Just not our night: Yanks drop opener to Tigers, 5-4
by Travis G on May 10, 2010 10:41 PM EDT
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PrintI hate these kind of games: the should, coulda, woulda kind. If A-Rod doesn't commit a first-inning error... If Randy Winn doesn't pop out with one out and runners on first and third... If Boone Logan doesn't allow a two-out triple off a lefty's bat... If Magglio Ordonez doesn't make a sliding catch in rightfield...
If none of those happen, the Yanks either tie or win the game.
Regardless, the Yankees looked rather flat. Perhaps it was due to playing in Detroit less than 24 hours after a game in Boston. (Thanks, schedule-makers!)
Mitre pitched about as well as we could have expected: 4.1 ip, 3 er, 5 h, 2 bb, 4 k.
The only real positive from this game was Joba's awesome perfect inning where he K'd the side (and averaged 97 MPH). Oh, and that Jim Leyland had to use all but one of his relievers.
Play of the Game: Randy Winn popping out with the Yanks down by one, one out, 8th inning, runners on the corners (-16%).
Comment of the Game: Bronx_Booyah, responding to the above.
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STFU with this already
Obviously, you don’t realize how tasteless it is.
by Scooby Snacks on May 10, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
how much longer do we have to see Thames & wynn in the lineup let alone on this team/roster, @ least 1 of them has to go… there has to be someone better then them out there to play while granderson gets healthy….
yeah at least thames offers the possiblitiy of an occassionally hr although his defense is downright dreadful, but yeah, i agree, wynn brings nothing to the table,
Winn can play either corner outfield position at an above average level
he was never meant to get very many at bats, but a defensive outfield of Gardner, Granderson, and Winn from left to right is pretty darn impressive.
Hopefully he can just hold the fort until he can head back to the bench and his defensive sub role.
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by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not like
Granderson was lighting things before he got injured either. I think the Yanks desperately need to make a move for an outfielder, a good one.
I agree
but damn, swing at a good pitch, a 14 year veteran should have a little better plate discipline with RISP. What is timeframe on Grandy, from this point? Park has been
on the DL since mid-April as well?
by Great Gatsby on May 11, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
How quickly we forget
that a few nights ago Winn hit a three-run home run to win a game. He’s weak as a righty hitter, but we’re going to have to live w/it for a while. There are no good options at AAA.
by Ed Valentine on May 11, 2010 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions
There's this guy named David Winfree
You might’ve heard of him. Girardi thought about putting him on the 40 man. He’s hitting .290 with 4 hrs. Sure, his k/BB ratio isn’t that good, but neither was Granderson’s. He is a very good option. Plus, he’s gotta be better in the field than Thames, and he eats up lefties like he does.
What is the David Winfree
lovefest, why are yo so excited about him? They called up Golson before him,
that should tell you he is not that close in the pecking order right?
by Great Gatsby on May 11, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
He’s not on the 40 man.
They’d have to DFA or 60-day DL someone to get him to New York.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
i have a big problem with the computers or the retards who makeout the schedules… we play @ boston to start the season, then go there this past weekend, then the next 3 series all in NY, then end the season in boston, WTF…it will be a happy day when that man is gone
but there must be parameters set
so that the majority of sox/yankees games fall on weekends…and so that the yankees have to travel
Yes
the schedule is more than a little goofy, I have more of a problem with the fact, that every year we routinely play about three Sunday night games in Boston, then travel, in this case to Detroit
which means they get to their hotel about 5AM…How come we rarely see Boston play a Sunday night game in NY, always see the Mets/Yankees of course. As Travis said they looked “flat”
last night, I call it sleepwalking thru a game.
by Great Gatsby on May 11, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
2 losses in a row
and Javy pitching tomorrow.
I do not expect the sun to come up tomorrow.
I think I’ll drink myself to sleep tonight and maybe jump off a building for breakfast
Just keep winning
I love that people are agreeing and +1ing this like you're serious
That just makes the satire all the more perfect.
I'm Lord Duggan and I approve this message.
by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
And they don't surprise me, sadly.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 10, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
figures one is a Caps fan and the other is a Pens fan
Dare I say…
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 10, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
This picture just doesn't get old
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by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
which basically explains the whole bandwagon thing.
