Busy Building Mansions: 2011 New York Yankees

Also, "Socialism, communism, whatever you want to call it, is never the answer."

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6147036

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6144975

"You don't think anyone else here? You're probably wrong, buddy."

OK, pal.

Did he just refer to the A.Rod-Cameron non-incident as "Popcorngate"?!

(in the 2nd link)

http://flipflopflyball.tumblr.com/photo/1280/3471525631/1/tumblr_lh3f4cw6Lz1qb0ctn

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............

The one where they upload Sabathia's and Burnett's press photos to show what their lovechild would look like is better.

at least it would be average weight for it's height.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgJexWWXCmv64pyjNmvYHXoe_xihPJEaIh0Oumt1ormiZ6MFs7tA

ha ahha hahaa

am i right in thinking opening day 3/31 is sold out? any tips for finding cheap tickets? bleachers is fine.

lol

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sd7rbKO0Y3M/RrDyyBI2LyI/AAAAAAAAAFI/J5mJrAZZoxI/s400/tenenbaums.jpg

"oh my lord, no..."

haha oh well. if i am in the US from next week until the end of march then i am basically not going to get a chance to see any major or minor league baseball right?

correct

You could go watch a St. John's game!

if you're in miami you could probably score cheap marlins tickets and see a few great players play

"america" is a big place

minor leagues you could totally catch a game of

MiLB doesn't start for another month after opening day

unless caek means hes going to be here until the end of MAY.

i am in san antonio from march 16-21, then minneapolis until march 26 then new york until march 31. i can't find any games in any of those towns, but maybe i'm not doing it right.

no, you are baseball-free I think, maybe some scholastic games in San Antone

next time

joba hurtin...

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/3/15/2052437/joba-chamberlain-oblique-injury-yankees

the long, slow freefall continues.

sadtrombonetuba.wav

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkSANUxWAaE

young crutis scrolled past lcd soundsystem at 0:53

maybe everyone listens to that now

Schleprock?!?!

near perfect storm of morbs-bait as vice president joe biden visited steinbrenner field today:

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/046cae219d7c5c06e80e6a7067001552.jpg

cultivating Team Obama's millionaire base for the campaign

@Buster_ESPN The Yankees' deal with Kevin Millwood is for $1.5 m/ base -- but that's prorated and won't start until May 1 at earliest; could opt out then

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=matthews_wallace&id=6260965

Instead of potential excellence with Bartolo, Yanks opt for average Garcia as No. 5

Potential excellence?

Wallace Matthews always goes in the dumbass thread

http://twitter.com/#!/pgammo/status/52038489922998274

One NL club brought in all ST scouts & those who saw Yanks and Red Sox unanimously picked NY to finish 1rst

michael kay has already said 'pomp and circumstance' twice

the season hasn't even started yet

The season's first "past a diving Jeter": game one, second inning.

Granderson IS using "Friday."

that ball was hit hard

yo

Instead of potential excellence with Bartolo, Yanks opt for average Garcia as No. 5

omg i just saw this and it is killing me.

Visible seats behind the plate are maybe 40% full.

it's cold outside.

and silk-stocking fans don't do cold

otm.

Visible seats behind the plate are maybe 40% full.

so more than last yrs playoff games vs txs

Eh, about the same.

a real centaur would have had a triple there

Real centaurs don't flip bat, look into dugout.

i think swisher had a point

Zone and check swing calls have been weird all game.

Kevin Long for Presidetn

if there is a fantasy league out there that uses sacrifice bunts, Brett Gardner is one valuable player

i just read about this DirecTV vs. YES Network fight. you would have thought this would have been taken care of by now and not expiring tomorrow. hope it gets worked out as i like to tune in to YES every now and again.

http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/yes-network-directv-contract-expires-friday/6415/

This Soriano-Rivera close out duo is some shit..

i am shocked at this evidence of malfeasance

http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2011/04/02/the-yankees-my-tweet-c-4-and-shamwow

It's an out or nothing here on Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium.

Jeter has been looking very old.

The biggest concern of the Yankees' opening weekend was Phil Hughes, whose startling spring training decline in velocity continued into an ugly first start of the regular season.

But what about Derek Jeter?

It's only three games, and it was cold, and everything could change a month from now, or even a week from now. But in the Yankees' first three games of the season -- and they won two of them, don't forget -- one of the most stunning sights was Jeter's lack of mobility at shortstop.

