Game #23 - New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox
by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 7:45 PM EDT
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NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Damon, DH
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Hideki Matsui, LF
Morgan Ensberg, 3B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Jason Giambi, 1B
Melky Cabrera, CF
Jose Molina, C
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Nick Swisher, CF
Orlando Cabrera, SS
Jim Thome, DH
Paul Konerko, 1B
Jermaine Dye, RF
A.J. Pierzynski, C
Carlos Quentin, LF
Joe Crede, 3B
Alexei Ramirez, 2B
Pregame notes:
The Yanks haven’t swept the ChiSox in Chicago since May of 2002.
Who were the winning pitchers for the Yanks that series? Well, silly, everyone knows it was Mike Thurman, Ted Lilly, and Steve Karsay.
Alex Rodriguez is back with the team but out of the lineup for the third consecutive game with the strained quad. He is not expected back in the lineup until tomorrow at the earliest (as a DH). Meanwhile, his replacement, Morgan Ensberg moves up to the fifth slot in the lineup and Jorge Posada gets the night off to rest after a stellar night at the plate last night.
Brian Bruney sustained a sprained foot when he attempted to cover first base on Tuesday night. His MRI results were forwarded to NY and there’s a very good chance he’s headed to the DL. My hope right now is the potential absence of Bruney could open the door for Ohlendorf to pitch in some pressure situations as opposed to his current long man/mop up role.
Phil Hughes makes his first career start against the ChiSox.
Gavin Floyd makes his first career start against the Yanks but did get hammered in his lone previous appearance in relief on July 31, 2007 (3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 HR). Yanks career numbers vs. Floyd can be viewed here.
Johnny Damon is now 7 for 14 in his last three games with 2 HR, 2 doubles, 7 RBI, and 7 runs scored. Ed Price takes Damon’s production a step further and highlights some rather astonishing numbers since his arrival to the Bronx:
How important is (streaky) Johnny Damon to the Yankees offense?
Since he joined the team for the 2006 season, the Yankees are 102-50 [.671] when he reaches base safely two or more times. Otherwise, they are 101-93 [.521].
When Damon scores a run, the Yankees are 117-42 [.736!].”
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anybody home?
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Floyd has been good this season
but he’s gotten away with plenty of walks in his first three starts.
Not this time
This half of the inning’s gotta hurt.
by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Bout time they got back online.
I was really hoping to read all the “Moose will blow it…now…okay, now….okay, now…” comments.
It's not about control
it’s about movement and he doesn’t have any.
;)
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
hilarious
I’m going between The Office and the game. Ryan has developed a coke habit. :)
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Yum,
I won’t get to see it for another few hours, though.
by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
oops
sorry about the Ryan spoiler. :)
I lived in California. I should know this. where are you?
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Berkeley,
where I go to school. Too many A’s and Giants fans here, I get looks for wearing Yankees gear (not the trendy baseball cap kind).
by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I lived in Northern CA
during the late 90s championship seasons and I was on a bus in Berkeley (College Ave) and had a Yankee shirt on and someone said, “Oh sure…it’s easy to be a Yankee fan.” Yeah those freaking 80s it was so freaking easy.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
I saw him pitch a half inning once
and thought what a waste of a time this guy is. 21 years old and no Cy Young awards yet!
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Reminds me of another Casey Stengel quote
When he was with the Mets, and he had a young catcher, Chris Canzeroni (sp?), and Stengel told the reporters, “I got this young catcher, Canzeroni, and in ten years he has the potential to be thirty.”
velocity?
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
sorry I meant that to anaconda's post
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Okay, this really sucks
Hughes was looking good and now a flippin’ rain delay. This kid can’t catch a break.
If the delay last much more than 30 minutes, he’s burned for the night.
how bad is this rain?
Kansas City rain? Light mist?
Weather prognosis?
It's not raining that hard
I’m about 25 miles Southeast of The Cell and it’s not raining here. We usually get Chicago rain within an hour after they get it.
