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There Will Be No Encore

You couldn’t really have asked for much more than Friday night’s game delivered: a tense pitching duel; Alex Rodriguez coming up big in what for him was a grudge match against his former skipper; a little bit of hit-batsman antagonism with Vicente Padilla, but everything kept safely below the waist; CC Sabathia coming up big and striking out his last man in the eighth; Mariano Rivera coming in to face Manny Ramirez, who had an RBI single and a dropped fly ball earlier in the game, and striking out the side to pick up the save with no margin for error in a 2-1 win. It won’t get better than that, so I hope you all stayed up for it.

In fact, with A.J. Burnett on the mound this evening, things could get a lot worse in a hurry. Burnett has gone from poor to awful in June, providing a counterweigh to Sabathia’s strong month by going 0-4 with a 10.35 ERA in four starts while allowing nine home runs in just 20 innings pitched, inflating his season ERA by a run and a half in the process. Part of Burnett’s inconsistency is that you don’t expect his struggles to last long, either, but it seems as though each of Burnett’s starts this month has been worse than the last (not exactly true, but close), and with Dave Eiland on leave for a personal matter there are some have begun to wonder if Mike Harkey isn’t up to the task of getting Burnett back on track, while others, including the general manager, are wondering if Burnett is tipping his pitches.

To make matters worse, the pitcher opposing Burnett this evening, Hiroki Kuroda, is just the kind of crafty, off-speed groundballer prone to giving the Yankees fits. Even if he wasn’t, his success this season speaks for itself (3.06 ERA, 2.92 K/BB, career-best 7.1 K/9). In stark contrast to Burnett, Kuroda has been aces in his last three starts, the last two of which have come against the best offense in each league, the Reds and Red Sox, in those teams’ hitting-friendly ballparks. In total, Kuroda has posted a 0.95 ERA with 23 Ks in 19 innings against just four walks and no homers in those three starts (the third of which came at home against the Cardinals, who have some dangerous hitters themselves). That line works out to a 10.9 K/9 and 5.75 K/BB to go with that sub-1.00 ERA and 0.89 WHIP.

Gulp.

Jorge Posada, who fouled a pitch off his healing right foot last night but stayed in the game, gets the night off. Francisco Cervelli hits seventh ahead of Brett Gardner and Burnett. Curtis Granderson remains in the two-hole. Nick Swisher bats sixth.

The good news is that, if the Yankees do drop this game, as it seems they’re likely to do, it sets up a hell of a rubber game on ESPN tomorrow night with the Dodgers’ young lefty ace Clayton Kershaw facing off against veteran southpaw Andy Pettitte, who thus far is having his finest season as a Yankee at the age of 38. Well, that and the fact that you won’t have to stay up ’til 1am to watch the carnage tonight.

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1 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 5:49 pm

I predict AJ will be very good. This is the day!

2 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 6:08 pm

2) I'm with you. I don't know why, exactly. Maybe it's because it's not like AJ can be much worse, so damn the torpeedos, go git 'em, Hoss!

3 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 6:19 pm

Ha, yeah, he couldn't be worse. Eiland and Burnett sounded fairly excited about his progress, too -- but where did I read that? I forget.

Can we hit Kuroda though? I have no guess. Wait, yes, I guess that A-Rod can hit him...

4 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 6:22 pm

"I have to admit, it's getting better..."

5 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 6:28 pm

Pedroia's on the DL. His foot is broken.

Just like Jorge -- they said first "the x-rays don't show any breaks." In Pedroia's case, they did find the fracture right away. So, Angel Sanchez is jetting his way from Pawtucket.

That's a lot of hitting the Sox lose for at least 15 days.

6 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 6:55 pm

Francisco Cervelli hits seventh ahead of Brett Gardner and Burnett. Curtis Granderson remains in the two-hole. Nick Swisher bats sixth.

Girardi is a mysterious wizard.

7 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:01 pm

Oh goddamn it, fucking Fox today.

8 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:01 pm

[6] Hahhahahhah!! He is that.

9 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:11 pm

I'm just airing for Rogers Sports Net to get around to cutting to the ball game. Maybethey cut at 7:00, maybe at 7:10, maybe 7:30. You never know, and that just adds to the excitement of the game.

