Rays win pitching duel, 1-0, in 11 innings, take over first place
by Travis G on Sep 13, 2010 10:54 PM EDT
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Why? That's the question. Girardi played with fire letting Gaudin try to finish the 10th - which he did - but then instead of going to one of the better relievers on the team (Mariano, Joba, D-Rob, Hughes, neither of whom pitched yesterday), he put up the white flag, aka Sergio Mitre. You just knew it was over that inning. A few pitches later and it was: Reid Brignac homered into the rightfield stands to end the 11-inning affair.
Kerry Wood threw 11 pitches. Logan threw five. They couldn't go any longer?
Before that, we saw absolute gems from both Sabathia and Price. As well as Price pitched (8 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 4 k), Sabathia was even better (8 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 9 k), yet neither hurler got the win.
You can't really like that Posada stole (or tried to steal) second in the fifth. The Yanks finally had a runner on, Austin Kearns was having a good AB vs. Price, and the slowest member of the team gets thrown out trying to steal.
Then, of course, Gardner takes off for third in the bottom of the 10th... why? There's two outs already. And Gardner will score on a single anyway. I thought maybe Benoit had a lot of wild pitches, which would make the attempted steal a bit more sensible... no, he has one all year. Regardless, Girardi and Thomson gave him a stern talking-to between innings. As Murphy's Law would have it, Kearns ended up singling in his AB to lead off the 11th. Would it have happened if Gardner wasn't thrown out? We'll never know.
This is the Yankees' first four-game losing streak, and their third walk-off loss in their last four games.
Play of the Game: y'all know what it is (-35%).
Comment of the Game: yankeesNZ1, because Chad Gaudin is interesting.
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why is right.
went to apaplebees after my meeting tonight to watch the rest of the game. im beyond myself.
all i can do is complain about this game right now. especially everything that happened in the extra innings
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by Frank Campagnola on Sep 13, 2010 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
I jumped off the wagon a long time ago
We’re screwed!
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by Chris McKeown on Sep 14, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Pennington, actually
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So Sabathia was awesome
everything else wasn’t
by Monotonousblob on Sep 13, 2010 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
Wood was good
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very good, forgot about that
He’s been the best mid-season move by the Yankees by far
by Monotonousblob on Sep 13, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Must have taken his viagra today
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by Chris McKeown on Sep 14, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Never in my life have I seen a manager being interviewed on TV, where I don’t actually care what he has to say, I just want to smack him. Thank you Joe.
This is lovely
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by Chris McKeown on Sep 14, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
easily could have the won 3 of the last 4
no problem with the last 3 losses. This one reeks of poor managing decisions
Is Kevin Long sick or something? Other than that, not going to bother with Girardi complaints, those are getting old, even after 20 minutes.
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Oh really? I don't know what YOU just saw
but I just saw Girardi
"Game's the same, just got more fierce." ~ Slim Charles
by Captain_Mick on Sep 13, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I was going to say
but I just saw Girardi go 4-for-33 with no runs and 10 LOB
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by Captain_Mick on Sep 13, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohhh, I was wondering where you were going with that!
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yeah, screwed it up pretty good there
A lot of that going around tonight
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by Captain_Mick on Sep 13, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright...another playoff PREVIEW that's off to a poor start
good thing this is a PREVIEW
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What’s that? Ah — Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs?! You kidding me?! Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!
by Monotonousblob on Sep 13, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Need to start hitting better.
Girardi has nothing to do with it either. His decisions aren’t good, but they have nothing to do with winning or losing.
The team needs to hit better, couple games is OK. But its been a while now and its looking like a trend.
And its mostly been since Swisher’s injury has him in and out of the lineup. Get well Count. Need ya.
Toney Douglas
i mean
you cant really expect mitre and gaudin to give you shutout innings. so yeah girardi’s decisions led to a loss tonight.
it made it even worse that he had 3 other relievers in the pen that were much more capable of pitching those innigns.
even wood and logan could have kept going, as travis pointed out
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by Frank Campagnola on Sep 13, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
what'd you guys think of having grandy bunt?
would have been a lot better if the guy on deck wasn’t colin curtis. id rather have grandy up with 1 on and nobody out then curtis up in a crucial spot
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by Frank Campagnola on Sep 13, 2010 11:15 PM EDT reply actions
2-0 count they should have let him hit...if it was a lefty would i get it.
but lefties are hitting .274 off balfour. makes little sense to bunt so a weaker hitter can hit. Grandy has more power and doesn’t hit into many DP’s. Make no sense since it was curtis behind him and a struggling jeter (who has a horrible split vs rightes this year…especially on the road)
completely agree
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by Frank Campagnola on Sep 13, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
when did their defense get so good?
i know they have a great run game and cassel is a passable qb..but wow that defense
I guess I'll be making a very early exit in the Survival Football league
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Same here.
