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THE CLEVELAND NEWSPAPERS ARE UPSET ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE LEBRON JAMES GAVE AN INTERVIEW WEARING A YANKEES CAP!

BOO HOO! HERE WE GO AGAIN.  FOLLOWING THEIR LOSS TO ORLANDO IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS. LEBRON TOOK A DAY OFF THEN DECIDED TO ADDRESS THE MEDIA WHY HE DIDN'T SHAKE HANDS WITH DWIGHT HOWARD. WHEN HE FINALLY GAVE HIS EXPLANATION ALL THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT WAS HE HAD A YANKEES CAP ON HIS HEAD NOT ABOUT WHAT HE SAID. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREE COUNTRY. IF HE LIKES THE YANKEES, GET OVER IT.

I was just reading an article about Rodriguez and his injury and was happy to see what Bernie contributed to the article.  It was nice to see someone looking at the more positive side of things, and being logical about it.  He was saying that he thinks that this break will give time for Alex to heal, not only physically, but emotionally as well. I think sometimes we all need to step back and realize that even if someone is a really important player, they are still just like you and me, and need to get away from it all now and then.  So I'm glad that Alex can get a break, and hopefully come back refreshed and better than ever.

 

Oh... and this was quite nicely snuck into the end of the article...

"As for Williams getting back, when asked if he still felt he had the ability to play in the majors now, he said, "I think the spring has treated me well. I'm healthy. I feel very strong. I've been facing a lot of the guys in the couple games (Team Puerto Rico) has played. I feel like I still have some life in my bat. I played the outfield a couple times. I've taken good jumps off the ball. So, if you ask me, I would say, 'Yeah.' But it's certainly not for me to decide."

Maybe.. just maybe... he'll be back?? Guess we'll just have to wait and see! But! If you don't feel like waiting to see him, you could always go see him at his live concert!  I just found out he's playing at Nokia Theater in Times Square on April 18th!  There's tickets on sale at ticketmaster.com and its on a Saturday so I think I'm gunna try to go.

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Yankees win again

The New York Yankees beat the New York Mets tonight by the score of 5-0. A.J. Burnett got the start and pitched 7 dominating innings allowing 1 hit with 3 walks and 10 strikeouts. Brian Bruney and Dave Robertson finished it off with 2 perfect innings to give the Yankees the 1 hit shutout. A.J. Burnett has really turned it around now and pitched 20 1/3 innings in his last 3 starts with 10 hits, one earned run, 10 walks and 26 strikeouts. CC Sabathia has pitched like an ace and the Yankees probably have the best 1-2 punch in baseball. If they could just get Wang going and have a good third starter they would really be in business.

Offensively A-rod had a rbi single, Nick Swisher had a solo homerun and Jorge Posada had a 3 run homerun. Mark Teixiera had a booming double and Ramiro Pena had another double. The Yankees offense has been on a roll and will see if they can keep it going against Livan Hernandez tomorrow. The only problem for the Yankees is the flu bug running around. Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter have it and Phil Hughes caught a touch of it also. The Yankees have to take it day by day and see how everyone is feeling but hopefully tomorrow Jeter will get back in the lineup. I hope Hughes is ok because they may need him to pitch behind Wang tomorrow. The Yankees will try and get the sweep tomorrow night at 8. The game is on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. I will have Citi Field Observations tomorrow with some pics. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:14 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, homerun, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, Pitching, st

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Last night the Yankees defeated the Mariners by the score of 8-5. Going into the fifth the Yankees were leading 3-1, but Joba allowed 2 more runs to score and had to leave after just 5.1 innings. A-Rod hit a clutch 2 run home run int 7th to put the Yankees up 5-3. Then in the 8th Brian Bruney came in and allowed 2 runs, making it a tie game again, 5-5. Then in the bottom of the 8th the Yankees scored 3 runs, the big hit, a RBI double, coming off who else but Melky Cabrera's bat. So going into the 9th the Yankees led 8-5, and Mariano Rivera picked up his 501th save to keep the score that way. Tonight the Yankees look to take game 2 of the series, and to clinch a series win. As the Yanks look for that win they send out the following lineup via PeteAbe:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

DH Alex Rodriguez

C Jorge Posada

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

3B Cody Ransom

And on the mound, Andy Pettitte

Pena sent down

Ramiro Pena was optioned down to Scranton Wilkes-Barre tonight, which means Eric Hinske was probably officially put on the 25 man roster. At first I wondered, "If Hinske is here, why is Ransom playing third tonight?" Supposedly Hinske is not a good third baseman, despite the fact that Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi said Hinske can play third. Well, maybe he will pinch hit for Cody tonight.

What's up with Joba?

River Ave Blues has a good article about Joba Chamberlain and his inconsistencies, including the velocity of his fastball. Check it out.

Coors Field East?

Tristan H. Cockcroft of ESPN has a story up about the new Yankee Stadium and all the home runs that have been hit there. According to him, 12 home runs have been hit at the new place that would not have been hit at the old place. However, what I find interesting is that he says that there have been 7 non-home runs hit in the new stadium, that would have been home runs in the old Yankee Stadium. So if his numbers are correct, the new stadium has only produced 5 extra home runs. You should read the full article for some very interesting information, here it is.

Right now everything is going well in Yankee Universe, winning seems to do that. After losing series to both the Nationals and the Marlins, things weren\'t looking so good, and many were calling for Girardi\'s head. However, since then things got back on track and the Yankees took 2 out of 3 from the Braves, and swept the lowly Mets. Today the Yankees are off, and they are gearing up for 7 game home stand, in which they play the Mariners 3 times and the Blue Jays 4 times. After that the Yankees set out for a road trip to Minnesota then Anaheim before the All Star Break begins. Let\'s not get to ahead of ourselves though, because for now we should just be enjoying an off day, but I know there are many people out there (myself included) who don\'t like off days because they want to see Yankee baseball every day. While, I can\'t do anything about the Yankees not playing, I can hopefully quench your thirst for baseball with a few stories, links, and rumors.