10 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:12 pm

Hey, there'a the game!

11 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:15 pm

Nice AB by Jeter.

Did mccarver just say "waddling in mediocrity"?

12 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:17 pm

[7] I hate Fox. Gawd, they're talking about ancient game shows and "celebrities" no one ever heard of.

But we're lucky. We always get to watch our team. Most of the rest of the country gets blacked out on Saturdays, and has to watch the game Fox picks for them.

13 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:19 pm

Double steal? Not normally with your #3 hitter up, but this might be a good opportunity.

14 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:20 pm

YESSSSSSS!!

15 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:20 pm

Evening, banterers.

A happy birthday to the cap'n.

A Teix message!

16 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:20 pm

Ok, maybe the double steal is not the right move.

17 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:20 pm

Well, they're giving AJ a lead...

18 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:20 pm

[15] I can't believe he's 36. Holy cow.

19 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:21 pm

I'm sorry, I can't help but saying this, but is there any chance AJ doesn't give it right back in the bottom half?

20 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:21 pm

Arod roped that.

21 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:22 pm

[11] I don't know, I muted their asses. Was listening to some guy play the bassline of "No Reply" on youtube.

22 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:25 pm

[18] I can't believe that i saw him play inn Columbus! Holy Cow.

23 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:27 pm

Go Go Teix!

[9] Usually they always have a game on here when the pitcher is Japanese, but not today..doesn't matter anyways, just got the call from Home Base, urgent assignment came in, and an ACME Investigator never sleeps! So it's Yahoo Japan cell-phone updates for me today!

Oh AJ..please try and throw strikes. Please!

24 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:28 pm

[19] What makes AJ so frustrating to watch is that you can't gauge anything by how he throws early, even if he goes through the first 1-2-3. He's the type of pitcher who could throw 5 perfect innings and then utterly implode in the 6th.

Tim just said Eiland is on bereavement leave, which is the closest I've heard anyone come to explaining why he's gone. Was that a misunderstanding on Tim's part or did he say something he shouldn't have?

25 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:29 pm

[24] Good question.

26 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:30 pm

Umm, the point is he swung at that pitch because he's lost, you fucking maroon!

27 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:33 pm

Of course.
Don't fucking pitch to Manny.

28 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:35 pm

Obviously.

29 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:36 pm

He can't get anybody out.

30 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:36 pm

So we're going to have to win this game 8-7, right?

31 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:36 pm

I can't watch this.

32 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:37 pm

Oooof.

Thank God Gardner caught up to that.

33 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:38 pm

God, this guy is just torture to watch!

34 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:39 pm

Goddamn it, he was out.

35 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:40 pm

Yaayy!!

We still have the lead!

36 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:41 pm

So, the Dodgers seem to rival the Yankees in terms of base running savvy.

37 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:56 pm

Another example of what makes AJ so maddening. Obviously he didn't want to walk the 8-hitter on 4 pitches with the pitcher up next, so that would indicate that he simply can't control his pitches.

38 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:56 pm

Jesus, AJ is aggrivating. Four pitch walk to the 8 hitter? Sheeeet.

39 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:56 pm

He's going to give up the lead right here...

40 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:58 pm

Nice work, AJ.

41 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 7:59 pm

[39] Yeah, I was envisioning a little opposite field flare. Fortunately, it wasn't to be.

42 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:00 pm

Hey, whadda ya say!

43 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:01 pm

C'mon, Jetes!

44 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:02 pm

Predictable...and GOOD!

45 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:02 pm

Hey! A line drive from Derek!!

Yaayyy!!!

46 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:02 pm

Ummm, no he doesn't idiot.

47 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:03 pm

Let's go Curtis, no dp...

48 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:04 pm

McCarver sounds like Don Knotts.

49 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:05 pm

No, DP, No, DP...

50 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:05 pm

Nice, Curtis!

51 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:05 pm

[45] and a couple more last night. Maybe he's coming out of his funk.

52 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:07 pm

[51] Dear Lord, I hope so!

53 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:07 pm

Oh, Alex leave that 1-0 pitch alone...

54 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:08 pm

What??
Alex isn't afraid of being jammed but others are?
What's McCarver's point?

55 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:08 pm

Sloppy motherfuckers...we'll take it.

