The Yanks play two against the O’s today as the trading deadline enters the home stretch. Rob Neyer has a piece on the summer trade-a-thon in today’s New York Times:
The most important thing to know about baseball trades made in July is that most of them do not amount to much. Few of the stars traded to contenders will be the difference between winning and losing, and few of the young prospects traded for stars will become stars. Still, we have had a flurry of activity leading to Sunday’s deadline for nonwaiver trades (don’t ask), with stars like Carlos Beltran, and numerous lesser lights changing teams and kindling hope among their new teams’ fans.
And although most of these deadline deals are ultimately good for all parties — contrary to popular opinion, baseball executives are generally intelligent — there have been a few notably disastrous deadline trades over the years.
Meanwhile, at the Stadium, Bartolo Colon takes the hill.
1. Gardner CF
2. Nunez SS
3. Teixeira DH
4. Cano 2B
5. Swisher RF
6. Chavez 3B
7. Posada 1B
8. Dickerson LF
9. Cervelli C
Long day of baseball ahead of us. Stay hyrdrated and:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Natasha Dominguez via Je Suis Perdu]
Jesus fucking Christ Eduardo Nunez.
FUCKING Nuñe5 ...
Well done Fat Bastard.
[2] He's like the Yankees comedy mascot.
Of course Pie has no chance against Colon.
[4] What do you mean? He's the SS of the future. Heck, among some commenters on this site, he's the SS of the now.
This is an awesome lineup.
[5] He eats him up. For dessert. Colon digests Pie.
Ugh.
I hope nobody's eating lunch right now.
Guys, it's a double header. You have to have at least one crappy lineup in a double header. It's a rule.
[7] Or dinner, monkeypants, I forgot.
[7] Heh.
WTF! Another career best start from an O's starter. Put the bat on the ball ferfuck's sake.
Wow, I forgot that the Os got Adam Jones in the Bedard trade. That was a good trade for them. Not even mentioning Cy Tillman here.
Jorge's umpiring and base running are equally poor.
Well that didn't work.
Excellent. A play. That's so much better than just having the guys stand there.
The best part of that play is that it clears Jorge off the bases. Chessmaster™!!!
Brains.
You see, everyone? It's all unfolding just as planed.
[16] And if not for that terrible break (ball bouncing over the wall), it would have paid off!
Uh, two bad breaks.
O'Neill: "You don't see Cervelli drive that ball like that..."
Translation: "Holy Shit, Cervelli actually made contact!"
[20] NewYankeeStadium giveth, and NewYankeeStadium taketh away.
Really, Brett. Eye high fastball. Ugh.
That high fast ball is just killing us.
[23] Have faith in Gritner!
Much better.
Yep, the old "no clogging the bases" gambit wins again!
Nuñez!
sigh
Punched...
Hm.
Quick, let's enjoy this lead!
[30] Certainly didn't last long.
Colon pulling an AJ and giving it right back ...
So, the "#2" starter is going to wind up with 5 innings pitched against the O's. oy.
Bartolo did not bring his A game this afternoon.
What a painful inning. Yankees should feel fortunate they only gave up 2 runs.
[35] Even better, the Yankees can rely on muderer's row to score a bunch of runs.
Nothing like a good 2-0 swing.
CORNFLAKE!!!
[36] Don't you love it when your irony turns out to be true? That's so... I dunno. We have no word for that.
Let's make one up!
Oh, new lead! Can we keep it this time, Bartolo? Please?
DRIVEN!!!
[39] The beauty of sardonic irony is that it's always win-win.
"Swisher very quiet with his hands, all of a sudden UNLOADS."
Paul is poetic today.
Man, Colon is laboring today. Much needed bomb by Swish Money.
[39] sarcasm?
[45] Well, yes, but when it turns out that the thing you said sarcastically is actually true. You know, like when it turns out that the frizzy haired guy who drops his cafeteria tray on the floor is in fact Einstein.
Served!
Muderer's Row, Indeed!
Damn, six batters and the only out was that shot to the wall by Jorgie.
Cervelli!
[46] It's like, totally meta, man.
Nuñe6.
I thought Cervelli was told to temper his enthusiasm.......
[53] Hard to fight what you feel.
No contact day for Robbie thus far. A rarity.
Driven...
Frankie Brains doesn't need a lobotomy. 2-2, a run and an RBI. He's even approaching .250.
Wouldn't it be great if we ♥ him again? And he throws out a runner or three.
Jones leaps for a ball at his feet, Balto returning to form.
Nice catch, dude.
Is there a dentist in the house?
Wow, nice.
Jorgie should lay down a bunt here. I bet he could beat it out.
Chavez puts one in the ravine?
Awesome.
NIce play to catch the speedy Posada, but a run still scores.
[62] Patton attempting to liberate his team from the River Avenue Stalag?
Ouch.
Not a good day for men with masks.
Served.
C-Dick
with the quick stick.
Buck must think he accidentally brought in Boone Logan
C-Dick run. Run, C-Dick, run!
.250 for Cervelli...not yet.
If Wade Boggs married Corey Wade in NY, would he then be Wade Wade?
[72] I have to imagine Wade would be the man of the relationshuip
{73] Wade Boggs, that is
[73] You can never tell about these things.
Chav > Nuñ.
Ez.
Hey Jorge, nice catch!
Nice play Jorge.
Good. I heard the Red Sox made a deal and was worried it mattered.
Jorge looking like Joe Pepitone out there
C-Wade looks a little like Jeter.
What happened to Cervelli's extra protection batting helmet?
Come on, let's get the last out.
'bout time.
Booooooooone!
Make it look easy, kid.
Very exciting, Bone.
Nice win. One more.
Doesn't it feel a lot better than AJ's last night?
Now Angels-Tigers game, then back to Yankees-Orioles. Tripleheader!
Alex, we get a new thread for the second game, right? This one's all sweaty.
Kenny and Paulie in booth, the Brown Russian on the mound, Game 2, let's get it on!
Ya gotta love that the Yankees did such a good job "developing" Phil Hughes that frigging Ivan Nova may take his spot.
Michael Kay off at a wedding.
Interesting, Markakis was choking up at least an inch on the bat there with 2 strikes. Don't see that much.
So [90] is this AB "Brown Russian v. Brown Russian"?
Good velo from the Brown Russian so far.
[94] EXACTLY!!!
=)
C'mon Ivan, we need a good start to impress the scouts from Colorado!
This is torture.
[97] Blargh. Evidently Nova didn't find a swing-and-miss pitch while he was down in SWB.
If you can't whiff Mark Reynolds ...
Jeez Nova, that would have knee-capped a LHB, what are you complaining about???
"So what looked to be an easy inning is nothing but for Nova."
True, assuming nothing=anything.
Oh, GGBG, my man crush groweth!
Ivan owes Brett an ice cream.
That liner is basically a hit with any other LFer (as Gritner also plays very shallow).
This proves that Gardner should be the lead-off batter. He made the great catch to end the inning, therefore he should lead off the bottom of the inning. It's the "As So Often Happens" principle.
Oh and can I just say that what Girardi had to say about playing double headers is complete and total bitch-ass bullshit?
Uh oh.
My bad.
Dammit.
Bold move, cult!
Now?
[110] Thanks!
=)
I'm a font of knowledge.
[106] In the minors DHs are 7 innings each. But yeah, these are major leaguers making a heck of a lot more money.
[113] =)
Patience, Rob!
Very nice, Rob! Bad send, but Wieters has plenty to learn, huh?
Yeah, he got it. But he wasn't sure the ump saw that he got it. (The plate, that is. It=plate, he=Curtis.)
[114] And MiLB double headers are REAL double headers, I believe, not this split action stuff.
There was some recent article linked on BBTF that was about Yogi Berra and how he held the record for number of double headers caught (all 18+ innings) by a catcher (IIRC), it was something like 120.
They don't make them like they used to ...
Great hustle, Swish!
