Yankees' 10-5 win officially put fans into "I'm so happy, I'm scared" mode
by CrazyYankeeChick on Sep 3, 2009 11:42 PM EDT
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PrintThey're just so good. So, so good.
And it's something we haven't seen since the 1990's.
They're in lockstep with each other. They're hitting on cylinders. They're en fuego, in sync, in a rhythm, and every other cliched expression in the book.
Which now terrifies me.
It's like a macrocosm of watching a perfect game unfold. There was a screening of Don Larsen's perfecto (the 2nd time they ever showed it ever, actually) in a bar in New York a few years ago. And I knew how that game ended, and I still had white knuckles from clenching by beer so tightly our of sheer nerves.
Let's review (and I'm playing it fast and loose with "review" since my viewing of the game was somewhat hampered, cough. Um I was checking the a ... specs on the end line, for the rotary, girder, I'm retarded.)
- Jorge Posada didn't lose track of the pitch count, homered, and drove in 4 runs.
- Alex Rodriguez did the WNBA version of Jeter's diving catch. Chased it hard, then looked awkward, missed completely, but still managed to aggressively collide with a stocky lady.
- ARod also homered. And as ARod is wont to do, he hit when it was important. Every time he does this, my first reaction is raging pride, the 2nd is raging fury...directed towards the haters. They haven't even said anything, and I already am arguing with them. Like shadow boxing with baseball fans.
- Gaudin is winning me over little by little, which is essentially inversely proportional to the degree of decline and ire I feel towards Brian Bruney. And for absolutely no reason. He actually didn't implode tonight. No one did. The pitching line for the Yanks is simply outstanding: 10Ks, 6 hits.
- I still am not on board though. I think it all went wrong for him when he decided mouthing off to K-Rod was a good idea. Brian Bruney makes bad decisions. There it is. Done. Girardi must have some kind of Joe Torre/Mike Borzello nepotism going on. Or, Girardi knows what he's doing after all, and we should respect his idiot savantness, and just sit back and enjoy the lights-out bullpen parade.
- Melky Cabrera joined Posada and ARod in the productive offense department. It reminded me a little like Stewie chasing after Brian and Meg as they head to the mall. Melky: '"I want some hits, too!" (He went 2-4 with a ribbie and a double. Slump? What slump?)
My buddy Gripp delivers me this pithy capsule of awesome:
"The Yankees' bullpen has the most wins and the least losses in all of baseball! That is really incredible. Then of course breaking the franchise record for most guys with 20 HRs is amazing. And now if they go 14-14 they will win 100 games!"
From your mouth to God's ears, buddy.
And now I shall echo the sentiments of Saved By The Bell alum in her most gripping performance...
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when do the yankees play the angels...if they do at all...
I want to see what this squad does to them…gosh… its like you just want to keep seeing them beat up on people…….relentlessly….all the people kept saying…"with the yankees payroll they should be beating up on teams’….well are u happy now?…now were bashing your heads in left and right, lol…don’t ask for what you can’t handle…..
Goooooooooooooo Yankeeeeeeeeeeees!
by NYYWinsRings26 on Sep 4, 2009 12:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
The Angels are the only glaring mistake left on the season
And we have to DESTROY them, or I will be scared shitless going into the playoffs. I am not going to let those speedy 1st to 3rd going sons of bitches get the better of us, not this year, not when we’re playing like this. We have to just dominate them in all aspects.
Which bodes well. Because the September bullpen is a significant improvement on the April bullpen.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
well she put it best
“I’m so excited. I’m so scared.” Jesse Spano captured exactl;y how I’m feeling about the Yanks, in just 5 words.
Yes and caffeine pills are bad. Do they still exist? I feel like they’ve gone the way of Reebok Pumps—still a few holding on strong, but ultimately endangered species in American culture.
by CrazyYankeeChick on Sep 4, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
i know they existed
at least a few years ago. i used them when my hours were 10 pm – 6 am. it was like 4 cups of coffee in one shot.
yea they exist...
they actually aren’t all that bad for you either…they are just caffeine (unless you abuse them…Jesse)
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Don't misunderstand me...
I dug what you were trying to say, and the ‘blast from the past’ YouTube link made me smile.
I was just commenting that even back then, there were much more serious drugs going on in high schools that they could have tackled in that episode, and they went with caffeine pills. That was weak.
“Hey kids. Don’t do caffeine pills! Oh, and stop eating that paste…”
Hopefully we can get this offense vs. Doc halladay
even when halladay is off he’s still scary. Still loving this team this year, the slow start then the super rush into sept/oct. GO Yanks!
last time we met holliday we roughed him up pretty good....
