New York Yankees Gameday Thread

[jacksonianmarch]

BTW, huge homer there from Swisher. It really would have been embarrassing getting swept at home by the O's.

[example1]

BTW' date=' huge homer there from Swisher. It really would have been embarrassing getting swept at home by the O's.[/quote']

 

Nobody cares.

[ORS]

Nobody cares.

Even worse, he said "by the way", which is used to convey a thought that might not have occurred to everyone, but followed it up with "water is wet" type obvious observations. Douchery.

[a700hitter]

Nobody cares.

Example getting pissy with a Yankee fan. Lol! It's about time. If you interact with them long enough, you come to realize that they should never be treated with respect. I live with them. They are a loathsome group. Keep up the good work.

[rician blast]

Doing well' date=' and u?[/quote']

 

I'm ok, long time away from here, dealing with life's curveballs (divorce) but things lookin' up for sure.

 

Fkn Swisher...even I can't muster up any hate for the guy.

[jacksonianmarch]

Life's curveballs hit everyone at some point. Sorry to hear it, but you'll pull through.

[Yaz Sideburn]

Our offense is scarier than any lineup in the game and our bullpen is lights out. All we need is 5IP from anyone not named Pettitte or Sabathia and we have a good chance.

 

you mean the same lineup that's getting held to 3 runs or less every other game? they're the best team at beating up on bad pitching but they've been wildly inconsistent

[yankees228]

you mean the same lineup that's getting held to 3 runs or less every other game? they're the best team at beating up on bad pitching but they've been wildly inconsistent

 

They've actually hit some pretty good pitchers as of late, and really over the course of the entire season. You're right, they're inconsistent, but I don't necessarily think there's a correlation based on how good the opposing team's starting pitcher is.

[Yaz Sideburn]

They've actually hit some pretty good pitchers as of late' date=' and really over the course of the entire season. You're right, they're inconsistent, but I don't necessarily think there's a correlation based on how good the opposing team's starting pitcher is.[/quote']

 

they did hit cahill and danks well, i'll give them that. but they were held to 2 earned runs or less by romero, lester, buchholz, hernandez, sherzer, braden and anderson

 

i think their overall offensive numbers are a bit misleading considering they've scored only 3 runs or less in almost half of their games over the last month. they just nearly got swept by the orioles because they couldn't score more than 3 runs in any of their games against a horrible pitching team. if that happens in the playoffs, their season could be over in a hurry

[Divinity]

I doubt the Yankees offense is playing up to there full potentional while they're already garunteed to make the playoffs.

[Yaz Sideburn]

I doubt the Yankees offense is playing up to there full potentional while they're already garunteed to make the playoffs.

 

they've been hitting like this for more than a month, well before they were guaranteed a spot

[yankees228]

they've been hitting like this for more than a month' date=' well before they were guaranteed a spot[/quote']

 

While I agree that they're inconsistent, it's also worth noting that Girardi never plays the full lineup, which (if everyone stays healthy) will be a different story come playoff time.

 

In the playoffs you'll likely see a lineup that looks like this...

 

LF Gardner

SS Jeter

1B Teixeira

3B Rodriguez

2B Cano

RF Swisher

C Posada

DH Berkman/Thames

CF Granderson

 

In pretty much every single game, they're missing at least one of these guys, usually more than one. They have concerns (which you have mentioned), but I feel good about this lineup come playoff time.

[jacksonianmarch]

I agree, and look at the guys we have sucked against. All rookie/young pitchers with marginal stuff but good changeups. The Yankees seem to hit pitchers better when they have more experience against them. They're professional hitters. If the Twins or the Rangers wanted to beat us, they'd start Lee/Liriano then their entire AAA rotation for the rest of the series.

[jacksonianmarch]

why do I have a feeling that Vazquez is gonna get shelled?

[yankees228]

Very unlucky for Javy so far. A pop up and two soft singles, and he's had to throw 20 pitches.

 

EDIT: And three pitches later, he's out of it.

[jacksonianmarch]

He didnt look bad last inning, but he always seems to be one pitch away from getting out of it or putting his team out of it

[jacksonianmarch]

Yankees got screwed there. A wild pitch that ricochets back to the catcher and a 3-1 strike call on a pitch well out of the zone with the sacks packed. Wilson's pitch count is up, but that sucked a lot

[yankees228]

Wilson gets an absolute gift on 3-1 and then gets out of it. Between that, and the brick backstop, he was extremely lucky to not have given up a run. On the flip side, no hard hit balls.

[jacksonianmarch]

I dont think the Yankees are gonna hit the ball hard. His pitches are moving so much that his catcher cannot catch it. He's nasty, we need to run up the pitch count and get him out of there

[jacksonianmarch]

There must be an umpire conspiracy here. Kinsler was out by a goddamn mile.

[yankees228]

Quite an unlucky night so far for the Yankees. Just about everything from soft hits to bad calls has gone against them, and we're only in the bottom of the second.

[Divinity]

Horrible call, that Empire should have his eyes checked

[yankees228]

Ugh, that's bad. Definitely not a run that should have scored.

[yankees228]

Doesn't matter that he reached base, the fact that the best Jeter can do with a 3-1 fastball is hit a chopper over the mound says a lot.

[Divinity]

nice hit by A-Rod

[yankees228]

Well A-Rod has looked really good since coming off the DL.

[yankees228]

Not a good night so far for the home plate umpire.

[yankees228]

Not sure I've ever seen this many soft hits this early in a game.

[jacksonianmarch]

Thames! Cervelli! Sweet

[yankees228]

Thames! Cervelli! Sweet

 

Some slide by Thames lol.