56 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:08 pm

HAHAHAHAHAAHH1!!!!!

57 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:08 pm

Wow, somehow the Yankees scored on that nonsense.

58 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:12 pm

Man, these two bozos are hard to take. Two poor abs for Robbie...sigh.

59 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:15 pm

Why does he miss by ten feet?

60 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:16 pm

Fucking AJ, man....

61 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:16 pm

What are we going to do with this guy? He's intolerable.
They give away a run so AJ decides to walk the leadoff guy on four pitches.

62 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:17 pm

When I die, I want my obituary to read, "He died in part due to complications from watching AJ Burnett pitch once a week for 5 years."

63 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:18 pm

"and I may be overstating it: "it would be an injustice to baseball and America" if Strasbourg doesn't make the all-star game.

Really, McCarver, are you maybe overstating?

64 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:18 pm

[62] :)
Amen.

65 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:19 pm

Fucking guy...

Either, 3 run dinger, I'm calling it.

66 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:19 pm

Somebody shoot me, please.

Is this fuckermother on the take, or what?

67 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:19 pm

[61] well clearly AJ can't pitch to Frankie.

68 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:19 pm

I meant Manny.

69 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:20 pm

Are you guys seeing this?
Or am I imagining it all?

70 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:20 pm

Somewhere on the bench Jorge is smiling to himself.

71 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:21 pm

Better than a three-run dinger. I'll take it.

72 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:22 pm

[65] You meant Manny?

Man, my [1] was not exactly prescient, huh?

73 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:22 pm

Ball one.

74 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:23 pm

the man is useless...

75 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:23 pm

Grrrrrrrrrrr...

76 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:23 pm

It's OK, I've been waiting for my Chad Gaudin fix this week.

77 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:23 pm

[63] Amusing that the comparison was to Dontrelle Willis.

78 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:23 pm

I'd fucking pull him, I don't give s shit. The man is simply not competing.

79 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:24 pm

Ball one..

80 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:24 pm

Dang, the three-run dinger would have been good. Would have killed their rally at least.

81 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:25 pm

[80] yep. AJ just doesn't think out there...that's when you have to lose the battle to win the war.

More seriously, as frustrating as he isAJ has never beenthis bad for this long in his career. Is he hurt?

82 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:26 pm

All right, this should be his last batter.

Enough is enough.

83 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:27 pm

[81] He's not hurt, he's tipping pitches, remember? The other players just happen to know how to swing at pitches left right over the plate on 3-1 counts.

84 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:27 pm

Too late to get someone up now.

Either pull him RIGHT NOW or concede the baseball game.

85 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:27 pm

GODFUCKINGDAMNIT!!

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LOOKING AT, JOE????

86 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:28 pm

EX

87 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:28 pm

Thank god we have Boone Loganto step into the breach.

88 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:28 pm

CRUC

I

A

TING!

89 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:29 pm

Nice break.

90 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:29 pm

A base hit from Kuroda here really would be the final indignity.

91 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:30 pm

If AJ gets out of this and then his spot comes up next inning, I mean, you've got to pinch hit for him, right?

92 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:30 pm

He can't even throw an intentional walk.

93 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:30 pm

And ball one to the pitcher.

94 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:31 pm

And ball two to the pitcher.

95 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:31 pm

I agree with Tim. Kuroda should just stand there. The odds of him throwing 3 strikes before 2 more balls is low.

96 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:32 pm

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

97 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:32 pm

Now what happens?

98 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:33 pm

It's hard to believe we're in this game at all.

[91] Yes, for sure.

99 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:37 pm

Tim has his disappointing first-round exits mixed up.

100 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:37 pm

Ha.

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101 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:41 pm

Dude is just preternaturally fast.

102 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:41 pm

I love Brett Gardner. Every play could be a base hit.

103 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:41 pm

Brett Gardner bends light.

104 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:42 pm

Girardi, what the fuck?

105 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:42 pm

Why not in June?

106 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:42 pm

This is interesting. Surely Gardner has to be running, right?

107 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:43 pm

Is this some kind of "I want to see if he straightens out" psychology things?

108 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:43 pm

I don't really want Swisher getting fancy on the basepaths, Tim.

109 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:43 pm

Now THAT was the best use of Gardner's speed.

