Yay!! A game chatter string…

Play Ball!

I hope they give Youklis more then the normal 5/6 games they give pitchers.

It wouldn’t be a Yankee game without a 4-pitch walk and a wild pitch.

That was a sick breaking pitch to end the inning.

I approve of the start to this half-inning.

I disapprove of the last two ABs

gamecast says that a-rod grounded into a FC but the bases are loaded?

Wow.  Super lucky.  Thank the grounds crew on that one.

gamecast says that a-rod grounded into a FC but the bases are loaded?

Failed FC.  Tried to get Jeter at home but he pulled up and went sliding back into third safely.

jeter’s kinda good, huh?

It always seems like the Yanks only score 1 run in those situations.  Granted, last year they scored no runs in those situations.  Infinite improvement!

Figures.

We failed the coup de gras test as we did yesterday

Gamecast just said that Ruiz hit a HR… is that true?

Dear Yankee pitchers,

Inglett sucks.  Get him out.

Thanks,

Jonathan

I think Inglett is batting .675 with a 1.150 OBP this series.

WHERE THE HELL IS SCUTARO’S REGRESSION?

Sorry, but he is defying basic laws of the baseball universe.  I’m a teensie bit worried he’s the antiChrist or something.

Whew.

hopefully aj can engage battle mode

Huzzah, he Ks Hill.  Time for some bottom of the order damage.  Let’s go Yankees!

[9] Why isn’t that a hit?

44 pitches in 2 IP.

Day game?  Damn!

Oh look!  A 3-2 count on Swisher.  And he walks, excellent.

Alert the media!

I just wanted to point it out.  In case, you know, Michael Kay forgot to mention it…

Those lead-off walks will kill you.

bah

Did something happen to Jeter, why is Pena coming in at SS???

In case you guys didn’t know this story (I didn’t), Reilly has a nice column up about the Yankees. 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=reilly_rick&id=4391631&sportCat=mlb

Since it’s unusual to see anything favorable about the organization on ESPN, I thought y’all might like it.

Hit by pitch.

wtf, is Jeter hurt??

It’s also unusual to see anything “nice” from Reilly.

[30] Thanks, I guess - great story, but I find that stuff very upsetting as a parent of young kids.

44 pitches through 2, 52 through 3.  Gotta love 8 pitch innings, especially when you give up two singles.

Damon is on fire.

Mr. Rilkefan, thought your Rilketyke might enjoy this:

http://www.arkive.org/golden-bandicoot/isoodon-auratus/videos.html

Jeter got hit by a pitch in his foot/shin area.  He was hobbling pretty badly but went to first and scored the first run of the game.  I guess it was still bothering him so they pulled him, but it doesn’t seem serious.

Did Kaye just call that fly ball by A-Rod a line drive? Is he in this thing against me too?

Jeter got hit by a pitch and didn’t storm the mound?!?

What a pussy…

[39] Nah, he’s just PO-d at you for spelling his name wrong.

Danny Kaye is calling this game?  That must be a BLAST!

[37] Cool, thanks, I’ll show that to Rilkekind tonight.  He just switched to quetzals because of something he read but no doubt will be happy to look at marsupials.

[30], [34] Really nice of them to set that up.  Man, what an awful condition those kids have.  I’m going to do my best not to ponder that, or the seemingly countless other things that can go wrong… seeing as my wife is currently 3 months pregnant with our first.

[4]Damn - I knew it looked wrong

60 pitches through 4 for AJ… averaging 15/inning.  That’s just fine by me.

How do we know that Michael Kay spells his name correctly?

Incredibly touching.  The Yankees outdid themselves on that one.

Meanwhile… what happened to Jeter?

Thanx, RI Yankee

You may be on to something

Cano is showing signs of becoming the 25 HR guy that Murcer once predicted he would be.

[48] HBP in the foot in the 1st.

Michael Quay?

Michael Que?

[44] Congrats, it’s a big scary fun adventure.  - If you’re going the daycare route, and the situation out there is like it is here, you should apply yesterday if you didn’t already.

Rob, congrats!

And I approve of there still being no outs in this inning.

Joe West sucks.

OT, but anybody remember during the off-season when some folks here were wondering if JJ Hardy would make a good FA replacement for Jeter in a couple of years?  Well, the Brewers just sent him down to AAA.  Anybody remember when Bill Hall was going to be a perennial all-star?  Well, he just got DFA.

Romero continuing to be distracted by Rickey Swisherson out there.

[57] And Scutaro’s a terror.  You know, MC, you just can’t predict baseball.