Two things could happen…he remembers that…and tries to shut us down..or we take advatage of that and pound him up. Unstoppable force vs. The inmoveable (spelling?, lol) object…should be a good one…
by NYYWinsRings26 on Sep 4, 2009 12:23 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
by the way...we have...
Cc…..andy…burnett…..philly has a somewhat inconsistant hamels….dominating cliff lee….and renewed pedro martinez…..
Philly is looking pretty fucking nasty you guys…I’m loving the possible world series matchup….
by NYYWinsRings26 on Sep 4, 2009 12:30 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
The Yankees can beat Cliff Lee
and Hamels and Blanton don’t scare me at all.
And Pedro? Who the hell cares about Pedro, I wish he’d be in their playoff rotation and face the Yanks.
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Yes and IMO Hamels has been a joke this year..
And whose their closer again? Brad Lidge .. that guy that blew back to back saves against us this year?
by Yankz09 on Sep 4, 2009 8:49 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
As I recall, they still won that series
Blanton, Lee, and Happ (and possibly Hamels, who is improving I think) can shut us down in the W.S. Don’t doubt it. Philly is the only NL team I’m worried about, if the Yankees make it to the WS. Dodgers? Puh-leaze. Cardinals? Bring ’em on. Playing in weak divisions in the weaker league… meh.
OK, I’ll grant that the NL West has looked much better in the second half than they did the first half. But, that also coincided with LAD’s implosion, so again, they do not scare me based on their performance. And the Cardinals are looking great, but you don’t gain 10 games in the standings in one month without a lot of help from crappy teams in your division (I’m looking at you, Cubs). You get the feeling this season that the Yankees would win 120+ games in the NL. Hell, I bet Toronto could have won at least a WC…
If we do play them
we need to shut their damn fans up, I went to the Sunday game and it was like church in there while the Phillies fans acted like they owned the place. That was unthinkable in the old Stadium..and Philadelphia fans are the biggest tools known to mankind.
by BlackandGoldSSgt on Sep 4, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea they took 2 out of 3..
Their pitching doesn’t scare me much.. but their lineup is VERY similar to ours.. that worries me …. in terms of pitching . I wouldn’t want to face the GiantS in a short series their pitching is SOO good..
by Yankz09 on Sep 4, 2009 1:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The Giants’ pitching could be pretty scary.
On the other hand, Albert Pujols can win a 7 game series nearly by himself (see ’04 vs Mets).
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
No he has not.
Cole Hamels has simply not had the results to show for his strong pitching. He has a K/9 of 7.77, a BB/9 of 1.92 and a FIP of 3.92. His BAPIP is 30 points above his career average and his strand rat is a bit suppressed. He has thus pitched well and been unlucky. By FIP (a better way to judge how well a pitcher is pitching even if he does not have the results to show for it) Hamels has been better than any Yankee starter except Sabathia.
Don't forget
His WFC stat.
You know… Who.F*cking.Cares
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Sep 4, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I still don't care...
I know what you’re saying Buzzy, Hamels has been dynamite for a while this season, but I just feel that any team that would face him in the WS that isn’t scared to be in the WS ( read…Yankees or Red Sox…), will have no problem beating the crap out of them.
That’s the only real way the NL can win. If a young team that is just happy to be in the WS, like Detroit was and the Rays were.
If the Yankees or unfortunately the Red Sox or Angels, make the WS, they have more than a few guys on that roster that have been there before so that they’d beat the crap out of the NL team.
I know the Phillies have “been there, done that’”, but they are still an NL team and if they can get shut down by Brad Penny, they really get a whole lot less respect….
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Great game!
“Alex Rodriguez did the WNBA version of Jeter’s diving catch. Chased it hard, then looked awkward, missed completely, but still managed to aggressively collide with a stocky lady.”
Hahahaha.
And a fellow Family Guy fan I see! Well done incorporating a scene from FG in a Yankees game write-up. Very nice.
by Rumplestiltskin02 on Sep 4, 2009 12:33 AM EDT reply actions
City of the Angels, yeah
Oh, how I hate this team. There is something about the stupid rally monkey, the pale, weatherless sky, the Orange County (we’re the only anti-city in a major market) how the mindless ESPN drones and and most of America would love to see them beat the Neew York Yanks that is very, very wrong. Sure, they play small ball, goody. And they are certainly not the team they were in 2003, but they are the only team west of the Miss. that has had the Yankees number from Torre onward. Welcome to the Bronx, red hats. You LAA fans, no white pants, please. Leave your cameras at the hotel.
ejs
times are oh so good in Yankee universe right now. they have to keep this goin in the playoffs tho knock on wood. i didn’t get to see the game, as usual. so i had to try and keep up using gamechannel on yahoo sports. another big 9th with A-Rod and Posada both going yard. haters always want to bring up the payroll, ignoring Boston’s huge payroll, and hold it against the Yanks for not winning every year. now we’re rolling, and people will still hate but all well let them. people always want to hate the best.
on a side note, a friend of mine said something about goin to see the Red Sox/White Sox in Chicago this weekend. i tried telling her that she mispelled the name, that it’s Y-A-N-K-E-E-S. alas, she didn’t listen. not sayin much considering she’s one of the smartest people i know…
"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
Re "haters ... bring up the payroll"
The Mets have the second highest payroll in baseball and we see how well that worked out for them, HUH.