110 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:43 pm

A complete waste. Gardner could have stolen the base himself.

111 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:45 pm

It's really gonna be frustrating if they can't cash in here

112 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:45 pm

I hate this game.

113 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:46 pm

[111] It's really frustrating.

114 JeremyM   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:47 pm

I don't get the strategy here. Why carry a 13-man pitching staff if you're going to screw around like this? Burnett is not going to turn things around, and you just cost yourself a run by letting him "bat" as well.

115 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:48 pm

God, why is he still out there?

Somebody do something!

116 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:48 pm

If Gardner could do that, he would bat .700.

117 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:49 pm

That was a strike.

118 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:50 pm

Not to take AJ off the hook here, but this umpire's strike zone is the size of a postage stamp.

119 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:50 pm

It's not about whether he bats or doesn't bat!

It's about why the fuck is he still pitching???

120 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:51 pm

[114] I think they have a twelve man staff (or did they call up someone else since they are skipping Hughes) but your larger point is taken.

[115] Once he wasn't PH for, you have to figure he's still in there for another two innings, or at least that is what Girardi is hoping.

121 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:52 pm

Buck's a drooling idiot.
He shouldn't have asked about pinch hitting AJ, he should have asked what the fuck Joe is playing at leaving him on the mound!

122 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:52 pm

[120] No, I know, it's just the sight of him out there was more than I could bear.

123 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:53 pm

Boone Logan couldn't have done this?

124 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:53 pm

NOW he pulls him.

What the mother fuck?

125 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:53 pm

[121] it's the same question, no?

126 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:53 pm

Girardi=EPIC FAIL.

127 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:54 pm

I sure hope william isn't watching this, poor man.

128 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:54 pm

I pretty much blame this all on Cervelli.

129 JeremyM   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:55 pm

[120] You're right, it is now a 12-man staff. Still! Ugh!

We need to slip a sheet in Girardi's binder that says if a guy is getting torched, has walked 5 guys in 3 innings, and is due up in a key RBI spot with a rested bullpen, pull him.

130 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:55 pm

[125] But he didn't get a real answer out of Joe re: why he wanted AJ to keep pitching. Joe was able to talk about the move as an offensive one without having to explain what he was thinking leaving AJ in regardless of when he was due to bat.

In other words, why didn't he pull him in the previous inning and why did he not expect to pull him anyway in the following one.

131 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:57 pm

And yet, as of right now, anyway, we're only behind by one run.

132 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:57 pm

RAB reported that the Mariners are scouting the Yankees' farm system. This seems particularly relevant today, somehow.

133 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 8:58 pm

Is there any chance Manny won't go yard here?

134 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:01 pm

So Buck says that Boone Logan is filling Phil Coke's role. Should we call him Logy? Or Loogy? Hey, thence would be Loogy the Loogy!

135 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:01 pm

Well, we kept him in the park!

136 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:01 pm

[134] hahhahhah ahhaha haha h!

137 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:02 pm

Nice throw, Swish...way to salvage something out of this shitstorm.

138 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:03 pm

Wow!
They're really trying to keep us in the game, these LA's.

139 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:03 pm

"Steve Swisher"?

140 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:04 pm

[130] buck's question implicitly asked what you are asking, that is, why have you not pulled AJ. He just let him wriggle out of it by not following up on Girardi's predictably evasive answer. But then again, you can't really expect to get hard biting journalism during these fluff mid inning interviews.

141 RIYank   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:08 pm

Boone Logan.

142 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:09 pm

[140] Right. I just think he should have forced Girardi to answer by asking what we all actually want to know, namely, some variation on "Hey, Joe, what the fuck?"

143 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:09 pm

This is getting downright unsightly...

144 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:10 pm

Arrrghhh. AJ could have done this.

145 OldYanksFan   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:10 pm

Long day for me.
For some reason, the Sox are on Fox, so EI is blocked out... so no TV for me.

Dustpan Pedroia is out for 2 month with Posada foot.
Buchholz hyper extended his knee in the 1st inning tonight. He should be out a while.

So.... that's some good news.

146 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:10 pm

If Boone gets out of this without another run, Yanks come back and win.

147 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:12 pm

145) Shame on you, and double jinx and knocking on wood. That's bad karma, dude.

