Friday, April 27, 2007
4/27/07 - Boston Red Sox (14-7) at New York Yankees (8-12) - 7:05 pm (Liveblog)
D. Matsuzaka (2-2) vs A. Pettitte (1-0)
Here are the lineups courtesy of Pete Abraham:
YANKEES
Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi DH
Matsui LF
Posada C
Cano 2B
Mientkiewicz 1B
Pettitte LHP
RED SOX
Lugo SS
Youkilis 1B
Ortiz DH
Ramirez LF
Drew RF
Lowell 3B
Varitek C
Crisp CF
Pedroia 2B
Matsuzaka RHP
I’ll be back shortly before the first pitch.
Hey all. Cornelius “Cutter” Tootsburger here tonight for your Liveblogging pleasure. Actually, that’s not my real name, although I kinda wish it was. You can call me Jonathan, since that’s what my mother’s been calling me for 26 years. If you search the RLYW member list you won’t find me. I’m a ghost. I’m the Kamino of the RLYW archives. (If you understand this reference you are a total nerd.)
When I’m not trying to rid the world of maritime oil spills by creating a rubber bladder system for oil tankers, I attend law school classes.
But enough about me. Who cares about me? I don’t even care about me. I care about the Yankees and providing a quality Liveblog tonight. Larry told me not to suck. If I do, keep your mouths shut.
The Yankees are riding a 6-game losing streak and are in last place in the AL East. It’s hard to pin a game in April as a “must win,” but this one comes close, especially with Karstens going up against Beckett tomorrow.
So away we go. I’ll try to keep the non sequiturs to a minimum.
(Disclaimer: The previous sentence does not constitute a binding contract. The writer can not guarantee the validity of any promises made in this thread. Purple monkey dishwasher.)
The game is on my9 tonight with a postgame on YES.
Pre-game: Its only April but A-Rod is leading the AL Triple Crown race (.378 BA (1st), 14 HR (1st), 34 RBI (1st)). The only player even close is Vlad and he’s 8 HR back!
The Red Sox have a .843 OPS at friendly Fenway but only a .691 OPS on the road. And their OBP split is .376/.321.
Top of the first: Lugo leads off and takes a strike. Lugo takes strike two on the outside corner. Lugo chops one to Jeter who gets it to Doug M in time for the out.
Pettitte starts out 3-0 to Youk. Well my9 was wrong. It was a 2-1 count which went to 3-1 and then a walk.
Ortiz steps up. Strike one, Ortiz taking the fastball all the way. 0-2 as he takes the second pitch. Flaherty mentions all Pettitte’s strikeouts have been to right handed batters this year. STRIKE THREE, Pettitte gets Ortiz swinging on a cutter down and away.
Andy starts Manny out with 2 balls. Manny lines a 3-1 pitch up the middle and there are men on 1st and second with 2 down. Manny seems to kill the Yankees no matter how much he’s slumping.
Drew hits a grounder to Doug M. who plays it off his chest and takes the out at first himself. A bit rocky but the results are good.
Bottom of the second: Damon leads off for the Yankees against the dreaded Dice-K while my9 shows Schilling chomping on sunflower seeds in the Sox dugout. Damon strikes out looking on a suspicious strike three call. Looked inside and Damon thought so too.
Jeter lines a single to center. Looks like he’s back to form.
Abreu in the hole 1-2. Seems to be a low strike zone tonight. Abreu strikes out swinging on a changeup.
A-Rod dinks a grounder to third. Lowell catches it bare-handed and just gets the future Triple Crown winner at first.
Top of the second: Pettitte falls behind to Lowell 2-0 but gets him to ground out to Jeter.
Andy falls behind 3-1 to the lesser Captain. They’re showing the 4 HR from in a row from last weekend for some reason. Boo. Strike three swinging; Pettitte’s 2nd in as many innings.
Crisp digs in. Damon’s upgrade grounds a single past Jeter in the hole.
Pedroia swings for the fences and softly lines one out to Abreu. Nice bat flip. Inning over.
Bottom of the second: And Kay brings up the bloody sock. My question: why wasn’t the scar properly dressed?
Giambi slices one to left for a single.
MATSUI vs. MATSUZAKA: The SHOWDOWN! Who will survive? Matsui flies one out to Crisp. 1 out.
So far it seems that Diasuke has been throwing a lot of off speed stuff. Posada hits a hard liner to dead center but Crisp is able to make the out.
