Let's get a W Phil.

Swish swat!

Nick ... THE STICK!!!

Woosh.

I have a crap day filled with lectures on Down syndrome and reproductive pathology and six hours of house calls.

Swisher makes it better.

Come on Berkman, do something.

Good hittin' Big Puma!!!

Yes.

Big shit the bed James.

[5] Good enough?

Roll on!. This is fun.

Nice!

[5] Should've been a homer :)

[11] Homeruns kill rallys!

=)

Whoo-hooooo. Atta boy, Curtis. More 2 out rbi's in the last 5 minutes than all of September. ; )

True, that RBI single would've never happened!

Well.... I tune in a bit late and see the score truck has 4 tires....
NOW 5!
I'll guess from the comments that Swish hit a HR. Any other big hits?

at least Shields doesn't have that awful facial hair that Garza has ...

Do not take the foot off the gas this game.

With Swisher, Gritner and NEW Curtis in the lineup, this is a whole different team then the one that played the first 2 weeks of September.
Wow... it used to be Jeter, Teix and ARod.

[17]

Sweep.

The.

Leg.

Is "bullet home run" MK's new catch phrase? Oy!

If the Yankees lose by one run, they are really going to regret the fact that Gardner struck out looking instead of driving in the last base runner.

[20]

Bullet the Hughes Guy ....

Ah yes, the ol' 'pitches to the score' canard ...

Uh, no.

[22] One Tree Phil...
ok, that doesn't even make sense.

Where The Shirts Have No Names.. getting back on track...

[23] It's a necessary corollary of Finds a Way to Win.

[22] Nice one.
But will Brett run....
Who run
into the arms
of America.

We don't want quick and easy innings now guys.

{19} Sweep the leg! Get the bodybags!

I don't CARE how tough Teixeira is.

I only CARE that he's healthy in October.

Capice?

[28] I'm with you. I would at least DH him when Berkman is playing.

I'm pretty sure that someone fitting my description said last week that Phil Hughes should not pitch the Matt Joyce. I wish Girardi agreed. Short of Hughes going clemens to Joyce's piazza, my opinion hasn't changed.

Let's hope the Yanks don't let Phil pitch to him in the ALCS should they meet.

[30] was it Matt Joyce? I think maybe it was.

THROW.

STRIKES.

[30][31] it was Dan Johnson. Let me channel Emily Lutella and use my squeakiest voice to say "never mind"

Yer makin' me STABBITY, son.

Just to really throw everyone into a tizzy, the loudmouth on WFAN actually said, "Would the Yankees ever bring Torre back?" I mean come on! Seriously. I don't know why I self-flagellate.
I love Jorge's bat. But that only comes up 4 times a game. When he catches he's got to "try and catch" over a 100 pitches.

[32] That turned out to be bad advice.
I blame you now.

3 innings and 50+ pitches. Check.

Good evening Banterers

More runs! They creeping back in to this.

Alex, why break the symmetry? Now he has 1112 SOs, and 1111 extra base hits.

When it's hit right at your face, Kay, you should catch it.

Phil's location is f%$%Ing garbage.

The Yanks broke that hand ... and he had 5 months to recover ...

THIS is getting phunky. Phil will probably not go past 5 no matter the score.

Derek Jeter has an Edge
Bullet the Hughes Guy needs a solo from The Edge

(Ok .... that was a reach) :-)

Jeter giving Cano a hernia exam on that. How can they not know who takes the throw on that play?

[40] The phast ball is phine. The curve is located randomly, looks like.

Ugh. And when he does locate the breaking balls perfectly, the fucking umpire blows the call. Should be 0-2, not 2-0.

If Jae Seo pitched to John Jaso ....

Vai is mir! This is self inphlicted.

[48] Partly ump-inflicted. But, yeah.

So, could Javy pitch three innings? What is Javy Vazquez' job right now?

I've purged my sphincter watching the Philanthropic Hughes give out Phree Passes.

[50] Decent tongue-twister, but too much inphormation.

[49] I would welcome Javy for three right about now. Is he too pouty to work?

The only sphincter in any discussion here has to be the one who pitches for the BSox.

Should the Yankees sign Carl Crawford next year?

[54] No.

Bueller? Anyone?

I'd pass on Crawford. Can't explain why, but I just say meh.

Phil's gameplan somehow included making everyone so confused he could get two k's on meatballs right down the pipe. Interesting.....

[54] I wouldn't.

I would not sign Carl Crawford either at this point. But at the start of the season it was almost a fait accompli that the Yanks will.

