Worried about all this three day rest shenanigans. CC tonight does not concern me - in fact I look forward to his at bats!
But I am certainly worried about "Old" Andy Pettitte on three days rest and Sabathia pitching a third game within eight days. Maybe it won't come to that - that would be nice. Not sure what to make of Burnett on three days' rest (with Posada catching, I assume [hope]) but we'll see I guess ...
Anyway I was full of anger last night and opted not to come online and vent. Things turned out great - I loved seeing eight runs put up by the Yankee bats. Swisher was such a relief and Matsui's home run another highlight. I do wish balls hit to A Rod weren't becoming such fraught affairs but other than that, it's all good. His home run was huge.
Girardi did another good job last night. I wanted him to leave Hughes in for another batter just because he might be needed going forward and that can't have helped his confidence - and his pitches looked pretty sharp. But who can argue when Mariano only needed I think four pitches to end the game.
Swisher has been killing the lineup and I really hope that he's turned things around. Cano is back to his usual tricks and who knows what Melky will do.
[4] Interesting.
I think Melky has been hammering the ball. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But he's been hitting it better than his hideous numbers indicate.
Looks like a mismatch on paper tonight. But, Joe Blanton is a gamer. I like him to go 7, hold the Bronx team to 3 or 4. Phils win, 6-5.
I'm probably delusional but, it's a better feeling to be confident than fearing the worst. I'm also wondering if there has been enough fraternization among the teams that your guys get the flu for the last few games. Probably not.
[9] My wife and I had a previous engagement (a brunch date with another couple...you know you are getting old when...) this afternoon, so I fortunately missed the Giants debacle. Actually, I missed last week's debacle as well.
Sadly, soon baseball will be over and I won't have the Yankees to distract me from future Giants' debacles. Hopefully by then I will have WS championship #27 to think back on and raise my spirits.
[3] I am pretty calm about the three-days-rest-thing for all of the starters, believe it or not. I do think that Girardi should have a quicker hook with CC tonight so that he is as ready as possible for game 7 (which of course no one wants this series to get to).
I'm not all the crazy about 3 on 3 days rest. If we win tonight, I think we should consider Gaudin, a fully rested AJ at Hoem, and the CC, with a fully rested Andy to back him up.
RAB has a nice post about Swisher and his NEW batting stance, via Kevin Long.
"I am pretty calm about the three-days-rest-thing for all of the starters, believe it or not."
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Easy for you to say. You can predict things!
[9] Giants? Their season ended in early October. Lincecum isn't playing winter ball is he?
[3] I don't like having everyone go on 3-days either. Maybe AJ can handle it, but now you move his start from the Stadium, where he has been very good, to the road, where he has not. Also, Andy gritted it out yesterday, but I don't think he'll be able to do that on 3-days rest. I really think the game 5 decision was dependent on today's game, so I kind of wish Girardi wouldn't have made it early.
Let's go Yan-kees! I hope we can do tonight what we could not in 2003. I am a big non-plussed at the idea that the staff is on 3 days rest from here on out though -- it seems a little panicky since we're winning, especially if we win tonight. Why is Gaudin even on the roster if he's never going to pitch?
[17] AJ on three days rest on the road is a different animal than at home, for sure. First there's his delicate mental balance. He thrives on his own dominance, but once he gets into trouble he seems to lose his mojo - his swagger. Playing @ Philly would seem to pave the way for multiple situations like this.
Then the more nuts and bolts issue - Molina behind the plate and an atrocious bottom of the lineup or Posada catching him and god knows that that results in.
I think Pettitte gritted it out because he didn't have his good stuff or control, not necessarily that he came in tired or worn down. I do agree that he is the biggest question mark on 3-days rest, but I think (hope?) he'll be fine.
[21] I trust AJ and Andy on 3 days rest more than I trust a Gaudin who has barely pitched in a month. Gaudin is there just in case somebody blows up early and we need innings.
[23] I agree, but if he doesn't have his best stuff on three days rest, I am not sure he'll be able to hang tough like he did yesterday.
[24] So do I, but this isn't a one game scenario. The question is do you compromise game 6 to improve your chances in game 5, especially when Lee will be going on full rest.
[16][20] Indeed they could! (Chyll, we'll save the REO Speedwagon chat for the offseason..I have issues...)
Btw, just turned on a morning-show here and saw Lionel Richie doing a spirited version of "Say You, Say Me"..guy has barely aged since 1986! The song hasn't got any better however...
[26] Okay, I don't really like REO Speedwagon, I mixed them up with Dire Straits (ack! WTF???) anyhoo, good call. And Brother Lionel was never right in the head after he left the Commodores as far as I'm concerned, even if he was responsible for more than half the hits of the early to mid eighties and successfully convincing people that Kenny Rogers was a decent crooner... ha!. Lots to talk about during the offseason.
[21]it seems a little panicky since we’re winning, especially if we win tonight.
Or are they winning BECAUSE they have gone to the best pitchers each time around?
Why is Gaudin even on the roster if he’s never going to pitch?
I agree. I guess he's there in case of emergency mop up work. Because the more I think about it, the more I have come to believe that he is simply not an option as a starter (he's thrown only a couple of innings in the last month).
[25] I give myself my best chance of winning in every game. And that best chance means my top 3 pitchers on 3 days rest in place of a journeyman who hasn't pitched in over a month.
[41] William's point is that you cannot give yourself the best chance of winning every game. You can throw Gaudin out there and have a worse chance in that game but a better chance in all the others, or you can take somewhat weaker starts from your top three instead of their best.
My 5 year old son is quick on the draw man. He was looking at the lineup and asked me, "why is CC Sabathia batting, Daddy?". When they showed the lineup before game 2, he asked where Nick Swisher was playing that night. hehe
[86] It can't be CC because MLB might suspend him (I doubt it but MLB seems to want the Yanks not to win)....I say let Bruney do it tomorrow night (or when we've got them beaten).
[98] well he can't retaliate now - but he * could* have before with little threat of being suspended - not that i wanted him to throw at them but still
Actually I think it was totally intentional; they're trying to take the inside part of the plate away from CC. They know Blanton likely won't pitch past the 6th -- this is to set up a high scoring game.
sammy b reporting that alex having a catch w/ brains before the game developed this series, but i remember him doing that both games i saw in atlanta in june.
[101] Well I'm sick of this bullshit. I DO want them to throw at someone but just not tonight. When they do throw at them I want it to be either Rollins, Utley or Howard and at their head.
If I was Girardi, I would have simply told the umpire this: promise me you will take a 10 second break before throwing anyone out of the game should there be a HBP.
OK, yeah, have Bruney do the retaliation. CC won't be suspended, but you don't want to take the risk. So it'll be the 7th or 8th inning when we're up 13-0. And if the Phuckie charges the mound, he could get suspended too.
Ok, please just fucking walk Utley, CC. Obviously he's tipping to him or he's right on him or something. I'd rather face Howard with 2 on than Howard with 1 on and 1 in.
Tim is such a genius.
You can't just walk JW, of course, because it puts men on first and second and increases the chance of a big inning. You can do it in the fifth, though.
Genius!
[198] I haven't heard a word Timmy McCarver has said...All postseason I've been turning the sound down on the TV and listening to Sterling and Waldman. I realize they're not the greatest duo ever but their a hell of a lot better than McCarver and Joe Nepotism.
I'm sort of surprised Sabathia is having a rough time of it. Of course it did stem from some poor defensive play but usually that doesn't seem to bother him.
[204] I don't think CC is tipping anything. He's given up one hard hit ball to Utley. He's getting a littl esqueezed, and Damon screwed up in the OF behind him. Clearly he pitched around Werth. When all is said and done, CC looked pretty good, though the extra AB/pitches are not welcome.
[213] He didn't have a rough time...the he easily handled 4 of 6 batters and pitched around one. That entire inning was Damon not catching a weak pop up.
Damon is +1 in runs, but he also cost Sabathia about 15 pitches.
All in all, once I get beyond the annoyance that they scored, that was okay. Though Joe Buck got a tingle up his leg because Sabathia threw 23 pitches or whatever.
Good for the Phillies psyche that they got one back and that's a pisser but whatever, we'll move on.
Yikes CC threw 24 pitches there. Blanton is only at 11 coming into the inning. His game log shows he was throwing in the low 110's most of the year, particularly the second half. His season high was 112.
But I'd rather keep Blanton around somehow...Actually I'd rather run up his count, get 5 runs off him in 5 innings and get into their pen again.
all that short rest? this is his 2nd start on short rest, and between them he pitched a game on a week of rest. if he has a bad game, it doesn't mean he'd have a worse game or even as bad a game in game 7.
[259] No, William, the approach matters. I agree that if he's hanging shit over the plate you blast his ass, but if he's off the plate you take strikes and let him run up his own count.
The ump has it in for Sabathia. Everything close, Blanton has gotten, and Sabathia is getting his fucking nuts squeezed. Girardi needs to get in this fuckin ump's ear and not give a shit if he's tossed
[284] He should, except then he would be ejected. Wait until the seventh when the Yankees are up by five or six runs...then someone on the Phils is going down.
[286] i was talking to a female friend of mine from alabama today. she's into a lot of heavy metal and might come to the city next weekend to see some band called "Goatwhore". i thought of you w/ the Bama & Goat reference! ; )
btw, your month is in the rearview mirror. here's to ms. november!
Sutcliffe just said that over the last two years no third basemen has had a better fielding percentage than Ruiz when you take into account range.
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I'm not even sure what that means, but I agree that Ruiz is a nice defensive player.
[339] I am not letting him out of his contract. I am just surprised he hasn't been more of an offensive force. When they signed Teixeira, I thought he would definitely be the kind of guy you expect to perform in the postseason.
according to pitch fx - most of blanton's pitches are catching a lot of the plate - he is mixing high and low fairly well, but mostly low and is throwing a good mix of fastballs, sinker, changeup, and slider
[334] In my head. In Canada. On Rogers Sports Net.
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Seriously, because I am in Canada, I'm getting the MLB International feed, which means I get O'Brien and Sutcliff rather than the Fox feed. Only Fox could make these guys sound like Vin Scully.
[335] no, just a picky eater. according to RI & Ms. O, i'm weird and strange. : ~
[340] the cello suites? yeah, greatest musik EVER! i played a bunch of them - on marimba - and 3 of the preludes will be on my forthcoming solo percussion cd. i was gonna record the 1st one, but it's too ubiquitous, as that recent commercial proved.
[350] Tex hasn't been himself yet through 3 games and 2 at bats. BUT it's not like he's having a Dave Winfield 1-22 series. He did hit a HUGE homer in game 2 and he has a RBI tonight.
[363] i don't watch him enough either, but the way he swings makes it look like the best pitch against him would be a down and in changeup that falls out of his zone. his swing is so horizontal.
we got pissed about the warning, but i think it will be worse for them since it takes away the inside corner against arod. let's see what happens here.
As an offense, the Yankees have been incredibly ill prepared. The Phillies have been using the same strategy all series...pitch down the middle for strike one...balls out of the zone thereafter. You'd think they would have figured it out by now.
Whenever there's a pitcher that a bunch of people are vocal about "we will/must score 50 tuns against this piece of shit loser" inevitably that pitcher does well. I wonder if it's cause the Yankees are thinking the same thing and not concentrating. Anyway it's as predictable as Cano making me want to untie his shoelaces.
Has Melky hit ANYTHING the other way?
I hate his approach. He doesn't seem to know he's a shitty hitter, and tries to pull everything and clobber everything. I'd like to put Gritner in for a game. And maybe sitting Robbie for JHJr might be a good idea.
CC now at 66 pitches which is pretty good after starting the game with a 24 pitch first...>That run sucked but we're just going to have to get it back. The Phils aren't going to quit -- they're like Anaheim like that.
i agree that posada could have held on and then he should have been called out, but that's a very tough play on a short hop while the big runner is crashing into you. damon made a decent throw for him, but it looked like he could have caught that ball.
[492] Yep. Decent thro for him. But I thought he had a shot to catch it on the line. That's two balls where it looked like he got a bad break off the bat.
[493] Posada didn't even have his uniform on. He was in his nightgown, reading a book to his kids then dozed off and then saw Howard. Then he made himself a cup of coffee, then he fell back asleep. Then he dropped the ball. Then Johnny Damon telekinetically "pushed" the ball to home plate, and Posada thought he was still dreaming. But that shit was real!
[506] I agree, but it seems like the consensus is to blame Posada for everything---and even suggest thathe has been the worst player in the series!---so I thought it best not to put to much blame on Damon.
If just one of Teixeira, Cano or Posada was playing close to their ability, the Yankees would have swept the Angels and possibly been poised to do the same to the Phillies tonight.
[634] The thing that has worried me about Teixeira this post season is he really seems to have no grasp of the strikezone. How many called strikes has he taken in these 13 games?
William, seriously dude, I like you and I often agree with you, but I think you're sucking the joy out of this for yourself a bit. I think that sometimes you see the trees way more than the forest. We had the best record in all of baseball this season, we won the ALDS, the ALCS and are leading the series (and have a chance to go up 3 games to 1 tonight).
I think if you went back and looked at all world series ever played you'd find that most of the time hitters hit below their usual abilities because pitching becomes magnified.
[704] That's all well and good, but my opinion remains that if one of the three I mentioned performed to their abilities, the Yankees would have a much better margin for error in these series. I am not willing to attribute their performances to better pitching (because their offense has been so poor and the "better pitching" hasn't really been that).
[736] My mom loves the Fatso. But she's sleeping right now. She'll be real happy if she hears the The Fatso got the Yankees to within one game of the title.
[734] Well, for starters Cliff Lee started the entire team (except for Jeter) in a Huge offensive hole. And you can say what you want about Pedro but was was pretty tough all night long in my opinion.
So the Yanks offense was basically in a two game hole when they took the field in Philly last night and managed to right things a bit.
seems like postseason games are always low scoring, no matter who is pitching. there's an occasional blowout, but it's pretty rare and never a huge one.
[734] Incidentally, looking at Cano, he's 4-21 against Lee lifetime, 0-12 against Pedro Lifetime, and was 1-6 against Blanton Lifetime coming into tonight.
So you can complaint about Cano not hitting, but he's 5-39 against these pitchers, so I'm not that much surprise by his inability to hit them.
[779] Tough, tough call. Yeah, I would let him hit because I think h estill has one more inning in him against the bottom of the order. Also, the chances of scoring are still fairly low with two outs and (presumably) Hideki batting.
[801] So, you have documented evidence of his intentions? Perhaps an interview with him? Or even the testimony of fellow players, who say that he intentionally makes outs?
[812] When you start bitching with an umpire, pause momentarily to take an obvious strike three, and then resume bitching, I'm not sure how else to interpret it.
[821] An obvious strike? Go look at Gameday. Every one of those pitches was on teh edge or off the plate. Seriously, this is such a tired conversation.
[825] I don't know. I bet Monkeypants knows the rule, but I thought if you had a DL type injury you could remove someone from the roster and add someone....At this point I'd add Guzman.
[836] I think so. He pitched great, and he's only at 95 pitches, but I'd leave some gas in the tank for game 7. If this was game 7, of course, I'd let him pitch 7 and go to Mo for 2 (and yes, I realize that in game 7 he wouldn't be hitting anyway).
[826] There was one pitch there that was even borderline, and that was strike two. And it wasn't nearly bad enough to get himself into a snit, let alone take the fourth pitch, which is clearly a strike.
I suppose the thinking goes thusly: if you leave in CC and he gets you win #3, then the next time you us e him is in game 7... at which point EVERYBODY is available, even if CC can't go more than 5 innings. Still, 99 pitches is a short outing for CC.
[874] Yes, but not an "obvious" strike, nor "right down the middle" as you initially claimed. They were tough pitches...I think he was likely fooled or thought they were off the plate, not intentionally sacrificing outs. That's frankly absurd.
The worst part about Teixeira is I still keep expecting him to break out each and every AB, but he remains so screwed up. He is taking first pitches that he should crush and then rolling over on pitches out of the zone. It's the same thing; you'd think he'd be able to correct it.
[871] I'll trust Gameday (which IIRC is generated from multiple cameras) any time over my own view of home plate from an off center camera, all the while caught up in the emotion of the moment.
Ok I have a question for everyone, just out of curiosity. Assuming we win this game and you could absolutely guarantee that we would win the world series, would you prefer to see us clinch in Philly and just rub it in their faces OR would you prefer that we win in Yankee Stadium.
Again, you can absolutely guarantee that we win the whole enchilada. I'm just wondering where everyone, in their heart of hearts, would like to see the clinching.
Myself, I want to clinch in their park, against their stud tomorrow (though 45% of me wants to clinch in Yankee Stadium).
[900] Yeah, I've thought about that. Not sure. It's close. I would rather win in five games, but wouldn't be at all disappointed to win in six of course.
hey folks. how goes it? Just got back from hanging with an old friend at the bar (watching the game). I feel i have been mostly banter-absent this world series. sorry.
[903] Well I'm not saying we have to be ugly about it, William. Seeing our players in a pile on the center of their ballpark would be satisfying for me. They're the world champs, they've got the louder-mouth fans, and they're the ones with the player who said they'd dust our ass in 5 games. I'd like to see us uncorking in their park while Rollins and their fans watch.
[900] I think it would be cool for the fans to see it done in the new yankee stadium. But we'll still get the ticker-tape parade - a la stump for Bloomburg - so tamara in Philly is just as well.
I wouldn't tank just to see it come home for game 6. My dad always says that it's all scripted.
[900] I'm not gonna talk about this year, because I refuse to tempt fate. But to me, in the past, clinching at home with the fans going nuts is always a pretty special moment. Game 6 in '96 says it all.
[881] Right down the middle was about the team in general, who have been taking cookies for strike one and two all night.
Posada refusing to even protect the plate on *that* pitch and then turning around to bitch about a pitch that was a strike suggests to me that he either never had any intention of swinging there, or he's completely lost out there.
[916] well I definitely would like to clinch at home too...I'm a bit torn. I was hearing so much shit from Philly fans after game one...not so much lately.
I know what you mean - hard to multitask between the Banter and talking on the phone with family during these games. If I opened up twitter, I think I'd be in trouble.
[931] a good buddy of mine who lives in Bama (mobile) is a HUGE Phils phan, but he's a great guy and knowledgeable baseball fan, so he doesn't give me any shit.
On the other hand, if we win tonight, tank tomorrow and clinch on Wednesday, it's like getting some free baseball at the end of the season. This has been such a long, wonderful, frustrating, fun and exhausting trip, but we're all going to miss it terribly when it's over. So maybe having a couple other days would be nice too.
[909] A man walked into the local police precinct and asked for a job as a negotiator, saying he was a good talker and very convincing at getting people to do what he wanted them to do. The police, being shorthanded and short on time, gave the man the job and immediately sent him into a situation to talk a jumper off a tall building. After talking to the man for two minutes and daring him to jump, the jumper leaped off the top floor and fell to his death. The commanding officer on the scene turned and asked the negotiator why he decided to use reverse psychology in that situation.