Second, bro, you are lucky NOT to be watching this. AJ would have had you throwing bolos. Really, really ugly, game. Actually, down 3-0 is pretty good all considered...

148 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:15 pm

Hahahah!!

They're cute!

149 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:16 pm

Wow, Reggie and Lasorda...who is a bigger asshole?

150 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:16 pm

Listen to Reggie's trash talk!

151 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:18 pm

I like how A Rod is swinging the bat...

152 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:19 pm

There's a boy, Robbie!

153 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:21 pm

[149] tough call.

154 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:21 pm

Other than the usual AJ Burnett nonsense, I still don't understand the point of Boone Logan

155 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:21 pm

Hey Tommy, member the second time Reggie faced Welsh, you fat fuck?

156 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:22 pm

Reggie's actually coming off as humble in this interview.

157 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:23 pm

[134] Coke's job was to come in and give up a HR to a lefty. Boone comes in to walk people. Different jobs.

158 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:23 pm

[155] Hey, that's the Baseball Wizard you're talking about!

159 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:24 pm

[157] Hehehehehhheheh. Indeed.

160 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:26 pm

How is the Dodger's bullpen?

161 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:26 pm

Damn. And that's that.

162 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:26 pm

And to think that somewhere, on some channel, Vin Scully is calling this very game.

163 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:35 pm

AJ was terrible again, but the managing by Girardi has been a joke. Letting Burnett hit in the fourth inning was lunacy.It's a shame this team is burdened by such a poor manager.

164 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:36 pm

Good heavens, can't they just call the damn game. Do we need one asshole after another interviewed in the booth during the action?

165 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:39 pm

[164] It's Fox, what do you want, Vin Scully?

166 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:45 pm

[165] well played. Meanwhile, I have completely lost track of this game. Are the Yankees rallying?

167 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:46 pm

How is this game only in the 6th inning? It has no flow whatsoever.

168 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:47 pm

Sigh.

169 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:48 pm

Ahhh...the chess match is on...

170 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:48 pm

[166] Meh. Derek just K'd with one out, first and second. Jorgie batting for Granderson now.

171 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:49 pm

One pitch, out number three.

172 Alex Belth   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:49 pm

Nicely, done, Jorge.

173 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:50 pm

How do you pinch hit for Granderson? I get the logic behind it, but if you are going to pull him in the sixth inning, why the hell is he batting second.

Girardi's stamp is all over this game, and as usual it is decidedly negative.

174 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:50 pm

That was a short rally. I really hope girardi leave Posadamin the game and double switches out Cerveli. Downby three, they should go with offense on the off chance that Posada gets another meaningful AB.

175 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:51 pm

Quick check-in from the stakeout..still only mid-6th? Good job eating some innings AJ...sigh...

Did Joe Buck or Timmah ask LaSorda about his name being in the john list for the Hollywood Madam? I would pay money to see that interview..

176 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:52 pm

Ah, Park, you're just in time to help 'em blow it open!

177 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:52 pm

[173] He just wanted the opportunity to pull a double switch. Otherwise how will anyone know he's there?

178 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:53 pm

[173] I can see starting Granderson against the RHP and maxing his platoon split by batting him up in the lineup...in the abstract. But why move Swisher down? And why bat Cervelli anywhere except eighth? And if Swisher is going to get pulled out of the two spot, why is Gardner still relegated to the bottom of the lineup?

179 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:53 pm

[175] Hahahhhahah!!!! Umm, no, they did not ask him that! hHhahahahahah!

180 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:54 pm

[178] Because the Wizard works in Mysterious Ways, and that's why.
That's all you know on earth and all you need to know.

181 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:57 pm

I really hope someone grills Girardi about his moronic decision to let Burnett hit in the fourth. It was a game changing blunder.

182 Diane Firstman   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:57 pm

Hi folks .... just got in .... I know I've missed another sucktastic AJ start.

Did we all see that Dusty will be out 4-6 weeks with a fractured foot?

183 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:58 pm

[181] Especially since he had such a short leash with AJ in the bottom of the inning.

184 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Jun 26, 2010 9:59 pm

[179] I'd so love Joe Buck to ask him about his "performance" in that area...

Ok, back to work! Yanks win on a 9th-inning tater by A-Rod off of Broxton!