Rivera the great reaches his 500th save

Last night Mariano recorded his 500th Major League save, 2nd on the all time list to Trevor Hoffman who has 571 saves. Despite how great Hoffman is, we all know that Mariano is the greatest reliever of all time. What makes Mo great is that his only goal is to help his team win, he is not trying to set records or anything. After last night\'s game, things got emotional as every member of the Yankees gave Mo a hug. All of his teammates were so happy for him, some people got some memorabilia. Cody Ransom got to take home the bat that Mo used in the at bat in which he got his first Major League RBI. Chien-Ming Wang asked Mo to sign a ball to give to his son, JJ Wang, so that JJ would always know that his father played with the great Mariano Rivera. He truly is unbelievable. Recently, ESPN sat down with Mariano for an interview, it was a few days before he actually got his 500th save. It definitely is worth a watch, it was just amazing to see how humble Mariano really is. Check it out.

Should I stay or should I go?

According to PeteAbe, Jose Molina is set to return to the big league roster very soon. He was with the team yesterday, and he did some base-running drills. Now he will begin a rehab assignment that should last for about a week before he rejoins the Yankees. The big question though is, \"What to do with Fransisco Cervelli?\" There are only a few options:

• Carry 3 catchers - One option is to carry Jose Molina and Fransisco Cervelli, along with Jorge Posada. In this option, somebody obviously has to be either sent down or DFA. Ramiro Pena sent down? Brett Tomko DFA? I\'m not crazy about this option.
• Send the kid to AA - Another option is to carry just Jose Molina and Jorge Posada, and to send Fransisco Cervelli to AAA. This would be a tough call, Cervelli calls a great game, the pitchers love him, and he brings a spark to the team. I really don\'t know if this is the right option, I\'m 50-50 on this.
• Trade Jose Molina - The final option is to trade Jose Molina and carry Jorge Posada and Fransisco Cervelli. To me this seems kind of harsh to Molina, plus what do you do if Jorge or Cervelli gets hurt, Kevin Cash? Maybe? Jose Molina has done nothing to deserve being traded, the pitchers love throwing to him just like Cervelli. If they were to trade Molina, I doubt they would get much in return, but there should be some teams out there that would like to have him. I really am unsure on what to do with this whole situation, but that\'s why I\'m not the general manager. However, feel free to pretend that you are Brian Cashman, and comment on the move you would make.

Huston Street?

The rumors keep on burning that Huston Street will be a Yankee. I still feel the same way on him, I\'d absolutely love to have him in the bullpen as he would provide an 8th inning fix, and possibly even a future closer since he has already been closing ballgames, but the thing is that I don\'t think he is worth the price that the Rockies are going to want for him. He only becomes more expensive now that the Rockies are winning ballgames left and right. How to you feel about the Huston Street comments? Feel free to comment.

How to get your baseball fix?

Well as you know the Yankees are not playing today, but that doesn\'t mean you can\'t watch baseball today. Here are some notable games set to take place tonight:

Boston @ Baltimore (NESN, MASN) 7:05

Lester goes for Boston

Berker goes for Baltimore

Tampa Bay @ Toronto (SUN, TSN) 7:07

Niemann goes for Tampa Bay

Halladay goes for Toronto

NY Mets @ Milwaukee (ESPN, FSWI) 7:08

Nieve goes for New York

Looper goes for Milwaukee

To those of you enjoying my blog: I thank you very much and I recommend that you visit my original blog 161st Street. There are a couple more commentators there, and it would be great if you guys could discuss the Yankees with them. Thank you!

Update: I just realized this was my 100th post (for my original blog, not bronxhomers). Pretty cool.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Yanks take Subway Series

The Yankees wrapped up the Yankee Stadium portion of the Subway Series with a nice tidy 15-0 blowout. A.J. Burnett got the start and really needed this one going 7 shutout innings with 4 hits, 4 walks and 8 strikeouts. There really is no point in going all through this game but there are a few things to talk about and also some facts and figures.

I want to talk about Francisco Cervelli, what a great job he has been doing. He calls a great game and is excellent defensively but he also had 3 hits and has been a pleasant suprise offensively. I odn't want to start anything yet but there seems to be a big difference when Posada or Cervelli catches. A.J. Burnett may have pitched his best game of the year with Cervelli, we know CC has been pitching well with Cervelli. If anything Cervelli has made sure he isn't going anywhere and will be the backup next year and I have a feeling we will see more of Jorge Posada as the DH.

This was the largest shutout for the Yankees since Sept 25, 1977 against Toronto.

The Yankees have won 14 of their last 19 at home.

This was A.J. Burnetts longest scoreless outing since last June 28th, hopefully this will turn it around last year, he did have a huge second half last year.

Hideki Matsui has hit 10 of his 16 homeruns against lefties.

This was the largest margin ever in a Subway series game.

Johan Santana allowed more runs then he ever has before go figure since they couldn't hit Nieve yesterday who is a no name.

I am sure you all saw the before game incident with K-rod and Bruney. It appears to be over as Bruney said it is over and there is nothing else to say and K-rod wouldn't comment. K-rod approached him and was really going at him before Pelfrey and Jose Veras came in to push him away. Now we know why Veras is on the team. I really thought this whole thing was dumb and am glad it is over, Bruney just needs to come back stay healthy and help solidify the bullpen. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 8:08 PM 0 comments Labels: A.J. Burnett, blog, bullpen, Francisco Cervelli, game, homeruns, Johan Santana, New York Yankees, Pitching, Subway series

