Nice easy 1-2-3 for Joba and a great hard-nosed play by Rodriguez in the first to help disrupt that sure double play and help the Yanks score two. I'm sure Joe G was happy to see that. Man, nifty play by Wilson to end the first and rob Posada too.
Whew.
Well, that worked out nicely. Now Jeter leads off the third, and we'll get two good righty bats at least. With any luck at all, Posada gets a shot from the right side too.
I like the Posada pick-off to Giambi. But there has got to be a way for him to know it's coming so he can get in better position. Otherwise, it's pointless.
Phew, someone able to get out LaRoche.
Yeah, it makes sense. Abreu was playing really shallow, but with Duke coming up you send Doumit anyway. I guess just praying that Abreu or Posada makes some big mistake.
62 Posada: yeah, that makes me happy. Not a Hall of Fame swing like some guys who bat earlier in the line-up, but so satisfying. It sucked when he was on the DL.
man, it's amazing how many of the yankees in the all-star game commercial on mlb.tv appear to have taken acting notes from Roger Dorn; there's more wood in that commercial than backstage at a porn gangbang ...
If there's anyone else getting the FSN Pittsburgh feed, this kid they've got on is something else. He sounds more mature than most adults I know. The world would be a lot better off with more perspective like his.
Ugh. 4-pitch walk to Bautista. Two of those pitches were awfully good, I thought. The second one might have been a little high, I guess the last one might have been low, but they looked pretty good.
anyone know what that on the left side of joba's jersey by his neck? almost looks like the leather ties you might see dangling from a glove, only a pale cream color ... odd.
Yanks get creamed last night, and by 8:35 PM, there are over 160 comments. Tonight, Joba joba joba chamberlain (sorry they didn't let you in, Mr. George; but anything to get Can't Touch This out of my head) is dominating and we haven't cracked the century mark yet? Ouch.
92 commenting is like drinking--it eases the pain....or, maybe, it's like picking the scab of defeat.
Meanwhile, the Yanks booth is hilarious. The claim seems to be that Jeter is to be admired for not admitting to injury and doing a shitty job while playing hurt. What am I missing here?
92 When the Yankees are in the lead, what's to screech about, and make wildly illogical statements based on anecdotal evidence? This of course reduces the number of posts by mp and I refuting these statements.
Hey, It's TJ Beam! Maybe now we'll see what all the excitement was about!
Pirates announcer says that Bobby's home run last night was "wasted" but that tonight's was "meaningful." Don't think about it too much or your brain will bleed.
119 they running the old Texas wishbone?
rainy here and damn am I bored..Gameday not working either so I only got the Banter. more Pavano jokes please!
133 check out his gameday photo, he's got this round head with these giant, puffed out cheeks and a goofy smile ... he's totally a hamster
though when he hits like this, he's The Attack Hamster, which i took from a PJ O'Rourke essay, where he describes a military officer he meets as, "powerful-looking in a short, compressed way, like an attack hamster."
106 I read somewhere today that Wakefield only needs another 30 or so starts to have started more games for the Sox than any other pitcher in their history. (Clemens has the # now.)
That's impressive on a bunch of levels. You think the Pirates wish they had held on to him?
153 What gets me is that the Sox have had some very good pitchers over the years, but for whatever reason, they never last long. Either they get old (Young), get traded (Pennock, Ruffing, Spaceman Lee, Eck, young Schilling), get hurt (Parnell), or aren't wanted at their asking price (Hurst, Rocket, Pedro). Or get moved to the OF and sold for a princely fee. ;)
Young set the tone; he only pitched 8 seasons in Boston.
I wonder which pitcher has appeared the most years in a Boston uniform?
If I'm reading that list right, there isn't a single pitcher in the Hall of Fame with a Red Sox cap on his plaque. I wonder who will break that streak first: Clemens, or Pedro?
Seems like a lot of players are playing in Korea now, as a stepping stone to Japan and then MLB, or just to make more money than they'd get in the minors.
168 so much for his claims that he wasn't hurt and that it was just the fact he sucked.
RAB linked to a blogpost today that showed just how much Torre has used poor Scotty over the last couple of years ... especially given the fact that he hasn't been all that effective.
Wow, kinda surprising that Minky would say his dream is to get back to the Yankees. And that his year with the Yankees was the best of his career. He was practically murdered at 1B, and was out injured so long. That was better than winning a GG with the Twins? Better than winning the WS with the Sox?
185 I am wrong. Lefty Grove and Herb Pennock have Sox caps on their plaques? That is just wrong. Grove pitched more years with the As, Pennock more with the Yanks.