"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel
by tnredneckyankeesfan on Sep 4, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly
i’ve heard a lot of Yankee haters use the payroll as their excuse. they seem to always say “well with that payroll they should win every year” or something of the like. or even something along the lines of “they buy their players instead using their farm system”. my usual reaction is sort of: “really? Jeter, Posada, Pettite, Rivera, etc. all came from the farm system. yeah you’re right sarcasm”
my point was people do try to use the payroll as a knock against the Yanks. altho we’ve seen that a huge payroll doesn’t mean success on the field.
"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
by JumpinJackFlash on Sep 4, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Not a Boston fan alive
That wouldn’t kill to have their team be able to generate the revenue that the Yankees do. Just imagine no longer having to have a piece of garbage stadium and have to pretend it is “Wickad!” but secretly knowing the ONLY thing that stadium has that is unique is the stupid wall in left.
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Sep 4, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
revenue is the reason
the Yankees can have such a payroll. fans pay to watch them play, haters pay to watch them lose. so sucks to be them right now lol. fans are the reason for the payroll so i think it’s unfair to knock a team based on that. 26 championships is more than the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams combined. no one can argue the history of the Yankees franchise. yeah Boston does have a relic for a stadium. the Green Monster serves it’s purpose, it keeps a lot of balls in the stadium. it takes a no doubter to clear that thing.
unfortunately i think the friend i mentioned is a bandwagon fan. i’ve seen her boyfriend wearing a BoSox cap, so she could’ve got it from there. plus her reaction to me correcting her spelling was “definately not the Yankees, anyone but the Yankees”
"When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want they bury me upside down so all my critics can kiss my a**"- Bob Knight
by JumpinJackFlash on Sep 4, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
"IM SO HAPPY, IM SCARED"
Ive been watching yankees games since i was but a pup on my dads knee … i remember him calling me in so i could watch the last inning of david cones perfect game, (and david wells … thouh i was a bit too small to grasp the immensity of the situation as i asked my father why noone was proud of paul oneill who had caught the final out … this starting my adolescent and current love of paulie) … ive been through great moments and terrible (2001 was the worst … THE WORST EVER)
but not my brother ….
my brother always shaded away from sports to go smoke pot and listen to music, but has recently (due to a pretty awesome albeit crazy ex girlfriend) come to love sports … it started with football, and then learned the sport of our family … though this happened in seattle , so he tried to become a mariners fan ( something that drunkenly brought me to tears and screaming over the phone at 2 a.m.) but he prevailed and started following the good ol pinstripes at the end of the regular 2007 season …
so he missed all the greatness, all he knows is joba getting eaten by midges and us looking ridiculous in cleveland with 2 outs … and then the atrocity that was 2008 ….
this is his first true blue season … and he is all smiles, cloud 9’s and everything (it helos that we now share an apartment a meager 3 subway stops from the stadium) but i have to keep all emotions in check …. because i sat through 2001, 2003 and 2004 … and ive seen what the best team can look like … but i also sat through 96,98,99 and my personal fave the subway series of 2000 (the only bumper sticker my father has ever bought)
so i know all the heartbreak that can come from a season like this that makes losing in the post so much worse … but something i wont say to him because it seems a bit jinxy … but this really feels like something special again.
Good perspective
my earliest disappointing moment as Yankees fan was at age 7 when Maserowski hit the HR that ended the ‘60 series. Can still remember my grandfather calling me to the TV with Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese doing the announcing to tell me that Ol’ Yogi was coming to bat. Some of us lived through the years when CBS owned the team, the long drought from ‘64 to ’76, the decade of the 80’s when the Yankees had the best overall record for the decade but always managed with one lone exception to finish 2nd to some team that was UNCONSCIOUS for the year(yeah I’m talkin bout you Tigers of ‘84), and now the resurgence of the late 90’s to the present. Being a Yanks fan ain’t just about the good times, though we have had those in abundance, it’s about being a fan through the tough times as well.
"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel
by tnredneckyankeesfan on Sep 4, 2009 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
Well said. I got to enjoy 96,98,99,00, and that helped me survive the last 8 years. Even worse, I’m the only one of my siblings that cheers for the Yankees (the rest of them live near Boston…shudder). So, I’ve taken a lot of crap from the family, but I’ve stuck with the team. This year feels like sweet redemption so far…
is the 01 season ur speaking of is when rivera gave up that game wiining big fly to the 4 year expansion team dbacks?
