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Last night was a game to forget. Here’s hoping tonight will be different. Let’s Go Yan-Kees!

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1 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 6:11 pm

To quote Ben from RAB:
"Of course, the Yanks failed to hit with runners in scoring position, going 3 for 17 and stranded 18 runners over the course of the game. "

You can piss and moan about Javy, Joba or any other pitcher that disappoints, but last night's loss falls on the offense. A .177 BA with RISP just doesn't cut it... for a team with $70m wrapped up in just 3 offensive players. Jeter, of course, gets the golden plum, as he couldn't even hit one of his patiented choppers to SS with a man on 3rd.

Our pitching can be great and it can be scary. But we win or lose on offense. Jeter needs to sit for 3 days, and watch Nunez Pipp him. Maybe that wil shake some of the cobbwebds off.

Ahhhh.... and as I check out ESPN mid-post:
"With Derek Jeter in an 8-for-67 slump and with him having played in all 13 innings of Friday night's more than five-hour loss, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi has decided to give Jeter the day off Saturday."
Unfortunately, it's Pena instead of Noony.

Even Robbie is not as patient as earlier, and isn't going the other way as much.

The bats need to get their shit together.

With a TB Win today, CoolStandings gives us a 51.9% chance of winning the Division. It was 65% before last night's game.

2 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 7:50 pm

[1] Chessmaster has more confidence in Pena's defense, which would be a consideration against a team with better than average offense. I dunno, it's all the same to me as long as Jeter gets rest.

3 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 7:55 pm

There were lots of missed opportunities on offense, but I think Girardi contributed to them. Removing Swisher and Thames made little sense, for example. Also, bunting with Gardner was absurd, unless Girardi was also willing to squeeze with Jeter. Sometimes, there are just nights when you struggle. A manager's job is try and help the team overcome them. Last night. Girardi's decision making fed into the problem.

4 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 7:55 pm

Huh, Krazy Kyle pitched the 11th for Atlanta and didn't lose the game. But it is the NL.

5 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:02 pm

Jesus, FIVE ONE FIVE???

Damn!

6 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:05 pm

[5] Missed that, what was it about?

7 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:08 pm

[5] ? Area code in Upper Hudson Bay?

8 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:08 pm

At least Michigan won, so that should make Jeter feel better.

9 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:13 pm

Commemorative caps for 9/11? Seriously?

10 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:14 pm

[6] [7] A certain pitcher's ERA. But man, does he have electric stuff!

11 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:14 pm

"Who loves you, baby (besides Ice...)?" >;)

12 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:15 pm

[10] Ah. It's that low?

13 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:15 pm

[7] Actually, now that you mention it, I used to live in 515! (It's western Iowa.)

14 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:16 pm

AJ looks to be in mid-season form!

15 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:16 pm

What the hell is Paul talking about?

16 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:17 pm

I think O'Neill is the closest thing to Scooter since Scooter. Imagine when he really gets wacky when he's a bit on in years.

17 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:23 pm

Those caps are really annoying.

18 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:24 pm

It's amazing that this team has 87 wins.

19 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:24 pm

[13] Eh, what's a little latitude between friends? >;)

I like how Paul picks on Kay; just to deflate him a little it seems...

20 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:25 pm

O'Neill, "Did you ever have rosin on your hands? It's really weird".

Yep, I can see the Scooter comp.

21 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:27 pm

[20] Right?

22 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:29 pm

I can't wait for Paulie to start raving about canolis.

23 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:29 pm

that was a nice pitch .... not wide, Kay

24 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:31 pm

[18] Nothing makes sense this year. The team has 87 wins despite looking mediocre. Alex has 100 RBI despite hitting .270 with 22 homeruns and time spent on the DL. Teix has 100 RBI or nearly with a similarly low average, not having hit a lick for the first three months of the season.

Craziness.

25 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:31 pm

Damn, look at those wrists.

26 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:34 pm

Yes.

27 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:37 pm

Mike Maddux ยป Dick Dastardly?

28 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:41 pm

They are definitely in Scooter territory. Happy clouds?

29 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:41 pm

Wow, get a load of Brains!

30 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:42 pm

[28] Hehehehehh!

31 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:42 pm

[24] Despite his fantastic slump, Captain has scored 96 runs...

32 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:43 pm

[31] Really??? Wtf? It's like Opposite Year. Like it's all some weird dream.

Fuck, he looks *ancient!*

33 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:48 pm

From Lohud:
He [Andy] will return to the Yankees rotation on Sunday in Baltimore.

34 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:49 pm

[32] Really. I don't remember seeing him last year being such a shock. He is really looking 'mature'. Maybe we should ask Minka to take it easy on him.

35 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:50 pm

Gloomy clouds?