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For the Yankees, there is no single position with more organizational depth than catcher. Four catchers made the Yankees top 8 prospects according to Baseball America, and likely big league backup Francisco Cervelli wasn't one of them. Jorge Posada hit 22 home runs last year, Jesus Montero is one of the top hitters in the minor leagues and Gary Sanchez is very quickly opening eyes in the lower level. The state of the Yankees catchers is very good, and might be getting better.
Starter: Jorge Posada
Backup: Francisco Cervelli
Veteran insurance: Mike Rivera
Almost ready: Jesus Montero
Low rising: Austin Romine, Gary Sanchez, J.R. Murphy
A quick snapshot of the organizational depth shows Montero one step away from the big leagues. What it doesn't show is that Romine is only a step behind. It also doesn't leave much room for names like P.J. Pilittere (upper-level depth) and Kyle Higashioka (more lower-level talent). Unless the Yankees make a late signing, Cervelli will go into spring training as a heavy favorite to open on the big league bench, while Rivera will provide experience in Triple-A. He could be useful if the Yankees need a short-term place-filler like Kevin Cash was last season.
Worst-case scenario: Pretty much every worst-case scenario involves Posada breaking down because of age and Montero taking a step back defensively. That said, Posada hit very well and stayed pretty healthy last year (except for that May breakdown). Montero seems to be improving, not declining, behind the plate. If something were to happen to Posada early in the year, the Yankees who would probably have to lean on Cervelli and Rivera (or a new addition) to get them through until Montero is ready for the big leagues. That wouldn't inspire a lot of confidence.
Best-case scenario: Posada repeats last year's numbers. Cervelli plays like Jose Molina, but with a better bat. Montero is screaming for a call-up by mid-June. Romine emerges as one of the top five catching prospects in baseball. Sanchez is compared to Montero, but Murphy is fighting him for playing time. With this many names and this much talent, the best-case scenario is pretty mouth watering.
The future: Posada is signed through 2011. He'll certainly be the regular catcher this season, and how much time he gets at designated hitter in 2011 might depend on Montero's development. By the time Posada's contract expires, the Yankees could have both Montero and Romine ready to play every day at the big league level.
An attempt at the complete depth chart
An educated guess, but just a guess
New York: Jorge Posada, Francisco Cervelli
Scranton: Jesus Montero, Mike Rivera, P.J. Pilittere
Trenton: Austin Romine, Kyle Anson
Tampa: Mitch Abeita, Jose Gil
Charleston: Kyle Higashioka, (maybe Jeff Farnham, I actually have no idea)
Extended: Gary Sanchez, J.R. Murphy (Yankees IHBlogs)

Will Matt Holliday be a Met, Yankee or neither?

All star game is the biggest joke in sports.

Here is what needs to be done:

If the stats from the game count on regualr season stats players will take it seriously, p;itchers will pitch and hitters will hit.

Maybe a solution.

ANyone else have other ideas?

Yankees come out fighting

It took the Yankees a while to get going tonight, they went 15 up and 15 down through the first 5 innings and then in the sixth it all changed. Brett Gardner led off the sixth inning with a walk and got picked off of first but he was safe and Joe Girardi ended up getting tossed from the game for arguing then Francisco Cervelli hit a homerun to tie the game and the Yankees added a couple of more runs on a Alex Rodriguez's 2 run single. Nick Swisher had a solo homerun and the Yankees started tacking on more from there.

Joba Chamberlain pitched very well going 6 1/3 innings giving up 3 runs. He tired in the 7th and didn't help himself with a error but he really looked good tonight mixing in his breaking pitches with his fastball and controlling the Braves lineup. Phil Coke came in and got two outs. Brian Bruney struggled in the 8th getting two outs and giving up a run and then Mariano Rivera got the 4 out save by striking out all 4 guys he faced. Mo hasn't pitched in 8 days and he surely looked well rested, he even came up to bat in the ninth and lined out to centerfield, the bench was really going nuts over that. The Yankees will look to win the series tomorrow with Andy Pettitte facing Derek Lowe who they know well from his Boston days. Joe Girardi should get thrown out more often if this would happen but maybe this is what they needed and now they will relax and just play good baseball. I am realizing something though ,the Yankees pitchers are much different on the road then at Yankee Stadium especially Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:43 PM 0 comments Labels: Andy Pettitte, baseball, blog, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Girardi, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, pitchers, pitches

• Damaso Marte was OK'd to continue his rehab in Florida according to the AP. He went to Dr. James Andrews because he said he didn't feel right and he didn't want to further injure himself, but Doc found nothing wrong in his shoulder. I don't know how much longer I can say this: Marte would really help this bullpen out as he was a proven reliever in the past...if he ever returns.
• DeAngelo Mack, who the Yankees selected in the 13rd round of this year's amateur draft, has signed on with the Yankees. He will head to Tampa, and likely stay there until the Staten Island Yankees season begins where he will most likely play.
• Brian Bruney will return to the Yankees bullpen tomorrow, hopefully for good. Obviously, someone will have to be sent down or DFA. If it was up to me I would probably DFA Jose Veras, but I get the feeling Brett Tomko will be DFA. If anyone else gets the axe (besides Angel Berroa who they probably want to keep for now) I will be pretty upset.
• Choose answer choice (A) if you are attending the Yankee game tomorrow. Choose answer choice (B) if you attend PS 55. Choose answer choice (C) if neither A or B apply.
• (A) Nice! You have a chance to meet Alex Rodriguez tomorrow! According to PeteAbe, "A-Rod himself will be in Monument Park tomorrow from 4:10-4:30 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m., so hustle." You heard him, hustle.
• (B) Do you like your principal? Well, if you don't you'll be happy tomorrow. According to PeteAbe, "Robinson Cano will serve as “Principal for a Day” for PS 55 in the Bronx tomorrow."
• (C) Better luck next time. Well, there is plenty of other things to do...if you live in New York you could wander around Central Park, catch a Yankee game, go shopping in Manhatten, etc. Have fun!
• FYI, you should really check out this site I found...its called Demolition Of Yankee Stadium. It has hundreds of pictures of the demolition of the old place, they make me sad, but theyr'e still cool to look at.

That's going to do it for this edition of Off Day Notes. Hope you enjoyed it.

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After last nights miserable loss, the Yankees send the following lineup via PeteAbe out to face Tim Wakefield:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

And on the mound, Chien-Ming Wang

Expecting

Chien-Ming Wang's wife is expected to give birth any time now in New York. However, according to PeteAbe Wang was fine and is ready to pitch. The Wang's are having a boy. I'm sure Taiwan is jumping up and down with the news, the get excited over anything Wang touches, never mind a baby Wang.

Let's win a game

The Yankees are 0-6 against the Red Sox this year. I'm not panicking at all, they could get swept again and I'd still be confident in the Yankees. But, a win would be nice.

