2009 Yankees Game Thread

[TheKilo]

are you f***ing kidding me Joba? What the f***? his first innings suck so f***ing bad. Hey Eiland' date=' earn your f***ing money you **********. Figure this out.[/quote']

 

Maybe, just maybe, it's on Joba

[Gom]

His fastball is high 80's. He's hitting his spots with his fastball, but he doesn't have much oomph.

[ms_sox]

Hey NY...lose please.

[jacksonianmarch]

Burnett looks really good. We're hitting again. We have a shot to break this thing open.

[Gom]

If Burnett could just concentrate...damn.

[jacksonianmarch]

Lots of pitches, but 6 solid innings from Burnett. Matsui is finding it again. THis has just become a different team since ARod came back

[jacksonianmarch]

might be time to pull the plug on the Veras experiment

[jacksonianmarch]

1st sinker sank. Thats good

[jacksonianmarch]

91-92 thus far with good sink. Okay so far.

[jacksonianmarch]

CMW looked really good tonight

[TheKilo]

in a 6 run game

 

spare me

[jacksonianmarch]

doesnt matter what game it was. All I care about is his sinker. And in his first inning, it was harder and broke deeper than it had before. If he comes back to his standard, we will be very tough to beat.

[jacksonianmarch]

2 strong innings for Wang. Good sink, velocity was better but still isnt there yet. I liked his current role.

[Gom]

Maybe Veras is the one they should send down, try to get him through waivers. He's utterly useless.

[diony]

Berroa is a waste of a spot.

[redsoxrules]

Pettitte is so full of s*** , he's always escaping from a jam

[Gom]

Berroa is a waste of a spot.

 

Agreed. He's next to go when Nady comes back. The question is who goes when Molina comes back.

[jacksonianmarch]

Pettitte is so full of s*** ' date=' he's always escaping from a jam[/quote']

 

in case you havent noticed, Andy has been doing this for a LONG time. He is consistently in the 1.40WHIP range which puts him at the back end of the ranking for that stat, but he consistently has good ERAs and win totals. It is just what he does.

[jacksonianmarch]

we are trying to get a lot out of Aceves. Might be time for one of those 1+ IP saves for Mo. CC is going tomorrow, so we should get some depth there

[Gom]

we are trying to get a lot out of Aceves. Might be time for one of those 1+ IP saves for Mo. CC is going tomorrow' date=' so we should get some depth there[/quote']

 

Aceves is fine. Worry about tomorrow tomorrow. If he's doing well, keep him in there. If we can hold the Guardians off, first time we've been in first place since the last game of 2006. Damn...been a REAL LONG TIME.

[RobiForMVP]

1st place.

Aceves is very good.

[jacksonianmarch]

Your FIRST PLACE New York Yankees. Been a while since I could say that.

 

Good job working Lee early on.

Pettitte tapdanced through trouble, hope he's okay.

Aceves did his best Ramiro Mendoza impression.

Mariano did the rest.

 

Big win. CC on the bump tomorrow, facing the wildest Indian, Carmona. Then we get Hughes vs Pavano and Chamberlain vs Sowers. THis was the toughest game to win and we took it. This team is rollin.

[Cocos Disciples]

Wouldn't be shocked if you were in 1st for a long time.

[jacksonianmarch]

Wouldn't be shocked if you were in 1st for a long time.

 

Me neither. The sox cannot seem to get out of the way of themselves. Their offense continues to leave lots of runners on base, especially with black holes in the 6, 8, and 9 positions. Bay and Drew have finally cooled down a bit too. 3 of the 5 starters in the rotation are scuffling right now as the knuckleballer finally fell down to earth. And the most amazing part of that team is getting handed deficits to hold steady, rather than leads to close out.

 

While in NY, we are getting depth from the starters (believe it or not, but this rotation is averaging 6IP per start even with Joba and Hughes barely averaging over 5IP per start) and they are pitching effectively. The lineup is solid now that everyone is back. And we are able to avoid the worst part of our team for the most part in the middle relief. And, we may have found the swing man we have desperately needed since 03 when Ramiro defected. This team looks really, really good right now.

[Cocos Disciples]

Our rotation should improve, as Lester and Dice are not this bad (though not as good as last year). Plus, Smoltz and Buchholz should add a little extra when they get called up. Ortiz has nowhere to go but up. Still, I'm not loving this team right now.

[jacksonianmarch]

You still have a time bomb in the 5 hole with Penny. Beckett has regained his mojo. I am not sold on DiceK returning to form. He had the fastball at times in his last start, but he looks defeated on the mound. Over the last couple seasons, when DiceK took the mound, he had that snotty little piss ant grin on his face like he was better than you. Now, he looks like he's afraid. Actually, he has the demeanor that he had at the end of 2007 when he couldnt buy an out. I dont know what is up with Lester. But he goes through 3-4 innings like butter without much trouble. Then he gives up a cheapie basehit and its all over. I never thought I'd say this, but Lester seems to have an issue with composure. One bad thing happens and he starts elevating the ball in the zone and all of a sudden a 5 spot is on the board. Not sure how to go with that because his stuff looks just as nasty.

[Cocos Disciples]

I don't know if Penny is a time bomb. I'm sure he'll have the occasional terrible game, but other than that I think he'll be a solid back end of the rotation pitcher, if healthy (fairly large 'if').

[ORS]

I seem to remember, from Jacko mind you, something about you are never as good as you look when things are going well, never as bad as you look when things are going bad. What happened to that?

 

Oh, that's right, it only applies when we are doing well.

 

Seriously, though, we are a contingent team. The contigency being, if our expected strength in the rotation can't right itself, this won't even be a penant race. NY will walk away with this division on the strength of what it paid for in the offseason. None of those acquisitions have bombed, and that is what it will take for them to lose this division.

[jacksonianmarch]

you are right ORS. A little excited to see how good this team actually became with ARod's return. Thing is, we have now been going well for 3 weeks without any bullpen at all. Now, with this Aceves kid who is throwing well and our newfound starting pitching depth, this team looks really, really good.

 

Also, I did not expect any of the acquisitions to bomb out. My only concern, as it is with anyone on this aged team is injury. We've had our share, but they seem to be righting themselves to this point.

 

It was also pretty easy to see that the sox success was not sustainable through April. The starting pitching was worse than it is now, but the sox were bashing their way to leads and the pen was holding everything. Now, the offense is scuffling a bit and the rotation isnt handing over leads.

[TheKilo]

you are right ORS. A little excited to see how good this team actually became with ARod's return. Thing is, we have now been going well for 3 weeks without any bullpen at all. Now, with this Aceves kid who is throwing well and our newfound starting pitching depth, this team looks really, really good.

 

Also, I did not expect any of the acquisitions to bomb out. My only concern, as it is with anyone on this aged team is injury. We've had our share, but they seem to be righting themselves to this point.

 

It was also pretty easy to see that the sox success was not sustainable through April. The starting pitching was worse than it is now, but the sox were bashing their way to leads and the pen was holding everything. Now, the offense is scuffling a bit and the rotation isnt handing over leads.

 

Are you kidding me? You came back and didn't make your second pick