"I'm shocked," said one Northeast-based scout who has followed Jeter's career. "I know there's been a lot of talk about his range the last few years, and I didn't really buy it until last year. But [this weekend], it was really down. He didn't react to balls off the bat.

"He almost looks overmatched by the ball."

Again, it's possible this is just an early-season blip. A scout who watched the Yankees this spring in Tampa said that while Jeter's range was a little down, it wasn't shockingly bad.

Jeter didn't look good at the plate against the Tigers, either (2-for-10), but that's less of a concern now than his defense -- even if the defense is a long-term concern.

Hughes' lack of velocity is already significant.

Scouts noticed it all spring in Florida, when he was throwing his fastball 87-89 mph (as he did in Sunday's loss to the Tigers). The Yankees played it down publicly at that point, but as Joel Sherman revealed in Monday's New York Post , even during the spring Hughes and new pitching coach Larry Rothschild worked on his mechanics in an attempt to get the velocity back (Hughes regularly hit 94 mph last year).

As Hughes told reporters Sunday, "It is tough for me to pitch at this velocity."

http://danny-knobler.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8590096/28267767

i remember when people were speculating that jetes was the current player most likely to make a run at 4,000 hits. seems like a long time ago now.

kei igawa will start the season at double-a trenton lol

lol yankee bullpen

SoRoMoLoAy

jo, too

http://mit.zenfs.com/121/2011/04/andruw1.jpg

Tom (Work): Will Montero ever play for the Yankees?

Steven Goldman: Will Russell Martin get hurt before July 31?

i wasn't expecting phil franchise to be the rotation's weak link

he was having issues all spring iirc

im a big fan of that levitating onion ring in the pic above

Somehow found its way to Andruw's belly IIRC.

Prior to this game, Jim Kaat said the Yankees aren't worrying about Phil Hughes.

Hughes has faced 33 batters and thrown 137 pitches this year and has just three swings-and-misses, none of them on the 50 four-seam fastballs he has thrown. Zero.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/bombers_being_patient_with_phil_FH5mwv5il2arXYS3e95tMO

Yankees Sign Carlos Silva

LOL

u_u

fucking cant stand russ martin. guy was so piss shitty last year he had 5 hrs all season, barely a .650 OPS and now he signs with the yankees and has 3 hrs barely two weeks into the season.

When you are surrounded by champions, you play like one.

what is this live k-zone bullshit

Joe Morgan wouldn't need Live K-Zone.

Joe Morgan knows balls and strikes by sound.

can all network and espn commentators stop referring to Sabathia as a warrior and a horse and a war horse. it' not 1863.

we all know a-rod is the horse in that locker room

is ESPN going to stream the game every Sunday night? cuz my cable box died today and I'm watching it now on the site.

mookie!

Nolan Ryan would say "Keep pitching, you big pussy"

http://www.prisonbreakfreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/big_pussy_bonpensiero.jpg

morbs: almost everything shown on ESPN is streamed on espn3.com. sunday night baseball's always on there.

you probably won't be able to watch the monday or wednesday night games on there if they involve the mets or yankees, since ESPN doesn't have exclusive rights to those. but the sunday game will work fine.

Phil (Dead Arm) Hughes to DL

OK, did the ESPN announcer just ask if the roll call was distracting?

/!\ jeter hits line drive /!\

"vintage derek jeter"

over a leaping jeter

^loved that. leaping and diving equally futile.

SAFETY SQUEEZE

h8 u corey patterson

it's CAPTAIN GROUNDOUT

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/4/22/2127549/derek-jeter-captain-grounder

Russell Martin plays so well at Camden because he looks like Herc from The Wire.

"I faked it with Boggs," Mattingly told Jeter. "And you have to fake it with Alex."

paul konerko just paul konerkowned rafael soriano

the tablesetter

- D. Jeter singled to shortstop
- D. Jeter caught stealing, catcher to shortstop

Thanks for pitching to Cabrera with two outs and a runner on second, Bartolo.

Classic Burnett

D Kelly hit by pitch.
S Sizemore struck out swinging.
D Kelly safe at third on throwing error by pitcher A Burnett.
B Boesch hit sacrifice fly to center, D Kelly scored.

unearned... B-)

Too bad Kelly didn't score on a wild pitch.

LOL

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/whats-wrong-with-derek-jeter/

Eric Chavez has left the field.

