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Game #23 - New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox


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

 

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Phil Hughes 0-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.1 25 17 16 0 10 10 8.82 2.14

 

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

 

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Gavin Floyd 2-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 9 5 3 2 8 10 1.40 .88

 

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

watching it on

WGN. Plenty of walks, this inning.

by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Floyd has been good this season

but he’s gotten away with plenty of walks in his first three starts.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not this time

This half of the inning’s gotta hurt.

by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm here...

and just wondering when SBN was going to turn the lights on.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Bout time they got back online.

I was really hoping to read all the “Moose will blow it…now…okay, now….okay, now…” comments.

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 9:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pretty good

He’s got good control.

by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I set the DVR for The Office

It’s about time to switch back to the game now.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yum,

I won’t get to see it for another few hours, though.

by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 9:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I saw this guy pitch once

and was totally unimpressed. Ergo, Hughes is the bust of the century.

by seanp23 on Apr 24, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.”

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 9:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

HAH!

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Abreu continues

the hot hitting – he wants that big contract!

by docgonzo on Apr 24, 2008 9:28 PM EDT   0 recs

velocity?

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

According to GameDay....

Hughes is hitting 94 on the gun consistently and hit 95 a couple of times.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:28 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:34 PM EDT   0 recs

how bad is this rain?

Kansas City rain? Light mist?

Weather prognosis?

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good....

It looks like this won’t be a long delay. Maybe 30-40 minutes.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 9:50 PM EDT   0 recs

So much for that....

the tarp has been put on back. That sucks. Ohlendorf is gonna have to pitch 3 innings again tonight.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Back on!

About an hour later…

by NYinCalifornia on Apr 24, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re:

His arm isn’t conditioned to throw a lot of these 3 inning stints and it’s starting to wear on him. If Joba was getting worked like that people would be on Girardi for abusing the kid.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Jugwine on Apr 24, 2008 10:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Perhaps....

It’s also a lot easier to score when you have two Hall of Famers hitting behind you and Abreu as well.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Jugwine on Apr 24, 2008 10:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Jugwine on Apr 24, 2008 10:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweet!

Maybe this is worth turning into a post. It’s shaping up to be a long game…

by Jugwine on Apr 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:26 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:31 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Because of his experiences (and some blame) for what happened with the young arms in Florida, Girardi is now really scared to do it again.

I don’t blame Girardi. It sucks now but if Hughes came up lame (related to the rain delay or not), he’d get massacred by the NY media.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 10:41 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Actually, based on last year in Toronto

seems like he’d want to be meeting various strippers on the road.

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

no, it was five outs last night

See what happens when the blog goes down for technical difficutlies?

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 10:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he also said

that last double was to LEFT field

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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Am blessed by the absence of Michael Kay's voice.

Didn’t know it was a response to his mistake.

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by garp on Apr 24, 2008 10:58 PM EDT   0 recs

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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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT   0 recs

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?

by John Amato on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

have they said anything?

maybe he stiffened up or something?

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by NumberSeven on Apr 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And Morgan's gotta go

I’ve never seen a stiffer swing.

by John Amato on Apr 24, 2008 11:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Diagree completely

I like having Ensberg on the team.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why

did Hughes not go back out there? CWS sent their starter back out. Why couldn’t we?

by docgonzo on Apr 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Because Girardi is overcompensating after what happened with the young arms in Florida and the infamous rain delay a couple of years ago.

by anaconda on Apr 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by John Amato on Apr 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT   0 recs

So who's our next pitcher?

Hawkins? Professor Farnsworthless?

by mrljdavid on Apr 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT   0 recs

hawkins

ick

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Apr 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Traber?

He faced only one batter last night, I think. Gave up a hit, of course.

by docgonzo on Apr 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs