Game #13 - New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox
by anaconda on Apr 13, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
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York Yankees
Johnny Damon, CF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Bobby Abreu, RF
Álex Rodríguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, LF
Jorge Posada, DH
Jason Giambi, 1B
Jose Molina, C
Alberto Gonzalez, SS
Phil Hughes, RHP (0-1, 5.00 ERA)
Boston Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
J.D. Drew, RF
Manny Ramirez, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
Sean Casey, 1B
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (2-0, 1.47 ERA)
Pete Abe reports that Derek Jeter felt no discomfort after fielding grounders and running several 50-yard sprints in the outfield. He could return to action as early as Tuesday night in Tampa.
Melky Cabrera (0-7 vs. Matsuzaka) is out of the lineup tonight, so Johnny Damon will start in CF and Jason Giambi is moved down to the #7 slot.
Mired in a horrific slump, David Ortiz is out of the lineup for the Red Sox and Manny Ramirez moves over to DH. Kat O'Brien of Newsday says Jonathon Papelbon is "absolutely not available" tonight and Hideki Okajima is probably unavailable as well.
As you all know, Phil Hughes makes his first career start against the hated Red Sox. Peter Pascarelli of ESPN wrote a preview for tonight's game and expects big things out of Hughes before his career is all said and done.
Matsuzaka did have a winning record against the Yanks in 2007, but they knocked him around pretty hard (2-1, 6.12 ERA in 4 starts). Yanks career numbers vs. Matsuzaka can be viewed here.
Not to beat a dead horse, but the Yanks are now 0-6 on the young season when they have given up more than two runs.
By the way, the dark shade of gray on the blockquotes/FanShots has now been changed to a lighter shade of gray. It was a necessary fix because normal text was rather difficult to read.
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Hello Everyone
Padres fan here from San Diego, but most of the family lives in NY and the Bombers are definetly my second team. I also hate the red socks with the red hot intensity of one thousand suns. Padres already took two of three from the Brooklyn Bums this afternoon, so I thought I'd cruise over here for some Sunday Night Baseball. Go Yanks!
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 7:57 PM EDT reply actions
Dammit, Alex.
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
They need to make Matsuzaka work
The Yanks knocked him around last year and he will throw 100 pitches pretty quickly if they let him.
Now that Papelbon and Okajima are unavailable, I like Yanks' chances in a battle of the bullpens with Ohlendorf, Joba, and Mo all well rested.
Take some pitches, A-Rod! You let Dice-K off the hook with one swing!
well thats not a good start
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 8:36 PM EDT reply actions
Hmmm...Phil seems to be
suffering for a bout of teh suck.
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin
WP?
Well that's three runs. I guess thats the game...
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
Strike 3
Came one pitch too late.
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
god i hate joe morgan
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
Miller
is too schmaltzy for my taste. Also he apparently calls Ground rule doubles "automatic doubles"
Ya
thats how he called it in the first. Strange.
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
miller has that classic voice.. but he gets sucked in to morgan's stink for sure
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
he just needs to keep challenging
he was way too fine in the first
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
Still Early
Lets hang a few more runs here and get back into it. Dicegay is having trouble locating, throwing a lot of pitches, socks bullpen is limited tonight. Is that the former attorney general batting and playing SS?
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions
Atta Kid Alberto
86th pitch for the opponent just there.
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
hey ive got an idea
lets show a splitscreen of tiger and manny rather than "K zone" on a questionable call...and then lets show the "K zone" when Youkillis gets a hit...
gotta love the double play
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Latroy Hawkins warming up
That's a chilling sight....what are we, giving up?
Jeez.
What a game.
Good pitching will beat good hitting any time, and vice versa. ~Bob Veale, 1966
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
These guys from the ESPN.
Someone shoot me.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
ok lets do this
come on Cano you Can Do.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
just two more guys left
in scoring position.. dammit
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
take that pedro-idiot
Go Matsui
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions
I know
we got problems hitting about 200 with RISP, but man those Tigers are really hurting. Whew lost 11 to 0.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions
hey Pedroia
Getting thrown out by Matsui means the clubhouse kangaroo court will fine you big time.
completely unrelated
anyone see the web-gems segment prior to this game? How was Cano's pick/double play not at least somewhere in the Top 5?