CC pitched well enough. With decent defense, that's the first 1 run in this game. The real story so far is the Yankee offense has again failed to add on runs against some mediocre pitching.
[960] I could see the wheels turning for Girardi well before the homer. He wants Marte to face Howard. And he got Joba warming up while Utley was batting so that Joba could face Werth if Howard gets on. I think even with a walk or infield single, CC was gone.
regardless of how this all ends, you really gotta give Marte credit for the way he's stepped it up in the playoffs. I guess he was just never really healthy until now.
[966] I actually don't mind it as a point of strategy because Marte has been pitching well. Rather, I think CC could have also handled Howard, giving you the flexibility to use Joba next inning and have Marte available for Ibanez if Werth got on base.
[1016] I wondered about that, but sometimes when Joe tries to be too fine it ends up costing him. He over-manages and we burn through three relievers, end up tied, and the pen is empty.
Okay put A Rod on the list with Cano and Teixeira ... The honeymoon is over. Thanks for driving us to the big show Alex. Hmmm, uh anymore bad metaphors ? I'll be glad to consider them
This game is huge. I'm exhausted. I'd like an offensive outburst here. If the Yanks could get up four runs I'd seriously consider hitting the hay right now.
Wow, Joba really doesn't have that velocity at all. It's ironic that the Yankees walked on eggshells around him and he still ended up getting all screwed up.
Oh dear god...Sutcliffe and O'Brien are now talking Joba-to-the-pen stuff...for next year. It's the WS boys, can we give that particular discussion topic a rest and focus on the DAMN GAME???
[1136] I wore my 46 jersey (no name on the back of course) the first 3 games, but haven't put it on tonight. No particular reason, though its on the couch next to me.
This is the World Series right here. If you are the Phillies, I'd think they would have signed up for this chance because going into this game the cards were stacked against them. CC and Joba made two costly mistakes in the 7th and 8th, but you they just got beat. The Yankee batters have been beating themselves all series and now face a huge 9th inning. This game will not go extra innings. It ends in regulation.
holy cow y'all are posting maniacs! got a call from a friend so totally missed like 5 pages of posts. Obviously I missed the hysteria over the homerun last inning. damn it.
I had a feeling we were gonna be in good shape even after they tied it. Philly fan was acting like the fucking game was over and whatnot. Well now it might be!
I gotta think that Damon was thinking about running to third the whole time. That was such a quick decision and brilliant plan with the shift out there. Clutch!
Oh hell yeah! Gents and Gals how does it feel to be on the precipice? We're like the explorers who just got to the top of the mountain and see the rich valley beckoning us below.
I want to win tomorrow night. BUT dammit, I'm not going to cry if we don't. Y'all talked me into preferring the celebration at the Stadium to the Citizens.
BTW, Yanks have averaged just under 5 runs a game in the Serious so far . . . my gosh, what a comeback! I guess we shouldn't be surprised. These guys have been doing this all year.
Johnny's '06 Topps card is him on the road catching a ball in CF. he's centered and right to the right of him (viewing the card, left of him, literally) is the distance marker on the wall - it reads: 420'
[1446] I don't think that's unusual for this time of year. It's colder and you're usually facing better pitching....The Phils are averaging less run, right?
That was as satisfying a win as I can remember in a loooooong time.
Man, when they tied it, with Matsui and Jeter getting out, and Phil Coke in the pen, memories of the 2003 World Serious and Jeff Weaver swarmed over me.
A Rod Haters: Clutch THIS motherfuckers!
AMAZING job by Alex, Jorge, but the game ball goes to Johnny Damon. What a fuggin GREAT at bat in the 9th, plus the double steals.
Holy shit, with Lee going tomorrow, and 2-2 looking at the Boys square in the face, they fucking manned up and now have three chances to get one win.
wish me luck - i find out if i get this house in a day or two. the landlord is hedging and i can't figure out why. i'm as nervous about that as i am the Serious. i REALLY wanna get this house and move. cross all digits for me!!!
I'd say the MVP race is between Mo and Jeter. Jeter's batting .412, but Mr. Damon is getting himself into the conversation and so is Posada. Depending on what happens ....
Of course, if we lose tomorrow and Pettitte throws a gem at the Stadium in game 6, Andy may be the man.
[1465] Sorry Ms. October, I guess I'm somewhat superstitious wearing my hat for the games and my Munson T-Shirt...BUT, I don't think anything I write is going to cause us to lose. It may make for some "Told ya so" moments, but I'm not the guy for the Cubs interfering with a foul catch.
But they did make Rivera sweat through 39 pitches -- the most he'd thrown in any outing, regular season or postseason, since May 6, 2005 (336 outings ago) and the most he'd tossed in a postseason game since his infamous blown save in Game 4 of the 2004.
And afterward, Jimmy Rollins said something -- almost in passing -- that we should all keep in mind the next time we hear the dulcet strains of "Enter Sandman" and the Great Mariano bursts through the bullpen gates:
"I think we saw some things," Rollins said.
To be fair, if you read the whole story, he was far more respectful than it was made out to be. I just think it's funny that since he said that, he's popped out meekly twice against Mo, once to 3b and once to 1b.
I keep thinking to myself "when is the last time a win made me feel this way?"
I can't say something like Game 7 vs Boston, because thats a clinching game and in a class by itself. But I really think the last time I've seen/felt something like this the games were being played in Fulton County Stadium.
1503) Oh yeah, me three. That was crazy. I mean on TV, who DIDN't immediately say, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? That play was more than somewhat nifty--his at bat was collasal.
[1493] I have a small bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label that I got to celebrate my daughter's birth. The only time I've opened it since is when my son was born. My plan all along this postseason was to open it again if the Yanks won the Serious. I'm starting to think about how fantastic it tastes now . . .
i also want to say that since november of 2001 i've had several dreams of mariano back on the mound to close out another world series and make up for that debacle. seriously. and sometimes it seemed like it might never happen. it might happen tomorrow, and that is awesome. it doesn't matter how much money the yankees spend, how stupid they were for tearing down the best stadium in baseball, how little they care about everyday fans getting a chance to see the team in person. all that matters now is that we have another chance to see our favorite players nail it down. for me, that's mo.
[1497] Gotta wonder what makes holy shit so fascinating... nobody get's as excited over other holy artifacts and not even over holy people... well, maybe Moses, Jesus, cigarettes and mother of pearl...
[1516] I know!
I have to take my kids to school tomorrow morning, and that's early. I guess I'll just be tired.
But enjoy the Shiraz, for sure. Good choice for late night!
[1507] I thought he thought the ball got past Feliz. My first reaction was what the F is he doing...and then why isn't Feliz throwing the ball to third base?
So much to say - and want to rip Kruk for being a fat piece of shit - but is anyone not understanding why Gaudin tomorrow against Cliff Lee, with fully rested Burnett and CC waiting at the Stadium - why this isn't under consideration?
Ok, another thought besides how joyous I am right now - but drained - and there was way too much emotion for me during tonight's game, but cum dodging Kruk whining about Posada's trips to the mound... seriously, please, someone tell me, did that tub of crap have ANYTHING to say when Varitek was practically living on the mound?
[1534]...Steve Phillips....that's just unbelievable what he did. And there's not even a debate....He signed a statement admitting to it...Unreal.....But he was just one voice of the many fools -- Morgan, Berman, McCarver, Buck, Caray.
[1538] That is very reassuring. Not really fair to warn the Yanks seeing as it wasn't CC who started the crap.
[1542] I had been an advocate for Gaudin starting game 5, especially if the Yanks were up 3-1 - now I'm not sure. Too tired to really think straight!
And I don't think anyone can be added if Melky is done, but I'm not sure. I imagine someone at LoHud will confirm it for us. I feel bad for Melky if he's out.
[1518] Interesting enough to get an immediate response, as opposed to most of my other few comments tonight. Thought I might be able to sneak that one by, but then I got the WTF treatment for mistaking REO Speedwagon for Dire Straits... oh well, g'nite all!
i think it's a close question between aj and gaudin tomorrow. on one hand, if we're likely to lose tomorrow because of lee, it would be better to have aj on regular rest than andy on short rest wednesday. on the other hand, gaudin hasn't pitched in almost a month (besides the one inning against the angels), and you don't want to concede the game to let the phillies back in. i would go to aj. for one thing, i think he'll pitch well on short rest, and i think it gives us the best chance against lee. but for another, i still don't trust him so much that i'd prefer him over pettitte, even on short rest, in game 6. pettitte vs pedro would be a good matchup.
[1548] on my own, yeah. but it's just a rental - i've been looking to buy, but i simply can't afford it. i lived in a house in an atlanta suburb w/ other touring musicians, when i first moved here, but this would be my first house by myself.
at turkey day, i'm in this apt for 10 years straight. it's time to go...
[1549] it's not perfect - nothing is - but it's as close as i'm gonna find and i've been looking DAILY for upwards of a year now.
nothing else i can do, but wait and...hope.
would they add Miranda? he hits lefty, methinks...
[1550] Are you sure? I thought that rosters were locked---injuries or no---to keep teams from fabricating injuries in order to make tactical roster moves. My guess is that, if Melky is hurt, the Yankees have to play a man down the rest of the way.
[1553] No matter what, CC is going to pitch game 7. So the question comes down to Gaudin (game 5) and AJ on full rest (game 6), or AJ on short rest (game 5) and Pettitte on short rest (game 6).
I just don't see them starting Gaudin when he hasn't pitched in basically a month. I still think the chances of winning with AJ or Pettitte n short rest is better than it is with Gaudin. And all the while CC is still waiting in the wings for game 7 if necessary.
[1557] i was just thinkin' that. ya know, after his torrid start when joining the phils, he did get roughed up a coupla times. i think the bravos got to him once and maybe the muts. i even wanna say he gave up like 9 earnies one time out. if that's the case, i wouldn't be surprised if 2 or 3 were inherited runners the bullpen allowed, but still.
i think we can get to him. i guess we'll find out!
I'm not sure about that- Hinske was a sub for Tampa last year for Cliff Floyd in the Series, and the Yanks subbed in Villone for Clemens in 07 during the DS. Unless the rule changed again.
[1560] well i agree with you, but i do think you have to consider the opponent. since game 7 is sabathia on short rest no matter what, if you really think lee is going to pitch as well as he did i game 1, then it might be smarter to have a rested pitcher for game 6 than an old pitcher on short rest. but for whatever reason, i trust aj more against lee tomorrow (maybe because i think he actually does like short rest, maybe because he'll feel less pressure going against lee with the team up 3-1) than against pedro in game 6.
Wow - bizarre interruption - girl upstairs returned from a trip with her cat's tail trapped in the velcro of the cat bag. I ultimately managed to help get the tail free, but the cat bit the crap out of my hand and my knuckle swelled up. Soap, water, neosporin, and as a doctor's son, I have some avelox (moxifloxacin) in the house, and I took a dosage. Don't want to go to the emergency room, so hoping that's enough...
[1560] My fear was more that you're choosing to foul up two games (5 and 6) instead of just one, with the one that you're fouling up coming against their strongest pitcher.
I definitely understand going for the kill, but the thing I hated most about Torre in 2004 was how badly he managed to wield the cudgel that was the flexibility of the lead. I always like to wield an advantage instead of playing like it doesn't exist.
Ok, insane angry thought that was forgiven but occasioned a lot of shouting before Damon and A Rod and then Jorge making good, but I've expressed before how much it pisses me off when Jorge doesn't point down for the appeal and it happened again immediately before the Feliz homer. He did it to Joba earlier in the year, and I complained about it, and I really think it can throw a pitcher like Joba off. You could see Joba wanted Jorge to appeal the check swing right before the home run pitch, and Jorge didn't do a thing.
I think it may have messed up Joba's rhythm just that much and helped cause the home run pitch.
I know it sounds very particular, but I noticed it before, and mentioned it before, and if I were a pitcher, it would drive me nuts.
[1569] That's the risk, but I guess I just don't see it as "fouling up" the games, at least not necessarily. I think that AJ can pitch one game on short rest with little or no risk. Pettitte is more of a concern, but he'll be on a super short leash. As such, I'd still rather have five innings of Pettitte on short rest than Gaudin starting for the first time in a month.
I guess if AJ was more of a short thing - having a team need to win two at the Stadium, facing AJ and CC seems very imposing, and there's the whole putting AJ's start against Lee instead of putting it against someone else,,, I just love the idea of chance to win Game 5, with the hammer of our two guys back at our stadium in wait, as opposed to the toss up of Game 5 and having them think that if they get past that, the next step - facing a short rest Pettitte isn't that imposing...
[1573] Thanks. I hope I have everything covered. Cat bites are scary stuff.
[1574] They can, but the problem is that a younger pitcher is never going to appeal when the older catcher (Posada) doesn't. And I think in his rhythm he's expecting the point, than either an out or a denial and THEN set for the next pitch - I think it going straight to the next pitch (and it's almost like Posada just saying "just throw the next pitch") - can throw a young pitcher off.
Most of all, just do the damn point down for the appeal. If I'm a pitcher, it makes me feel like you have my back.
[1575] i thought they should have asked for an appeal because it was very close to a swing. but i don't think that's an excuse for joba. he still misses his location by a foot. but, like hughes last night, i thought joba actually looked pretty good. at least they're both throwing strikes.
I think that, with the team a win from winning the whole thing, perhaps maybe we can all lay off Posada a little. I mean, we know he's is not a good defender, and he can be frustrating in variety of ways (don't get me started about his base running). At the same time, it seems like now he gets blamed for every mistake that any pitcher makes, every time a pither misses his spot, every time he supposedly threw the "wrong pitch", every ball that supposedly wasn't "framed" properly, every non-appeal (do we know he did not ask for an appeal? does the home plate umpire have to grant an appeal?); meanwhile he gets no credit when pitchers pitch well, and he has been remarkably durable for a catcher, especially at his age. Tonight he was even accused---not ironically---of intentionally making an out to "prove a point" (?!?), and was deemed the worst player of the series (Melky? Robbie?).
The relentless, shrill criticism of him by some Banterers is beginning to remind me of all the bitching about Jeter after last season, when he was all but declared dead. I don't think some of us truly appreciate how valuable he has been, not just this season, but for year. We sometimes seem to forget just how valuable it is having his offensive production at catcher.
When Posada (with all of his bone-headedness) and Jeter are gone, those are going to be two huge offensive holes to fill.
[1577] Hear Hear! Jorge Po's offense far, FAR outweighs any defensive shortcomings. He's a HOFer, one of the top 15 catchers of all time..and rising. Look at the O at age 37? Ridiculous!
Time to split, finally..one more win..we can do it!
[1577] It's just a matter of pointing down to third. It's my theory, and it's not one expect many to get behind, but I will say that I noted the exact same sequence of events when it happened earlier in the year. But as Posada is wont to do, he helped make up for it with the double in the 9th. I'll never like the guy and I'll never like the way he plays defense, but I am fully aware that his bat will be greatly missed when it's gone.
Burnett is officially going tomorrow.
Same lineup as last night- I might have switched Cano and Swisher myself, or maybe batted CC 8th over Cano at this point!
Go Yanks!
Looking forward to CC giving us a Ruthian performance!
Worried about all this three day rest shenanigans. CC tonight does not concern me - in fact I look forward to his at bats!
But I am certainly worried about "Old" Andy Pettitte on three days rest and Sabathia pitching a third game within eight days. Maybe it won't come to that - that would be nice. Not sure what to make of Burnett on three days' rest (with Posada catching, I assume [hope]) but we'll see I guess ...
Anyway I was full of anger last night and opted not to come online and vent. Things turned out great - I loved seeing eight runs put up by the Yankee bats. Swisher was such a relief and Matsui's home run another highlight. I do wish balls hit to A Rod weren't becoming such fraught affairs but other than that, it's all good. His home run was huge.
Girardi did another good job last night. I wanted him to leave Hughes in for another batter just because he might be needed going forward and that can't have helped his confidence - and his pitches looked pretty sharp. But who can argue when Mariano only needed I think four pitches to end the game.
Swisher has been killing the lineup and I really hope that he's turned things around. Cano is back to his usual tricks and who knows what Melky will do.
[3] I'm looking for a breakout night from Cano. I think Blanton is made to order for him.
[4] Interesting.
I think Melky has been hammering the ball. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration. But he's been hitting it better than his hideous numbers indicate.
Looks like a mismatch on paper tonight. But, Joe Blanton is a gamer. I like him to go 7, hold the Bronx team to 3 or 4. Phils win, 6-5.
I'm probably delusional but, it's a better feeling to be confident than fearing the worst. I'm also wondering if there has been enough fraternization among the teams that your guys get the flu for the last few games. Probably not.
Hey Chyll Will, if you are out there this one's for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStmClJrIwE
The Band + the Staples Singers = soul!
Ah, you guys set the clocks back so it's 10am start here! Back in 90mins for CC & Banter!
Blanton's got nothing, I predict he'll be gone by the 5th.
Man, am I glad the Gints game wasn't on national tv. Yankees for the split on the two sport doubleheader.
[9] My wife and I had a previous engagement (a brunch date with another couple...you know you are getting old when...) this afternoon, so I fortunately missed the Giants debacle. Actually, I missed last week's debacle as well.
Sadly, soon baseball will be over and I won't have the Yankees to distract me from future Giants' debacles. Hopefully by then I will have WS championship #27 to think back on and raise my spirits.
[5] But he’s been hitting it better than his hideous numbers indicate.
Well, he's certainly not hitting the ball worse than his numbers...
[3] I am pretty calm about the three-days-rest-thing for all of the starters, believe it or not. I do think that Girardi should have a quicker hook with CC tonight so that he is as ready as possible for game 7 (which of course no one wants this series to get to).
I'm not all the crazy about 3 on 3 days rest. If we win tonight, I think we should consider Gaudin, a fully rested AJ at Hoem, and the CC, with a fully rested Andy to back him up.
RAB has a nice post about Swisher and his NEW batting stance, via Kevin Long.
"I am pretty calm about the three-days-rest-thing for all of the starters, believe it or not."
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Easy for you to say. You can predict things!
[5] I agree. I think Melky's been very serviceable.
[7] C'mon man, The Staple Singers could make Bob Dylan sound like Ronald Isley >;)
[9] Giants? Their season ended in early October. Lincecum isn't playing winter ball is he?
[3] I don't like having everyone go on 3-days either. Maybe AJ can handle it, but now you move his start from the Stadium, where he has been very good, to the road, where he has not. Also, Andy gritted it out yesterday, but I don't think he'll be able to do that on 3-days rest. I really think the game 5 decision was dependent on today's game, so I kind of wish Girardi wouldn't have made it early.
