Tigers win 4-3

When Jeter made the error in the first inning it was a bad omen.  Then he comes out and tries to bunt?  I hate that play so early in the game.  Here's the number hitter in the league and he is so willing to give himself up so early in the game?  How about trying to hit it the other way and go for 1st and 3rd and really putting some  pressure on them?

I hate having Shef back.  Instead of a small ball team they become a team waiting for the three run homerun again.  I have very little confidence in Sheffield doing any situational hitting.

I am trying very hard to to a Rodriguez fan but for $25 million you gotta be better than 1 for 7.  You have to make some contact.  Geez to strike out  so many times is unbelievable.

Mussina is a good pitcher but he is not a shut the other team down type of guy.  Between he  money they pay Mussina and Johnson you would think they could get a victory when the Yankees need one.

And when is Cano going to show up?  I hope this team is not going to be a great regular season team and not hit in the post season.

MLB was gutless.  The fans had to sit there for three hours before they call the game?  Shame!

Stop whining about MLB. George has to sell 3 hours worth of $8.75 beers before the game is called. It's a rule.

Who else here hates Chris Russo?

Bring Melky back!

hehe

for today's loss

1. I agree with Jeter bunting point -- no idea why he would there, bottom of the first and all, but the whole team hit poorly situationally. That one at bat really changed the first inning, tho.
2. There's Joe Torre, won't make a change until it's desperation time.  I said it before the series started, I'll say it again, Gary Sheffield hitting fourth is simply stupid. And this series is proving that. He looked no better than Rodriguez, who continues to look like a player trying to get traded away.

This LrLrLr, lineup obviously didn't work today. I'm not really sure it was all that important in the first game either - but here's that big question - against great pitching, all they could muster was three runs (on a mistake), and nothing off Detroit's relievers. Does Torre make changes? After all, it WASN'T Sheffield and Matsui that got NY into the playoffs.

Why not put Matsui DH, Giambi at 1st and Cabrera back in left - at the very least you get speed and an arm in the outfield. And against Kenny Rogers, Cabrera can produce (imo).

And natural first baseman get those shots down the line -- SHeff looked offguard and late to react.

But we didn't lose because of sheff; Moose proved once again he's no playoff pitcher - what a weakass performance after getting the lead handed to him.

RJ better pitch the game of his life tomorrow - I really hope we don't have another Kevin Brown - that said, if NY loses game 3, you can kiss this series goodbye.

Maybe they'll smoke Rogers tomorrow.

at 1st is my understanding too.

Moose wasn't great, but he was equal to Verlander. The difference in the game wasn't pitching. The Yankees offense didn't capitalize on the chances they were handed. Not taking advantage of all those walks early in the game killed them.

Pitching is not going to win this series for the Yankees it's got be the hitting. A-Rod and Sheff or Giambi have to have two monster games in them or it's over. Of those three hitters A-Rod is the only physically healthy guy.

If only we could put Giambi's mind in A-Rod's body.

Today was just lame.  Lame all around.

Even the Captain had a bad day, relatively speaking, with the inexplicable and ill fated bunt from a .340 hitter, and an E-6.  

Man, the one thing I hate about the Yankees of the last 3-4 years is this notion that they are going to bash their way to the promised land as punctuated whenever Sheffield and Matsui are out there.  Granted, Sheff is tough as nails and Matusi can be cluch, but those guys are meatheads defensively, and Sheff does not have his bat together.  The Yanks took the team that had chart topping chemistry off the field (I mean Melky) and went with the Bashers again. When are they going to realize it'll never work.

And Moose.  He's just a playoff dud, just like Game 5 last year.  A Rod stunk today but Moose has no business criticizing him after 2 straight mediocre playoff starts.  He's not a big game pitcher.

As for A-Rod, George's comments about "not liking him" could not be weaker. Fuck George.

I'm going to pour a beer now.

got all that pre-series negative media about their pitching staff being a shambles, but their offense is coming through against LA, and so is their pitching.

Detroit pitched lights out.  it was that simple.  if not for that one bad pitch to Damon, they throw a shutout at us.  Verlander had a nasty curve ball working, and Zumaya was totally unhitable.  nobody is going to beat them when those guys are on like that.  but the good news is that's as good as it's going to get for Detroit.  we'll certainly put up more than 3 runs tomorrow and Saturday.  of course, the big question is how many Johnson and Wright and the bullpen will give up.

meanwhile, i'm watching the St. Louis - San Diego game and the Cards starter throws 5 innings of 2-hit, shutout ball and gets the W.  and what a coincidence -- he's got the exact same name as a guy who totally stunk it up for us several years ago.  weird, no? :)

Bring him back!