Here we go again

I'm reading all these ARod bashing articles today and how his ninth inning homer was "meaningless" but rarely a mention of Giambi's. What I don't understand is why no one is mentioning that if Jeter or Abreu get on, it's a tie game, if they both get on, Giambi gets the walk off. Where are the mentions of that scenario? Why is it always on Arod?

From Today's NY Post

August 14, 2006 -- Octavio Dotel looks great in the minors, but general manager Brian Cashman cautioned pa tience regarding Dotel's major-league return.

"He's certainly getting close," Cashman said before yesterday's 5-3 loss to the Angels. "We'll take him when he's ready.

"Now you have to re member, he had two rehab stints that he had to shut down (with tendinitis) when he got close. We want to make sure he's ready. He's just not ready yet."

On Saturday, the 32-year-old righty threw another scoreless inning of relief, this time for Triple-A Columbus. He needed 13 pitches in the eighth inning, throwing nine strikes and allowing one hit and whiffing one with two groundouts. Cashman said Dotel hasn't thrown in back-to-back games yet, and the GM was mum on the topic of when that would occur. But the pitcher felt he was ready on Thursday after a perfect inning for Double-A Trenton.

Sunny, if you think that is bad, here is something I mentioned last night on our Internet Yankee show...

On Saturday, I watched the Yanks then went to volunteer for a Miracle League game. In driving to the Miracle League game, I put on WCBS 880 Am to hear the news. Do you know what the lead was for the sports report?

It was NOT "Cano and Damon Hrs lead Yanks to victory". Instead, it was...

"Despite Alex's 20th error of the season, the Yanks still win."

I'm not kidding. That was the lead.

No love from even his flagship radio station.

And if I remember correctly, there are 24 other members of the NY Yankees. I don't remember this being the ARod Yankees. I'm tired of the media (and everyone else) blaming Arod for all the losses, and the Yankees winning "despite" Arod's "lackluster performances". I don't recall Arod playing all 4 infield positions or him batting 1-9. Does Arod need to play better - I think he can and there's room for improvement based on his past performances, but no one man is going to win 162 games all by himself even if he hits .500 and has 100 homers and 200 rbi and 0 errros in one season. No pitching, no winning. Baseball is a team game and everyone has to play well to win. If Arod goes 4-4 and everyone else whiffs, I think we still lose.

You made my point before I could finish typing. This I think is getting ridiculous.

If Wang pitches a 9 inning shut out and we win 3-0 - it would say "Arod's homer a non clutch" and we win "despite Arod's questionable defense" or some **** like that. Move on media people. I foresee that if Arod does turn this around and does .500 for the rest of the season and belts out 20 clutch homers, NO ONE will report how great Arod is doing - it will be how the entire TEAM is hot... sigh

BTW, if you never heard of the Miracle League, go to

http://www.miracleleague.com/

and check it out. It takes time, $$, and lots of volunteers, but if you don't have one, try to set one up in your region. It's worth it.

I was at that game, and I don't even remember him having an error. I remember his two doubles, but I don't remember the error. I brought a sign to the game that read: "A-Rod, we boo because we love" I think that motivated him to hit those two doubles.

By the way, if anyone goes to Yankee stadium, try to get the right field bleacher seats its amazing out there.

Concerning Wang's recent struggles, am I just crazy or does he consistently throw one pitch all game? I don't see him throwing anything besides his sinker, which make him fairly predictable to hit by major league standards.

Give that guy a break. He has struggled for all of 2 games (more like 2 innings). Even those 2 were not like he did not give a chance for the offense. By Wang's standards they were not good. But he still kept the team in the game. He failed the team but the team failed him more. How many times did Wang bail the offense out and also saved the bullpen? Countless.

John, most pitchers who throw sinkers normally throw that pitch about 80-90% of the time...Wang occasionally mixes in a slider and sometimes a 4 seam fastball.

Perfect blog Mark. As always the Yanks and Sox will battle it out down the stretch and both teams will have good games and bad, as well as good weeks and bad.

The most important thing is patience. And maybe a bottle of pepto.

It will all turn out well in the end.

Despite his struggles Wang is atill one of the best pitchers in all of baseball.

If he does not win his next game his wife will be deported and he will have to marry Ashley. And Vince and Eric will move in with them as Ashley's brother Darryl and her other brother Darryl.

Wang has been great and is entitled to a bad game or two. It is frustrating when they come back-to-back. I just hope he is not going through a tired arm phase. I don't think he is used to pitching this many innings.

john, seriously, give wang a break. his sinker is exactly what has made him one of the best pitchers in baseball. just because he has had 2 games where he hasnt been amazing as he was in the previous months doesn't mean that his pitching is not effective.

paul, i am literally laughing out loud over here. curious as how you came up with the name darryl for vince and eric?

Paul had a classmate by name in primary school who always used beat the heck out of Paul. Ever since Paul hates that Darryl and any Darryl.

by name = by name Darryl

Ashley, one of the Bob Newhart Shows, I think the one called Newhart where he owned a country inn up in Vermont, had characters Larry, Darryl, and Darryl.

Larry would enter and introduce his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl. The Darryls would usually leave all the talking to Larry and often one of them carried a sack with a critter or something in it.

Not to stray from the Wang topic but here is an interesting article recapping A-Rod's struggles thus far. From what I could tell it isn't very condemning either.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=arod

Arod can't be blamed for Yankees losing but he can take some of it for them not winning. When players look up to him and see him struggling esecially defensively it brings people down. Players live of from making good plays in the field , from a good pitch to a jeter-esque throw or a dive, it's a big boost. A-Rod doin fine with the bat he just needs to show some grit on the field.He needs to go to Larry or Donny or back to basics somethin cause he does not have it. Hopefully just a blip on radar for him.

That Newhart Show was very funny, one of the best of the 90s I think.

Bob Newhart is one of my all time favorites. It was a thrill for me to actually meet him. I ate lunch next at a table next to him in the commisary on the Paramount lot in LA.

Using every wit I had about me to impress and stun him I think the exact quote from me was, "Ummm hi!"

lol Paul. That was very spontaneous.

The Was Watching Yankee blog has some articles in which Arod reports he has had undisclosed injuries.

Not sure how true that is, 1. that he would not report an injury, 2. one of the sources is the NY Post, 3. that there is a physical problem.

Paul, that's actually an 80's show!

By the way, Vik, totally off on that Darryl guess. No one beat me up in elementary school, and I don't know of a Darryl that I can recall.

Was it the 80s? I loved that show.

You are right it was.

"Newhart" (1982) [TV-Series 1982-1990]

http://imdb.com/title/tt0083455/

"When players look up to him and see him struggling esecially defensively it brings people down. Players live of from making good plays in the field , from a good pitch to a jeter-esque throw or a dive, it's a big boost."

I'd really be interested to hear what an actual player has to say about that, lol. Errors happen, even to the best players.

Yes, it was. Time sure flies. I don't remember too many specifics, but anyone who watched the show will know Larry, Darryl & Darryl. Great pop culture right there.

The show's final episode was the greatest ending of any show in television.

Paul, was that the episode where they introduced Nick Green?

Wang is fine, he left a few pitches in the middle of the plate, he'll recover. Here's hoping Randy gets the win tonight.

Vince: Check this out. Watch it completely.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2751861538415262473

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6437685842446666448

I was just kidding abt you classmate Darryl Paul.

paul, either you are older than i thought or im younger than you thought. i will be 25 soon and do not recall ever watching or hearing of the bob newhart show =)

I wasn't a big Newhart fan, but you may be interested in knowing that his 1960 LP (for those of you that remember LPs)

The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart

spent a few MONTHS at # 1 and won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Quite a feat for a comedy album.