OK, Pennock doesn't bother, but I do not think of Lefty Grove as a Red Sox.
197 well if moeller comes in then it is really weird.
i would like to know more about how they decide which hat a player goes in wearing.
my friend (a big mets fan) and i were trying to figure out what piazza would go in as - of course he wanted him in as a met; though i think a pretty good case could be made for him as a dodger - but who knows.
196 I meant if this game got him going, but his numbers of late have actually been much better than I thought they were. He's been hitting a fairly quiet .348/.444/.435 over the last week.
202 It used to be that the player picked, though I don't know how long that went on. Then, after it was rumored that George was offering Winfield $100K to go in with a Yankees cap, the HoF took the choice away from the player and makes the final decision itself. IIRC, it will consider the player's wishes, but need not follow them.
I think Piazza goes in as a Met, and rightfully so.
MS, it used to be that players themselves decided which cap would be represented on their Hall of Fame plaques. Then, a few years ago, as it became public that some players were signing contracts with clauses dictating the cap logo, the Hall of Fame decided to step in and change the process. Wade Boggs' contract with Tampa Bay was really the tipping point on this.
So now the Hall reserves the right to make the decision, though they will take some input from the player. Basically, the Hall tries to ask this question: with which team is a player best remembered? Service time, along with where your prime seasons fell, are the two big factors in answering that question.
218 the marlins have 2 now - watch out!
i guess it is too much to have gotten a bos or tb loss tonight - though i am not sure i like scoreboard watching this early.
mehmattski and others on extra innings - i really hope we get yes tomorrow - these pittsburgh annoucners are getting to be too much.
by the way since riyank has proclaimed tonight as answer night - anyone know the process for which station you get on extra innings?
Cano is so strange; I've seen maybe 3 stat-based arguments that say Cano is simply unlucky (based on BABIP and line drive % as I recall)--and yet our observations are pretty uniform: we think he often looks clueless up there.
Anybody looked at his career month-by-month recently?
223 I don't remember the month-by-month numbers, but I know Cano completely murdalizes the ball after the ASB. Its the only reason I haven't dropped him from my fantasy team.
221 Don't know about on cable, but on DirecTV, we've been getting both home and away feeds.
221222 I stopped listening to them when they started rattling off the Yankees' salaries. Watching EI/MLB.tv for a few years has shown me that this is common practice for announcers on small market teams.
Give me Kay-Cone-Flaherty or Singleton-Murcer any day.
Lee Sinins, who I used to read regularly, at one point started referring to closers as "Show Up in the 9th guys", which made sense to me. Of course, its not Papelbon, or Mo, or anyone else who is a closer's fault that the save rule is so stupid. Its Jerome Holtzman's fault - and perhaps Tony LaRussa's and Eckersley's as well.
BTW, I heartily agree with the title of Jon Weisman's latest post at DT: "Ballplayers Who Conceal Injuries Are Not Heroes - They Are Egotistical Goats"
Whoa, did you see that Shawn Chacon was suspended for fighting with his GM? And by fighting with, I mean grabbing by the neck and throwing to the ground.
From the crystal ball:
No BBs, 7Ks, 7 IP, 2 ER (the lefty McClouth gets him)
(understated and dignified) John Sterling: yankees win. ah. yankees win.
Joba: the one that says Badassmuthafucka on it.
1. I agree, McClouth has the gusto to pull that slider if it hangs up too long.
Oh, A-Rod did that with the slide. Ha!
Is that too much to ask?
Oh, and 2 hits just to keep it reasonable. : )
Don't slide. Don't try for an extra base. Don't do anything. Don't run. Don't walk.
Ugh.
Yeah, Jorge and Jeter laughing away in the dugout was priceless. Good Stuff.
Well, that worked out nicely. Now Jeter leads off the third, and we'll get two good righty bats at least. With any luck at all, Posada gets a shot from the right side too.
Phew, someone able to get out LaRoche.
It's Peanut Butter Joba Time!
Now I feel better.
Wow, amazing. Every freaking play has involved Wilson, seems like!
I'm enjoying this game. Duke is very hittable, and we're doing little things right.
posada driving the ball up the middle is so nice to watch.
By the way, 68 & 69 were when Joba went 3-0 to Duke, then struck him out.
Great game.
I really miss you. Please come back.
Love,
Adam LaRoche
probably a midge repellent strip ...
I will do my part!
Meanwhile, the Yanks booth is hilarious. The claim seems to be that Jeter is to be admired for not admitting to injury and doing a shitty job while playing hurt. What am I missing here?
....and the K!
I love that Joba is throwing the curve tonight, and getting strikes with it.
