James Shields faces Michael Pineda and the Yanks tonight for a make-up game in K.C.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Derek Jeter SS
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran DH
Stephen Drew 2B
Martn Prado LF
Chase Headley 1B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Zelous Wheeler 3B
Contenders or Pretenders: which one of dese?
Never mind the layover: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Ralph Crane]
I listened to the first couple of innings of the ball game on Friday night on the radio. I was on a Trailways bus headed upstate to visit my cousin and a few friends for the weekend. As the game started, we were stuck in traffic. Outside–I think we were near Newburgh–it began to ran. Game started like this for the White Sox: base hit, base hit, home run. The next two batters hit long outs–one to the warning track, the other one to the wall.
Welp, it’s gonna be one of those weekends, I figured.
But the Yanks rallied to beat the Sox, won again on Saturday, then yesterday, another comeback. I heard their rally, David Robertson give up a game-tying home run in the 9th and then Brian McCann’s game-ending, pinch-hit homer in extra innings, on the radio again. This time I was in the passenger seat of my buddy’s car. He met me upstate and we had lunch with a friend. Now we were taking a few short cuts to avoid traffic–which we did–and on a lovely, late August afternoon, we listened to John Sterling bring us home. This was no fun for my pal, I should note, as he’s a Red Sox fan, but he was in a good mood so he didn’t mind.
I was happy too and so were the Yanks.
Final Score: Yanks 7, White Sox 4.
[Picture by Bags]
Joe Day was a Good day. Here’s rooting for more goodness this afternoon when the Yanks have to contend with the formidable Chris Sale. Never mind the summer breeze: Let’s Go Yank-ees! [Photo Credit: AP via Lo Hud]
Lousy first inning, no problem. Late magic.
Here’s hoping fer s’more today!
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
Our boys host the White Sox this weekend. No frills, baby, just wins.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Martin Prado 2B
Brian McCann DH
Chase Headley 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
Zelous Wheeler RF
Never mind the darkness:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Yanks try not to suck this afternoon against the Astros.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Martin Prado 2B
Chase Headley 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Zelous Wheeler DH
Never mind the crankiness:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
…Michael Pineda is starting tonight.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter DH
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew SS
Martin Prado 2B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Never mind the summertime blues:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
There is a special kind of quiet that accompanies baseball in the middle of August. I noticed it on Monday night when I caught the first couple of innings of the Reds Cardinals game. It wasn’t silence more like white noise. There it was again last night at Yankee Stadium. Maybe it’s the Yankees–they are a mediocre team playing for a crowd accustomed to something better. Or maybe it’s just the time of year. People are on vacation, and even those of us who work each day, well, the pace is slower. It’s time for swimming and corn and tomatoes not for getting too excited.
There were moments for cheering, like when Martin Prado got a big, game-tying hit. And there was enough umph for booing too, which is what David Robertson heard as he walked off the field after giving up the 3-run homer that sunk the Yanks in the 9th. Robertson has been terrific this year and I only hope he didn’t take the boos personally. The outburst proved that not everyone was asleep.
Final Score: Astros 7, Yanks 4.
[Picture by Bags]
The Astros? Remember them pains in the ass?
Time for some payback, boys.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Martin Prado 2B
Brian McCann C
Chase Headley 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Whadda ya say, fellers?
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
All season long I’ve played a game with myself as I watch Derek Jeter. He gets a base hit and I wonder how many he has left? Gets a double and wonder, hey, I bet he’s only got 8 more of those left. That kind of thing. That feeling–that there is a finite amount of hits and runs–is also how I’ve been thinking about the team. They win or lose close games as if they were rationing runs.
Yesterday, thanks to a solid start by Hiroki Kuroda, who retired 17 Rays in a row at one point, a big strike out by Shawn Kelley, and the usual strong work from Betances and Robertson, the Yanks won. They were no-hit by Jeremy Hellickson until the 5th inning. Then, after a walk (Drew) and a double (Prado), Brett Gardner slapped Hellickson’s 90th pitch into center for a base hit. Jeter and Ellsbury followed with singles, too, and later Mark Teixeira hit a solo home run.
You’ve got to appreciate the runs, the wins when they come because it’s as if there is just so many to go around. This has been an unspectacular season–some find it outright boring–but there is also something satisfying about each win because they feel so hard-earned.
[Picture by Bags]
Our man, Hiroki.
Never mind the 1-game winning streak:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
(Bam, Bam)
[Photo Credit: Manel Armengol via Retro New York]
If there’s been one consistent annoyance about Derek Jeter’s game over the years it’s his penchant for the sacrifice bunt. Sometimes, of course, it’s the right move. Sometimes, he’s just following orders. But there are time, like yesterday in the 9th inning with Brett Gardner on second and nobody out, where I yelled, “just swing away, Jeets, drive him in, don’t just move him over.” Well, Jeter tried to bunt anyhow, four times in a row. He took two pitches for balls, another two for strikes. And then he singled past the second basemen, and Gardner scored the go-ahead–and winning–run.
On an afternoon where the Bombers got another impressive start out of Shane Greene, they edged-out the Rays, 3-2.
[Photo Credit: AP via Chad Jennings]
Yanks look to end their losing streak today.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter DH
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran RF
Chase Headley 3B
Martin Prado 2B
Francisco Cervelli C
Brendan Ryan SS
Never mind the summer fun:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Heinrich Heidersberger via MPD]
I’m sharing this picture of an unidentified member of the World Famous Wheelie-ing Elvi taken by Tom Pennington last night in Arlington (and brought to my attention by It’s a Long Season) because it’s a lot more fun than anything that happened in the Yankees’ 5-0 loss in Tampa.
Yanks drag their four-game losing streak to Tampa, a place that hasn’t been kind to them in recent years.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew 2B
Martin Prado RF
Francisco Cervelli C
Never mind the scoreboard-watchin’:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Joe Scherschel/LIFE, via It’s a Long Season]
Michael Pineda was impressive in his return and Dellin Betances was dynamite until he gave up a game-tying solo home run, but when Adam Jones hit a back-breaking 3-run home run off Shawn Kelly, all you could do is sit there and take it. The Yankees have been kicking the crap out of the Orioles–or at least getting the better of them–for 20 years. This season, the Orioles are enjoying some sweet revenge.
They’re due.
Final Score: Orioles 5, Yanks 3.
Man, the Yanks are on the skids and the are O’s are rollin’ as Michael Pineda returns. Good to have his big ass back.
Let’s hope the boys can get the “W” on the road tonight for B-Girl Betty Bacall, born and raised in the Bronx.
I’m feelin’ this line-up.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew 2B
Martin Prado RF
Francisco Cervelli C
Never mind the Boids:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Nah, just feels that way is all. The Yanks are in Baltimore for 3 games and this has one of those nail in the coffin vibes about it for the Yanks. Yet even if they do get swept our boys aren’t out of contention for that second wild card. Still, for the first time in a long time the locals might cheer louder than the out of towners.
Good news is that Michael Pineda returns to the team to start on Wednesday.
Hey, anything can happen.
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Carlos Beltran DH
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew 2B
Martin Prado RF
Francisco Cervelli C
Never mind dem doity Boids:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Constantine Manos via This Isn’t Happiness]