Ashley, Nick at Night has many shows that ran before I was around as well as shows I grew up with. "I Love Lucy" was out of first run TV before I was born but I am sure I have seen every episode 100 times. I think all of the Three Stooges were dead before I was born but I have seen all of their stuff.

Some TV shows are timeless but I am still surprised at the references from the past younger people get today.

I have friends in their sixties who refer to things before my time and I often don't have the same sense of reference, in my forties, since their pop culture did not translate as easily to my era.

paul gets his decades confused because he has lived through too many of them

Vince don't make me stop this car.

i love i love lucy and the 3 stooges.....and miami vice lol.

those are wild catches vik

I have a picture of the Three Stooges on the wall here in my office, "Golf With Your Friends."

I'VE SEEN THAT! ...don't know why i just got so excited, but i have two friends that have that in their rooms

That picture sort of indicates the way I play golf.

paul, do you watch any tv from this decade?

Nope Ashley. I don't watch TV, except for sports.

ashley what do u watch

Yeah Vince. Actually there is this south african guy called Jonty Rhodes. ESPN would have made a highlight reel that can last atleast 3 hrs with all his feats. He makes catches a lot harder than these. He actually plays rugby, baseball and cricket.

I was stuck in the hospital a year ago and had TV there and was really bored by it.

The reality shows are all utter ****. There are a few good situation comedies, but very few and I would watch Letterman.

Paul: Do you watch Monk? Its really good. Well. Atleast I like it.

Never saw it. Really, I have a TV, but it is not even plugged in.

vince, im not a huge TV person. i do love 24 though, and entourage. ive prob also seen every episode of law and order too.

paul's wild.

I watch family guy, 24, miami vice reruns, the simpsons, sports, that might be it.

Plus, cricket players catch the ball bare-handed. Hit at the speed the catch it sometimes, I bet it feels like catching a shot put out of a small canon.

oh dear god. You love 24. wanna get married in st patricks?

My wife likes law and order too. But only SVU and the TNT Law and order. She hates CI. I have to admit, it is addictive. Now I watch it everyday. Especially SVU.

CI is pretty miserable. yea, i like svu the best. the regular kind is pretty good too. i still think that entourage and 24 are the best shows on TV, other than yankee games of course.

vince, i will have to see whether or not wang and his wife divorce and then ill get back to you, k?

Years ago I used to have cable and I was such a type A personality I would tape movies from HBO/Cinemax/Showtime and watch them in fast forward because I did not have time for the whole movie. But each time I sat down to actually watch a movie the cable would go out. Or each time I would tape something the cable would go out.

The cable was going out 4 out of 7 days a week. I would complain and they would say it was a temporary outage or I was the only one to complain. I got so frustrated I terminated my relationship with the cable company in a less than kind way.

I got out of the TV habit quickly after that. And now I enjoy buying or renting movies on dvd. And watch the whole movie.

Two channels I watch the most are CNN and ESPN. NBC when tennis is on.

The simpsons, family guy, yankee games, yankee classics, sportscenter, 24, Miami Vice, Giants games, MXC, Brisco County, Boston Public (circa 2002), Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell the College Years, Seinfeld, Frasier, The Cosby Show, Eureka's Castle, The Roundhouse, The Daily Show, The State, Power Rangers, Baseball Tonight, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mike and the Maddog

thsat is my list on facebook for favorite shows current and of all time

and ashley, fine you can get back to me, but i believe he has a strong marriage....provided he continues to pitch...the offer still stands for you though ;)

Frasier is one of the best all time shows. So was Seinfeld but I liked Frasier.

And Kelsey Grammer spent time here. So I got to know him a little back in the Cheers days.

Saved By the Bell! I think I have seen every episode. That's pretty scary.

yes yes let's all embrace my taste.....saved by the bell was watched by an entire generation, not my generation but my sisters used to watch it so i watched it too....can u believe it was only on for 3 years?

i liked frasier a lot until the last season when it got really really serious, but i used to love that show and it is one of the things that made me want to be on the radio lol

I am too old for Saved by the Bell. I tried to watch it and I did not get what the laugh track enjoyed. The principal was just too stupid.

There were many shows that were filmed before a studio audience and still added a laugh track.

I saw the taping of a teen show pilot in LA that had Joey Lawrence as a guest star. Lots of screaming in the audience but the show was awful. I don't think it was on more than 3 or 4 episodes.

During the show he whipped his shirt off and I almost had to hold my ears. I happened to be sitting next to his mother and I looked at her and she shrugged and smiled.

This was a number of years ago because I met his little brothers who are not so little any more I don't think.

my sister was on a float with joey lawrence in the macy's thanksgiving day parade one year...she was also on one with julie andrews and the dunkin donuts man during her 4 or 5 year run (her best friend's mom at the time was high up in macy's, then became vp of the entire aeropostale chain...she is now retired needless to say with a lot of money.) Anyway, she used to think blossom was the dumbest show ever but it was hysterical joey lawrence was on her float.

I hate laugh tracks on any show, regardless of if they had an audience....the only redeeming quality is listening for the person with the most awkward laugh, there is always someone.

I used to get tickets for tapings through friends or connections butone show I had to get on my own and stand on line for was Married With Children. I think the studio was Screen Gems and I knew no one there.

That was a fun show to see and was truly a riot.

They used to tape each show twice before 2 totally different audiences and edit it together. At the time it was unusual to do that.

actually thanks to her being in the parade that is how i got oneill and williams autographs...in 96 when the yankees were in the parade before they get dispursed they are all in a room together and my sister ran into them kinda sitting around, so she said her brother was a huge fan and the rest is on my dresser.

i never enjoyed married with children until college....don't know why i used to think it was gross and stupid until i got to college, now i think it is a genius

That is nice. That reminds me...I want to get Bernie's sutograph on this visit to Boston....I need to beg a sports reporter.

I have no sports autographs any more.

I bet you still watch those SBTB reruns on TBS, Vince.

Screech was the singularly most annoying persona on TV at that time. Did you know he's selling T-shirts online to save his house?

I am also embarrassed to ask anyone for autographs.

Anybody here like Kramer and Joey??

Well, I need to head out to Staple. Hope to be back by game time. See you later folks.

The guy filling in for Jim Rome is really yucky.

hahah and your point angel? yeah i never liked screech, i was obviously a zack guy. I love kramer, joey not so much, he plays a dumb italian and that bothers me. Much like the sopranos tend to bother me, there are an insane amount of italian americans and none of them step up and defend the way they are portrayed. Bloomberg refused to march in the ny it/am parade because they banned a cast member of the sopranos from it....he is a *****. I was a chandler guy.

I have no issues asking for autographs lol, none at all. i just have an issue waiting to get them.

I think he plays a practical italian than a dumb italian.

i don't know, he says some pretty bonehead things that imply dumb

Ok you guys are talking about TV and I'm surprised no one mentioned my favorite show (which is also the most watched show on TV), CSI...Criss Angel Mindfreak, Baseball Tonight, and Everybody Loves Raymond are also favorites of mine.

I used to make an effort to watch Baseball Tonight, but those days are over.

Tonight's lineup...a bit of a new look:

Damon CF

Jeter SS

Abreu RF

Giambi DH

Rodriguez 3B

Cano 2B

Posada C

Wilson 1B

Cabrera LF

ive been watching again to see each team's web gems of history. I like eveyrbody loves raymond, my mom always tells me im gonna be him one day.

