Game #43 - New York Mets @ New York Yankees
New York Mets at New York Yankees, May 17, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
NEW YORK METS

Jose Reyes, SS
Ryan Church, RF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Moises Alou, LF
Carlos Delgado, 1B
Damion Easley, DH
Brian Schneider, C
Luis Castillo, 2B
NEW YORK YANKEES

Johnny Damon, LF
Bobby Abreu, RF
Derek Jeter, SS
Hideki Matsui, DH
Jason Giambi, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Melky Cabrera, CF
Alberto Gonzalez, 3B
Chad Moeller, C
PREGAME NOTES:
- Today marks the 10th Anniversary of a very historic day in Yankee history.
- Yanks are in sole possession of last place for the first time since 1995.
- Since it's inception in 1995, the Yanks have the best record in MLB during interleague play at 113-79 (.589).
- Johan Santana is a lifetime 3-0, 2.66 ERA, 1.25 WHIP in 8 games (5 starts) against the Yanks.
- Andy Pettitte is a lifetime 7-3, 3.42 ERA, 1.21 WHIP in 16 starts against the Mets, including 0-1, 3.86 ERA in one start against them in 2007.
- Yanks career numbers vs. Santana can be viewed here. Mets career numbers vs. Pettitte can be viewed here.
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such a weird line-up
Facing the best lefty in baseball, and only one righty bat in the top six spots. No wonder we’re in last place. That and our 3 hitter right now has exactly one homer and slugs .396.
Calgon, take me away!!!
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on May 17, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Obviously, the right-handers that Girardi has put in the lineup the last few weeks haven’t done jack – which is one of the reasons why their record against lefties is so poor.
I don’t see this as a bad move at all. I’ll take my chances with Matsui, Abreu, or Damon against Santana over a Duncan or Ensberg who haven’t hit a lick.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matsui and Cano
Have great history against Johan.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy
looks great. Relying on that fastball a lot.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Make Santana work
He hasn’t pitched in awhile and he’s been throwing 100 pitches by the 6th inning quite often this season.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or Jeter could hit one out too
There you go, Pettitte. There’s your runs.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that was the
reason they skipped Rasner. I mean its one thing to start him on an extra day of rest, but once you start to get a few days behind your schedule you worry.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my favorite quotes
Never save a pitcher for tomorrow, tomorrow it may rain.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only
one homer. Why is he hitting third?
ha
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well he told Girardi
he was wearing the thong again. So Joe knew he would hit another one.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeter's probably got many thongs
lying around his crib. Can’t imagine how many hotties spend the night at his place.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol but this one is Jason's (shudder)
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You told me!
but really, I don’t mind being wrong when the results are a positive for the Yanks.
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on May 17, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Today is also a historic day in Cubs history
May 17, 1979 was the day of the 23-22 game against the Phillies. That’s just flat out insane.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A one run game
please tell me it was a walk-off.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh man I hope
it was 18 innings too lol
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A homer by Mike Schmidt in the 10th inning was the difference
Schmidt was every bit the all-time Cubs killer that Manny is against the Yanks.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man
Mike Schmidt was an all-time everybody killer.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap....
Mike Schmidt had 78 career homers against the Cubs. And 207 RBIs.
I knew he smoked them, but damn, that’s impressive.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you ever play
with Baseball Reference’s Neutralized Stats?
Check out Schmidt if he had played in Colorado in 2000. Yahoza.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a neat way to
get a feel for how impressive a performance is across eras.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go into
the career stats. On the above the batting line there’s red writing that says “Neutralize Stats”. When you click that, you should see options for which year want to adjust to, an average 750 season, the Dodgers ‘68 (least) or ‘00 Rockies (most).
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just to followup
in a 14 year stretch from 1974- 1987, Schmidt had one year when he was not at least 40% more productive than the average hitter. That year he was only 22% more productive (OPS+).
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah he was pretty good
at the game of baseball.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
Either the first or second best defensive 3B in history.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he's second who's first?
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mmmm gotcha
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I bet
Jeter gets back to the bench and says to Andy, “Can we play too?”
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Daddy's busy go play
with Johan
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arod
hit a homer off of Price in his minor league game.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On the radio
They say the ump missed it.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ok
Strike out and a double play would make me happy…
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 17, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man....
Pettitte really piling up the pitch count this inning.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 2:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
82 pitches already for Pettitte. Unless he gets a quick inning, he’s only got one more left.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 2:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice job giving Pettitte a breather guys
Santana threw 6 pitches that inning.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
guess that great history
Cano and Matsui have against Johan has been revised.
"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on May 17, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!"-Daniel Plainview
by yankee come lately on May 17, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, this is ridiculous
12 pitches for Santana over the last 2 IP. Way to work the count.
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I've been waiting for the old Farnsworth to return
by anaconda on May 17, 2008 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
hopefully he doesn’t stick around too long.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait? I thought Jeter had it on?
They didn’t? ewwwwwwwwwwwwww
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Joba was really not
helped out by the defense there. If Melky made that catch it would have been a webgem, but he didn’t and it turned into a triple. And then the missed foul ball by the attorney general…
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on May 17, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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