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Tonight at 7:05 p.m., Josh Beckett will throw the first pitch of this three game series against the rival Red Sox that the Yankee are about to embark on. It should be an interesting series, some say that the Yankees "must win' at least 2 out of 3 of these games. I do not feel that way, while I do recognize that these games are going to be played with added pressure, I understand that a win against the Washington Nationals counts just as much as a win against the Boston Red Sox. Anyway, when Josh Beckett goes tonight for the Sox he will have to face a pretty good lineup that the Yankees will be throwing out tonight. It is basically their "A" lineup, except for the fact that Brett Gardner is in there instead of Hideki Matsui. Well, here is that lineup via PeteAbe:

SS Derek Sanderson Jeter

LF Johnny David Damon

1B Mark Charles Teixeira

3B Alex Emmanuel Rodriguez

2B Robinson Jose Cano

C Jorge Rafael Posada

LF Nick Thompson Swisher

RF Melky Astacio Cabrera

CF Brett M. Gardner

And on the hill, Allan James Burnett

Draft Night

Tonight is the first night of the amateur draft. You can catch it live on MLB Network at 6:00 p.m. It should be pretty interesting. I plan on keeping you guys updated on that as the draft goes on (I will have a post up later tonight listing all the first round draft picks and my thoughts on some of them, and then from there on just the Yankees picks).

Mark Teixeira leads the way...

On to the All Star Game. He has passed Kevin Youkillis for first place in votes for the AL first baseman. Teix has 833,960 votes while Youk has 832,751 votes.

Remember come back later for the 2009 amateur draft coverage (draft coverage will be on 161st Street, but will not be on Bronx Homers until after the draft)

161st Street

Yesterday, the Yankees suffered a tough loss. Going into the 9th inning the game was tied 5-5. In the top of the 9th, Girardi brought Mo in to hold the score down. However, he could not. He gave up a triple to Ben Zobrist to start the inning, and everything went downhill from there. Eventually Mo had to leave in the middle of the inning, giving way to Phil Coke. In the end 4 runs ended up scoring, making the score 9-5 Rays. In the bottom of the 9th the Yankees did not go down without a fight, scoring 2 runs, but they could not manage to tie the game. 9-7 Rays, the final. The great thing about baseball though is that today, less than 24 hours after that tough loss, the Yankees get to go out a play a completely new ballgame. And here's the lineup via PeteAbe they send out against Matt Garza in hope to take the 2nd game of the series:

SS Derek Sanderson Jeter

LF Johnny David Damon

1B Mark Charles Teixeira

3B Alex Emmanuel Rodriguez

2B Robinson Jose Cano

C Jorge Rafael Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Thompson Swisher

CF Melky Astacio Cabrera

Andon the mound, Joba Chamberlain (born Justin Louis Heath according to Wikipedia)

That's really him (not that impersonator), he did a promotion last year for Dunkin Doughnuts

 Closer than they appear

According to Marc Craig, Brian Bruney, Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady are closer to returning. On Friday, Bruney threw 20 pitches (all fastballs) in a bullpen session. He said he felt no pain, hopefully he is not covering anything up. When asked about a possible return date, Bruney said, "If I was to guess, I'd say a week and a half, maybe less."  Bruney along with Marte, who threw 25 pitches off a bullpen mound and "spun some sliders from a shorter distance" would really give the Yankees bullpen a boost. Xavier Nady played in an extended spring training game, and played catch from 75 feet. This is great news that he is back to throwing, if the Yankees can get Nady back it would be like they just made a huge trade.

BleacherCreatures.tv

I found this great website all about the bleacher creatures, andthey have one section with a bunch of videos and pictures of the bleacher creatures and Yankee Stadium. They have everything from the roll calls, to the YMCA bleacher creauture style, to having fun with a player (you guesses it, Nick Swisher). You should definitely check it out.

Yankees games streamed online

If you live in the New York area and have or considered purchasing MLB.TV, you probably know that Yankees games are blacked out because you live in New York and YES has the deal for Yankees games in New York. Well, that is going to change soon. The Yankees are going to become to first MLB team to have its games streamed live online within its home market. They have not announced many details, but here's the article from the Sports Buisness Journal, in case you are interested.

Live Game Blog

I may do a live game blog if enough people are willing to participate in it. I would probably make it start at 1:05 and end around 1:30 or maybe longer. If you are interested and think you could participate just leave a comment or vote yes in the poll over at 161st Street. If you think I should make the live game blog at another time, just leave a comment stating what time I should make it.

Here is the Live Blog just in case I actually run one today 

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Yanks/Rangers recap

The Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers by the score of 8-6 today. Chien-Ming Wang got the start and looked good in his first 2 innings but then gave up 5 runs in the next 2 2/3 innings. He gave up 7 hits with a walk and 5 strikeouts. It was better but I wouldn't call it good at all. His next start will be on Tuesday in Boston which could be bad as he has always struggled with Boston. The Yankees offense picked Wang up though with Melky Cabrera hitting a game winning 2 run homerun in the 8th inning.

Mark Teixeira had a couple of hits and 3 rbi's and A-rod had a rbi single. Robinson Cano had a hit and a walk, Cervelli and Pena had a hit each. Johnny Damon led off the game with a homerun and also had a walk. Nick Swisher had 2 hits and a rbi. Dave Robertson got the winning by getting one batter out. Alfredo Aceves gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings and Phil Coke was impressive in 1 1/3 getting 2 strikeouts with no hits or walks. MO got the save in the ninth after giving up a couple of hits. The New York Yankees will take on the Tampa Bay Rays in a 4 game wraparound series beginning tomorrow night at the stadium. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 6:56 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, Chien-Ming Wang, game, hitting, homerun, New York Yankees, Pitching, score

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Yanks are 7th heaven

The New York Yankees won their seventh in a row tonight by beating the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 9-1. The game wasn't that easy as they had trouble with the rookie pitcher. The Yankees scored 7 in the seventh though and turned this game into a laugher. Brian Bruney pitched the eighth and looked good and Tomko came on to finish it.

A-rod hit a 2 run homerun and almost hit another one later in the game and Big Tex had another homerun also. Derek Jeter had a hit and 2 rbi's and Johnny Damon had a couple of hits and a rbi. Melky Cabrera had a hit and Francisco Cervelli had a hit and a rbi. The Yankees will go for their 8th in a row tomorrow with Phil Hughes opposing Jeremy Guthrie, this may be Phil Hughes last start in the majors for now with Chien-Ming Wang looming. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:28 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, game, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, rookie, won

Recap of Todays Yankee Action

The Yankees lost 3-2 to the Atlanta Braves at Disney. Ian Kennedy started for the Yanks and pitched 3 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits with 1 walk. Dan Giese also pitched 3 innings for the Yanks giving up 1 run on 2 hits with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Andrew Brackman pitched a perfect inning and Mark Melancon gave up a hit with 0 runs in his 1 inning. The offensive side not much happened Johnny Damon had a triple and a rbi, Nady and Berroa both had hits.

The Yankees are still waiting word out of Colorado about Arod who is undergoing an exam as I speak. Mariano will throw a bullpen tomorrow for the first time. Jorge Posada went through his throwing program today and appears to have gotten over that little setback he had the other day. Starting tomorrow the Yankees starters will go in line, Joba up first followed by CC,Wang,AJ,Pettitte. Joe Girardi said that the long man candidates Tomko,Giese and Aceves will continue to get innings. You would think that Hughes and Kennedy will be reassigned to the minor league complex then so they can continue on a regular rotation. Phil Coke will also get work, the Yanks envision him going anywhere from 1 batter to 2 innings. I am calling him the left handed version of Ramiro Mendoza. The Yankees will take on Team Canada tomorrow at Steinbrenner Field. I will be back later when I hear anything on Arod. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 6:11 PM 0 comments Labels: Arod, colorado, exam, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, throwing

When the Yankees first reached an agreement with Randy Winn a few weeks back, reports indicated that he would receive the last $2M left in the budget. Not long after that, the Dodgers landed Reed Johnson for just a six-figure payout, and I said the Yanks overpaid to get their man, even though he was the right player.
Well guess what? It turns out Winn's deal isn't quite as rich as originally reported. Take it away, Joel Sherman...
The Yankees today also officially signed Winn to his one year contract for a $1.1 million base with $900,000 available in incentives: $100,000 each for 50, 75 and 100 plate appearances, and $150,000 apiece for 125, 150, 175 and 200.
Yes, the incentives add up to $900,000 which would make the total value of the deal the original $2M. However that money is far from guaranteed, and if Winn pockets it, it means either a) something bad has happened in the outfield, or b) he played well enough to earn the playing time. Remember this is a very easy deal to back out of. If Winn's not producing, they'll just dump him.
Bottom line: Randy Winn at $2M was an overpay, but Randy Winn at 55% of that with some incentives is just fine. No reason to cancel your season tickets.

The Yankees win, theeeeeeeee Yankees win

The New York Yankees defeated the Anaheim Angels last night by the score of 5-2 and securing their 40th pennant in the process. Andy Pettitte got the start, the old warhorse and pitched 6 1/3 good innings giving up 1 run. Joba Chamberlain got 2 outs and then Old Reliable Mariano Rivera got the last 6 outs to secure the pennant. Andy Pettitte got the win and became the alltime leader in wins in the postseason with his 16th career victory. He passed John Smoltz on the list. The Yankees will now appear in a record 40th World Series but their first since 2003 which to many seems a long long time ago. It is a long time ago in the Yankees Universe but if you were around in the 80's or the mid 60's until the late 70's you know it hasn't been that bad. The new age fans are very spoiled and the players themselves at least the core four were spoiled but now realize just how hard it is to get to this point. Alex Rodriguez will be appearing in his first world series as well as CC Sabathia. A.J. Burnett made the world series vs the Yankees in 2003 but he was hurt and inactive so this is special to him. The young guys like Joba, Phil Hughes, Dave Robertson, Robinson Cano etc get to experience this for the first time as well. Jerry Hairston Jr. has been around for a while but never even made it to the playoffs, Eric Hinske is a guy that keeps getting on teams that make it so to him this is old hat but he will enjoy this as well. Joe Girardi with all the second guessing he has endured seemed to really really enjoy this as he wouldn't let go of the AL championship trophy last night according to the Lohud Yankees Blog.

I was at the game and didn't get a chance to do a recap and that is why I am getting to you so late. I basically sleepwalked through the day today as you can imagine. CC Sabathia won the MVP which is interesting because he won 2 games and was dominant but A-rod impacted every game and was unbelievable. I thought they might go with co MVP's but that is just window dressing, A-rod said he didn't care and with this team you have to believe him, all year long they have focused on team and winning the world series. It will be interesting to see if the Yankees continue to go with the 3 starters in the World Series or use Chad Gaudin as the 4th, what they may do is use him for Game 5 so they could still use CC in games 1, 4 and 7 if necessary. The only problem with using 3 starters is everyone would have to pitch on short rest and I am not sure that is the best idea but I would use CC on 3 days rest as he has proved he can do it and do it well. There will be another day off but press conferences tomorrow and I will do a preview tomorrow. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:52 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, MVP, New York Yankees, offense, Philadelphia Phillies, Pitching

Blue Jays at Yankees

The New York Yankees will take on the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd of 3 from Yankees stadium. The game is at 7:05 on MY9 in NY. The Yankees are 4-1 on their current seven game homestand. Joba is the starter tonight and was shaky his last time out against the Red Sox but he pitched 3 great games in a row before that and is 8-0 with a 1.79 era in his career after the all star break. Melky Cabrera turns 25 today, Happy Birthday to him.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Matsui(DH)
Posada(C)
Cano(2B)
Hinske(RF)
Cabrera(CF)
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Yanks win 2nd in a row

The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers today by the score of 2-1. This was a great pitching matchup of CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander and they didn't disappoint. CC Sabathia struggled a little bit early but was able to get out of trouble and settle down finishing with 7 shutout innings. He gave up 5 hits with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Alfredo Aceves came in to pitch the 8th inning and gave up a solo homerun but preservenind the lead. Mariano came on in the ninth and pitched a 1-2-3 inning for his 25th save.

The offense didn't do much against Verlander, A-rod hit a solo homerun to right field that barely got out in the seventh and Melky Cabrera had a infield single for a RBI in the same inning. Derek Jeter had a couple of hits and Johnny Damon had a double. Nick Swisher had a double and that was about all the the offense for the game. The Yankees will go for the sweep tomorrow with Joba Chamberlain on the mound against Edwin Jackson it is also Old Timers Day with the festivities starting on Yes at 11:30AM. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:13 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Old Timers Davy

Chien-Ming Wang left today's game after 5 and 1/3 innings with what is being described as a right shoulder "strain with bursitis." He is going to put on the 15 day DL.

Wang was actually dealing today, he had good stuff and good control. The only thing that was missing was his 94 to 95 mph velocity, it sat arounf 90 mph today, but it didn't really serve as a disadvantage to him today. Now I wonder if the missing velocity had to do with this injury, I assume it does.When Chien-Ming Wang left the game, most people could not see what was wrong. He did not show any signs of discomfort and there were no signs for concern in his delivery. However, after the game Jorge Posada said that Wang's last pitch was a fastball that was clocked arounf 84 mph and that Wang did not pitch that ball, he just "spun" it.

This seems like bad news, which it is, but according to PeteAbe everybody seems to think he'll be back within a month.

The Yankees traditionally fudge the details of injuries. But according to Wang, the pain he felt was far less severe than the shoulder inflammation that put him on the DL for nearly two months in 2005. The doctor he saw this afternoon told him that rest and rehab would take care of his issues in a few weeks.

So, while it's not good news, it may not be horrible news. Still, I feel really bad for Wang himself and for the team. Wang has been working so hard to get back to where he used to be, and if the Yankees had a healthy vintage Wang, can you imagine how dominant their roation would be? Just, think Sabathia, Burnett, and Wang as your top 3, and the 4 and 5 would be pretty good as well with Pettitte and Joba. Well, let's just hope all goes well, and the Yankees have Wang back in a month and it doesn't take him long to get back on track.'

As far as who takes his rotation spot, I would not expect Hughes or Aceves to be the one. It seems like the Yankees want to leave the bullpen as it is, and I don't blame them if they think Wang can return in a month. Regarding, who takes the spot, it looks like its going to be someone from Scranton, probably Sergio Mitre, who has pitched well down there.

Happy Fourth of July!

 

"The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth"

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the greatest speech in baseball history. 70 years ago, Lou Gehrig spoke to a crowd of 61,808 at Yankee Stadium. As you know, he was suffering from an unknown disease, which is now known as ALS, but commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig\'s Disease. Before and during the game today, the Yankees are going to honor Lou Gehrig. Prior to the game, the Yankees will have a video tribute which includes some of today\'s players reciting part of the famous speech. During the game, the Yankees will wear 4ALS patches on their jerseys, and the number 4 will be on 1st base. The Yankees will also honor Michael Goldsmith, and ALS sufferer who encouraged MLB to take initiative with ALS.

Happy Birthday George!

Today is also George Steinbrenner\'s birthday! I wish him a wonderful birthday, and I hope he feels better. I think some people do not recognize all that George Steinbrenner has done for the Yankees. When he purchased the New York Yankees in 1973 he took a struggling team and quickly transformed it into a championship caliber team. He was selfless in his efforts to improve his team, willing to spend as much as it took to sign a great player, or make a blockbuster trade. George Steinbrenner is also the reason the Yankees are playing in a beautiful, modern, yet traditional new stadium. He always did what was best for his team and what was best for the teams fans. Thank you George.

Here is today\'s starting lineup via PeteAbe:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

CF Brett Gardner

And on the mound, Chien-Ming Wang

 

Have a great 4th of July and remember Lou Gehrig and remember how much George Steinbrenner has meant to the New York Yankees organization.

Tonight the Yankees begin a 3 game series against the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners send Brandon Morrow to the hill to take on the Yankees. You may or may not remember Brandon Morrow, but he pitched a no-hitter against the Yankees with 2 outs in the 8th inning last year. Guess who broke it up, Wilson Betemit. The Yankees hope that doesn't happen again and I'm Let's hope that doesn't happen again tonight, and I'm sure the Yankees are confident it won't as they send out the following lineup via PeteAbe out to face Morrow:

 

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

 C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

And on the mound, Joba Chamberlain

 

Nice to have a full lineup with a DH, right?

Yankees acquire Hinske

You may or may not know that the Yankees acquired Eric Hinske from the Pirates today. I wrote a post on the trade earlier today. Check it out. According to PeteAbe, Hinske's plane was delayed from Pittsburg so he is not here yet, and no roster move has been made yet.

Ivan Nova flirts with a no-hitter

Last night Ivan Nova had a no-hitter through 5.2 innings in his AAA debut last night for Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Pretty cool.

Mike Lowell goes on the DL

The Red Sox placed Lowell on the 15 day DL today. Now I usually don't post about other teams, but I plan on relating this to a Yankee situation. The reason Mike Lowell is on the DL is because his hip is still bothering him coming hip surgery, the same surgery that ARod had. This should be a warning to the Yankees that ARod has to be regulary rested if they don't want him to reinjure his hip.

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161st Street

Last night the Yankees defeated the Mets by the score of 9-1, with the help of the Mets terrible defense. Their entire infield each made an error, well except for Luis Castillo (ironic right?) who I feel has already done his share. CC pitched well and showed no signs of the muscle soreness that bothered him in his last start. Brett Gardner had the night of his life, he was a double short of the cycle and if you think about it he should have gotten it because on one of his singles CC was on first base and any other runner would have advanced to third and Brett would have easily made it to second. Oh well. Anyway, tonight the Yankees look to secure a series win as they face Tim Redding and the Mets. You may remember Redding in his short 1 inning stint with the Yankees in which he gave up 6 runs, that was the end of him. Anyhow, here\'s the starting lineup via PeteAbe :

CF Brett Gardner

RF Nick Swisher

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

LF Melky Cabrera

SS Ramiro Pena

RHP A.J. Burnett

Paging Doctor Robert (Beatles reference)

Johnny Damon joins the list of Yankees who are/were under the weather. Other members of that list inlcude Matsui, Melky Cabrera, and Derek Jeter. What\'s going on here, you would think the Yankees could control this better.