[7] nice, i just responded to you in the last thread saying that this version is awesome.
[6] You sound nervous ; )
[7] I can't see how I passed over your comment. The Last Waltz is a great documentary. The Staples should be more famous than they are.
Let's go Yan-kees! I hope we can do tonight what we could not in 2003. I am a big non-plussed at the idea that the staff is on 3 days rest from here on out though -- it seems a little panicky since we're winning, especially if we win tonight. Why is Gaudin even on the roster if he's never going to pitch?
[17] AJ on three days rest on the road is a different animal than at home, for sure. First there's his delicate mental balance. He thrives on his own dominance, but once he gets into trouble he seems to lose his mojo - his swagger. Playing @ Philly would seem to pave the way for multiple situations like this.
Then the more nuts and bolts issue - Molina behind the plate and an atrocious bottom of the lineup or Posada catching him and god knows that that results in.
I think Pettitte gritted it out because he didn't have his good stuff or control, not necessarily that he came in tired or worn down. I do agree that he is the biggest question mark on 3-days rest, but I think (hope?) he'll be fine.
[21] I trust AJ and Andy on 3 days rest more than I trust a Gaudin who has barely pitched in a month. Gaudin is there just in case somebody blows up early and we need innings.
[23] I agree, but if he doesn't have his best stuff on three days rest, I am not sure he'll be able to hang tough like he did yesterday.
[24] So do I, but this isn't a one game scenario. The question is do you compromise game 6 to improve your chances in game 5, especially when Lee will be going on full rest.
[16][20] Indeed they could! (Chyll, we'll save the REO Speedwagon chat for the offseason..I have issues...)
Btw, just turned on a morning-show here and saw Lionel Richie doing a spirited version of "Say You, Say Me"..guy has barely aged since 1986! The song hasn't got any better however...
LET'S Go, YAN-Kees!!!
Just win baby.
[25] Agreed about Andy.
[27] Hear, hear.
[27] That's all we need to hear. Let's go guys. One..Two..Three Dominate!
Jeez, this movie tie-in thing is kinda obnoxious.
[30] Yup.
The Banter is still on old time - which reminds me, I need to set my watch back . . .
AJ on 3 day's rest doesn't bother me, but Pettitte on just 3 days does. One game at a time though!
[30] What film?
[33] Avatar. Coming out in December I think.
Time to get ya some. Nothing but winning. We will prevail!
sammy b said aj got hitting tips from reggie - let's hope it pays off tomorrow
[26] Okay, I don't really like REO Speedwagon, I mixed them up with Dire Straits (ack! WTF???) anyhoo, good call. And Brother Lionel was never right in the head after he left the Commodores as far as I'm concerned, even if he was responsible for more than half the hits of the early to mid eighties and successfully convincing people that Kenny Rogers was a decent crooner... ha!. Lots to talk about during the offseason.
[21] it seems a little panicky since we’re winning, especially if we win tonight.
Or are they winning BECAUSE they have gone to the best pitchers each time around?
Why is Gaudin even on the roster if he’s never going to pitch?
I agree. I guess he's there in case of emergency mop up work. Because the more I think about it, the more I have come to believe that he is simply not an option as a starter (he's thrown only a couple of innings in the last month).
[32] Pettitte is a warrior. He'll get you 6 solid this time of year with his arm hanging off.
[34] Boooo!
[25] I give myself my best chance of winning in every game. And that best chance means my top 3 pitchers on 3 days rest in place of a journeyman who hasn't pitched in over a month.
[37] Phew. REO ws just awful. I wasn't going to inquire, because we all have guilty pleasures, but REO?
Well... Timmy likes the 3 day rotation.
We're doomed!
Game 4. We win. 'Nuff said.
[41] William's point is that you cannot give yourself the best chance of winning every game. You can throw Gaudin out there and have a worse chance in that game but a better chance in all the others, or you can take somewhat weaker starts from your top three instead of their best.
[37][42] Hah, that's funny! Yeah, Dire Straits wayyy > REO.
Oh know, Sutcliffe's "Pick to Click" is CC trying to take Blanton deep...
[43] Not necessarily. What if he likes it for the wrong reasons? Or maybe he's just confused.
[41] Unless you think Pettitte on 3-days rest is better than AJ on 4-days rest, then you aren't giving yourself the best chance to win every game.
[46] "Oh know" is excellent.
[48] In game 6, that is.
My 5 year old son is quick on the draw man. He was looking at the lineup and asked me, "why is CC Sabathia batting, Daddy?". When they showed the lineup before game 2, he asked where Nick Swisher was playing that night. hehe
YES! Leadoff hit!
This is going well.
good start!
how bout a hit n run?!
I like Blanton.
great start guys
HELL YEAH!!!
plate 'em both, Tex!!!
OK, now how about a triple.
Blanton is toast.
[49] D'oh!
Hey, Team, look at us go!
Oh man - what a great start! JJ now just asked, "did the ball hit the camera?".
I'll take that!
oen thing in favor of going on short rest was steve phillips hated it before he got canned for diddling the intern
early score truck
Nice Start----Step on their throat and don't let up.......
Dang, that would have been fun (if Howard hadn't grabbed that).
I'll take that.
get him home, Alex!!!
Here we go, Alex!
OH, FUCK THEM!!!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
WTF!!!!! these fucknuckers
stop hitting alex you no control shitbirds!!
christ almighty.
Phuck these phucking pussies.
NO DP.
must score more!!!!
Phuck you Phillies.
Huh.
Is there something the fuck wrong with these Phil pitchers? What's up with that shit?
Now I'm glad we have Brian Bruney on the roster.
look at all that bullshit on blanton's hat.
Man, the Phillies are fucking idiots if making Alex mad is their plan...Those fucks.
bullshit
fuck the yanks getting warned
that warning is uncool
C'mon Joe, get tossed here.
I'm sure it wasn't intentional. I got pissed, but obviously Tim is right.
All we need is some early drama.
Wonderful.
It was kind of funny they hit A Rod last night since they were putting him on base when he couldn't do it for himself.
Not so here. He looked pissed and I can't blame him, though it obviously wasn't intentional
at this point it doesn't matter if there is no intent mcasshole the man has been hit 3 times in 2 games - don't come inside if you can't control it
when we have them in the elimination game and we have a 5+ run lead we should hit Utley in the damn face (courtesy of Messr. Bruney)
Dipshit umps.
OK, Yankees, go up 13-0 so CC can retaliate in the 6th and have an early shower and save his arm.
warning us is ridiculous, but cc shouldn't let it bother him.
Don't fuck this up, Posada.
I was about to ask why Matsui isn't protecting A-Rod today instead of Jorge... Doh!
I'd like Alex to steal here.
Can someone brief me on what the "on-field delay" was about? I'm limited to gameday in the library.
Total bullshit and totally intentional. Where's Shelly Duncan when we need him?
[89] you and my son. :)
[91] alex got hit again and the umps conferenced and then decided to warn both teams
That's two.
Well done, Jorgie.
Well done.
I'll take it.
now they'll appeal and get the call, right?
CC can't retaliate! He could be suspended and the unable to pitch G7 (if nec).
[86] It can't be CC because MLB might suspend him (I doubt it but MLB seems to want the Yanks not to win)....I say let Bruney do it tomorrow night (or when we've got them beaten).
HIT A FUCKING HOME RUN, CANO. For Christ's sake, do it! Redeem yourself!
[98] well he can't retaliate now - but he * could* have before with little threat of being suspended - not that i wanted him to throw at them but still
Damn it, Frosty.
i'll take the early 2.
how bout a quick, easy 1-2-3 inning from CC!!!
I'm standin and clappin! 2-0 top-o-the-first. niiiiice.
Best part of that inning is everyone had a good AB...except for Cano, of course.
[105] except for Cano, of course.
LOL
[94] Thanks! Sucks that we got the warning when it's 2000% their fault.
[105] I didn't think Alex had a particularly good at bat...
Shut 'em down early CC. Then drive the score truck up their fucking asses!
Actually I think it was totally intentional; they're trying to take the inside part of the plate away from CC. They know Blanton likely won't pitch past the 6th -- this is to set up a high scoring game.
Not intentional. I think their game plan for dealing with A-Rod is to pitch him inside and try to jam him.
Kinda sucks that both sides have been warned, though. CC's going to have to be careful.
[109] This made me laugh out loud. I concur.
[98] They'd eject him from the game but I'd be shocked at a suspension.
[105] The most mystifying .320 hitter in baseball history.
Urgh. How many of Cano's AB's actually go to full count? Dude needs to work on his patience.
If Swisher can have another good game, I'd move Cano down to 7th.
[81] et al.
I'm back after stepping away for a bit. Sutcliffe was convinced that Blanton hit A-Rod on purpose. It sure looked that way to me. Anyway...
Are these Fox guys serioius? A-Rod owns Blanton and Blanton had an open base and a good DP guy up next in Posada. He threw the ball right at him.
sammy b reporting that alex having a catch w/ brains before the game developed this series, but i remember him doing that both games i saw in atlanta in june.
i don't think it was intentional. but i think they know (before the warning) that they can pitch inside and if they hit him they hit him.
[101] Well I'm sick of this bullshit. I DO want them to throw at someone but just not tonight. When they do throw at them I want it to be either Rollins, Utley or Howard and at their head.
If I was Girardi, I would have simply told the umpire this: promise me you will take a 10 second break before throwing anyone out of the game should there be a HBP.
i'm glad that was caught
Nick "Always an Adventure" Swisher.
Swisher and Melky still haven't ironed out their communications issues.
[121] Part of me thinks it wouldn't be completely awful if Hughes comes in and plunks Werth when we're up 10-0.
Ooh, that OF play deserves:
http://www.partyoutfitters.com/itempics/misc/BoppCircus.mp3
[121] Come on, no throwing at people's heads. We don't want any actual deaths, I don't think.
OK, yeah, have Bruney do the retaliation. CC won't be suspended, but you don't want to take the risk. So it'll be the 7th or 8th inning when we're up 13-0. And if the Phuckie charges the mound, he could get suspended too.
The bleacher creatures must be there because I hear the roll call.
Not liking the look of this.
Our Elegant Outfield.
Yeah, whatever.
Hmmm....
Guess the Yankee OF didn't show up to play today.
and johnny "even more of an adventure" damon
bollocks.
shut up mcasshole
Well...that sucked. Crap.
ugh
Yeah just drop a ball out in the Yankee OF and it will likely result in a two base hit
[85] Very UN-cool
If he walks Utley I won't cry
That was a strike.
I see...bad defense combined with a small strike zone.
Damage pitch...
so the zone watch begins again
And there's the damage.
Fuck, CC! Get it under control!
this is complete and utter bullshit
Crappity crap crap.
Shouldn't have gone for it there, CC, Jorge.
Ok, that hurts, but I'm not concerned. This puppy is ours.
fuck. I wish they could've put up a 0 here in the 1st. DAMMMMMIT!
Lucky that that stayed in the park.
Fuck. Not good. Ugh.
That's a huge hit by Utley made possible by Damon's misplay.
shit - cc has to be careful with utley
I think 2-0 they should have backed off of Utley.
Ok, please just fucking walk Utley, CC. Obviously he's tipping to him or he's right on him or something. I'd rather face Howard with 2 on than Howard with 1 on and 1 in.
[156] did he break the wrong way or something? It looked out of reach to me.
And here is where Howard redeems himself and the uncouth Philadelphia citizenry eat it up.
Yes the problem is the ball that Damon couldn't get to.
[160] He and Melky got lousy jumps on the ball. It should have been caught.
why not at least throw one slider to utley? weren't those last 2 pitches strikes?
going back to damon's play - why the hell was he playing barbarino so shallow?
Man, talk about getting squeezed.
Fucking hell.
that was a strike
Come on blue1 That was a fucking strike!
[161] Jinx away!
CC doesn't look like CC so far.
In game 1 CC wasn't getting ahead of the batters, either. Now I remember that feeling I had all game. Ugh. C'mon CC!
[165] i mean deep - why was damon playing shane so damn deep?
Nice pitch, big guy.
One more.
please k him
Regardless of what happens here, I'd pitch around Werth right now.
[172] 'Cause he's a stoner?
Get 'em CC. Shut. Them. Down!
For gods sake don't give up the lead here.
[176] :}
Smoked 'em.
YEAH!!!
OH, yes!!!!
Fuck yes, Big Man!
just walk Werth...walk him.
are these losers chanting cc sucks?
sit the fuck down yet again howard
Big K. Now, don't let Werth hurt you.
haha
Eat That!
[161] Once again - thanks!
That's the way, CC
that was big time, he pitched around getting squeezed
sweet money!
thank you, CC. Now... let's with IBB Werth, or get ahead of him. Pleeeease?
joe is on extra hands-on tonight
I am PETRIFIED of Werth right now.
[184] They are.
That's more than just pathetic: it's Red Sox Fan Pathetic.
Fucking Joe go sit your sour puss down. The last time he tried this with a starter Pettitte gave up a bomb to Guerrero
[193] I don't like that in the first inning.
Shut up, McCarver.
CC doesn't look that bad so far. He gave up one hard hit ball and has been hurt by the Circus Clown OF defense.
CC is a 94-95 so he's got velocity.
Tim is such a genius.
You can't just walk JW, of course, because it puts men on first and second and increases the chance of a big inning. You can do it in the fifth, though.
Genius!
[197] me neither - just play
[198] correction, mcasshole
is he tipping pitches?
[198] I haven't heard a word Timmy McCarver has said...All postseason I've been turning the sound down on the TV and listening to Sterling and Waldman. I realize they're not the greatest duo ever but their a hell of a lot better than McCarver and Joe Nepotism.
Those balls were good pitches. Werth showed restraint.
has he gotten ahead of ANY batters yet? I know he K'd Howard.
[201] But I thought walks clog the bases? It's a paradox, walks are bad for both the pitcher and the offense!
Ridiculous...you can't pitch around Werth in the first inning.
Do NOT fuck this up.
Don't have a problem with walking Werth. Since we can't plunk him.
Not the worst thing to do, walking Werth.
I'm sort of surprised Sabathia is having a rough time of it. Of course it did stem from some poor defensive play but usually that doesn't seem to bother him.
[207] I'll eat me hat. I remember both Werth and this dude started 0-1. Now 0-2. THANK YOU, big fella.
Yes!
He's fine!
Stop worrying. See?
atta boy, big man!
now...more runs please!!!
CC! See-ya, Ibanez
two big k's
now keep the score truck moving
[204] I don't think CC is tipping anything. He's given up one hard hit ball to Utley. He's getting a littl esqueezed, and Damon screwed up in the OF behind him. Clearly he pitched around Werth. When all is said and done, CC looked pretty good, though the extra AB/pitches are not welcome.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Sweet....limit the damage.
Ibanez was 0-4 against CC heading into that at-bat. He's a lefty so I'd much prefer facing him than Werth.
[216] See See?
Oh thank Mo. Hopefully CC settles down hereon. He's got the ability to own these brotherly bastards.
[214] Also Howard.
You have a selective memory :-)
i have had to change-up to the jeter fist pump cause my hands hurt from clapping
[213] He didn't have a rough time...the he easily handled 4 of 6 batters and pitched around one. That entire inning was Damon not catching a weak pop up.
Damon is +1 in runs, but he also cost Sabathia about 15 pitches.
[216] thank you for reeling me in. I'm over here throwing up in my mouth.
cc was good after the utley double. he threw at least 5 strikes to k howard, and the balls to werth were nasty pitches. 2-1 is fine for now.
[223] Si si!
All in all, once I get beyond the annoyance that they scored, that was okay. Though Joe Buck got a tingle up his leg because Sabathia threw 23 pitches or whatever.
Good for the Phillies psyche that they got one back and that's a pisser but whatever, we'll move on.
[229] And before the Utely double.
[220] yeah i agree. utley is just locked in on him for whatever reason - he is who cc has to b careful with tonight
I bet CC would love to plunk Utley, but now he can't.
[227] It doesn't matter who's fault it was, that was not an easy inning for Sabathia.
OK. CC better get that same call, ump.
i just don't know why they only threw fastballs to utley who has hit 2 home runs on that pitch.
any chance damon's horsehit routine on that play leads him to be subbed out for defense tonight ? (i'm pretty sure i know the answer)
[230] Sea --- change for the Yankees as they break out the big lumber tonight.
stop talking about football you fucking douchelord.
that was a dickish strike three call
Nice consistent zone, you fucking douchewad.
Maybe Fox can put the game on a small box and show some NFL on FOX highlights?
I'm wondering if all that short rest is catching up to CC.
work him there, Melky.
Yikes CC threw 24 pitches there. Blanton is only at 11 coming into the inning. His game log shows he was throwing in the low 110's most of the year, particularly the second half. His season high was 112.
But I'd rather keep Blanton around somehow...Actually I'd rather run up his count, get 5 runs off him in 5 innings and get into their pen again.
he's at what 17 pitches. make him work!!!
don't get hurt CC
Good cut, CC!
nice hack - park one in the bleachers
[244] If it isn't now, it certainly makes me wonder - again - about game 7 potentially
[238] I thought the same thing, but didn't have the energy to write something. Yeah, we're on the same page here.
Fuck.
"So he can hit???"
Wouldn't anyone who is playing professional baseball, whether pitcher or position player, be expected to hit lots of home runs in high school?
Yeah, I have no interest in seeing Blanton's pitch count run up. What's the point? Is he really better than their long relief?
[254] to have hit
PLEASE have a 1-2-3 inning w/ very few pitches thrown.
Strike zone definitely seems inconsistent. Girardi should do his job and work that ump
[244] Maybe it might, but nothing in that first inning would suggest is has.
[246] The last thing on the Yankees minds should be trying to run up Blanton's pitch count. They should be focused on hitting him hard.
Wow, inbetween innings they are showing Matsui's home runs again...just in case we missed the 64thousand replays yesterday...
Ok, CC settles down here and breezes through Feliz, Ruiz and Blanton.
all that short rest? this is his 2nd start on short rest, and between them he pitched a game on a week of rest. if he has a bad game, it doesn't mean he'd have a worse game or even as bad a game in game 7.
[260] we need more beast commercials!!
[244] I’m wondering if all that short rest is catching up to CC.
Hasn't he pitched on short rest only once so far this post season, like ten days ago?
[259] No, William, the approach matters. I agree that if he's hanging shit over the plate you blast his ass, but if he's off the plate you take strikes and let him run up his own count.
Hey, if we get a nice lead, pinch hit early for CC, and then Bruney can bean Blanton!
[261] I'm witcha
This.
Ump.
Sucks.
Ass.
I want to hang this fucking ump by his own intestines.
[265] There is a difference between taking pitches because they are balls and building deep counts to work the pitcher.
who is this fucktard behind the plate?
Make it look easy, Swish.
Ok can we please get Ruiz out?
Ruiz and Posada chummin' it up. good for them.
