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That Sinking Feeling

2008-05-31 15:29

by Alex Belth

Dear Chien-Ming,

I have really enjoyed watching you pitch over the past few years. I know that you have run into a little bit of trouble recently and I just wanted to let you know that we're still behind you and that we'll be rooting for you tonight. Who cares that ground balls tend to zip through the infield out there in Minnie. Do your thing, Strech.

Sending all my best,

Alex

p.s. Let's Go Yan-Kees!

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Comments (368)

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2008-05-31 15:52:13

1. Jeb

just win, baby. we're 7-2 and we'll be over .500 after tonight. Things will really crank up for us in June and July.

2008-05-31 16:01:58

2. Dimelo

Man, all this humidity, threat of hail and thunderstorms in the NY area has frightened the bejesus out of me and forced me to bring out my bong.

Bong hits for Wang!!!! Bong hits for Wang!!!!

Let's go Yanks!!!

2008-05-31 16:05:44

3. mehmattski

I'm just glad there's a Saturday evening game that I can actually watch. Take that, FOX!

2008-05-31 16:11:54

4. mehmattski

My theory is that approximately 63% of Boof Bonser's skill stems from hitters laughing too hard at his stupid, stupid nickname.

2008-05-31 16:22:26

5. ny2ca2dc

I wonder if Wang is having a fingernail issue or something. His command in May has not been what it was in April, or normally is.

2008-05-31 16:25:30

6. mehmattski

Wang is leaving everything up. This could end badly.

2008-05-31 16:27:22

7. ny2ca2dc

Seen any sliders Matt?

2008-05-31 16:27:24

8. 51cq24

5 maybe he's upset that his reign as yankee ace is coming to an end

2008-05-31 16:28:33

9. ny2ca2dc

8 Lets not get ahead of ourselves!

2008-05-31 16:28:47

10. Dimelo

Is it me or are there are more commercials than normal?

2008-05-31 16:29:12

11. mehmattski

7 The pop-out from Gomez came on a slider. I don't know what the RBI single pitch was, Gameday called it a changeup at 86 mph. Everything else was fastball, and were high-thigh and up.

2008-05-31 16:29:48

12. 51cq24

10 perhaps your timing is off 2

2008-05-31 16:33:34

13. mehmattski

Matsui-san! Missed a homer by about two feet.

2008-05-31 16:35:43

14. mehmattski

Matsui didn't feel like tagging on that?

2008-05-31 16:47:00

15. mehmattski

There were a lot more pitches down in the second. Unfortunately, the pitch to Delmon Young was not one of them.

2008-05-31 16:53:53

16. Just fair

Steal, Damon, Steal.

2008-05-31 16:54:00

17. mehmattski

A stolen base! Wow!

2008-05-31 16:54:01

18. nick

gentlemen, we MUST drive this ridiculously named right-handed pitcher to the showers forthwith!

2008-05-31 16:54:19

19. Just fair

Hit, Jeter, HIt.

2008-05-31 16:55:20

20. mehmattski

RBI, Abreu, RBI

2008-05-31 16:56:24

21. mehmattski

Psst! Bobby! He's pitching you down and away! Perhaps hit one to left field?

2008-05-31 16:58:02

22. mehmattski

21 YES!

2008-05-31 16:58:27

23. mehmattski

Testing this new ability that Just Fair and I have:

HR, A-Rod, HR!

2008-05-31 16:59:26

24. Mattpat11

Just tuned in to see that hit.

2008-05-31 16:59:45

25. Just fair

Now we're talkin'. Boy, it will be interesting to see how long Matsui leads the league in hitting batting behind A-Rod. Frightening stuff for the Boof.

2008-05-31 17:01:54

26. mehmattski

Sigh. That 3-1 fastball was Alex's pitch. Now he's going to throw that curveball and A-Rod's going to swing and miss.

2008-05-31 17:02:37

27. Just fair

23 He just missed that 3-1 pitch. Well, it was worth a shot.
Singles are aok, however.

2008-05-31 17:02:42

28. Mattpat11

WOOHOO

2008-05-31 17:02:55

29. mehmattski

23 26 I'm happy to be wrong on both accounts. No need for a stat-padding homer!

