to go Curtis!
Grandy! See, I always said that was a great trade!
; )
If Posada can steal on Lackey and Martinez...
RUN PREVENTION!!!
You guys love Granderson. I remember now.
Wow, same pitch Ortiz was called out on.
Inconsistent strike zone.
122) yeah, but Gritner is gonna get that call!
Oh, Brett.
Fuck.
Surely Peña is bunting?
Damn, a walk to Brett would have been just huge there. He could pretty much take second at will.
Okay, everyone who called "Suicide Squeeze", -1.
HA!!!!
Get that man LAID. Hot damn.
Girardi is a chessmaster, and we are ALL merely pawns in his game.
And Ramiro is out of the 3basement.
Clearly Peña should play everyday.
Victor makes Po' look like a gold glover.
Scuturo takes 'holding the man on second' quite literally.
The old Leo Durocher play, laying on top of the runner. Nice going Marco.
I'm so glad John Lackey isn't on our team. Also, [135] that.
Oh no way.
Why couldn't he just hit a ground ball for god's sake?
Lucky catch.
Jeter hit that hard...too much top spin.
139) It's sad, really
This is Lackey's last batter, I betcha.
Oh that's just unbelievable. That's ridiculous.
Every ball was hit hard that inning. And Scutaro probably saved a run with his heads up, gutsy, gritty, play.
[142] Maybe it's happy. Maybe an RBI up-the-middle single would have been sad.
I dunno. Baseball is so hard.
[145] I wish FOX would have showed the 2B umpire to see if he called a delayed deadball. Pena can't be awarded 3B unless he attempts to go there, so if the ump threw his hand up, it would have been a free base if he tried for it.
CC has thrown only 79 pitches, hopefully obviating Tim and Buck's weekly analysis of the Yankees' eighth inning conundrum.
2-1 pitch, where was that?
5-2 > 2-0. : )
Those are fucking strikes, blue!
shite
Jeter sounds a bit like Kermit the Frog.
149) come on CC.
OK, I admit, that clip of Jeter and the umpire was sort of amusing.
Ohhhhhhhhh ROBBIE.
CC for EIGHTH INNING GUY (today, at least)!
[152] It's funny you should say that, because John Lackey sounds so much like a Jim Hensen character it's scary.
Oh, Henson, not Hensen. My humblest apologies to the late great Henson.
Oh my...is Rickey attending an MC Hammer costume party after the game?
Delcarmen made Teix and Rob silly.
Baseball is hard.
Now, that is really depressing. I was hoping McCarver was Scottish.
I apologize for Irishmen everywhere that McCarver was inducted into anything other than STFUHOF.
joe Castiglione was on hand to induct people into the irish baseball HoF?
In all seriousness, Peña does not look awfully comfortable at third.
Siddown, fat man.
Well THAT was gratifying.
CC's our svelt big man. Papi's just a fat ass.
I see Lance continues to set the world on fire. : (
Hm, I think I'd send CC back out, just for the CG (and so Mo could pitch tomorrow and the next day).
I had not heard that Berkman quotation.
Now I like him more. Cool thing to say.
[169] So he didn't give a shit in Houston b/c no one else gave a shit. I guess it makes sense. Unfortunately I'm with Buck on this one. I think he'll be fine. Eventually.
168) I would too, but of course it's a save situation,, so...
Good hands, Teix!
A wicked hop with which to deal!
173) yes, I heard that. Something wicked this way comes.
Nice job, Swish.
All rise.
The sky's retreating! The sky's retreating!
[174] No stranded prepositions for that Irishman.
Hey, not exactly the dominant kind of 1-2-3, but I'll take it!
Thanks be to Mo.
A game that Joe West and I can really appreciate.
shit, i never thought it'd be OVER by the time i got home.
fuck, i missed Mo. : (
hopefully, i can see him close it out tomorrow.
nice win!
Just got in and fearfully checked the score, and got to see Mo do his 9th inning thing. Nice!
I noticed that TB lost it's football game with Toronto, with OMG... NINE field goals (2 guys with 2 each).
Also noticed ARod was out, and saw that his replacement was far better then Arod-of-late. Waiver time for ARod?
A good day in baseball.
[180] Well, serves you right.
(It was not really vintage Mo. A 1-2-3 inning, but all well-hit fly balls.)
181) actually, it was a canadian football game. So, two touchdowns and a FG for Toronto, one TD, one FG and a one point rouge for TB!
Wait.... Girardi says Po will only Catch 3 (of 5) starters and yuz guyz are surprised? In my day, that was 60%. What... you guys want to kill old man Posada before the PS?
June for Po: .203 .337 .351 .688
July for Po: .247 .360 .438 .798
Aug for Po: .250 .308 .333 .641
NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees believe they know why starter Javier Vazquez had a mysterious drop in the velocity of his fastball Friday.
"He has a little dead arm," pitching coach Dave Eiland told ESPNNewYork.com. "Nothing more than that."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi raised alarms by admitting that Vazquez's velocity was down Friday when he gave up six runs, three earned, in 5 1/3 innings. Girardi said the Yankees would examine why Vazquez couldn't reach 90 mph on his fastball.
[184] "raised alarms"? As in "we expected a whole lot from Vasquez, OMG!!" or "Joe's not bullshitting us as much as usual, OMG!!" ?
184) 60% amounta to fewer than 100 games over a full season. Tnat's too few games behind the plate even for an old man like Posada...or put another way, that's far too much Cervelli. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that Girardi, so he says, will sit Posada rather than DH hion off days. That means we get too much Cervelli AND have exchanged Posada's bat for Berkman's!
The Yankees are not yet guaranteed a play off spot. Posada should not get more than two days off a week including off days; i.e. He should catch more or less five out of six games.
185) or he is bullshitting as much as usual concerning a player's injury, and that means Javy's actually had his arm amputated.
Nice Win! CC is our Secretariat! Granderson was actually good. Even Pena contibuted, although Arod would have gotten to two balls he couldn't. And Cano...maybe he is the league MVP?
I guess this won't be a disasterous weekend?
[187] That would neither surprise nor alarm anyone.
That was a satisfying win today.