Comments on: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Dyin’ Time’s Here

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:40:54 +0000

I guess I’d rather have my “3 day’s rest starts” come at the end rather than the beginning, especially since CC’s thrown a considerable amount of pitches in his last 2.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:25:31 +0000

Posted in the next thread, so (p)reposted here:

OK, a different question: do the Yankees change their roster before tomorrow? (They can make a change between series, right?)

If Joba is hurt, perhaps they swap him out. Also, if Gardner is only a defensive replacement/pinch runner, and A-Rod is slumping, perhaps they swap Gardner for someone who can (nominally) hit?

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:23:54 +0000

[582] I swear that’s what I read when I looked at the schedule earlier, but I may be wrong. Even so, does that change things any? If it’s 2-3-2, you end up with:

ALDS
sunday: CC
monday: pettitte
tuesday:
wednesday: kuroda
thursday: hughes
friday: CC
ALCS
saturday: pettitte
sunday: kuroda
monday
tuesday: CC
wednesday: hughes
thursday: pettite
friday:
saturday: kuroda
sunday: CC

ALDS
sunday: CC
monday: pettitte
tuesday:
wednesday: kuroda
thursday: hughes
friday: CC
ALCS
saturday: pettitte
sunday: Phelps
monday:
tuesday: Kuroda
wednesday: CC
thursday: pettite
friday:
saturday: Phelps
sunday: CC

unless you pitch Kuroda, on short rest, in game 6. I still like my plan better.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:23:06 +0000

Meanwhile, we’re one swing away from a game over in Wash.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:17:11 +0000

Is the schedule really 2-4-1?

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:14:37 +0000

[580] Where do you start Phelps? Game 2, I suppose. That costs you a start by CC, unless you start him on short rest in game 7 (though that costs you a second start by Kuroda).

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:09:03 +0000

Yeah, I guess I’d rather go with Phelps and then everyone else on regular rest. Phelps has pitched well, generally and Detroit ain’t the ’27 Yankees.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:03:30 +0000

[578] No one *prefers* the starters working on short rest, but that’s what the Yankees got when they went to five games The only way to avoid this is handing the ball to Phelps, and I certainly do not prefer that to pushing Kuroda and CC. After the first few games, everyone is on regular rest anyway.

It’s big boy time…the starters need to put on their big boy pants.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:46:40 +0000

[576] If I’m reading that correctly, it makes 2 of the first 3 starts “short rest” starts. I’m not sure that’s what I’d prefer, especially with the pitches CC has thrown over the last 2 games.

YMMV.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:41:45 +0000

Morse code for … Game. Over.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:27:55 +0000

[568] How do they end up with a lot of games on short rest. If they run this rotation:

In this scenario, there are only two short rest starts, one of them going to CC. That doesn’t strike me as too dangerous.

By: rbj

rbj — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:04:14 +0000

[573] Maybe they could teach our guys to do that.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:00:27 +0000

[571] Frankly, the way our guys are hitting, I’m hoping the continuity is going to help them break out a bit.

/silver lining

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:53:14 +0000

nats start:

werth – double
bryce – triple
zim – homerun

!!!

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:52:15 +0000

bryce with a run scoring triple. wainwright in trouble here in the 1st.

By: yankintexas

yankintexas — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:47:16 +0000

Sucks that the ALCS starts tomorrow with Detroit having a day off despite their series also going the distance. I seem to recall Detroit benefiting from the schedule last year too.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:32:26 +0000

[568] I like oitched!

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:29:43 +0000

Congratulations boys! Was there ever any doubt? ;>)

I stayed off line today, hoping to change our luck.

I hope A-Rod gets his shit together in the next round. This team is much more fun to watch when he’s on. Cano, too.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:27:46 +0000

How about this:
Phelps, Andy, Hiroki, CC, Hughes, Andy, CC
Otherwise, we have a lot of games on short rest.
Hiroki has already oitched a ton of innings.
All that short rest bothers me.

By: cult of basebaal

cult of basebaal — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:22:35 +0000

Well, I’m going to enjoy this series win, because, frankly, the way our rotation sets up (or doesn’t) and the chances of this lineup, given the way that 66% of it is performing, I’m not too keen on our chances.

But hey, it’s baseball, who knows anything … other than that I’ll be following every pitch!