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 10, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
so u have a crystal ball that says, i’m a bandwagon fan, cause my team won last yr, i’m a born PENS fan,
y don’t u do 1 of 2 things with that BALL, 1 get winning powerball #‘s or shove it where sun dont’ shine
I don't even need to dust off that old thing in this case
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 10, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
by all means, please dust it off, I have so many ?’s you can ask it………what is tomorrows final score, who really shot JFK? what are the UNWRITTEN rules of baseball,
Final Score: 5-3 (you have to guess which game)
Oswald was a trained Marine sniper. He acted alone.
Don’t bunt to break up a no-hitter. Don’t steal in a blowout. Don’t show up the hitter. Don’t show up the pitcher. No matter what you do, act like you’ve done it before. Don’t talk about what you hear in the clubhouse. Don’t run across Dallas Braden’s mound.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
Go Habs
As long as the Bruins don’t choke, dare I say….naw I won’t go there.
by Great Gatsby on May 11, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 for getting jscape riled up
You’re a rally killer!!!
by Scooby Snacks on May 10, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeter in postgame interview
“I totally could have hit that ball a few feet further and knocked in the tying run, but that asshole Duggan put up a new thread. He clearly doesn’t care about magic, so I didn’t reward him with a base hit”
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by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The Thread Change Heard 'Round The World.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 10, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
The thread has now been deleted
and I hang my head in shame.
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by Lord Duggan on May 10, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is."
Bob Feller
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
he had no choice and i kinda drove him to it
so i’ll take the tomato throwing
QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
a proud follower of pickaxes, the star, and the almighty cervelli\
yeah i absolutely thought he was serious
i definitely thought he would drink himself to sleep and jump off a bridge for breakfast. i did not think that was humorous in any way. you are absolutely right with your interpretation of my +1. in fact, i think you have me psychoanalyzed perfectly. you are a genius.
Don't do it!
There’s alot of baseball to go…it’s not time to panic…yet…is it?…
by Bronx_Booyah on May 11, 2010 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions
DRob didn't allow any runs!
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 10, 2010 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
Joba was awesome!
Yankees all day.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
"If you're not doing it right, you're doing it wrong. And there's no in between." ~Mark "Lunch" McKenzie
by Onishadow14 on May 10, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i swear to cervelli he was in 2007 mode
straight up NASTY
QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
a proud follower of pickaxes, the star, and the almighty cervelli\
Again, I say yeah!
The old saying applies, gotta learn to crawl, before you learn to walk…Some poeple here
are not old enough to remember that one, unfortunately I am not in that category.
by Great Gatsby on May 11, 2010 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
But regardless, I'm frustrated as hell, ugh
If there’s one thing we can’t buy, its a better bench.
Yankees all day.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
"If you're not doing it right, you're doing it wrong. And there's no in between." ~Mark "Lunch" McKenzie
anyone agree, the pitchers PITCH better with Cervelli behind the plate, then ole man jorge, i love jorge, but he seems to be ALITTLE stubborn @ times,
thats why since nj is injured make jorge the DH, god as the catcher and jesus as the back up
QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
a proud follower of pickaxes, the star, and the almighty cervelli\
I agree! jorge seems a little too ‘bleh’. I mean he is part of the Core Four, so he’s good and everything, but almost at times like he’s got something stuck up his butt. wasn’t he pissed last year when AJ gave him “pie time”? Thank God for AJ and Swish and Cervelli et al for bringing some life back into this team. Jorge is very flat in my opinion.
by pinstripepride on May 11, 2010 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions
We can look at our off season moves
for the situation we find ourselves in. Each one has, to this point, proven to be terrible “investments”.
which situation?
being 21-10? .5 out of first?
look, if Pettitte goes last night, it’s probably a win. Mitre’s the spot-starter for a reason.
I was referring to
our “problem” spots. Each one of them is a result of the brilliant off season moves Cashman made. Vazquez…Johnson…Grandy…and the fact that we’re scrambling to put a decent outfield together.
to this point...
they haven’t been terrible. They haven’t mattered is what they’ve done.
When all these guys come back or get back on track, cuz they are vets and will trend back towards their norm…that’s a good thing that will carry the Yanks.
Even Jeter’s off on a slowish start.
The team’s winning.
Anything bad that happens in April and May, doesn’t matter as long as they ain’t done for the year.
And it especially doesn’t matter if the team just keeps winning.
