Game #53 - New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 6:46 PM EDT
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New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, May 28, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Damon, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Álex Rodríguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Jason Giambi, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Chad Moeller, C
Melky Cabrera, CF
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Brian Roberts, 2B
Melvin Mora, 3B
Nick Markakis, RF
Kevin Millar, 1B
Aubrey Huff, DH
Ramon Hernandez, C
Jay Payton, LF
Adam Jones, CF
Alex Cintron, SS
PREGAME NOTES
- Pete Abe reports the most shocking news of the day - Chris Britton has once again returned from Scranton to take Kennedy's place on the roster.
- Pete also notes that Kennedy's MRI revealed bursitis under the scapular, which can be controlled with meds. Kennedy could begin throwing again [for Scranton] in a week.
- Joba Chamberlain is schedule to throw 50-55 pitches tonight and will finish his night in a side session if he doesn't reach that mark in the game.
- Andy Pettitte is a lifetime 23-6, 3.77 ERA, 1.44 WHIP in 35 games (33 starts) against the Yanks, including 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP in one start in 2008.
- Jeremy Guthrie is a lifetime 1-0, 4.74 ERA, 1.53 WHIP in 4 games (3 starts) against the Yanks.
- Yankees' career numbers vs. Guthrie can be viewed here. Orioles' career numbers vs. Pettitte can be viewed here.
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Do you know
you have an empty bullet?
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can't have that
It’s a goofy bug that appears once in awhile.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice start
hello gang
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ugly inning
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 7:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another bad AB by Jeter in the 3rd. I really believe there’s something up with him because he’s just not playing like Jeter.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think his hand might be still bothering him. Still a broken Jeter is better than anything else.
by bronxbound on May 28, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess they now need to ride Giambi until his wheels fall off.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No doubt about it
We gotta cut Giambi. He can’t hit anymore!
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Melky has improved
the routes he takes to those balls.
I am glad he’s out there!
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Me too. Glad he doesn’t share the same wall-phobia as Abreu.
by bronxbound on May 28, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hadn't heard that tidbit about Jeter until now
Last night was the first time in 10 years that he got picked off 2nd base.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm of the opinion
that he’s among the best (if not the best) baserunner in baseball. He’s got a great SB%, runs aggressively first to third and second to home, but rarely gets thrown out.
But that sounds like semantic thing- if the runner starts toward second it’s a CS not a pickoff.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt about it
Jeter is probably the best Yankee base runner they’ve had in a long, long time. His pal, Jorge Posada, is another story.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man what an asset Joba has.
To be able to sit next to Mo and pick his brain is priceless.
by bronxbound on May 28, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
come on Joba
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He settled down
nicely. 28 pitches. Do you put Mo in, and send Joba back to the pen to finish throwing like a Spring Training game?
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mo
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless we tack on
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joba
This doesn’t make any sense to me.
I get that in order to become a starter he has to build up his arm strength and slowly raise his pitch counts per outing.
But the other part to preparing to be a starter, and to me its a big part, is changing your approach. Right now Joba is still pitching like a relief pitcher. Other than making him a bit stronger, a night like tonight does zero to help him transition to a starter. He’s just using his two best pitches to protect a one run lead – as he should.
This alleged “plan” is so screwy I don’t know what the solution is, but this is completely retarded to me. We’re losing the ability to use him a few times a week to nail down games and we’re not helping him become a starter all that much.
Once he got to this point – where he could throw 50 pitches, it no longer makes sense to use him at the end of a game. I would have let him pitch the first three innings of a game Rasner was due to start. That way he could face a few hitters twice, use all his pitches, etc…..
I’ll stop rambling now.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
by matthaggs on May 28, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Not Rasner's game!
Kennedy’s. He’s hurt anyway
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except
IPK cried like Mussina when he came out of the pen during that rain game in Kansas City. He clearly was affected by it. Rasner is better suited for it.
You let Joba start a game and throw until he hits his pitch count. If its the middle of an inning you let Hawkins or whoever finish off the inning. Then Rasner starts off a clean inning and goes however long he can.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
by matthaggs on May 28, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kennedy doesn't come out of the pen
He’s hurt
We need a spot start
Give it to Joba, let the pen finish
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You lost me.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
by matthaggs on May 28, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ian P Kennedy is on the DL
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)
by Cbeck3 on May 28, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotcha
You’re talking about the next Joba appearance, I was talking about this one.
Problem with using Joba to start a game as though he were in the rotation is that there would be no long reliever to come in for him if he hits his ceiling early (I’m about done with Ohlendorf for a while). I think they would need to make a roster move and have a long reliever from Scranton available.
Joba throwing pitches in the bullpen is STUPID. Worst. plan. ever.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
by matthaggs on May 28, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a long shot… let’s hope one of the Yankees brass sneaks a peek at PA and reads your post. Very nice.
by bronxbound on May 28, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute. Who will fill the 5th spot? I had enough of Igawa.
by bronxbound on May 28, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone in Scranton
This time around they don’t have to worry about it because of the off day, but my guess is they’ll use five “starters” anyway.
Not sure what Karstens’ status is, but if he’s not ready someone like him should be summoned to enter the game when Joba is done. After one or two more times (feels rushed to me), I think the “plan” is that Joba will be ready to be a fully functioning starter.
"Well, that kind of puts a damper on even a Yankees win."
-- Phil Rizzuto after hearing about the Pope's death
by matthaggs on May 28, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand what you're saying
I’ll go through some other Yankee starts and see if I can find some examples of similar pitch selection…
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me shock you for a second...
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I don’t think they are approaching this the right way. He’s airing it out on those fastballs and not pacing himself.
And, like you said, he’s not using his curve ball or change – which is supposed to be a big part of this process.
I want to see Joba as a starter as much as anyone. But I don’t think they are doing this the right way.
It might be better if someone like Rasner to come out of the pen after Joba pitches the first 3 or 4 IP.
by anaconda on May 28, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
After last night
They owe us a break or two…
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on May 28, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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