Cano in the hole already 0-2. And Cano strikes out on a ball in his eyes. That’s happening far too much this year.
Top of the third: Pettitte starts out 1-1 to Lugo who hits the 3rd pitch to right for a single.
Pettitte misses high to Youkilis on the first two pitches and Posada goes out for a talk. Pettitte misses high again and its 3-0. Not good. Youkilis hits a 3-1 pitch into the left field seats. Even more not good. 2-0 Sox.
Ortiz grounds out to Cano who was playing deep. 1 out, thank God.
Manny hits a soft grounder to Jeter who throws him out. 2 outs, thank God.
Drew hits a fly ball to right field. Since its nowhere near a wall, its an easy out for Abreu.
Bottom of the third: Yankees are now 21 outs away from extending the losing streak to 7.
Mientkiewicz strikes out looking on 3 straight pitches. I’m pretty sure they would rename the ‘Mendoza line’ the ‘Mientkiewicz line’ if it wasn’t such a bitch to say.
Doug M. has some words for the home ump. Seeing as he never hits anyway, he should just shutup.
Damon works the count full on Dice-K. And he works a walk.
Jeter takes the first two pitches and its 2-0. He taps one to Lugo who juggles it like a hot potato and everyone’s safe.
Abreu has been striking out too much lately, it seems. Lets hope he reverses that trend here. He does, but its much worse as he grounds one to Lugo who takes the out at second himself and then fires to first for the double play. Ouch.
After 3 innings, Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.
Pitch counts:
Pettitte: 56
Matsuzaka: 42
Top of the fourth: Lowell flies out to Damon to start the inning.
Pettitte gets Varitek swinging on one in the dirt. 2 outs.
Crisp strikes out looking to end a 1-2-3 inning. Good job by Pettitte to get Daisuke back out there quick.
Bottom of the fourth: A-Rod leads off. Prepare for launch? Nope, but he works a 3-2 count into a leadoff walk. Good start.
Giambi walks on 4 straight balls. Dice-K throwing a bunch of breaking pitches in the dirt.
I would pay good money to see Matsui go deep here. However, he doesn’t look that comfortable against Dice-K. 2-2 count as Matsui fouls a few off. At least he’s really making Matsuzaka work as the count goes full. BALL FOUR! Bases loaded, folks.
Posada digs in. I’m all tingly. Posada gets jammed but manages to dunk it in front of Manny! A-Rod scores and all the runners move up one. Hooray! 2-1 Sox.
Cano looks terrible as he swings through strike two. Ugh. 1-2 count. And, not surprisingly, Cano strikes out on ball three.
Oh look who it is. A double play just waiting to happen. Yet, he spares us with a high popup in the middle of the diamond. Man, he sucks.
Damon works the count full with the bases loaded. This is tense. Holy shnikees, Damon kind of check swings at the pitch and singles to right!!! Two runs score and the Yankees take the lead!!! Runners on the corners now as Jeter steps in.
Jeter slaps one through the hole on the right side and drives in another run! Drew bobbles it in right and Damon makes it to third. 4-2 Yankees. Woohoo!
Abreu’s woeful hitting continues as he pops out to short left. But the Yanks take the lead in the inning.
3 good things happened in that inning: the Yankees took the lead, Matsuzaka’s pitch count skyrocketed, and RLYW registered its 200th member. I’ll leave you to decide which was most important.
Top of the fifth: Pettitte deals to Pedroia for strike one. On the second pitch, shorty tries to bunt but it goes foul. Go ahead, do it again. Instead he flies out to Abreu in right. 1 out.
The count goes to 1-2 on Lugo who fouls one out of play to the right side. The count evens up at 2-2 with a cutter inside. With a full count the ump screws over Pettitte on a borderline pitch and Lugo walks.
Lugo steals second and a not so hard hit ball goes under Jeter’s diving glove in the hole. Lugo advances to third. Crap.
Ortiz singles a line drive up the middle and Lugo scores. 4-3 Yankees. Double crap.
Pettitte goes 3-0 to Manny. This is getting worse by the second. Even worser as he walks Manny and the bases are loaded with only 1 out.
Pettitte strikes out Drew on a slider low and outside. Phew. Still not out of it though.
Nutty fudgekins, Pettitte throws 3 straight balls to Lowell. ITS LOWELL! Unbelievable. He walks him and the score is tied. That’s what you get for falling behind 3-0. And because of that, Proctor begins to throw. Paging Dr. Andrews…..