Third baseman Eric Chavez suffered what the New York Yankees called "a small fracture" of the fifth metatarsal of his left foot and will be lost to the team for an indeterminate length of time.

Chavez suffered the break to the bone that connects the pinkie toe to the ankle while running out an RBI triple in the fourth inning of Thursday's 6-3 Yankees loss to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

and there goes bone #208

jeter with two jacks today!?

cervelli slam

and a tex message has been sent

it's a damned shame that granderson's likability and what has thus far been an epic year is being wasted on the yanks.

/!\ melky into monument park /!\

5-star sweatshop?

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2011/05/yankee_stadium_waiters_file_la.html

Posada took himself out of the lineup for tonight, Cashman cagy in interview with Rosenthal just now. Smells like retirement...

"cagy" or "FORTHRIGHT" to the ears of the dipshits

joe_sheehan Joe Sheehan
Can't really blame Posada. Jeter sucks, bats 1/2 all year. He gets dropped to ninth for not hitting much worse -- better for a while.

usual blistering pace for a 0-0 game

lol sarah silverman

career highlight, esp w/ double bleeping of 'masshole'

JackCurryYES Jack Curry
I just spoke to Jorge Posada's father. He said his son isn't retiring after the game. "No, no, no," he said. "He will play all year."

SLIGHT difference in the SLGs of the number one and two hitters (almost .300).

Buck-Rod

intersting yankee stats

granderson's slg nearly double that of jeter
russell martin outproducing a-rod
brett gardner 5 sb, 6 cs
nick swisher 217/333/310
cano has six walks in 37 games

granderson is leading the majors in homers against LHP

he is something kind of grandish

i kinda love him! he is a nice fellow

"He speaks so well! He's so well-spoken!"

I got a laff from the Baseball Prospectus podcast where they concluded that Nick Swisher is a nice guy, he just dresses like an asshole. (p much in those words)

and lol subhead from Kepner's Times column on Posada: "Speaking truth to declining power"

Jay Jaffe thinks Cashman's sloppy handling of l'affaire Jorge may be part of an attempt to flee at year's end:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13929

i don't get this whole jeter/posada controversy at all. why is it a bad thing for an old dude who can't hit to ask to be taken out of the lineup? if anything he was probably just pissed that he's hitting no worse than jeter who still gets to bat first every day for some reason

'cause he wasn't asking, he was telling?

is a joy 2 see prof farns matriculate the yanks 1-2-3

ayo

This might turn out to be my fave Stanks' season since the Stump Merrill era.

their misery is very nourishing, yes

I <3 you guys, but 2 games out of first in Mid-May, helllloooo?

Where they are in the standings is not really relevant to the situation.

THREE games behind the roaring Rays, btw

Also just 1.5 games better than "the worst team in the NL"

Jeter is basically Bobby Richardson now, minus the defense

Asked whether it bothers him to not be able to pitch, Rafael Soriano threw his lineup under the bus: "I don't think the bullpen be the problem right now. I think it be the hitters. That thing happens sometimes. Whatever we have to do, make a good game and see what happens. One of these days, everything be better."

Given a second chance to answer essentially the same question, Soriano was asked how much it's bothered him to miss games against Boston and Tampa Bay: "Not at all, to me," he said. "Because in the situation, how the team looks be the situation when I'm supposed to be in the game, the eighth. Everybody see, (the team is) losing two, three runs. I don't think it be that situation that I would be in the bullpen, that I would be in the game."

lol

They've played a good deal of sloppy and stupid baseball.

I don't get the Posada controversy either. This stuff happens all the time, where a guy isn't happy with his role, complains to the manager or his teammates, etc. Only the Yankees feel the need to make everything public and make a BFD out of something like this.

apparently Ken Singleton prefers "BY JETER INTO LEFTFIELD"

interesting issue re: colon's resurgence

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/2011/05/bartolo-colons-stem-cell-surgery-sports.html

well the USS Colon got shafted tonight by The Save Stat

Teix lookin silly there

that rachel maddow lookin POS

"throw RIGHT THROUGH JETER" has potential

Capuano has potential in a grad school program.