[119] Wasn't Kay talking about that this afternoon? He said that Yogi once caught both ends of a DH on two consecutive days. Four games in two days! Then he added that Ralph Houk had the easiest job in baseball: BUC for Yogi.
Save the bones for Andruw Jones!
Andruw!
C'mon Bodie, SWEEP THE LEG!
I bet Russell walks.
[125] Happily wrong!
Here's the link, it was 117 times:
http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2011/07/15/double-fun-doubleheaders-yogi-berra%E2%80%99s-thing-caught-ends-117-times/
Nune5!!!
Nunez!
Eduardo Scissorhands! All is forgiven. (Not really, but let's give him a little love.)
Ironically, a Baltimore chop!
You know Girardi is thinking, "Wonder if we could trade for this Britton guy... we could use a lefty for our bullpen."
[131] It's like rain ... on your wedding day?
I feel sorry for that kid. But man, do the Red Sox suck. It took them 2/3 of an inning to score 7 earned off him. Yankees have at least that in 1/3
Jimenez to the Indians! Good. I didn't want to give up the farm for him, and I didn't want Boston to get him.
Okay, this is ridiculous. In a good way.
[133] Precisely. I have joined Alanis in the project of completely destroying the meaning of the word 'ironic'.
Jimenez to Cleveland ... hmmm.
I withhold comment until I see what they gave up in return, but the last report price of Montero, Betances and Nova was very tempting, if I were in Cashman's place ...
Oh, Rob. Good try.
Drilled! is Kenny's Driven!
Hey, this might be the smallest ratio of Banterers/Yankee Runs we have ever had. Just for this game, I mean.
We're gonna need a Cray Super computer to calculate this guy's ERA....
Double digits, baby.
[140] Quality over quantity!
Cornflake says, "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!!!!!!"
Shit... I'm typing 'Swisher goes BOOM here' and the MF hits it before I'm done typing.
[145] It's hard to keep up.
I think Joe should text over to Buck: "u kan jes go home if u want2."
What's the MLB record for runs in an inning?
Where's the Mercy rule?
And I wonder if Kenny or Paul has texted to Kay.
Damn, I wanted to bat around twice.
Ok, Brown Russian, let's see if you can do what Hughesy couldn't, get through 5 with a big-fat-honking lead.
Noice!
You taking notes, Hughesy?!?!?!?
Yeesh.
I wonder if the other Yankees feel that there accomplishment is somewhat diminished by the fact that Eduardo Nuñez has two hits now, including a triple.
You know, Nune5 isn't all that, but I sure do love how he can't seem to run the bases without his helmet falling off ...
Tack on run!
ERA of 117? Ouch.
Stat padding, Rob, pure and simple. He's filling A-Rod's shoes nicely.
Halfway to 30 runs.
C'mon Cornflake, show them your BOOMSTICK!
Anyone know what the Yankees record is?
Huh? Why is my comment "awaiting moderation"? Will this one also have to wait?
Apparently not. Huh. That's weird. Short comment, no links, no obvious reason for a hold-up.
[161] Forget man, it's Bantertown ...
Wow, the Yankees' record for most runs scored in a home game is only 22.
Seems like we've got some rooting to do tonite!
I was going to post about how many runs the Orioles would have to score this inning in order for the Win Expectancy to go up, but we are way out of range of the Win Expectancy tools.
161) Not sure why that one got held up. Random. Anyhow, carry on.
Uh oh, Baltimore scored. We need more runs guys.
Thanks, Alex. (Though as you see, it's not like the Banter was missing out on a gem of great beauty.)
[167] Will that do?
DRILLED!!!!!!
DRILLED IS THE NEW DRIVEN!!!
Six to go for the record, right?
Yes, we got that run back.
[164] 6 more to tie, 7 for first place.
6 to tie, 7 to break.
C'mon guys!
Youch. Self-defense.
UJ pitching as scheduled tonite in Colorado ... so who knews WTF is happening ... if anything.
Hm, 1 per inning isn't gonna get it done. (Since we won't bat in the ninth.)