[270] My guess is that Blanton's going to go off the plate as much as he can get away with...
[273] Agreed. The mission for tonight should include getting Ruiz out and not walking Rollins!
That's a strike.
Thanks, Jorgie.
Thtat's a strike if Posada can catch it.
that was a fucking strike. catch the damn ball posada
c'mon carsten throw strikes
The ump has it in for Sabathia. Everything close, Blanton has gotten, and Sabathia is getting his fucking nuts squeezed. Girardi needs to get in this fuckin ump's ear and not give a shit if he's tossed
i honestly think cc is pitching against this umpire so far more than against the phillies
[281] Agreed.
[281] Yes!
CC should hit Blanton on his fat ass..
Until that AB I really wasn't upset about the balls and strikes calls, but that was a bad one. CC isn't getting the low strikes and Blanton is.
mike everiit is this douchelord
[282] And against his defense.
[276] Seriously I am tired of seeing Rollins get walks.
Yeah Tim, Sabathia is not comfortable because his fucking nuts are getting squeezed you ancient turd
Good.
0-2.
[284] He should, except then he would be ejected. Wait until the seventh when the Yankees are up by five or six runs...then someone on the Phils is going down.
Well done, CC.
Well done.
i think that was 11 pitches
11 pitches for CC...that's more like it...Couple more of those and he'll be back on track.
that was a good inning - 10 pitches - total of 34
(i feel like mk - the fake michael kay on twitter would make fun of me)
Score truck, you're being called. Overdrive please.
[293] Yes, according to Gameday....by the way, hey thelarmis.
Quick poll: Should I eat a brownie?
yeah 11, not 10 for cc
keep pounding blanton top of the lineup
[289] Stubborn ancient knave.
"You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart, we'll teach you!" (that's from King Lear)
[298] should never be an issue. OF COURSE!
[298] No, hold out for another inning.
[298] Yes
[298] No. You should send it to me.
[298] yes - enjoy!!
[286] i was talking to a female friend of mine from alabama today. she's into a lot of heavy metal and might come to the city next weekend to see some band called "Goatwhore". i thought of you w/ the Bama & Goat reference! ; )
btw, your month is in the rearview mirror. here's to ms. november!
[298] Yes.
by the way, Mr. Sterling would like you all to know that baseball is a funny game.
Nice play.
[298] absolutely NOT! ick. yuchy.
and RI - NO, i've never had a brownie before. ever. (true story)
fuck you, feliz
Damn, Feliz is really good in the field.
[308] It's not football, or basketball.
Unfortunate.
All right I'll eat a brownie, but not till the middle of the fourth ... thanks
[302] see, you don't like brownies either!
[306] goatwhore - that is great
[310] Oh. I am so surprised.
blanton can go 14 innings, at this rate...
Sutcliffe just said that over the last two years no third basemen has had a better fielding percentage than Ruiz when you take into account range.
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I'm not even sure what that means, but I agree that Ruiz is a nice defensive player.
[310] is that by choice?
McCarver and Buck discussing Pearl Jam.
Wonderful.
[318] I hope so because if he does we'll score more runs.
[319] Of course, I meant Feliz.
Why can't Teix pull the trigger?
This ump is all over the map.
[319] That erplexed me as well..
Eff You,ump.
holy shit tex - that was a cookie
[317] apparently, my mom used to cook great brownies. i never tasted one though...
FUCK YOU, BLUE. cocksucker.
This ump is fucking garbage.
That was a very un-Score-Truckish inning.
[298] Yes.
And Pearl Jam has just jumped the shark that's to Tim McCarver.
Yeah, that really is bullshit. CC is not getting that low strike call.
Teixeira's inability to string together good ABs is the most shocking thing of this post season.
I really hate this delayed Elvis kung fu fighting strike three call. This ump is not good enough at his job to merit such displays
[319] where are you hearing Sutcliffe?
[327] are you lactoid insolubule or something?
[321] When Joe Buck goes into negotiate his contract, I wonder if he begins with "you can't pay me enough to watch a baseball game"?
Big inning for CC. If he is right (and I think he is), he needs to get through their good hitters unscathed and hopefully without burning 20+ pitches.
bach cello suite! prelude in G, Suite I
joe blanton is a crappy pitcher. we need to DESTROY him.
[332] He's been rough overall, but I'm still glad that he's gotten a few key hits, walks and homers and his defense is still good.
[338] Yes! That is among the most sublime creations of mankind.
[322] what about marte?
[339] I am not letting him out of his contract. I am just surprised he hasn't been more of an offensive force. When they signed Teixeira, I thought he would definitely be the kind of guy you expect to perform in the postseason.
[336]nHeh heh heh.
according to pitch fx - most of blanton's pitches are catching a lot of the plate - he is mixing high and low fairly well, but mostly low and is throwing a good mix of fastballs, sinker, changeup, and slider
[334] In my head. In Canada. On Rogers Sports Net.
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Seriously, because I am in Canada, I'm getting the MLB International feed, which means I get O'Brien and Sutcliff rather than the Fox feed. Only Fox could make these guys sound like Vin Scully.
[341] what about him?
[341] He'd be up there too, but I think Teixeira's underperformance is more perplexing than Marte's retrun to his normal history.
[340] Yup.
Quiet there tonight, I am sure I am hearing some heckling behind OB & Sutt..
[344] Blanton is throwing strikes...the Yankees are just not hitting them.
[335] no, just a picky eater. according to RI & Ms. O, i'm weird and strange. : ~
[340] the cello suites? yeah, greatest musik EVER! i played a bunch of them - on marimba - and 3 of the preludes will be on my forthcoming solo percussion cd. i was gonna record the 1st one, but it's too ubiquitous, as that recent commercial proved.
[342] the kind of guy you expect to perform in the postseason.
You would expect that, but since you can't predict baseball....
[350] yeah and i think they will again soon
[345] wow I did not know that.
I wish they'd get Al Michaels & Costas or maybe Scully all by himself. I hate McCarver and Buck....
I know most of y'all don't like John & Suzyn, but compared to what's on TV, I've really enjoyed them.
Posada's catching style has to cost his pitchers strikes.
This ump is on some manner of hallucinogen.
what about Teix? hehe
NIce play, Teix.
[352] Ha ha hah ah ah ah!
[356] haha
Tex is a vaccuum out there.
DAMN!!! i typed that *before* mcasshole said it. crap : /
[351] but what's in an apple or a brownie or all these other things that offends your pickiness?
i don't watch utley enough to know - but can he be gotten with high heat?
don't let him tie the game
This is a tense moment!
[361] :)
[350] Tex hasn't been himself yet through 3 games and 2 at bats. BUT it's not like he's having a Dave Winfield 1-22 series. He did hit a HUGE homer in game 2 and he has a RBI tonight.
I am scared.
This ump needs to be fired.
I really have no idea what his zone is.
Utley rarely hits an opposite field HR, so the Yankees have to make him go that way.
Pop goes the Chutley!
Thank Mo.
finally got him!
Good inning.
Finally got him out!
Good work, Big Man!
Excellent, excellent inning.
nice inning big man - 46 now
why am i blanking on the blonde in the directv commercial. wait, it's kim basinger...right?!
i should know that... : ~
another 11 pitch inning for CC, y'all....
[363] i don't watch him enough either, but the way he swings makes it look like the best pitch against him would be a down and in changeup that falls out of his zone. his swing is so horizontal.
[367] I am talking about the entire post season. Also, I am not trying to compare him to epic poor performance...just to my own expectations for him.
Okay, enough fucking around. Hit the shit outta Blanton. Run the score up and make them wish the never made it to the serious.
[378] No, but it does look like here. (Maybe ten years ago.)
[362] the brownie/cake/twinkie dessert type thing - i think it's the texture.
apples - um...i hate the color red??? (yes, i'm fully aware of green apples...) : }
[370] Good call. HIt Tracker shows that he is just a bout a dead pull hitter, at least on his HRs.
http://tinyurl.com/yht7dq7
we got pissed about the warning, but i think it will be worse for them since it takes away the inside corner against arod. let's see what happens here.
[384] Actually, the best apples (around here anyway) are yellow. Golden Delicious. They are so much better than the others.
[380] thanks. i definitely agree with the horizontal swing
[378] yes.
Let's go Yan-kees!
What is Alex looking at?
WTF is A Rod looking at? Stop thinking, start hitting.
[383] whoever it is, i have NO discrimination against her coloring or texture. would eat that all day & night!!! ; )
imo, you are a fucking douchelord, mcasshole!
why aren't we destroying blanton??? : /
Tim McCarver: Captain Obvious.
Man does Blanton look hittable.
[391] Agreed.
[378] [389] Wow, it is Kim B. (I just checked).
[381] but he's also had some big homers and big walks throughout the entire postseason!
He got on base for Arod in game 2 of the ALDS and then homered to win that game.
He homered the other night. I agree that he's been off, no question about it, but he's not completely invisible.
Wide strike zone back again.
[394] Eminently.
They're not being aggressive enough.
[392] yes, it's Kim Basinger. And Garth.
fuck you mcasshole - you do not hit the same person 3 times
[394] yep, patience my friend it will happen
This is pissing me me off.
God, this is pissing me off.
[387] you won't be surprised to learn, but i do indeed like apple sauce!!! : )
holy crap. cy fucking blanton??? wtf?! : /
This ump is fucking blind.
The Yankee bats are just lame...instead of whining about the calls, why don't they swing at all these awful pitches?
Memo to Yankee hitters: this is Joe Blanton, not Cliff Lee.
get your head out of ass you horrible ump
If the hitters swung at the floating meatballs down the center of the plate, maybe they wouldn't have such difficulty with this fucked up strike zone.
Cano just made me vomit a little
If the Yanks and Phillies keep trading 1-2-3 innings, Yanks win the game 2-1. But I still want the score truck to show up. Any time now.
mmmm, kim basinger!!! ; )
kevin long needs to have a quick hitters meeting - this ump sucks just swing at what you like and you will get a hit
Jesus Christ.
Jesus fucking Christ.
FUCK....I hope we can get Blanton out of there...He's suddenly pitching the game of his life.
Can they just bench Cano right now? I wanna see Hairston, I don't give a fuck
Cano is giving away ABs. Maybe it's time to have him sit a game.
grrrrrrrr
maybe cano needs a day off
omg. 11 straight? 5 k's? is this the yankee offense???
it's JOE BLANTON!!! destroy this fucker!!!! aaaarrrggghhh!!!: /
Very, very frustrating. At least Cano has been good on defense, because he has been a mess.
This is bullshit. Come. The. Fuck. On. Don't piss this series away.
If we win this game 2-1 I suspect this is going to be the angriest Banter thread since game 5 in Anaheim.
Can we trade Cano to Satan's army or some shit? He's making my blood boil like earlier in the season
As an offense, the Yankees have been incredibly ill prepared. The Phillies have been using the same strategy all series...pitch down the middle for strike one...balls out of the zone thereafter. You'd think they would have figured it out by now.
[420] Hola WCYankee....what's up man?
[422] cheers man - have your brownie - i just got mine
If I have to watch one more Yankee take strike two right down the middle, I'm going to lose my shit.
Frankly, I would have pulled Posada after that last out. He struck out looking so he could yell at the umpire some more.
CC's gotta hold serve for two more innings to get through his spot in the lineup. Maybe third time will be charm for the top of the order.
Oooh, good pitch!
how was that not a strike?
[426] All series, it seems like Yankee pitchers are getting Phillies hitters out, while Yankee hitters have been getting themselves out.
{424] Sup bro! Just wishing the boys would stop screwing the pooch.
Whenever there's a pitcher that a bunch of people are vocal about "we will/must score 50 tuns against this piece of shit loser" inevitably that pitcher does well. I wonder if it's cause the Yankees are thinking the same thing and not concentrating. Anyway it's as predictable as Cano making me want to untie his shoelaces.
oh shit...here comes Babe Werth.
[425] Oops I forgot! Thanks I'm going to get it now!
[426] When you say "right down the middle," do you mean the four pitches that Gameday shows were on outside edge or off the plate?
[415] Cano is giving AB away through bad play. I'm convinced Posada purposely gave that last AB away to prove a point.
Can Joe please shut the fuck up? Crimeny sake. He loves whoever the Yankees aren't.
This sucks.
Sutcliffe *I think Joe Blanton's momentum went to Ryan Howard right there"
Yeah..
Oh, just fucking shoot me now.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
Well that's embarrassing.
Posada asleep at the wheel
omg how did that just happen?
Fucking Christ.
What THE fuck!
that was awful JoPo
and that was disgusting Howard. chew is the grossest thing of all time. yuck!
please walk werth.
Posada's catching has reached scary lows.
Holy crap. I didn't know he had it in him.
big out
Very good.
Now they'll need a hit to score.
Scream at the ump some more Jorge. That seems to be what you're good for these days.
[435] Fuck a bunch of Gameday.
You're not the boss of me, Gameday!
at least arod made a good play in the field
Howard steals a base and Werth makes an out? In the same inning?
now absolutely everyone is bitching at the douchelord
WTF kind of late ass strike call is that? This ump is an insane gibbon
another big out
Attaboy.
Has Melky hit ANYTHING the other way?
I hate his approach. He doesn't seem to know he's a shitty hitter, and tries to pull everything and clobber everything. I'd like to put Gritner in for a game. And maybe sitting Robbie for JHJr might be a good idea.
Posada almost crossed up again...how does a major league catcher break down so completely. He looks like he is just learning the position.
[443] Posada asleep at the wheel
Um. That was obviously stolen on CC, who was focusing exclusively (and rightly) on the batter.
[455] I see it more as "at least A Rod didn't make a bad play" but yeah
[458] An insane gibbon.
Yes, that's it exactly.
[456] Paging Dr. Sterling, Dr. Sterling...
[463] I blame the home plate umpire. He made Jorge drop the ball. Just like he made him strike out last inning.
Mother of God.
FUCK
christ amen
Phuckity phuck phuck.
Great fucking defense by Damon, with an assist by Posada.
Kill me now.
Oh, man, that sucked.
Why didn't Johnny try to catch it???
"Wheels'" Howard strikes again.
Posada really sucks...Damon does too.
Fucking shit.
Johnny Damon is a disgraceful outfielder..can't throw out Ryan Howard...
HE DIDN'T TOUCH HOME!
great. wtf was that I won't even block the plate BS?
he never touched home
fucking brutal
fuck if po had held on he would have been out
[463] Um. So Sabathia's negligence made Posada jump up as if he'd been literally sleeping and drop the ball?
Holy shit. Howard didn't touch the plate there! Jorge could've picked up the ball and tagged him!
[467] That base was stolen regardless of the throw.
I don't care how good Posada can hit...he has become the worst catcher in the major leagues.
Maybe if Jorge catches the fucking ball we'd get the call.
Shit! He;'s out if Po holds onto that.
And why doesn't JD just throw to the cutoff man?
The ball would get home quicker that way.
Okay, the umpire blew the call.
But why didn't Johnny try to catch the fucking ball???
I hate these fucking umpires. Fucking hate them.
HE NEVER TOUCHED HOME!!!!!!!!
Damon actually made a good throw...the Yankees just have a DH playing catcher.
[483] Howard had the base stolen already...he caught CC and Poada off guard, but like most SBs, that was more on the pitcher.
Posada stinks. First he falls asleep and lets "Flash" Howard get to second, then he drops another ball to let him score.
Jorge, get out your boomstick, you owe us a run
Good work, CC.
[489] Why won't he swing the bat? Why can't he throw a ball without dropping it?
Its the ump's fault!
alright score truck - it is time to make the rest of your deliveries
CC now at 66 pitches which is pretty good after starting the game with a 24 pitch first...>That run sucked but we're just going to have to get it back. The Phils aren't going to quit -- they're like Anaheim like that.
i agree that posada could have held on and then he should have been called out, but that's a very tough play on a short hop while the big runner is crashing into you. damon made a decent throw for him, but it looked like he could have caught that ball.
Can we PLEASE score now...like, lots of runs..a whole shit of 'em. That would work nicely.
If Sabathia had a decent LF'er and catcher, he would be cruising on a shutout.
Posada has been the worst player in this series for the Yankees.
[492] Yep. Decent thro for him. But I thought he had a shot to catch it on the line. That's two balls where it looked like he got a bad break off the bat.
i would LOVE for CC to go thru the order 1 more time - 3 innings, no baserunners.
we need to score here, now and often!!!
I'd feel more confident if we weren't facing Cy Blanton, with Helen Keller umping homeplate.
Po, you're a Yankee. Play like one.
[502] Decent chance? He just stood there waiting for it. I can't believe he didn't try to catch it.
[493] Posada didn't even have his uniform on. He was in his nightgown, reading a book to his kids then dozed off and then saw Howard. Then he made himself a cup of coffee, then he fell back asleep. Then he dropped the ball. Then Johnny Damon telekinetically "pushed" the ball to home plate, and Posada thought he was still dreaming. But that shit was real!
[504] Hellen would be more accurate.
The Yankees bats and gloves are doing their best to completely squander the big advantage they had in this series.
Nick get the walk.
Nice.
Four pitches.
That's the Blanton I love.
good GOOOD! let's do this shite
Wow that's usually a strike according to the home plate ump from hell
Ok yes I am crazy, but I'd pinch run Gritner here and steal second.
good start, Swish.
let's go Robbie!
a 4 pitch pitch base-clogging is often where it starts!!
Swisher BB = good
[501] He has done a fine job of whining though. That has to be good for something
[506] I agree, but it seems like the consensus is to blame Posada for everything---and even suggest thathe has been the worst player in the series!---so I thought it best not to put to much blame on Damon.
[516] i meant Melky. the other C & C...
Yes Timmy... Swish doubled off of a Pettitte Curveball.
c'mon Robbie. Don't give it away!
[515] Yes, that's crazy.
Need Melky to get it together for a minute here.
Good try, Chutley!
Yes!!
Thanks Chase!!!!!!
What the hell was that?
hehe... that was a funny trick. idiot.
That was awesome. I now love Chase Utley. Class act
good!
sac bunt. please be successful CC
okay good start - does cc bunt?
Beautiful!
Make something happen here for Christ's sake!
So, I guess CC is bunting?
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See how hard it is to manage in the NL!
So I see that Mike Everitt is as awful, or perhaps even worse, than both Jeff Nelson and Brian Gorman, at calling the strike zone.
OK, all I want now is for CC to jack one.
That's the way to turn a DP into a hit!
What's the call? CC bunt?
Here is a situation where nobody is going to yell at Joe for a bunt.
[524] I know...It's the Casey Stengel in me.
If they charge hard, I would have him take a chop swing here.
Hmm, maybe Sabathia should just swing away here
That was a Swisher bunt
Screw this bunting shit. No outs, let the big man swing away - he's got power.
My eyeball hurts.
Christ I hate this ump
Um, are those pretend bunts?
