ALCS Game 2, 'Kudos & Wet Willies'

for the home plate umpire. I am not saying the outcome would have been much different, but the number of borderline calls that went against the Yanks far outnumbered any poor calls against Texas.
And while I am on the subject, what’s with TBS not even giving the slightest attention to the horrendous job being done behind the plate, when they couldn’t stop talking about the Berkman “ball” call against the Twins. In that game, the umpire at least was consistently using the same strike zone for both sides (albeit off).

I am an avid yankee fan, and i want to state for the record Joe Giradi is and idiot, what happened to a set line up, and why on earth would yu pinch hit thames for gardener, and then keep slow feet in game

leave granderson in one spot and move mister past octobers, and past his prime down in line up, jeter is a team member and has to consider that either his sight is going or he has lost his stroke

the umpires are a league problem, if i was a consoiracy nut i would say the umps are trying to affect the game and the vegas line as well

totally cocur that posada made a bone head play, when it started i thought it was going to be like the one thrown back to clemens, i could not believe he threw thru

the yankees have not lost a home game in this round yet. not something the rangers or philly can say.The rangers will not beat andy yankees in 6

Cano and Granderson are the only hitters that I have any confidence in. They’re not going anywhere unless they can be more consistent hitting.

5 runs by the third inning seems kind of silly. It may have “just” been an infield hit, but it was a hit nonetheless. This loss falls on Hughes who was just plain awful. If the Yankee plan is to score 6 or 8 runs a game, then they are not going anywhere. The SPs need to step it up.

I’m not sure who should bear the lion’s share of the blame, but the starting pitching staff came into this series not ready. Beating the Twins in 3 may not have been such a good thing in hindsight because Girardi doesn’t appear to have gotten these guys the work they needed to be ready for Texas. Or, for all I know, perhaps the blame lies primarily with the CC and Hughes. But in the defense of the pitchers, they’re not machines… to expect them to perform at their peak without proper preparation (including throwing when needed on off days) is unrealistic. At this point, I think the finger points more at Girardi not getting the job done during the layover, but wherever the fault lies, Pettitte’s game looms larger than ever because CC on short rest is a bigger question mark than it was before this series started.

Just beat cliff lee. if the yankees do that the rangers are done

The biggest Wet Willie goes to A.J. Burnett who has degenerated to essentially a joke and whom the Yankees SHOULD have been able to rely upon to pitch game 2. What does it say about a guy when Gardner is sliding headfirst into first base and guys are going all out to win a championship while he shows up with a black eye and drills guys in a simulated game. He’s become as unpredictable and mercurial as Manny and as much of an asset to the team as Pavano was. Do any of us believe, for a minute, that win or lose tomorrow night, the Yankees will send him out on Tuesday? He should be ashamed of himself.

but as far I know coming out of Texas with one win goes in our favor.. they had home field advantage they were expected to win both games.. The Yanks are not done!!!.. everyone is saying Cliff is this superior human being that has never lost a game… Cliff lee will get rocked tomorrow.. Three is the charm…. GO YANKEES……..

I think Cano’s first at bat is worthy of mention as well. He hit a long fly which Cruz caught a few feet from the wall in right. He could have easily been 4-5 with 4 RBIs on Saturday.