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No-mentum

2008-05-18 09:35

by Cliff Corcoran

They say, in baseball, momentum is only as good the next day's starting pitcher. The Yankees sure hope that's true, as they have their ace, Chien-Ming Wang, on the hill tonight against lefty Oliver Perez, who has done his best to mimic Andy Pettitte's season by posting a 2.49 ERA in his first four starts and a 6.98 ERA in his last four.

The Yankees seemed to have the momentum early in yesterday's game. Andy Pettitte got his first six outs on five Ks and a pickoff, stranding a David Wright infield single in the process, then had a 1-2-3 third inning. Johnny Damon led of the bottom of the first against Johan Santana with a walk and came around to score on a towering home run down the left field line by Derek Jeter. With the Yanks up 2-0, Damon led off the bottom of the third with a single which was followed by a Bobby Abreu double into the gap in right field.

Yankee third-base coach Bobby Meacham waved Damon home on Abreu's hit. With no outs and the heart of the order due up, starting with Jeter who had already homered, it was a questionable send at best and one that betrayed the Yankees' desperate need for runs. Still, it took a perfect play to nail Damon at the plate. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened. Ryan Church cut the ball off before it reached the warning track, spun, and fired to Luis Castillo, who relayed home to Brian Schneider. As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Schneider, in one motion, caught Castillo's throw on a hop in front of the plate, turned, stuck out his left leg, and kicked Johnny Damon's foot away just as Damon was sliding into the plate. An overhead replay showed that Schneider's foot guided Damon's around the tip of the plate. Damon never touched home, and Schneider applied the tag to the back of Damon's leg as he slid by.

With that one play, the entire game changed. Abreu was stranded at second, and the Mets took the lead in the top of the fourth by scoring three runs against Pettitte on a series of dinks, dunks, and walks. It was only 3-2 Mets at that point, but the momentum had swung, and it never swung back. Pettitte gutted out six innings, throwing 116 pitches and coming away with a quality start and seven strikeouts, but Kyle Farnsworth came on in seventh to face the top of the Met order and gave up a home run to Jose Reyes, walked Church, and then gave up two-run jack to David Wright to make it 6-2 Mets. Farnsworth's home run rate now stands at an eye-popping 2.7 HR/9.

Jason Giambi answered that outburst by leading off the bottom of the inning with a solo homer off Santana and Abreu added another solo shot off the Mets' ace (whose 1.65 HR/9 this inning is ugly in and of itself) in the eighth, but Joba Chamberlain gave one of those runs back in the ninth following a Carlos Beltran triple, and the game ended with the Mets leading 7-4.

So, yeah, let's hope momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher. Let's also hope that the 8:00 start time for tonight's ESPN game will allow the predicted showers to blow through before game time.

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2008-05-18 12:32:12

1. Just fair

I was flipping between yesterday's game and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." I hadn't seen that movie in many years. It still holds up. Anyway, the scene in the plane where Ford finds the pilots are gone he says, "We're in big trouble." He then finds the inflatable raft and the blonde says, "We're not sinking, we're crashing!!"
Well, couldnt' help but make the connection. Hopefully the Yanks can float the Wanger to safety tonight, And of course, let's all hope A-Rod is absolutely 100% on Tues.

2008-05-18 14:30:19

2. rbj

Good thing I was otherwise occupied yesterday. Anyway, I've got a nice T-bone and a very dry Chianti for this evening. Oh, and got my "stimulus" check yesterday -- going straight to pay down the credit card.

I hope Wang's on his game tonight, it would be terrible to listen to Joe Morgan with the Yankees losing. That's too much to take.

2008-05-18 15:04:49

3. Jeb

3 do you have some farva beans and liver to go with your nice Chianti? Slurp-slurp-slurp.

2008-05-18 15:26:37

4. rbj

3 I prefer brains. Braaaaiiiiins, Braaaiiiins Braaaiiinns

2008-05-18 16:02:31

5. Chyll Will

yummy... with a soylent green garnish...

2008-05-18 16:05:20

6. Jeb

3 4 5 now it puts the soylent green in the basket .... PUT THE SOYLENT GREEN IN THE BASKET!!!!!!!