He is so smooth that it looks like he couldn't care less about what hes doing.
damn
need runners. What the hell is going on here?
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
6 more outs.
lets do it
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:23 PM EDT reply actions
hawkins
16 pitches over 2 IP.. the bullpen is keeping them in it.. need to score some frickin runs now
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
I'll give Hawkins credit
he's doing good tonight...even brought his ERA down to 9.00
Hey, Jscape
Hughes was much better than his box score. I was impressed.
His velocity was higher than I expected, his location was away from the middle, and that was a nasty hook. Most impressively, he kept his cool. Did not give in.
He got sqeezed on a couple calls, and some of the hits were bleeders. Manny did not cruch that curbe ball over second base.
The catcher didn't help either.
Seeeya!
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions
Hey kids
Got home just in time for Giambi's homer. Good to see the Yanks get caught up on those walks.
And Molina just singled, I don't like losing the DH, but I guess they figure the bench is deep enough...
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
guess we're gonna see ensberg
at catcher?
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
They'll put the DH
in the field, and the pitcher will bat.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
I'm an NL Fan
Whats with the losing the DH?
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The DH hits for the pitcher
if you make what amounts to a double switch putting the DH in the field, then the pitcher has to bat in the spot of whomever the DH replaces in the field.
It's not something you see every day, since most DHs can't play the field very well.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
posada is DH
if the DH comes in to play a position- then you lose the DH
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
by NumberSeven on Apr 13, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
atta kid Melky
Go ahead run at the plate!
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
NO TITO!
leave timlin out there!!
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
Stupid move
First of all Betemit isn't exactly Dave Roberts.
Molina isn't the tying run.
The Red Sox have their fast guys coming up next inning.
Doesn't make any sense.
He probably figures he's putting Betemit in anyway because he batted for Gonzalez, but you don't want to lose Molina behind the plate - and the DH.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
I agree
It seems like a move for the sake of a move.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Friggin' retarded
No reason to take Molina out.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
not to mention AG
is much better in the field than WB
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
by NumberSeven on Apr 13, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
God damn
That's the second tag/force DP we've seen this series. Poor baserunning.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Dammit, Damon
Oh my god. Oh my god, what's happening to me? I'm like that Texas woman who gave her son brain damage by holding him under water. (gasps) I'm just like Barbara Bush! - Lois Griffin
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 13, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
what is it with
RISP?? dammit
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
At this point, it could be the crack house on the corner.
Still got no ability to get runners in any clutch situations.
6 runners
left in scoring position tonight
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
Strip Club
ask A. Rod
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965
by Strapped Yankee on Apr 13, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
Good news everybody!
It's Professor Farnsworthless!
you know they're gonna
try and run on jorgie
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
Farnsworth can't pitch with people on base
and Jorge can't throw anyone out....great combo. Guess it's time for a little chuck and duck, eh?
I was getting spoiled
I'd forgotten what a 4 hour baseball game is like.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
no kidding
You don't realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth. -Mickey Mantle
by NumberSeven on Apr 13, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
And Jorge
has obviously been told not to throw to second.
Why would you take out Molina then? Another demerit for General Joe. It's only a matter of time before NoMaas has their Girardi loss counter up...
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Not sure about that
They still haven't gotten over bashing Torre. It doesn't matter that he hasn't been the Yankee manager for 7 months.
Morgan you idiot
EVERY lefties' swing pulls you towards first base.
hey, this commercial gives me an idea
replace morgan and miller with david hasselhoff and the talking VW beetle. Couldn't possibly be any dumber.
Bleh
Lost one game that we could have won with average offense, lost another that we could have won with average pitching.
At least Oley and LaTroy had good games.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Yeah, Hawkins made it look easy
I hope this helps his confidence, at least.
This team has been woeful with RISP this year. One swing of the bat could have easily won this for us. The hitters need to get going, and fast.
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