I was thinking the can't catch a break thing
when the delay started
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
So much for that....
the tarp has been put on back. That sucks. Ohlendorf is gonna have to pitch 3 innings again tonight.
The way he's going, I hope not.
Can we get out of Inning 2?
Regarding Damon
Those are interesting numbers, but I wonder if they’re not self-fulfilling somehow. Wouldn’t a team to much better if any player in the lineup got on base twice in a game? My guess is that you’d see a similar spread if you did the same analysis for Jeter, or Giambi, or Cano or Cabrera.
Perhaps....
It’s also a lot easier to score when you have two Hall of Famers hitting behind you and Abreu as well.
With Giambi in the lineup
The Yankees are .664 when he gets on base two or more times and .452 when he does not since 2006 (the same time period).
It’s not surprising, since he’s a middle-of-the-lineup hitter, but that’s a bigger spread that Damon.
Can I get a platinum star?
Robinson Cano’s numbers are almost Identical to Giambi’s:
.683 when he gets on base twice or more
.467 when he does not.
I was
watching South Park it reminded me that I needed to come back to here.
Cartman: “That’s okay Butters. It’s not your fault you’re a douche bag.”
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
that's what I'm saying
:)
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
That sucks
I’m bummed about Hughes.
He was looking good and now Ohlendorf is going to be burned for the next several days. Sigh.
I agree
did they say why phil wasn’t coming back out? floyd’s back out
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
probably just being careful
i imagine
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
touche.
phinsider’s been down most of the day… still having problems i guess..
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I could be wrong...
but I think Rasner is going to get the promotion and become the long man if Bruney goes on the DL.
Why is Arod there
if he’s not playing? Wouldn’t he want to be home with Cynthia and baby?
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
Actually, based on last year in Toronto
seems like he’d want to be meeting various strippers on the road.
they used Rivera for five innings?
wow. That was some workout Mo!
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
no, it was five outs last night
See what happens when the blog goes down for technical difficutlies?
I was commenting
on what Kay said. He said Mariano pitched 5 innings last night. I knew it was 5 outs.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
he also said
that last double was to LEFT field
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Am blessed by the absence of Michael Kay's voice.
Didn’t know it was a response to his mistake.
but
you did think that I thought Mo pitched for 5 innings.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
he might have to tonight
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, I have too much respect for you - figured something was up.
Plus it was a way to point out how ignorant we could be without the pleasure of all this shared company, plus the joy of andyroth too.
Ohlendorf sure looks like
Teh suck tonight.
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin
oy
so much for the advantage over cleveland with them playing two today… at this point the yanks are going to use two games worth of arms tonight.
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baby them to death
I can understand if it was an hour and a half delay, but throw out Hughes to pitch…If Floyd can pitch then why not Phil?
kid gloves
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
Phil should have gone back out with the bullpen being so taxed.
"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel
have they said anything?
maybe he stiffened up or something?
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And Morgan's gotta go
I’ve never seen a stiffer swing.
Kay criticizing Abreu
for not catching the ball. I was surprised that he even mentioned that Bobby is a horrible fielder. But offensively he’s been really good.
well timed
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Not stupid.... gun shy
he’s afraid of Hughes getting hurt. I guess he feels it’s better to lose him for one game than a trip to the DL or worse.
It lacked foresight
He’s taxing the bullpen right before a series against a good hitting team. If our starters get hit, it’ll be a rough three games.
yeah
which makes me wonder if phil stiffened up or something..
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
probably preemptive
god knows Phil wants to pitch a good game. What if he goes out there and tries to be the hero and pitch when he really shouldnt.
But rain delays
happen all the time. They have contingency plans for this kind of thing, right – ways to keep him warmed up in the dugout so he doesn’t get hurt?
Im sure
but my point is, Phil being a young guy who has struggled recently, with all this pressure to be “the franchise” might try to do to much after a significant delay and tweak something and try to muscle through it and make things worse. Also, while it sucks today, these are innings he can pitch later in the season that he might not have been able to.
