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Sunday Best Comes First

2006-06-25 15:38

by Alex Belth

Mike Mussina was just this much better than his counterpart Dontrelle Willis on a rainy Sunday afternoon in the Bronx, as the Yanks beat the Florida Marlins 2-1. Moose notched the 2,500th strike out of his career and pitched a nice game--he was particularly crisp early. Johnny Damon drove in both New York runs, Kyle Farnsworth got the blood a-boiling in the eighth, and Mariano Rivera earned the save in the ninth. Cliff was out there in the bleachers. If we're lucky and he's not too beat when he gets home, we'll get his take on what was a well-played game.

I was supposed to be there myself but my plans fell through. Instead, I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I made a couple of different tomato sauces (garlic, olive oil, parsley, crushed red pepper, zucchinni and tomatoes with fresh thyme, and the other one, onion, butter, olive oil, eggplant, pancetta, crushed red pepper, tomatoes and fresh basil) for my brother who is on the DL and needed some kitchen help, a ratatouille with roasted potatoes for Em's weekly grub (she does the laundry), and then the project: a dozen jars of jam from fresh strawberries that Em and I got upstate yesterday. The best strawberries are only around for a couple of weeks each June and we got some good beauts. My Ma used to make jams when I was growing up. I haven't done it much myself but it's not hard and man, oh, man, how I love good jam. Em helped out with the canning--she's a cracker jack with that kind of thing--and so while I know that the game featured several sparkling defensive plays, I caught most of them as replays, running in from the kitchen.

The second game of this Day-Night doubleheader kicks off at 8:00 pm. However, due TV restrictions, the game will not be televised in many parts of the country. (Man, I wish I had a clever Gil Scott Heron line.) Apparently, it will be televised in New York (thanks for the knowledge Mr. Kabak). The Red Sox were rained out today while the Blue Jays lost to the Mets. It'd be gravy if the Yanks can win another one, but I wouldn't count on it. Not with Chacon on the hill. These Marlins are scrappy. But one never knows does one?

Let's Go Yan-kees!

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2006-06-25 15:55:50

1. Benjamin Kabak

Actually, Alex, the game will be on TV in certain markets. If you live in the NYC area or Miami area, ESPN will be carrying the game. No word on MLB.tv restrictions.

And according to MLB.com, the Yanks will face Anibal Sanchez coming up from AA. I saw him pitch last season when he was with the Sox's A affiliate in Wilmington. He has good stuff.

2006-06-25 16:28:06

2. randym77

You need a TV in your kitchen. :-)

Giambi's back is better. And it's Bubba in CF, JD as DH.

Johnny Damon DH
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Bernie Williams RF
Melky Cabrera LF
Bubba Crosby CF
Kelly Stinnett C

2006-06-25 16:28:12

3. Benjamin Kabak

Sadly, no MLB.tv feed for those of us spending their Sunday nights away from NYC (or Miami). Gameday or AM radio it will have to be.

2006-06-25 16:29:38

4. RIYank

Wow, Sanchez, I remember him too, though he never made it up to Pawtucket. Some people said he was the best player in the Beckett deal. But surely not ready for the Bigs. Let's hope.

2006-06-25 16:31:58

5. randym77

4 Except for the Yankee tradition of being unable to hit pitchers they've never seen before. :-P

2006-06-25 16:46:45

6. rbj

Oh good. ESPN Classic's showing a thing on Yao. Yup, much better to have an out of season special, rather than an actual game. Well, there's always the CWS.

2006-06-25 16:59:00

7. JeremyM

I was just thinking the other day that Yao has yet to do much in the NBA.

Carolina is rolling in the CWS, it's theirs to lose now--4-0 in the 3rd.

2006-06-25 17:07:45

8. Dimelo

The stands are empty.

2006-06-25 17:09:01

9. kdw

Hoping it's not a cruel joke or mistake but in VA the Yankees/Marlins game is on rather than the Sox/Astros game.

2006-06-25 17:10:48

10. Benjamin Kabak

9 On here too! Suh-weet.

2006-06-25 17:11:59

11. rsmith51

10 Not here, though I am in the Chicago suburbs. I was hoping Directv would show both.

2006-06-25 17:12:47

12. rbj

11 Nor here in Toledo.

2006-06-25 17:15:51

13. Benjamin Kabak

Why's A-Rod playing in on Miguel Cabrera?

2006-06-25 17:16:47

14. rsmith51

I thought Beckham was out of the World Cup with an injury.

2006-06-25 17:17:28

15. Benjamin Kabak

Deja vu here in the first inning...

2006-06-25 17:17:55

16. randym77

Oh, boy. Obi-Shawn is keeping the fielders on their toes.