And on a pitch to Variteck, the ball gets between Posada’s legs and goes far enough to allow Ortiz to score. You have to be kidding me. How many times has that happened this year already? Sox lead 5-4. And Pettitte walks Varitek which means the bases are loaded. And Joe comes out to take the ball. Great. Proctor in. I need a beer.
Proctor gets Crisp to fly out to center. Horrendous inning. Sox lead 5-4.
Bottom of the fifth Well the Yankees find themselves behind again but at least Daisuke’s pitch count is at 83 already.
A-Rod steps in and takes strike 1. After fouling off the second pitch A-Rod takes a pitch low and away. Count at 1-2. Dice-K throws a 59-footer and its 2-2. Another pitch way outside and short and its full. A-Rod CLEARLY checks his swing but Fleming Froemming at first punches him out. Jerk.
Giambi grounds out to Lugo who is really playing second base because of the shift. Two gone.
Matsui flies out to Crisp and the Yankees go down 1-2-3. Fantastic job by the 4-5-6 guys.
Top of the sixth: Proctor still in and gets Crisp to ground out to Jeter.
Lugo hits one out of the park. 6-4 Sox. Urge to kill rising. Proctor left that one up for him.
On a foul ball from Youkilis that reaches the seats, Doug M. falls into the camera well trying to make a play. He may suck at the plate but at least he gives it his all on defense. The count goes full and Proctor gets Youkilis to fly out to Damon in right center.
With Ortiz coming up, Torre takes the ball from Proctor and gives it to Sean Henn. Apparently he doesn’t trust Myers in this spot anymore. Also, Henn pitched yesterday so Torre figures he’s rested.
The count goes full on Ortiz and he walks him. Eh, better than giving up a dinger.
But now he must face Captain Jack Sparrow, er, Manny Ramirez. I’m not sure how accurate the stadium gun is but last night Henn was hitting 95. After getting ahead 0-2, the count goes full as yours truly tries to stay awake. But I’m abruptly awoken by Henn striking out Manny swinging. 6-4 Sox.
Bottom of the sixth: Posada grounds out to first as the Yankees inch closer to a 7 game losing streak.
Dice-K’s pitch count is up to 109 as Cano fouls a few off. His control seems to be suffering a bit in these later innings as the count runs full. And Cano gets the hat trick, striking out for the third time; this time looking. The bottom of the order sucks.
Speaking of sucking, Doug M. steps in. I think the only way for him to contribute would be to bull rush the mound and tackle Dice-K. that would accomplish two things: Mientkiewicz would get thrown out and Mientkiewicz would no longer be in the game. Instead, he ground out softly to first.
Top of the seventh: Henn gets Drew to ground out to second. Henn has been pretty valuable to this team so far.
And Henn strikes out Lowell which is something Pettitte should have done two innings ago if he wasn’t gassed.
Varitek pops up to Posada and Henn has a 1-2-3 inning. Sweet. If the Yankees weren’t on the verge of a 7 game losing streak I’d be thrilled.
Bottom of the seventh: If the Yankees are going to make a comeback, now would be the best time with Matsuzaka out and the top of the order coming up. Timlin in to start the seventh for the Red Sox.
Damon grounds out to Timlin for out number one. Not a good start.
Jeter drops a bloop single in front of Drew in right. Bloop and a blast, anyone? Apparently Abreu has other plans as he shows bunt. WTF…. Abreu strikes out swinging. Yeesh, he sucks right now.
The man, the legend, Alex Rodriguez steps in. A-Rod grounds to Lowell who goes the short way to get the out at second. This blows.
Top of the eighth: L-Viz on for the eighth. Crisp tries to bunt his way on but Posada guns him out. One down.
Pedroia lines a double into the corner in left. It would be sweet to see a Yankee double at some point.
Lugo lines a double past a diving A-Rod and Pedroia scores. I hate you, L-Viz. 7-4 Sox.
Youkilis hits a sky-high popup to Damon in center. Two down.
Ortiz walks after the count runs full. But wait, that’s not all! Lugo steals third on the pitch! And it doesn’t seem like anyone gives a damn.
Manny lines out to center and the inning is over. Red Sox lead 7-4. I feel like breaking something.