GOD DAMN! that was a foot outside!
Let him swing! Maybe he'll hit one out.
He said "fuck"!
Why???
OK, that was not optimal, but not very damaging.
Jesus.
FUCK!
not again
What a waste. Why not let him swing?
oh no. that was fucking brutal.
twice now in the world fucking serious.
this SUCKS!!!
don't bunt, cap'n!!!
I'm glad he followed the Yankees strategy of taking strike two. That has been very effective tonight.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Come on, Captain.
Why? Why? Stupid.
He totally should have swung when he got to strike two. Oh well.
[552] That's a silver lining I guess.
Please, Jeter, no DP.
What is everyone looking at???
Why won't they swing at the pitch? Ever?
[556] because if he swings there's a good chance he hits into a dp. he isn't a good hitter, he's a good hitter for a pitcher.
[558] The pitch was about nine inches outside.
cc obviously took batting practice but not bunting practice
Come on ump, that looked like a strike right down the bottom to me.
[561] I would have let him bunt, but I guess I'm paranoid about the pitcher hitting into a DP.
YES!
Okay. I'm happier now.
Oh captain, my captain!!!
yeah - way to find the hole cap
YES!
Yay! Cap'n Clutch!!
CAPTAIN!!!
Nice. Let's salt this mother fucking game away for the love of god.
Oh, yess!!!
I thought that was a 6-4-3.
Whew!
Yeee Haaaw!
Anyone else see Joe Posnanski's latest blog post that described Derek Zumsteg's 2nd Guesser iPhone app? All I can think about now.
YES! Captain!
Yes! Cap'n got it back for us...Now what the hell, why not get some more runs..
[570] Corner IFs way in, he has a great chance to get a hit.
But, whatever.
c'mon jd - keep it going
I want some more runs goddammit! Right now!
[579] I knew they wouldn't get Jeter on that play, but I thought it was a force out at second.
[574] i'm guessing you're not the first girl to tell him that! ; )
Is that an unearned run?
Your name is Damon, not DP.
Off the bat, that ball had DP written all over it. Man, Jetes has great Karma.
Fuck yes. FUCK YES.
And yes I know CC's a pitcher - but if he can't bunt, ugh. If the worry is a double play, then just tell him not to take the bat off his shoulder.
Fall in fall in fall in - YES! Let's go Score Truck!
Oh, fuck yeah!!!!!
It fell, it fell!!!
and THAT is how you touch home plate
hi gang
oh man. The Yankees are back, Baby!
WooooooHoooo!
YES!!
And Melky makes sure to touch home!
Oh God. I was terrified that Melky was never gonna touch home.
yeah - score truck by jd - good job melky too
JOH-NNY DA-MON!!!!
great running, Leche!!!
fuck you word press
What the hell was Melky looking at? It worked out, but jesus man, put your head down and run.
[587} :)
JD with the bloop..like it!
Melky doesn't slide???? A bit of luck there.
Suzyn, "Now Melky missed the plate but went back and touched it....[sarcastic tone] unlike Ryan Howard!"
Come on Teixeira!
William, if Teix gets a hit here, I want some acknowledgment of his clutchiness
Damn.
Nice rip, Teix.
I'ma use reverse psychology: damn... Teix is up.
[594] hi raging
[600] yeah word press is too god damn dictatorial
it would be lovely if Tex decided to bust out right here
ruiz tried to touch the plate. what - did he think it was a force out???
[601] Sterling said Melky slowed down because he was concerned Werth might make the catch.
Melky... dumb luck. Who'ld have thunkit.
[603] I think Ruiz may have been standing like a wall several feet in front of home, but I could be completely wrong
I have a feeling this is going nowhere.
Blanton is baffled, cause the ump just remembered day 1 of ump school.
Damn, just missed it.
Damn.
At least he had two hard hit balls that ab.
i really wish Tex was mashing.
c'mon Alex - payback for all the plunking!!!
Oh, Alex!
Crush that pitch!
i don't think melky could have stopped there plus it was a bit of a late stop sign
yeah come inside again bitch
Teix had a good swing, I thought.
Fuck.
Fuck.
FUCK!
Damn. Only two.
Its for the best. I couldn't watch Posada strike out looking with men on base again.
i think they both just missed
Just missed it, dang. So did Teix, for that matter.
fuckin eh
well all in all a productive inning
dammit. but at least we got the 2-run lead back.
now...let's keep it there.
LET'S GO CC!!!!!!!!
2 runs is nice - more would have been nicer though
alright shut em down big man
And A-Rod just missed that too. Oh well, maybe they get one more shot at Blanton (though I bet Manuel PH this inning).
If just one of Teixeira, Cano or Posada was playing close to their ability, the Yankees would have swept the Angels and possibly been poised to do the same to the Phillies tonight.
[633] That's means the Phillies will bat around, so I hope not.
[634] i wonder if philly fans think that
seriously, does anyone think Avatar looks even decent? because I think it has Waterworld written all over it
[634] The thing that has worried me about Teixeira this post season is he really seems to have no grasp of the strikezone. How many called strikes has he taken in these 13 games?
[635] That would be bad.
[637] But I liked Waterworld!
[637] It looks awful. Not that they're similar, but I'm much more looking forward to Malick's Tree of Life.
[638] Not only that, but he has been tentative ahead in the count, and when he does swing 3-1 like that last AB, he is late.
Blanton's now at 68 pitches, so he's basically got 42 pitches left in his arm based on his game logs this year (highest was 112).
we just need to get outs...
[633] i sure hope NOT! if manuel is PH'ing for Blanton in this inning, it means they score a lot of runs. Rollins leading off...
let's hope Howard doesn't make it up this inning...
Oh, Rob. Damn.
Put your glove down, Robbie!
damnit - seemed like cano was going to get that one
cano shoulda had that. : /
That sucked. C'MON!!!!!
i doubt he would have gotten rollins anyway
jesus christ
Cano adds defense to the list of things he isn't doing this Series.
Sabathia is actually pitching very well...too bad his defense has been paying attention.
A+ defensive game for the Yankees
Now he'll have to pitch to Ut with men on. Unless Vinnie can GIDP, of course.
[644] Yeah, yeah...somehow I though #8 was up this inning.
[634] Posada is batting .273 which seems close to his ability.
CC looks like he's overthrowing the ball a lil.
[637] I was trying to figure out what it was about based on the muted images. Robots, aboriginal space aliens, air force ufo warfare, robots...
What's it about, anyway?
Come on...
This is very, very bad.
I guess the plan is to pitch around Victorino? Sounds like a good idea.
[655] at this rate, it might come to pass. : (
this game definitely has a "War of Attrition" feel to it
Just pitch CC, just pitch.
Oh, god. Not good.
fuck shit piss hell. GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER!!!
shit - not good - got to bear down big man
fuuuuuuuuuuuck why why why can't the yankees shut them down after scoring some runs? WTF?
Don't worry.
Big Man's going to strike out the side now.
[656] No, you don't understand. It's all Posada's fault, so he is actually batting .000 and intentionally making outs so that he can pout.
Okay, settle down, go get 'em. No big problem yet.
at least i got 666 back - my rightful comment # !!! : )
WTF, I go to let the dog out and the Phillies get the phirst two on?
[656] With a sub-Molina like OPS around .550.
Why were they throwing changeups to Victorino? Why was Sabathia distracted by Rollins? These seem like novice mistakes.
let's get chutley in another dp
He missed badly there.
please K him here
[670] Hah...
Strike two.
Good pitch.
Good pitch.
there ya go. gettin ahead of them.
Come on DP!
Dial it up...
[674] pretty ultimate sample size issue.
[683] Sample size is relevent for predicting future performance, not assessing past performance.
[670] If you can give me another reason for why he took that pitch for strike three..
Now that's the IF Fly Rule!
ok ok
One out.
Good work, Big Man.
does the NL have the infield fly rule?
DP here.
good - one out - cc can quick pitch too
nicely done.
how about an easy DP here, so Werth doesn't bat w/ ducks on the pond...
[686] Yes!
[689] hahaha, nice
[689] Yes, of course. All leagues have it.
Two out.
That'll do too.
Now lets get Werth out.
Diggin' the pop ups - hold together, CC, hold together . . .
yes thank you derek for waving jd off
good good.
PLEASE get Werth here. PLEASE!!!
This worries the everliving fuck out of me.
My Bruney Senses are tingling.
[701] after the game, you should go see a doctor about that everliving fuck. I agree, this isn't the way to get it out, but it's a poison, brother.
William, seriously dude, I like you and I often agree with you, but I think you're sucking the joy out of this for yourself a bit. I think that sometimes you see the trees way more than the forest. We had the best record in all of baseball this season, we won the ALDS, the ALCS and are leading the series (and have a chance to go up 3 games to 1 tonight).
I think if you went back and looked at all world series ever played you'd find that most of the time hitters hit below their usual abilities because pitching becomes magnified.
Don't roll your fucking eyes, you swung.
he went. good call. K him. now.
How about an off the table curve here?
GET RID OF HIM NOW CC
6 chairs in, 6 chairs up. That's a slope of 1.
Damn I am scared of Babe Werth.
strike his ass OUT!!!
c'mon big man. C'MON!
fuck you, mcasshole
Oh, come on, guys.
Get it together!
po must think rollins is stealing signs
this is ulcer inducing
[709] Is that the chairing section, for the chairleaders?
No problem. Carsten Charles in charge.
YAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
YEAHHHHH! that's the way.
FUCK .... N.....A !!!!!
Damn. I have a man crush on CC
Phuck you Werth. Ha!
there ya go!!
CC DEVILLE!!!!
haha!!!
WAHOO!!!
that was HUGE!!!!
That a WAY, CC! This has been a long 5 innings.
whew.
Been watching this whole time, but the girlfriend wouldn't let me take the tv AND the computer. She's gone to bed now, so... hello Banter!
I'll take 5 CCs of pitching for the win!
CC is at 88 pitches...I let him go the 6th but no further. Moreover, I bring Robertson out for the 7th.
great work big man to get those 3 hitters
in honor of the big man's theme song - pull the (score) truck up front and roll up the next (runs)
Yes! Now. Hit the shit outta the ball and run the score truck indefinitely.
i feel an awful lot better. which is to say i still feel awful... just not quite as much.
what a dumb commercial Hollywood Hamels
[728] Hola, mehmattski
[704] That's all well and good, but my opinion remains that if one of the three I mentioned performed to their abilities, the Yankees would have a much better margin for error in these series. I am not willing to attribute their performances to better pitching (because their offense has been so poor and the "better pitching" hasn't really been that).
[725] Nice. I bet CC has no idea who Poison is...
[722] is your mom happy about the fatso :}
[729] if he has a quick 6th i think he goes for the 7th. we could go up 3-1.
[729] yeah, considering he can knock out the bottom of the lineup in the 6th, no point in bringing him out to face the top of the lineup in the 7th.
let's hope to knock Blanton on his fat ass here and now.
Yay, mehmattski! Now we'll get a 3-run dinger.
[736] My mom loves the Fatso. But she's sleeping right now. She'll be real happy if she hears the The Fatso got the Yankees to within one game of the title.
Jorgie, just hit the ball.
come on Jorgie. make up for your all-around knuckle-headedness here!
Jesus fucking Christ, Posada, shut up.
Is he bitching AGAIN?
4 in, 2 up, slope of 2. I'm a dork.
[734] Well, for starters Cliff Lee started the entire team (except for Jeter) in a Huge offensive hole. And you can say what you want about Pedro but was was pretty tough all night long in my opinion.
So the Yanks offense was basically in a two game hole when they took the field in Philly last night and managed to right things a bit.
[728] Evening, mehmattski!
[740] nice - i remember you saying she took a liking to the fatso
7 k's for blanton? jesus.
Cano is not going to do a fucking thing.
seems like postseason games are always low scoring, no matter who is pitching. there's an occasional blowout, but it's pretty rare and never a huge one.
I bet Robbie strikes out here.
blanton's shit is hittable, but he is throwing a bunch of different pitches - that can make things tough
Oooh, a legitimate cut by Cano!
[752] I think so too.
Wow, stepped away for a bit and missed CC escaping from the jam..great job, Big Guy!
Cano..you are a great hitter. Please get a hit!
[752][755] I'm witchas on the reverse...
shut up lady - i am quite sure you are a pig
Look *away,* Robbie!
[734] Incidentally, looking at Cano, he's 4-21 against Lee lifetime, 0-12 against Pedro Lifetime, and was 1-6 against Blanton Lifetime coming into tonight.
So you can complaint about Cano not hitting, but he's 5-39 against these pitchers, so I'm not that much surprise by his inability to hit them.
You fucking suck, Robbie!
AWAY!
Please tell me Cano was hustling?
Motherfucker.
decent cut - right at him and the ball tailed off
Huh. a well struck ball by Robbie. Whodathunkit.
dammit. you need to hustle robbie!!! : /
[751] i'm remembering Game 6 '01. Andy. potential series clinching game. we lost 15-2, iirc. : (
Cano lost a footrace to Joe Blanton.
Nope, he wasn't. Why run the bases. Cano has been a real triple threat this series.
[762] Well, I could tell you that, but...
THIS UMP SUCKS!
i don't excuse him but cano is obviously frustrated
[766] yeah in arizona. but the cold must have something to do with it.
[762] wishful thinking. : /
Jack one here, Swish, and I'll name my children after you.
that was ball 4, nick
Good.
Blanton is at 87 pitches... BTW
let's take advantage of this walk again
So, if Melk gets on... whaddya do?? Let CC hit?
OK Melky, same deal: Hit one out here and I'll name my kids after you.
Deliver the milk!
[685] I prefer Occam's razor:
1. He thought it was a ball, or
2. He was fooled, not
3. He intentionally made an out in the WS to prove a point.
I can't take all this taking.
[771] see [760]
[779] nope. It'll be Hideki, methinks.
[782] Excellent.
That lady is really loud...
[768] Remember that time he lost a footrace to Todd Jones?
[782] You'd almost exceeded the statute of limitations there.
[779] Tough, tough call. Yeah, I would let him hit because I think h estill has one more inning in him against the bottom of the order. Also, the chances of scoring are still fairly low with two outs and (presumably) Hideki batting.
Did Melky pull up lame there?
Blanton's at 93 pitches.
Again, his high this year was 112, so I'd say he'll pitch next inning at the very most.
The C & C Out Factory is in rare form tonight.
crappity crap
[779] mute
Is Melky okay? He wasn't running very hard, and he was holding the back of his leg.
Blanton has looked so hittable, I've been tempted to go to the trunk of my car to get one of my bats.
[788] Sorry...I had to cook dinner tonight...still making dessert, and had to step away again.
[789] Mute point, but the PH probably would have been Hinske v. the RHP, so as not to waste Hideki.
Melky knows that Girardi really really wants to do a double switch, so he took one for the team there and made an easy out.
[791] he comes up 4th in this inning. we'll see what manuel decides.
of course, i'm hoping for a 1-2-3 from CC !!!
[797] Roast goose?
[782] He does it in the regular season all the time. Why should this be any different?
[797] mmm, dessert - my fave! what are we having? ; )
One more inning, CC...just one more inning.
[795] I didn't see that, but a few of you noticed. I guess it will be Gritner in the OF now.
[791] I was off by a couple of innings, but yeah, Blanton will be PH for (if he is not pulled sooner). So maybe they have one more crack at him.
Melky is out of the game because of a leg injury per Suzyn.
[797] Good point w Hinske. But you know hoe Joe thinks... exactly!
Thats not good.
Oh, fuck.
so melky is hurt
oh jeez
uh-oh. melky hurt. looks like left hammy. Gritner in...
hope he's okay!!!
[801] So, you have documented evidence of his intentions? Perhaps an interview with him? Or even the testimony of fellow players, who say that he intentionally makes outs?
Otherwise, don't bother.
Yep, looks like Melky's done for the Series. The hammy isn't going to get better in a few days.
Well, so much for double switching. I guess a straight-up pinch hit in the bottom of the inning, then.
that was a sick at bat. Love it!
great start to the inning CC. keep it up!
Shit. Well, that sucks for Melky and for the team. Fuck.
Ooooooh! CC might catch up with Blanton in strikeouts!!!
Dammit! Nice hit. Fug.
jesus h christ feliz again?
[812] When you start bitching with an umpire, pause momentarily to take an obvious strike three, and then resume bitching, I'm not sure how else to interpret it.
CC really has thrown a fine game, given the evaporated defense behind him.
That was kind of a lazy approach. Feliz is a dead fastball hitter, so I am not sure why you'd give him one to start the AB.
why is feliz hitting???
ruiz, yankee killer.
DP please!!!
If someone has to be hurt, might as well be Melky. We got Gardner to replace him.
But who backs up Gardner?
[821] An obvious strike? Go look at Gameday. Every one of those pitches was on teh edge or off the plate. Seriously, this is such a tired conversation.
so long Blanton...
He wasn't great but he battled....I'm glad we're in their pen, frankly.
too slow for a dp.
ben francisco ph. get him out NOW!
[875] Hairston
Nice, Robbie.
(I had a nightmare vision of Robbie trying to go to second on that.)
[825] jh jr i would guess
[825] Hinske.
[825] Hairston, presumably. Or Swish or Damon move into CF.
[825] not the best case scenario, but Damon to CF and Matsui in LF.
[825] J-Hair and/or hinske, i suppose.
chan ho next inning. he's had the flu...
[825] Damon, I guess. (shudder)
I mean, you gotta pinch hit for CC in the top of the 7th, right?
[825] I don't know. I bet Monkeypants knows the rule, but I thought if you had a DL type injury you could remove someone from the roster and add someone....At this point I'd add Guzman.
Attaboy, Brett.
Nice, Brett, nice.
Good job, Big Man.
sweet!
CC gutted it out!!!
[825] Who will guard the gardner? The people will!!
Joe Buck shits his pants over a fly out to center
[829]
"829. Mattpat11
November 1st, 2009 at 11:31 pm
[875] Hairston"
What are tomorrow's lottery numbers?
So, CC is gone now, right? His slot leads off.
Oh, my apologies to all, apparently I am posting too quickly. So sayeth fucking Wordpress.
Do it boys. Ram the score truck down their throat.
[844] I bet he's PH for.
[836] I think so. He pitched great, and he's only at 95 pitches, but I'd leave some gas in the tank for game 7. If this was game 7, of course, I'd let him pitch 7 and go to Mo for 2 (and yes, I realize that in game 7 he wouldn't be hitting anyway).
CC = 99-59 thru 6. 6 k's, 3 bb's. 2 runs (charged to damon & posada)
wow i guess you have to pinch hit here, but that's a tough call.
Let CC hit.
[802] Baked pineapple with brown sugar, chopped nuts, with a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg.
blanton, who seemed to be cruising w/ efficiency, ended at 94-58 to CC's 95-59.
amazing how that turned out
Damon in CF would be a disaster, judging from how he's playing left.
