Yankees 5, Red Sox 2: The Lost Son of Havana
by jscape2000 on Aug 9, 2009 11:26 PM EDT
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Written and directed by documentary filmmaker Jonathan Hock, "The Lost Son" begins with a shot of the 67-year-old Mr. Tiant puffing on a cigar and examining an old black-and-white photo of his father, Luis Tiant Sr., a baseball great in his own right who pitched in America’s Negro League in the 1930s and ’40s.
Wait, I'm sorry... what?
You mean there was a baseball game tonight?
You say, a tense pitchers' duel between two southpaws, Boston's rising star and New York's veteran. Really?
Both pitchers pitched 7 innings of brilliant baseball, and each allowed 5 hits. Lester walked none and struck out 7, while Pettitte walked two and struck out 4.
Lester, however, gave up the first run of the game on a no-doubter to left by Alex Rodriguez in the 7th.
Meanwhile, Pettitte carried the Red Sox's scoreless streak to 31 innings (I believe I heard the longest for Boston since 1952). Phil Coke was not as sharp, allowing Boston a brief lead on a two run homer by Victor Martinez. I was wondering where Phil Hughes was in that situation, after Coke retired Ellsbury, Hughes should have faced the righty Pedroia and turned around the switch hitting Martinez.
But the ghosts are out in New Yankee Stadium: with two out in the 8th, Johnny Damon tied the game with a solo shot, and then Mark Teixeira followed with a solo of his own. Both players sent balls into that right field jet stream, but the Yankees weren't done there. Arod walked, Posada doubled, and then Swisher singled (after arguing that the first pitch grazed his jersey). Arod and Posada scored, setting the stage for Mariano Rivera to stare down the bottom half of the Red Sox lineup.
JD Drew started the top of the 9th with a single, but Lowell flew out to right. Jason Varitek fouled off several of Mo's two-strike pitches before striking out on a low inside cutter. Mariano's 2 out showdown against the pinch hitting Superman Supplementman Ortiz was anti-climatic- Mariano issued his 7th walk of the season. But Jacoby Ellsbury couldn't handle the cutter inside, broke his bat, and his weak dribbler was gobbled up by Tex.
4 in a row from Boston in August. A 6 game lead for the division in the loss column. How sweat. Icing on the cake: since Texas won, the Red Sox are only tied for the Wild Card lead.
Enjoy your night because it's been a beautiful week.
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Pitching
I was really impressed by the pitching this series. Starters and bullpen – something i never thought i’d say this season
they are truly playing like champions right now. Top to bottom
by holycowboy on Aug 9, 2009 11:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I guess
when Im not in NY, I like when games are on ESPN and Fox cuz I get to see the Yanks.
But the whole Tiant thing ruind the game. I get it with Luis, he’s from Cuba and played baseball. But why are we skipping the game to hear all about this?
Id like to hear what the reasoning for not bringing in Hughes in the 8th is? I get Coke against Ellsbury, I get it. But why no Hughes for the RH batters if we’re doing the situational thing?
Nice win, SWEEP. Excellent that we just might have pulled a Winston Justice on ‘poor’ Daniel Bard. I’ve heard that he was the best reliever since sliced bread, but it was nice to see Johnny and Tex feed him some pie.
Yanks didn’t really need the SWEEEP!, but of course its nice. Hopefully this just might knock these Pissants out of the playoffs, cuz if they make it, kinda like the whole 0-8 thing, the reg. season wins & losses mean dick aside from homefield.
coke instead of hughes
hughes didnt pitch becuase he pitched 2 consecutive days and they dont like him doing 3 days in a row, and most of the time coke can get out righty’s as well as lefty’s
Why Use Hughes Two Days In A Row
If its for only a batter each time? If a guy cant go a third day in a row after throwing a couple pitches each day, what good is he?
The Only Positive I Got From Coke
It helped show me the character of this team. The last few years, the team wouldve packed it in after blowing the lead, not this year. Girardi is still an idiot that couldnt manage his way out of a paper bag. Does he know what the term setup man means?
hehe
you’d think the game was merely a plug for the Luis Tiant Show.
anyway, what a satisfying win. Pettitte was great when he needed to be (pitching more effectively than Lester!), while the offense finally broke through.
wtf was Girardi thinking with Coke instead of Hughes? did he call for ‘Phil’ and get the wrong one? Hughes threw 9 pitches in the last 3 days. he certainly could’ve pitched to at least a couple batters. unless Hughes wasn’t feeling well or something, it makes no sense. even Hughes looked frustrated after VMart’s HR.
regardless, Girardi was bailed out by the hitters and we come away with a sweep. awesome job guys!