Bottom of the eighth: Okajima in to pitch for Boston. The left-hander has done well against the Yankees so far this season. But he starts out Giambi 2-0. Giambi miraculously lines a single through the shift. Prolonging the agony?
Matsui lines the first pitch on the ground to Okajima who struggles with it but recovers to make the out at first. Giambi on to second.
Okajima seems to have a decent curve but has missed with it so far and falls behind 2-0 to Posada. Okajima gets Posada to strike out on a slow curve down and in. Two down.
Cano continues to not contribute by flying out to center. Its getting hard to watch this team without projectile vomiting.
Top of the ninth: Hey, who’s the guy on the mound? Its Mo! I forgot he still played for the Yankees. Drew leads off. On a 1-2 pitch, Mo gets the backwards K with Drew down looking. One out.
The rest must have done Mo some good because his cutter looks like it has more life than the last time we saw it. But I spoke to soon as Lowell slaps a single to right.
Oh balls, Varitek singles right up the middle over Mo’s head. Lowell moves to second.
And now Crisp singles to right center and Lowell scores with Varitek moving to third. Nothing, and I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, is working for the Yankees right now. This is as bad as it gets, people.
Crisp steals second and the Yankees bring the infield in for some reason. On a 3-2 pitch, Mo walks Pedroia. Yes, you read that correctly. This is UNWATCHABLE. Torre gives Mo the hook. That’s something you rarely see. But then again, so is a 7-game losing streak from a $200 million dollar team.
Myers in. Hmm, Joe must want to see another Grand Slam. After getting ahead 0-2 on Lugo, the count goes full. And Myers walks in another run. Now its downright embarrassing. Utterly unwatchable and embarrassing. 9-4 Red Sox.
Youkilis grounds out to second and another run scores. 10-4 Sox. Shoot my face.
Ortiz steps in. This should be good. The great one lines a single to right and another run scores. 11-4 Sox with runners on the corners. The horror.
FINALLY, Manny grounds into the fielder’s choice. Ortiz out at second. Its one thing for this team to be struggling. Its quite another thing for them to be sucking entirely. Last place and it shows.
Bottom of the ninth: Why bother?
Ha, Doug M. thought the same thing and struck out looking on 3 pitches. This is really becoming one big sick joke from top to bottom.
Melky walks.
Why is Jeter batting? He lines out to center. One out away from officially ending one of the worst games I’ve ever seen from this team.
Abreu continues his great hitting by dinking a grounder to Piniero who throws him out at first for the final out. Sox win 11-4.
Make it stop! Make it stop!!!
I have no idea where this team is heading. Something has to happen because they look absolutely lifeless right now. I think it was Fabian who said it before but if its not one thing, its another. Tonight it looked like everything went wrong. If by some miracle they can manage a win tomorrow with Karstens on the mound, maybe it will partially erase tonight’s nightmare. Otherwise, I may have to go into therapy, the kind with electrodes.
Liveblog over.
Comments
What channel is the game on tonight?
Good to see Jetes back (hopefully healthy) in the lineup. Having Mientkiewicz batting second last night was a nightmare. Mink’s stat line (0.152/0.250/0.239) looks like the result of Jim McMahon’s last three DUI stops.
The Game is on My9.
The Game is on My9.
Thanks
What channel is the game on tonight?
I’ve got in on channel 736, but its the NESN feed.
I hope Jeter hitting DM well is a sign that he’s going to pound him whenever he sees him. He was right on that one.
Runge is giving Matsuzaka every borderline pitch.
Yeah, Jeter will pound him and the rest of the team will struggle.
NESN needs to get a hotter chick to work the field.
He isn’t calling the inside pitch though
So Hughes will pitch Tuesday and Mussina will pitch Thursday, sounds good to me
I wonder if “Past a diving Jeter” will be on his plaque in Monument Park?
I wonder if “Past a diving Jeter” will be on his plaque in Monument Park?
Wait, isn’t that his first name?
Haha… that ball was literally a body length and 6 inches to his right.
I wonder if “Past a diving Jeter” will be on his plaque in Monument Park?
Sort of. By then, the monument displays will be multimedia. We’ll hear the audio of “just past a diving Jeter” on our headsets as we walk by the monument.
Matsusaka=David Cone. This ump must have pockets full of Yen- ridiculous. I have a feeling this will be a long night- will stay in and watch the game alone.
Wow this umpucks
At least he is consistent. Frustrating but consistent
... ump sucks ...