Hairston is not a very good CFer, but I'd prefer him to Damon at this point.
[826] There was one pitch there that was even borderline, and that was strike two. And it wasn't nearly bad enough to get himself into a snit, let alone take the fourth pitch, which is clearly a strike.
Wow, CC batting for himself. I'm a bit surprised.
He's hitting!
Wow!
[851] Make the same thing, but swap out the pineapple for bacon.
[850] Similar to "Let Phil Sing"
[851] eeeewwww!!!! blech!!! enjoy...i guess ; )
interesting. girardi and william are on the same page.
Finally! The big man is taking his cuts!
This is a good call.
[856] That may have been too optimistic.
He's swinging!
yeah! go to, CC!
[854] Gameday disagrees. Every pitch was on the edge or off. I'm done with this.
whoa! wait...CC...still in?!?!?! huh. um, okay.
hope this works out okay.
let's go JETER!!!
[851] Mmmmm.
wow...so it's CC for 7 and then Joba/Marte/Mo.
I guess Girardi's decided to go all in for the 3-1 lead.
[858] Hmmmm, bacon. For a dessert? Interesting. I have been searching for a dessert whose key ingredient is mean, but haven't found one.
I say again: Gameday is not infallible, you gotta lay off that a minute.
[870] I too enjoy mean ingredients..
jeter's 1st walk of the WS!
[866] The edge is a strike.
I doubt Joe goes to Mo for two innings tonight; maybe four outs. It would be nice (obviously) to tack on a a few runs before we go to the BP.
C'mon Cap'n....steal second and score on a flair.
[872] Me too, although you have to be careful with the standard deviations.
Pie a la mode is much safer!
steal?
hit n run?
cmon JD
I suppose the thinking goes thusly: if you leave in CC and he gets you win #3, then the next time you us e him is in game 7... at which point EVERYBODY is available, even if CC can't go more than 5 innings. Still, 99 pitches is a short outing for CC.
[873] and yet Rollins has 3!
[874] Yes, but not an "obvious" strike, nor "right down the middle" as you initially claimed. They were tough pitches...I think he was likely fooled or thought they were off the plate, not intentionally sacrificing outs. That's frankly absurd.
[871] What's your info about Gameday's fallibility? It's Pitch f/X data.
I think it's very fallible on high/low, because nobody tells the computer about the particular batter.
that was really fucking weak. damn you!!!
[879] also if we got up 3 games to 1 we have 2 games to clinch and may never reach CC.
Home run would go a long way here Tex
[875] Joe announced that Mo was available for just one inning tonight.
Fuck, Teixeira's up. Automatic out.
Tex, hit the fucking ball!
[872] Ack! MEAT.
heh, heh. Hard to type, watch the game and cook at the same time.
[885] Yes, home runs do go a long way!
What the fuck is he staring at there?
GBA time? Not for me, more Matsui highlights!
The worst part about Teixeira is I still keep expecting him to break out each and every AB, but he remains so screwed up. He is taking first pitches that he should crush and then rolling over on pitches out of the zone. It's the same thing; you'd think he'd be able to correct it.
[882] Okay - pitch fx is fallible.
[892] us either
FUCKING SHIT TEX!!!!
what's wrong with him????? : /
that shot of Mo in the pen? i don't think i've ever been that calm in my entire life. esp in this kind of setting. that man is zen. wow...just wow.
a-rod needs to lead off w/ a bomb next inning.
CC - nice, easy, quick 1-2-3 inning. PLEASE!!!
kim basinger = mmmmm
[887] Sad to say, but true
[871] I'll trust Gameday (which IIRC is generated from multiple cameras) any time over my own view of home plate from an off center camera, all the while caught up in the emotion of the moment.
[894] So, what is your info about its fallibility? Just curious.
Ok I have a question for everyone, just out of curiosity. Assuming we win this game and you could absolutely guarantee that we would win the world series, would you prefer to see us clinch in Philly and just rub it in their faces OR would you prefer that we win in Yankee Stadium.
Again, you can absolutely guarantee that we win the whole enchilada. I'm just wondering where everyone, in their heart of hearts, would like to see the clinching.
Myself, I want to clinch in their park, against their stud tomorrow (though 45% of me wants to clinch in Yankee Stadium).
[890] Pardon the pun
i have to admit that morgan freeman make using a visa card cool as hell
[900] I am not a rub it in their faces guy. I like winning for its own merits.
[900] Yeah, I've thought about that. Not sure. It's close. I would rather win in five games, but wouldn't be at all disappointed to win in six of course.
hey folks. how goes it? Just got back from hanging with an old friend at the bar (watching the game). I feel i have been mostly banter-absent this world series. sorry.
[903] I agree.
[898] You just need to control your emotions more and you'll be in better shape
[898] i trust it left and right, but i wish its borders weren't fuzzy. it should show a 3 dimensional zone.
[897] he was trying to do reverse psychology. unfortunately, he was spot on...
OK, Big Man, last inning. Take it to 'em.
Hi seamus.
Except for the usual moral failings of the Yankees, everything's been going pretty well.
[905] hi seamus - pull up a chair
go to work big man
thelarmis, check out this Mo portrait:
http://www.chineseartpaintings.com/NM-CJ052Ff.html
Sweet, now he's calling that a strike for CC, maybe cause Blanton's out of the game?
[911] hi riyank. i'm ok with moral failings fortunately. since i worship satan and his evil empire.
[900] If a Serious win was GUARANTEED, clinch at home absolutely.
i am assuming chutley is not married
[903] Well I'm not saying we have to be ugly about it, William. Seeing our players in a pile on the center of their ballpark would be satisfying for me. They're the world champs, they've got the louder-mouth fans, and they're the ones with the player who said they'd dust our ass in 5 games. I'd like to see us uncorking in their park while Rollins and their fans watch.
Yay-Rod!
[907] True. Then I wouldn't do things like accuse players of intentionally making outs out of spite...
[900] I think it would be cool for the fans to see it done in the new yankee stadium. But we'll still get the ticker-tape parade - a la stump for Bloomburg - so tamara in Philly is just as well.
I wouldn't tank just to see it come home for game 6. My dad always says that it's all scripted.
Nice recovery there, Arod!
[900] I'm not gonna talk about this year, because I refuse to tempt fate. But to me, in the past, clinching at home with the fans going nuts is always a pretty special moment. Game 6 in '96 says it all.
Crikey, A Rod is losing it
[912] i'm sad that it is no longer your month. good to see you ms october!
alright way to hang with that play alex
[917] He is...to a very lovely woman.
Yeah A-ROD!!!
seamus!!!
[913] nice
[918] I just don't care about all that...I just want the Yankees to win. Who loses doesn't mean anything to me.
[881] Right down the middle was about the team in general, who have been taking cookies for strike one and two all night.
Posada refusing to even protect the plate on *that* pitch and then turning around to bitch about a pitch that was a strike suggests to me that he either never had any intention of swinging there, or he's completely lost out there.
[900] i honestly don't care. the parade is on broadway either way.
[916] well I definitely would like to clinch at home too...I'm a bit torn. I was hearing so much shit from Philly fans after game one...not so much lately.
Swisher!
[900] At home. Nice way to break in the new stadium.
Loud outs are still outs.
7 of them to go.
Swish-a-rooney!!!
Chutley is married. i think to his college sweetheart
wow, leaving CC in. git 'em!!!!
[899] The only info I can give you right now is nothing of that sort is infallible ...
In other news Joe Buck just achieved orgasm by virtue of the Phillies making "loud outs"
[910] I dunno. He's looking sharper than ever!
[926] well good for them - she must really love him to have not insisted he do something with that hot mess of shit on his head
[905] Heya seamus!
I know what you mean - hard to multitask between the Banter and talking on the phone with family during these games. If I opened up twitter, I think I'd be in trouble.
[927] hey bro! good times these are!
ahh, spoke too soon. There's Marte warming up.
[938] Not that it's relevant to your point, but they both do a lot of animal-based charity work.
Strike two!
[931] Perfect way to Christen the new stadium as I see it.
[931] a good buddy of mine who lives in Bama (mobile) is a HUGE Phils phan, but he's a great guy and knowledgeable baseball fan, so he doesn't give me any shit.
get 'im CC!!!
On the other hand, if we win tonight, tank tomorrow and clinch on Wednesday, it's like getting some free baseball at the end of the season. This has been such a long, wonderful, frustrating, fun and exhausting trip, but we're all going to miss it terribly when it's over. So maybe having a couple other days would be nice too.
shaun P!!
Unbelievable.
Hats off to Utley.
Fuck.
Yikes. Hmm...maybe the last batter.
Motherfucker.
Motherfucker.
Mothergoatassfucker.
fuck you Joe Buck. Seriously...eat a dick.
Fucking Utley.
jesus christ - why is cc pitching mid plate to him
I blame Posada for that, fwiw
OMG. he really has CC's #.
i really thought Marte should come in for the lefties.
FUCK!!!!
well, we still have the lead.
let's keep it!!!
Well, baseball might not get Joe Buck excited, but clearly Chase Utley does!
Asshole.
Good pitching anyway, CC.
[955] I blame the home plate umpire.
That's a huge HR...huge. Sabathia really can't hang that pitch.
Meanwhile, why lift CC. One bad pitch shouldn't scare you off him.
[954] It was outside edge, for sure.
[909] A man walked into the local police precinct and asked for a job as a negotiator, saying he was a good talker and very convincing at getting people to do what he wanted them to do. The police, being shorthanded and short on time, gave the man the job and immediately sent him into a situation to talk a jumper off a tall building. After talking to the man for two minutes and daring him to jump, the jumper leaped off the top floor and fell to his death. The commanding officer on the scene turned and asked the negotiator why he decided to use reverse psychology in that situation.
"What reverse psychology?" he replied...
>;)
All this talk of where we'd like to clinch surely led to that HR. That and Posada
Don't blow this shit. Seriously.
Damn, these last 7 outs are going to be DICEY.....
It sure would be nice if we could score some damn runs.
Yeah, I don't understand bringing in Marte here. Bullpen roulette begins.
I guess Joe had a pretty firm pitch count for Carsten Charles.
[961] yes outside edge, but right in the hitting zone - i think you have to pitch him very high or very low
[942] Not that it’s relevant to your point, but they both do a lot of animal-based charity work.
Fun fact: This reply can be effectively used with almost any other post in the thread
i think i would have kept cc in there, but another close call. the last 2 outs were hit pretty well.
[947] (raises his glass - ok mug, no alcohol tonight)
seamus! You're just in time for the gloom and doom you've been missing! ;)
Sure would be nice if Mo could go 2. Obviously that's not going to happen. But more runs can and should be scored, Yanks! Fucking do it!
Strike one.
CC pitched well enough. With decent defense, that's the first 1 run in this game. The real story so far is the Yankee offense has again failed to add on runs against some mediocre pitching.
Strike two!
Comes right at him.
CC had 107 pitches, so that's a little less than usual for him.
[965] No doubt. It's too bad they had to use Mo last night, or else he might have been available for two inning tonight.
[960] I could see the wheels turning for Girardi well before the homer. He wants Marte to face Howard. And he got Joba warming up while Utley was batting so that Joba could face Werth if Howard gets on. I think even with a walk or infield single, CC was gone.
[967] But he wouldn't swing at a pitch like that.
[968] Hysterical.
please strike him out!!!
[966} cc was at 107 - i don't think joe wanted him above 120, and 110 preferably
[973] Agreed.
Chase Utley is 4 for 6 with 3 homers off CC.....Wow.
Jesus
Utley off CC: 4-6, 3 HR
[968] Here's a good example:
Yeah, I don’t understand bringing in Marte here. Bullpen roulette begins.
I guess Joe had a pretty firm pitch count for Carsten Charles.
Not that it’s relevant to your point, but they both do a lot of animal-based charity work.
Good job.
Marte has been money.
Runs, boys, runs! Bring the Score Truck out, dammit!
Yes!!!
Good work, Marte.
Good work!
Okay. Lets tack on here. My Bruney Senses are tingling again.
Marte has been very very valuable this Series.
Nice work again by Marte. Now, I have that late inning Score truck feeling again.
Yeah, I can't argue -- the offense is AWOL. I'd like it if we could get 2 more runs.
[984] Uncanny!
6 outs, bullpen. 6 outs. I'll hang myself if the Phillies win.
regardless of how this all ends, you really gotta give Marte credit for the way he's stepped it up in the playoffs. I guess he was just never really healthy until now.
[982] I think there's a walk and a double in there too.
[984] Awesome! I will definitely be borrowing that.
i had a feeling Marte was gonna be in a little earlier tonight and for some big outs. he's really done his job well this PS.
we still have the lead.
6 outs to go. more runs, then Joba / Mo.
PINSTRIPED SCORE TRUCK!!!
Score some fucking runs. It's not rocket science. Do it!
[984] I just spit my drink all over my laptop. :(
[984] Ha-ha-ha!
Well played!
[966] I actually don't mind it as a point of strategy because Marte has been pitching well. Rather, I think CC could have also handled Howard, giving you the flexibility to use Joba next inning and have Marte available for Ibanez if Werth got on base.
[988] That's never a good sign.
I don't mind Bruney in the regular season, he can get hot for a month, but then he crashes back to earth.
Really need runs here...the 8th inning is scaring me already.
So looking ahead a bit over the next 2 innings.
Werth
Ibanez
Feliz
Ruiz
Pinch Hitter
Rollins
Victorino
Utley
Howard
[1002] I think they should non tender him. Right handed relievers with no control are a dime a dozen. Its time to try someone else.
alright score truck - build this lead up
let's go A-Rod - get that run back!!!
[984] McCarver has given us more than enough good examples. Did you know Ryan Howard likes to bowl?
Score Truck please.
I would be kind of pleased to see a HBP here. Madson removed from the game...
Come on, Alex...
A Rod needs to do something good here
Ech there's that awful swing of his
Let's go Alex!!!
[1008] Okay, that is kind of interesting
[1012] There it is again. Rarely saw that before the WS now it's ubiquitous
i wonder if we would see Robertson for Werth, Coke for Ibanez, then Joba...
[1005] Yup. He can be effective, but control is such an issue at the major league level. Very frustrating.
[1005] I agree. It was a nice experiment, but that time is done now.
[1008] but brett myers is the best bowler
[1008] Not that it’s relevant to your point, but they both do a lot of animal-based charity work.
Fuck.
Those were good pitches.
Son of a leaking fuckmonster.
Made A-Rod look silly there.
FUCK!!!
Posada and Cano...the out Twins.
[1016] I wondered about that, but sometimes when Joe tries to be too fine it ends up costing him. He over-manages and we burn through three relievers, end up tied, and the pen is empty.
Someone needs to get Mo a cup of coffee.
Okay put A Rod on the list with Cano and Teixeira ... The honeymoon is over. Thanks for driving us to the big show Alex. Hmmm, uh anymore bad metaphors ? I'll be glad to consider them
[1016] No bullpen roulette, please.
The Bowling Hall of Fame is in St. Louis -- is that where McCarver gets the connection to the game?
[1029] That ship has sailed? The sun has set? The beer is gone and we're onto the cooking sherry? I've fallen and I can't get up?
Good job, Jorgie.
What the hell was Posada looking at????
Oh, sorry, inappropriate.
Here comes an automatic out.
All right Cano, you are so f'ing due.
good job, Jorgie.
time to step up, Robbie!!!
Jorge is just setting up the double by Cano. The Out Twins are very flexible.
[1034] hahaha
This game is huge. I'm exhausted. I'd like an offensive outburst here. If the Yanks could get up four runs I'd seriously consider hitting the hay right now.
Hawk, I am going to make a comment that you can't use your new catch-phrase in response to. I'm planning it now.
Good swing, Robbie.
Good swing.
[1038] I'll take a double.
I suspect that's not what you meant.
[1034] a crowded train is no excuse for inappropriate touching
[1038] Do you mean the double play?
Robbie!
Oh, fucking hell!
Oh, hey, it fell, it fell!!!
Robby you lucky dog!
good break, good break
good robbie needed that
Um, wow.
[1032] Danke!
better lucky than good!
i'll take it.
blow it open, Swish!!!
I'll take that for Robbie.
Jorge with some more bad baserunning.
Cano: better to be lucky than good! And thankfully Posada didn't get thrown out somehow. I might PR for Posada.
OK Swish, do it baby.
Something good has to happen here, right? I mean, really! For fuck's sake!
Please, Swisher, please...
[1055] For Jorge, that was good base running. I'm happy he wasn't thrown out at second.
Come on Swish...no outs.
[1031] Hey, Ryan Howard is from St. Louis!
And that's not quite what I had in mind, but I'll take it. C'mon Swisher!
More brilliance from McCarver - "Jorge is not a fast runner." You don't say. 37 year old catchers don't run fast? I never knew!
That's as good as it gets with Cano these days. Even the blind squirrel, etc
I swear if Swish draws a walk I'd suicide Gritner.
But, as Monkeypants will affirm, I am crazy.
goddamn that was a big cut.
Swisher is back to hacking away.
[1058] Yes, we're saving money with Geico!
[1060] yeah that he is safe at 2nd is quite a good outcome
Come on, Nick...
Oh COME on!
good lord
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That was a good pitch, Nick.
that pitch was pretty sick
[1055] Nah, despite what McCarver says. It did look potentially catchable.
Dammit Nick.
[1067] My fellow Rhode Islander, to hell with Geico.
I had a feeling Gartner was going to have a chance with runners on. Come on Grit.
now that one did look like a strike to me. Sorry Nick.
Does Gardner pop out, ground out back to the pitcher or take a call third strike?
has one batter not bitched about this douchelord?
Hmmm . . . can't risk Damon in CF, so Gardner has to bat . . . C'mon!
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FUCK your mother, ump.
[1079] I think we might need a triple to score Posada anyway.
Great Strikeout Call on Swish by Lieut. Drebin
[1064] Now THAT play I would have liked.
Hawk, I understand that both Girardi and Manuel do a lot of animal-based charity work -- isn't that right?
A fucking strike my ass! Fuck you, umpire! May you contract herpes.
Shit.
shit.
i'm terrified.
[1079] Dammit! I was just gonna say pop up too!!
well that was utterly predictable
I fear we will end up cursing this inning
[1079] pop-up that and watching the 3rd call strike are his two favorites
Gardner is just an awful hitter. Another wasted opportunity by this absentee offense.
Jeebus, they aren't making this easy.
[1079] Your optimism is overwhelming.
Your prognosticating is pretty close though.
I hate Gardner. Someone might want to tell him that he is not a power hitter.
[1087] hha hah ah ah ha ha ha hah ah ah ha!
[1087] Not that it’s relevant to your point, but they both do a lot of animal-based charity work.
[1076] Yeah, who wants to be insured by The "Government Employees Insurance Company."