If it was a veteran like Wang or Pettitte
he would have gone back out there. But not a 21-yr old kid who is one of the top prospects in the game right now.
Nobody on
I guess it’s late.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
Man, and he's so close
10.03 after his two innings. If he doesn’t throw that gopher ball, hello 9 point something ERA.
Man, Swisher must be getting serious heat in the Chisox dugout
Two outs in the last inning?
I don't suppose torrential rains will happen in the next 10 minutes?
A little rainout before it becomes official would be nice….
it's already official
home teams winning.. only need four and half complete
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Crap...i'd forgotten that aspect...
Don’t suppose we could go with golf rules – lose all the balls and have to go home?
I would have liked to see Hughes come out
but I can’t blame Girardi for not taking the chance. Hughes is too important to this franchise to gamble like that.
His experience in Florida has really changed how he’s managing young arms with the Yanks.
slappy??
i know guy here aren’t huge melky fans.. but i like the guy..
bxgrl’s with me i think
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speaking of shirts
Does it drive anyone esle absolutely nuts to see Yankee fans wearing jerseys with names on the back?
Not the T-shirts, because I have a ton of those, but actual jerseys. Are you kidding me?
drives me crazy too
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll fess up to owning one
BUT it was a gift from an ex-girlfriend.
did you ever try to rip the name out?
always wondered if it could be done without ruining the jersey
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess...gotta go to Mo's and find out.
I’ll take my check for cheap advertising/name dropping now, thanks.
where's amato now?
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
C'mon Giambi...
If Cano can get a walk, surely you can get a hit.
not diggin' the jheri curl
by the way
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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I resent the ChiSox...
for using a classic song like “Back in Black” by AC/DC in their white trash ballpark.
Alternate suggestions?
101 Classic fiddle tunes?
AC/DC is my all-time favorite band...
and I hate the White Sox just as much as I hate the Red Sox.
I’ve hated them for 30 years and everything about them.
Okay, rant over.
insert classic pfisty comment:
how hard is it to hit reply?
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by NumberSeven on Apr 25, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
where the hell is he?
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by NumberSeven on Apr 25, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
No idea
He probably had a big case or something. He used to comment on RAB as well, but hasn’t done that in months.
gotta think he would have
field day with andyroth
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by NumberSeven on Apr 25, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I hear ya.
In our wrestling room, AC/DC is the team’s soundtrack. “Thunderstruck” is the way to go.
How about the Sox using some polka music instead? Honor those of Polish heritage and pump up the crowd at the same time….
The Sox use "Thunderstruck" when they come out to the field in the 1st inning
Angus Young must be pissed.
Classic Hawk....
Complaining about the umps on the WGN broadcast. It never fails. They bitch about the umps almost every game.
yeah
crede lobbed that one over to first.. no worries.
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by NumberSeven on Apr 25, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
atta boy jeet..
let’s get some runs and close thing out.. i gotta go to bed
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Best case scenario
is Joba pitches a scoreless 9th and Mo comes in to get a save in the 10th.
I hesitate to ask what happens if this game goes beyond that.
Curve happyt
I mean what the heck is he doing…He’s going to get beat every once in a while, but why so many curves tonight?
That's what you get when you baby Hughes
Baseball Tonight praised Girardi after he pulled him after two. Joba shouldn’t have had to throw two innings again so soon…
Coudn't disagree more
All big pitching prospects are babied these days. That’s just the nature of the beast.
Girardi shouldn’t risk and gamble on Hughes’ health. It sucks that it happened, but I don’t blame Girardi for doing it.
I hate to think what could’ve happened if Girardi had rolled the dice and Hughes hurt himself. Yankee fans and the media would have come after Girardi with knives.
We're just a couple of players short
Cashman has time. Do you think they could pry away Oswalt from Houston after they collapse again?
I'm not sure there isn't something wrong with Oswalt
His numbers have been in decline the couple of years and he hasn’t looked great so far.
I wouldn’t trade for Oswalt. One can only imagine what Houston would ask in return.
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