Curtis is still missing an rbi. Gotta fill that category so all starters have at least 1 RS, 1 H & 1 RBI. Don't think I've ever seen that.
[176] I find your lack of faith ... disturbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p4T7_XI7WM&feature=related
HR will get you that rbi, Curtis.
[178] Ummm. When I signed up for this Evil Empire thing I didn't fully understand what I was getting into.
[180] Just don't sign up for duty on any base that has an issue with exhaust ports ...
Dammit, Andruw! I want 22.
Dammit, that won't get us the record!
C'mon Bodie, go downtown!
A.L. OPS: .721
Swisher: .830
Sigh. Wasted opportunity there.
THAT SUCKED.
FUCK.
MEH.
[182] [183] Back-to-back dammits.
What? The inning can't be over. We didn't score.
What did Jack say? The gist, please. MLB.TV didn't play the sound when he answered their questions.
Interesting, the Yankees backed out on UJ because the Rockies wouldn't allow them to conduct a physical for a trade ...
[189] They never play the cut-aways.
So, umm... is Charlie Sheen driving the Score Truck or something?
Cashman saying he won't do anything stupid frightens me, because that usually means the Yankees are about to do something stupid.
WE NEED RUNS, BOYS!!!
[193] Well, what is left out there to be stupid about?
Liriano?
[192] Looks like we got us a convoy.
[149] I knew it!
[195] Zambrano.
A reliever.
A god damned left handed reliever.
[195] Livan.
Oh, that was the gist of the Curry thing, that the Yankees balked on UJ because of the physical?
Hughes warming!
No runs and no hits? Unacceptable!
[196] I'll say, home plate must look like a weigh station or a real greasy spoon...
Well, well, well ... Hughesy is up in the pen.
That *is* an interesting development.
UJ out in Colorado ...
Oooooh, that was like a cutter or slider there.
Man, the "other" Brown Russian sure does love that 1st pitch ...
Takes a brown Russian to beat a brown Russian, apparently.
[204] Is it really?
What, Ubaldo to the Tribe. Interesting...
Grandy!
SCORE MORE RUNS!!!
C'mon Robbie.
5 for 5 Robbie! And we get the Vlad run back.
5 to tie, 6 to break!!!
ROBBIE!!!
Frankie Brains as the PR???
Frankie as a pinch runner? Gotta be the only time in his career, barring injury.
You people are failing here, flailing here!!!
Where's my 22?!?!?!?!?
Supposedly, Harden to the RS for Lars Anderson and a PTBNL ...
You know, I really like Christian Lopez. Seems like an awesome guy
[210] Not really. If the Yanks don't make a trade, I expect at least two significant changes before the August waiver deadline.
[220] Yup.
[221] I'd kinda rather they didn't. They'd either be taking on a stupid contract or medicare pitcher. We need neither.
[223] I was thinking more in line with promotions. If they stand pat with what they have, they have to justify it somehow; I don't believe ST 2012 is the answer.
C'mon CG, make it rain!
[224]I am so discouraged with the Yankees' ability to create starters at this point that I sort of don't want to see them.
C'mon Curtis, you need the rbi!
Fuck!
FUCK, FUCK, FUCKING FUCKFUCKFUCK, FUCK.
FUCK.
I think that was the end of the quest for 22.
[229] It *is* 17-2.
Am I a bad person for wishing that Luis Ayala gets absolutely fuckhammered every time he doesn't pitch in a meaningful situation ... just because if that happens, Ayala is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much likely to pitch in a situation where it really matters???
I'm glad the Yanks didn't part with their big name prospects for Ubaldo.
[231] We want 23. And Curtis needs an rbi.
232) Your logic is understandable but still, that's bad karma, dude. Give the guy a break.
[232] errr, so much *LESS* likely ...
[232] That's how I feel about Boone Logan.
Brian Bruney used to hold that role.
And Jose Veras.
And Phil Coke.
How the FUCK do you give away Harden for LARS?????????
And where was Cashman?