This inning could decide the entire World Series. The Yankee bats have passed the buck to the bullpen.
Six defensive outs to go...
[1099] What do you mean, of course it's relevant!
[1097] I've taken to calling him Ava
Wooohoooo!
It's World Series Baseball!!!!
goddamn, my kids are obsessed with the blackjack taco. They want one so badly. My wife makes waaaaaay better tacos. Plus, they're 5 and 4.
What is a blackjack taco anyway?
joba time
[1103] I feel like there's a good Abbott and Costello routine lurking here somewhere (appropriate given the game we're watching)
Sterling is talking Joba/Coke/Hughes for this inning.
Adrenaline.
Mine, I mean.
Come on, Joba, old pal!
someone please hold me
c'mon Joba... let's lock it up!
Scary, scary AB.
Immortalize thyself, Joba!
I do not feel well about this. I feel sick, actually. Very sick. I am going to vomit.
Strike one....
No bullpen roulette. PLEASE
Scary swing.
Strike two.
Sit. Down.
YES!!!!
YES!!!
Oh beautiful.
nice fucking pitch.
leave him in!
dialed that one up
[1110] Sterling is talking
that really tells you all you need to know eh?
good work joba - keep it up
Beautiful... so far.
[1119] I agree...stick with Joba.
i've got my Joba Rules t-shirt & 09 Topps Joba card!!!
well, Joba did a good job of putting the ball in different spots. heh heh
[1109] Hey, or Marx brothers.
Whaddya mean it's irrelevant? I shot an elephant in my pajamas one morning...
Strike one....
Oh, he went!
[1132] I've been wearing my Munson "The Captain" shirt and my old Yankees hat since game 2.
Ok, he didn't.
[1134] Well clearly you are not doing a lot of animal-based charity work, RIYank!
Wow, Joba really doesn't have that velocity at all. It's ironic that the Yankees walked on eggshells around him and he still ended up getting all screwed up.
Who do you think should play Eva Ensurance in the movie?
Good pitch!
Wow, yes.
Holy cow.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a bullpen!
Wow.
That was a well-thrown pitch
yes good job - mini big man
as Ric Flair would say, "wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!"
Oh dear god...Sutcliffe and O'Brien are now talking Joba-to-the-pen stuff...for next year. It's the WS boys, can we give that particular discussion topic a rest and focus on the DAMN GAME???
JOBA!!!!
FUCKING A, JOBA!!!!!
"Walk away, weasel" says my friend who's watching with me.
[1136] I wore my 46 jersey (no name on the back of course) the first 3 games, but haven't put it on tonight. No particular reason, though its on the couch next to me.
Joba's shit is just fierce..no way in hell Ibanez going to hit that heat!
Feliz scares me. He's the guy that inexplicably beats us.
[1139] gameday has his fastball at 95-97
Ever since I said he can't throw as hard, Joba is exceeding the 94 mph speed limit
96!
he's pitchin quick. Not allowing himself to overthink, methink.
[1139] That was sarcasm, right?
[1136] But are you still changing your hat? (That was you, wasn't it?)
[1139] was that a joke?
[1153] I feel the same way.
[1154] Yeah I was going on Fox and even with them, [1155]
[1151] Donovan Osbourne?
Tie game. Hmpf.
Oh....
damn.
Well that's sad
No.
God damnit. Saw that coming.
fuck fuck fuck
I fucking knew it
Goddamn motherfucking shit!!!!!
fuck in a. DAMMIT
I think I'm going to cry.
Fuck. A. GOAT!
[1153] Just tied.
That HR is all about the sliders on 1-2. He put Feliz in a fastball count and paid the price.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
please tell me that did NOT just happen.
you've gotta be kidding me.
he was kicking sooooo much ass.
this is awful. just awful.
I just fucking knew it
I'm in shock.
We NEED to beat up Brad Lidge
[1153] Dammit Matt. You called it.
dammit
[1175] Yeah, I don't get that pitch sequence.
Wow. Well, obviously it was a hittable pitch, but 97 mph, you just have to tip your hat to Feliz.
[1175] I HATE waste pitches.
I still like what we're seeing from Chamberlain
I am not going to dwell on Joba here....this offense has sucked all night. We had CC against Blanton and that massive edge has been wiped out.
We are so fucked.
We are fucked but good.
Ok, so we pinch hit Matsui here and he drills one into the seats.
Hmmmm.
Now the bullpen strategy becomes very difficult.
Matsui up?
i'm sick to my stomach. and very very sad.
we gotta beat Lidge, i suppose.
this SUCKS!!!
Oh God. If we don't score, we're gonna see the binder.
[1182] He went a little too far outside and low on 1-2...Feliz offered but checked. What can you do?
Now the top of the order (+Hideki) have to get that run back.
If the Yanks score here, I'll watch the bottom of the inning. Otherwise I'm going to have to opt out.
the sequence was fine. he threw the fastball down the middle of the plate.
Fucking win. Period.
I hate tie games down the stretch in away parks. The only good thing is... Mariano is there when we score.
redemption time for the offense. Matsui, Jeter and Damon have all been our best hitters....
[1188] Didn't Matsui already PH?
This is the World Series right here. If you are the Phillies, I'd think they would have signed up for this chance because going into this game the cards were stacked against them. CC and Joba made two costly mistakes in the 7th and 8th, but you they just got beat. The Yankee batters have been beating themselves all series and now face a huge 9th inning. This game will not go extra innings. It ends in regulation.
[1199] No Sabathia stayed in.
I'm not even that upset, I was completely unshocked by that
We were so close.
[1197] We also still have the rest of our pen, and all of our pinch hitters.
[1203] Ain't over yet!
[970] late response but doom and gloom here we come!
[1189] I am going to guess he goes straight to Mo for one inning, or one plus. He'll use Coke v. the lefties, then probably Ace for two innings?
[1195] On 3-2. That same fastball on 1-2 isn't hit as well.
[1201] Man, these games are blurring together.
[1204] Oh God, we'll have the pinch stand there too!
please be patient with lidge.
[1207] I think he might save Mo for the heart of the Phils' order.
Don't worry. I'm not worried. It's a tie game. We'll get it back and hold em down.
Hey, it's been 11 days since the Yankees played an extra inning postseason game.
Convenient that they cherry pick Lidge's last 2 seasons for that graphic.
holy cow y'all are posting maniacs! got a call from a friend so totally missed like 5 pages of posts. Obviously I missed the hysteria over the homerun last inning. damn it.
I want that HBP here! (Sorry, Mats.)
We had plenty of scpring opportunities. If we lose, it's ours bats, Not CC or Joba.
How many meatballs must a man walk down...
Take strike two.
Why the hell not.
[1217] Agreed.
Really feels like the World Series is slipping away.
[1217] Well, Joba did fuck up,
Jeter trying to tie it.
[1217] Absolutely...pitiful ABs, especially from the likes of Tex, Cano and Posada. They've really wilted in this series.
Nobindernobindernobindernobinder
c'mon MR. NOVEMBER!!!
Come to think of it, this Manuel's last good reliever. Even if the Yanks don't score here, as long as they hold them . . .
c'mon jetes!!
How could Matsui take that pitch?
[1223] calm down, it's tied already
[1223] untie it?
Thanks, umpfuck.
[1230] that depends on what part of the space-time continuum you are on.
[1230] Right, whatever.
I'm not calm.
I'm intensely agitated, in fact.
We need to take the lead here. We can't let Girardi try to be creative.
[1227] And if Lidge is a "good" reliever...
good eye jete
We're fucked
We're so doomed.
Oh man, ball 4.
goddamn motherfuck
fuck that was ball 4
Simply awful by Jeter...just terrible.
I'm putting my head in the fucking oven
Criminy...
Oh God. Coke.
Coke is warming...this IS Game 4 of the 2003 World Series.
You idiot, Matsui hit for Joba.
Um, no, Tim, he can't.
keep up mcasshole
Brilliant, Tim!
[1247] Yep
Yuck, I hate warm Coke.
I've been saying it for two years, and everyone thought Girardi was different.
But no, he, like Torre, is going to save Rivera in the ninth inning of a tie game on the road.
Wow guys, chill out...
Please, Damon, please. Do something.
[1254] last time he used rivera in the ninth of a tie game on the road everyone here complained.
They don't seem to want to mention what happened in that 05 World Series
[1254] I think he might be saving him for the middle of the order.
Good, Johnny, hang in...
Lidge is at 20 pitches...would he pitch another inning?
man all matsui needed was a comforter
OK Teix, do it.
great ab jd
RUN
great AB Johnny!!
Go Johnny go!
Nice.
Good work, Johnny.
Please, fucking Teix, please!!!!
Tex,
PLEASE SAVE OUR SEASON!!!
Thanks,
Thelarmis
attaboy, JD. C'mon, Teix. You're due, man. You're so so so DUE!
Only problem is, now the Automatic Out is up.
[1261] The pitcher's spot leads off, so definitely not.
Time for him to make his Mark on this postseason.
ugh, this can get ugly here
[1261] Leads off next inning
If Teixeira doesn't come up big here, he will really feel the heat.
Mr. Automatic Out at bat.
Tex, if ya had any nuts, you'd fucking hit a home run. Do it.
What the fuck?
Wow!!!
Holy shit, Johnny!
HOLY SHIT, JOHNNY DAMON!
DAMON!!!
um, WOW
oh my, GREAT running Johnny!!! : o
Wisconsin Tourism Federation?
What??
Incredible.
That was a very odd play. Let's go, wild pitch!
oh dear jesus that scared that absolute hell out of me
Wait. What?
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!
That was gutsy.
I think I'm gonna swallow my tongue
I had no idea what was going on as that happened.
Wowzers, that was crazy.....
[1292] Good plan.
[1288] Me too.
[1292] hehehe... mee too!
please TEX!!!
I have no faith in Teixeira.
Please, Mark.
Short fucking swing.
Play fucking pepper.
[1288] i was like "What are you doing?????" Then... "wow"
Yes!!!
Excellent!
Please DO NOT eject Lidge!
Come on Alex
wow
Hmmm.
It always comes down to Arod.
wow. fuckin prick ass lidge.
It always comes down to A-Rod...
Shit, if that didn't hit him that might have been a wild pitch.
Wait, I thought the benches were warned? How is that not an ejection?
Let's go Arod!!!!!
[1301] Yup.
PLEASE, Alex.
Please.
Please.
Please.
it HAD to be Alex
[1307] CURSE YOU EVIL EMPIRE [1309]
A-rod, I will turn gay for you if you drive in a run here.
that was low!!
Ha Teixeira faked being disappointed by that HBP. He was relieved cause he knew he wasn't gonna bring that run home.
Damon is a genius
Okay... C'mon, HBP, Alex!
always comes down to Alex
my heart is pounding
What.
Is.
Everyone.
Fucking.
LOOKING AT???
OH FUCKING YES.
HELL YES!
WOOHOO!
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SWALLOWED MY TONGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A-GOD!!!!
A-ROD I LOVE YOU~!!!!!
Wow, Arod. Wow.
Kabbalah!
[1316] man, I bet you wish there was a delete key. hahahahh
yes - big hit alex - great job
Yay-Rod!!
That's what I'm talkin about!!!!!
A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get Mo back up!!!!!!!!!
Huuuuuuuge.
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bow down to the Centaur you Philly-fanatics!!
It's so hard to jump and type!!!!!!!! Hell yes!!!!!!!!!
Jorge...do something will you!
Come on Jorge. All is forgiven with a hit here.
they should have hit him.
That was almost heroic...
Alex did it!!!!!
[1316] hello mrs rodriguez
we need some motherfuckin Geico runs
Uh oh.
Felix [1316], that's on the record.
Kate looks worried!
MORE!!!!
c'mon Jorgie!!!
Let's go Posada.
Come on, Jorgie.
Nice and easy.
Two fat runs!
Posada, please do something worth a god damn here
buck is right - jd save that inning and then alex with the huge hit
POUR IT ON POSADA
oh wait lol it's Posada.
I got an order to drop off? Did someone call for some score?
I am sitting here thinking about being tied 2 games apiece and having to face Lee tomorrow...Please Mo get this one.
Damon was so big. I mean, he was epic.
[1355] Absolutely.
felix must be on the phone with his lady...
OH GOD YES!!!!!!!!
HIP HIP!!!
way to go jorgie!!
YES BABY YES!!!!!!!!!!
AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!
TWO FAT RUNS!!!
[1355] If they go on to win this game, then go on to win the series, that will be one of the top few plays, if not the top play
YES!!!
Oh hell yes.
Way to go Jorgie!
Baserunning blunder forgiven immediately!
horrible baserunning, again. BUT WE DON'T CARE!
"Bring it home" YEAH!!!
Yes Jorge.....I knew you had it in you!!!
Great baserunning too!
Yes! That inning was dedicated to William!
Fuck Philly!
I'll take it...
Like I said, All is forgiven.
And of course he gets thrown out. No worries.
Redemption!!!
But not without Posada getting run out on the bases.
Still, all is forgiven.
WTF was that running?
Your bad baserunning is forgiven, Jorge!
Heh. Posada says that 3 runs is enough.
Jesus, Posada cannot do something awesomely right without reminding you what a dope he is too
[1370][1371] Ha-ha!
oh my god!!!!!
i think i just had a seizure!!!!
JORGIE!!!!!!!!!!!
of course, he has to be stoopid on the basepaths.
LIGHTS OUT LIDGE!!!
Mo - show him how it's done. howza bout an easy 1-2-3 inning!!!!
[1369] Yeah you will... [1316]
[1374] He was just thinking about Mo.
[1374] Anymore than 3 runs and it isn't a save. Jorge is looking out for Mo.
I had a feeling we were gonna be in good shape even after they tied it. Philly fan was acting like the fucking game was over and whatnot. Well now it might be!
Heh, just when I was about to give Posada his ghetto pass back, he waltzes into second with the third out. Way to turn off the water, Po...
[1379] Jinx!
[1378] hahaha
[1378] Damn, you are fast. I was planning out my response...
Well I was gonna go to sleep if they didn't score so I'll be staying up a bit later. But hopefully for good reason and I'll sleep contentedly
[1386] I wasn't announcing it, but I was thinking of following your lead, as a matter of fact.
my computer is freezing up at the WRONG time!!!
c'mon Mo.
please make this easy on my stomach!!!
I gotta do radio tamara night. working. how will I deal with that?
Don't let Utley get up.
You guys can say whatever the hell you want about me, doesn't matter so long as the Yanks win this thing.
Holy shit, I take every bad thing back I ever said about Posada after that shot of him talking so nice to Chamberlain
Someone on here wrote, "the series is slipping away...." It is...for Philly.
I gotta think that Damon was thinking about running to third the whole time. That was such a quick decision and brilliant plan with the shift out there. Clutch!
There's one.
One out.
Two more outs boys
2 pitches 1 out
2 more outs, please!
Please do not walk Jimmy rollins, Mo.
ne down - and hippo stairs is out
[1387] Well my announcement was a subtle threat to the Yankees, really. And apparently it worked!
One down, two to go.
[1381] no doubt ... They're all assholes.
Fuck you very much, Mr. Rollins.
[1394] You must be right. He only had to peek to see if the pitcher covered, and when he didn't it was go time!
[1378] wowzers [1316] Don't worry, you'll only feel a little prick...
Two outs.
One more out
And there's two . . .
Yeah, Jimmy really has figured out Mo, just like he said.
Oh, man.
This is a very, very happy game for me.
One more.
I hate these fucking fans.
lets go Mo, lock this shit down
ta ta jimmy
yeah, you really figured out Mariano, you fucking cocksucker. siddown, bitch!
end this here and now, Mo!!!
Tex at least remembered his glove.
One more out tonight.
[1410] That was seriously one of the dumber trash talks of all time, huh?
Strike two.
Let's go Yankees!!!
Thanks be to Mo.
The Mo is my shepherd, I shall not want.
YES MO!!!
GAME!
One more win boys!
Mariano Rivera, ladies and gentlemen.
YAYYYYYYY
All 3 by Teix. yeah, we'll keep him around.
WOOOOHOOOOO YANKS UP 3-1!!!
wait, i've been so busy i missed whatever jimmy said about figuring out Mo! Link???
YAY YANKEES!!!
this is so fucking great
yes - big win
way to stay strong team
All praise be to Mo.
Good night all.
A very good night indeed.
Wow!!!!
3-1!
8 pitches...3-1.
Mariano Rivera..simply, the G.O.A.T
Two wins on November 1...nice!!
Holy crap I can breathe now!
Mo FTW!
MOSES!!!!!
1 WIN AWAY!!!!
FUCK YOU, JOE BUCK!!!
fuck it, let's win in Philly tomorrow.
i think Tex & Robbie will both hit well. i'm a-gonna guess Gritner is starting in CF
[1410] It is really funny because their lefties look terrible against him the last couple games.
That Damon play was unreal. Forced Lidge to throw strikes to Arod to boot and the rest was history!!!
Hey, I was saving this (on account of "The Weight" theme):
Oh hell yeah! Gents and Gals how does it feel to be on the precipice? We're like the explorers who just got to the top of the mountain and see the rich valley beckoning us below.
I want to win tomorrow night. BUT dammit, I'm not going to cry if we don't. Y'all talked me into preferring the celebration at the Stadium to the Citizens.
[1437] I second that - Fuck you Joe Buck indeed!
Why does Joe Buck hate America????
[1435] pretty cool, eh, Wc?
So does Arod get pie or is that considered bad form in the World Series?
really got to hand it to damon for some great hits and that smart play (who knew he had it in him)
big big hit for alex
and thank mo lidge hit tex
BTW, Yanks have averaged just under 5 runs a game in the Serious so far . . . my gosh, what a comeback! I guess we shouldn't be surprised. These guys have been doing this all year.
[1244] For God's sake man.....
TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE OVEN
I gotta go to sleep, kids. Good times. I hope they can win it all tomorrow - looking forward to it!
[1440] I like it!
Alex fucking nailed that mini interview as well as he nailed that pitch from Lidge.
GO JOHNNY, GO GO GO !!!
JOHNNY B. TEH AWESOME!!!
[114] but your query was a hypothetical - bringing this thread full circle, just win baby!!
guys...we can WIN THE WORLD SERIES tomorrow....
Love the terseness in Joe Phuck's voice....
Someone get me a vicodin! I can't settle down...and that's a good thing!
[1440] YES!
Joba with a WS win! The first of many???
God, Johnny Damon is such a dope. It just goes to show you, brains don't count for a lot in baseball.
And, don't get me wrong, he's very lovable.
so do the Yanks have to pay property taxes in Philly? After all, they own Citizen's Bank Park...
So, *knock on wood* is Damon the MVP?
[1457] I hear he does a lot for animal charities.
what did rollins say about solving Mo?
I can't sleep now.
Who's drinking?