"past a diving Nunez"

For those who know ... what's the deal with Jack Curry?

http://twitter.com/#!/JackCurryYES/status/73489614148616192

glad I just saw the rerun of The Great Mariano being vanquished by The Great Jack Cust.

lol Jeter gonna start the ASG yet again

BillShaikin
Yankees lead voting at 6 of 9 AL All-Star positions, all but DH Michael Young and OF Josh Hamilton, Jose Bautista.

what do you expect from a nation that watches Buck/McCarver

only 6 of 9? pitiful, shameful even.

joe_sheehan
Since "turning around his season" May 8, Derek Jeter has five extra-base hits...one more than Chad Billingsley in that time.

Joe Girardi announced Joba Chamberlain has torn elbow ligament. Doesn't have pain symptoms but likely headed for Tommy John surgery.

Made up trade: Heath Bell + Aaron Harang/Dustin Moseley for Jesus Montero -- who says no?

Hold off on those Cooperstown plans for Gary Sanchez.

The Yankees' 18-year-old catching prospect was told to leave the team's Low-A affiliate in Charleston, sent back to Tampa for what one source termed "attitude problems."

Sanchez, who was listed by Baseball America as the Yankees' No. 2 prospect behind fellow catcher Jesus Montero before the season, is considered by many to be the Bombers' best all-around hitting prospect.

Two separate sources confirmed the move, as Sanchez had apparently become a malcontent after getting off to a slow start this season and losing playing time to J.R. Murphy, who has been the team's best hitter this season. Sanchez, who is hitting .238 with four home runs and 21 RBI in 32 games this season, has apparently grown frustrated with his poor start during his first year in Low-A ball.

Sanchez declined to enter a game as a replacement, then refused to catch a pitcher in the bullpen when asked to do so by a coach, the two incidents apparently prompting his banishment from the club.

Sanchez will take part in extended spring training games until the Yankees decide what to do with him.

How about that new Ford commercial that cuts between Jeter and the vehicle while the v/o says "AGILE." And the car's not on blocks.

They've played a good deal of sloppy and stupid baseball.

The highlight of this series for me was Cervelli somehow throwing the ball into right field in successive innings.

Kurdt Teixeira is butthurdt

tex is the worst

i really love granderson, just wish he was having this O_O season on any other team

damn, looks like the Stanks will temporarily improve at SS and leadoff now

hmm if Cervelli had been destroyed at the plate on that great Granderson gun out right now, we might see Montero sooner..

/bad fan

lol MMMMMKay's "Jeter can field balls hit straight at him"

hope jeter can break back into the lineup when he's healthy

sees Jeter hobble off, secretly happy his tickets might be good to see 3,000 in person

/bad fan

Swisher gonna pitch in this game?

when Granderson struck out on ball four with the bases loaded to not win and keep the game in extras, the crowd started an abortive boo cut off by the realization he is playing out of his mind this first half.

v gif-worthy play -- ground ball off 3B's face ricochets to SS who spike throws it into the ground; unfortunately not arod/jetes

http://i52.tinypic.com/2s8psnl.gif

crakkin up over here

ty skrit

that is seriously great!

kind of amazed that burnett was the first yank EVER to strike out 4 in an inning tonight!

jonmorosi
#Yankees are tied for the best record in AL (8-3) since Derek Jeter was placed on the disabled list. Weird stat, huh?

weird

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/646342/tulowaitwhat.gif

has Tulo got Ray Milland's old bat, reversed?

(desperate ref)

Pinball flipper

hit em where they aint, etc.

Are you allowed to hit the ball twice in baseball? What was the ruling on Tulo's hit there?

technically its an out if the bat hits the ball more than once.. interference. but I think Tulo got away with it. usually it happens on a bunt when the bat will hit the ball when its in play..

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2011/07/ipt/1309760519.jpg

past a diving old glory

couldn't flag that one down

Jeter has a logo/line of athletic apparel now?!?

well!

Derek Jeter's first hit came during the O.J. trial. His 3000th comes the week of the Casey Anthony verdict.

DJ3K Core4

the idiot who gave the ball back to him instead of paying off his mortgage is in the booth right now. he just said "as a latino player, i really look up to him".

FUCK THE HATERS

5 for 5 with the steal. major bump to his 2011 CLoRP (Clutch Over Replacement Player).

Firin' up the grill for our big "DJ3K" party tonight.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=6752999

NEW YORK -- The ball was in the air, disappearing into the kind of white clouds Norman Rockwell loved to paint, and Derek Jeter watched it the way a child watches a runaway balloon floating across a midsummer sky.

yelling 'come back'?