And are we Yankee fans so lame that we’re gonna let this bloody sock thing go? I expect a lot of razzing next time Curt The Shill throws at The Stadium.
Matsuzaka didn’t have work as hard against Matsui as he did when he faced Ichiro!.
And are we Yankee fans so lame that we’re gonna let this bloody sock thing go? I expect a lot of razzing next time Curt The Shill throws at The Stadium.
Actually, I’m glad that a Baltimore media guy is taking the heat for this and not a New York guy.
Wow, Cano is a sucker for those high fastballs. Giambi and Abreu need to have a talk with the young lad.
Whatever Posada told Pettitte didn’t work
How did the 2 runs score?
Top of the third: Pettitte starts out 1-1 to Lugo who hits the 3rd pitch to right for a single.
Pettitte misses high to Youkilis on the first two pitches and Posada goes out for a talk. Pettitte misses high again and its 3-0. Not good. Youkilis hits a 3-1 pitch into the left field seats. Even more not good. 2-0 Sox.
Is there a tracker for how many scoops Mientkiewicz has made? It seems like he’s made at least 3 per game.
Gracias.
De Nada
I like when Al Leiter/O’Neill/Girardi are in the booth…about the only good thing about YES broadcast. In the car it’s like hell listening to Waldman and Sterling- really the most awful duo in any booth in MLB and an embarassment to The Yankees. By the way, why is Mientgdvdjhjz in?
Torre is stupid remember?
We need to take advantage of that. C’mon Bobby…
This is the most I’ve noticed Torre’s awfulness. Matsusaki is blessed to have a pitchers ump today b/c his stuff’s not that impressive.
Abreu is really in a funk. He looks awful.
Bobby is pissing me off this year with all the DPs. Jesus, hit the ball in the air for once.
AFLAC trivia question (NESN):
Yankees longest losing streak.
Wow, Pete Sampras is playing tennis again?
AFLAC trivia question (NESN):
Yankees longest losing streak.
We’ll let you know later in May.
AFLAC trivia question (NESN):
Yankees longest losing streak.
No bias at all whatsoever right?
I`ll guess 8 games
AFLAC trivia question (NESN):
Yankees longest losing streak.
13 in 1913.
I hold NESN in fairly high regard, but they just flashed a graphic on ARods line for the last 12 postseason games, which is pretty bad. What about before that? He was a monster, folks.
Green light Giambi on 3-0? YES!
This ump needs to take his head out of his ass already
I have zero confidence in Cano against good pitchers or in big spots. Hope I’m wrong…
Doug managed to minimize his damage there. A pop up is the best we can expect.
Walk, Walk, Walk, single? Can’t we just call this overhyped clown “Die, sucky!”?
YEAH MIENKIEWICZ
It’s going to be frustrating to get the bases loaded with no outs and end up with one run, but at least we racked up his pitch count…
That looked like ball 4 from here, but what do I know.
Dear Nate,
Suck it.
Your friend,
Johnny Damon
Exactly the kind of AB that made Damon so frustrating for a Yankee fan when he was a Sawk! Yeah Caveman!
Lets get MORE!
4-2 Yankees.
WHO’S YOUR DADDY?
Poor Bobby’s just not seeing this guy at all.
4 innnings worth of work for Die-sucky: 83(?) pitches, 4 ER 9 baserunners (5 H, 4 BB including 3 straight to open the inning), 5 K. I thought this guy was spuposed to be you know, good.
I mean, Die-sucky has been better than Igawa other than that Indians start (not saying much, I know), but other than the Royals and Mariners (who can’t hit worth a lick), he’s been aggressively unimpressive.
Is it just me or do umpires hate the Yankees?
Igawa was pretty good against Oakland as well.. nothing spectatular, but good enough. That’s 2 of his 4 starts, BTW.
Is it just me or does Posada not feel like throwing down to 2nd very often?
PASTADIVING JETER
Gold Glover…
I’d prefer to see the Yankees drub Dice-K several times before the fans break out the 5th-grade nicknames.
Wow- Jeter’s range is poor…or maybe it’s just average and every close play you think he’s supposed to get to because you hear everyone complaining about his range. this game is going to end badly…again.
Die-sucky’s pitched well against 2 teams that hit like the Yankees 2 against Burnett—the Mariners and the Royals. He’s been hit hard by the Yankees in both appearances so far (though not knocked out yet). Which start am I missing?