What's next, moderately depressed clouds?

36 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:51 pm

90+ degrees at 8:00 in mid September.
I don't know how humans live in Texas.
(We won't even mention politics...)

37 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:53 pm

[35]

perhaps the clouds need some Paxil ... so they can be those bouncy ovals instead ...

38 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:54 pm

Russo and Miranda are being called up tomorrow ...

39 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:56 pm

[32] It has been a weird dream season with strange sometimes frustrating drama. Most solid starting rotation early ('cept for Javy), terrible bullpen. Now no confidence beyond CC and the bullpen is solid. Hitting has been suspect all year, Cano up and now somewhat down. Arod no longer a real power threat as he protects his hip, at least this year, Jeter lost in the wilderness, Teixeira looked like he would never get started. Swisher has come up big this year, and what a surprise in Marcus Thames. As I stated in May, the team was winning with smoke and mirrors, and the magic wins continue. Maybe they will be winning real when it counts. We'll see.

40 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 8:59 pm

[36] That's funny. When I went to Texas, the general consensus was they didn't understand how people could live in New York.

41 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:01 pm

[36] In the South girls break out tank tops & shorts in February. Or even never put them away.

42 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:06 pm

Mike Schmidt at third. Barry Bonds in left.

43 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:06 pm

[40] You're opening a can of schizim there. I will not take the bait.

44 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:07 pm

If you think long you might think wrong????

45 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:08 pm

Derek had more hits in that Ford commercial than in the past month.

46 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:12 pm

Kim looks damn good for 41 ...

47 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:13 pm

[40] As someone who moved out of NY (or LI) at 19, I can understand that.

[41] +1

48 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:14 pm

[46] Yes she does. Or for any age.

49 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:14 pm

Why do I think of "schweaty balls" when I see AJ go to the rosin bag this often ...

50 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:15 pm

[48]

indeed

51 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:16 pm

Vlad is not a piss-poor batsman.

52 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:16 pm

Why does anyone throw Vlad a strike?

53 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:18 pm

2 out walk...AJ is his own worst enemy.

54 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:18 pm

Burnett has been so bad, that giving up two runs over the first three innings actually makes it seem like he is pitching well.

55 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:18 pm

So what's all this Reggie/Nolan buddy-buddy stuff, anyway?

56 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:19 pm

Soon we will have mad-at-A.J. clouds.

57 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:21 pm

Michael Kay as Prez? (shudder)

58 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:23 pm

[57] So I didn't imagine that? He was fantasizing about being president?

59 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:23 pm

I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down but still somehow it's wins illusions I recall, I really don't know this team, at all.

60 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:23 pm

O'Neill cracks me up!

61 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:25 pm

Yup, most definitely Scooter territory. All we need now is a "Huckleberry" and a "Holy Cow."

62 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:29 pm

Wowzers, 78 pitches thru 4 innings for Hunter...

63 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:30 pm

Brains...besides always being likable, is returning to competency lately.

64 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:33 pm

I am sure Carl Crawford enjoyed that inning.

65 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:34 pm

W just come from clearing brush?

66 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:35 pm

In tha commercial, did they call that child "it"?

67 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:38 pm

Matt Treanor has the best pre-AB music in baseball.

68 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:40 pm

[67]

Some player got pranked by his teammates ... they got the PA to play "Its Raining Men" when he came to bat.

69 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:41 pm

The Yankees really need to work very hard on trading Burnett this off season.

70 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:42 pm

William Tell Overture? Nice.

71 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:42 pm

[69] He's just impossible to watch, isn't he?

72 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:42 pm

2 out walk to a 220 hitter. AJ self flagellation.

73 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:43 pm

[68] That would have funny to hear. Wonder what Misty May had to say about that?

74 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:44 pm

[71] Hard to watch and probably hard to play behind. More importantly, he simply isn't very good. I was dead wrong on AJ. I thought he had plateaued at a more consistent level.

75 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:46 pm

Was that a strike?

76 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:48 pm

I think AJ is a candidate for mood-altering medication. It would help.

77 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:49 pm

Arod comes back, so naturally Swisher, Tex and Cano stop hitting.

78 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:50 pm

Strange to hear Pauli reading the promo liners.

79 Diane Firstman   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:53 pm

Andrew Marchand must read the Banter .... (tweeting):
In Texas, listening to Kay and O'Neil (Slingbox). O'Neil sort of has some Scooter Rizzutto in him as he bounces ard from topic to topic.

80 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:56 pm

O'Neill's trivia quiz is hysterical. He has Scootered Scooter.

81 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:57 pm

O'Neill is the only color commentator who makes Kay somewhat enjoyable.

82 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:57 pm

Oh, Teix.

Jesus H.

83 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:57 pm

Frak!

84 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:58 pm

Inexcusable to be doubled off...the Yankees have played like crap over the last week. Looks like the 8-game winning streak was the outlier.

85 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Sep 11, 2010 9:58 pm

[80] I know! It's his attitude about it that's so funny! He busted right out of the gate with it and it's been hilarious since the start.

86 kenboyer made me cry   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:01 pm

Dayum Tex, you even had time to get back. Missed that line drive running rule in little league?

87 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:02 pm

Great...another parade of pitchers.

88 rbj   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:03 pm

Rain clouds.

89 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:05 pm

A softball team I ran was in the semi-finals of a very competitive league. We had 1st and 2nd with one out and the best hitter in the league on deck. I called timeout, jogged out to 2B and told the runner, "do not get doubled off on a line drive". The very next pitch was a line drive to the short stop, who threw to 2B for the double play.

90 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:06 pm

[89] And that was the ninth inning in the deciding game, which we were only trailing by one.

91 Chyll Will   ~  Sep 11, 2010 10:33 pm

[90] Dangerfieldnyy23... >;)

92 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 11, 2010 11:51 pm

So I come home to this.

93 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:07 am

I'd almost rather Posada take his usual strike out looking/exaggerated argument with the umpire there.

Almost.

94 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:10 am

Sometimes you deserve to leave men on base. In Granderson's AB, he took a 3-0 fastball down the middle when all the Yankees needed was a groundball to tie. The biggest difference between this year and last is the Yankees now have hitters who don't really seem like they know how to hit. Matsui and Damon have not been replaced.

95 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:15 am

Girardi hasn't HAD to go the bullpen. He HAS been overmanaging.

96 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:18 am

By the time we get to October, the Yankees aren't going to have a bullpen anymore.

97 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:21 am

Roberston gives up a run after throwing over 30 pitches? What a shocker.

98 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:38 am

More teasing....

99 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:39 am

[94] Every so often, the Yankees fall into the teamwide trap of only trying to work walks, meatballs be damned. I actually think it cost them the 2006 playoffs. But that's a rant for another day.

100 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:41 am

Woo-Hoo!

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101 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:42 am

ALEX!!!!!!!!

102 OldYanksFan   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:45 am

Easy RBI for Robbie here...

103 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:45 am

A Yankee win lowers the playoff magic number to 11, BTW.

104 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:50 am

I can't remember seeing so many well struck balls die on the warning track in Texas.

105 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:52 am

Do the Yankees have scouting reports on Vlad and Franceour?

106 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:52 am

I really don't want to be repeatedly thwarted by Jeff Francoeur.

107 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:55 am

Where was that?

108 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:56 am

Okey dokey.

Can Mo pitch tonight, or are we preparing for the Joba experience?

109 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 12:57 am

[105] What is the scouting report on Vlad?

Throw him a strike, he won't be expecting that!?

110 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:00 am

[109] Don't throw him a strike...and probably don't throw him anything close to being a strike.

111 monkeypants   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:00 am

Arriving late...seems like i've missed quite a game so far.

112 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:02 am

Is someone managing?

113 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:02 am

We sent a runner?

Is Joe okay?

114 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:02 am

[110] Uh, you really think that makes ANY difference???

Good luck with that ...

115 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:04 am

[112] 3-0 bunt...it's definitely Girardi.

116 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:04 am

[114] Guerrero makes ALOT of outs reaching for balls out of the zone.

117 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:05 am

[116] Cite, please.

118 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:06 am

Again, you don't leave men on base by accident. When your manager bunts 3-0, you get what you deserve.

119 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:08 am

These games are killing me. Are we still in 2010?

120 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:09 am

This man terrifies me.

121 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:11 am

Don't walk Vlad.

122 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:11 am

[117] I can probably find that info, but at my finger tips, I can tell you that Vlad swings at 47% of pitches out of the zone and 80% in the zone, but makes contact on 71% and 89%, respectively. That doesn't answer your question, but the best I can do right now.

123 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:12 am

Ugh. Well, Vladdy's pitch selection doesn't matter if you don't throw him a strike ...

124 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:12 am

Amazing...would have never predicted that Mariano would walk Vlad.

This game has a bad feeling. Using Mo for two could really come home to roost tonight.

125 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:12 am

Relaxed anyone?

126 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:12 am

Does Washington employ the pinch stand there?

127 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:14 am

Mo's location is way off tonight.

128 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:14 am

German stole on Mo last night.

129 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:15 am

I have no idea what this man's strikezone is.

130 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:17 am

Joe Girardi can't figure out why Ron Washington didn't just have German stand there until the inning ended.

131 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:17 am

He shouldn't have been able to hit that with a sand-wedge.

FUCK.

132 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:18 am

[30] Between Washington, Girardi and Gardenhire, the Rays are going to have a distinct advantage in the playoffs.

133 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:18 am

I still am trying to figure out why Mo went two innings last night when none of the other relievers did (besides Gaudin), and now he's fried today. Girardi has managed these two games terribly, and I'm not quick to criticize him.

134 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:19 am

Well, we're fucked.

135 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:19 am

Was the infield in?

136 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:19 am

[132] Maddon could always choose to leave his relievers in the game to die like he did in the playoffs two years ago.

137 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:19 am

[133] great question.

138 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:20 am

[133] Well, if Hughes threw more than 12 pitches ... he'd spontaneously combust!!!

Or something ...

139 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:20 am

This has been quite the painful stretch of baseball. If they lose the division, it won't be hard to identify when it was lost.

140 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:22 am

I can't lose to Jeff Francoeur.

141 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:22 am

What a disgrace.

142 cult of basebaal   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:23 am

So, yeah ... that happened.

Christ on a cracker.

See you all tomorrow.

143 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:23 am

Ugh!!!! These last two games were pathetic. Plus, I am lacking sleep. Not a good combination.

144 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:23 am

Ugh.

145 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:24 am

This team is in a LOT of trouble. The manager is a total fucking moron to begin with, and now that he's going to be put in a position where he has to manage, its not good.

.5 games and plummeting like a rock.

146 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:24 am

[143] Last six games. Absolute horseshit baseball for a week in the pennant race,

147 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:26 am

So, bunting on 3-0 sure worked out.

148 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:27 am

[146] And with Lee on the mound tomorrow.... Against the Orioles, they simply weren't hitting. Here they've had ample opportunities. They've dominated. Most frustrating.

149 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:28 am

[145] The Yankees are going to be the wild card. They just have to hope enough players get hot to overcome a manager who has no idea how to run a game. If they do get bounced in the first round, I hope Hal and Cashman realize that its time for them to hire a competent manager who has understands how to run a ballgame.

150 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:28 am

[145] Honestly, I can't recall a stretch of worse managing by a Yankees manager. Didn't Girardi make some big deal at the start of the year about how he wouldn't use Mariano for two innings anymore until October?

That said, how many runners did they strand in scoring position the last two games against struggling pitchers? That's what worries me the most.

151 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:29 am

[147] Yeah, and then there's that. Clueless.

152 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:30 am

Bunting on 3-0 = over-managing. Was he going for the element of surprise?

153 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:31 am

[152] The notebook told him to. Or something.

154 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:31 am

[152] I almost guarantee he was. Most of the stupid moves he makes boil down to trying to "trick" the other manager.

Its gotten to the point where if he just does what he's supposed to do, he'll really catch the other guy off guard,

155 randym77   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:31 am

[150] Yeah, I don't like the idea of using Mo for two innings, unless the WS is on the line or something. And if you do use him two innings, using him again the next day is probably not a good idea.

156 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:32 am

A loss like this feels helpless because I am not sure what it is going to take to get rid of Girardi. Even if this team loses in the ALDS, I don't know if the Yankees are going to wake up and realize what they have as a manager. I can only hope the lure of the Cubs job is enough to accomplish that goal.

157 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:33 am

I think we also need to remember that Joe was at his absolute dirt worst in the playoffs last year, but the team (and occasionally the umpires) overcame him. I'm not sure they can do that again this year

158 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:33 am

[155] And by the way, he probably isn't available tomorrow...along with Robertson (who threw 30+) and probably Wood too.

159 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:34 am

[158] Do you really think its going to matter?

160 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:34 am

Will this be the night the tough NY media stops tip toeing around Girardi?

161 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:35 am

[159] With Lee pitching against Moseley? Probably not.

162 Yankee Mama   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:36 am

Joba will be available. That should offer you some sense of security.

163 Mattpat11   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:39 am

[162] He'll be used as a pinch runner.

164 JeremyM   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:47 am

And geez, the idiot went to Gaudin again. I mean, what is he thinking?!?

I was thinking CC was going tomorrow. Things just went from bad to worse.

165 randym77   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:51 am

Well, Girardi offered some explanations for his decisions tonight.

He said he pulled Gardner because he's banged up. And Thames went in because "he's had some success" in that situation.

He says he's not worried about the pen. Says there are guys who can go long if necessary tomorrow.

166 williamnyy23   ~  Sep 12, 2010 1:58 am

[165] He said Thames had success against that guy. I think he has faced him once or twice. That explanation was as weak as the one he gave for leaving Arod in to run, but then replacing him on defense in the next inning.

The question no one appears to have asked is why on Earth did Cervelli bunt 3-0, and why was the infield in?

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