...and whoever's playing the Yankees - 2008 Game Thread

[das11209]

Hey what's up with Igawa. He looks different and throwing right hand these day?

 

Oh wait.

[redsoxrules]

here's the final line 3IP 11H 6ER 0BB 0K ERA 18.00 LOL

[Optimist]

Kei Igawa...the only pitcher who could make Ian Kennedy look good.

[26 to 6]

Igawa is a joke. He'll be run back to the minors after 3-4 starts. Then what next...' date=' David Wells. Let the good times roll.[/quote']

Go watch the Sox game.

 

I didn't know 26 to 6 was calling Tigers games.

You like that right?

[Gom]

Gom, he's not ready for prime time.

 

Trade Kennedy to the Royals and he'll get by, but I really think that he's struggling in Gotham.

 

As an aside, I don't enjoy what's happening to the Yankees any more than you do. The lead isn't huge, but I cannot remember the Yankees being so shaken this century, even in 2005. I prefer a clash of two titans, not a Yankees team hanging on by smoke, mirrors and Joe Girardi's underappreciated management.

Cashman is terrible. Sadly, half the people here would do a more competent job than he does. We don't get paid a million a year to do it either.

 

Don't worry JHB. The Yankees will be there at the end. We always are. It's just the fact that they are put together by a moron that kills me.

 

As for Girardi, he is a fantastic in-game manager. No one notices because they aren't doing that well, but he really hasn't done much wrong so far.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Don't worry JHB. The Yankees will be there at the end.

 

That is why I worry.

[a700hitter]

Does Shelley Duncan look goofier when he is hitting or when he is running the bases?

[das11209]

here's the final line 3IP 11H 6ER 0BB 0K ERA 18.00 LOL

 

He is a reliable 5th starter.

 

In AAA that is.

 

Posting money put to good use by Cashman.

[ORS]

Jones in to do his closer impersonation. Not going so well.

[redsoxrules]

Jesus f*** jones , finish it!

[The Dustball]

Ballgame Over. Thank God.

 

6-5 Tigers. Yankees under .500 again at 18-19

[a700hitter]

Jones gets the job done as usual. He gets goofy Duncan for the last out.

[ORS]

Good ole Sloth ends it.

[TheKilo]

This is 2008' date=' why dwell on the past? And in 7 of the past years you guys couldn't overtake us in the standings. And in each of the past 8 years we've been to the playoffs. Not so with you guys. And we've appeared in more World Series the past 8 years. And 8 is such a square number, lets round it to 10 (2-2) or 15 (4-2). Like I said, this isn't last year, or the year before, or 2003 or 1998. We've got a longgg season ahead of us. And hey, we can only go up from here given our level of talent.[/quote']

 

If we're not dwelling on the past, why do you say "Talk to us in October"? Because youve made the playoffs the last eight years?

 

Please motherf***er, Yankee fans thrived on living in the past before 2004. Don't give me that ********.

[a700hitter]

If we're not dwelling on the past, why do you say "Talk to us in October"? Because youve made the playoffs the last eight years?

 

Please motherf***er, Yankee fans thrived on living in the past before 2004. Don't give me that ********.

All they have is the past. They have no present. They are on a slow boat to nowhere this year. Their rookies are busts and gutless.

[TheKilo]

I tihnk we're missing the most important par tof the Yankee situation right now.

 

Kei Igawa, Darrell Rasner, and Mike "5IP" Mussina occupy 60% of their rotation.

 

LOL

[a700hitter]

Matt Joyce with a HR off Rasner. It looks like Rasner has a penchant for giving up the long ball.

[The Dustball]

3-1 Yankees. Betemit hits a double to center and then immediatetly has to leave the game with a leg injury

 

EDIT: The word from the Yankees is that it is a strained right hamstring

[redsoxrules]

yankees leading 5-1, make that 5-2 with runner and 2nd and 3rd with still no outs, farnsworth pitching

[redsoxrules]

f***ing pudge, swung at ball 4 , 3 times

[redsoxrules]

I dont think the tigers will make the playoffs with that s***** starting rotation they have

[The Dustball]

I dont think the tigers will make the playoffs with that s***** starting rotation they have

 

Not to mention their s***** pen

[redsoxrules]

here comes rivera who has been untouchable so far this year 14IP 5H 0ER 0BB 12K, usually he starts off slow and gets stronger as the year go, he might have a year with an ERA under 1

[redsoxrules]

Maggs now 7 for 13 against rivera

[redsoxrules]

detroit is 0-19 when scoring 4 runs or under , thats horible . also shouldn't leyland have Cabrera batting 3rd ,maggs 4th ,guillen 5th?

[Optimist]

Good win. Good pitching by Rasner, exactly what the team needs from the end of its rotation.

[jacksonianmarch]

Rasner has been exactly what we need. Gives innings, keeps us close.

[TheKilo]

Rasner has been exactly what we need. Gives innings' date=' keeps us close.[/quote']

 

It's been two games, and it's Darrell Rasner.

[Gom]

Rasner has been exactly what we need. Gives innings' date=' keeps us close.[/quote']

Unlike those cockpumpers Kennedy and Hughes. What a waste of trade bait. We couldn't trade those guys for Ponson now. Ok...maybe Ponson. Not much else.

[jacksonianmarch]

Rasner's issue has never been effectiveness. It has been longevity. If he continues to keep his pitch count down and goes 5+ IP he will be effective as a #5.