CSI SVU is what my sister does for a living essentially. Well sort of, she is an assistant district attorney and prosecutes criminals for sex crimes

ilike it, i guess joe is abandoning the righty lefty thing

Do you mean Law and Order SVU Vince?

Well Abreu hits .315 off of lefties so the matchup thing won't work against him.

yes i did alex haha...good, let's hope the lineup shakeup puts some runs on the board, i have to go get some new clothes for school, hopefully i'll be back for game time (if not i might shoot myself)

Shopping for clothes...good luck Vince.

thanks, i'll need it, i dread shopping

alex, i like csi: miami. but only the dvd box sets so i can watch like 6 episodes all in a row.

Oh ok Ashley, I got hooked on the characters of CSI Las Vegas so I couldn't really get in to Miami.

Dotel pitched a 1-2-3 inning for Columbus today, striking out 1 and throwing 12 pitches.

I like this lineup. Other wise Cano's hits were all wasted because of Posada in front and Wilson behind.

haha, i like gil grissom. but the cast of miami as a whole is better.

Could Dotel be a surprise for the sox series.

Yeah Grissom owns, but how can you not like Nick, Warrick, and Greg? Those guys are hilarious.

Vince, the wedding I went to this weekend was at St. Patrick's. What an amazing place.

Jeez everyone's getting married this month, I'm going to a wedding this weekend.

As I catch up...
The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart was #1 for 14 weeks in 1960. (mono chart...at that time there was a separate chart for mono and stereo!)

The Three Stooges...the main ones...Curly had a stroke in 1948, died in 1952. Shemp died of a heart attack in 1955. Larry and Moe died in 1975.

Is that the official Lineup Alex? Makes sense to flip flop the hot Cano and the cold Jorge.

Thanks for the Dotel update. I was going to check for that, and yes, I hope Dotel is ok for the Boston series, but see the Post article on Dotel (found at the top of this thread).

Oh yeah, the followup

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! hit # 1 for 1 week in 1961.

LOL

Yes that is the official lineup Mike.

Hate to disappoint everyone, but Dotel won't be ready for Boston. Not sure he'll be on the road trip at all, but Boston looks extremely doubtful.

Thanks for the info on Dotel Mark.

mark, that's awesome, my sister was married there last june, ur right it is amazing, i think i am the only person to ever sprint in a tux during a wedding, but I did it to walk both a bridesmaid and my mom down the aisle in near succession....now that my sister was married there, I am automatically eligible for it

all the random tourists looked at me like i was crazy when i was jumping the rope hurdles and unhooked the final one to let myself back into the wedding

I love CSI = Las Vegas. I have all of them on DVD and I really like playing the Xbox game.

Gee, I can't imagine why, Vince, lol.

That was nice you were able to walk both your mom and your sister down the aisle though.

her friend and my mom* her friend was a bridesmaid....come on now we're italian u know my dad had to walk her down. GAME TIME

Sheesh the YES guys are annoying me.. that doesn't happen all that often.

Oh sorry Vince, I got confused - i'm scattered what can I say, lol. I should quit while i'm ahead.

does mark shut down the blog in the off season?

angel, the love to obsess about a-rod, much like everyone else in the country.

I wish people would just leave Alex alone so Alex can be Alex :'(

I was wondering abt the same thing Ashley? What happens to the blog in the offseason. If it is shutdown, how many of us will return next season and will I remember all of your names? A lot of questions.

Vince ... the tourists were the craziest part. I found it so odd that people were watching from the sides as my buddy got married. Then, when we were all walking out, people were videotaping us. Strange.

Ashley ... the blog will be here year-round. I can't say how often I'll post, because I haven't had an offseason with the blog before. I imagine I'll post 2-3 times per week, or whenever something is going on. I'll post daily from the Winter Meetings, for sure. Don't worry ... we aren't going anywhere.

True, Ashley. I was going to ask.. why should Arod apologize for when he hit that HR? Seriously, especially considering Giambi hit one right after him and no one is saying anything. I mean it could have been the start of a rally. How is it his fault that Abreu and Jeter weren't able to get on before him? Sheesh, guys.

if the blog's open in the off season, i'd be here watching the trades etc. I have serious baseball withdrawal syndrome in the off season.

hahaha

Beckett bombs. 1st pitch triple.

I went to St. Patricks on a field trip about 3 years ago...it was beautiful.

i hope the Tigers own the Sox.

How's it goin Lola.

Hi everybody!

Hoping the pleasant version of Randy shows up today.

1-0 Detroit. 1st and 3rd on nobody out.

Hey Alex, how are you? =) Good day??
terrible throw by georgie.. :-/

woo hoo 1-0 tigers 1st and 3rd on nobody out.

Yeha I'm pretty good Lola, well as good as I can be after a whole day of cleaning and packing haha

lol vik and i said same thing :-D

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That's what you call a clutch out from Randy right there haha.

a GOOD play by A-Rod!
YAY!

go Tigers!!!!

lol Lola. I have the sox game on TV. FSN Detroit.

you are moving too alex? ha ha me too! :-D Moving into my new spot tommorow..been cleaning and packing since the weekend =)
2-0 tigers, woo hoo

man, i miss andy phillips on first =(

Actually I'm going to Pennsylvaina, then to Massachusetts, then back to Pennsylvania, then to Montreal, then back to Pennsylvania, then back here haha. I probably won't be posting very often if at all after tonight until September.

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oh...summer field trip? sounds like fun! =)

Haha yeah I'm going to my cousins wedding then moving my brother into college.

boy does beckett blow lately! i love it :-D, 3-0 tigers!

I love it when Beckett gets shelled. He is my 2nd-least favorite pitcher in baseball after Schilling.

Lackey is throwing nothing but strikes.

Will Loretta ever make an out in the 1st inning??

Hmm, why can't we get players like Juan Rivera?
Sounds familiar...

Ortiz strikes out looking

I wonder how many times Randy has faced Salmon...they were in the same division for quite a while.

But if Ortiz had hit a home run ESPN would've called it unclutch because it didn't tie/give Bos. the lead, right?

I hate ESPN.

So far so good, RJ.

Jason's heating up nicely.

Giambi has kind of flown under the radar but he's on a role right now.

Alex, hit the ball to the right side. Man on 2nd, no one out...fundamental baseball.

Sigh.

That was one of the wierdest calls by Sterling I've ever heard.

He went from HR call, to not, to HR call, to not.

by role I meant roll. haha

why wont micheal kay just shut the **** up, urghhh

Hmmmm, Salmon is playing. Sounds fishy to me...

Yeah, Giambi doesn't get enough credit for carrying the middle of the lineup this year, with the injuries and all of A-Rod's "problems"

Time to break the slump, Jorge.

Way to get that runner to 3rd A Rod....right, fundamental baseball......GEES...could have runners on the corners

Alex you will be on the road for 3 weeks? Mass? Montreal? PA?

I love Montreal, though I have not been there in a while.

i love you guys

It's amazing the respect that Cano gets, seeing as though it's only his second year. He's earned it though.

Jorge breaks the slump, but

####!

lol, did giambi really think he's the road runner all of a sudden? ha...nice way to get called out =)

Yay Jorge
Ugh Giambi

Come on Posada,,do SOMETHING, get a RUN IN

I really hope Giambi gets his *** reamed for that bone head move.

sma, very typical of you...do you cream yourself when arod makes an out?

Yeah Paul it's from about the 15-31, Wedding in Massachusetts, moving my brother into college in Montreal, and we have a town house in PA so we'll stay there in between.

ok, that was gross...lol, didnt mean to say that.

Guys. Please explain the plays. You are breaking the suspense but not explaining what happened.