185 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:07 pm

This game is not giving me much to latch onto to remain hopeful.

186 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:12 pm

Garrett Anderson is still playing?

187 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:14 pm

Oh, good

188 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:14 pm

Because it wouldn't be an appearance by CHP without a run scoring.

189 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:15 pm

Are we having fun yet, Team?

190 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:16 pm

Oh, ffs.

191 Diane Firstman   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:16 pm

oooh .... Colin Curtis with a Mannyesque move ...

192 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:16 pm

Well, that wasn't the most athletic of moves by Colin

193 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:17 pm

Oh, I missed that Gardner was shifted over.
That was the kid.
He gets a pass.
Looked strange to see Gardner be so boneheaded.

194 Diane Firstman   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:17 pm

any update on Dave Eiland?

195 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:18 pm

How long does the Chan Ho Park experience last this season?

I'll give Curtis a pass on that play...the kid tried to hard to make a play, but that doesn't surprise given his role on the team.

196 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:18 pm

I guess the Yankees now accept playing like crap every handful of games?

197 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:18 pm

[194] Mark Feinsand of the Daily News tweeted a little while ago that anytime reporters bring it up, Girardi shuts it down.

198 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:20 pm

[197] Aside from the fact that I think it should stay a private matter, I think its ridiculous that people want to make AJ's nonsense Mike Harkey's fault

199 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:21 pm

With Burnett pitching so horrendously, the Eiland absence has become very relevant to the Yankees performance. It's time to hire a new pitching coach if Eiland wont be back soon.

200 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:22 pm

[198] It's not Harkey's fault because he isnt a pitching coach. If the pitching coach plays no role in correcting the mechanics of a struggling pitcher, then what exactly do they do?

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201 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:22 pm

Oh good, we get be haunted by Jeff Weaver now.

202 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:23 pm

Ye gods, I hadn't realized Jeff Weaver was back in the big leagues.

203 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:23 pm

[199] I don't know about that. The other 4 pitchers are doing pretty well. Besides, how would AJ's fragile psyche handle advice from an "outsider"?

204 Diane Firstman   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:23 pm

C'mon Gazoo!

205 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:24 pm

Great idea by Girardi to put one of his better hitters at the end of the lineup. Can't wait to see Curtis batting second.

206 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:26 pm

Wait, that's Jeff Weaver out there?

What's he still doing around?

207 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:26 pm

[203] A pitching coach's job seems to be putting out fires. The Yankees have a raging one right now, but no one is around to dose the flames.

208 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:28 pm

Robertson is really going to come into a 9-4 game...after Chan Ho Park was allowed to blow the game up?

209 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:29 pm

[206] He's got a 3.22 ERA.

Beats me how.

210 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:30 pm

Weird!
Flashback to 2003.

If only Joe had taken the ball from him back then.

211 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:31 pm

He pulls him from a 9-4 game, but leaves him in during extra innings of a World Series game.

212 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:31 pm

That was the Jeff Weaver that I remember.

213 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:31 pm

[207] Is it that Harkey is just doing nothing, though? Or that Burnett, at 33 years old and 11 years in the league needs to be coddled and only Eiland knows how to do that? If its the latter, we're in a lot of trouble.

214 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:32 pm

[211] and that is the Joe Torre that I remember.

215 Diane Firstman   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:32 pm

Hmmm .... Carlos Zambrano for AJ Burnett ... won't happen, but would be INTERESTING.

216 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:33 pm

Remember when Torre went out to get Moose, and he yelled at him to "Get back in there!"

217 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:33 pm

For years on Extra innings I watched in awe as the Cardinals and Giants (and it was always the Cards and Giants) ran out bench players I've never ever heard of.

The Yankees have become that team.

218 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:33 pm

[213] but I thought that it was only Frankie Ceevelli who knew how to whisper sweet nothings in AJ's ear...or was that Molina?

219 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:34 pm

[213] That's my problem here. The Burnett/Eiland thing sounds like the girl who's in a relationship a guy who can't make decisions unless he consults with his mother first.

220 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:34 pm

[213] Eiland has worked with Burnett for over a year. I don't think that familiarity can be discounted. Also, there has to be some skill to being a pitching coach. If anyone can fill the role, why bother paying Eiland in the first place.

