Bartolo Colon threw 38 strikes in a row, to 11 batters.

I'm kinda wishing we kept him.

I think your lineup should have Cano at DH. Same error on LoHud.

Atta boy,Nuney!

Holy Jesus, Nunez, way to lollygag it. Putzone.

[2] Bet Phil is wishing it was Nunez DHing.

For fuck's sake, Phil. Throw strikes!

Oh wow, E NunEz AND the usual 50-pitch Phil Hughes opening inning! Yayy!

[1] He's 3-1, with a WHIP of .8 and an ERA of 2.63. He should have been the back of rotation veteran (at $2M). Sometimes Cashman is trashman.

Nunez. You fucking suck. You're not too far behind Phil.

I've had enough of Girardi, Nunez, Hughes and Ibanez. Screw this, I'm heading to the jazz blogs.

Fuckin' Girardi...WHY is Nunez playing 2B???

Can't take it...spotting another 4 run lead to the Twins. Great.

NunE4

[5] No doubt. Him and me both.

Big fly. That was gone off the bat.

Finally, Teix!

Yay, Teix. Fucking Nune4!

de ja who?

Very good Nunez

/sarc

I gotta ask. Why do the Yankees have an utility infielder who seemingly makes one error in every game he plays? Nunez is slated for at least 50% of the games this year with the "rest a vet" program in place.

Nunez is likable, has a strong throwing arm, certainly has the talent and his hitting has improved. But...you have got to make the routine plays 99.9% of the time in the major leagues.

You're forgiven Eduardo.

Curtis brought his boom stick tonight.

Love me some Granderson! Damn he's sweet.

Philatio

(Because he blows anymore)

Hopefully, this will turn out good for the Yankees, but there's no reason why Cano should not be playing every inning of every game at 2nd base.

You would think that I'm stating the obvious.

Damn Straight!

[23] Agree 110%.

CandyManCan!!!!!

More boom stick!

Every time I step away something good happens.
We could be witnessing history.

Is it too greedy to ask for five?

Holy crap! Granderson with 3 home runs! Clearly he was tired of Jeter leading the team in HR. ;)

Take away the inevitable Nune4 error, and Hughes has been just fine in this game. I feel bad when folks get down on Hughes. Since 2011 began, and not counting tonight, he's pitched 80 innings as a starting pitcher. Since his debut, he has one season where he's pitched more than 100 innings as a big league starter. Are people really surprised that he's still finding his way as a big league starter?

It takes time.

Shit.

[28] At this rate, we may need five ...

Good to see Hughsie is putting it all together this year ...

Again, no error by Nune4, and this is a 7-2 game and no one cares.

To put it another way, if Girardi's newest fetish was not "I must rest my starters because then I strengthen our weak-against-righties DH position", this is a 7-2 game and everyone is praising Hughes for pitching well.

[31] Faith and patience, dude! It worked wonders for IPK.

6 1/3. Slight improvement. Nune4 killed Hughes, but falling behind every gd hitter to start the game is bull.

Any chance he makes it four?

Regardless of whether or not you think Phil Hughes has a future as a starter with the Yankees (I don't) the FUCKING waste pitches drive me up a motherfucking wall with him. Why did the second 1-2 pitch need to be over Morneau's head?

Hughes is neither a good enough nor efficient enough pitcher to be throwing as many waste pitches as he does (and he does it nearly anytime he gets ahead in the count. I don't understand it.

Errors happen. Good pitchers work around them. Nune5 didn't make a 4 run error with 2 outs, Hughes failed to nail down the inning.

Those runs may be unearned, but deserve had much to do with it ...

IMO the pitchers who kill the Yanks attack the zone all game long. Strikes, Strikes, Strikes. I've been watching Hughes struggle with command for a couple of years. When he misses he misses by fucking feet, not inches. Strikes and balls alike. That's my 2 cents.

Never have been so disappointed in a single.

[37]I agree with the meat of your post. He can't let the bottom fall out.

At the same time, while errors do happen, it can't be easy pitching in front of Eduardo Nunez. It passed ridiculous a long time ago. This is a man that can't field soft ground balls, so you can do everything right and it still ends in disaster.

He could have another chance.

[38] Changeups. Pitchers who kill the Yankees throw changeups.

Here comes the best fielding DH in Major League Baseball.

@#$@#$@$@L#$@$@$@#$@$@$@@#@#$#@$@#$@$@$@#$@

Yeah, I saw that coming a mile away

Crap.

With as well as Jeter is doing this year, compared to how poorly he looked at the beginning of last year, I can only assume Minky Kelly had an adverse effect on him.

Robbie's a great hitter. I guess we can't expect him to wait for a pitch he can put in the air.

The always reliable Soriano.

[48] He's really not a pleasant guy to watch pitch..

Phew!

[49] that's the theme tonight

I am a little worried about Mo pitching with a one run lead since he hasn't pitched since sometime in the Clinton administration. Lets get him some more runs

Get Curtis up again!

that was strike one

If Nune4 botched that one the Banter would have imploded.

There was relief when he hit the grounder, terror when I realized Nunez was at second, and relief when he actually made a play in about 1.5 seconds.

[55] I always felt E, Nunez fits better because it covers all possibilities

Two run lead, please, Curtis.

ClappityClappityClappityClappityClappityClappity

Don't mind a strike two there. Ah, oh well, great night for him.

Mo really should have gotten in one of the Angels games

[57] I think he'll be fine in the long run, but it's fun to pick on him anyway.

I'm looking forward to Mo announcing his new 3 year contract during the ASB.
All Rise.

[62] I keep hearing people say that. Its not like he's *getting better* or that this is only over the course of a handful of games.

I think this is Eduardo Nunez.

Yay!

Mariano Rivera, ladies and gentlemen.
Mariano Rivera.

Ah, Mo. Good night all.

Yay Mo, Yay Curtis, Yay Jeter. A win's a win, but things to work on.

Ah, praise him with great praise!

[64] It's hard to get into a defensive rhythm when you don't play ever day. I really think his defensive woes will iron themselves out. I'd rather have him than a slick fielder who hits like Cervelli. And as Buttermaker once said, Hank Aaron made 42 errors his first year in sandlot ball.

Nice win. Mo. True indeed.

[70] Cervelli's also a godawful defensive player, but that's another issue.

Nunez playing every day in Jeter and A-Rod's place last year was also terrible.

I think this is Eduardo Nunez.

[70] Buttermaker said that? And is it true?

{73] It's from Bad News Bears. Walter Matheau climbed a tree to console his cf, Ahmad, who flubbed a ball for the Bears. It's my favorite baseball movie. No question.

[73] It's common knowledge for crying out loud! Ask Ogilvie!

I missed the whole thing. Flying to Nebraska, of all places. Sounds like I missed out on some ulcers but good hitting too.

Well, thanks, as always, be to Mo.

[74][75] Of course! I remember now! What a great film.

[76] Nebraska? Do they play baseball there or is it just corn fields and college football?

I think they do play lots of baseball! But there don't seem to be huge numbers of Japanese people here.

[78] Haha. I know an American guy who married a Japanese lady, too her home to a town in Nebraska. She asked him "But..where IS...everything?" Not too many wide open spaces here unless you hit the north island of Hokkaido.