Thursday, September 13, 2007
9/13/2007: New York Yankees (83-62) at Toronto Blue Jays (72-73), 7:07pm ***Liveblog***
NYY: I. Kennedy (1-0, 2.25 ERA) Tor: A. Burnett (8-7, 3.56 ERA)
New York Yankees
J. Damon, LF - .260/.349/.377
D. Jeter, SS - .315/.387/.429
B. Abreu, RF - .287/.366/.455
A. Rodriguez, 3B - .317/.424/.667
H. Matsui, DH - .290/.365/.490
R. Cano, 2B - .301/.350/.480
M. Cabrera, CF - .290/.342/.419
W. Betemit, 1B - .226/.294/.452
J. Molina, C - .246/.266/.329
Toronto Blue Jays
R. Johnson, LF - .238/.297/.336
R. Adams, 3B - .318/.375/.364
A. Rios, CF - .303/.358/.508
F. Thomas, DH - .265/.369/.453
M. Stairs, RF - .310/.385/.591
A. Hill, 2B - .273/.318/.435
L. Overbay, 1B - .243/.320/.398
G. Zaun, C - .241/.322/.414
J. McDonald, SS - .248/.272/.328
Time for another sweep.
Pre-game: Both Chamberlain and Farnsworth are not available tonight. To be honest, I’m still not really comfortable with Farnsworth in a close game anyhow. Not that this thought is going against the grain amongst Yankee fans. So Kennedy will have to pitch economically and hopefully give the Yankees at least 6 innings, ideally 7. Vizcaino is apparently available. Hopefully the time off did him some good.
Keith will likely be in for the liveblog, unless Fabian wants to cover Kennedy.
*** Keith in ***
Top of the 1st
Sexy Calves and El Capitan both ground out to second. Abreu whiffs embarrassingly.
That sucked.
Bottom of the 1st
IPK looks much less drunk on YES than he does on his GameDay photos.
Johnson hits a nubber that IPK makes a fantastic barehand play on to throw Johnson out at first. Nice job there, kid!
Adams walks on six pitches. Not so nice job there, kid.
Rios flies out to deep right. Adams stays at first. Kay, Singleton, and Girardi are making borderline sexist comments while talking about IPK’s nuptials, which are scheduled for the middle of the first round of the playoffs (which wasn’t really an issue for Kennedy when he set that date; surprise!).
The Big Hurt clubs it to deep center; Melky can’t quite catch up with it, and it’s a double, scoring Adams to make it 1-0. For almost anyone else, who isn’t a catcher or Jason Giambi, that’s a triple.
Stairs grounds out to second to end it. IPK doesn’t look happy with himself.
Top of the 2nd
Mr. MVP grounds out lamely to McDonald. Gojira walks on four pitches, which is rather a shocking bit of bad pitching from Burnett after making the first four hitters look bad.
The sixth batter, though, looks even worse, grounding into a 4-6-3 DP on the first pitch after a four-pitch walk. Lame lame lame.
Bottom of the 2nd
That’s better! IPK strikes out Hill on three pitches, freezing him on a nasty pitch at the knees.
Overbay lines out to Abreu. Zaun flies out to Damon. Much better. I’ll take five more of those, please.
Top of the 3rd
Melky runs the count to 3-1 and then lines out to center. Betemit strikes out swinging. Sexy Calves lines out to Adams to end it.
This wallows in lameness.
Bottom of the 3rd
For the second inning in a row, IPK strikes out the leadoff hitter looking on three pitches. Veddy nice.
Johnson is jammed and pops out to A-Rod, who practically runs over Molina to make the catch.
Adams also strikes out on three pitches.
IPK threw all of eight pitches in that half-inning.
Top of the 4th
El Capitan strikes out lamely. Abreu strikes out even more lamely. Mr. MVP bops it up the middle for a single. The crowd’s boos intensify.
Gojira hits a nubber that Burnett makes a nice play on to end it. LAME! LAME! LAME!
Bottom of the 4th
Once again, IPK starts the inning with a not-swinging strike. Bravo!
The Big Hurt flies out to deep left. I thought that was a homer off the bat. Whew.
Stairs pops out to A-Rod to end it. Hah! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
We’ve got us a pitchers duel brewin’ here, folks….
Top of the 5th
This should be a fucking macro: Young Robinson strikes out lamely.
Melky actually hits the ball, but it’s a lame ground ball to Overbay, who flips to Burnett.
Macro again: Betemit strikes out in the absolute epitome of lame-itude.