2008-05-31 17:03:22

30. weeping for brunnhilde

Just ftr, I could watch line drives all day long.

2008-05-31 17:03:25

31. aronneil

23 What happened to your new powers?

2008-05-31 17:04:18

32. mehmattski

Two stolen bases in one inning! Who are these guys? I guess A-Rod's leg is okay.

2008-05-31 17:04:52

33. mehmattski

Single to right, Hideki, Single to right!

2008-05-31 17:05:46

34. mehmattski

Okay, the powers are dwindling. I'm using them too much. I'll put them on the shelf until Farnsworth comes in...

Ok, CMW, time to throw some sinkers at the knees.

2008-05-31 17:07:14

35. ny2ca2dc

30 Let's agree on line drive home runs

2008-05-31 17:07:16

36. OldYanksFan

2 I hate to hear about hits when Wang pitches, but in your case, I'll make an exception. 2 out RBIs for ARod!

2008-05-31 17:09:28

37. Just fair

Damnit, Wang. These walks are going to kill you. And us.

2008-05-31 17:11:28

38. rbj

Just spent the past hour on the back porch enjoying some nice warm weather for a change. Mudhen announcers are still going on about Ben Broussard -- Yankees signed him a day before the Hens' Jeff Larish got called up, leaving the Hens short a firstbaseman.

Is Ben that good?

2008-05-31 17:11:48

39. mehmattski

Bunt single from the catcher. Don't see that every day.

2008-05-31 17:12:09

40. OldYanksFan

Manny with 499.
Junior with 599.

2008-05-31 17:14:44

41. Just fair

Those 227 hitters will get ya everytime.

2008-05-31 17:14:48

42. mehmattski

Now would be a good time for the first double play of the game.

2008-05-31 17:15:16

43. Just fair

Please don't hit it to Giambi.

2008-05-31 17:15:34

44. mehmattski

41 Both times, Cuddyer swung at pitches out of the strike zone. Granted, they were both elevated, but I don't know what else Wang can do there.

2008-05-31 17:17:48

45. Mattpat11

I just don't like Cuddyer. He has that Lyle Overbay thing where people act like he's much better than he is.

2008-05-31 17:19:12

46. mehmattski

45 Really? I've only heard good things about his throwing arm, which is pretty strong and accurate. I don't think anyone is jumping up and down about a career .268 hitter.

2008-05-31 17:19:41

47. Just fair

45 Have you seen the Blue Jays lately? Man, I think they've finally turned the corner. : )

2008-05-31 17:23:26

48. mehmattski

Today's theme: opposite field hits.

2008-05-31 17:25:19

49. Mattpat11

46 Whenever the talking heads listed reasons why the Twins would win the last few years, he was always lumped in with Morneau, Mauer and Santana.

2008-05-31 17:35:53

50. Mattpat11

I'm also not a fan of his fake tan

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2008-05-31 17:37:31

51. Just fair

How many bullets can the Wanger dodge? ! more, hopefully.

2008-05-31 17:37:57

52. OldYanksFan

Those bong hits have obviously effected Wang.

2008-05-31 17:39:07

53. Just fair

[52} How do you get bad grass on turf?

2008-05-31 17:42:14

54. rbj

Chien-Ming certainly isn't being Wangderful Tonight.

2008-05-31 17:47:23

55. OldYanksFan

Wang on the bong in a golden thong?

2008-05-31 17:47:43

56. Jeb

william -- we're walking (if you're out there).

2008-05-31 17:48:28

57. Just fair

Puntu's goof bade Boof's shutout go poof.

2008-05-31 17:48:37

58. Jeb

55 that was doobie-licious

2008-05-31 17:50:16

59. Jeb

Is this the Yankees or the 50's go-go sox?