[57] Well, because he'll be too expensive. He'd be fun to have on the team, but we do have Brett, Swish, Grandyman, and the truth is Crawford wouldn't be a huge upgrade over any of them.

[61] This.

Gardner offers what, 85-90% of Crawford, for what 1/10th-1/15th of the cost?

No point to it.

Dropping in late...

Not bad...not great...but not bad so phar phor Phil. Not ephicient, but he'll get them six tonight.

[54] No.

[63] Hey.
Yeah, he is getting them six, how about that. Mainly because the Rays are bailing him out this inning, free swinging.

Damn STRAIGHT HUGHESY!!!

nice recovery Phil.

In fact, that inning, makes this a very good start, despite all the struggling. I'm encouraged!

[61] Well said.

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Phil gets through 6. Rays out on 8 pitches in the inning. Thank you.

Good, so we're all agreed on Crawford. I'll tell Cashman.

Now, who should he be spending our money on? I have to say I'm kind of wishing he'd spent a pile on Aroldis Chapman.

Oh lovely, nobody warming for the top of the 7th.

Fucking Girardi, how does he work?

[70] Derek Jeter: six years, $180 million. /ducks/

[70]

spend some money to make the Boss George monument go away?

Also, Clay Buchholz is pitching a little like Phil today. Well, stronger (but against the Orioles). But very inefficiently. He'll be gone after six. Oh cripes, Adam Jones scored from first on an E4 (Scutaro's playing second). Run Prevention!

[70] It *is* just money ... and unlike most of the Cuban players, there wasn't much doubt about the legitimacy of the arm.

Of course, Chapman struck me a a $.10 head during the WBC, but that just shows what I know ...

[72] hahahahahahaha

[71]

♞

[77] And Maddon counters! He's almost as smart as Showalter.

[70] Someone to take Javy's place. I wonder what it would take to pry Felix from the Mariners.

Sorry, in [78] I should have said merely:
♙

[79]

Hughes, Romine and Montero

[79] Well, they wouldn't take Montero for a few months of Cliff Lee, so I'm guessing the price for Felix is: waaaaayyyyy too much.

[79] More than I'd ever want to spend, given what we've got coming up in the minors.

[82] Luckily, we were only dealing with the *6th* best org in baseball.

I'd still be pissing blood if we'd trading Montero.

Cashman would have been close to dead to me.

We got LUCKY that the other guy was dumber than we were.

STREWTH.

"Gardner at Night"

[81] Would you do Joba + Montero or Romine, plus 1-2 non prospects?

[86] Why would they want Joba?

And Montero != Romine, not even close.

So, SURE, *I'd* do Joba + Romine + 2 non-prospects, but there's 0.00% chance that *they* would.

Girardi's obviously read me bitching about Phil not seeing the 7th in 2 months.

[86] I would, with Andy prolly retiring, AJ a darkening mystery, and Hughes barely playing up to his resume another ace is in order.

[87] To add something to that:

Montero = Top 5 prospect in all of baseball next year.

Romine = NOT Top 5 prospect in all of baseball next year.

Really? More Hughes? Bit of a surprise.

So what are everyone's thoughts on the guy they will really sign, Cliff Lee?

And how about Boras selling Jayson "he has great closing speed" Werth as a center-fielder? This guy doesn't quit.

Somebody must be warming up right?

I don't mind, in theory, pushing starters deeper into games. But I don't see much sense in pushing Hughes in this particular situation.

Then again, maybe the BP is short tonight?

GODDAMMIT GIRARDI, GET HIM OUT OF THERE.

FUCK.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Coffee Joe makes me STABBITY.

FUCKING Chessmaster ...

[90] True. Maybe just make the suggestion, see wht they come back with.

I'm just glad the Yankees passed on Johan Santana.

[91] Slightly worried about Lee.
First, he hasn't looked too good since he moved to Texas. And second, he'd almost certainly be signed to a deal long enough that he'd be apt to kind of stink by the end of it.
I won't complain if/when Cashman does sign him, but I'm going to feel a little uncomfortable.

[89] et al.

Here me now and listen to me later: Cliff Lee is going to implode fast and hard within the next two seasons. Stay away!!!

[93] The bullpen isn't short, how could it be? It has about 35 denizens.
I think it's a deliberate check to see if Phil can go a little longer than everyone expects him to. Interesting idea. I'm not super-fond of experimenting in a moderately close game against the only team that matters now, but, hey, he's the chessmaster.

They just flashed Hughes' line. In hindsight, anyone would take that performance, but he sure takes a ponderous route to get there.