2008-05-18 16:17:45

7. rbj

OH, and I think I've found the Yankees' offense. It got sent to Toledo by mistake -- the Mudhens are now up to 82 HR in 45 games, including 7 today. They just finished an 11 game roadtrip, with 31 HRs. I'll go down to their park tomorrow and see if I can get some of those homeruns sent to the Bronx.

2008-05-18 16:21:04

8. Chyll Will

6 (Yunnow, thirty-plus years plater, that movie is not nearly as ridiculous at it may have seemed at the time... just sayin'...)

2008-05-18 16:24:06

9. Chyll Will

7 Better be extra careful shipping it back. Seems like a lot of our offense gets lost between AAA and the bigs...

2008-05-18 16:25:15

10. Chyll Will

8 thirty plus years plater... freudian slip? I feel like chicken tonight >;)

2008-05-18 17:02:47

11. weeping for brunnhilde

Oh, God help me.

Berman and Morgan.

Woe is me.

2008-05-18 17:04:39

12. weeping for brunnhilde

Gammons says Willie's job is really imperiled?

Wow.

That would make me sad.

2008-05-18 17:11:36

13. rbj

Not quite a wormburner, but I'd say there's one less worm in the world.

2008-05-18 17:11:50

14. weeping for brunnhilde

He dropped the fucking baseball.

For Christ's sake.

2008-05-18 17:12:20

15. nick

damn, wasted out....meanwhile, reassuring to know Derek is playing a "magnificent" shortstop!

2008-05-18 17:13:17

16. weeping for brunnhilde

15 I know! "Magnificent!"

What a circus, all around.

2008-05-18 17:14:53

17. nick

i have really come to hate Jon Miller's intonation--every phrase ends on a rising note! like he's amazed by the most banal things!

2008-05-18 17:18:14

18. Mattpat11

Does it alarm anyone else that we have a defensive specialist that can't catch pop ups?

2008-05-18 17:22:50

19. nick

"this series is like the postseason"--& here I thought nothing could make me hate interleague play more than I already hate it....

2008-05-18 17:25:14

20. Andre

I WANT TO F***ING KILL MYSELF WHEN I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THESE MORONS!!!!

Hope the game is good to take the edge off and make me forget about them

2008-05-18 17:25:25

21. ChrisS

18 What really alarms me is the seemingly never ending supply of weak groundballs from this crew.

I watched the Red Sox methodically crush the Brew Crew today and just wished that some of our guys could foul off not-quite-good-enough pitches to get to the meaty ones. In particular, Coco Crisp, while he K'd with the bases loaded and down a run, fouled off about 6 pitches and watched three breaking pitches just miss. Had a Yankee hitter been in that situation they would have leapt out of their shoes trying to hit that outside curve and tapped into a double play.

2008-05-18 17:26:32

22. weeping for brunnhilde

17 That's precisely what makes him unlistenable. It's just ridiculous.

At least Sterling actually saves his theatrics for actual, well, you know, theater. Not groundouts and the like.

18 Yes. That was pathetic.

(Reminds me of when that Arizona catcher dropped not one, but two popups in the first inning, or whatever it was.)

2008-05-18 17:29:36

23. Jeb

I've made my mind up.

When we look back at this season and ask "when did the turnaround start?" the answer is going to be "that second game against the mets."

(otherwise the answer may be, "it didn't".)

2008-05-18 17:29:43

24. weeping for brunnhilde

21 It sucks watching good hitting by other teams when your team can't hit the broad side of a barn.

My huge pet peeve is watching nobody players drive in two runs simply by going up the middle or the other way, something any major league hitter should be able to do, while our guys flail and roll over trying to hit the ball over the court house.

2008-05-18 17:31:42

25. nick

and now they take over the game with a stupid-ass debate--gee, guys, it wouldn't be possible, just conceivably, for Cano and Giambi BOTH to have made nice plays?

2008-05-18 17:35:47

26. ChrisS

Wang is just an outstanding pitcher this year.

No K's tonight, but he's dealing.

2008-05-18 17:36:35

27. Jeb

Giambi is starting to get on base at least. A lot of our problems will be helped on Tuesday when we get a big bat back.

2008-05-18 17:38:25

28. nick

I'm gonna hypothesize that the one-out walk is not as bad as the leadoff walk, yet worse than the 2-out walk--what do you guys think?