I would really put Jorge 9th til he breaks out of his slump. Maybe take off any pressure.

Double, walk, single, and no runs. Ouch.

********* can't score again, *** guys, the most clutch thing they have been doing is striking out lately.

No Lola, I'd cream if he did something productive to help this team win......A Rod gets runner to 3rd, we'd be up......this won't do the trick when we play Boston who is batting like .300 at home...another bad inning....should have gotten 1 out of that minimum

Giambi ran past Larry Bowa's stop sign and was thrown out.
The Yanks have had WAY too many innings like that one lately.

Giambi doubled, Alex grounded out...but to third so Giambi couldn't advance. Cano walked, Posada singled but Giambi went through the stop sign and was thrown out by a mile, and Wilson made the last out.

Sam, i definitely agree...
i just hope u'd criticize the rest of the team equally when they make a critrical out. seems you get an automatic alert when arod does something cause thats when you pop out of no where.

Reggie Willis?
Never heard of him.

It's silly what managers do to avoid lefty/righty matchups.

The main reason they didn't score in that inning?

Giambi ignoring the stop sign.

The fact is ARod is hitting pretty well this month. Jeter, Damon, and Jorge are not hitting well at all.

I agree Paul. Jeter, Damon and Posada are not hitting at all. But they will come out of the slump soon.

imagine if it was arod that ran through the stop sign...boy, we'd be calling for his head!

Torre should find a way to put Bernie in the lineup atleast every other game. He has been really hot and clutch.

Jeter looked good yesterday, and Jorge got a hit today. Hopefully they're breaking out.
A Randy K.

damon's new nickname for this month is 04 (as in 0 for 3, 4, 5 etc). ha ha...so is georgie's...but yeah..no one notices, cause we are busy watching how alex scratches his head with his left or right hand, and writing a critism of it.

if blastoff beckett is detonated quickly tonight it could spell a loss tomorrow too with papelbon all fragile and their pen already taking one way vacation into **********

This offense really needs to get going or will be a long 5 games in Boston. And we need nothing short of a sweep the next 3 days.

Pedro pulled after 1 inning. Six runs on 4 hits, 2 met errors.

Pitch 1 - Foul
Pitch 2 - In play, out(s) recorded

Howie Kendrick singles on a ground ball to left fielder Melky Cabrera.

Silly gameday.

Exactly right, Lola.

Who would've thought after '04 Yankees fans would be giving Damon a free pass and booing A-Rod like mad?

OMG, Pedro got served!

Lola, agreed, Posada in a huge slump, hope this was the start to things to come. We should win games giving up 5 runs to good teams like LA.

The good RJ thru 3.

keep updating me on beckett, it gets me off when he is miserable

MIDDLE 1ST

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:1 O:0

Jimmy Rollins singles on a soft ground ball to second baseman Chris Woodward.

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:1 O:0

With Shane Victorino batting, Jimmy Rollins steals (27) 2nd base.

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:2 O:1

Shane Victorino flies out to center fielder Carlos Beltran.

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:2 O:1

Chase Utley singles on a line drive to right fielder Lastings Milledge. Jimmy Rollins scores.

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:1 O:1

Ryan Howard singles on a line drive to right fielder Lastings Milledge. Chase Utley to 3rd.

Bottom 1ST B:4 S:0 O:1

David Dellucci walks. Ryan Howard to 2nd.

Bottom 1ST B:0 S:2 O:1

Aaron Rowand hit by pitch. Chase Utley scores. Ryan Howard to 3rd. David Dellucci to 2nd.

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:2 O:1

With Chris Coste batting, Ryan Howard scores on a balk. David Dellucci advances to 3rd on a balk. Aaron Rowand advances to 2nd on a balk.

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:2 O:1

Chris Coste hit by pitch.

Bottom 1ST B:0 S:0 O:2

Abraham Nunez doubles (5) on a line drive to center fielder Carlos Beltran. David Dellucci scores. Aaron Rowand scores. Chris Coste scores. Abraham Nunez out at 3rd, center fielder Carlos Beltran to second baseman Chris Woodward to third baseman David Wright.

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:3 O:3

Cole Hamels strikes out swinging.

I agree to a point Lola, but A Rod for most part is hitting 4th and suppose to drive in runs or at least get runners over or something productive. Damon job is to get on, not to drive in runs. My throat is too sore to yell at A Rod tonight, but there is just something about him, can't put my finger on, that I have never liked about him, I am sorry.

A delivery by the Melkman. Now JD must PULL the ball.

I'd like to see a sac bunt.

So Giambi's running blunder cost us atleast a 2 runs and probably 3.

come on damon produce right here in out or hit fashion

Another lead off double. Let's hope this one turns out better than the last.

i think i know it Sam...his gentlemanly composure? His payroll? His rep as "the best player in baseball"? They all tend to be factors that get people off...

let's not kill giambi all right wilson did strike out so who knows what happens with cabrera up and the bases loaded, 1 run is fair cause giambi killed the momentum, but 2-3 is getting excessive

There you go Damon...see, it wasn't that hard.

Good job JD - let's go DJ!

bases loaded with tigers, 2 outs..

Hey Yankees fans... just wanted to drop in and say hi - go yanks! Come on Jete - bring Melky home!

Another Beckett bomb.

5-0 Tigers.

Pitch 1 - Foul
Pitch 2 - In play, run-scoring play

woo hoo

YES!!! 5-0 tigers ;-D

JETER! GONE!

MVP

Don't know Lola. I just think he is self centered. Obviously, he is way overpaid, but who isn't in baseball? I would have taken the money too. I don't think he is the best player today in baseball. I don't know, maybe just me.

Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessss lead 2-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

really thought that ball was caught, LOL. made me hold my breath..

YAY!

YES YES Y-E-S.

Nice hit Jeter!

well Sam, i hear you. its your opinio so i wont fault you for it. Lots of people have that same argument.
But may i ask though..what about him makes you believe he is self centered as you say?

I pulled a little Dane Cook there.

Nice

yay for the captain!

I don't know, can't put my finger on it. I really can't. Just seems when he gets up to bat, I really don't get excited as I do like Giambi, Jeter, or Abreu and A Rod is suppose to produce. I know he had a great year last year. And we all go through our ups and downs, just doesn't seem like he is feared as he was w/Texas or Seattle. I am still really sore from my surgery, so I think I can watch at least 3 games this weekend. I want to see what A Rod does against Boston. I am glad he is hitting 5th today

It's easy to take one week, or one month, or one season, and say that A-Rod is not the best player in baseball.

But when you look at his first 10 years playing compared to the first 10 years of any player in history?

You have to be brain-dead to not admit he's one of the best ever, and arguably the best playing today.

I agree, looking at stats, one of the best ever. So is Tiger Woods, I have to admit, but not a huge fan of his neither. Still got 50 plus games, but I think A Rod is having off year this year compared to past years

4500!

A-Rod carried the Yankees last year, but then when the playoffs came around, he wasn't there. Early this season the fans were ready to get on him at the first chance they had and they haven't gotten off him since.

Mark Loretta just failed to move the runner from 2nd to 3rd.

There must be something seriously wrong with Loretta, right?

In my opinion, it boils down to his contract. Not in baseball, finance, industry, baketball whatever that someone has been regarded as the "highest" paid and it affect them. People just naturally expect more then, sometimes unrealistically...i'd personally never want to be the highest paod anything...call it underachieving but its just too much to live up to.

As Randy gets strike out number 4500 :-D lets go RJ!!!

randy!! congrats! it is so nice to see him pitching well, he could be a major factor if he continues. our 3 pitcher has been pitching better than the sox 2 pitcher

Lot of people didn't show up against LAA in playoffs last year......hitting wise.......