2006-06-25 17:19:02

17. Benjamin Kabak

COME ON, CHACON.

This is nearly exactly what he did yesterday.

2006-06-25 17:20:22

18. Stormer Sports

Get Villone up.

2006-06-25 17:20:52

19. randym77

Crap. This is going to be a long game if Chacon doesn't pull himself together.

2006-06-25 17:21:08

20. JeremyM

Unless he can turn this game around, this should be his last start. He's just another Aaron Small with less time on a bus.

2006-06-25 17:21:46

21. Stormer Sports

I am almost glad I cannot watch this game. Can I assume he is tip-toeing around the plate, getting behind in the count, and then having to groove one?

2006-06-25 17:23:34

22. randym77

21 Pretty much. He's missing a lot. High, low, inside, outside. :-P

Gator apparently told him to stop throwing his curve. He hasn't been the same since.

2006-06-25 17:23:48

23. Stormer Sports

Tell me again why we didn't sign Derek Lowe, Jared Washburn or Pedro Martinez.

2006-06-25 17:25:14

24. rsmith51

23 We have Wang, overrated , too expensive...

2006-06-25 17:25:19

25. rbj

Gotta say, I'm impressed with what Girardi is doing with his team.

2006-06-25 17:25:19

26. unpopster

I don't know how many of you are watching this game on ESPN but Chacon does NOT look bad out there. He got the first two outs easily, Cabrera hit a 6 bouncer JUST out of the reach of Arod to his left, Willingham hit an infield single to the right of Arod that he just beat out, and then Hermida hit a texas leaguer between Cano and CF-RF. It's really not that bad.

2006-06-25 17:25:58

27. JeremyM

21 Really? What the hell? His curve was his pitch, everything worked off of that.

2006-06-25 17:26:52

28. Benjamin Kabak

Did someone just wake Duke Castiglione up from a four-month coma? This payroll story is old old old. Go back to sleep, Duke.

2006-06-25 17:27:00

29. Stormer Sports

26 Hmm, maybe so, but 30 pitches, he wont make it out of the 5th.

2006-06-25 17:27:04

30. JeremyM

Thanks unpopster, I want to like Chacon but he's been driving me nuts lately. This curve thing is confusing me though.

2006-06-25 17:28:21

31. randym77

26 It's the number of pitches he's throwing that's alarming. It took him 30 pitches just to get out of the 1st inning.

2006-06-25 17:28:39

32. Stormer Sports

I agree, when you take profit sharing money that is greater than your actual payroll, or your payroll is less than the general partner's take at year end, you should be forced to forfiet the season.

2006-06-25 17:28:48

33. kdw

26 I agree. And he's not digging himself into quite the hole he's done before. He needs to stay focused.

2006-06-25 17:28:56

34. kdw

26 I agree. And he's not digging himself into quite the hole he's done before. He needs to stay focused.

2006-06-25 17:29:00

35. Max

21 Can you imagine if it had been Mel who suggested to stop throwing the curve? There would be 30 additional comments here and numerous blog entries calling for the old man's head.

2006-06-25 17:29:16

36. Zack

Good ol' Derek...

To bad Andy got bumped, he's been our best hitter these last (two) games...

2006-06-25 17:29:28

37. Stormer Sports

If Guidry told him not to throw his best pitch, I'd be really surprised. What would be the logic there?

2006-06-25 17:30:13

38. Stormer Sports

If Guidry told him that. Let me officially call for the old man's head, 70's sideburns and all.

2006-06-25 17:30:38

39. nyctarheel87

i'm a little worried about derek's power outage, it seems like he hit all his home runs in april.

2006-06-25 17:31:16

40. Stormer Sports

Will Arod strike out looking or swinging?

2006-06-25 17:33:11

41. JeremyM

Nice way to do nothing against the rookie straight from AA to start. And I noticed that Jeter's power went dormant, I can only assume some of that has to do with the injury.

Then again, I think Sean Henn had a good first inning and it was all downhill from there...

2006-06-25 17:34:41

42. Stormer Sports

Dear Mr. Sheffield,

Get well soon.

Very truly yours,
Ben

2006-06-25 17:35:55

43. rsmith51

How can Giambi go from being unable to DH to being able to play first?

2006-06-25 17:36:09

44. rsmith51

43 On the same day.

2006-06-25 17:36:47

45. nysports05

I predict a homer from him

2006-06-25 17:37:48

46. nyctarheel87

they probably used that magic spray on him that the soccer players have been using.