But by all means, focus on the offseason still.
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 11, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
one can only hope
anyways hopefully javy does fine tomorrow and even if he dosent we really hurt their bullpen tonight so just work the pitchcout and destroy them in the later innings.
that kills
The only thing that would take the edge off this loss would be if we didn’t lose any ground.
by long time listener on May 11, 2010 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
COME ON MAN.
I know you have 1 run in you Angels.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
also
I bet this confused the hell out Hideki. He was probably saying “What? If you have a 3-run lead in the 9th you don’t automatically win? When did they change that rule?”
by long time listener on May 11, 2010 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha +1
To the 11th!
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Hard for me to root for the Angels
especially after lurking for a few minutes at Halos Heaven
I'm Lord Duggan and I approve this message.
You are a brave, brave man for venturing there in such a situation.
I just don’t want the Rays pulling any further ahead.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
And I've got a bad feeling about this AAA callup coming on to try
and get out Longoria.
I'm Lord Duggan and I approve this message.
And by a bad feeling I mean
“he’s going to strike him out by throwing a fastball by him”
I'm Lord Duggan and I approve this message.
I wondered over to the dark side for a peek.
My goodness, that’s pandemonium or something.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I just read through that game thread from last night
it’s completely hilarious
K'd him.
Wow.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions
And now it's time for the Joe Maddon 5 infielder defense
when he did this during the World Series it blew my mind.
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ANGELS WIN!
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Clearly I need to read what I'm responding to better.
5 infielder defense you say? I’m not sure I’ve seen that. It has my interest though.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Brian Fuentes lives on another day.
I think he might have been taken out back and dealt with had they lost.
"It ain't like he brought it from home." -Derek Jeter
by WhatwouldJeterdo on May 11, 2010 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Today was just one of those games where we didn't get the hit with RISP...
…that said is also showcases the offseason deals in terms of what we picked up to fill the ‘Damon/Matsui’ hole and it doesn’t look that good right now. Winn has his moments, but they are too few and far between. Thames may hit lefties, but his defense is horrid an borders on insane to allow him to run around in the outfield. With Granderson on the DL it really shows how bad our LF platoon is outside of Gardner. It also doesn’t help that Matsui and Damon are off to good starts and AJax is showing that he was indeed a top talent. But when we basically hand away good talent and pick up the likes of Javy, Thames and NJ, what does that say about our choices? Were the deals motivated by money or did we actually think we were going to be that much better with these pieces? Just throwing that out there.
wait
the only reason Thames/Winn are playing so much is Grandy’s injury. we were rather lucky last year that neither Matsui or Damon got hurt (both being 35). Grandy is 29. he’s played 140+ each of the previous 4 years. he had a fluke injury. it sucks but he’ll be back in a few weeks.
the thing we really can’t lose are the starters. we have a great record bc of CC, AJ, Phil and Andy. we saw last night what happens when one goes down.
and they damn near won that game.
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 11, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
What's up with Jeter?
Dude is not being very selective at all and has been awful lately. How many times has he walked this season, 6?
Give me a break
1. He always swings early in the count … he has his entire career. 2. He hit two absolute rockets last night, and Ordonez made a great play in the 8th. 3. Players have slumps sometimes, that’s just how it is.
by Ed Valentine on May 11, 2010 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions
if you watched the game
you’’d see many hard hit balls being hit right at people. Jeets is on the ball. He’s not even slumping, he’s getting unlucky with the placement of his hits
Just keep winning
by FreeBradshaw on May 11, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
"little things"
There were too many “little things” that contributed to the loss. A-Rod’s error was one, although understandable. His caught-stealing came on a borderline balk move — the pitcher’s leg may have gone behind the 1b-mound line, which obligates the pitcher to go home. But I could not understand why Gardy did not steal 2nd base with the lead run when Winn was at bat in the 8th. That would have influenced pitch selection and forced the infield all the way in. On at least 2 pitches Laird could not have even made a throw. When we do lose, it’s usually an accumulation of small mistakes as opposed to being outclassed. This was a frustrating example, although (Lord willing) the team should bounce back. Robertson was much better and Joba was excellent. Let’s hope that Vasquez does better tonight.
see I told you to keep the Brooklyn rally pics coming! 5-4 when I left, 5-4 final.....
In all seriousness, though, I’ll keep it to one an inning next time…
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