Oh god.

MLB Network guys debating who the best shortstop of all time is. They named a lot of names but none of them were Honus Wagner.

Al Leiter weighed the key factors of Jeter's intangibles and Rikpen's consecutive games streak.

I think my vote would be for Alex Rodriguez.

Hey you play the star baseball player, going 5-5 getting your 3000 hit with a home run is pretty on the money. Haters going to hate, but the dude has some flair with a capital F. You can file this next to the dive into the stands, the fist pump and the toss to get Giambi at the plate on the highlight reel. God knows ESPN won't f-ing shut up about it until November or maybe longer if the NBA/NFL lockout doesn't blow out.

so glad I was away from TV and the bullshit

'flair' = rising to the occasion for a Round Num,ber in a midseason game

(earlnash, a 60-yo in a Jeter jersey used the same word on me today, so congrats)

You Worship Buddy Harrelson and Rafael Santana.

f u & larry bowa

i feel happy for derek jeter.

According to a report on FoxSports.com, which cited anonymous sources, Jeter will not be attending the festivities because of "emotional and physical exhaustion" from his pursuit of 3,000 hits.

poor jeets, that's terrible

he's having emotional surgery (will be good to go on Friday)

Colon's deal with the devil expired.

Can we talk about how the Yankees are now punting 40% of their lineup?

Jeter has five hits since his special five-hit day.

I sent Ken D4v!doff an email about my perception of Jeter as an entitled, thoughtless douche and got a reply saying he largely agreed with me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/sports/baseball/kei-igawa-the-lost-yankee.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

cashman comes off as a huge dick in that piece

yeah he does

i don't understand why they didn't just release him. yeah, it's $4m a year, but that money is sunk and will not be recouped by his efforts in double-a. seems like they're just punishing him for a) having allowed them to make such a horrible mistake and b) refusing to return to japan.

Braves and Kenshin Kawakami are in a similar situation, ending after this season. (3/$23M)

shit, i forgot about kenshin

a SABR list post from Paul Lukas recently alerted me to the fact that the Yanks once had a Southern League affiliate in Georgia called the Columbus Confederate Yankees. It gets better: They wore a CONFEDERATE FLAG patch on their uni sleeves!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65516705@N00/sets/72157627090971574/detail/

In 1964-66 -- the height of the civil rights movement! Wonder how Roy White felt about this.

has anyone posted http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=howard_johnette&id=6803994 -- CC salary gonna be HUGE

:'s 100th pitch was 95mph

jeez CC

that's a lot of home runs, dawg

All solo

HR: J Damon (10, Top 3 off C Sabathia, 1-1, 2 Outs, None on); C Kotchman (8, Top 3 off C Sabathia, 1-0, 0 Out, None on); K Shoppach (7, Top 3 off C Sabathia, 2-2, 0 Out, None on); E Longoria (18, Top 8 off C Sabathia, 0-0, 0 Out, None on); E Johnson (4, Top 5 off C Sabathia, 1-1, 0 Out, None on)

Curtis Granderson's last 162 games

http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/14028

It is interesting that acc to advanced metrics, he's having his worst defensive year ever.

looked like a HR to me?

rivera jumps out of the clubhouse to argue with the umps, wtf lol

saw a really ugly girl wearing a cervelli t-shirt at the grocery store

http://cache.dealbreaker.com/uploads/2010/06/animated-siren-gif-animated-siren-gif-animated-siren-gif-drudge-report.gif

extra-base hit for jeter

jeter in august btw:

.382/.433/.473

not including 3/4 with a double tonight

since #3000

.353/.413/.488

what's kinda crazy is that he's only struck out 55 times this season

jorge in the last seven days btw:

.571/.667/1.000

lol

but on the real jeter has been one of the best hitters in the AL over the past 40 games or so straight up

another hit right on the screws from jeet

sorry guys but as someone who grew up a pretty enormous jeter stan i'm really enjoying this resurgence

you are permitted. Hope he goes back into geriatric mode come Sept 30.

Andy, thanks for the link to the b-r blog that i somehow was unaware existed!

thankfully, burnett only has $3.2 million dollars left on his deal

oh my. excuse me. it seems like i misplaced the decimal point! *blushes*

"We have six guys who can pitch in a pennant race, period," Cashman said. "A.J. Burnett is having his typical terrible August. For whatever reason, he can't pitch in August, I don't know why. It is what it is. August is obviously not an effective month for him."

also: June, July, September. 2010. on the road or against division rivals.