2006-06-25 17:38:48

47. nysports05

Thats probably what they did duke fan i mean tarheel

2006-06-25 17:40:51

48. rbj

Now it's 5-4 North Carolina.
Go Beavers

2006-06-25 17:41:04

49. kdw

43 Earlier they said that Giambi's back was stiff but he could have pinch hit in the first game. Instead he was supposed to spend the game on the trainer's table getting treatment on his back so maybe that helped.

2006-06-25 17:42:49

50. randym77

43 Torre said Giambi's back locked up on him, but it was a short-term thing. Giambi asked to get in the first game as DH partway through.

The more cynical fans think Torre thought better of putting Giambi in against murder-on-lefties Willis. Perhaps after remembering how he did against Young King Cole, the other murder-on-lefties pitcher we've faced recently. Cano actually has better numbers against lefties than Giambi.

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2006-06-25 17:44:15

51. Benjamin Kabak

Bernie's OBP is really low this year especially compared to his lofty .290 BA. Even last year, he kept his OBP .070 higher than his batting average.

2006-06-25 17:45:10

52. rbj

7-5 Beavers!

2006-06-25 17:45:29

53. Benjamin Kabak

Why do we have see Matsui's injury over and over again? It's really gruesome.

2006-06-25 17:46:06

54. randym77

51 Goldman had an interesting article about that. Bernie has no patience at the plate any more. He's not walking like he used to. Instead, he's swinging at the first or second pitch. Good guesser?

2006-06-25 17:46:34

55. nysports05

All melky will ever be in his major league career will be a good utility player.

2006-06-25 17:46:53

56. JeremyM

Wow. If OSU wins I'll probably go to game 3 tomorrow.

2006-06-25 17:48:11

57. Benjamin Kabak

55 I've gone back and forth on that. He's not much of a contact hitter yet, but he's only 21. Maybe he'll fill in a bit and develop some power. If the Yanks get the right offer for Melky though, I would trade him this summer.

2006-06-25 17:51:18

58. rsmith51

How does Sanchez look?

2006-06-25 17:52:18

59. Benjamin Kabak

58 Fine. Nothing to write home about yet. He's mixing speeds and is around the plate. He does seem quite poised on the mound, for what that's worth.

2006-06-25 17:52:41

60. nysports05

damn. its starting to rain

2006-06-25 17:54:05

61. nysports05

ARE U KIDDING ME!

2006-06-25 17:54:11

62. Stormer Sports

Whoa, back up the bus. The Kid's 21, let's give him a chance. As for a trade. The Yankees cant make one. Brian Cashman and the boys have allowed the farm system to become so depleted that we dont have anything to offer. We will have to make due with what we have unless we can snag Schmidt once the Giants fall cpmpletely out of the race out west, but we aint getting any more offense through a trade. Just aint happenin'.

2006-06-25 17:54:30

63. Benjamin Kabak

I said this during game 1: There is NO REASON for the Yanks to throw Cabrera anything to hit. He's beating them by himself this game, and that's just unacceptable for Shawn Chacon and Ron Guidry.

2006-06-25 17:54:30

64. nyctarheel87

Looks like Chacon is settling down

2006-06-25 17:54:42

65. nyctarheel87

or not...

2006-06-25 17:55:07

66. randym77

Crap. Cabrera's killing us. (Miguel, not Melky.)

2006-06-25 17:55:32

67. Benjamin Kabak

62 If you think the Yankee farm system is depleted, then you're just buying into the so-called hype. The Yankee farm system is NOT depleted. It's on the rise. They have a lot of good, very young players...and not a lot of Major League-ready talent yet. It was depleted in 2003 and 2004. It's certainly not depleted anymore.

2006-06-25 17:56:32

68. nysports05

We need yankee chants up in this joint to get them back into the game. LETS GO YANKEES!

2006-06-25 17:56:44

69. Alex Belth

Nice pitch Chacon. Man, I like Chacon personality-wise--not that I know him personally. But he seems like a good dude but he's becoming more and more infuriating to watch, constantly falling behind on guys, letting runners get on with two out.

Man, Cabrera put a charge into that one. At least Torre and company didn't pitch to him in the eighth inning in the first game. Oy.

2006-06-25 17:56:44

70. randym77

They ought to walk Cabrera every time he comes up.

2006-06-25 17:56:51

71. rbj

OK, their M. Cabrera gets a homer, so our M. Cabrera is owned one, too.

2006-06-25 17:58:51

72. Benjamin Kabak

Great 3-1 swing there by Stinnett. That pitch was in the dirt.

2006-06-25 17:59:30

73. Stormer Sports

Ken Williams threatens Ozzie on national TV, classy, real classy.

2006-06-25 18:00:12

74. Zack

hey, Kelly Stinnett, forgot he was on this team, good to see hes still up to his old tricks!