I would rather listen to Luis Tiant all night then...
Hear the three ESPN buffoons disect the game and show complete bias towards Boston.
This innings thing
is going to bite the Yankees in the a$$ one day. I screamed at my TV b/c Hughes wasn’t in the game. Thank GOD we were able to pull this out.
BTW, I liked listening to Tiant speak. He has a story to tell and if you watched him as a kid like I did it made it even better listening to him.
Anyhoo, this team has become really really special and they are evolving right before our eyes!!
It DID bite us!
How many times did Torre take relievers to the playoffs whose arms were falling off? Ask Scott Proctor how this innings thing might have worked out?
Girardi let Coke pitch to VMart because he had to actually HIT the ball HARD to get it out to left field. If Bruney or Hughes is pitching to him, he can sneeze on a ball and knock it out to right.
Coke was the right decision — VMart just put a great swing on a mistake pitch.
This game was frustrating to watch
I was not in the mood for another nail-biter, I was hoping for A) Lester to make a few mistakes we could capitalize on and B) for Pettitte to be dominant for us to win easily. Pettitte was decent, and I guess we got to Lester after that A-Rod homer, but after Victor hit that homerun for the Sox, I had had it and started finishing my Yankee spring training game on MVP Baseball 2005…..
…..and then I switched back just in time for Nick Swisher to hit a 2-run single to make it a 5-2 game. And THEN The Hammer of God got the save for my fantasy baseball team!
This day was full of WIN.
It’s been fixed.
I always start my recap before the end of the game, and I started writing at 3-2, then forgot to update the title.
PS. The reply button is really helpful for keeping these convos threaded.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Finally we get Teixera's First True Yankee Moment
Watching Damon hit that homerun was so exhilarating and then just as I say wouldn’t it be awesome if Teixera gave us the lead it happens. Seeing him rounding first with the bat in his hand was the first real signature moment of many I believe we’ll get to see in his career. Oh and as a side note I hope Giradi doesn’t decide to be cute again by sending Coke out for more than a batter or two. If we had lost this he would have been blasted into oblivion by the press for that decision.
that was amazing
when he ran down with the bat in his hand it looked like he was carrying the Olympian torch
by Brian5517209 on Aug 10, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Morgan and Miller
Those two suck.. Well, Joe Morgan sucks, he used to be bias for Seattle back in the day and you could get two words out of his mouth without Griffey Jr being mentioned. Anyway, Jon Miller calls a good game but Morgan needs to retire.
he still mentioned Griffey Jr like 12 times
and he wasn’t even in this game!
by Brian5517209 on Aug 10, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Gotta admit,
Joe Morgan’s commentary has really bothered me for quite a while. He tends to offer up superficial analysis like it’s some sort of gifted insight. Heck, I like to think my father taught me a fair bit about the subtleties of baseball, but Morgan PLAYED MLB BALL for a LONG time! Yet you often wouldn’t know it from his comments… really grates on me, I admit.
Add to the above Morgan’s various arbitrary biases and an occasional streak of pigheadedness, and the package is one very annoying commentator. Aaaarrrrgh!!! (Bangs head on a desk.)
Really bugs me to go all negative like this as it’s not my nature, but this has been wearing on me for a while.
(sigh.)
Where's our
Old buddy FJM when we need him?
"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel
by tnredneckyankeesfan on Aug 10, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Just got home from the game...
…and boy was it great to sweep and tell the red sox…“Now get the hell out of our house!!”
SWWWEEEEEP!
Girardi's managing was actually very well played
The goal of this series was to beat Boston in every which way possible in order to get rid of the bad taste of starting 0-8 against them.
We already had a blow out victory in game 1 (13-6 dominatIONN!!),
a 15 inning walk off HR by AROD in game 2,
a complete shutout in game 3 (5-0),
and NOW a comeback victory in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 5-2 Yankees victory. Actually, Girardi might have played it a little cruel not letting the Red Sox score until 31 innings later. But you need to let them score eventually if you want a come-from-behind victory.
The way I see it, Girardi was doing one heck of a job managing this series. If anything he should be fired on the premise of public humiliation. What a shame.
agreed
this series had everything plus more.
yeah
that’s the story of this series. beat them silly in all ways possible. GO YANKEES!
by givethemanabreak on Aug 10, 2009 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Great Game
I guess I would not get on Jirardi’s case for keeping Coke in the game it was a gamble we won the game, and it was a magnificent one. to watch one inning the sox get all exited and the next watching bard after the home run to Tex was very cool. I even went on to the nesn blog to read all these pathetic fans crying for the sox to fire francona and theo. I love it when we stick it to those Pissants like FreeBradshaw calls them.
