Where to start?

by Travis G on Jun 30, 2009 11:44 PM EDT in Game Recap

A lot happened in this 8-5 win. Shall we start at the beginning?

1. Joba wasn't good, no question about it. Nine hits and three walks in 5.1 innings is a poor start. He was lucky to only allow three runs.

2. Morrow was just as bad: five hits and five walks in 4.2 innings (though just one earned run).

3. Outside of Franklin Gutierrez, who's as good as advertised in centerfield, Seattle's defense is very bad. Russell Branyan is a gargoyle at first and Chris Woodward nearly committed three errors in one inning.

4. BA w/ RISP was almost the death knell. The Yanks went 0-9 in that category before A-Rod's mammoth blast (and finished 4-16), which brings us to #5...

5. Who says he's not clutch? He destroyed a pitch in the seventh inning to break a three-all tie. It was one of the longest homers in the short history of the new Stadium. What shouldn't be forgotten are a few nice defensive plays he made, specifically a DP he turned in the second.

6. Melky went 1-3 but had three RBI: two sac RBI and an RBI double.

7. Great outing by Phil Coke. He only faced Ichiro and Branyan, but retired both with the go-ahead run on second.

7a. Phil Hughes... yada, yada, same old, same old, pitched another perfect inning.

8. What an awful eighth inning for Brian Bruney. You cannot allow consecutive hits on 0-2 counts. Bury a slider, go up the ladder with a fastball, anything other than a pitch in/near the strike zone.

9. Mo Rivera probably became the first player in history to throw out the ceremonial first pitch and the actual last pitch. It was save #501.

PS: Be sure to check out the Baltimore-Boston WPA graph. Wild stuff.

PPS: Jesus Montero gunned down a basestealer... oh, and popped two out of the park (to go along with a walk).

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Joba and Bruney

What gives w/Joba pitching at the stadium? He looks like he has no rhythm at all. Well Joba, you better pitch well b/c your old spot has been taken and not by, in my opinion Bruney, but rather Hughes.
Put Hughes in as the 8th inning guy and have Bruney be w/Coke in the 7th. Sad to say but I DON’T trust Bruney already.
Great to see A-Rod hit that massive shot tonight.

by Mondoas on Jul 1, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

it's really amazing

how off he’s been at home. that won’t last forever, but i hope it reverts to normal soon.

by Travis G on Jul 1, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Joba's last outting

Cervelli caught it

Ducks head and runs

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Jul 1, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Now that was funny!!

by Rusty23 on Jul 1, 2009 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Screw the WPA graph.

Go read the overthemonster game thread.
Awesome.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on Jul 1, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions

here's what the experts had to say on the Red Sox's loss

“it was the grittiest guttiest loss I’ve seen all season”-Joe Buck
“it takes a true heart of a champion to blow a 9 run lead to a last place team”-Peter Gammons

by Brian5517209 on Jul 1, 2009 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

I watched ESPN for an hour after that game. They did NOT show it at all. I mean I probably just missed it but its really not like they talked about that historic CHOKE!

by FreeBradshaw on Jul 1, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Bruney was ASS

I wish that any manager would let a guy like Hughes throw more than one inning. I never liked when they do that especially when they dominate like him

I guess they ARE building up Bruney for that role, but I think that at least for the time being until Bruney proves he is 100% back (or just stops walking people) that Hughes or even Coke have to be the later inning guys.

As for A-Rod, its just a matter of time before another moron says how not clutch this guy is.
Any Yankee fan who pays attention to more than the loses knows that A-Rod has had more than his fair share of nights like last.

He has also been incredible on defense lately too.

by FreeBradshaw on Jul 1, 2009 8:00 AM EDT reply actions