Did they ask us For Jesus and Manny?!?
[226] Yeah, seems a lot of teams refuse to deal their pitching prospects to the Yanks (but will deal them elsewhere), but I think that strategy will peter out in a few years when they realize they can't financially afford to keep them and field a good team in the process. But yeah, the Yanks' latent inability to grow sustainably good pitching (or turn good pitching prospects into mediocre or bad major leaguers) is bizarre.
232) Well, you must at least be enjoying this. LOL
238) Harden will hurt himself on the plane trip to Boston, don't worry.
[237] Really didn't much like Edwar Ramirez either.
Sergio Mitre too.
I always hoped one of the poundings would rid us of Farnsworth....
[238] I'm not sure Rich Harden 2011 is much to get twisted over.
[241] Haren is the H we'd actually want, yes?
242) LOL. Yeah, Edwar. Shit.
[240]
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t531&t=p_pbp&pid=502004
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t531&t=p_pbp&pid=460128
[242] Colter Bean wasn't here much, but I disliked him on principle. You're desperate to get a chance, but you can't be bothered to get in shape?
Didn't much care for Vizcaino either.
[247] You know, the mid 2000s bullpen was Mariano Rivera, Tom Gordon and a god damned shitshow.
[247] Chris Britton on your Meh-list?
Let's not overlook the good game Nova pitched. If he can keep this up, we don't need no stinking trade for a starter.
[247] WTF does being fat have to do with being good as a pitcher? Talk to Wells, Reuschel, Valenzuela, Rhoden, etc, etc ...
As Bouton relates in "Ball Four", you don't run the ball to home plate ...
[247] Chris Britton was one of those guys that Joe Torre was a stupid evil dumbshit moron for not using.
And, of course, it turns out that Britton was about 50 pounds overweight and really not any good.
[251] Hell, go bitch at Colon ... he sure as shit never turns down an all-you-can-eat offer ...
[238] You might have too good a memory on this one. It's not 2008. Rich Harden has kind of sucked for a while. The Sox will get a couple of mediocre months out of him, and then they'll get a mediocre draft pick when he walks and the pick will be worth less than Lars Anderson.
[251] That was one of the common criticisms of Colter Bean from baseball people at the time. He was horribly out of shape.
If I was 30-whatever and I even had even an inkling that my weight was why I was still in Columbus, I'd hit the fucking stairmaster
Failure is FAILURE!
Mo damn well better not have to get up for the ninth.
You're right about the mid-naught bullpen, Mattpat... that was some BS...
[257] Wouldn't that be something? Tying runs on base, or something, and Mo slams the door.
Not that I'd like to see that happen, but still.
[258] I said it back then and I'll say it now. Some teams built around strikeout guys, some teams built around groundball guys. We built a bullpen around men who walked people.
I'll never forget that when we finally rid ourselves of Jose Veras, Peter Abraham said he was surprised to see him go, because the Yankees were so proud to have found him.
If you can find a better example of "Generic right handed relief pitcher" than Jose Veras, I'd like to see it.
Yes. 25 run day. Good night all. A very good night.
[260] Uh, EDSP???
I don't even think Veras is in the Top 5 in the last 10 years ...
Scott Proctor at least had the Scott Proctor Alleged Curveball to keep me entertained. Veras was just a big righthanded guy with no control t speak of and no especially funny secondary pitch.
Either way though, I wouldn't be "proud" to have "discovered" either guy. They almost literally grow on trees.
Hell, Bruney, Albaladejo, Hawkins, Vizcaino, Gaudin ... ...
[260] Well, if you base what you think or believe on what all-you-can-eat Pete believes, frankly, you've got no excuses ...
Know what I mean?
That seems like a silly thing to make up
[260] Scott Proctor, except he has a well known website named after him, thus not making him generic...
Make up?
This isn't about making up?
This about being fed bullshit and calling it a brownie.
Know what I mean?
[267] Okay, just saw your reasoning [267]...
Well, turning 24 hits into 17 runs is nothing to scoff at. Bravo.