Nothing like a little excitement…
Scott Proctor up in the bullpen. The NESN announcers aren’t any more surprised than anyone else.
I hate Varitek
Pettite needs to go into the 6th, no matter what. Then play it by ear. If I see that hobbling little walk here soon I’m going to throw my beer at my TV.
Beer, meet TV. TV, meet beer.
This is beyond ridiculous. Does anyone know how many times the Yankee starter hasn’t made it out of the fifth inning? It seems like thats happened in more than half of the games.
Pettitte is clearly tired. Why can’t any of our starters go deep? Oh, great Jorge. I think there is a stamina problem with the pitchers on this team- low expectations and low innings leads to low arm strength. This is disgusting.
Pettitte was bouncing balls all inning- a clear sign of fatigue. Maybe it’s because it’s early and he has to build arm strength but this wasn’t Torre’s fault- gave him plenty of rope after it was obvious Pettite was tired. The difference between Bahston Sp is that Francona lets them pitch through trouble and deeper into games even when struggling while Torre has a man-crush on Tony LaRusa (although tonight he was correct). They have to make Igawa into a Mendoza type who effectively eats innings.
Really? Lugo? Is Proctor going to give up a HR each appearance?
The only way to watch the Yankees these days is on Prozac. What’s the over/under on the amount of appearances it takes for a Yankees starter to complete five innings, 4…5…6?
Any Yankee manager other than Joe Torre would have been fired by now. Well, maybe not Casey Stengel or Joe McCarthy.
Certainly Stump Merrill or Bucky Dent.
I think its a positive that big Stein is showing some patience.
In all honesty, I think Big Stein is suffering from Alzheimers or some form of dymentia. They deny health problems, but I’m not buying.
If anybody wants some comparatively good news, Tyler Clippard went 5.1 allowing 1 ER, 3 H, 5 K (but 4 BB). Seems like he’s starting to adjust to AAA and his lack of velocity isn’t killing him.
Torre better keep Henn in next inning. Was it 2005 when everyone was writing off the Yankees and then they brought up Wang and Cano and turned it around? This year feels like that…so I guess we need Phil Hughes to have a nice (not dominat) season and Henn to emerge as a good bullpen guy. I don’t see why we can’t have long relievers- like Igawa and Henn- who pitch innings 5-7 when the starters falter.
In all honesty, I think Big Stein is suffering from Alzheimers or some form of dymentia. They deny health problems, but I’m not buying.
The Swindall situation might have left the Yankees without upper management.
Game over. 7 in a row down. Let Henn finish the game. I hate baseball.
ARod is hitting the ball on the ground an awful lot lately. I don’t want to be the one to say it, but I think he’s officially cooled off.
Does Vizcaino felate Torre in his office before every game? He’s not good so far- either because he’s a product of the NL or because he’s overworked- so why does Torre continue to go to him when Henn was pitching well and used to be a starter? And I don’t give 2 shits about ARod’s success apart from how it affects the Yankees success. If he goes 0-40 and the Yankees win 10 in a row I am very happy. It seems like a lot of fans are enjoying this season because of ARod’s success. ARod’s success has made this season that much worse so far because his excellent play has be squandered due to injuries and poor play by his teamates.
Man, this is terrible. Well, there’s always next game. Who’s pitching next game? Karstens? Well, thers’s always next year…
Can Rivera- or any Yankee pitcher- throw up and in on these guys? Put some fear in their heads. I’m so tired of these boring lifeless Yankees under Torre. If Torre get the ax (which Im not yet advocating), Bowa or Pena may be the perfect replacement because they’re both very animated. And do the Yankees really have to play Enter Sandman when he come in on a night like tonight? And can we now hold off on the Cashman praise- we got Igawa but missed this Japanese lefty that Bahston got…and he received no serviceable arms in return for Wright, Randy, Sheff…so right now it just looks like a contract dump. Again, why infield in?
Pitching up and in or beaning guys is not the answer. The Yankee starters can’t go five innings. Moreover, Mariano looks awful right now. Imagine if the Yanks had a lead and he blew it yet again? The offense needs to score eight runs otherwise the team has no chance. Until the Yanks can win some 2-1 games, they will not sniff .500.
I cannot imagine this to on much further….This is just a continuation of the Detroit debacle in the eyes of the Tampa people…..The count down may have started for St. Joe…..This is getting serious…..