Brandon Allen hit possibly the longest home run I've ever seen against Colon.

3 grand slams, fine
comeback to avoid sweep going from 7-1 to 22-9, fine
Posada at 2B, end times

holy...

haha, wow.

First team ever to hit three slams in one game!

even more incredible: The Oakland A's managed to score 9 runs in that game.

let's send a DVD of this game to Shasta

posada played 2B???

how the f...

on another board there are fans complaining that a) the Yankees gave up 9 runs and b) the Yankees are "overlooked", which in Yankee fan logic means that they are only the second most-talked about team in the league

these guys are the worst

I mean honestly, I do kinda like this team. I love CC, can't hate on Jeter, dig guys like Swishhher, Cano, and Granderson, love guys with names like "Ivan Nova", don't like ARod but you can't win 'em all. Should they match up with Boston in the ALCS (which is practically a guarantee) I don't know who I'd cheer for.

really, I think Texas & Detroit might have sumthin to say

Yeah I can see Texas making noise, but Detroit probably not, the whole "they're dangerous in a short series because they have this one great pitcher" effect is usually overstated and doesn't really pan out the way you'd think. Both those offenses are so ridiculous that it's not even that surprising when one team goes off for three grand slams in a game or 9 runs in an inning.

Yankees gonna get smoked in the playoffs. Cant wait.

you might be waiting for a while

I gotta believe in something, man

it's funny that people were crowing for bonds' home run record to have an asterisk affixed to it, but nobody seems to care that the team grand slam record was broken in part to a patented 315 foot yankee stadium RF pop fly homer!

are you being serious or

prob cuz i had no idea there was such thing as a "team grand slam record"

records are set under favorable circumstances.

this may have something to do with it too:

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2011/08/gamecast.jpg

first of all, no i'm not serious, you idiots. secondly, yes there is a team grand slam record, which previously was two, which the yankees broke yesterday when they hit three, which is what we're talking about. thirdly, i will always point out the cheap homers that yankee stadium gives up, especially to jokers like russell martin.

this may have something to do with it too:

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2011/08/gamecast.jpg

― frogbs, Friday, August 26, 2011 12:20 PM (5 minutes ago)

whoa... hahahahhahahaha

oh yankees...

hate to rain on the parade, but you guys might be shocked to find out that espn gametracker's strike zone plot isn't actually the most accurate thing in the world

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/location.php?pitchSel=501852&game=gid_2011_08_25_oakmlb_nyamlb_1/&batterX=79&innings=nnnnnnynn&sp_type=1&s_type=3

i mean the pitch was still a strike, but it wasn't right down the middle like that screencap indicates

I can buy that, but I would definitely believe that they got an unusually favorable strike zone (probably for both teams, actually, since the A's did score 9)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Burnett	5.0	9	9	9	2	5	2	116-71	5.31

that post season rotation is shaping up perfectly

where is your andy pettitte bat-signal

first of all, no i'm not serious, you idiots. secondly, yes there is a team grand slam record, which previously was two, which the yankees broke yesterday when they hit three, which is what we're talking about. thirdly, i will always point out the cheap homers that yankee stadium gives up, especially to jokers like russell martin.

― J0rdan S., Friday, August 26, 2011 3:24 PM (6 hours ago)

lol <3

i'm saying no one knows about/cares who holds the "team grand slam record"

Sabathia's strike zone tonight:

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/location.php-pitchSel=282332&game=gid_2011_08_30_nyamlb_bosmlb_1&batterX=&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=.gif

who was the last guy to give up 10 hits and get 10 k's in 6IP, nolan ryan?

http://i54.tinypic.com/md1577.gif

the yankee clapper

haha, he should be having a fastball removed surgically from his forehead.

lackey tried his best but in a total shocka the command just wasn't there.

so does a-rod play for this team anymore or is he turning into chipper jones already

Hey! Easy there!

Jesus

ARod, 2011: 59R/15HR/54RBI .289/.361/.483
Larry, 2011: 48R/15HR/60RBI .277/.352/.473

Pretty close!

