Yankees 3, Rangers 4: Some Get Away, and Some You Never Have
by jscape2000 on Aug 10, 2010 11:50 PM EDT
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PrintMark Teixeira isn't with the team, Robbie Cano and Jorge Posada started the game on the bench, and Marcus Thames started at DH batting third.
For a team whose offense has been struggling of late, this was not a very auspicious beginning, especially when matched against the only team in the league that has virtually sewn up its playoff spot.
Good A.J. arrived in Arlington, delivering 7 innings of 3 run ball.
Unfortunately, after nine innings of work, 3 runs was all the offense the lineup could muster. Jeter grounded into a huge DP in the 9th after showing bunt early in the AB. Gardner and Cano (pinch hitting) could do nothing with a 1st and 2nd, 1 out situation in the 6th. In the 5th, Swisher got thrown out at home in a situation that would have brought Arod to the plate with the bases loaded. Berkman and Cervelli couldn't get Arod in from 3rd in the fourth. And so on.
Boone Logan did his job, and DRob over came a leadoff walk to complete a scoreless 1.2IP.
If you'd asked me how Mo could lose the game, here's what I'd tell you: infield base hit to the shortstop hole, bleeder through the right side, ground out but not a DP, IBB, and a single through the drawn in infield.
I've seen this movie before. No one is perfect, and you can't win 'em all. Especially not the ones when you only put 2/3 of your lineup on the field.
Play of the Game: Murphy's homer to give the Rangers the 3-2 lead led to the biggest swing of the game (33%) because once the bases are loaded with less than 1 out, a run is more likely than not.
Comment of the Game: Longtimelistener tells it like it is.
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QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
win/loss records do not matter when you have a magnificent bastard
"If my players don't start producing there'll be more fireworks around here by the Fourth of July than anyone can imagine." The Boss (1982)
"The next time you drive me to the wall, I'll throw you over it."
"What do you mean try? If I want to fire you, I'll fire you." (on martin)
This is really great stuff from a great writer.
Read some of the tweets from Mike Axisa. A. Hates on Cervelli. B. Hates on GGBG. C. Extreme pessimism. D. Don’t hate on your own favorite teams players. E. Everyone slumps. Give Gardner a break.
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shouldn't the break be given to granderson?
QUITTER'S PEOPLE UNITED # 3
win/loss records do not matter when you have a magnificent bastard
"If my players don't start producing there'll be more fireworks around here by the Fourth of July than anyone can imagine." The Boss (1982)
"The next time you drive me to the wall, I'll throw you over it."
"What do you mean try? If I want to fire you, I'll fire you." (on martin)
He didn't say anything about Granderson
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sounds liek some of us here
oh wells close games..by two play off teams..luck was more on the ranger’s side tonight
I hope that person is sterile
do NOT want duplicates.
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 10, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
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"The blush is off the rose" ....About Brett
that is pretty harsh..unless he is being sarcastic?
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Brandon!
Are you feeling better? What happened? I heard you were not feeling good?
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sick
I’ve had health problems since about 2006, but they went away. They’re back now for about a month so far and I just can’t allow myself to get stressed. That is all.
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OK, cool
You got me worried
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I doubt that you would...
but, yoga is good for that!
by CAyankeesfan on Aug 11, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Never tried it
I just rest a lot and hope I don’t get called into my night job.
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Try lots and lots of mast...
Rest
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Slow down on argueing
I’ll pretend to take your side more if it helps ;)
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Amazing that no other teams needed the almighty Revis to win SBs, isnt it?
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
yup
but they needed someone who can do something
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I am siding with the Jets on this though
Revis is another guy more concerned with his ego than winning titles. If they start out well, his value drops a bit, if they start out bad, he will take them to the cleaners,lol.
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed I am for him etting paid
but within reason, he won’t bargin
Since the face been revealed the game got real
He wont bend at all
It has to be 50 cents more than Namdi, yeah, thats a team player,lol
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I respect he wants to get paid
But I hate the way he is going about it. I think I will buy a Mangold jersey instead of a Revis one now,lol
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
he's also the nephew of someone who held out
for an entire season, so he may be chauffeured to the cleaners regardless
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Well the Jets play a defense that need great CB's who play single coverage
very few if any teams do that
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
hate to say it w/o revis...they have?