Yankees fan
Coke
I understand bringing in coke to start the 8th. Got out the lefty ellsbury. I was even alright letting him stay in to face pedroia, but i was hoping that Girardi would have been smart enough that when pedroia got on he would have taken coke out and put in Hughes. I know hughes had pitched the previous two days, but he only threw 4 pitches yesterday which im sure he could have gone one, maybe two outs. Pettite deserved the win, not Coke who blew the game. It was nice to see Damon and Tex go back to back. 6times back to back seems like quite a lot.
Great day to be a yankee fan. Lets just hope that we keep rolling while the sox keep sucking
Keeping Coke in was the correct play
The only dangerous lefty in the Boston lineup right now is VMart against a right-handed pitcher.
He pounded a mistake — but did you watch the game Joba pitched? He got burned on line-drives that should have been doubles — and on good pitches.
Making VMart bat from the right side was the right move — Coke just did not execute.
Coke's mistake....and we still one
I think Coke was put in because Hughes’ inning limit is getting close (scarier scenerio than Joba’s if you ask me). I love that the Red Sox took advantage of the pitching mismatch, and ended up losing in the end. This team has some b*lls. A lot more than other teams of the past 5 years.
by JustinTuckRule on Aug 10, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
great W
yanks are really looking great after this weekend. Now having the best record in baseball, a great bullpen, great starting pitching and a strong lineup 1-9, they are making a great case to go far in the playoffs. Hopefully the angels lose early or dont make it cause we can never beat them.
lets just hope we get the rangers then detroit
Im sure we can beat them
by dan.altman89 on Aug 10, 2009 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions
im thinking
We should actually play the Angels in the LCS I think this team can exorcise some demons they have truly had our number the last few years but that’s getting ahead of ourselves…we’re only in the 2nd wk of August and while NO Yankees team has ever lost the divison with this big of a lead, there’s still lots of games to be played. Let’s continue the good baseball and hope Girardi doesn’t blow it for us
by PinstripesSince'78 on Aug 10, 2009 1:59 AM EDT reply actions
the angels
time to exorcise some demons alright, starting with these devilish angels.
by givethemanabreak on Aug 10, 2009 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Coke
Its a shame a guy can blow a beautifully pitched game by Pettitte and come away with a win. I’m glad the Yanks won but I have always hated when this happens.
Pettitte
15 years pitching not one losing season. His win loss record this year could easily be
15 and 5, if the relief pitching didn’t suck so badly.
But at this point, even though he only has one 20 game win season, he is one of the greatest Yankee pitchers in there storied history! And yes I saw Ford play.
Pettitte
He actually won 20 twice. 1996 when he was robbed of the Cy Young, and 2003. I think Pettitte being close to 100 wins over .500 should get some serious Hall Of Fame consideration. Also if you are mentioning great Yankee pitchers, you have to mention Guidry.
A-thousand reasons...for one result
There are many reasons skip didn’t pull coke..number one…maybe..juuuust maybe he didn’t wanna abuse hughes, yes he onky pitches about 10 balls but..he still pitched him consecutively…that’s why u have more then one set up man.
But who gives a damn…the yanks smacked boston in every way imaginable in a matter of days. A homerun blitz, 2 heartbreakers, and a shut out. All while depleting their bullpen and frustrating starting pitchers (which were great performances). And A-rod finally comes thru in the clutch (twice!!) while texiera has his first yankee moment. Sabathia and burnett proove the can handle the spotlight with legendary pitching in games 2 and 3. I mean seriously. Shut up and bask in the ambiance of first place and show our 26 times all world organization that we support them and inspire them to keep it going. Bye Bye Boston!
by NYYWinsRings26 on Aug 10, 2009 4:10 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Good read
I still think his #1 reason was because he wanted VMart, their only really dangerous hitter right now, batting righty not lefty. But you’ve got a good point; I’d remind everyone that one of the big knocks against Girardi was that he torched bullpens just like Torre. So far, he is showing the kind of restraint we need (although I was pulling my hair out when he left Joba in the other night — but he showed me he was right).
Comments on this series
1. Just a coupla more meaningless homers late in the game by A-Rod :)
2 Tex is worth every penny so far. Not only hitting, but his defense is an order of magnitude above Giambi.
3. Only thing better in regular season I can remember were the two Boston Massacres both 1978 and 2005. Just seems more fun to sweep them in their own house.
"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel
by tnredneckyankeesfan on Aug 10, 2009 9:39 AM EDT reply actions
You are not remembering correctly
The Boston Massacre’s took place in 1978 and 2006. I agree with youre other great points though, GO YANKS!!
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