Yankees 9, Mets 8: The return of the ghosts
by Ed Valentine on Jun 12, 2009 11:08 PM EDT
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PrintApparently, the Yankee Stadium ghosts did make the trip across the street from the old house. How else can you explain what happened Friday night?
How on earth does Luis Castillo drop a simple game-ending pop-up, turning it into a two-run game-winning (game losing for the Mets, of course) play?
I don't know. I don't care. Thank you, Luis. We will take it.
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Bill Buckner is laughing his ass off.
Un-effing-believable. I was like, damn he’s not under it he’s gonna drop-AHHAHAHAHA WE WIN.
It's true what they say...Even the NFL's Big Wigs hate the Steelers. On the plus side, I can now tell my future grand kids about Hines Ward and how the NFL made rules because of him. Roger Goodell, you make me sick.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Jun 12, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
I gotta say
I felt bad for Luis. Anytime I see this kind of massive blunder on a big stage, it makes me think of all of the lives ruined in baseball by singular moments.
If you look at the history baseball has a long list of players who have never been able to overcome the stigma of being labeled a “botcher”. Seriously a lot of these guys have become recluses like Buckner moving to the desert of Idaho or the Angels relief pitcher Donnie Ray Moore. Donny according to a NYT article “was obsessed, according to some friends, with the failure of not recording the third strike that would have won the pennant for the Angels in the 1986 playoffs”. He ended up shooting himself and his wife three years later.
I’ll take the win, but lay off the guy who makes such a horrible mistake that there is nothing anyone can say worse than the tortured thoughts on his pillow every night.
"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 Jun 13, 2009 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions
yea i feel bad for the man
It's true what they say...Even the NFL's Big Wigs hate the Steelers. On the plus side, I can now tell my future grand kids about Hines Ward and how the NFL made rules because of him. Roger Goodell, you make me sick.
by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Jun 13, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
It reminds me of...
Donnie Moore from the California Angels blowing game 7 of the ALCS to the Red Sox. 2 years later, he committed suicide…sad story. Players can make physical errors, but mental errors are far far worse.
LMAO @ K-ROD
he fist pumped after A-Rod popped up
lololololololololololol
Nice Win But.....
What in the world is Girardi thinking bringing Mo into a tie game in the 8th? In September it would be a questionable move, in June it’s asinine. Mo is as bad as the rest of the pen when he enters in a non save situation. Cashman better get an 8th inning guy or this team is not gonna go to far. I think Girardi is in over his head, he is managing too tight and it will affect the players.
What a joke!
Somebody needs to water board Castillo! Talk about choke! It’s hard not to agree with the Phillies when the Mets keep pulling crap like this. This is the better Mets team without Randolph! They can’t run bases, they can’t catch fly balls! I mean for god sake, Beltran, Murphy, and now Castillo! What a joke!!!!!
by Your Man Crush on Jun 12, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
where was arod going?
can anyone explain why arod began to round first when he saw castillo drop the ball? there was no reason for him to be anywhere but standing on first base. imagine if luis made a snap throw to first while that moron rounded the base. if he got tagged out before texeira scored they might still be playing right now…
if it makes anyone feel any better, check out the mets’ blog (amazing alley). i wanted to leave a comment there, actually: “now u know how WE feel this year”… after all the crap with the Sux, gotta feel like there’s a little cosmic payback in tonight’s game somewhere. anyway, karma or no, i’ll take it!!!
once again, mo in a tie game, once again the same results. what have we learned, children?
by sing_or_die_1818 on Jun 13, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions
LongB, good call… hadn’t even thought about that, too busy thanking my lucky stars for the botch and thinking what Lotto numbers to play! lol
by sing_or_die_1818 on Jun 13, 2009 12:23 AM EDT reply actions
Mo in the 8th
What message does it send to the rest of the relievers? Mo is now the 8th and 9th inning guy? Mo’s job is to CLOSE the game. What does he do when he comes in when the score is tied? He gets beat. Girardi has made a whole bunch of terrible moves in the last week. Setting up the rotation for a series in Boston in June? Throwing Wang against two of baseballs best offenses(Texas and Boston), and tonight Mo in the 8th. Girardi over thinks and it contiues to cost this team. This is why they play tight against the good teams.
by YankeesJets on Jun 13, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Cone
Listening to Cone during the game and after on the postgame made me wish that Eiland(who stinks) would be replaced with Cone as pitching coach. Call me crazy but he always seems to be on point with what the pitchers are doing wrong. Why not have a pitching coach that was successful and knew how to pitch in big games in NY, than a third rate guy like Eiland?
That was certainly
gift wrapped for the Yankees. Was watching the game with my wife and her Father who are Mets fans. The changes in all our reactions as the last play unfolded were priceless. On SNY, they showed a replay focused on Jerry Manuel and Sandy Alomar, Sr. You could read Alomar’s lips saying OH SHIT!
"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel
by tnredneckyankeesfan on Jun 13, 2009 7:32 AM EDT reply actions
Once again the bullpen blows it and Joba pitched 4 innings giving up 2 runs. I would rather have him pitch those 4 innings over 5 days coming out of the bullpen being dominant.
Actually he'd still only pitch every 5th day when CC pitches.
He’s the only one who can pitch 7 innings to hand it over. The rest of the time he’ll be sitting on his ass watching the mop up crew.
Joba had a bad outing
Its what happens with young pitchers. The Yankees won.
Who’s to say he’ll be dominant again in the pen? What happens if this bullpen thin is epidemic? ALL these guys in the pen at one point were pretty damn good for a period of time, now they all suck.
Give it a break with the Joba to the pen. Cuz if he’s in the pen, who the hell starts? Don’t tell me Hughs, he pulls the same crap.
by FreeBradshaw on Jun 13, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
the most dissatisfying walk-off win
i can remember. however, the Yanks did deserve to win that game. they crushed almost every ball off Livan, but had relatively little to show for it. he wasn’t fooling anyone. with a bit more luck, they woud’ve scored 9 off Livan alone.
Tex deserves a lot of credit for running hard, and DJ for being the only Yankee to actually get a hit off Krod.
I don't know about Mo
I mean when the guy closes a game, he’s pretty much lights out.
I think its something to do with the entire bullpen. It has to be. Its not just Mo, its everyone.
I don’t understand it. Jose Veras at one point last year looked like the guy to be Rivera’s successor, now look at him.
There’s got to be something going on in that pen, I have no idea but its EVERYONE.
by FreeBradshaw on Jun 13, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Good win.... yea right
We never should of won that game but hey…. sometimes the ball falls out of the glove. I don’t understand why Girardi put in Mo in the eighth…. but I can’t argue against it. I just don’t understand why he doesn’t let coke finish the eighth and bring in Mo in the ninth of a tie game. And Mo has always been a little shaky with three days rest brought in during a tie game…. but he needed to pitch today anyway. My problem with the move is i feel like he brought him in the eighth cause of media and fan outcry from the Boston game instead of because he felt he needed to.
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