Bottom of the 5th
Another inning-opneing strikeout, but Hill swung at strike three this time. Woo!
Overbay looks incredibly foolish swinging eight days before the changeup reaches the outside corner of the plate. Hoo!
Zaun grounds out on an 0-1 to Betemit. Woo hoo!
Only 57 pitches through five for IPK.
Top of the 6th
Molina hits a flare that Hill catches on the run. That wasn’t as lame as it could’ve been
This isn’t lame at all: Sexy Calves clubs the horsehide off the ball, knocking it to the left-field seats to tie the game at 1.
El Capitan gets a base hit up the middle. This is all right after Kay and the Gang talked about how Burnett tends to go over a cliff once he reaches the third time through the lineup. This is the third time through the lineup. Let’s hope history repeats itself….
Abreu draws a walk to bring up Mr. MVP, which can’t make Burnett a happy person….
Mr. MVP strikes out in the lamest way possible—swinging at a pitch nine feet out of the strike zone for strike one, then takes two good pitches for the other two strikes. Lame-osity!
Sorry, I was distracted by parental people. Gojira actually lined out. Me am stupid.
Bottom of the 6th
McDonald grounds out. Johnson strikes out. Adams walks, killing the streak of retired batters, but Rios flies out to Damon to end it.
Top of the 7th
Young Robinson flies out on the first pitch. Melky flies out on the second pitch. Betemit strikes out. Jesus.
LAME-A-ROONIE!!!!!
Bottom of the 7th
IPK, having only thrown five pitches (okay, 74) is still in. The Big Hurt pops out to right on pitch #75.
Stairs flies out to Damon. Hill has a good eight-pitch at-bat and then draws a walk. But Overbay lines out to A-Rod to end it.
That’s only 88 pitches for IPK through seven. I think I’m sexually aroused….
Top of the 8th
Molina grounds out to third. Uber-lame.
Sexy Calves grounds out to short. Super-duper lame.
El Capitan works the count to 3-2, then grounds out to short. Lame-a-palooza.
Bottom of the 8th
Mxyzptlk in to play first for Betemit. IPK still in, but L-Viz in the bullpen just in case.
Zaun walks to lead off the inning, and that’s it for the kid.
IPK out, L-Viz in. Also Curtis Thigpen in to pinch run for Zaun.
Let’s hope we get Happy Shiny L-Viz.
McDonald bunts Thigpen over to second. That was one instance where the bunt makes sense. Johnson then strikes out on a fastball at his eyes—nice pitching sequence by L-Viz, who threw a bunch of sliders before coming in with high heat.
It’s definitely Happy Shiny L-Viz—he puts on a show and Russ Adams looks like an idiot for another strikeout to end it.
And much as I hate to say it, I’ve gotta head out to the airport.
Sigh.
Let’s hope this is over and a Yankee win by the time I reach LaGuardia….
*** Keith out ***
Comments
First!
Someone brought up Davey Johnson the other day when we were casually discussing available managers—turns out he’s managing the US entry in the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan.
http://tinyurl.com/2pb8c4
Farnsie is available, he didn’t pitch last night. At least Pete Abraham thinks he’s available. No comment on whether that’s a good or a bad thing.
No MVPlite and no Giambi makes for an awful thin lineup, relatively speaking of course.
Farnsie is available, he didn’t pitch last night. At least Pete Abraham thinks he’s available.
Torre said on WFAN that Farnsworth is not available.
What happened to Farnsworth? He didn’t pitch yesterday.
Anyone else see on ESPN last night that Pettitte has stated he wants to pitch for the Yanks again next year?
I don’t see it on ESPN’s site, but I was talking to a friend on the phone who happened to see the same thing, so I don’t think I imagined it.
Well, doesn’t Pettitte have a player option for next year?
What happened to Farnsworth? He didn’t pitch yesterday.
Stiff neck.
yay, Wilson Beat-a-Meat
farny is a whiney girl like pavano!
i dont understand why were STARTING this lineup when were going for the sweep….stupid!
Continuin a discussion from the previous thread, oldthurmanfan said
“Way to go Phil.Have fun driving your sister and her wee friends to the mall.Does Moms minivan have that magnet that Borat was looking for?”
I just want to say that my first car was my mom’s old 1989 Plymouth Voyager, and it’s where I first reached most bases, though not the plate.
