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All CC, all the time: Yankees win 10-1, take 3-1 series lead

Heeeere it comes!

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Heeeere it comes!

Wow... just wow. What else can you say about the Yankees' ace? He matched his phenomenal game one performance with another eight innings of one run ball - and on short rest to boot! Things looked a bit iffy in the fifth, when he allowed a solo homer to Kendry Morales and then consecutive singles, but Sabathia escaped with no further damage. Then in the seventh, the first two batters reached before then he induced a GDP and a groundout.

His postseason stats: 3-0, 22.2 ip, 1.19 ERA, 17 H, 3 BB, 20 K.

Only slightly outdone was Alex Rodriguez (3-4, HR, 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB), who continues to mash the ball. He's also apparently the best baserunner on the team - while Brett Gardner is getting thrown out, Robbie Cano isn't stepping on third, and Nick Swisher's getting picked off (despite the call), A-Rod is stealing a base, tagging up (successfully), and scoring on grounders with a drawn-in infield... remarkable.

The big hit came off the bat of Melky Cabrera - the Yanks were up 1-0 in the fourth, the bases were loaded with one out: he lined a sharp grounder between third and short that scored two. Just when Melky was being doubted, he came through with three hits and four RBI (and it all started with a gorgeous bunt single).

Scott Kazmir was fortunately just as ineffective as his last game: 4 ip, 4 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 89 pitches. For whatever reason (perhaps it's as simple as the AL West isn't the AL East), he hasn't been the same pitcher in the postseason that he was for the Angels down the stretch.

Star-divide

The umpiring has to be addressed. It was again atrocious. The umps blew two clear calls in one inning! Nick Swisher should have been picked off at second, but was called safe. He later scored on a sac-fly only to have it negated on appeal for supposedly leaving early - he didn't. Then, inexplicably, the Yankees were gifted an extra out when Cano and Posada were both tagged out standing near thirdbase. Why neither of them decided to actually stay on the bag, or why Tim McLelland called only one of them out is beyond me. (In his postgame interview, McLelland admitted his multiple screw-ups.)

Don't let any Angel fans bother you with 'conspiracy theories' about the umpires: Swisher's non-pickoff was made up for with the appeal at third (where he was actually safe), and the shoulda-been DP with Cano and Posada made no difference as the next batter grounded out to end the inning. Plus the Yankees happened to win the game 10-1, not 2-1.

(Not to get off topic too much, but the New York Football Giants game this past Sunday had numerous poor calls go against them, yet I can still admit Naw'luhns was the better team... they did win by 21 points after all, about the equivalent of nine runs in baseball.)

Speaking of poor baserunning, how could Posada not score on Cano's double (that occurred right before the apparent DP)? He was standing on second and Cano doubled... Posada made it 90 feet. Inexplicable.

As for more bad baserunning, what is it with Brett Gardner and his sudden inability to steal? He was gunned down for the second straight game, and is now 1-3 in the playoffs (in SB attempts). In Monday's game, Jeff Mathis made a ridiculous throw, but that wasn't the case tonight - it was just your run-of-the-mill toss, yet Gardner was clearly out (again). It appears that a couple reasons are behind it: 1) he's not getting as good a jump as normal, which may be due to Angels pitchers making an extra effort to keep him close; 2) Erick Aybar seems to be excellent at quickly catching the ball and tagging the sliding runner. Anyway, it's ironic that the two Yankees that were caught stealing were Gardner and Jeter while the two successful base-stealers were A-Rod and Posada.

Game 4 is on Thursday at 8 p.m.: Burnett vs. Lackey.

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Just Kidding

Check Out Halo Heaven for some good laughs. They are acting like their is a conspiracy bigger than JFK going on. Nothing I hate more than excuses in a blowout game.

by YankeesJets on Oct 20, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

To Bitter Halos Fans --

I agree with YankeesJets —

Seriously dudes — you people had two blown calls against you that were IMMEDIATELY cancelled out (you got out of the inning easily on that Cano/Posada mess up, and Swisher got called out at third).

Can you please, for goodness sake, stop arguing that that was the sole reason why you got your brains knocked in in your own ballpark? I promise you, there will be fireworks in Anaheim again … next 4th of July.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Trust me I live in California now

These people are the biggest sissified whiners I have ever met

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

too much sun fried their brains. that’s why i stay indoors

Thank God for making us Yankees.

by noonoo on Oct 21, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weird game tonight as far as the umpiring, but

Sabathia pitched his ass off and the Angels were never in it.

Congrats. We’ll be waiting for you on Thursday!

by WiHaloFan on Oct 21, 2009 12:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice

You rule, and I like you. Can’t wait for Thursday

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Should be a battle.

I fully expect Lackey to go out and have a “CC” like game.

…tho…can he?

..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...

...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.

---Carl

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 21, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice job, dude. Respect. Take it like a man and we’ll see you Thursday.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amen

If he can dominate like this every game in the postseason he pitches, that leaves the Yanks to only need to win one other start by Pettite or Burnett to win a series. Thats a nice feeling, and I hope he dominates the NL team in the WS like this. (and he gets to swing the bat!)

by ZigKitsune on Oct 21, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't wanna see CC runnng the bases.

A thousand lips. A thousand tongues. A thousand throats. A thousand lungs. A thousand ways to make it true. I want to do terrible things to you.

by Nine Inch Nails on Oct 21, 2009 12:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

CC is not Wang

He played in the NL the entire second half this year, I pretty sure he knows how to run the bases

by Danielle I on Oct 21, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

knock on wood

that we get to see CC in the WS.

by Travis G on Oct 21, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

series isn’t over

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, mathematically you are correct

But somehow I don’t think they will win 3 in a row. They are NOT 2004 Red Sox good.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

While you are commenting on my stuff

find an area on HH where I am “fellating” them. Not very classy to talk to me like that, especially when it’s a lie.

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please Dont Get Mad At Me

But every post about you fellating them makes me laugh harder.

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scanning the comments on Halo Heaven's recap post is frightening...

… they are actually convinced that this series is fixed. They give absolutely zero credit to CC or our offense. Apparently, the umpires put up 10 runs against their pitching staff tonight, while also keeping their hitters down to the tune of only one run. It would appear that the Yankees don’t even need to dress for game 5, as the umpires have the game won for us.

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

by Daniel52 on Oct 21, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Even if we give them back 9 runs, they still lose

Are they gonna say the Yankees hit the ball too hard next?

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

When the calls are this obvious that they would take 15 seconds to correct

what is the argument against instant replay again?

Facial LaFleur, total facial.

by Lord Duggan on Oct 21, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

John Kruk Is Pissed

Hes making all kinds of noise during the highlights. Why does he even have a job? He is so useless.

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

CC for Game 5

Rest in between games is overrated.

by Scooby Snacks on Oct 21, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jesus, I'm embarrassed

I don’t know WTF Rev was thinking.

Me: Angel fan since 78 – saw game 1, 6, & 7 of ’02 series. We had a good team that got a lot of breaks that year. Funny how the team that wins the WS gets a few breaks here and there.

The umps suck and its G-D- awful that 3 of the 4 games have had obvious bad calls. That doesn’t excuse the baserunning and fielding f-ups. Soth ( our nickname for him) has also had multiple brainfarts.

Bottom line, we are getting beat by the better team.

I say we get the next one, and then who knows. I’d much rather be in your shoes but our team has been through a lot and has battled all year.

As unlikely as it seems now, to have beaten Boston and NY in the same year after what happened with the Adenheart kid would have restored my faith in god. : )

Sorry about the whining at HH. It’s unreadable right now….

by Lee Stevens' Potential on Oct 21, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I Dont Think Winning Against The Yankees

Should be your reason to restore your faith in god again. Thats a little crazy.

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not trying to be condescending

But it’s hard to watch your team lose. I don’t blame anyone for being mad, especially when the umps have been this bad – though none of the calls wound up costing you guys a run. I wish more fans on both sides could be more like you, though – rooting hard for you team and tipping your cap to the other when they win the game. I hope your prediction about Thursday is wrong, but good luck to you.

by long time listener on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No offense taken

I’m pissed but the umps aren’t making our team forget how to hit with RISP. They didn’t have Fuentes hang a pitch anyone who played High School ball could have jacked out. And F-in Tex. Damn it to hell, he’s getting better. Having a real first baseman makes a HUGE difference…

by Lee Stevens' Potential on Oct 21, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good for you

and I think that we all get the whining. There was plenty of it to be seen here after Game 3.

It’s just a lot more fun to like the team that’s winning. :)

Facial LaFleur, total facial.

by Lord Duggan on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

fair enough...

to also be fair….if the Yanks were down 3-1…there’s be some ignorant bullcrap being spewed over here too.

Probably not as vulgar, nor as whiny or quick to blame…wait, check that quick to blame…we’d be quicker to blame our manger over here.