2008-05-18 17:40:35

29. ChrisS

24 What really got me was that Villenueva started struggling a bit with his command and all the Sox hitters just kinda said "we're betting you can't throw strikes". And he didn't ... until after he walked in the tying run and then Ellsbury laced a mediocre fastball for a 2-run single to the gap.

2008-05-18 17:41:32

30. JimCobain

27 Getting Arod back is so HUGE. Not only do you get his bat back,and thus another subpar bat back on the bench, but you have a guy in the line up that pitchers fear and have to plan for. Whoever hits in front of Arod will get better pitches to hit, and the guy hitting behind Arod will be hitting with men on base.

2008-05-18 17:42:16

31. Raf

hit the ball hard, make outs, hit weak grounders make outs... terrible luck

2008-05-18 17:42:56

32. JimCobain

It's a little frustrating to not get any luck either. Could have had a run in the first if Matsui's liner wasn't right at Delgado and could have had another run right there if the ball is hit another 3 inches to the right. Sigh.

2008-05-18 17:43:06

33. Mattpat11

30 And, as it turns out, its a lateral move on pop ups

2008-05-18 17:44:11

34. JimCobain

33 Ha! Who'd a-thunk-it, eh? Arod ain't exactly the best at that either.

2008-05-18 17:45:35

35. Mattpat11

34 That's what I mean. Neither guy can catch pop ups, so its not like A-Rod's issues there are a negative

2008-05-18 17:48:48

36. ny2ca2dc

Man, watching Wang when he's on is really a joy. Cano is making some great plays too, beaut!

2008-05-18 17:49:57

37. rbj

So, who's going to ask Steve Philips if he still believes that A-Rod can't handle New York.

2008-05-18 17:51:12

38. mehmattski

Oliver Perez is throwing meatballs. Too bad our AAA hitters can't get around on them.

2008-05-18 17:52:45

39. ChrisS

I can't wait for them to send Molina back to appearing in the line-up just once a week.

2008-05-18 17:54:56

40. ChrisS

Jesus, hopefully Cashman has a new right fielder in mind.

2008-05-18 17:55:57

41. Jeb

38 AAAA? Try Low-A.

2008-05-18 17:59:27

42. rbj

So lefties are hitting .100 against Perez and Girardi puts 5 of them in there?

2008-05-18 18:00:35

43. rbj

I heart Wang.

2008-05-18 18:01:14

44. Mattpat11

42 I have no confidence in our bench righties either

2008-05-18 18:01:45

45. Mattpat11

Isn't this guy supposed to be good at defense?

2008-05-18 18:02:05

46. mehmattski

42 Well, Shelley Duncan is hitting .194/.293/.250 against everybody. Morgan Ensberg is hitting .214/.276/.257. Would they really be improvements over Giambi (or Abreu) and Cano?

2008-05-18 18:02:11

47. nick

nice rundown! I wouldn't have given Jeter ALL the credit myself, but....

2008-05-18 18:03:03

48. ChrisS

Frighteningly enough, I think the best hitter on the team is the guy batting .193

2008-05-18 18:04:57

49. mehmattski

48 Abreu, Jeter, Damon, and Matsui all have over 20 Runs Created this season. Giambi only has 14.

2008-05-18 18:05:09

50. dianagramr

but its a solid .193 ...

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2008-05-18 18:05:38

51. nick

ok, Wang, gotta stop here--1 run max!

2008-05-18 18:06:50

52. Mattpat11

And that's the ballgame.

2008-05-18 18:07:11

53. rbj

Oy. I think maybe JOe should have stuck Shelley at first.

2008-05-18 18:07:16

54. nick

and Morgan tells us THAT"S a good job by JETER!?
what a fucking shill.....

2008-05-18 18:07:28

55. williamnyy23

More bad hitting, bad pitching and really bad defense. Must be a Yankee game.

2008-05-18 18:07:31

56. mehmattski

Welp, that's Jason Giambi's mortal weakness, throwing. No sense complaining about it, we all knew going back to the 2001 ALDS that Giambi had problems throwing.

The decision to throw to second itself, meanwhile, is the problem.

2008-05-18 18:07:32

57. Jeb

50 and gritty.