LET'S GO YANKEES!

You are right Alex...i definitely do believe the angels series had a lot to do with this year, because people were just waiting to get on him...he was definitely the scapegoat of that series (the rest of the team didnt show up either...except robbie)

Yeah but because it's A-Rod its magnified.

I definitely hope they got RJ the ball.

Only the 3rd pitcher to ever get that many Ks right?

....for over 50 years Walter Johnson had the record at 3508...

Yes. Behind Nolan and Roger.

Surprising. Beckett is behind 5-0, but he hasn't really thrown more pitches than Detroit's starter. Only like 5 more through 3 innings.

A-Rod didn't run to second base right...I think he should be traded.

Depends on what you do with your pitches/hits....

Kind of like how time of possession in football is overrated. In 1994 Penn State was undefeated. Their offense only averaged about 20 minutes a game in time of possession...but they averaged about 47 pts a game. The offense was so explosive that they didn't have too many long, consuming drives. They'd score from anywhere, anytime.

*sigh* Alex cant win...

break out of the slump Jorge!

#%$^^&**^&*((!

so much for posada getting out of his slump

double play took out 2 lead runners....double &)(&(^(%&*%&*$^&!

I want Phillips back in at 1B.

Let Wilson bat against the lefties, since Phillips can't hit 'em. But, please, bench Wilson on the righties.

i think we should all agree that a-rod cant win, and move on, and maybe stop talking about him for a little bit. it was very peaceful in the past few weeks when a-rod was not the topic of conversation 24/7.

that inning was just plain ugly

Wilson is either strike out or home run. His last HR was against a RHP I think.

I agree. Replace Wilson with Phillips tonight. See what he can do.

I saw Beckett at 70 pitches and Robertson at 50

Hey everybody!

I came back from dinner to see DJ justified my wearing his jersey today, yet I see lots of grumpiness here. What have I missed?

I live in Eastern PA...and I am not an Eagle fan....so you can understand that the whole A-rod thing reminds me of the endless and nauseating all T.O. all the time deal of last year (and it still hasn't stopped here, believe you me)

Earlier in the year the Big Unit would have just given up and walked that guy after he was behind 3-0.

Karl you must now wear that jersey every game.

i'd rather be talking about TO than A-rod

I know what you're talking about Mike...T.O. was liked for about a year in Philly then as soon as he said something about McNabb the fans turned on T.O. McNabb is like Jeter to the Eagles fans.

...and Karl, you are not allowed to wash it.

I hate the Eagles. I hate the Flyers even more. I hate the 76ers most. I think they may have a baseball team also.

I lived in Allentown some time ago and hated the Philly sports.

yes posada got the ball for johnson.

I lived in Exton, PA for 11 years...I like to see the Phillies do well but that's really the only Philadelphia team I casually like.

Ugh, this jersey's going to get dirty.
I have a 2nd Jeter shirt. Am I allowed to wear that one?

Just like me, Paul. I hate all Philly sports teams and live near Allentown.

no Karl, not sure if the rules on lucky shirts...can you wash them?

If you guys think you are having too much fun and want to get mad for any reason, visit Ian's blog.

Why, Vik?

I hated the 76ers the most because of Iverson, but I loved Julius Erving. He was the best basketball player ever, bar none. I saw him play a lot when he was with the Nets.

The team I hated the most was the Flyers. I was an avid Islander fan then and the Flyers were the dirtiest team ever. Worse than professional wrestling which is an act.

I used to watch Bobby Clark spear people in the back and almost never get caught. he was the dirtiest of the dirty.

All the typical redsox whining and Jeter Vs Ortiz comparisons etc

Buckle down Randy

So what do you all think? Can we get 2 more innings out of RJ?

RJ is putting together 2 great starts in a row.
A 3rd would be crucial. He pitches saturday.

Depends on next inning Rob. Yeah I know I am genius.

RJ is at 76 pitches through 5. Maybe he can go 2 more.

The good Randy tonight, just like last time. We really need that.

The key to a good run is getting 3 pitchers to all click simultaneously.

For example, we all know Guidry went 25-3 in 1978. The key to the great comeback that year? Well, Gator was consistent throughout.

Ed Figueroa started 7-7, then finished 13-2 to go 20-9.

Catfish Hunter started 3-4, then went 9-2 in the last great run of his career to finish 12-6.

RJ always pitches poorly on Saturday day games.

It would be nice to get two more so we can give the 'pen a bit of a rest. But I don't want to risk tiring him out for his Saturday start. I mean, it's not like he's 40 anymore, right?

Boy, it sure would be nice if we could put some more runs on the board.

I loved watching Guidty pitch.

He was fast and sailed through games. Unlike Vazquez who is like a human rain delay.

Guidry sailed through games. And you just KNEW after 2 strikes he would get another.

um, that didn't work.
I do like the aggressive call though.

God Blessed!!

Boy - that would've been a run if Melky was still on first...

I think Jeter's slump is over.

I know - I know - no point second guessing... sigh

DJ's heating up again.

He must have heard the Sox fans on the other blog ripping him.

If things do even out in baseball, then the Red Sox should go 8-20 in their last 28 games with about 15 of their losses coming in the 9th or in extra innings.

johnson would be absolutely huge if he came through saturday, i sense beckett will perform like schilling would though and johnsonw ill perform like beckett usually does.

Ground rule double--Melky would be at 3rd.

We can hope....

uh - oh - Detriot is starting to falter...

How do the Yanks rank hitting into double plays. Seems they get 2 double plays an inning in games they lose.

wow - nice at bat by Areu

Whats up with all these DPs?

Boston has a losing record on the road.

How many teams that can't win on the road make the playoffs?

If we don't need him can we fly Mo to Boston to close for Detroit?

Dammit giambi

2005 San Diego Padres Rob, 36-45 on the road, but it was in the NL West so it doesn't really count.

5 LOB - 2 in scoring position...

nice detroit DP

whats the status in the sox game right now

5-1 Vince. Top 6th.

They are 7th in the league in grounding into DP

Another single by Juan Rivera....why don't we get players like that?

Thannks, Mike, I expected it to be higher.

Lights out RJ!
One more inning at least!

DP A ROD STARTED IT WOOOOO

we did - we gave him away.

I almost called it. But I did not want to jinx him.

paul i'd be willing to bet everytime u make ur "why can't we get players like that" comment, that EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEBODY will correct u. Just a prediction

I am going to keep making fish jokes about Salmon until someone laughs.

Even if it makes me eel.

nice - i think RJ made 6 pitches that inning.

I was floundering for that joke.

not always, Vince, but it does happen. Most do not realize I only say that for ex Yankees.

Just realized: the Yankees runs today are all due to the long ball again.

Salmon could not play yesterday. He had a haddock.

packing a ton of stuff for a weekend at my uncle's beach house..plenty of room...plenty of room...plenty of roooooom!!!

Willy Mo Pena, why can't the Yankees get players like that?

that is a flawed comment, if jeter doesn't homer it is a sac fly, that's just not fair to say today.

love that commercial =)

lol paul that last one was a stretch

we never had him did we Alex?

Georgie breaking out, 2 for 3 tonight.

I like the one about the smoothies Lola, ...and dinner is so far away, this distance is an ocean, and time has taken my boat away, but nooooooow I won't be hungry anymooooore...

LOL - now stop.

:-P

It was a fluke Vince.

Good point, Vince. Jeter's HR could have been a sac fly.

But you have to admit, they have had trouble with the small game today.

Of course, now that I say that, watch them score with the small game.