Hats off to you real fans. Like the many Red Sox and yea…Dallas Cowboy fans…its just the work of the idiot loudmouths that give you a bad name.

I know this aint over yet. Adenhart is behing you all and RIP.

I’d say good luck…but I’d think you’d know its fake.

Here’s to one more good game…:)

..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...

...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.

---Carl

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 21, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh there are some good fans at Halo's Heaven

But the guy running it is the biggest douche of them all. As much as I hate to admit it, it makes me appreciate Travis, Jscape and Ed all the more.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No shit

that Rev dude is a complete ass. It’s taking a lot of effort to be polite, but I’m determined to be so.

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoa whoa whoa

YOU were over there fellating all over them Gman. Don’t come back here and talk shit about them when you were there making them feel all good about themselves.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate being rude to people that get beat

where exactly did I “fellate” them? I’m being polite.

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, really, where did I even compliment them?

Pull up a quote of what you consider me “fellating all over them.”

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

aw c'mon

We have good writers on this sight. Ed, Travis, jscape, and cyc are all really good IMO

by swanny4eva on Oct 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Yes they are

especially when compared to dicks like Rev

Facial LaFleur, total facial.

by Lord Duggan on Oct 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah that rev dude.....

He Better hope we don’t meet up in a dark alley somewhere.

by swanny4eva on Oct 21, 2009 12:26 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

i thougt

When you said you hate to say it you were alluding that they aren’t that good. My bad bro

by swanny4eva on Oct 21, 2009 12:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

I hate to say it

Because I have my issues with some of the over statifications and some, in my mind, poor predictions this pre-season. But the guys here are class all the way through.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

gotcha

Again my bad. We cool

by swanny4eva on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

and we see the bad calls by the ump too....

most of us here know when they blew a call…Swisher was out on the pickoff….and he tagged up perfectly fine on the appeal call….

The double tag out? Posada and Cano were out…and also dumb as stumps.

Some of the other ones…A-Rod on the ‘infield in’ play…he was very safe.

..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...

...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.

---Carl

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 21, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

screw the halos and their useless fans

Spin this however you want but our boy Cc owned that ass! I’m looking at you bobby. And the bats came alive like we knew they would. Never ever doubt this team! Now on to win this in game 5 and rest up for the sillies in the world series

by swanny4eva on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 AM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Watching These Replays Of The Ump's Mistakes Makes Me Wonder

If the umps are trying to get replay instituted. I have never seen such bad calls before. This year the umping is the worst I ve ever seen.

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BANNED!

What an ass

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL

You will get banned for simply SAYING your a Yankees fan.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which I did

Jeez, own up and suck it up

You got beat, your pitchers threw too many balls, and your fielders/bats fell asleep after the 6th. The bad calls had zero impact on the final score. Yankee fans have more to complain about; we actually had a run taken off the board.

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 20, 2009 11:49 PM EDT

I’m a friggin admin and writer at Niners Nation, I would NEVER ban someone for something like that. Warn, MAYBE. Ban? How silly.

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Oct 21, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The guy is a douche

What makes it even more awesome is that he is an admin. Their thread is so awesome it should stay saved in the internets for ever and ever.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember -- bad news is not allowed in Disneyland

They thought they were gonna ride the tea cups into the World Series. But out came Ursula, Scar, Jafarr, Gaston (CC, Mo, Jeter, Alex) and popped their little sugar-rush dreams.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 8:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LMAO @ Mclelan

Saying is his press conference in my heart I thought Swisher was out that he left too soon and that he really thought Cano’s foot was on the bag

by Danielle I on Oct 21, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I love how he says they werent "Obvious" mistakes

The fact that the crew chief himself makes these mistakes is mindboggling. He is suppose to be the best they have.

by YankeesJets on Oct 21, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just took a look at Halos Heaven

and WOW. The guy who did the write-up is actually blaming pretty much the whole loss on the umpires. And I figured if I look at the comments, hopefully their fans will be pointing out how crazy that is. But no, most of them are agreeing with him. I understand the frustration, I really do, but I gotta say I had no idea that Angels fans were this bad. It’s awful.

by Rumplestiltskin02 on Oct 21, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Down 3-1 does that to you

They can say whatever they like. I’ll just enjoy the 3-1 lead and hope for a series victory.

by GMan83201 on Oct 21, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I apologize to Lee Stevens’ Potential for grouping all Angels fans together. I realize that there are plenty of good ones too.

by Rumplestiltskin02 on Oct 21, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are Sox fans over there and Twinkie fans there and are trying to be reasonable

and are getting chewed out. I have to say that thread over there is the most awesome thing I have read online in ages.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thank you Yankees

I asked on the first thread

http://www.pinstripealley.com/2009/10/20/1092268/alcs-game-4-one-more-time

“Please, please, please Yankees!

