Our boy Tanaka goes tonight.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Brian Roberts 2B
Never mind the late start:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Jake Stangel]
I made the mistake of reading FanGraph's recent article about The Captain..Oy Vey, it ain't pretty...
The guy is ancient and has a little more than 3 months left in his career. What? Did they give some nifty analysis that he's lousy now? That's a fucking scoop.
[2] Haha, yes yes, I know! But the numbers were shocking to see in detail..I hadn't been following so closely. Summary: he can't get a hit on fastballs.
Except that one.
3. And that's no shit. We know he can't catch up with a good fastball now. Just seems like stating the obvious.
[4] Ah, I missed the first inning. 9-pitches and out for Tanaka, nice.
This M's lineup is horrible..Tanaka should 'Maddux' them tonight.
Tex go BOOM!!!
So I'm watching Tanaka (finally) for the first time.
Jesus.
Motherfucker can pitch.
It's scintillating watching this guy. Striking guys out on three pitches...
Man, he's something else.
tanaka-san's ERA is at 1.91, after 5.
[8] Hey Weeping, Tanaka IS awesome. But the Mariners are horrible..it helps!
[7] thelarmis, what do you know about drummer Simon Phillips? Worth checking out his live show, he's in town here with a new band..
[8] You've been missing out, he's worth the price of admission, as they say. If you watch one Yankees' game in five, make it his ...
TanaKKKKKKKa!
Tanaka's fun to watch.
[10] i know a ton about simon phillips. all you need to know is he's easily one of THE greatest drummers who ever lived and is historically respected as such. you should *absolutely* go check out his performance!
TanaKKKKKKKKa!!!
He had no chance.
TanaKKKKKKKKKa!!!
[14] Nice, I'll try to get there!
How about that?
No apparent motive, steal and steal again ...
Captain!
and Tanaka now has 100 strikeouts.
Captain sure seemed slow in bouncing up and trying for 3rd ... No harm, no foul, though ...
that was a nicely turned DP!
NO, JERVIS, NO!!!
That'll do
Well ... THANK YOU Mariners!
I was hoping for a ground ball double play but that'll do. ; )
Joe Beimel is from my Alma Mater. Go Dukes! : )
dammit, that was a fair ball!
C'mon Tanaka ... for the shutout!
one down.
[30] i think you mean "complete game" shutout.
oy and vey. even kenny is calling it that. duh!!!
For fuck's sakes, Roberts. Bollocks!
dammit, brian. : /
Damn.
fuck, shit, piss, hell, and FUCK again!
damn you, brian roberts.
Oh boy
Well, fucking bollocks.
Thanks for the error, Brian!
the roberts play really shoulda been an error.
fuck.
[38] ruled a hit! home town bollocks...
[40] It was an error.
10 K's
Okay, one more
[39] Well, at least he's cheaper than paying All-Star and future HOFer Robbie Cano!
[41] did they change the call? originally, it was called a hit and tanaka's ERA climbed above 2...
TanaKKKKKKKKKKa!!!
[41] they're still calling it an infield single.
bollocks.
[45] No, but I don't bother pretending that the current system is remotely resembling objective. It was a hit because they're playing at Safeco, no other reason ...
Still an awesome game
Nasty. Helluva game by Tanaka. He's The Man.
11 K's!
WIN!!!
[48] yeah, they said it was a hit 'coz it was a fast runner...and they're at safeco.
I love that Tanaka seemed pissed with the fact that he gave up *any* runs in the game ...
I'm calling back to back 2014 & 2015 Cy Young awards for Japanese pitchers. Tanaka takes it this year and then a royally-pissed off Yu Darvish goes 25-3 next year with 300Ks.
[54]Interesting. It will be stiff competition this year with Buehrle, Darvish, Scherzer and Hernandez all starting strong. Then there is Night of the Living Scott Kazmir.
I bet Tanaka has a better chance at rookie of the year (even though it's a dubious award for former Japanese pros).
[55] It will be close between Tanaka and Hernandez. They're neck-and-neck right now, each one pulling ahead the day he pitches. I think Tanaka should get an edge (or Hernandez a penalty) for the ballparks -- not quite as impressive to have a 2 ERA in Safeco as in YS2. (Although still very impressive!) That's why Tanaka's ERA+ is superhuman even though his actual ERA is a bit higher than King Felix's.