He was in the system Paul, I don't know if he played a game for the Yankees.

Yes we did - Wily Mo was a Yankee

awww, melky =( still love u though...

Pena was a Yankee farmhand.
He left in a trade, I believe to Cincinnati. Couldn't tell you who for.

why is everyone swinging at the first freaking pitch?!?!?!?

We should have a World Series party/gathering at Mark's palatial estate.

lol well they haven't built a rally but they haven't been as terrible as in the past, only one real opportunity blown today, maybe 2

Aaron Bleepin Boone

this is my favorite commercial...
maybe i do wanna be be a french fry :-D

Aaron Freaking Boone!

Good job Curtis - next time try a golf club - you might actually hit it.

Then it is worth it. The trade.

Wily Mo Pena
Wily Mo Pena

Bats Right, Throws Right

Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 10, 2002

Born January 23, 1982 in Laguna Salada, D.R.

Transactions

July 15, 1998: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

February 28, 1999: Free agent signing by the New York Mets voided.

April 5, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 21, 2001: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Drew Henson and Michael Coleman.

and likes long walks on the beach.....and freaking Drew Henson again!!

what did boone do? i don't get it?

hahah paul that was better, anyone else think mark looks like mr cellophane from the movie version of chicago? Can't remember his real name.

Truth be told, Pena ain't all that. He's a mediocre OF and a streaky bat.

Willy Mo wasn't traded for Boone, the Yankees played Cincinatti earlier in the year and Willy was already playing for them.

Boone is known by the Red Sawx as Aaron Bleeping Boone - much line Bucky Bleeping Dent.

I can not agree more Sunny.

He belted the 11th inning homer off Wakefield in to 2003 ALCS and tooke the Yanks to the WS, where we promptly lost to the Fish in 6.

I'm having a really hard time not posting on the S*x blog. Talking about how Beckett has the ability to pitch in a place like Boston? hahaha. Yeah, all the preasure there. You only need to win a WS every 86 years or whatever and you're okay.

The whole Drew Henson thing was an unmitigated disaster. The Yanks finally got rid of him and then they got him back!!

where the heck is my spell checker??

Drew Henson still haunts me.

dammit

Come on Randy don't leave that 1-2 pitch there.

last inning for RJ methinks.

I have never posted on the Sox blog. I may consider it once the Yanks are 5 games up and I think they will maintain that lead or build on it.

that was one flat pitch by RJ

F"CK!!!!!!!

kendrick is destroying the al east

What Lola said.

YIKES*!!!

This Kendrick kid is killing us. ANd did you see that. The Angels get 2 runs and the redsox get 2.

double whammy - youkilis homers - manny scores. detroit 5-3

geez end it now

can someone please take RJ out?

Pull RJ. Now. He's hanging things and when that happens he goes to pieces fast.

red sox 5-3...

Another inning with 2 outs and the Yankee pitcher can't put the team away.

down RJ - the idea is to keep the pitches DOWN. Geez...

Farnsie or Villone will pitch the 8th...

ooo look - detroit finally got an out

cano has looked drunk lately in the field... 2-3 times he has bobbled the exchange, lost his footing, what is going on

*collective sigh of relief*

willy mo is not very attractive. neither on gameday nor in real life. God forgive me.

101 pitches--he is done. He pitched a good game but the batters are not supporting him.

good freaking lord - the Yanks better start hitting like they mean it or RJ don't get the win - and neither do the Yanks

Now we have to score this inning to get Randy the win.

not like that makes his HRs count any less...

Vince pre-game toasting?

they should've taken him out last inning.

It's time for Damon to get his butt in gear and get on base.

Randy did his job. Its on the offense and bullpen now.

at this point I would be happy with a walk

Lola could you make it to the stadium by next inning to lob some frozen turkeys?

I am still concerned about the Yankees' bats. They're still looking awfully flat. RJ did a decent job and put the Yanks in position to win, and they are not coming thru. Timely hitting. Cmon boys and girls.

JD is hitting .180 in Aug....he needs to end the slump

damon could have definitely had a double there, that is upsetting, i hope he steals 2nd

That's a start!

i'll see what i can do Paul. Anything for my team.

I'll take that.

Gotta either bunt or hit and run right here.

SeanEZ is in for Boston.....

atta boy, Derek! Way to call it, Alex.

Lola you've got a good arm right, you could just go outside and throw them towards the stadium.

what a BUNT!

YES DJ!

GO DJ!!!!

Thats good too

yes a bunt!!! thatis the way

I'd like another bunt here actually.

****, Alex that'd be pretty darn impressive if i could work that out :-D

there is ur small ball for the moment

I'm gonna wear this shirt more often...MVP chants at the Stadium.

Oh my, the Phillies are murdering the Mess 13-0. Ouch.

Derek is up to .275 in Aug

Bobby is .333 for Aug

Giambi .354 in Aug and ARod .327

Well done Bobby.

back to back bunts good enough fro u guys? now we have our 3 hitter playing small ball, come on giambi don't strike out!

small ball...
they walk giambi to get to alex...

boy i hope alex makes em cry =)

****!
Nice sac, though.

Fly ball Giambino come on.

wow.....a rod. come on god show some mercy

Vince, I don't think Giambi is going to K in this AB. lol.

It's right there for A-Rod now.

IBB Giambi.

Sets the stage for A-Rod to shut up the boos.

ARod has to make them pay for walking Giambi.

He needs to smack the ball like he smacks Nick Green in the showers.

OOPS

Come through, A-Rod. Now's the time.

Walking to get to A Rod, now come on A Rod get a run in...........still don't know if I would have bunted Abreu there...we shall see

CMon - time for AROD to turn into Mr Clutch - !!

Giambi apparently hits .500 against Lackey.

Plus, by putting him on first, you set up the DP.

Come on A Rod...........

OH MAN, alex missed a grand mama by like 2 feet!!!

HOLY FREAKIN YAY!!

sac fly for a-rod. ill take it.

Aww he missed a GS by not even a foot.. Well he got the run in, thats what matters.

hello everyone again, lol.

GOOD ENOUGH...Just missed a grand slam...

but He got it in the air and got the run in.

and now hopefully Robbie can get a hit.

SF GETS IT DONE
YES AROD

Just a little short.

BUT GOOD ENOUGH!

headlines tomorrow

"a rod can't come through with grand slam in yankee win"

Well done A-Rod...Well done, the Yankees have done everything right this inning.

i'll take the go ahead rbi though =)

wheww...let's get another run here...now that is a good ab by A Rod

OK, one run in, good job...prefer more but that is still good.

robbie is such a first pitch hacker =)

I'll take that too.

a run is a run - no compaining from here.

I bet we hear "Yanks win despite Arod's non-grand slam but scores the go ahead run on a sac fly instead."

*has heart attack after sam praises A-Rod*

dammit Juan Rivera...why can't he drop balls?

robbie is such a first pitch hacker =)

Posted by: Lola | August 14, 2006 09:21 PM

hahaha. True, but at least he hit the ball hard, and din't dribble it, or something like that.

9 left on base by the Yanks....they are getting the guys on.

Let us hope they hold on.

yeah seriously i think i just died and went to heaven, russ just complimented a rod. It is like god favoring eve again. let's hope farnsy is the good one. why do most of our pitchers have a good and bad side? like a blatant good and bad side

See you all later, gotta go eat.

C'mon Farnsy!

Pepto time!

ESPN: Yankees win, despite ARod not being able to get a 7 run HR.

brb, rubbing Pepto™ all over my body

ee-freakin-gads.