[57] So very, very, very true.

I think Cano’s homer had just barely reached an apex by the time it hit the second deck in right.  That thing was a rocket.

Bill Hall was guaranteed way too much in ‘09 and ‘10 to be a reasonable addition, but I guess some people don’t understand that the Yankees don’t have a limitless payroll, which included Steve Goldman, iirc.

[54] Thanks.  Not going daycare, at least for the first year & change.  Going even more expensive than that… then maybe daycare @ 1.5-2 yrs or so.  I have a recommedation on a good one from a guy I work with who lives ~2 miles from me.  I’ll ask him if there is a big waiting list.

[55] Thanks.

Yankees: 3 runs, 3 hits.
Blue Jays: 1 run, 7 hits.

OBP is life.

You know what is telling? On that last grounder that went up the middle for a hit, I was expecting it to be fielded and was surprised when it wasn’t. Not often I have thought that about jeter and a replacement

[63] - Slugging don’t hurt either.

True, two of those three hits were HRs.  Good point.

Too much reliance on home runs not enough small ball.  Never win a championship this way.

In yet another example of the overwhelming intelligence of YES viewers, 70% of people willing to burn a text message to answer a poll voted that young pitchers should have no innings cap.

Jeter’s x-rays are negative.

Double! take that JayJay!

Two-out hits = stat padding, of course.

Well, the Brewers just sent him down to AAA.

Yeah, that discussion was RIDICULOUS. The other guy that everyone was saying was better than Jeter was Mike Aviles, who OPSed under .500 this year and now is on the DL. And does anyone remember all the talk about Jeter destroying his value for the rest of his career because he was bunting all the time? Well, he has just a single sacrifice this year, so maybe he was reading RLYW. Or maybe that discussion was absurd to begin with.

For those who still love Aviles and Hardy on the 2011 Yankees, you can read their comments here:
http://www.replacementlevel.com/index.php/RLYW/comments/salt_lake_tribune_klapisch_does_tex_signing_mean_end_for_jeter

Going even more expensive than that…

Giving up an income?  Hiring a live-in nanny?  Both?

70% of people willing to burn a text message to answer a poll voted that young pitchers should have no innings cap

But 90% of those people feel that they need to burn as many text messages as possible because they’re over-paying for an unlimited texting plan.

And does anyone remember all the talk about Jeter destroying his value for the rest of his career because he was bunting all the time? Well, he has just a single sacrifice this year, so maybe he was reading RLYW.

Batting leadoff will help, though I prefer the reading-RLYW theory.

Hopefully AJ knows to buckle down with the dangerous Inglett on deck..

Unfortunately timed WP. Need a K.

Pitch count dying a slow, lingering death.

Blah.  Dammit.

Trouble-need a win with possible Mitre/Gaudin back to back starts

One more, AJ.

Waldman had one conversation with Eiland about Joba’s “pace” and now she is thoroughly convinced that how much time a guy takes between pitches is the sole determining factor in success on the mound for every pitcher on the face of the earth.

That’s a big K.

though I prefer the reading-RLYW theory.

Well if they read RLYW in Taiwan, then who knows? Maybe we are all-powerful.

Earlier in the year AJ was having a lot of trouble with his front shoulder flying open.  That was one of the big reasons he was so ineffective.  He’s corrected that flaw but at times he’s now trying to so hard to keep his front side closed he is jerking his fastball which keeps leading to those wild pitches.

ugh…That appeared to be blockable.

Start a batter off with two strikes, you should be within a pitch or two of the end of the AB

I am listening on the radio, so I couldn’t see that, but Posada really doesn’t block pitches well, especially with Burnett on the mound.

No chance in hell Posada could ever block two in a row.  Had him 0-2 and lost him-feeling queasy.

Jesus christ Posada. So fucking annoying.

Runs…

First one Serling said blocked beautifully by Posada which is a phrase I seldom hear.  One in a row was enough.

That was little league shit.

AJ with the dreaded Quality Start.

I guess this goes into the books as a “quality” start for AJ?

Like yesterday shoulda, coulda blown it open early

WJ wins by two seconds

Cano wastes a 3-0 count.

Why are we giving the medal of freedom to a UK citizen?

If Cano ever improves his walk rate slightly and hits better with RISP he’ll be a HOFer

Good thing the Yanks aren’t trying to dodge a sweep here. Last night’s win was huge.

96 who dat?  and whoever it is I can think of 3 far more unworthy recipients in recent years

Coke is terrifying.