2009 Yankees Game Thread

[yankees228]

Wow, the Yankees missed Halladay in this series, and they're going to miss Felix Hernandez this weekend. Very, very lucky.

[a700hitter]

More luck for the Yankees as the Blue Jays give them 5 outs and counting in the first inning. The score is 1-0 Yankees and counting.

[Quinny]

tied 1-1 on a randy Ruiz homer.

[Dipre]

tied 1-1 on a randy Ruiz homer.

 

That guy's built like an ox.

[yankees228]

They probably should just throw Ruiz all off speed pitches. He's shown, pretty clearly, in the last game (plus today) that he can kill the fastball but swings and misses at almost every breaking pitch.

[Quinny]

45 pitches for burnett through 2.

[yankees228]

Romero looks pretty good so far.

[yankees228]

Jeter leaves the game as a result of getting hit on the foot in the first inning.

[Quinny]

damon homer

2-1

[jacksonianmarch]

Yankees up 3-1. Jeter left with a foot contusion and Posada just took an awkward swing and seems to be favoring the left shoulder

[jacksonianmarch]

3-2, AJ getting punch and judied

[yankees228]

Wow, he has given up so many hits today.

[yankees228]

3-2' date=' AJ getting punch and judied[/quote']

 

A lot of these balls have been hit pretty hard.

[jacksonianmarch]

yeah, but aside from Encarnacion's single and Ruiz' homer, all of them have been bloops or seeing eye singles

[jacksonianmarch]

A lot of these balls have been hit pretty hard.

 

are you watching? A ton of these hits are dribblers

[yankees228]

yeah' date=' but aside from Encarnacion's single and Ruiz' homer, all of them have been bloops or seeing eye singles[/quote']

 

Wells' single was hit hard. Inglett's single was hit hard. A couple of the ground ball hits were well struck as well.

[jacksonianmarch]

Posada doesnt get down again. f***

[yankees228]

Posada doesnt get down again. f***

 

He's done a great job today. Burnett is all over the place, as usual.

[jacksonianmarch]

Seriously, pull AJ so Posada doesnt have to catch this anymore. Might be time to personalize Molina with AJ

[jacksonianmarch]

He's done a great job today. Burnett is all over the place' date=' as usual.[/quote']

 

That was a 5 hole wild pitch. That should NEVER happen

[yankees228]

Jackson, common, he's so wild. Lets be fair and place the blame on AJ.

[yankees228]

Cross up there.

[CrespoBlows]

lol Burnett has no command right now. 3-3 on the wild pitch.

[jacksonianmarch]

Jackson' date=' common, he's so wild. Lets be fair and place the blame on AJ.[/quote']

 

The WP before that was all on AJ. But 5 hole WP's are inexcuseable.

 

In college, our coaches would set up a pitching machine 40 feet from home plate and have it cranked up to about 90mph. Now from 40 feet, it looks like 120mph. They would aim it right in front of the plate. If ANY ball went 5 hole, the catcher had to "run the lake" after practice. Running the lake was a 3 mil run that required you to finish within 22 minutes

[yankees228]

The WP before that was all on AJ. But 5 hole WP's are inexcuseable.

 

In college, our coaches would set up a pitching machine 40 feet from home plate and have it cranked up to about 90mph. Now from 40 feet, it looks like 120mph. They would aim it right in front of the plate. If ANY ball went 5 hole, the catcher had to "run the lake" after practice. Running the lake was a 3 mil run that required you to finish within 22 minutes

 

I understand that. However, your focus should be more on how wild Burnett is, than one mistake by Posada (when he was blocking all those curves the entire game).

 

I'm very concerned about a possible regression from Burnett. He would seem to be a good candidate for it.

[yankees228]

It should be Coke for the first two batters next inning, for a couple reasons. The first of which is that their two big lefties are coming up. The second is that, with the possibility of a rain delay, you don't want to go to Hughes and possibly cut short his outing.

[yankees228]

And here comes Coke. Now the question becomes what does Girardi do when Wells bats.

[TheKilo]

Ricky Romero's pretty awesome.

[yankees228]

I wonder if this is because they're concerned about the rain delay. If they are then it's understandable. If not, then this should be a well rested Phil Hughes.

[yankees228]

Well, that one is on Posada.