Game #62 - Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees
by anaconda
on Jun 7, 2008 12:46 PM EDT
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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
David DeJesus, RF
Mike Aviles, SS
Mark Teahen, 1B
Jose Guillen, LF
Miguel Olivo, DH
John Buck, C
Alberto Callaspo, 2B
Esteban German, 3B
Joey Gathright, CF
NEW YORK YANKEES
Johnny Damon, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Álex Rodríguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, DH
Jorge Posada, C
Robinson Cano. 2B
Wilson Betemit, 1B
Melky Cabrera, CF
PREGAME NOTES:
- Hideki Matsui is getting the day off for some unknown reason. You would think that a smart guy like Girardi would realize that sitting his best hitter all season the day after the team struggled to score runs would be a bad idea. Matsui is also the near everyday DH so I don't understand the need to rest him.
- Brian Bannister is a lifetime 1-1, 8.10 ERA, 1.90 WHIP in 2 starts against the Yanks, including 1-0, 3.60 ERA, 1.80 WHIP in 2008.
- Andy Pettitte is a lifetime 12-3, 3.06 ERA, 1.26 WHIP in 20 games (18 starts) against the Royals, including 1-0, 1.35 ERA, 1.05 WHIP in 2008.
- Yanks' career numbers vs. Bannister can be viewed here. Royals' career numbers vs. Pettitte can be viewed here.
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Let's go Yanks!
Hopefully we can start to string together some wins. We’re getting further and further into the season and we are still hovering around .500, not good.
by bronxbound on Jun 7, 2008 12:56 PM EDT 0 recs
Hopefully Andy's years in Houston
will give him superhuman protection from heat on the mound today.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jun 7, 2008 1:44 PM EDT 0 recs
True. It is hot! The temperature gauge in my car says its 98 out there.
I just hope Andy is not starting to feel the effects (elbow) of not being on the juice.
by bronxbound on
Jun 7, 2008 1:51 PM EDT
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Damn! Andy still seems to be suffering
from effects of teh suck. Hopefully he will bounce out of it soon.
Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin
by garp on Jun 7, 2008 2:16 PM EDT 0 recs
Betemit is looking like the only one we can
depend on from the bench.
by bronxbound on Jun 7, 2008 2:44 PM EDT 0 recs
I was moving in my apartment the other day,
and I sat down and reread a little bit of The Last Night of The Yankee Dynasty as I moved. It happened to be the part about noticing which players never got up to watch the flight of the ball for home runs to left field.
Bobby Abreu didn’t even notice let alone move.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jun 7, 2008 3:08 PM EDT 0 recs
Pettitte shouldn't have even pitched this inning.
Girardi must be terrified of using anyone in the bullpen.
by bronxbound on Jun 7, 2008 3:34 PM EDT 0 recs
He has seemed a little slow with the hook
which is ironic because I always thought that Torre pulled his starters too early.
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on
Jun 7, 2008 3:45 PM EDT
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girardi
What is he doing? How could you not go righty-righty there with veras
"I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee"
by ISG on Jun 7, 2008 3:41 PM EDT 0 recs
I can’t believe he left him out there. In this heat, and in that situation, unless Andy talked him into staying in, terrible move by Girardi.
I think I’m jumping on the Girardi hate train for the time being.
by bronxbound on
Jun 7, 2008 3:45 PM EDT
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Right there with you
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
Jun 7, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
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It is slowly becoming more and more evident, at least to me, that he is being out-managed. He is a fairly new manager, so he can use that card with me. However, I can’t help but wonder where this team would be right now still under Torre or Mattingly.
Seems the Yankee brass finally got a manager they can control. Whenever Girardi is asked about a team decision regarding the roster, he always responds with… “Well, me and Cash will have to sit down and talk about it.” You would never hear that statement from Torre.
by bronxbound on
Jun 7, 2008 4:21 PM EDT
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Don't tease me here guys!
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jun 7, 2008 4:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Damon and Giambi really are on fire. They are carrying the team right now.
by bronxbound on
Jun 7, 2008 4:27 PM EDT
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Man, I've thought this game was over
twice now…
Glad to be wrong.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
Jun 7, 2008 4:34 PM EDT
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Yeah that grandslam was
really painful…
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on
Jun 7, 2008 4:35 PM EDT
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Is it too much
for Girardi to realize that there will be no save, and to use Mo in the 9th?
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on Jun 7, 2008 4:40 PM EDT 0 recs
God that hurts even more than the grand slam
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on
Jun 7, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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Thanks, Joe!
A tiny bit of my confidence in you has been restored.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
Jun 7, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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And then
Gameday caught up with the game action.
Well, shit.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
Jun 7, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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God when is this roller coaster gonna end
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jun 7, 2008 4:50 PM EDT 0 recs
When we're up by a run
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on
Jun 7, 2008 4:54 PM EDT
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Crazy!
Wish I was in the bronx right now. What a game.
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by dan-sports.ccscoop on Jun 7, 2008 4:52 PM EDT 0 recs
maybe you could have snagged a ticket from one of the season ticket holders behind homeplate
who left after the 4th inning… Good luck getting into the bleachers though
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on
Jun 7, 2008 4:55 PM EDT
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Hard to believe...
but Damon is now hitting .323 on the season.
by anaconda on Jun 7, 2008 4:59 PM EDT 0 recs
In other news... can you stand that we
couldn’t score two runs yesterday
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on Jun 7, 2008 4:59 PM EDT 0 recs
Damon
Maybe making up making those comments earlier in the week – Insane game by him
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by dan-sports.ccscoop on Jun 7, 2008 5:01 PM EDT 0 recs
We play today
We win today.
Now I can go to the AAA game happy.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
by jscape2000 on Jun 7, 2008 5:02 PM EDT 0 recs
Mo should have stayed in
He was fresh and who else do they have? Girardi has been terrible. Pettitte should have been pulled against JG, but then you look at what he has to work with. I still would have pulled him though and gave Veras a chance. I could understand it a little better if JG hadn’t killed Andy all day…But it’s so nice ot have Posada back…
by John Amato on Jun 7, 2008 5:13 PM EDT 0 recs
Mo finished the game?
what do you mean?
Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.
by Edwantsacracker on
Jun 7, 2008 6:44 PM EDT
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