If its is…oh…the pain…that and 04 0i3 chole fest vs. The redsox….ugh……points to yankee…destroy all!!
by NYYWinsRings26 on Sep 4, 2009 2:42 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
yes … that was one of the worst days i can ever remember … i was depressed for lightyears longer than any break up ive ever been through … and some family deaths … 2001 was THE WORST
HEARTBREAKER!!!
That freaking hit was pathetic.. but it got down behind DJ……
by Yankz09 on Sep 4, 2009 7:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Why do the Yankees keep winning?
I kinda miss all the ALL CAPS run on sentence doomsday posts…..
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
RIVERA IS HURT
AND THE PITCHING IS WEAK AND NO PITCHER OF OURS WILL WIN IN THE PLAYOFFS AND GIRARDI SHOULD BE FIRED AND THE YANKS ARE JUST GONNA FLOP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I obviously believe none of that, I just wanted to help you out.
thank you....
GODZZIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
by FreeBradshaw on Sep 4, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Posada's splits
Apparently he’s a Joe Mauer at home, and a Jose Molina on the road.
I guess Molina was due?
great post CYC
It’s all good, there is a professional, killer confidence about them now, like the ‘98 team. The one little tweak i’d like to see is separating Joba, and the 5th starter- du jour, to give the bullpen a rest. They got 5 1/3 out the bullpen last night and will need ( at least?) 5 more tonight. Even with the extra bodies that’s asking a lot. Logically, they have Robertson, Coke and Hughes tonight, plus one of the call ups if the game’s a disaster. You can’t expect Andy and CC to go deep every game the rest of the season.
Nothing to get scared of...
This is every baseball season. You play out the regular season for those post season spots and seeding….then let’s see what happens during the playoffs.
I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but I’m pretty sure the Yanks are almost split even with the Angels so far this year….SOoooooo that’s the team everyone is afraid of.
Remember this….dont wish for any one team to play the Yanks…you may regret your wishes.
Let the chips fall and see how it goes….
My only fear
is that they’re peaking too soon. No team can continue to play at the level that they have since the All-Star break.
Hope they prove me wrong.
The closest Yankees team in recent memory to the 09 Yankees
are the 1998 Yankees. I am not too worried. Anything can happen in a 5 and 7 game series, and nothing in sports in a guarantee as my beloved Giants showed the world in SB 42. But this year I am more confident than any of the previous seasons because I cannot think of one glaring hole in our team:
High run production? Check
Can bat around without the long ball? Check
Works counts, high OBP? Check
Speedy? Meh… not really
Entire lineup can go yard? Check
Starting pitching quality? Check
Mid relief quality? Check
Closer quality? Check
Defense infield quality? Check
Defense outfield quality? Meh… no arms but Melky, but all 4 OFs run decent angles
Bench quality? Check
Can we get eliminated in the Division series. Sure. Do I think this team can go all the way without channeling my Yankees blind faith? Yes, this is one of the best Yankees teams I have ever seen in my life.
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Sep 4, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions
The 2002 and 2003 teams were pretty impressive. Speed, power, and pitching.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
2002 and 2003
Were fine. But I am a little more confident with Tex vs Giambi, A-Rod vs Ventura/Boone, Damon vs Rondel White, Swisher vs Mondesi and Matsui vs. Nick Johnson/Sierra.
2009 is better. MUCH better, top to bottom, left to right IMHO.
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Sep 4, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
STUFF DOES HAPPEN !
Oviously the moves the Yankees made off-season have ALL PAID OFF wereas none of the moves the Red sox made HAVE NOT ! BOTH TEAMS ROLLED THE DICE AND THE YANKEES CAME UP THE WINNERS ! As Sinatra said, "That’s Life ! PLAY BALL ! BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKERJACKS !
Old saying
You get what you pay for. Unless his name is Pavano. Or Irabu. Or Igawa. Or Wright.
by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Sep 4, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
great post cyc!
Since I grew up wearing a tshirt under a button down ala ZAC Morris and fall asleep every night to adult swim as I am addicted to family guy more than any adult male should be, I am stoked by the references. And your right, this team is so good right now we are all peaking through our finger ala a child at a scary movie waiting for a let down. But, we really never get one. This team just is that good. And damn if aint fun to watch. So let’s just sit back, enjoy the ride, and pray to the baseball gods that this year is our year!
by swanny4eva on Sep 4, 2009 5:40 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
remember tight rolling your pants!
God those were the days. You’ve got me feeling very nostalgic now.
by swanny4eva on Sep 4, 2009 5:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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