2006-06-25 18:00:26

75. nysports05

Crisp defense once again by the marlins.

2006-06-25 18:00:33

76. Benjamin Kabak

73 I didn't see it but I know that Williams has already said he's spoken to Ozzie about cleaning up his act or else.

Now are you saying that's more or less classy than what Ozzie said about Jay Mariotti?

2006-06-25 18:00:44

77. nyctarheel87

73. What did Ken say exactly?

2006-06-25 18:01:45

78. randym77

Classic Jeter hit.

Let's go, Yankees!

2006-06-25 18:02:03

79. singledd

Is there more serious rain coming?

2006-06-25 18:03:59

80. Stormer Sports

Absolutely not. I just think he should have said it clearly and been done with it. Saying he may have to walk into his office and fire him to appease some media clowns on national TV wasn't neccessary. I disagreed with what Ozzie said, and I think he's a great manager, but taken on the whole, he's good for baseball.

2006-06-25 18:04:18

81. nysports05

Bad call on Giambi!

2006-06-25 18:04:45

82. randym77

79 Hard to say. It looks like the worst of it will pass north of NYC, but who knows? Yesterday, they were fooled by the radar.

2006-06-25 18:05:08

83. Benjamin Kabak

Tim Tschida wants to get out of the Bronx very quickly tonight.

And now stupid DC area is cutting away from the game to a flash flood alert. I care thismuch.

2006-06-25 18:05:57

84. Stormer Sports

Arod, please prove me wrong!

2006-06-25 18:06:33

85. rbj

80 The "fag" comment was out of line, but Mariotti is a pompous jerk. All Ozzie needed to do was leave that one word out.

2006-06-25 18:06:43

86. Stormer Sports

Giambi hasn't been getting those calls this year. The umps have been particularly harsh on him.

2006-06-25 18:06:49

87. Benjamin Kabak

80 I think Williams said that out of frustrating not just from this Mariotti thing. Guillen has been causing problems this year...plunking players, etc.

2006-06-25 18:07:10

88. Zack

Looks like we are headed to making Sanchez look like the next coming of Cy Young, as we are known to do. Then agian, its not like our offense has exactlly been on fire of late

2006-06-25 18:07:46

89. Stormer Sports

Or not. At least he got wood on it.

2006-06-25 18:08:25

90. Max

Remember last year when it seemed like Jeter made the last out in a ton of games? This year, it seems like Alex is ending multiple innings by leaving runners on bsae.

2006-06-25 18:08:38

91. nysports05

Its been finally catching up to this team that we don't have Sheff and Matsui to produce runs.

2006-06-25 18:08:57

92. Alex Belth

Frustrating that Alex couldn't get a hit right there.

2006-06-25 18:09:17

93. Stormer Sports

He does lead the league in GIDP.

2006-06-25 18:09:24

94. Benjamin Kabak

91 Finally? As in, "all of June."

2006-06-25 18:09:28

95. randym77

At least there aren't enough fans in the stands to boo him really viciously.

2006-06-25 18:09:47

96. rbj

I just have to remind myself that it isn't easy to sweep double headers.

2006-06-25 18:10:10

97. SF Yanks

What happened there, gameday says something weird?

2006-06-25 18:10:18

98. Alex Belth

Two quick outs for Chacon in the fourth...the Marlins have him right where they want him.

2006-06-25 18:10:34

99. nysports05

Has anyone gone to a game this year?

2006-06-25 18:11:05

100. SF Yanks

It says "Jeremy Hermida grounds out, second baseman Robinson Cano to first baseman Jason Giambi to second baseman Robinson Cano. "

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2006-06-25 18:11:21

101. Stormer Sports

It should be when you're the Yankees and you're playing the Marlins. With Atlanta coming in, we have a great opportunity to win some games here and ensure Boston doesn't pull out way ahead of us.

2006-06-25 18:11:32

102. marc

Chacon actually gets away with a relatively low pitch inning

2006-06-25 18:11:47

103. Alex Belth

Oh my. Chacon with a 1-2-3 inning. Cool.

2006-06-25 18:12:27

104. Alex Belth

The fourth went, ground out to Cano, fly out to Melky, fly out to Bernie.

2006-06-25 18:12:32

105. randym77

100 I'd say "Hermida grounds out to 2B." :-)

2006-06-25 18:13:53

106. Stormer Sports

66 pitches. If he could just get through the 7th.

2006-06-25 18:15:16

107. Stormer Sports

Teams should just call up minor leaguers when they play the Yankees and sit their regular rotation pitchers that we have seen.

2006-06-25 18:15:39

108. Alex Belth