I want us to win 10-1. Pretty please? None of us like our hearts in our mouths all the time."

and the Yankees delivered :)

by pkyankeefan on Oct 21, 2009 1:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i checked HH too

so many are convinced that the fix is on. some were bein reasonable but mostly they were whining about the calls. now sure, callin Swisher safe at 2nd when he was out by 6 inches and the Posada/Cano debacle was an absolutely horrid call would sting but those calls didn’t lose them the game. it was frickin 10-1, and it should’ve been 11-1 if the call on Swisher taggin up would’ve been made right. that doesn’t bother me now seein the final, but at the time that one less run could’ve been big and fortunately it didn’t matter.

I was mad and wanted to ring some necks when we lost. altho atleast the main person I wanted to strangle was Girardi after that brainfart yesterday.

"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
"All the arguing in the world can't change the decision of the umpire."- Lou Gehrig. Got that Aybar?

by JumpinJackFlash on Oct 21, 2009 1:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

sure was

they had pictures that showed a ring of “spit” right above the baseball, when it was actually the logo on Sciosa’s jacket. as long as he’s been pitching if he was using a spitter he’d been caught by now. they just don’t want to admit that Mo’s cutter is just that hard to hit, even when you know it’s coming.

"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
"All the arguing in the world can't change the decision of the umpire."- Lou Gehrig. Got that Aybar?

by JumpinJackFlash on Oct 21, 2009 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup, Mo's splitter is just THAT nasty...

Unless, of course, your name is Ichiro, and the game’s on the line in the bottom of the 9th :P
(Disclosure: Mariners fan here)
Really though, I started out rooting for the Angels over NYY…yes, the 2000 & 2001 ALCS still burn back in Seattle ;) However, after seeing the absurd whining and utter classlessness over at HH, I actually do want the Yanks to stick it to them—I may not like your team or your ownership group, but you Yankees fans are (if SBnation blogs are any measure) a heck of a lot classier. So, despite the inherent inner turmoil caused by this Mariners fan wanting to see A-Rod win, please, PLEASE beat the Angels.

by Rachmaninoff on Oct 21, 2009 5:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just 1 more

altho the Angels have been a thorn in the Yankee side. I just wanted one of these last two at LAA, so we’d only need one if we have to go back to Yankee Stadium. I’ll give Ichiro his credit there, he knew the splitter was comin and put a good swing on it. every team has fans that whine. I live in an area with a ton of Colts fans, I hate that team, and while they claim to be so “classy” I’ve heard them whine a ton.

"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
"All the arguing in the world can't change the decision of the umpire."- Lou Gehrig. Got that Aybar?

by JumpinJackFlash on Oct 21, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The problem at HH

is not the fans, it’s the moderating.

Ed and co. here make sure the bloggers keep a civil tongue and they rid the posts of the kind of crap we saw at HH. There is a set of guidelines here and they are actually enforced. HH could use someone classy at the top to keep the posts classy.

by Jaybat on Oct 21, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

MY GOD!!!!

the angles fans may actually be worse than the sox! halosheaven is just whining up a storm

from the not spit ball , to all of the bad calls (that everyone agrees on) that were all inconsequential! and they still blame media coverage and ratings?

KAZ GOT OUT HIT! i mean how many did he walk??? he was getting the low outside strike! ALOT! he made people look like chumps! and then we owned him!

these cry babies are insane

by blindmole on Oct 21, 2009 2:29 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Awesome

What’s going on with A-Rod an CC in the playoffs. I don’t know them anymore :lol: Great win. Great team. Poor Umpires. Just one to go for the WS.

Greetings from Germany. Dirk

by Germantiger on Oct 21, 2009 6:46 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

halos

well….when you score one run in 9 innings you are not going to win period. instead of crying about the umps , (like swisher wasent on the bag when he caught it?) , i think you should look to not losing in your building. said it before the series i wanted the angels , its time to turn the page on them and there lame jinx over the yanks…..go yanks my prediction ) yanks in 5) beat that steve philliups and you clowns on espn….

by capizm on Oct 21, 2009 7:14 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Steve Phillips --

Steve Phillips is a fruit.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steve Philips sux.