Hi Angel!!!! :-D

i hope farnsworth isn't intimidated into throwing a hanging slider

jeez they knew where to try to hit it

whew - one down

Vince, I am in pain, too sore to yell tonight......

100 mph fastball. not bad.

Hey there, Lola. *smile*

Methinks - this offseason - Coco Crispy is wearing a new uniform

whoa, farnsie throwing hard!

101 mph.

hello angel!

haha o ok russ u get a pass tonight, i wish u soreness more often, haha jk

I will take a pass. This *****, haven't eaten anything but pudding and jello **** since Thursday....

wow a solid play by ARod AND Jeter... (sarcasm)

Constant 100 MPH

Love those 1-2-3 innings from Farnsy

great pitching farnsy!!

Pride strikes out :-D
Pride, good guy...wrote a post about him once http://yankeeslo.mlblogs.com/its_all_about_the_boys_in/2006/05/now_batting_cle.html#comments

1-2-3 Farnsie!

I wish we donot have to use Mo today.

another run would be great here

Gotta go to Mo, oh yeah, gotta go to Mo!

nice inning by Farns, at least on GameDay it looked good.

Schill vs Moose on Sunday

GREAT inning by Farnsy.

Remember when we were talking about Matsuzaka? A friend gave me this about him...in high school (or whatever it is in Japan)...there was a 3 game championship.

Game 1...He goes 17 innings and 250 pitches.

Game 2...Plays the OF...and comes in to save the game in the 9th.

Game 3...pitches all 9 innings...no-hitter.

Are you kidding me?

According to Gameday, each team has left 14 on base tonight

I'm just catching up on the posts and flipping back and forth between the Yankees and little league game tonight. Noticed the talk about moving runners and how A-Rod failed and Damon produced.

Well I find it interesting that A-Rod, the guy people want to "drive people in" is criticized for PULLing the ball in an attempt to drive the ball. Yet Damon, a guy who is expected to "get on base" (for A-Rod to drive him in, and when he doesn't do that as of late A-Rod doesn't have runners to drive in therefore failing) and he PULLs the ball (weaker than A-Rod) as is congratulated on here.

This is the exact thing that is happening with A-Rod. He is expected to drive in the runner from 2nd but also expected to just hit the ball to the other side and move the runner to 3rd. I mean come on.

You have to look at team LOB not the batter total.

Angels 7

Yanks 9

INSURANCE RUN!

JORGE JUICES ONE...

Coming out of the slump at the right time....

wooooooo hoooooooooo
posada, 0 for 25 no mo! :-D

dont think we gotta use Mo tonite...farnsie could close it out.

JORGE
no more slump!!!!

YEAHHHHHHHHH

No Lola; Farnsy does not do 2nd innings well.

mo has to pitch he has no reason not to and farnsy needs to stay fresh, mo will be available tomorrow regardless, if farnsy went another he wouldn't be

AWESOME!!!!! :-D

Lola how much does it cost for the blog subscription.

It's called situational hitting.

Or as a friend of mine says...

"hitters, not sluggers."

There IS a difference.

yankees starting to take advantage of angels defense AND use small ball, this is how winning streaks start

Whats up with all these bunts. WOW.

thank you angels!!

yikes a rally!

if yanks can get 1 more in, dont think we'd need Mo...rest him!

Maybe they good save Mo and bring in Pontoon.

$49.50 a year, $5 a month =)

We score 2 more runs and we can put in Veras against the bottom of their lineup. Preserve Mo.

Hi Vince.

Yay Jorgie!

See I would have my own blog if it wasn't so expensive...I know I'm cheap like that.

7-3 Detroit

its an EZ brother!!!!!!!! :-D

A few runs this inning and no Mo necessary, use Proctor or Villone. Not Farnsy.

kay just said yankees are above the league leading teams in scoring without a homerun

EZ brother comes through for the Yanks again :-D
Ha ha, i love them!!! :-D

Yankeefan, was that in reference to my post? Because if it was I agree with you and disagree with you at the same time. It is your job to at the very least move runners along especially with no outs. But also, A-Rod is up there to drive the ball, and from what I recall (not positive) but he hit an inside pitch, which you are not going to ask him to try and push that to the opposite field, that isn't his swing. Also, it is much easier for a lefty to pull the ball and move the runner than a righty (other than Jeter) to hit the ball the other way.

i use veras if we have a 4+ run lead

i feel bad for the EZ brothers sometimes...i mean, it must **** to feel like everyone knows u'd fail...
cant imagine their teamates are very cordial to them =(

Meanwhile we have the bases juice with NO OUTS!!! :-D

Anyone read the Yankee Notes about A-Rod's "injuries?"
Yay a BB.

lola never feel bad for ONE OF THEM ever again....at anytime they can throw a dominating inning en route to beating us this weekend.

another homer for Derek---please?

Looks like it'll be Wang and Sir Sid on friday in Boston.

I dont feel bad to them as red sox, but rather as individual players...

JETER *****!

JETER SUCCKS!!!

lol, just kidding :-D

Floating an idea...why not start Ponson Thursday and hold Lidle back for Friday? That would make me more confident.

Abreu hits lefties well and Romero is a terrible lefty specialist. Hope i didnt curse that.

TRADE HIM! HE IS NOT CLUTCH!

i think ponson wang is the best decision, ponson prob matches jason johnson and yankees win 17-12, who does wang face? lester?

Vince remember what I said about matching up against Abreu...make em pay Bobby.

yup.....gonyy ifu put ponson in thursday then he has to pitch twice as opposed to once.

Most likely Vince, but that means either Posada catches Lidle, or Fasano catches Lidle and Ponson.

My bad, hold Wright back. Not Lidle. Got the rotation confused.

i would think fasano catches those two

either way if ponson doesn't face boston he has to pitch twice

Yup. You have to try to move him over.

1949...last game of the year, winner takes AL pennant. Rizzuto leads off the bottom of the first with a triple. Henrich knows he can't hit Ellis Kinder and basically just throws his bat at the ball to hit a 5 hopper to Bobby Doerr. Scooter scores. Situational hitting. Henrich purposely did that. Old Reliable. The score stays 1-0 into the 8th. Yanks win 5-3, win pennant, go on to win WS.

McCarver played two years with Maris. Do you know what he said he admired the most about Maris? He said that Maris was better than anyone he ever saw (lefty hitter) at taking a fastball on the outside corner and pulling it to get the runner over. It is extremely difficult for a lefty hitter to do that.

It's something I fault Sheffield for at times too. There are times a hitter has to realize the situation. Two of the best I ever saw (righty hitters) at advancing the man from 2nd to 3rd by going the other way were Munson and Sweet Lou.

BTW, with runners on 3rd less than 2 out, Alex is driving in the run 40% of the time. 2nd worst in the majors. I'm not picking on him here, just giving the fact. He got the run in last time. The situation called for the ball to be hit in the air. He did that and almost got it out. Good job.

You have to adjust your swing to the situation at hand. That is "hitting" not "slugging."

woo hooo :-D yanks 5-2!!

I think matching up Wang with Ponson would be good especially for the bullpen. Even though Wang's last two outings haven't been his best, they haven't been horrible either (in my opinion it's just more ground balls finding holes for the most part). Wang is giving innings and if he's pitching the first game then stretching him out allows the bullpen to be rested for a possible 4 inning stint in the nightcap to compliment Ponson.

I love the Angels d.