Can anyone tell me why on MLB.tv for the first 2 games in the series I had the Blue Jays commentators, and tonight I’ve got Yes’ commentators? If I had the choice I’d always go for the Yankees commentators. I live in England so I can’t see it being a regional issue.
I miss that car…it practically blew up one day going up a steep hill.
Sorry I’m late—at my parents’, which meant I was eating when the game started, but they get YES, unlike me. So I’m watching while liveblogging.
Be warned that a) I’m at my parents’, so may be called away at a moment’s notice and b) I have to leave around 9.30 to pick someone up at the airport.
“If I had the choice I’d always go for the Yankees commentators”
In the past I might have had a snarky joke here; but, honestly, mlb.tv has allowed me to hear the rest of the country’s announcers, and YES is actually near the top.
I have to leave around 9.30 to pick someone up at the airport.
Get A.Phil to do it.
AJ appears to be on his game.
Hey Keith, what do you think about this new Star Trek reboot film nonsense? I think JJ Abrams is involved.
My first car was a powder blue 1977 Ford Pinto, which I started driving in 1987. Never had any trouble finding that puppy in a parking lot, lemme tell ya….
The White Sox commentators are the worst I’ve found. They’ve got a really annoying play-by-play guy who says ‘he gone’ when someone strikes out and ‘that’s a can o’ corn’ for easy flyout catches.
Saying that I can see some people thinking that ‘See Ya’ is annoying, though as it usually means the Yankees are doing well, I don’t mind Kay saying it
AT least Kay does See YA when both teams homer. Hawk just sits there silently when the other team does something good.
You know what would be funny…a remastering of Paradise by the Dashboard light with Brent Musburger doing football commentary.
chrisuk, dont forget he says “YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOOOOOARD….YAH!” when they hit a hr…..RETARD!
Ian seems to be hitting 88 on the gun. A bit less giddyup than normal.
WJ, you’re hilarious. Hopefully, I can get that lucky.
Hawk just sits there silently when the other team does something good.
Also known as “the bad guys”.
god that photo of ian kennedy on the gameday is awful….i wish i would get my new computer already, i havent watch mlb.tv in 2 months cuz this crap office machine wont run wmp without stalling!
Hey, I’d like to propose and RLYW field trip to the BBTF Game Chatter for one of this weekend’s games. It would be fun to interact with some Red Sox fans.
zing!
A. Phil, shouldn’t you be out drag racing and terrorizing the neighborhood shop keepers?
Hey Keith, what do you think about this new Star Trek reboot film nonsense? I think JJ Abrams is involved.
Yeah, JJ Abrams is producing and directing a new Trek film that’s going back to Kirk, Spock, and McCoy with a new cast. Zachary Quinto (Sylar on Heroes) is playing Spock; no other casting’s been announced yet.
I’m iffy on the whole thing. Abrams is hit-and-miss, and I think Star Trek has succeeded by moving forward, not backward—the movies moved forward several years, The Next Generation moved forward 80 years, and so on. The prequel was also the first modern Trek series to fail in the marketplace.
Having said all that, if it’s a good movie, none of what I just said matters. And we won’t know that until there’s a finished movie in theaters next year.
Melky looked like Abreu on that one.
FUCK!
actually jonathan he looked like delmon young!
MAn I thought he had that.
Damn, would have been a nice catch. Can we still get Gagne?
Uh, find a better pitch to throw Frank THomas on 0-2 than a fastball right down the middle.
We need to see abrams new flick on 1:18:08…..whatever it may be called!
Who is this clown behind the plate? I don’t trust skinny umpires.
They mention this problem with the only difference for the warning track being the color (it’s the same material.) Is it really that much field maintenance to put dirt out there?
Kid has a nice hook. Should have thrown it to Thomas.
One more half inning than it’s back to the books.
Is Ian Kennedy going to turn into Jeremy Bonderman, he always seems to struggle early.
way to work that account after a 4 pitch walk cano…..sheesh
later folks
Is anyone else dreading the game on Saturday solely because you have to listen to Joe Buck and Tim McCarver?
a) I’m at my parents’, so may be called away at a moment’s notice
Keith, clear the table and you can go play with your friends on the computer.
Good 2-0 pitch
A. Phil, shouldn’t you be out drag racing and terrorizing the neighborhood shop keepers?
Mailboxes beware!
Keith, clear the table and you can go play with your friends on the computer.
Mom????
Is anyone else dreading the game on Saturday solely because you have to listen to Joe Buck and Tim McCarver?
Ninety percent of the time, I’m listening to Sterling and Waldman. Buck and McCarver are a breath of fresh air after that.
