ALDS: Tigers/Yankees Series Thread

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Proctor is able to get out of it. 3 outs away untill Rivera. Joe might have dogged a bullet.

[AlexanderTheGreat13]

Jeter: 5-5 with a HR and 2 doubles.

[schillingouttheks]

Pretty sick game for Jeter. Like Youk of the Nation said, it's kind of weird how Jeter hits like 10 homers all season, then has one in what seems to be every game of the playoffs. Regardless, he's a great post-season player.

 

Game 2 Info:

Series: Yankees, 1-0

Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2006

First Pitch: 1:00pm ET

Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

TV: ESPN

Starting Pitchers:

http://www.comcast.net/data/br/2006/04/08/br-67969.jpg http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/4715.jpg

 

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/det.gif#35 Justin Verlander 0-0, -- (17-9, 3.63)

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/nyy.gif#35 Mike Mussina 0-0, -- (15-7, 3.51)

 

Sorry for the slight awkward sizing in the pictures <_>

[Jon_Papelboner]

Taking care of business.

[Annie Peritore]

Gotta take the Yankees. They just have too much experience for the Tigers and the Tigers haven't been all too great for the past months including dropping their division lead to Minnesota.

[riverside sluggers]

Mike Mussina (29 games vs Detroit, 17-5 record with a 2.50 ERA---Career at Yankee Stadium in 102 games, 54-30 record with a 3.49 ERA

Curtis Granderson, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Walk, K

Placido Polanco, 1 for 7 (.143 avg)

Sean Casey, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, 2 RBIs

Magglio Ordonez, 10 for 35 (.286 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, 7 RBIs, 4 Walks, 5 Ks

Carlos Guillen, 5 for29 (.172 avg) 3 RBIs, Walk, 11 Ks, SB

Ivan Rodriguez, 16 for 63 (.254 avg) 5 Doubles, RBI, Walk, 18 Ks

Craig Monroe, 2 for 8 (.250 avg) 3 Ks

Marcus Thames, 3 for 4 (.750 avg)

Brandon Inge, 3 for 12 (.250 avg) 2 Ks

///

Omar Infante, 1 for 5 (.200 avg) RBI, Walk, K

Neifi Perez, 1 for 6 (.167 avg)

Ramon Santiago, 0 for 2

Vance Wilson, 0 for 3, K

 

Justin Verlander(1 game vs New York, 10.80 ERA---1st career appearance at Yankee Stadium)

Johnny Damon, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Double

Derek Jeter --

Bobby Abreu --

Gary Sheffield --

Jason Giambi, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) HR, RBI, K

Alex Rodriguez, 0 for 1, 2 Walks, K

Hideki Matsui --

Jorge Posada, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, 3 RBIs, Walk

Robinson Cano, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) Double

///

Melky Cabrera, 0 for 2, Walk

Miguel Cairo, 0 for 2, K

Andy Phillips, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, 2 RBIs, K

[RedRuffing15]

I believe that Det. is the team Mussina pitched a complete game shutout against this season, but I'm not fully sure..

 

Go Yankees

[ARod2212]

I believe that Det. is the team Mussina pitched a complete game shutout against this season, but I'm not fully sure..

 

Go Yankees

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=260531106

 

Mussina's Line- 9.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 Ks, 105 Pitches

[schillingouttheks]

For a minute, I thought that was your prediction for his line tonight.

[YanksHater213]

what the f*** im not your bitch

[26 Reasons to Hate Us]

f***. Can anyone near a TV tell me if the rain delay is going to end anytime soon?

[26 to 6]

The Tigers have been AWFUL for about 2 months now. That big lead they opened up in the first couple of months of the season allowed them to hang on to atleast the wild card. The 1 major question mark the Yankees have is Randy Johnson and they have him matched up against what might be the worst post season pitcher of all time in Kenny Rogers. The Yankees should sweep this series but I'll give the Tigers a game. Yankees in 4.

Agreed. I gave the Tigers 1 as well, but I definately wouldn't be surprised to see a sweep.

[26 to 6]

Game was Rained Out. Will be played today at 1:00 on ESPN. Then after the game they head out to Detroit and play the rest of the series without an off day.