He was horrible with the Mets, so what makes ESPN think that he has “profound wisdom” regarding baseball. he’s a joke.

by McDaniel on Oct 21, 2009 9:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Steve Phillips sux Part II

He looks like a little coniving weasel — I wish I could explain it; he just rubs me the wrong way.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phillips was also just suspended by ESPN

An affair with an employee that turned bad. And by “bad” I mean “she stalked him, harassed him, contacted his family, and broke up his marriage.”

http://deadspin.com/5386543/steve-phillips-suspended-after-affair-with-espn-employee

I still hate the guy, but I wouldn’t wish this on anyone, though to a certain extent, he did bring it upon himself (assuming all the allegations are true).

by long time listener on Oct 21, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He probably has a really stupid tattoo somewhere on his body.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 9:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THUNDERSTICKS

HEY HALO FANS PUT AWAY THOSE STUPID RED THINGS YOU KEEP BANGING TOGETHER. (THUNDER STICKS I THINK YOU CALL THEM.) JUST ABOUT AS PITIFUL AS THOSE BRAVE FANS WHO STAND UP AND DO THAT TOMAHAWK THING. THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY. WHAT ARE GROWN PEOPLE DOING BELITTLING AMERICAN INDIANS. BUT I DIGRESS. ANY BY THE WAY MAYBE YOU HALO FANS CAN GIVE ONE OF YOUR THNUNDERSTICKS TO YOUR PLAYERS – MAYBE CHONE FIGGINS WHO COULD MAYBE USE IT IN GAME 5.

by guy5544 on Oct 21, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

As to the thundersticks, lol --

Like I said last night during the game, if I ever walked into Yankee Stadium with a pair of navy blue thundersticks, one of the following two possibilities would in all probability ensue —

Either (a): I’d get horrifically ridiculed by everyone sitting around me, or

(b): I’d flat out get my ass wooped — probably by the old guy who scans your ticket at the gate.

Whatever the case, © would definitely result independently of (a) and (b): I would feel like a total tool.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 10:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not to mention

that someone or group of someones would try to place said thunderstick in a very uncomfortable place for you

"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel

by tnredneckyankeesfan on Oct 21, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Team Ball

Ok I said it first… Don’t fret this team is like the 1996 team . Not in skills I mean they are a team and they have chemistry. Aj will step up at the tomrrw. 1 compliant is that I don’t want to over work CC. Another thing is can we please put Bret in the game.. I want speed on the bases.. Let’s ki these guys spirit. Run run run run run.. Every chance were on base

by BrownHornet . on Oct 21, 2009 10:51 AM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

i wanted him in the game too for Melky until yesterday

1 out of 3 in SB’s and Melky had 4 RBIs. If anything, put him in for Swisher.

by justinxyankeesfan on Oct 21, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would rather Swisher replaced than Melky.

Swish has 3 hits in 24 ab’s and Gardner has 2 hits in…………………..3 ab’s. DO IT GIRARDI!

by McDaniel on Oct 21, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Amazing

that the Yanks could win last night without Mo and his “spitter.” Angels fans are really delusional.

by providence on Oct 21, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

exactly, they are really reaching, I guess that is what happens when desparation and frustration sets in..they are just completely outclassed in this one

by BlackandGoldSSgt on Oct 21, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good game

wasn’t around an internet connection during it, couldn’t figure out what Swish and Jorge were doing on the basepaths, Jorge on the play with Robbie, and then running back to the dugout with 2 outs, and Swish taking his massive leads and then falling asleep and almost getting picked off twice (actually getting caught the one time on the play we all know about). Way to go Melky, for showing up in a big way, Damon for hitting the HR and yeah..A Rod for doing what he has been doing. KInda scary to think what happens when Tex starts hitting too. CC for Cy Young anyone?

by BlackandGoldSSgt on Oct 21, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The most dominant pitching exhibition I can remember.

CC has just overpowered everyone this post season.

But, WTF with Jorge in counting the outs. The boy can’t count outs or run the bases.

by GrandEd on Oct 21, 2009 11:48 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

watched Jorge on the post-game

I really wanted a reporter to say “Jorge. Finish this sequence: one … two …?”

by long time listener on Oct 21, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Posada

seriously, Jorge played like he was on drugs….lost count of outs, misran on Cano’s double, overran third base on the rundown…..I don’t think I’ve ever seen a professional misrun the bases so badly in just a ten minute span. You don’t see much worse in Little League.

by providence on Oct 21, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

um its jorge

As long as he’s still smacking post season homer over centerfield…..i’ll forgive em….

But don’t do it again hip hip!…..

by NYYWinsRings26 on Oct 21, 2009 1:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

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