Which is pretty fucking sad, when you get right down to it….
hey j, i WISH i could be worried about listening to them…but im in AZ so the game is ALL blacked out for me….ill just have to find a proxy and watch it on mlb.tv like i always do on saturdays and sometimes i cant find a good quick out of the country proxy!
Just wanted to jump in and say, Kennedy’s got a good curve working tonight.
wtg jose….break that no hitter up :D
someone has no hit stuff. Burnett hit 100 on a fastball to Betemit.
There goes the no no.
oh guess it worked
Johnny sucks. Trade him.
1 hit stuff, nearly as impressive.
Boy, Ian works fast.
that was very impressive.
Vintage mini Moose.
yo eelz, thanks soooo much! Its great man!
ha no problemo. makes you appreciate some of the things big moose has done for us huh?
enjoy!
exactly.
oh yeah, Jeter sucks. Bench him
i’d be sad if jeter’s avg dips below .310 but that seems very likely.
didn’t burnett actually walk something like seven dudes in his no hitter?
whoa he walked 9 (!) and K’d 7.
with 1 HBP for good measure.
This is just not going to be the Yankees’ hitters night. I can’t see them winning this one at all with the way Burnett looks. And 55 pitches through 4.
The winning streak has to end sometime. We, so far, seem unable to get on base early in the inning. I don’t know how long Kennedy can be expected to keep this a 1 run game, while waiting for the offense to wake up.
Ugh - Mel Hall arrested on sexual assault charges against some adolescent girls.
Cee-ripes. I hope he is innocent.
hey j, i WISH i could be worried about listening to them…
The reason I don’t like McCarver and Buck, besides the fact that they’re just bad announcers, is that when they’re broadcasting late season or playoff games, it’s almost like you have a couple of people that you don’t particularly like and aren’t particularly smart, show up to your apartment to watch the Yankee game with you and start talking to you about what’s been the story of the season for the Yankees and you know they haven’t been watching the games and have no idea what they’re talking about.
For instance, I can’t wait to hear McCarver’s take on what’s been the Yankees ‘problem’ all year long.
some adolescent girls
How adolescent? I hope it’s not like 12 or anything.
Kennedy looks pretty good, some long fly balls notwithstanding. Burnett looks sick, they have to just try to stretch him out and get this done against the pen, I think.
That’s only 49 for Ian thru 4. Nice game so far.
49 pitches through 4 for IPK. Not bad at all.
You can have fun by making a game out of McCarver’s senility during the game. I try to predict how many players names he will mispronounce or call by the wrong name altogether.
.. or how many times he tells you about he caught Bob Gibson.
Fluke HR by Cano coming in the 7th. Book it.
Its not such a big deal but sometimes when Kay and his co-announcers are laughing about something during a tight game it pisses me off.
How adolescent? I hope it’s not like 12 or anything.
14 and 12.
14 and 12.
Yikes
Its not such a big deal but sometimes when Kay and his co-announcers are laughing about something during a tight game it pisses me off.
It is way too weird how happy Kay is to be “hanging out” with former ballplayers.
Like before, when he was joking about his theoretical wedding.
“How adolescent? I hope it’s not like 12 or anything.”
Sadly, one 12-year-old, one 14-year-old. I sure hope it’s not true.
Yeah, that’s pretty adolescent. That’s really wrong.
Talk about a quick game. I already “missed” half of it.
Mel being Mel.
man i hope we score some runs for this guy.
I don’t understand this adolescent thing. What are you guys talking about?
He’s filthy right now.
Wow, I’m gonna upgrade 78. Kennedy looks sick now too. Let’s get the kid some runs.
Sadly, one 12-year-old, one 14-year-old. I sure hope it’s not true.
Hopefully Mel doesn’t give the “well if you add their ages together” defense.
Why can’t some guys go after women their own age? Or at least some chick in her thirties or late twenties. It can’t be hard to meet women when you’re a former ballplayer.
59 pitches through 5, with 70% of them being strikes. IPK has 6 strikeouts. Man, I could sure go for some runs on offense though.
Talk about a quick game.
Keith has to go to the airport.
This is Ian’s case of: “START ME IN THE PLAYOFFS, NOT BIG BRO MOOSE!”
I don’t understand this adolescent thing. What are you guys talking about?
Former Yankee Mel Hall was arrested for having sex with some under-age girls he was coaching.
We’re all hoping it is not true, because that’d be quite messed up.
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