Game 13: Cleveland at New York

The Yankees right now are just this bad. Pavano’s ERA is 16 and he has no hit them so far? I am starting to really get angry. I don’t see a modicum of pride in this team at all.

I see absolutely no clutch hitting other than Jeter. I see really poor pitch calling by Posada. I see our pen is already being over worked. Strange calls by Girardi. A stadium that can’t seem to get filled, millionaire seats empty. Pavano, the poster child for all that has been wrong in the organization for years throwing 85 mph fastballs and getting this lineup out.

No perfect game! Can we return the new Stadium? Did they keep the receipt?

To see all these seats around the stadium empty on a beautiful sunday in the Bronx. It really disheartens me. This stadium is a launching pad, problem is right now we only have one real home run threat in the lineup until A-rod gets back. I have never wished an injury on anyone in my life, but after Pavano got paid to only pitch what? 10 games in 4 seasons I want this guy to throw his arm out and retire on the fat Yankees paychecks he received.

Seems to launch the balls in this park. Except of course the Yankees who seem to think the way to go is to hit grounders all over the place.

I am gonna start drinking heavily.

Texiera can play third and put Swish at first and Melky in right. Of course it really doesn’t matter… Pavano looks like he is taking revenge against the Yankees. You know because he feels slighted that they paid him millions upon millions of dollars to pitch badly for a handful of games in 4 years. I hope the guys tears a ligaments, I truly do. The Yankees just seem clueless at the plate. Not entirely sure I am crazy about Eiland coaching our staff and Kevin long is no Mattingly.

Can he please stop grounding into rally killing double plays?

When the only hope is to get PAVANO’s pitch count up so we can attack their pen with pop ups and double plays.

So why didn’t Girardi have Jeter bunt? Small ball indeed. Tex needs to not take a walk and smack those 80mph changeups. Swish is coming back down to earth ever since Nady got injured.

What is happening to my beloved team? I am the biggest fan of Girardi but I cannot make heads or tails of his calls. You bat Jeter leadoff because he is more apt to GIDP, so you have no outs and 2 on and you let Jeter swing down 2 runs? Tex should NOT be taking a walk he should be looking to hammer, he is not paid to take walks when we are behind and he is facing someone who is throwing junk. Swisher seems to have gotten a little too comfortable now that he doesn’t have competition for the starting job. Matsui cannot even Dh because of his knees. Damon’s perpetual slow start at the plate and his horrible defense in left is a liability. Our expensive starters cannot seem to make it past 6 innings, and our respected pen is pitching slow pitch softballs. Our stands look like it has mange with patches of empty seats. This is not the team I grew up with. I can stand losing, truly I can. I cannot stand watching this team with no spark, no life, no passion, to pride, rolling over and being kicked by the Indians?

Posada or Molina? Jeez … how balls are going to be dropped, mishandled, etc today?

To lose stupid with this payroll is inexcusable. All these rich people at the game sound like they are at an art auction.

Cody can’t even bunt

thats a HR!!

Shouldn’t it be an out?

Guy was in the stands. Fair game for a fan to grab that ball. Remember the Cubs playoff game?

Looks like he is locking up the “Setup” man role.

Get a little revenge for yesterday.

for CR to get a hit. I’ll take it.

I cannot watch the rest of the game today on tv, is he still getting ahead with his swing or is he settling back a little bit?

Urge to kill subsiding. Girardi needs to figure his style out, he talks about small ball but he seems to want home runs to win. Pavano still still deserves to have his arm fall off.

Every inning he pitches is a pleasure. We will most likely never see a closer in pinstripes in our lifetime, hell in any uniform for that matter the likes of Mo. Can we retire his number now just to get it out of the way?

My favorite baseball player of all time DJ needs to avoid the DP a little more. Jorge, I don’t want to sound like a broken record but he needs to work a little better with the pitching staff. Andy, well hopefully he can keep his arm healthy. Mo is a baseball god. Hopefully the ghosts next door finally found their way across the street today. I am very excited to see what A-Rod can do when healthy if this park really is the launching pad we think it is.