Are the bats lazier or the pitchers more efficient? Yanks win "languid" one, 4-2
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 3, 2009 5:10 PM EDT
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If ample time has been devoted to addressing the duo of ump-fan hybrids behind homeplate and the horrors of the red hats (awful), then there's the business of the rest of the action going on in the game. Which, according to Suzyn and Sterling, "was languid. Boring. Slow."
After Robinson Cano goes yard in the second inning to put the Yanks on the board, it was then a game of Russian Roulette for the next 4 innings around what Topic-Other-Than-The-Game the broadcasters would unearth and explore. During this time, Brian Tallet allows 6 hits over 6 innings, and somehow manages to escape from a bases loaded, 0 out inning relatively unscathed.
Whether this speaks to Tallet's resiliency or the Yanks' complete disinterest in moving once they've stepped foot on base, is splitting hairs. This aversion to moving kills them in terms of runners left on base (7 on the day) but works to their advantage when at the plate and are subscribing to remarkable restraint and patience. Alex Rodriguez even managed to lay off a 3-0 pitch.
Tallet just came undone. He's an average pitcher, with decent-to-not-bad speed, but his control is as reliable as MapQuest ETAs. He walked 4 and let 2 runs come in without the ball even leaving the infield. A bases-loaded walk to Mark Teixeira and a ball flopping past Raul Chavez padded the score to 3-1, though that's a little like winning a game of pool when your opponent scratches on the break. Scraped out the win by doing the least amount of work possible. (The offense, anyway...)
ARod delivered the final blow with an opposite field ding to leave the game at 4-2--his 5th longball in the last 8 games. Probably wasn't clutch enough though, because it didn't come in the 9th and the Yankees were already up by 1. He's useless.
The defense was a refreshing improvement from last night's sluggish scrimmage. A.J. Burnett blanked 7, with a nasty fastball and curve combination, his velocity never showing any real signs of stalling. Francisco Cervelli once again demonstrated his Melky-like versatility and ability to run a hard 90. The Philpen split the 8th, and as shocked as I am with the anemic numbers Phil Coke's been posting, I'm just as nonplused with Phil Hughes consistent depletion of every batter he faces. That's your set-up pair, Joe. It's as simple as that.
Tomorrow I know I'm going to see Mariano Rivera trotting in for the 6th or something, and Brett Gardner coming in to close, because Girardi may or may not be trying to determine exactly how many permutations of pitchers there are.
But this hyperbolic situation still isn't even a fraction as terrifying as the reality of tomorrow's rubber match.
Chien-Ming Wang vs Roy Halladay.
I predict the Yanks win by 4.
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Geesh!
You had to mention Sterling. I listened to 2 innings on the radio. In one, I listed to John and Suzie argue about the usefulness of the plants along the outfield wall for a half-inning. In the other, all they could talk about was the ‘ump-fans.’ God forbid anyone who pays a ton of money try to enjoy themselves.
by Ed Valentine on Jul 3, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Note to self
No Joba rhetoric.
No Sterling mentions.
Poor Tallet. He is like a palatable version of Pavano.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 3, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL!!
Picking on Sterling should be a national pastime. Pick on the man all you want!!
by Ed Valentine on Jul 3, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh, leave him alone, he's an old man
I love these type of games. I think they’re doing exactly what they should be doing. Make the pitchers work, get into the bullpen early, disciplined approach, swing only at good pitches. It’s playoff baseball and it will pay dividends in the long run. Getting Halladay deep in counts is the way to beat him. Get him out as early as possible and (hopefully) hit the lesser pitchers from the bullpen.
by Peter Lacock on Jul 3, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice A-Rod comment CYC
Im sure there were people actually believing that too.
The bats baffle me. This team COULD have scored around 10 runs today and the amount of times they get RISP they should be averaging 1-3 more runs.
And at least AJ Burnett can get into the 7th. If he didn’t and threw 100 pitches he’d be the next one for the setup role.
by FreeBradshaw on Jul 3, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If you only could see
my 4 pages of chicken scratch notes I was taking on his wildly pertinent discourse…my personal favorite was his plug for Wendy’s Mandarin salad or something, that was entirely too emphatic and repetitive with “sweet Asian juice.” I never ever ever want to hear Sterling pitch that phrase—in Sterling-style inflection no less— ever again. I was uncomfortable. Like my parents watching American Psycho with me uncomfortable.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE
Tomorrow being Mr. Steinbrenner’s birthday I wish Roy Halliday wasn’t pitching. I hate being a negative Nancy but if I had to pick the 1 pitcher I hate to see face the Yankees it would be him.
Anyway, Happy Birthday George and we miss you!…O..Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!
by Mondoas on Jul 3, 2009 6:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah dude.
Roy always brings the pwn when he plays us.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Jul 3, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was at the game today
It was kinda boring till scoring starting happening. But they won! And that’s what counts. Every game can’t be exciting.
by Ragnar808 on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually-
-I think about this games in September, and even late August, when things start to get in hyped up-impending playoffs-everything’s important-mode, where every game is MUST WIN SITUATION!! And then I miss these slow, “boring,” games. In the summer i can listen to radio broadcasts of the Yanks on the beach and life is good. Autumn comes, and I am a cracked out lunatic who goes into cardiac arrest with every pitch. Never know what we have til it’s gone..
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 3, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you!
that is nice of you to say SBtTdM.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 3, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great Recap.
I like your style of writing. Keep it up.
by subliminalnirvanaist on Jul 3, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually fell asleep
Thank god I DVRed it, so when I woke up I could hit rewind and relive all the nothingness that happened. But a win is a win is a win. Good luck to our boys tomorrow against Doc, they’re gonna need it.
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Jul 3, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the sox
almost came back again in extras….but lost. 2 games back people. today’s sox L and yankee W was nice considering doc halliday is coming up tm.
by Billy D on Jul 3, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
Nice article and I like the pic.Tallet’s ‘stache is sweeet though. I totally don’t mind at all these slow-paced games with little scoring, as long as the Yankees come out on top. Obviously a few more runs would have been nice though. Can’t believe Sawx lost in extras at home after tying it in the 9th! Anyway hopefully we don’t have one of those games tomorrow where we score 0 or 1 runs and then go into a week-long hitting slump.
by Rumplestiltskin02 on Jul 3, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It would behoove the Sox fans
to bite their tongue before they start criticizing the Yanks for losing to the Nats or something. 9 run choke to the O’s, barely beating them by 1 in Extra Innings, losing to the M’s at home in extra…
Since Mo’s gotten 500, the score’s been 4-2 three times in the last week. Maybe it’s just lucky.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 4, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Play for September in July
CYC : ) Nice prosidy. And sorry to rain on your bbq:
The Yankees waste too many RISP and don’t play angry enough of the time. I know. Who can sustain that emotion and intensity for 162+ games? But, man, when is Robby Cano gonna stop pouting, after hitting into inning killing DP after DP? And when is Melky gonna learn, finally, to lay off ball four? Given stable pitching, and Alex’s coming around, those things seem to be minor fish in the swim. But they are noticeable, like a rat on a strawberry shortcake.
It is July 4th, and maybe the Wangster and new Dad will throw his ’ol sinker and beat Doc and his rehabbed arm. The stats show, by year, this is when the Yankees start really winning.
Reggie Jackson said: The season doesn’t start until August 20. I just wish the offense and the pitching would meld and align themselves. Now’s the time to get it together.
ejs
by ericjs on Jul 4, 2009 2:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think they're moving
in the right direction though..if they keep posting Ws, they can iron out the wrinkles in their game without getting into panic mode, ie the whole team shooting for solo bombs in the 8th inning in desperation.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Jul 4, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I watched one dinger they had against him, and it was a belly level sinker that . .. . . never sank. I don’t know what it is, but his mechanics must be really messed up or something. Either that or he is hiding an injury, and that is doing nothing but hurting the team right now.
by syllk on Jul 4, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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