I have Rivers as QB in another fantasy league. That’s not looking so great either.
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yea, on Yahoo I think I may actually go 4-0 on week 1
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I HAD A FEELING ABOUT THIS
Peter Vermes, Give us your keys.
by MattF15 on Sep 13, 2010 11:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
they look fast and hungry.
Romeo Crennel has them all fired up. That was a great game to watch, Rivers and Acne Turner had no idea.
Toney Douglas
by FreeBradshaw on Sep 14, 2010 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Alright, let's take 2 outta 3 and forget this ugliness
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the chiefs game is making me forget the yanks game quick..i hate the Chargers and norv
Hopefully we take the next two and the offense wakes the hell up and we don’t have to see gaudin and mitre for a long time
im bored
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I keep telling myself they're just getting it out of their system
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me too, still waiting, still better now than octobier
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I sincerely hope they are
Performance lately has been extremely disappointing
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by Chris McKeown on Sep 14, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Im starting a Girardi to the Cubs donation fund
We need to help the Cubs come up with the money to take the managerial genius away from our beloved Yankees.
It's clear what's going on
Girardi wants to face the Twins in the ALDS, he doesn’t care about homefield at all
by bluecheese999 on Sep 14, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I dont think Girardi is smart enough to have a plan
I remember a few years ago everybody wanting the Indians instead of the Angels in the first round, that didnt work out well at all.
San Diego doesn't handle rain well
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by Chris McKeown on Sep 14, 2010 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh man! Naanee better not get 7 more fantasy points!
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well...im eliminated from survival
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Just watched the game.....
Stinks but can still win the series, most likely the Yanks were not going to sweep the Rays anyway. I am hoping this will even out over the series.
"Sorry bro, he Jason Bourned me"- Drama
Yanks are falling apart, Bad time too start playing like crap.
by Ghost Face Killer on Sep 14, 2010 3:19 AM EDT reply actions
playing like crap
so being in a pitching duel until the 11th at 0-0 is playing like crap. a well pitched game is just that, Price is every bit as talented and good as CC, as is the Rays lineup. it woul dbe expected to be a close game/series..and lets not forget That Texas is a great team this year too.
not like their losing to the M’s or Royals right now
Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all
by Rickfansince76 on Sep 14, 2010 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
wow what a great pitched game even if it was a lost
that was a true playoff type game, incredible pitching by CC and Price, too bad for CC not getting #20
Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all
when Gardner stole 2nd
I thought they were about to win the game. Why? is an understatement. Even the guys in the dugout looked surprised at that attempt.
CC was brilliant once again – can’t say enough about the guy. As much as I don’t like to see him pitching 8+ innings in September when he can be conserving for October, it was obviously necessary last night. Poor guy can’t get that 20th!
The Joe Girardi – Sergio Mitre relationship is officially on par with James Dolan – Isaiah Thomas. I sure hope there were undisclosed injuries because why Joe would take a bullet for this guy season after season is beyond me. Ok he was with you in Florida when you first broke in as a manager……and?? He was garbage then and he’s garbage now. arghhhh
If you're a real Yankee fan, please do the rest of us a favor and splurge the extra cash on a replica jersey without a last name on the back. Frankly, it's embarassing.
by total hermination on Sep 14, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
Are you guys buying that stuff about trying to keep Joba and Robertson fresh for the rest of the series?
It reminds me of when we threw Lance Cormier at you in the 9th of that game a couple months ago and he promptly gave it up. We had Sori ready to go, but our Joe said that he was trying to keep him fresh for later. Both of these reek of a situation where a guy should say, “I screwed up.” instead of reaching.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 14, 2010 10:22 AM EDT reply actions
Gardner stealing 3rd
I agree it’s not the right call with 2 outs, but…Brett Gardner runs really fast…and it allows him to score on a short single. And c’mon, he almost stole the base with the pitcher throwing him out. If he’d actually read the pitcher correctly he steals that base easily.
We don't play for the wild card around here kid
For those reasons he should be able to score on anything in the outfield with 2 outs, with the ability of hindsight it looks pretty dumb, but you're not gaining much even if he is safe.
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by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 14, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a big
Gardner fan, and I also believe that aggressive baseball is good baseball. And the attempted steal of third by Gardner might’ve made some sense if there was one out if only (assuming the pitcher is really pitching great) because then he could score on something other than a hit, and even then people might say why take a chance on getting thrown out when there are two guys coming up with a shot to knock you in. But Gardner’s decision to steal third last night was gratuitous and ridiculously aggressive. From a strategic point of view it only makes sense because by being on third he can score on a wild pitch or an infield hit. The problem is you don’t steal third with two outs in that situation to put yourself in position to score on plays that have a low probability of occuring. It is a bonehead move.
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