2008-05-18 18:07:36

58. Chyll Will

Good thing Jeter can go to his right, huh?

2008-05-18 18:08:25

59. rbj

55 Wang's pitching well. A decent 1Ber would have gotten at least one out there.

2008-05-18 18:08:26

60. Mattpat11

Well, we lose.

2008-05-18 18:08:59

61. williamnyy23

Is Arod really going to make up for all that's wrong with this team?

2008-05-18 18:09:04

62. Chyll Will

52 yep.

2008-05-18 18:09:55

63. Mattpat11

The real question is if the Yankees will get a hit in this game.

2008-05-18 18:10:44

64. Mattpat11

That is a homerun.

2008-05-18 18:11:08

65. rbj

Well. Hum. Er.

2008-05-18 18:11:23

66. JimCobain

63 It'll be more fun to hit bottom with a thud.

2008-05-18 18:11:46

67. mehmattski

That's a home run.

Begin discussion about the merits of instant replay in baseball. It would slow the game down? Really? It would be slower than the umpire conference that doesn't get the call right? How does that make sense?

2008-05-18 18:12:13

68. Just fair

The curse of the 4th inning lives. At least the first 3 innings were entertaining.

2008-05-18 18:12:19

69. williamnyy23

64 I wish I could feel good about getting a break, but three runs seems like ball game anyway.

2008-05-18 18:12:19

70. nick

that's a home run, and we are very damned lucky....

2008-05-18 18:13:20

71. Simone

Why didn't the refs just look at the replay? It was a home run.

2008-05-18 18:13:36

72. mehmattski

I guess the parabolic microphone wasn't completely destroyed. Jerry Manuel said some things not allowed on TV. Outside of WNBC news teasers, of course.

2008-05-18 18:13:51

73. rbj

So why isn't the foul pole yellow all the way down?

2008-05-18 18:14:10

74. mehmattski

Why is the bottom of the pole black, anyway?

2008-05-18 18:15:05

75. JimCobain

72 Gotta love Sue Simmons

2008-05-18 18:15:16

76. Chyll Will

Since it benefitted the Yanks, I have no doubt that instant replay will be given due diligence going forward...

2008-05-18 18:15:25

77. Yankees Brasil

What's the matter with the 4th inning? We should skip it.

2008-05-18 18:16:04

78. dianagramr

with as much money as MLB is making these days, why can't they have OF umpires for every game, not just the postseason?

2008-05-18 18:16:31

79. nick

wtf is it with our starters inexplicably collapsing after looking great?

2008-05-18 18:16:52

80. williamnyy23

I know it's hard to pitch with an offense that doesn't compete, but that doesn't mean you have to fold in the middle innings.

2008-05-18 18:17:16

81. Yankees Brasil

Giambi doesn't hit lefties and doesn't field well. So, why is he playing tonight? Gotta love Joe.

2008-05-18 18:17:32

82. Chyll Will

72 >;)

By the way, I don't feel bad if we lose this game. I have seen nothing so far that suggest we deserve the W, even if the ground opens up underneath the visiting dugout (sigh)...

2008-05-18 18:18:01

83. williamnyy23

81 Because Duncan doesn't hit lefties and doesn't field well. In fact, you could say that about 2/3 of the roster.

2008-05-18 18:18:28

84. Just fair

{79] I blame the lack of candy in the clubhouse.

2008-05-18 18:18:43

85. rbj

Yay an infielder who got to the ball and made an out!

(I'm taking my moral victories where ever I can get them)

2008-05-18 18:18:49

86. dianagramr

Ummmm ....not for nothin; .... but prior to tonight's game, the Yanks have outscored their opponents 29-27 in the 4th innings of theie games this year

http://tinyurl.com/5oa58k

2008-05-18 18:19:02

87. murphy

84 seriously: bring back the ice cream! SOMETHING needs to change.

2008-05-18 18:19:17

88. williamnyy23

Maybe the YS ghosts are turning on the Yankees for abandoning them? What a shame to send the Stadium out on a season like this one.

2008-05-18 18:19:46

89. williamnyy23

86 It's the 3rd and the 5th that the Yankees are gettign killed.

2008-05-18 18:21:05

90. Chyll Will

85 Well, um