Right now, the Yanks are Tampa Bay circa 2005. At least it’s still April.
This is depressing.
I generally don’t think managers are that important. However, I do think that something has to be shaken up. But hopefully this is a low. From here, I think it is a win/win situation- either The Yanks climb back into it, or they fade away and trade Abreu, Giambi, Pavano, Matsui, Damon, Farnsworth, etc. for as many AA/AAA prospects as they can get.
Doug M now “batting” .140. He’s certainly not the main problem, but he ain’t helping.
We need to take dramatic action…. And ban Cutter from live blogging ever again!
Hey, I am kidding, this is a night that I feel I need to find something to laugh about. So depressing.
Why was mancaveitch batting in the 9th? Was Torre worried the Yanks would tie it and need his defense? Wierd.
we are one of the worst teams in baseball.
changes are abound.
rejoice!
The Yanks would never, ever conduct a fire sale. Also, the lineup is not really the issue here. If Wang, Pettitte, Mussina and Hughes can somehow stabilize the rotation and Mariano can right himself this team will win a lot of games. This losing streak, though, which promises to continue tomorrow, could very easily get someone fired.
By the way, Melky showing some patience shows a glimmer of hope. As an every day player, he was swinging at everying.
Right now, Abreu is the new Melky. Yikes!
1 question: would you have taken out Henn or left him in with the hopes of finishing the game and preserving the other arms in the pen?
you can’t ‘stabilize a rotation’ if your manager wont let you pitch more then 5 innings, even if you’re going good.
an inability to adapt is what put this franchise into 1982’s debacle.
As for Mankiewicz, he needs to be cut loose. The ability to scoop ground balls does not trump his utter ineptitude at the plate. He was barking at the umps today about balls over the middle of the plate. Let Josh Phelps play every day and bring up Andy Phillips as the defensive replacement (and occasional starter).
What was 1982’s debacle? I was 3. First game I remember was opening day 1985.
i was unborn but you read and watch things other then yankee classics and learn. lol.
1982 the yankees were just tied into a lot of bad contracts, old, no farm system, kind of apathetic and arrogant about what they were as an organization with no desire to make any changes. maintained the status quo. pretty much the same thats going on now.
These Yanks are slightly old but they have the sixth best farm system according to Baseball America and I believe Brian Cashman has been willing (and able of late) to make plenty of changes in terms of getting younger and dumping bad contracts where possible. I don’t believe the analogy is very apt. This is a team that has the worst pitching in baseball right now. There is reason to believe that won’t be the case all year, but right now, the Yanks can’t stop any team from scoring.
I dont see a lot of bad contracts- maybe Giambi, Pavano but he’s almost done, Farnsworth- but the apathetic and arrogant thing I my grant you. I think everyone- from players, to management, to fans are fatigued from this us against the world, World Series or failure mentality.
The only way Torre is back next year is if the Yanks win the World Series.
1982 Yanks was the result of Stienbrenner’s decision to remake the team into a team of speed….Free agants that year from what I remember were Dave Collins, Ken Griffey, ( Reggie Jackson was not even offered a contract)..Guys like Roy Smalley, Butch Wynager, Steve Kemp,etc….And the Club just came a World Series defeat to the Dodgers…The team was devestated with injuries, and blew a 2-0 lead, lost 4 straight….This is an entirely different team, both talent wise & mentally…..They just need something to rally behind and stem the tide…..Abreu getting a hit rather than hitting into a DP would have gone a long way tonight…..However it’s my contention last Friday’s game @ Fenway and Torre’s mishandling of game management will be look upon as the point when this funk began…..
“Loweeel
He’s been hit hard by the Yankees in both appearances so far…”
What game are you watching? Or are you on crack? The yankees have not hit dice-k hard. If he doesn’t walk 3 in a row he probably shuts them out. Of courrse, walks are part of the game, but its not hitting him hard. You’re an idiot.
Two things mena: first, Matsuzaka has given up ten runs in two games vs. the Yanks. That is not good pitching in anyone’s book. Second, if he doesn’t walk three in a row? Well, to put it slightly indelicately, if the queen had balls she’d be king. Why didn’t Matsuzaka walk three Royals in a row? The Yanks are horrid, no doubt. But paying $100 million for Matsuzaka, right now, looks to have been a wild miscalculation. Phil Hughes will have a better season than him next year for the league minimum.
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