 

 

 

...I've been exhausted the past few days, so when I got home Tuesday I dozed off with about 5 minutes left in the YES pre-game and woke up 2 pitches into the top of the first. DId they show the player introductions and Tino throwing out the first pitch? I've noticed in recent years FOX never shows the ceremonial first pitch, which really annoys the s*** out of me.

[26 to 6]

Since nobody has posted it yet, here's the Yankees Division Series Roster

 

Pitchers

Chien-Ming Wang

Mike Mussina

Randy Johnson

Jaret Wright

Cory Lidle

Ron Villone

Mike Myers

Brian Bruney

Scott Proctor

Kyle Farnsworth

Mariano Rivera

 

Catchers

Jorge Posada

Sal Fasano

 

Infielders

Jason Giambi

Gary Sheffield

Andy Phillips

Robinson Cano

Miguel Cairo

Derek Jeter

Alex Rodriguez

 

Outfielders

Hideki Matsui

Melky Cabrera

Johnny Damon

Bernie Williams

Bobby Abreu

[riverside sluggers]

Ahem this is why Arod was pushed down to 6th in the order for the playoffs. Bases loaded, 2 outs in the 1st inning... Arod K's on 3 pitches

 

And that is why he is called

A-Clutch

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2004/writers/tom_verducci/09/01/arod.clutch/p1_arod_ap.jpg

[Mr Crunchy]

how will his image consultants deal with this??

[schillingouttheks]

I'm at school. Were the boo birds out?

[riverside sluggers]

I was actually still hearing cheers

 

EDIT: Damon 3-run HR... 2 curtain calls afterwards... gag me with a fork please. Verlander hung a fastball middle-in to a left handed hitter at Yankee Stadium

[ORS]

Verlander doesn't hang FBs. He throws smoke. Kudos to JD. I can admit when I was wrong, and I was wrong about Damon thus far. Even if his presence probably doesn't put us in the playoffs this year, he's putting the Yankees over the top right now. That's not good, no matter how you slice it.

[riverside sluggers]

I got a feeling we are going to see a better Coco Crisp in 07. He had a hot spring training followed with a good start to the season in 5 games (2 Doubles, Triple, 2 SBs, 6 Runs). That 50 game layoff & lingering injury afterwards really affected his play

[Mr Crunchy]

damon has been their mvp for real

the lead off catylist and the guy who covers ground in centerfield

hes been playing with bone spurs in his foot and it hasnt slowed him down

i thought he maybe done with all these nagging injuries and in my opinion the use of growth hormones cause his head is waaaaaaaaay bigger than it was when he was a rookie

 

he fooled me and the front office

who says the sox didnt make the playoffs

every fuking team left is using red sox players in the hunt for october glory

[ORS]

I think we are all hopeful that his performance this year was injury related, because it has been a blunder thus far.

[riverside sluggers]

"Arrrrrod" is now 0 for 3, 2 Ks

 

The boo-birds have made their presence known

[example1]

I'm starting to feel like I'm losimg my personal integrity. I'm sitting here watching this game, and there's f***ing Giambi. Huge and sweaty and all roided (sorry, HGH'd) up. It is mentioned over and over again, and nobody defends him, nobody denies it, Sox fans, Yankees fans, nobody.

 

This is a guy who has been pumping himself full of roids since the early-mid 90's, he came off them last year and was horrible. Now, he's f***ing Babe Ruth again ripping balls all over the place, his eyes buldging out of his head, veins pumping full of HGH.

 

I'm just sick of it. It's one thing to say that we can't know who was on them BEFORE the whole BALCO scandal, but to have someone right before your eyes that is using them and really helping his team compete is just sad.

[example1]

yeah carlos!

[riverside sluggers]

Granderson with an RBI triple! :thumbsup: They take the lead in the 7th

[riverside sluggers]

Here's the hometown hero... trumpets, drumroll please and layout the red carpet for A-Clutch

[CrespoBlows]

If you're a baseball fan, you've got to admit, those two innings from Zumaya were fun to watch.

[Mr Crunchy]

i bet the yanks today

can the arod saga get any worse for the yankees and the arod apologists??

[riverside sluggers]

joel zumaya hasnt inherited the closer's role yet because???