Mariners 8, Yankees 4: It's Jack's fault

by Ed Valentine on Jul 2, 2009 11:03 PM EDT in Game Recap Comment 5 comments

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IT'S HIS FAULT: Actor Jack Nicholson stands for the national anthem before the New York Yankees' game Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

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I am blaming this loss on Jack Nicholson. No more Legends Suite freebies for you, Jackie boy!

With Nicholson in town, something had to give with the Yankees' seven-game winning streak. I guess that was as good as it was gonna get. The Mariners made the streak kick the bucket, or fly over the cuckoo's nest or become one of the departed. Whatever.

Enough with the sorry attempts at Nicholson jokes. with CC Sabathia on the mound and the Yanks rolling, this was a game you had to figure the Yanks would win.

But, CC had an off night and it just didn't happen. No blaming this on Francisco Cervelli, though. We are not allowing any rain on the Francisco the Great lovefest.

Seriously, I thought the Yankees still had a chance until Russell Branyan jacked a two-run bomb off the Mohegan Sun Sports Bar in the ninth inning. It put the game out of reach, but it's the first home run that has hit the restaurant. Gotta admit, it was kinda cool to see.

Anyway, the Blue Jays are in town for an early game (1:05) on Friday. Maybe the Yanks can start another streak.

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what i thought...

by Fluke on Jul 2, 2009 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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Before the game started I was talking to my buddy about Tex not having a day off in a while. Sure enough he had his first error in over 100 games..and was 0-4…

Also felt Aceves should NOT have started the 9th.. I was begging Robertson to come in..sure enough, Aces gives up a 2 run shot after an untimely error..Robertson came in and had a 1-2-3 inning.

I thought Hinske(who should have started first base) should have batted for Cervelli in the 9th…not Posada. If we made it to the 10th inning you can easily switch Hinske and Posada. …What did we get this guy for? and why are we waiting to use him?

Also could have made some moves in the 9th for base running..Gardener for Swisher.. easily could have timed Aardmas breaking ball and put on a double steal..(at first I thought Girardi was holding Brett on the bench to see if Matsui would make it on base..once he was out the move should have been put in place.

Joe could have done better to keep the winning streak alive.. We have options now with Hinske and Joe is waiting for pigs to fly to use him.

by Fluke on Jul 2, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

CC to the pen.

by FreeBradshaw on Jul 3, 2009 8:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just a weird game for CC, 8 K’s in 5 2/3’s but Guiterrez, Jojhima and Langerhaus, all hit him hard. You can blame Jack, I’m still blaming my daughter :) She’s done for the season. You. literally, can’t win them all. Need 3 of 4 from the Jays, figure today, Sunday and Monday, poor Wang, he draws Halliday tomorrow.

Happy 4th of July to all, thank a soldier.

by fredny on Jul 3, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

CC to the gym

I think CC has to choose between losing about 70 pounds or retiring early. That extra weight, I think, is beginning to show. The 70 pound loss is only a suggestion; he might need to lose more.

by gary13136 on Jul 3, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs