2013 Yankees in-game thread

[Youk Of The Nation]

Damn you, Standing Room.

[Standing Room]

This is depressing. He kind of looks homeless.

[Youk Of The Nation]

It's disgusting how this s***** Yankees lineup can still get three IBBs in a game.

[Youk Of The Nation]

This is depressing. He kind of looks homeless.

 

He plays for the Athletics. He might be. I think they pay their players in handshakes and Arby's coupons. Why else would none of them be able to afford a haircut?

[Standing Room]

He plays for the Athletics. He might be. I think they pay their players in handshakes and Arby's coupons. Why else would none of them be able to afford a haircut?

 

That explains Josh Reddick.

[Station 13]

Okajima? Wtf?

[User Name]

Is it just me, or does Jesse Chavez look like a Mexican who should be mowing lawns for a living instead of playing baseball?

[Standing Room]

Is it just me, or does Jesse Chavez look like a Mexican who should be mowing lawns for a living instead of playing baseball?

 

More than anyone else on the team, Josh Reddick looks like he should be mowing lawns.

 

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/20/26/36/4286373/3/628x471.jpg

 

And with the way he's playing, he might be soon.

[Station 13]

Is it just me, or does Jesse Chavez look like a Mexican who should be mowing lawns for a living instead of playing baseball?

 

You mean like half of the A's team?

[User Name]

More than anyone else on the team, Josh Reddick looks like he should be mowing lawns.

 

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/20/26/36/4286373/3/628x471.jpg

 

And with the way he's playing, he might be soon.

 

If by mowing lawns you mean tending to a marijuana patch, then i agree with you.

[User Name]

Kevin Youkilis and Vernon Wells strike out with runners in first and second with one man out in the 13th. Youk + Teix back= new offense.

 

FEAR US

[Standing Room]

 

Top of the 13th

 

Cano doubles.

Teixeira intentionally walked.

Hafner flies out.

Youkilis strikes out.

Wells strikes out.

 

Yankees are four innings away from scoring. Step it up A's!

[Youk Of The Nation]

Every inning the Yankees play is another inning their bullpen is worked. Love it.

[Standing Room]

This is like watching two buses crash in slow motion.

[Standing Room]

Bases loaded... Teixeira infield popup. Fifth inning in a row the Yankees have had a runner in scoring position and failed to score.

[Palodios]

I would love to see these teams go another 5-6 innings, and Oakland finally get 1 run in the 20th.

[VA Sox Fan]

I would love to see these teams go another 5-6 innings, and Oakland finally get 1 run in the 20th.

 

:thumbsup:

 

That would be perfect!

[Bellhorn04]

I would love to see these teams go another 5-6 innings, and Oakland finally get 1 run in the 20th.

 

Close enough.

 

Tex, Hafner, Youk and Wells were a combined 0 for 28 with 12 K's.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Mariano gives up the walkoff. Big sigh of relief for me, now even if the Sox lose the damned Yankees gain nothing.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Close enough.

 

Tex, Hafner, Youk and Wells were a combined 0 for 28 with 12 K's.

 

...and three walks!

[Palodios]

Close enough.

 

Tex, Hafner, Youk and Wells were a combined 0 for 28 with 12 K's.

 

Hard to argue with that result. 18 innings, bullpen crushing game between the Yanks, and a team who will probably be in the wildcard chase.

[Station 13]

A's celebrating by ordering pizza.

[jacksonianmarch]

They gotta do something. Jeter wont be back for 6 weeks, who knows when the Roided One will be back and Grandy should be back in 3-4 weeks. But the bloom is way off the rose and we need a jolt. I hope we see some shakeups here. I want to see Zoilo Almonte and Ronny Mustelier up here. These guys really cannot be any worse.

[Youk Of The Nation]

A's celebrating by ordering pizza.

 

Josh Reddick: "Uh, yeah, can I order, uh, three large meat lover pizzas...yeah...and two orders of breadsticks with cheese, and...um, a dozen hot wings. Oh, dude, yeah, and two bottles of Sprite. Hold on one sec...hey, do the rest of you want anything?"

[User Name]

They gotta do something. Jeter wont be back for 6 weeks, who knows when the Roided One will be back and Grandy should be back in 3-4 weeks. But the bloom is way off the rose and we need a jolt. I hope we see some shakeups here. I want to see Zoilo Almonte and Ronny Mustelier up here. These guys really cannot be any worse.

 

But they got a jolt in the form of Tex and Youk, two difference makers in the lineup. What more do ya want?

[SoxFanForsyth]

Close enough.

 

Tex, Hafner, Youk and Wells were a combined 0 for 28 with 12 K's.

 

Oh my. I thougt you were being facetious here.

[yankees228]

Not that the Yankees deserved to win that game by any stretch of the imagination, but those two hits off Mo were frustrating to say the least.

[yankees228]

Also, tempted to start pulling for Boston during these games against the Rays and the Orioles. Might be in the Yankees best interest. And I'm not the kind of fan that has any problem pulling for Boston if I feel the Yankees would benefit from them winning.

[User Name]

Oh my. I thougt you were being facetious here.

 

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[SoxFanForsyth]

Mike Axisa absolutely ripped the Yankees up one side and down the other. I apologize in advance for the long post, but I've got to quote this. It's from his blog, RiverAveBlues.com.

 

This is the boiling point.

The Yankees didn’t just lose Thursday afternoon/night’s 18-inning marathon with the Athletics because they couldn’t buy a hit after the first inning. They also lost because they half-assed their way through an offseason in which they deemed it acceptable to downgrade all over the field despite a) winning the division by the skin of their teeth last year, and knowing it was very likely going to be Mariano Rivera‘s final season. Real nice going away present. That surfboard the A’s gave him today was more respectful.

New York has done a real good job of finding veteran complementary pieces on low-risk, short-term deals in recent years, but this winter it became their primary team-building strategy. It’s all they did. Best of all, they started giving some of those retreads multi-year contracts and assuming a whole bunch of risk. Vernon Wells has sucked SUCKED for the last two years and five of the last seven, but apparently the magic of the pinstripes was supposed to bring his bat back from the dead. He and Ichiro were expected to form some kind of Frankenstein corner outfield monster that defied age and hit like it was 2005. That was their strategy. A real Major League team did this.

Best of all, they’re paying those two wastes of a roster spot — not to mention Kevin Youkilis, what a disaster he’s been — a combined $26M through next year, when they’re trying to cut payroll below the luxury tax for no other reason than to save the Steinbrenners some money. Want to slash payroll and line your pockets? Fine. But don’t talk to me like I’m idiot and say you’re committed to building a “championship-caliber” team and you signed “three of the best free agents” over the winter. Get bent. At least speak the truth, then maybe your five-year old Stadium won’t be half-empty and the YES Network’s ratings won’t be in the toilet.

Of course, the team’s reliance on over-the-hill has-beens could have been mitigated if the farm system Brian Cashman has been talking about since getting his “autonomy” in 2005 actually produced a competent everyday player once in a while. Eduardo Nunez? Frankie Cervelli? lol. I’m sure Zoilo Almonte will come ride in on a white horse to save the day. The Yankees have done a fine job talking the talk when it comes to building from within and developing their own players, but they’ve fallen flat on their face when it comes to walking the walk. Outside of the Mariners, I’m not sure any team has gotten less from more out of their farm system than New York in recent years.

The Yankees lost on Thursday because they’re desperate. Desperate to hold onto the last glimmer of success from the dynasty years and afraid (unable?) to adapt and move forward with a new chapter in franchise history. Now they’re left with this laughable relic of a roster that is caught between being not truly good enough to contend and not bad enough to completely tear down and rebuild. It’s a very dangerous place to be, just ask the Phillies.

The Athletics swept the Yankees this series because they are the much better team, from top to bottom. Now the Bombers will go to Anaheim to face an Angels team that should serve as a scary warning should they not wise up and improve the way they go about building the club. The decision to willfully downgrade the roster this winter was a disgusting display of arrogance and cockiness from a team that claims it wants to give its fans a contender every year. Actions speak louder than words, and the actions say the club lacks direction.

/rant

 

Beautiful thing.