221 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:34 pm

[216] Oh, that was just beautiful!

And so he scurried off, deferentially raising his hands!

222 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:35 pm

Torre really, really wants this game, huh?

At least the game has been played at a nice crisp pace.

223 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:36 pm

Considering the low standard the Yankees have for their manager, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they have just plugged Harkey in as the pitching coach.

224 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:36 pm

[222] Girardi doesn't want it, so Torre might as well take it.

225 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:37 pm

[220] If you look at his career numbers, except for his walk year, he never wins more than 13 games. Electric stuff, and he only wins 12-13 games a year? What we're seeing this season has to be more than just a pitching coach not being here.

226 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:38 pm

[215] I don't believe in team chemistry. I think its absurd to suggest that someone would stop hitting because they don't like someone else on the team.

But I think Carlos Zambrano is a borderline violent lunatic that we don't need right now

227 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:38 pm

[225] He is pitching to a 10 ERA over his last 5 starts. This is more than AJ's normal inconsistency.

228 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:39 pm

Jeter definitely looks 36. He has had yet another awful game.

229 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:39 pm

This game started off so well for Jeter

230 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:39 pm

And Derek continues to struggle.

231 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:40 pm

[226] plus the trade doesn't really solve anything. It's not like Zambrano is cheap or is pitching well as a starter...indeed, he's not even a starter right now.

232 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:42 pm

[231] Well he's nothing right now

233 Raf   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:42 pm

Because of Arrested Development, I think of G.O.B whenever I hear "The Final Countdown"

234 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:43 pm

"Home plate was moved back twenty feet?"

Wtf does that mean?

What's he talking about?

235 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:43 pm

Has Robertson always pitched this slowly?

236 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:45 pm

I always love when a pitcher busts out an unidentifiable pitch

237 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:46 pm

I agree with William, how is CHP ahead of D-Rob on the bullpen depth chart?

238 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:47 pm

[234] the fences at dodger stadium were deeper in the old days by about 20 feet, though i think they actualy moved the fences in rather than move home plate up. Interestingly, when they remodeled Yankee stadium, they moved the plate closer to the fences and then added more seating around the infield. Thus the distances to the fence were shortened but there was still more or less the same distance behind home pelt to the backstop.

239 monkeypants   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:49 pm

[237] he's not ahead, he is the Long Man (TM). thus he must come in the cam in the middle innings.

240 Raf   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:50 pm

[220] Tradition? Most pitching coaches aren't worth much.

241 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:51 pm

[238] Ahh, thanks.

242 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:53 pm

[220] And what if Eiland never comes back? Is Burnett going to keep pouting? What if they hire a new coach and AJ decides he likes him *less* than Harkey? Should Burnett be given input into any potential new hire?

243 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:55 pm

[242] You're killing me! Oh, god, it's so comical, isn't it?

244 Raf   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:56 pm

“I was just trying to attack and get early contact. Not trying to blow it by them or get in strikeout counts so I can strike them out. It was pretty much attacking guys and pitching to contact and trusting my stuff.” - AJ Burnett

Well, there's your problem, a strikeout pitcher is "pitching to contact." Remember when Cone supposedly tried this with less than desirable results?

245 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 10:57 pm

[244] And he still walked six.

246 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:01 pm

[242] Burnett is part of the issue, but at some point, not having a pitching coach has to become an issue. Otherwise, just eliminate the position.

247 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:02 pm

[246] No one else seems to be having any issues with the interim pitching coach we have

248 mjpucci   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:03 pm

Well, that sucked. See you guys tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

249 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:03 pm

[247] Because no one else has issues. That's like saying there is no need for a fireman because no one has a fire.

250 randym77   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:04 pm

What a long, dreary game.

251 Mattpat11   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:15 pm

[249] Javier Vazquez was getting knocked around left right and sideways. That wasn't an issue? Sabathia was coming off a month where he was giving up homers by the assload and striking no one out.

252 Raf   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:17 pm

[246] They should eliminate the position; they really don't make much of a difference.

253 williamnyy23   ~  Jun 26, 2010 11:57 pm

[251] It was an issue and Eiland was around to help iron him out. Maybe you're right and the pitching coach is irrelevant. If that's the case, just get rid of the position altogether.

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