(9) Robbie was robbed during his first AB with the bases juiced. He took a called strike 3 that was a foot outside. I think it got in Robbie’s head and in the ninth he as chasing too.

The Angels defense killed the Yanks as the outfield of Bourgos and Trout robbed Swisher 2 times and the 3rd was more routine, but Swish still crushed it.

The results weren’t there, especially with Pettite, but the Yanks played a closer game than the final score showed.

Let’s avoid the damn broom!!!

The good news, I guess, is that it has to break sometime. I realize that statistics have no memory, but it has to break sometime. I’m not even asking for a grand slam or even a double in the gap. How about a bloop over the shortstop’s head? A dribbler through the middle? Anything?

Robbie has the best, sweetest, most solid opposite field swing I’ve ever seen. Is he pressing in pressure situations, and trying to PULL the ball???

He is not responsible for Tom Hicks’ insanity. At the time, the speculation was he would get an AAV around $18m. One pundit actually speculated that he could even get AS MUCH AS $20m!!!!!!!!!!! Hicks distorted then entire FA market, cost himself tens of millions of dollars, and ultimately had to give ARod away, with the Yankees paying him $17m AAV.

Then there is Hank’s insanity. I forgive that 10%, because I believe the Yankees were gambling on ARod breaking the HR record, whcih could have been part of Yankee History forever. After 2009, I though he could coast to the record (needing something like 23 HRs/yr for the length of his contract)

Nonetheless, ARod did not put a gun to Hicks’ or Hank’s head. He should not be hated for contracts he had nothing to do with… aside from signing them. And honestly, what ballplayer would have turned them down?

[5] I don’t feel sorry for Arod…yet…because I think he still is and will be very productive. However, once he really does decline, I think it’s ok to offer sympathy, even if he makes more money in a game than most earn in a year. Everyone’s problems are relative.

Wake me up when the lineup decides to stop playing craps…

I can’t complain about Andruw, but his AB reminded me of many Yankees, with the 400′-isn’t-enough-it’s-450′-or-bust mentality at the plate.

Considering size, Red Sox Mighty Mouse might take the biggest swing in baseball. But not with 2 strikes or a citical situation. Then, he just makes sure he makes contact and doesn’t strike out. Damon was often like that. Ass out, falling over, goofy looking swings resulting… but a foul tip, not Strike 3.

Not trying to pull everything.
Not trying to DRIVE the ball.
Simply making contact.

I’m tired of the announcers calling a hit, and talking about “a nice, shortened stroke”… and it’s ALWAYS the opposition. When’s the last time you heard M.Kay say this? Do our guys get fined if they hit the ball back up the middle?

It’s sad to see ARod turn into a singles hitter, but the guy goes with the pitch most of the time. He has ‘punched’ a number of opposite field base hits of late. He has bunted for a basehit. I miss the Gap Power, but at least his Jeterian approach is resulting in some non-outs (although too bad this doesn’t happen with men on base).

Our team has taken this approach for years, but at least with Gritner, and even Cervelli, and JD when he was here, and of course Jeter, there was some relief.

I love Swisher, but he is also all-or-nothing.
Even Martin, who can’t hit his weight, tries to cream the ball every time up.
When is Girardi goona get these guys to hit the pitch where it’s pitched?

Is Trout better than Salmon?

Try the veal, tip your waiters, you’ve been a terrific audience.