Pat Venditte finally climbs the ladder

Pat Venditte (the Yankees ambidextrous pitcher who nobody really feels is a prospect, but continues to get hitters out) was promoted to Tampa (Class A Advanced). This is good for him because he is not that young (24) for his level and he can\'t continue to just dominate 20 year olds, he needs to either prove he can get more experienced hitters out or prove that he can\'t.

Nady needs Tommy John Surgery

Just in case you missed it, Nady needs TJ surgery. He really wanted to come back, that\'s why he tried alternative methods but they failed. He is a free agent after the season and it is unlikely the Yankees will re-sign him, especially because his agent is named Scott Boras. I still feel the way I felt last night when I heard the news, very disappointed. Will Brian Cashman make a trade now that Nady isn\'t coming back, who knows.

Musings on Huston Street

Marc Craig wonders whether Huston will be fitting on Yankee pinstripes in the near future. I like the idea very much, but I don\'t think the Rockies want to trade anyone right now, they have been on a hot streak and probably don\'t want to mess it up. Maybe once they cool down, they will be more open to trading Street. However, I still don\'t think he\'ll come cheap. According to Marc Craig the Yankees have been interested in Street since May. While I like the idea, to me it has to be for the right price.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Yanks look lifeless again

The New York Yankees continue to lose ground quickly and look like they are just stuck in neutral. They lost 4-0 to the Atlanta Braves tonight and just look lost. They can't hit a lick and I don't know how their hitting coach is still around. Chien-Ming Wang looked better I guess but the bottom line is this he is 0-6 and the team hasn't won any game that he has pitched, i think it is like 0-8 or something like that. The one bright spot continues to be Phil Hughes who came on in relief of Wang and pitched 2 perfect innings with a couple of strikeouts.

A-rod continues to do nothing although he did hit two decent flyballs that if they were in Yankee Stadium may have gone out, i think that is also the problem they hit so many homeruns at home and think they are better because the ballpark plays small and then when they go out on the road they can't hit. This team needs to stop relying on homeruns and just look to get basehits, move runners over and manufacture runs. They have a good pitching staff and should be able to score 4 or 5 runs a game and win most of the games. I really think they need a shakeup and Kevin Long has to be the first one to get fired followed by Dave Eiland. I like Joe Girardi but he is also on the hot seat, I do think he will get the full season but he will be fired if they don't make the playoffs also. They have gone 2-5 against the Nats, Marlins and now Braves against pitchers they have never seen but other then Josh Johnson really aren't that good and they have done absolutely nothing. I don't see how the Steinbrenners or Cashman or whoever is in charge doesn't do something about this, they have fallen 5 games behind the Red Sox and depending on what happens tonight may have lose their lead in the wildcard also. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:45 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, basehits, Boston Red Sox, Chien-Ming Wang, Joe Girardi, Kevin Long, New York Yankees, runs

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Yanks lose another series

The Yankees lost again to a team they shouldn't be losing too. If Luis Castillo didn't drop a popup they would have now lost 4 series in a row and three straight to National League teams that they are better then. They have not hit at all and I understand not hitting Josh Johnson yesterday but the rest of these pitchers they shouldn't have so much trouble with, I really wonder if someone is going to do something, at least come out and say something or just continue to be complacent. Kevin Long is a awful hitting coach in my mind and I think it is time for a change, I don't understand how you surround a young manager with a hitting and pitching coach with no experience, part of the reason Joe Torre was so successful is because he had Mel Stottlemyre and Don Zimmer surrounding him. I am waiting for Hank or Hal to come out and say something but I don't think that is going to happen, but if the Yankees don't get this turned around quick they will be in trouble as Boston has not built a 4 game lead in the division and the Yankees are now tied with the Angels for the wildcard and only 2 on Toronto and 3 on Tampa Bay.

The Yankees rallied late and cut the lead to 6-5 but after just walking Johnny Damon to make it 1st and 3rd Derek Jeter swung at the first pitch and grounded out to short ending the game. CC Sabathia was pulled in the second inning after coming up with tightness in his biceps, it doesn't appear to be serious and he expects to make his next start on Friday against the Mets. The problem started right there as the Yankees had to use their bullpen for a long time today and after Aceves pitched well Brett Tomko didn't and gave up 3 runs on 2 homeruns and Dave Robertson gave up a single to score a run and another run scored on Melky Cabrera's throwing error. The Yankees have tomorrow off and will try and win a series in Atlanta starting on Tuesday with Chien-Ming Wang on the mound. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:07 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, Boston, bullpen, CC Sabathia, homeruns, Kevin Long, New York Yankees, series, wildcard

161st Street

Tonight, Chien-Ming Wang looks to prove to the Yankees he can still pitch. The Yankees beleive in him, and so do the fans, but the Yankees can't afford to throw Wang out there every five days if he continues to lose. That is why Wang needs to show results tonight, and he knows it. His stuff is there, it is just a matter of putting it all together. I have faith that he can do that tonight against the Nats, who looked awful last night except for the starting pitcher Shairon Martis (who for some reason was taken out of the game to early, fire Manny Acta, haha). Anyway, Wang could have luck on his side today. Yesterday his wife gave birth to their first child, Justin Jesse Wang. In Taiwanese culture babies bring good luck to the parents, let's hope so. As Wang trots out to the mound in the top of the 1st inning, the following lineup via PeteAbe will walk up to the plate for the Yanks in the bottom of the 1st:

LF Johnny Damon

RF Nick Swisher

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

CF Melky Cabrera

SS Ramiro Pena

And on the mound, the aforementioned Chien-Ming Wang

Jeter not in the lineup tonight

Derek Jeter is not playing tonight with "left ankle stiffness." He had a MRI, which came back negative. So far he is day to day.

Kyle always getting into trouble...

whether he's on the mound on breaking up fights with dogs. Yes, breaking up fights with dogs. Kyle had to get stitches on his left hand because one of his dog's bit him when he tried to break up a fight. Always getting into trouble.