Big Baby Jesus Montero

I read Girardi compared Jesus Montero to A-Rod. So yeah, thats totes realistic.

well people (scouts etc) project him as ManRam-levels of production so oh no controversy

that dude looked mad shook in his first AB

the smallest of sample sizes

Montero's OPS of 1.313 dwarfs Bonds' 1.051

from Newsday's fan "Rant" and/or Fart box:

"The Yankees have five great catchers on their team: Posada, Martin, Cervelli, Girardi, and now Montero." -- Allen Goldmeier, Oyster Bay

also, 9/11 ceremonies before tomorrow's game. Special on-field guest: Rumsfeld.

Fun game tonight.

2:00 AM as we enter the bottom of the 8th

Can't let those ticket sales go

i don't think it's the ticket sales quite as much as getting the games in without blowing their remaining off days

get yr head in the game, canoe

this alvarez kid for the jays has a beautiful delivery

BB-Ref has Gardner with a 3.1 defensive WAR this year, by far the best in the majors.

he's an outfielder and he's fast

so is Granderson, yet he sucks.

Carlos Lee is tied for the lead in NL dWAR. He is a left fielder, too.

i thought he was playing 1st?!

Ah -- 78 LF, 71 1B for Lee. Point kinda stands though, right? Gardner has the highest dWar in the league, yes, but it's more like he has the highest dWar for an AL LF (his position is not loaded with wizards), right?

congrats to Mo. luckily I had the mlb network on in the background on mute in the other room and happened to walk by.

One of the quietest, most dignified, truly great players I've ever seen--good job.

Yeah, a total class act. Love that guy.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrsf2vxPYU1qcw8igo1_500.jpg

jimcaple Jim Caple
If Mo has meant soooo much to Yanks, why is their winning % when leading in ninth little better than anyone else past 15 years?

GASP

he's likely the greatest 'closer'... and like all of them, overrated.

i think i have that bowman card in a box somewhere

Aaron Laffey is a Yankee now, huh?

one Evil Empire helpin' out another

Cano said after the playoff clincher "Nobody gave us a chance in spring training"

jeter's average: .300

if anything, he's underrated!

he's had a very good second half, including a straight-up elite 30 game stretch or so

teixiera is such an amazing first baseman

lol @ bringing in mo in at a tie in a meaningless game, love it

well it's not really meaningless, even for the yankees

magic number of 1 with 4 games to go, eh pretty meaningless

well of course the yankees are going to make the playoffs

but they have pretty direct impact on which AL east team they might have to face in the ALCS

OKAY garrardi really INTENTIONALLY WALKED MARCO SCUTARO WITH MO ON THE MOUND

i meant for home-field

and the yankees won't play either boston or TB in the first round regardless

mooooo

oh i misread that, alcs, my bad

i really hope that subbing out adrian gonzalez doesn't come back to haunt tito

(it will)

they are already IBB Montero /ph3ar

bringing in mo in at a tie in a meaningless game

I believe the commish likes the contenders' opponents to keep trying to win games

(cc: Astros)

Tonight's lineup: Jeter Granderson Cano Rodriguez DH Posada 1B Chavez Martin Nunez RF Gardner Noesi

SP: Nick Swisher

http://www.mlb.com/images/2011/09/27/92lOngCU.jpg

Colon v Hellickson
Undecided v Price

good luck Boston

Girardi still announces no starting pitcher? Will it be a committee, or is this just "bush"?

dellin betances to make his first big league start

(he is second from left in the above pic)

http://deadspin.com/5844739/yankees-gm-brian-cashman-possibly-caught-in-messy-extramarital-affair

a.j. daulerio, scourge of the exalted asshole

whaaaaaaaaaa

can someone explain the "all star game"-esque bullpen management tonight?

i think scott proctor is available for the ninth

Swisher.

L Ayala

no?

Cory Wade, huh

who spent most of this season with the rays' triple-a club in durham

just... LOLLLLLLLLLLL

who do they have left in the pen besides the Proctologist and Mo?

kay sez no one else besides the prockt

what is it like to be scott proctor in this moment

he's like Roger Clemens in that ATL-HOU playoff

i imagine ppl had a bit more faith in clemens

PUT IN SWISHER

wtf the yankees are even doin

they are gettin ready to lose to the Tigers.

haaaaaaaa yes

Steinbrenner fuming at Golson from Hell

wow

btw, I remember listening to John Sterling's call-in show on WMCA when I was a pup... but if you read the profile of him in the Sunday Times, it says he's in his EARLY 70s!