2009 Yankees Game Thread

[yankees228]

Haha, ok, I didn't realize it was a joke.

 

I mean, teams could have the game plan to attack early in the count, so I guess it's possible anyway.

[Cocos Disciples]

I thought they did it so they could get back to the clubhouse and get tanked.

 

That's just the DHs.

[Cocos Disciples]

So is Hanson going to walk CMW?

[Cocos Disciples]

First pitch groundout, thx dood.

[yankees228]

Ugh, CMW slider is bad news.

[yankees228]

Teixeira being over aggressively almost cost the Yankees there. Not a great inning from Wang...

[yankees228]

This is really getting so frustrating with A-Rod. The 0-1 pitch was right down the middle. Throughout this whole slump, he keeps seeing pitches to hit, he's just not hitting them.

[TheKilo]

lol Cano

[Cocos Disciples]

This is automatically Wang's best start of the year, no matter how he does the rest of the game.

[yankees228]

This is automatically Wang's best start of the year' date=' no matter how he does the rest of the game.[/quote']

 

How? He started the game against WAS with 3 scoreless innings.

 

And it's not like this ATL team scores a lot of runs.

[Cocos Disciples]

Because he's f***ing awesome.

[yankees228]

lol, I wish I agreed.

[Cocos Disciples]

nooooooooo wang!

[yankees228]

A-Rod looked pretty pathetic on the Escobar single. I know he hit it hard, but it was barely to A-Rod's left.

[yankees228]

CMW has one of the worst change ups for a MLB starting pitcher I have ever seen.

[yankees228]

Phil Hughes. This has got to be the end of the road for Wang.

[Cocos Disciples]

Drat, he's back to suck.

[TheKilo]

I f***ing love Nick Swisher.

[Cocos Disciples]

He's a Paul O'Neill/Trot Nixon hybrid of grittiness.

[yankees228]

Wow, this team is really horrible offensively right now. I'm very concerned that some of these guys who are struggling aren't going to turn it around.

[TheKilo]

Ellsbury quietly coming around, OBP over .350

[Dipre]

Ellsbury quietly coming around' date=' OBP over .350[/quote']

 

Walked tonight again.

 

He's back to being first half of 08 levels of awesome.

[msubulldogs21]

Brian McCann solo shot.

 

4-0 Braves

[Cocos Disciples]

He McCanned that one. Or something like that.

[yankees228]

After starting 13-15 without ARod, I said we'd be fine. After we got on the hot streak, I said, we'd be fine. And after this most recent 4-8 slide, I will once again say, we are fine. Right now, we have had 2 bad stretches and one hot stretch. The sox, OTOH, have had two hot spells surrounding a cold spell. It all comes in streaks. And even with our most recent abysmal play, we still sit 1.5 games up in the Wild Card and only 4 back of Boston.

 

And there are reasons for optimism.

First of all, an offense like ours will not stay this dormant for long, especially with Nady coming back to sure up the bench and our O vs left handers. It will also allow us an option to improve the O on days when ARod needs to take a breather (Nady over Melky in a COF slot).

 

Secondly, the rotation is actually coming together. CC had been rolling before his bicep tendonitis spell which wont cost him any time. AJ is starting to get back on track after being embarassed in Boston (1ER, 16K in his last 13.1IP). And thats how his roll started last yr, I think it was the O's who completely obliterated him and after that he went on a 20 game roll that led to his ridiculous season. Andy Pettitte has been as consistent as we all expect. Joba has been inconsistent as we expected, although he has gone 6 or more innings in 3 of his last 4 starts. And if Wang's last start was any indication, his sinker may actually be starting to have a downward migration from belt high to knees high. If he can get back to any semblance of prior form, this rotation will be huge for us as the summer heats up (if this goddamn rain ever goes away).

 

And the bullpen has been much, much better since we made some personell changes. The BP ERA in April was over 6. The BP ERA in May was right around 4 (I think it was 4.09). And the June BP ERA was under 3 until the last game (thanks Tomko). And I assume that Tomko will be DFA'd soon anyway. To look at how effective the new bunch has been, one needs to look at the ERAs of the guys in the pen. If you subtract Tomko, which I expect to happen over the next couple of days, the Pen ERA of the guys out there now is 2.88.

 

So, overall, guess what. We'll be fine. Our pitching is coming around, our bullpen is coming around and our offense will heat up once again. Just gotta give it time.

 

You are really downplaying some of this team's problems.

 

First off, Nady will help, but he is not a difference maker. Second, there is reason to be concerned that some of these guys will not right themselves. A-Rod has been awful. This is probably the worst he has ever been. Now there are a number of reasons why this might be the case, and one of them is that he is just slumping. However, if it is one of those other reasons, then we might have a big problem. Guys like Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera, Robinson Cano, and Hideki Matsui (4 of the 9 starters) are too inconsistent right now to be sure that they'll be a big help as this season progresses.

 

As for the starting rotation, Joba Chamberlain and C.M. Wang are huge concerns. AJ Burnett and Andy Pettitte are very inconsistent. And it remains to be seen whether or not CC's injury is at all serious.

 

Kilo is right about a couple things. Things are never as good as they seem when you are winning, and things are never as bad as they seem when you are losing. However, he is also right that you use the "we'll be fine" mantra way too much. You have absolutely no substantial reason to be as optimistic as you are. Things may turn out fine, but they also may not. Right now, there is just as many reasons to think that things will turn out poorly as there are reasons to think things will turn out well.

[Gom]

My team sucks.

[Dipre]

My team sucks.

 

Fantastic use of logic.

 

I like your "the truth must be spoken" style.

[Gom]

Fantastic use of logic.

 

I like your "the truth must be spoken" style.

 

I simplify it for the ESL crowd.

[TheKilo]

I simplify it for the ESL crowd.

 

Funny

[Dipre]

I simplify it for the ESL crowd.

 

Don't you qualify into that group and the CDMO group as well?