2008-05-31 17:56:26

60. OldYanksFan

59 Remember George's Yankee roadrunners?

2008-05-31 17:56:36

61. cult of basebaal

52 maybe he was freaked out by the pirate cheerleaders and the homerun slugging bear

2008-05-31 18:00:32

62. Jeb

60 was that the '82 team with Collins, Smalley, Griffey and Mumphrey...the team that was going to steal bases and run all over and won 79 games?

2008-05-31 18:01:21

63. Jeb

Wanger the K artist!

2008-05-31 18:01:24

64. cult of basebaal

nicely done doodle!

2008-05-31 18:05:36

65. Jeb

love that lead-off walk!

2008-05-31 18:06:45

66. Jeb

c'mon Ron Jeremybi get a hit!

2008-05-31 18:08:56

67. cult of basebaal

man, that 'stache giambi's got is great ... feel the power of the porn-stache!!!

2008-05-31 18:09:52

68. Jeb

ok, do we bunt here to avoid the DP?

2008-05-31 18:10:09

69. Just fair

Robbie's due for a money-shot.

2008-05-31 18:10:31

70. Jeb

DP = Double Play and NOT something else!

2008-05-31 18:11:01

71. Just fair

Pre-mature. Immature on my part.

2008-05-31 18:11:37

72. cult of basebaal

67 though i suppose, in another sense, it heralds the end of an era, george no longer rules with his iron fist ... the king is dead, long live the king ... or kings, in this case

2008-05-31 18:11:57

73. cult of basebaal

69 keeping with the porn theme?

2008-05-31 18:12:51

74. OldYanksFan

Giambi is just SO on the ball. Will any luck he would be batting 30-40 points higher.

62 Yeah... early 80's teams I think. The were a bunch of games in (1980?) when our opponants ran circles around us. King George was so pissed he decided to re-build the Yankees on speed. An idiotic idea, but that's how knee-jerk reactional George was.

2008-05-31 18:12:56

75. cult of basebaal

grrrr ... somebody's gotta straighten cano out and soon, his pitch selection is just fucking awful

2008-05-31 18:13:17

76. 3rd gen yankee fan

Other teams must relish the bottom of our order. Oh, and the top too.

You can pornify that as you like.

2008-05-31 18:14:21

77. Jeb

74 and don't forget the great Steve Kemp whom the Yanks got in 1983...oh and before him (maybe 79 or 80) the great Ruppert Jones.

2008-05-31 18:14:57

78. Just fair

MOLINA. Who needs Jorge? Oh yeah, we do.

2008-05-31 18:15:05

79. OldYanksFan

Pornify?

2008-05-31 18:15:08

80. cult of basebaal

77 well, in kemp's defense, it turned out he wasn't line drive proof

2008-05-31 18:17:04

81. Jeb

72 I'm not sure. When George was at his craziest lots of Yanks had staches (Munson, Jackson, Chambliss, Catfish, Gator, Goose, Sparky, Dirt Tidrow, Figgy, etc.). Damn I love those names!

2008-05-31 18:17:31

82. cult of basebaal

man giambi and molina, hard to find a slower combo on the bases

2008-05-31 18:17:55

83. rbj

Wow, Jason actually scored. Usually it takes a triple for him to score from third.

2008-05-31 18:18:13

84. Just fair

Gimbi had to Dirk Diggler down the third base line.

2008-05-31 18:18:14

85. Jeb

80 what do you mean? Did he have a high BABIP before NY or did he get hurt on a line drive or something else?

2008-05-31 18:18:44

86. OldYanksFan

Man... Giambi is FAST!

2008-05-31 18:20:09

87. OldYanksFan

81 No so funny when George benched Mattingly and wanted to trade him for having long hair.

2008-05-31 18:22:19

88. OldYanksFan

Man... 1/3 of the season done, and Jetes has 2 HRs and a .690 OPS. we may be at the end of a era.

2008-05-31 18:23:02

89. Just fair

Somebody best hide Jeter's razor.

2008-05-31 18:25:06

90. Jeb

Dirt Tidrow is my favborite baseball nickname of all time.