“Run at me and my 12 children” Cromartie
A rookie in Kyle Wilson? Revis is a big part on my the jets can blitz a ton w/o being afraid to get burned by a QB.
Plus Revis can hit lefties...
Sorry I had to, lol
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Jenkins, Ellis , Pace, Harris, Scott
Pool who can cover extremely well from what I hear
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Jenkins is injury prone
and coming off an injury
Ellis is aging.
Pace is meh.
Harris is great
Scott is 15yds of yellow waiting to happen
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
still all he is
7-8 sacks a year type dude. That’s meh in Giants land.
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats enough for a blocking assigment though
and that is what Rex wants you to plan for Pace
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especially if that leads the team
and you’re considered a good aggressive defense.
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
They do need a better pass rush
But I think Jenkins going down hurt Pace a little last year too
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree, but its not uimpossible to win without Revis
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah and how Vlad the destroyer
can fill in for alan Fan
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LT
i heard he comes with a time machine to set him back pre 2008…yet he’ll still disappear around play off time with sum injury
LT does not disappear in the playoffs
Banks really was the one that turned it up, but LT will always be LT
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I was not crazy about LT
and notice I didn’t mention Taylor either. If he was anything left it is just a bonus
Since the face been revealed the game got real
You mean LDT
I didnt love the move but Greene is ready to be a feature back and LDT can still catch the ball in the backfield. TJ is too much the same as Greene.
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
last i heard of him he was like 50 pounds out of shape
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
then that was a while ago
he is in shape now, since last week I think
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Homes
Edwards, Keller, Greene,
They will pass more but a 3 headed monster Greene McKight and swing passes to LT couint as runs to me.
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Are you joking?
He has caught atleast 50 passes( I am guessing) a year for basiclly his whole career. I think he had less last year but he can still do that well. I just don’t think he can run well thru the tackles.
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Unless you were kidding
sometimes its hard to tell with you free.
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Sanchez is still the most important guy on the field
If he is the guy that showed up in the playoffs, Jets will be fine without Revis, if he is the guy who needed the traffic signals, hello top 5 draft pick
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I am not saying they are anywhere near Revis
But..
Croma amd Wilson- their strengths is man coverage. I know Wilson is a rook but mirroring your target is nothing learned you just react
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by Scooby Snacks on Aug 10, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
he usually just does the farm stuff
and open thread…while others do the more number based analytical stuff.
Axisa is rather overrated
By himself, at least
"I am a man of great mental power." ~Alfonso Soriano
by Captain_Mick on Aug 11, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Jesus Montero hit another HR
read that in last nights game he failed to run back to a base and instead walked to the base, the ball was thrown behind him, he was out. So much potential, thought the laziness was gone. Really, really want to hear that it is gone and that was a fluke.
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DP's and leaving RISP = recipe for disaster.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 10, 2010 11:53 PM EDT reply actions
Creeping
LOL
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 10, 2010 11:58 PM EDT reply actions
Nah
we are winning, and have proven to play with you guys.
all good
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 10, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Not really
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
For sure
again, I think Boston or Tampa are the only ones who can beat NYY in the playoffs
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
No.
I completely disagree.
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why
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Texas>Boston
Texas’ pitching>Boston’s pitching
Cliff Lee>anyone on Boston
I could not care less about history. History would have had the Red Sox sweep the Angels last year in ALDS, not vice versa.
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I am least worried about the Twins
out of the teams thast are in it
Since the face been revealed the game got real
Texas>Boston?
No. Let me explain;
Lowell>Cantu
Pedroia> Kinsler
ScutaroKalish
Ellsbury>Borbon
Cruz>Drew
Lee>Lester
Lewis<Buchholz
Hunter
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
That was a very, very funny comment!
I’ll try to say this without starting an argument. You are wrong and delusional, but you are 100% correct and your opinion is now mine!
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whoa whoa
Cantu > Lowell
Andrus > Scu scu scutaro
Hamilton > elfburry
Cruz > nancy Drew
Vald > fat papi
Lee> lester
Wilson > beckett/lackey/dice-k etc
Molina> w/e you call a catcher behind the plate
Don't forget Texas's bullpen
IMO its the deepest in the league.
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
Uck
Stop saying that.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
I just really don't want Cliff Lee
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
why not?
They’re probably going to over-pay him, and it’s always a risk when you sign a pitcher over 30 to a long(er)-term deal, but he’s an ace, and we’ll have at least 1 rotation spot open next year.
by long time listener on Aug 11, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
We need to share some Nachos again one day!
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
let's call that angry Mets fan
Or any Mets fan. They’re all angry.
by long time listener on Aug 11, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I would be too if I had Manuel as a manager and the most inept med staff in the league.
Haha, but I think that one guy was just really hatin’.
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
"If I were a Mets fan"
That’s the set-up for 10,000 punchlines.
by long time listener on Aug 11, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously.
At the game today, just so much negativity. Pelf’s gonna blow it. The Bullpen’s gonna blow it. And so on
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
METAL GEAR
sorry….this game is called “I win”
by FreeBradshaw on Aug 11, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Kojima really needs to stop making Metal Gear
and give me my goddamn Zone of the Enders 3 already.
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
i met kojima, he signed my MGS4
my friend try to get him to a sign a paper saying “Kojima can stop making metal gear now…plz my zone of enders”
Was it at Uniglo in Soho?
Cause my friend was there for that.
Seriously though, he’s KILLING me with his ZOE3 cockteasing
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
The worst was a couple years back after MGS4
When he said he was gonna take a break from Metal Gear to work on other titles. JUST KIDDING. HERE ARE 3 MORE MGS TITLES.
I wanna punch him almost as much as I wanna punch Joe Quesada.
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
What's worse is that
With this current One Moment In Time arc, he’s sticking it to Spidey fans AGAIN.
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
ah i stopped after the gauntlet
i saw that thing coming and i’m like..what okay i’ll skip this and pick up some deadpool or green lantern
Marvel's been whoring out Deadpool lately.
However, GL has been awesome ever since Rebirth. My favorite comic for my favorite hero!
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
Hopefully they are both good. I’m looking forward to using Deadpool in MVC3. Also Thor, just so I can yell out “YOU JUST GOT MJOLNIR’D!”
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Do you know how to pronounce that?
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
True
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
The playoffs are a total crapshoot this year.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Aug 11, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I know Im pushing it…. sorry, I woulda came anyhow
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 10, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I know
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I am, I am
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by bestbostonsports on Aug 11, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know about this Rivera kid. They should probably do something about him…
But in all seriousness I wish this team could get with runners in scoring position and less than 2 outs.
Did you know Joe Morgan thinks Cano will win a batting title one day?
yeah they would have won the last 2 games if they did
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Grandy Who?
Austin Kearns is the man baby,lol
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
He named it Austin, but not after Kearns
He named it after the hitting machine known as AJAX
by YankeesJets on Aug 11, 2010 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
with cliff lee pitching tomorrow
and the yanks not playing fantastic baseball in august to say the least, why isnt our best lineup out there tonight?
Platoon to the max tonight. Cano didn’t start (why not?), no Granderson, Cervelli over Posada because of this strange match up system Girardi has…No Tex in the lineup, but obviously for good reason.
I mean, lee is starting so its not exactly a game you can expect to win.
i think girardi made a mistake with the lineup tonight. the yanks could very easily come out of texas without a W.
I believe in the Church of Baseball
by Frank Campagnola on Aug 11, 2010 1:12 AM EDT reply actions
makes more sense now
I believe in the Church of Baseball
by Frank Campagnola on Aug 11, 2010 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Mark Craig on Twitter
Jorge Posada was unavailable to pinch-hit Tuesday due to a “cranky right shoulder.”
Many were wondering why Posada didn’t hit for Francisco Cervelli with runners on second and third in the eighth inning, so this certainly explains it. We haven’t heard anything about this being a multiple-day injury, but keep an eye on his status Wednesday
hm
that would explain why ellsbury and the sox destroyed posada monday
I believe in the Church of Baseball
by Frank Campagnola on Aug 11, 2010 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
First the Grandy hate and now Betty White
I keep telling you that Betty White’s BAbip is .001, SHES GONNA TURN IT AROUND
A supporter of the MFY.
Comparing Betty White to Grandy? That's pathetic.
I’ll have you know that there’s no one I’d rather have starting Game 7 than Betty White.
In fact, Betty White can play any posistion on the Yankees and be an improvement.
A supporter of the MFY.
Betty replacing Mo coming out to the Golden Girls theme?
I would pay to see White in pinstripes,lol. Perhaps Jedi can get it done.
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