Johnny's '06 Topps card is him on the road catching a ball in CF. he's centered and right to the right of him (viewing the card, left of him, literally) is the distance marker on the wall - it reads: 420'
perfect.
Dimelo should have this card!!! ; )
[1462] witcha
[1459] stp that - eveil empire damn near did us in earlier (but you may want to look to the sky too)
[1460] very well done
[1459] It's still Mo. He's been the one absolute in this series.
[1446] I don't think that's unusual for this time of year. It's colder and you're usually facing better pitching....The Phils are averaging less run, right?
[1461] It's here.
[1316] So ummmm... Felix..... got any plans for next Saturday night? (I like yellow roses...)
[1466] Series.... Playoffs.... Ever.
man, the emotion in this joint changes on a dime. Well done, Yanks. Tamara AJ will battle and the bats will roar.
YES!
YO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was as satisfying a win as I can remember in a loooooong time.
Man, when they tied it, with Matsui and Jeter getting out, and Phil Coke in the pen, memories of the 2003 World Serious and Jeff Weaver swarmed over me.
A Rod Haters: Clutch THIS motherfuckers!
AMAZING job by Alex, Jorge, but the game ball goes to Johnny Damon. What a fuggin GREAT at bat in the 9th, plus the double steals.
Holy shit, with Lee going tomorrow, and 2-2 looking at the Boys square in the face, they fucking manned up and now have three chances to get one win.
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit---silly, isn't it?---holy shit, holy SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[1468] THANKS!!! I appreciate it.
[1467] Yes, it's almost invariable year to year.
Has Eric Karros finally acknowledged that the Yankees might win a game?
[1462] i'll be up awhile, but i'm not drinkin'.
wish me luck - i find out if i get this house in a day or two. the landlord is hedging and i can't figure out why. i'm as nervous about that as i am the Serious. i REALLY wanna get this house and move. cross all digits for me!!!
[1461] seamus - take a look about what rollins said
1463) Dimelo is at the game! He's attending all three in Philly with his brother.
I'd say the MVP race is between Mo and Jeter. Jeter's batting .412, but Mr. Damon is getting himself into the conversation and so is Posada. Depending on what happens ....
Of course, if we lose tomorrow and Pettitte throws a gem at the Stadium in game 6, Andy may be the man.
wow, McCarver looks like he just ate a big old nut filled turd.
[1468] oh man that is priceless!! HAHAHAHA!!!
chris rose - why is it bad news if the yanks win it all? i used to think you were alright. now? FUCK YOU!!! : p
[1476] Oh, hey, I'm crossing my fingers, and doing something with a mezuzah, all for you.
[1478] Nice! Hope tomorrow when we win that the two of them climb that damn Liberty Bell hanging in RF and hang a Yankee flag from it!
[1475] You think he's still giving odds on Yanks-Twins?
[1477] thanks ms october! I saw it. unreal!
[1465] Sorry Ms. October, I guess I'm somewhat superstitious wearing my hat for the games and my Munson T-Shirt...BUT, I don't think anything I write is going to cause us to lose. It may make for some "Told ya so" moments, but I'm not the guy for the Cubs interfering with a foul catch.
I'm still shaking. Oh fucking hell boys, you just GOT to win it all now.
[1480] Did you mean he ate one or he is one?
[1476] All the best to you, thelarmis - got my fingers crossed!
[1461] Seamus
Here:
http://tinyurl.com/yfcl9oz
To be fair, if you read the whole story, he was far more respectful than it was made out to be. I just think it's funny that since he said that, he's popped out meekly twice against Mo, once to 3b and once to 1b.
[1488] mmmkay, so that answers your take on [900], Alex.
My eyes are actually slightly wet.
And I have a nice Scotch and soda in my hand.
[1486] yeah - a wee bit presumptuous
[1487] i'm just joking really -
don't cry buck, dry your eye - he should be happy he gets to go back to football -
[1491] thanks mp. no doubt he was intending to be more respectful but it is priceless nonetheless. :)
Charlie Manuel, the hick that he is, is on the podium.
[1488] You missed this before, Alex - better to win Game 5 and end it, or win Game 6 and get to celebrate at home?
I'm very tired but very happy. Your "holy shit" stanza gets the feeling about right. =)
[1489] He looked like he ate one....but of course, we are what we eat.
only game we lost was that Lee dominance game. I think that says something.
"that's gotta tell you something about the resillion of a team" - C Manuel
What?
Hey, so, is AJ going to plunk Cliff Lee tomorrow???
I keep thinking to myself "when is the last time a win made me feel this way?"
I can't say something like Game 7 vs Boston, because thats a clinching game and in a class by itself. But I really think the last time I've seen/felt something like this the games were being played in Fulton County Stadium.
i really think i came close to stopping breathing when johnny started running to 3rd
[1500] Resilience?
Is he talking now? Where are you listening?
i'm rooting for aj for mvp, since that would mean a quick ending tomorrow. but we still have a long way to go no matter what.
Can't be undersold, this was an all-time CLASSIC Yankee win.
[1503] no joke. At first I thought HE thought he was out, and started running OFF THE FIELD! I was flipping out. But it was a great move. Great move.
[1503] I was wondering --- what the fuck is he doing?
1503) Oh yeah, me three. That was crazy. I mean on TV, who DIDN't immediately say, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? That play was more than somewhat nifty--his at bat was collasal.
[1504] it was on Yes a few minutes ago. I forgot that I was watching a few mins in the past.
[1491] You just don't eff with Mo.
[1493] I have a small bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label that I got to celebrate my daughter's birth. The only time I've opened it since is when my son was born. My plan all along this postseason was to open it again if the Yanks won the Serious. I'm starting to think about how fantastic it tastes now . . .
Yep, the Damon move, the very cathartic A-Rod double, the Posada cashing of the two RISP, man, those were very, very satisfying.
And, Mo. Thanks be to Mo.
i also want to say that since november of 2001 i've had several dreams of mariano back on the mound to close out another world series and make up for that debacle. seriously. and sometimes it seemed like it might never happen. it might happen tomorrow, and that is awesome. it doesn't matter how much money the yankees spend, how stupid they were for tearing down the best stadium in baseball, how little they care about everyday fans getting a chance to see the team in person. all that matters now is that we have another chance to see our favorite players nail it down. for me, that's mo.
[1497] Gotta wonder what makes holy shit so fascinating... nobody get's as excited over other holy artifacts and not even over holy people... well, maybe Moses, Jesus, cigarettes and mother of pearl...
[1511] Wow!
Okay, when we win, I'll break out something special too, we'll have a toast, Shaun.
[1462] Shiraz. All night.
God, I'm so amped up.
I have to sleep, but how?
[1507] yeah i thought HE thought the ball got passed 2b - but yep great move
[1506] no doubt alex.
and to finish the night with a line from cc's them song - and it feels stupendous
[1514] That is... an... interesting angle.
[1483] thanks, RI !!!
i'm plotzing about it. i REALLY wanna get the house...
[1516] I know!
I have to take my kids to school tomorrow morning, and that's early. I guess I'll just be tired.
But enjoy the Shiraz, for sure. Good choice for late night!
[1507] I thought he thought the ball got past Feliz. My first reaction was what the F is he doing...and then why isn't Feliz throwing the ball to third base?
I really can't be expected to go to bed right now.
and if, IF IF IF IF, this thing ends tomorrow night, I don't have work on Tuesday. So umm, party at this guy's place.
[1515] I'll join in! If we win tomorrow, it's Nov 3rd here, Mr. OK Jazz Jr's 2nd-B'day. Celebrations all arround!
[1521] I thought that too.."Why isn't he starting the run-down??" What an amazing inning..am going to watch again tonight on tv for sure.
[1523] Oh, that would be excellent. That is, your joining us, and also the Big Win coming on your kid's birthday.
One of my kids has a birthday on Nov 4th.
So.... does this end all the Choke-Rod stories?
[1519] i hope you get it man. you need it!
[1527] Yes.
[1521] i immediately thought he was dead in a rundown. Also wondering why he wasn't throwing the ball. Didn't sink in until they zoomed out.
Oh the utter genius Jon Kruk is thinking out of the retarded box he lives in right now....he's explaining how the Phils WILL win this serious.
1526) I say YES. But if they win it all then most certainly YES.
[1530] Ah, well, that's it then. We win, guaranteed!
[1530] Oh god..as bad as Steve Phillips was as an announcer..Kruk is much, much worse..
[1515] [1523] I am looking forward to it already. I imagine we'll have lots of company. ;)
[1522] I wish I had Tuesday off! I am exhausted but exhilarated; don't know how I could sleep right now. Thank God for the extra hour!
g'night. so damn late again. argh!
Hey, any word on Melky's condition?
I figure he's done, hamstring. But maybe, maybe it was just precautionary...
So much to say - and want to rip Kruk for being a fat piece of shit - but is anyone not understanding why Gaudin tomorrow against Cliff Lee, with fully rested Burnett and CC waiting at the Stadium - why this isn't under consideration?
Interesting -- when the umps warned both teams, Girardi was told: "I just don't want this to get out of hand; tell CC he can still pitch inside."
Ok, another thought besides how joyous I am right now - but drained - and there was way too much emotion for me during tonight's game, but cum dodging Kruk whining about Posada's trips to the mound... seriously, please, someone tell me, did that tub of crap have ANYTHING to say when Varitek was practically living on the mound?
[1536] if it is we can add Hairston to the roster i guess.
[1534]...Steve Phillips....that's just unbelievable what he did. And there's not even a debate....He signed a statement admitting to it...Unreal.....But he was just one voice of the many fools -- Morgan, Berman, McCarver, Buck, Caray.
[1538] Yeah, I want Gaudin to pitch too.
Can the Yanks add someone to the roster if Melky is done?
[1542] Start AJ, let him go 5. then Gaudin for 2 if necessary..start the better guy, even if on 3 days rest.
[1538] That is very reassuring. Not really fair to warn the Yanks seeing as it wasn't CC who started the crap.
[1542] I had been an advocate for Gaudin starting game 5, especially if the Yanks were up 3-1 - now I'm not sure. Too tired to really think straight!
And I don't think anyone can be added if Melky is done, but I'm not sure. I imagine someone at LoHud will confirm it for us. I feel bad for Melky if he's out.
[1518] Interesting enough to get an immediate response, as opposed to most of my other few comments tonight. Thought I might be able to sneak that one by, but then I got the WTF treatment for mistaking REO Speedwagon for Dire Straits... oh well, g'nite all!
[1541] Hairston is already on the roster
seamus & evil - thanks guys!
it's neck 'n neck between getting the house and the yankees winning. i don't think it's too much to ask for both! : )
[1547] this'll be your first house?
[1548]Dude I hope you get the house...that will be great.
The Yanks can add someone if Melky is hurt. I guess it would be Guzman again, nothing to get excited about.
[1545] You knew the REO would not slip past! :)
Damon with a shoutout to Chone Figgins in his postgame press conf. heh
i think it's a close question between aj and gaudin tomorrow. on one hand, if we're likely to lose tomorrow because of lee, it would be better to have aj on regular rest than andy on short rest wednesday. on the other hand, gaudin hasn't pitched in almost a month (besides the one inning against the angels), and you don't want to concede the game to let the phillies back in. i would go to aj. for one thing, i think he'll pitch well on short rest, and i think it gives us the best chance against lee. but for another, i still don't trust him so much that i'd prefer him over pettitte, even on short rest, in game 6. pettitte vs pedro would be a good matchup.
[1548] on my own, yeah. but it's just a rental - i've been looking to buy, but i simply can't afford it. i lived in a house in an atlanta suburb w/ other touring musicians, when i first moved here, but this would be my first house by myself.
at turkey day, i'm in this apt for 10 years straight. it's time to go...
[1549] it's not perfect - nothing is - but it's as close as i'm gonna find and i've been looking DAILY for upwards of a year now.
nothing else i can do, but wait and...hope.
would they add Miranda? he hits lefty, methinks...
[1553] i contradicted myself there, but i believe the latter
btw, cliff said "no injury replacements mid-series".
when's the last time cliff lee had to face a lineup like the yankees' twice in a row? i wouldn't be surprised if we get to him this time.
[1550] Are you sure? I thought that rosters were locked---injuries or no---to keep teams from fabricating injuries in order to make tactical roster moves. My guess is that, if Melky is hurt, the Yankees have to play a man down the rest of the way.
[1550][1558] refer to [1556]
[1553] No matter what, CC is going to pitch game 7. So the question comes down to Gaudin (game 5) and AJ on full rest (game 6), or AJ on short rest (game 5) and Pettitte on short rest (game 6).
I just don't see them starting Gaudin when he hasn't pitched in basically a month. I still think the chances of winning with AJ or Pettitte n short rest is better than it is with Gaudin. And all the while CC is still waiting in the wings for game 7 if necessary.
Late on this one but..no letting up! Win 3 in Philly and close it out. They are a great team and can easily win two in NYS..sweep the leg!!
[1557] i was just thinkin' that. ya know, after his torrid start when joining the phils, he did get roughed up a coupla times. i think the bravos got to him once and maybe the muts. i even wanna say he gave up like 9 earnies one time out. if that's the case, i wouldn't be surprised if 2 or 3 were inherited runners the bullpen allowed, but still.
i think we can get to him. i guess we'll find out!
GO AJ!!! GO YANKS!!!
I'm not sure about that- Hinske was a sub for Tampa last year for Cliff Floyd in the Series, and the Yanks subbed in Villone for Clemens in 07 during the DS. Unless the rule changed again.
[1560] i agree. on the baseball stuff, not dessert! ; )
[1560] well i agree with you, but i do think you have to consider the opponent. since game 7 is sabathia on short rest no matter what, if you really think lee is going to pitch as well as he did i game 1, then it might be smarter to have a rested pitcher for game 6 than an old pitcher on short rest. but for whatever reason, i trust aj more against lee tomorrow (maybe because i think he actually does like short rest, maybe because he'll feel less pressure going against lee with the team up 3-1) than against pedro in game 6.
[1565] I had thought about that, but really, Gaudin has not pitched in ages---I'm not sure he could go more than a few innings.
Wow - bizarre interruption - girl upstairs returned from a trip with her cat's tail trapped in the velcro of the cat bag. I ultimately managed to help get the tail free, but the cat bit the crap out of my hand and my knuckle swelled up. Soap, water, neosporin, and as a doctor's son, I have some avelox (moxifloxacin) in the house, and I took a dosage. Don't want to go to the emergency room, so hoping that's enough...
[1563] You're right about Hinske last year...I just checked. Hm, I really thought that there were no roster moves allowed. Interesting.
[1560] My fear was more that you're choosing to foul up two games (5 and 6) instead of just one, with the one that you're fouling up coming against their strongest pitcher.
I definitely understand going for the kill, but the thing I hated most about Torre in 2004 was how badly he managed to wield the cudgel that was the flexibility of the lead. I always like to wield an advantage instead of playing like it doesn't exist.
Ok, insane angry thought that was forgiven but occasioned a lot of shouting before Damon and A Rod and then Jorge making good, but I've expressed before how much it pisses me off when Jorge doesn't point down for the appeal and it happened again immediately before the Feliz homer. He did it to Joba earlier in the year, and I complained about it, and I really think it can throw a pitcher like Joba off. You could see Joba wanted Jorge to appeal the check swing right before the home run pitch, and Jorge didn't do a thing.
I think it may have messed up Joba's rhythm just that much and helped cause the home run pitch.
I know it sounds very particular, but I noticed it before, and mentioned it before, and if I were a pitcher, it would drive me nuts.
[1569] That's the risk, but I guess I just don't see it as "fouling up" the games, at least not necessarily. I think that AJ can pitch one game on short rest with little or no risk. Pettitte is more of a concern, but he'll be on a super short leash. As such, I'd still rather have five innings of Pettitte on short rest than Gaudin starting for the first time in a month.
I guess if AJ was more of a short thing - having a team need to win two at the Stadium, facing AJ and CC seems very imposing, and there's the whole putting AJ's start against Lee instead of putting it against someone else,,, I just love the idea of chance to win Game 5, with the hammer of our two guys back at our stadium in wait, as opposed to the toss up of Game 5 and having them think that if they get past that, the next step - facing a short rest Pettitte isn't that imposing...
[1567] dude, i hope you're alright! yikes!
[1570] the pitcher can request an appeal, too, can't he?
Also.. appears the Hinske replacing Floyd example proves the point. Interesting.
[1573] Thanks. I hope I have everything covered. Cat bites are scary stuff.
[1574] They can, but the problem is that a younger pitcher is never going to appeal when the older catcher (Posada) doesn't. And I think in his rhythm he's expecting the point, than either an out or a denial and THEN set for the next pitch - I think it going straight to the next pitch (and it's almost like Posada just saying "just throw the next pitch") - can throw a young pitcher off.
Most of all, just do the damn point down for the appeal. If I'm a pitcher, it makes me feel like you have my back.
[1575] i thought they should have asked for an appeal because it was very close to a swing. but i don't think that's an excuse for joba. he still misses his location by a foot. but, like hughes last night, i thought joba actually looked pretty good. at least they're both throwing strikes.
I think that, with the team a win from winning the whole thing, perhaps maybe we can all lay off Posada a little. I mean, we know he's is not a good defender, and he can be frustrating in variety of ways (don't get me started about his base running). At the same time, it seems like now he gets blamed for every mistake that any pitcher makes, every time a pither misses his spot, every time he supposedly threw the "wrong pitch", every ball that supposedly wasn't "framed" properly, every non-appeal (do we know he did not ask for an appeal? does the home plate umpire have to grant an appeal?); meanwhile he gets no credit when pitchers pitch well, and he has been remarkably durable for a catcher, especially at his age. Tonight he was even accused---not ironically---of intentionally making an out to "prove a point" (?!?), and was deemed the worst player of the series (Melky? Robbie?).
The relentless, shrill criticism of him by some Banterers is beginning to remind me of all the bitching about Jeter after last season, when he was all but declared dead. I don't think some of us truly appreciate how valuable he has been, not just this season, but for year. We sometimes seem to forget just how valuable it is having his offensive production at catcher.
When Posada (with all of his bone-headedness) and Jeter are gone, those are going to be two huge offensive holes to fill.
[1577] Hear Hear! Jorge Po's offense far, FAR outweighs any defensive shortcomings. He's a HOFer, one of the top 15 catchers of all time..and rising. Look at the O at age 37? Ridiculous!
Time to split, finally..one more win..we can do it!
[1577] It's just a matter of pointing down to third. It's my theory, and it's not one expect many to get behind, but I will say that I noted the exact same sequence of events when it happened earlier in the year. But as Posada is wont to do, he helped make up for it with the double in the 9th. I'll never like the guy and I'll never like the way he plays defense, but I am fully aware that his bat will be greatly missed when it's gone.
[1579] how many last resort antibiotics that you shouldnt have would you take if he bit you?
I smell lawsuit!