2008-05-31 18:25:27

91. OldYanksFan

Has anyone noticed that TB has been getting some VERY good pitching of late? The idea of them finishing above us in the standings is a bit sickening.

2008-05-31 18:25:59

92. cult of basebaal

85 as i recalled, he caught a line drive in the face during BP one day and was never quite the same ... he had vision problems that led to his early retirement... though looking at baseball-reference, he was never the great player i had thought he was before coming to the yankees

2008-05-31 18:29:52

93. cult of basebaal

oh goody, petey says that scary fly ball guy is coming back up ... i know it's easy on the 40 man roster machinations, but i just can't see karstens as a useful major league pitcher, even as a mere innings sponge

2008-05-31 18:30:05

94. Jeb

91 I have. I know that I'm probably drinking Yankee Kool-aid, but I really think the Rays will fade once the bright lights of a pennant race hit them.

They've got a lot of wood to chop between now and September and a LOT of games with the Yanks and Sawx (not to mention the Jays) ahead of them. IN fact, they're about to hit a road trip at Boston, at Texas and at the Angels. Let's see how they look then.

2008-05-31 18:31:01

95. Just fair

Abrue has got to catch that ball. Give me a freakin' break.

2008-05-31 18:31:10

96. Mattpat11

What the hell was that?

2008-05-31 18:31:18

97. Jeb

92 wow, I remember that now. I remember being "giddy" when the Yanks got him and even "giddier" when they unloaded him

2008-05-31 18:32:48

98. cult of basebaal

gah!

2008-05-31 18:33:22

99. OldYanksFan

Manny hits #500 in Baltimore.

2008-05-31 18:34:36

100. cult of basebaal

well, edwar, here's a chance to move up the bullpen food chain ...

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2008-05-31 18:36:12

101. Mattpat11

99 Good for him.

2008-05-31 18:37:05

102. Just fair

On the bright side, Giambi did not Duncan it into left field.

2008-05-31 18:37:21

103. OldYanksFan

Man... Giambi makes a perfect throw and Jeter throws it away? Cripes!

2008-05-31 18:37:57

104. Jeb

102 no comment

2008-05-31 18:41:25

105. Just fair

I think the boys are going to need at least 4 more runs.

2008-05-31 18:41:39

106. Mattpat11

What is unlikely about a Nelson/Snoop friendship?

2008-05-31 18:41:46

107. Jeb

That's okay, we're into their pen now. Let's light them up!

2008-05-31 18:43:29

108. Eirias

What is the difference between an 9-to-3 curve and a slurve?

2008-05-31 18:43:42

109. Jeb

106 willie nelson and snoop dogg?

2008-05-31 18:43:59

110. Eirias

"a," rather

2008-05-31 18:48:31

111. RIYank

Hey youse.
Isn't this just like the Twinkies, to nibble you to death?

2008-05-31 18:50:29

112. rbj

106 They both like the herb, and I bet they're into more different kinds of music than what they play.

Willie did get cowboys and hippies to sit together

2008-05-31 18:50:39

113. RIYank

Can't complain about that B.A. AB.

2008-05-31 18:54:19

114. ny2ca2dc

Hell ya, more edwar. The Thermometer has really done no wrong this year. Instructive for the cases of Hughes and IPK, hopefully.

2008-05-31 18:54:34

115. Mattpat11

I fucking hate Cuddyer

2008-05-31 18:55:50

116. OldYanksFan

Edwar up to his old tricks...

2008-05-31 18:55:55

117. ny2ca2dc

I fucking jinxed him. shit.

2008-05-31 18:56:19

118. cult of basebaal

fugger buck

2008-05-31 18:56:55

119. Mattpat11

Jose Veras?

2008-05-31 19:01:02

120. OldYanksFan

The was an odd pitching change. 2 outs, bases empty. WTF?

2008-05-31 19:01:13

121. ny2ca2dc

boy is this a tedious game

2008-05-31 19:01:14

122. cult of basebaal

nice to see veras picking up where he left off last night

2008-05-31 19:01:15