Morgan is not a good hitter. I think maybe I would have let Duke hit and used my pinch hitter for Morgan.
Speaking of which: pinch hit for Joba this inning? If anybody is on base, I'd say yes.
"8th inning what, now?"
Hey, It's TJ Beam! Maybe now we'll see what all the excitement was about!
92 good call.
Which pitcher in the major is actually so bad that Cano can hit a 400 foot home run?
99 I must be strange; I prefer watching when the Yanks are winning.
I promise, I'm going to find something.
C'mon Jeter! Draw the walk and get Bobby up there!
I give up. There's just nothing to complain about.
119 Wow, Garcia must be having a good night! ;)
Pirates announcer says that Bobby's home run last night was "wasted" but that tonight's was "meaningful." Don't think about it too much or your brain will bleed.
Bobby baby!
Alex called it - the offense is alive!
Impressive considering they don't have Nick Punto to pin the Gators deep in their own territory.
rainy here and damn am I bored..Gameday not working either so I only got the Banter. more Pavano jokes please!
though when he hits like this, he's The Attack Hamster, which i took from a PJ O'Rourke essay, where he describes a military officer he meets as, "powerful-looking in a short, compressed way, like an attack hamster."
bobby abreu, attack hamster.
OK, Joba gets to start the 7th vs LaRoche, right?
That's impressive on a bunch of levels. You think the Pirates wish they had held on to him?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/RHhP
http://tinyurl.com/3kvnlq
Young set the tone; he only pitched 8 seasons in Boston.
I wonder which pitcher has appeared the most years in a Boston uniform?
If I'm reading that list right, there isn't a single pitcher in the Hall of Fame with a Red Sox cap on his plaque. I wonder who will break that streak first: Clemens, or Pedro?
http://tinyurl.com/4y82dw
Seems like a lot of players are playing in Korea now, as a stepping stone to Japan and then MLB, or just to make more money than they'd get in the minors.
I'm still applauding, though.
RAB linked to a blogpost today that showed just how much Torre has used poor Scotty over the last couple of years ... especially given the fact that he hasn't been all that effective.
Who is Karim Garcia?
OK, Pennock doesn't bother, but I do not think of Lefty Grove as a Red Sox.
This is just too weird.
http://209.23.71.87/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/pennock_herb.htm
It's tough to tell but there is a B up there.
Lefty's is more clearly Boston:
http://209.23.71.87/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/grove_lefty.htm
i would like to know more about how they decide which hat a player goes in wearing.
my friend (a big mets fan) and i were trying to figure out what piazza would go in as - of course he wanted him in as a met; though i think a pretty good case could be made for him as a dodger - but who knows.
So Moeller is the only healthy guy left on the bench - does he hit for Ohlendorf, or does Ross bat for himself?
202 It used to be that the player picked, though I don't know how long that went on. Then, after it was rumored that George was offering Winfield $100K to go in with a Yankees cap, the HoF took the choice away from the player and makes the final decision itself. IIRC, it will consider the player's wishes, but need not follow them.
I think Piazza goes in as a Met, and rightfully so.
So now the Hall reserves the right to make the decision, though they will take some input from the player. Basically, the Hall tries to ask this question: with which team is a player best remembered? Service time, along with where your prime seasons fell, are the two big factors in answering that question.
At least this is the SERIES that Cano gets it going. : )
i guess it is too much to have gotten a bos or tb loss tonight - though i am not sure i like scoreboard watching this early.
mehmattski and others on extra innings - i really hope we get yes tomorrow - these pittsburgh annoucners are getting to be too much.
by the way since riyank has proclaimed tonight as answer night - anyone know the process for which station you get on extra innings?
Anybody looked at his career month-by-month recently?
/sarcasm off
Grabow's primarly role is to get lefties out, so of course, his first out is a RHB.
221 Don't know about on cable, but on DirecTV, we've been getting both home and away feeds.
Give me Kay-Cone-Flaherty or Singleton-Murcer any day.
March/April: .612
May: .699
June: .816
July: .922
August: .807
September/October: .981
http://tinyurl.com/4av7pf
227 agreed - as annoyong as michael kay can be at times i will take a yes booth any day i am watching a yankee game
Joba Rules.
Goodnight all!
more evidence of the stupidity of the save -based on the box score paps gets a save for getting one out in a 5-0 game
If was good to get the game in, considering tonight's weather forecast.
Did EDSP learn nothing from Tanyon Sturtze?
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245. scooplew
144 You might say that Chacon got into a row vs. Wade (or you might not).
This pun, endorsed by fellow pundit Underdog, also receives my Seal of Approval >;)
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