When is the last time Ortiz got a hit? And doesn't even play field.

now we dont have to use Mo :-D

Offhandedly Mike, who's worse than A-Rod at getting runners in?

yankeefan, I'm not asking A-Rod to hit a home run, I'm expecting him to hit the ball hard somewhere. Also, I have to disagree with you about the difficulty to pull the outside pitch. It is much easier to try and pull the ball. The outside pitch though you aren't supposed to pull because you will most likely hit a weak ground ball. But in that situation, doing the non-fundamental thing (pulling outside pitch) is rewarded because you move the runner along.

Chipper Jones hit 3 hrs today.

nice sac fly. I love the small ball game. Why did they stop that in Baltimore and Chicago and until today?

It wins games!

wang is unflappable and a gb pitcher at fenway....good combo

Side note, Frank Smith of Staten Island, NY team just hit a walk-off, lead-off homer in the 6th to send the team to Williamsport.

ha ha, E6..i'll take it :-D

more bad Angels defense.

They've taken the Angels game to them, its good to see.

They said it on ESPN, but I can't remember who it was. He was at 38% w/runners on 3rd and less than 2 out.

Beautiful. Getting insurance runs, and now 7-2.

Yanks winning, Tigers winning, White Sox winning...a very good night (except for a certain team up north)...

yes ARod

gonyy: How many guys have 83 rbi? How can he do that without driving in runners.

Smith is a baby "Baby Bomber"

I think I might have to agree with that scoring ... that was a horrible hop for Cabrera.

Farnsie is so freaking HAWT!!! Dammn!

lol, sorry, just had a girlie moment there, lol

Easy Lola...the Yankees should have done this the whole series but oh well haha.

In today's AL lots of guys have 83 rbi.

I didn't mean A-Rod's bad at driving in runs, I was just referring to the stat Mike put up earlier.

I wonder if Joe actually called for Mo or he just ran out there?

**** STATEN ISLAND! DAMMIT my birth place beats my raising state...i really wanted nj in there it has to many more redeeming qualities than SI...i guess mo needed to pitch an inning

Lola, if you are a girlie, you may have girlie moments.

Lot more guys dont Paul. I am not saying ARod is pulling his weight. But he is not atrocious either. We need to cut that guy some slack.

Vik he gets plenty of slack....

Lola, Vince still wants to know your opinion on grills...I would too haha.

Why Mo? This is a 21 game stretch.
Sorry gonyy for the misunderstanding.

Vince when I lived in NY I went to meetings that were held every year at Wagner College.

Mo needs to get his work in.

To clarify, Vik:
Mike posted earlier that A-Rod has the 2nd-lowest % of runners driven in from 3rd in baseball. I was just wondering offhandedly who was worse, not trying to bash A-Rod.

OK Alex and Vince I googled a mouth grill and have to say that is the single most stupid thing I have seen this week.

It's extremely difficult to pull a 95 mph (or faster) fastball that's on the outside corner if you are a lefty hitter. Ask McCarver, who played for 21 years, if you don't believe me. If you are a lefty hitter with a man on 2nd and no one out, your job is to pull the ball, even if the pitch is a fastball on the outside corner. Going with it is a ground out to SS and the runner holds. Sometimes you just have to know when to give yourself up. Of course the pitcher is going to try his best to make sure that you don't succeed.

That's one reason I don't play fantasy leagues. You have the guy who doubles. I have the guy who gives himself up and grounds out to second, advancing the runner. Someone else has the guy who hits the SF. You get a run scored. Someone else gets an RBI. My guy did his job and gets nothing....except the appreciation of his teammates.

Just difference of opinion. But I loved the Munson/Piniellas who could situational-hit very well.

Well....let's get ready to celebrate a win!

No he doesn't. When a guy with a line like
426 25 .286 83 82 11

gets booed almost every day and gets critisized every day by every tom, **** and harry (I am not referring to anybody here) how is he getting any slack.

Nice D A-Rod!

Hey how about those two plays by A-Rod? Any love from the press on that tomorrow morning?

As far as Mo pitching, I can't remember offhand the last time he pitched, so getting him an inning probably wouldn't hurt.

my parents used to live next to wagner college when they were younger before they had kids. They could see the football games from their window....all 3 of us were born there but none of us except my oldest sister were raised there, i moved to nj at 10 months

Hey how about those two plays by A-Rod? Any love from the press on that tomorrow morning?

As far as Mo pitching, I can't remember off hand the last time he pitched, so getting him an inning probably wouldn't hurt.

I hate when they advance on defensive indifference. I am not indifferent on indifference.

Sing, Frank, Sing.

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss WIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!

Start spreading the news!! :-D

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEEES WIIIn!

What is Sciosia (Spelling?) trying to do. Make Mo's stats look bad. Somebody tell him he can only get 3 sac bunts an inning.

paul, no one cuts arod slack.

Great game Yanks, Great d A rod...catch up w/all later, I am really in pain tonight...all have a good night!!! Need to build on this win and have a 4 game winning streak going into Boston...Night all

Yay.. they win!!

NICE!!! what is the score at fenway?

haha paul i think grills are utterly retarded too, but I am curious how other people feel, mostly because i don't get them. They aren't like a wave cap/skull cap/do rag where they "style ur hair" they don't really serve a purpose except to make it look like u took a bite out of jewel encrusted ice cream.

Lola Vince is anxiously awaiting your answer.

7-4 at fenway..lets go Tigers!!!

autrey: What will you do if you need Mo 3 days in a row starting tomorrow. Dont use ur trump card unless u have to?

7-4 tigers ashley about to be bottom 9

what are grills??

Vince, you don't appreciate grills because you're not a gangster.

A Nice win...they scored runs on small ball, A-Rod drove in the go-ahead run and made 2 great defensive play, Jeter, Jorge, maybe Damon out of slumps, RJ a dominant start and gets the W.

All is well in Yankeeland. See you all tomorrow, go Tigers!

Hi Ashley! =)
do u have mlb.com gameday???

vik if u need him back to back days starting tomorrow and he comes in tomorrow and is rusty that is more ineffective then using him in a non save, using him tomorrow and then not being able to use him the next day...plus against the orioles, let's hope it is not that intense

something called a mouth grill.. i'm intrigued enough to wonder what the heck it is too.

Lola and Vik, really I am so tired of the defference he gets from fans who scold other fans for picking on him.

I don't pick on him much and I mention when he does something right. But I am tired of hearing how he is the greatest player who ever lived. Enough already. Let him prove it on the field.

And let the people booing him boo themselves for being annoying and looking foolish.

grills...those things rappers have in their mouth with bling and when they smile it looks golden..... yeah alex i guess im just hatin

Vince, I think a rusty Mo is better than no Mo.

LOL, grills on teeth??? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

sorry about the double post on the last, the site told me there was an error.

But as far as pulling the ball, there's pull hitters, they pull a pitch wherever it is. I don't know what type of hitter McCarver was, but it may have been a problem for him to pull an outside pitch. I know I get in trouble when I try to pull the outside pitch ... weak grounders to shortstop. But I'm a righty, so if a lefty is doing the same thing it's a weak grounder to second baseman and the runner moves up.

I'm not trying to attack you yankeefan, I like this debate, but I think you also have to look at how the pitcher is pitching. A lot of times they will pound righties inside, not giving them a chance to go the other way. A lot like how pitchers throw to Giambi when the shift is on. They throw inside to make him pull the ball. If the pitch is away Giambi will go the other way with it. But he is not going up to the plate with the intention of hitting a soft grounder down the 3rd base line for a hit just because noone is playing there.

Honestly Paul, do you think he deserves the boos. EVERY SINGLE time?? Booing him once in a while when he makes an error is ok. But not all the time. And he has been one of the better hitters recently. He still is the only one that gets booed.

Lola, you've never heard the song Grillz by Nelly?