It was a fun day in the Bronx. The Yankees roughed up Johan Santana for 9 earned runs, the most he has ever given up in his career. That pretty much tells the story, but I want to sum up the game with some pictures, and then the boxcore. It's nice to win one with a blowout for once, especially against arguably the best pitcher in baseball (I personally think it's Halladay).

	Final		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		R		H		E
	NY Mets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	NY Yankees	0	4	0	9	0	0	2	0	X	15	17	1

WP: A.J. Burnett (5-3) LP: J. Santana (8-4) HR: NYY - R. Cano (11), H. Matsui (10) The Red Sox lost too so the Yankees are now only 2 games out of first. Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 11 2 Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 X 11 14 2 WP: C. Park (3-1) LP: J. Beckett (7-3)

Tonight the Yankees look to improve their 2009 record against the Red Sox to 1-7. That just sounds really bad. Anyway, I am extra confident tonight because the Yankees have their ace pitching for them. Here is the starting lineup via PeteAbe:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

DH Hideki Matsui

CF Melky Cabrera

C Francisco Cervelli

And on the hill, Charles Carsten Sabathia

Personal Catcher

It appears Cervelli has become CC's personal catcher. I don't particularly like personal catchers because in the playoffs the Yanks would not start Cervelli every time CC pitched. To me it just seems like trouble waiting to happen. Still, this seems to be a Posada issue. How come most experienced, good pitchers who come to New York don't want Posada catching them? Is it just me that notices this?

Redemption...again

Chien-Ming Wang will get another start. This one will come against the Nationals on Wednesday, who despite the fact that they arent too good, they hit right handed pitchers fairly well (.265/.345/.417 to be exact). Wang understands he won't just keep getting chances, “I’m getting one more chance,” he said. “I have to pitch good.” I found this interesting from Pete Abe:

The x-factor in this situation is that Mrs. Wang will have birth induced on Tuesday if she does not have the baby beforehand.

My friends in the Taiwanese media tell me that the birth of a baby is said to bring good luck in Chinese culture. For Wang’s sake, he better hope so.

Wouldn't that be something?

Bruney express

Brian Bruney threw 25 pitches to Berroa and Pena. He will get a rehab assignment in Trenton on Saturday, and if all goes well he could be activated on Tuesday.

Big game today. We need to bounce back and get on track

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Rays at Yankees

The Yankees will try to even their abbreviated three game set with the Rays this afternoon with Joba Chamberlain on the hill against Matt Garza. Matt Garza pitched well against the Yankees earlier in the year, but the Yankees came back and won the game 7-2. The goal of the Yankees should be to get the starters of the Rays out of the game early and go to work on the questionable and beat up bullpen of the Rays. Here are the pregame notes and lineup as always from Peter Abraham.

The Yankees have lost 2 of three and are 8-6 in their last 14. They enter today tied for first in the loss column. It would be nice if they can beat the Rays the next couple of games heading into the Fenway showdown. The Yanks are 2-9 vs the Rays and Red Sox and that has to change.

Yankee Stadium and Tropican Field are the only 2 ballparks in baseball that have given up at least one homerun in every game played there this year.

The Yankees set the record with 18 straight errorless games, since then they have at least one error in 4 straight games, it definitely hurt them yesterday.

Melky Cabrera has 23 rbi's and 11 of them have been to tie the game or give the Yanks the lead in the seventh inning or later.

Big Tex has 12 homeruns and 35 rbi's in his last 26 games, man is he hot not coincidentally he has really shined with A-rod back. Those two have formed a great bond and they should.

Derek Jeter has 11 stolen bases, he stole that many all of last year.

Yankees lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Posada(C)
Matsui(DH)
Swisher(RF)
Cabrera(CF) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:45 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, bullpen, Derek Jeter, games, Joba Chamberlain, lineup, New York Yankes, notes, Peter Abraham, pitched

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Yanks/Rays recap

The New York Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays today by the score of 9-7. CC Sabathia really didn't pitch too bad, he made one bad pitch that was hit for a 3 run homerun. He could of gone back out there for the ninth but in a tie game at home and also a long inning Joe Girardi decided to go with Mo and it backfired. Mariano Rivera who has struggled in tie games over the past couple of years got knocked around giving up 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning. I do like the fact that the Yankees never give up and tried to come back after that with two runs and a couple of shots that was at Upton, if he wasn't playing so deep it may have been a different story. I dont like the fact that the Yankees are now 2-9 against the Sox and Rays. The Rays are 3-0 at Yankee Stadium this year.

Mark Teixeira was a bright spot again with a solo homerun that almost reached the upper deck and a 2 run double. A-rod hit a homerun also and had a couple of walks. The Yankees didn't really do much offensively most of the game. David Price walked a few but was impressive, he really does have great stuff and will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come. Joba Chamberlain will get the ball tomorrow and try to build off his impressive 8 innings last time out. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 7:04 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, game, New York Yankees, runs, story

161st Street

Today the Yankees take the field at 1:05 against David Price and the defending AL Champions, the Tampa Bay Rays. This year the Rays have not lived up to the hype, going into today they are 28-28 and are in 4th place in the AL East (5 games behind the first place Yankees). Yesterday the game was rained out, but today the forecast looks promising, 75 degrees with mostly sunny skies. Here's the lineup via PeteAbe that the Yanks plan to send out today:

SS Derek Sanderson Jeter

LF Johnny David Damon

1B Mark  Charles Teixeira

3B Alex Emmanuel Rodriguez

DH Jorge Rafael Posada

2B Robinson Jose Cano

RF Nick Thompson Swisher

CF Melky Astacio Cabrera

C Francisco Cervelli

And on the mound, Charles Carsten Sabathia

6 days rest

CC is going today on 6 days rest. I think that may hurt him a bit but he says, "I don't care." Okay, fine for me.

Not many new links or stories

However, last night I posted a bunch of links and little stories. Make sure you check it out. Here it is, Rays at Yankees rained out

161st Street

Tonight's game was postponed. I hate rain-outs. Anyways I'll keep you entertained with a few links.

 

Lebron James of baseball

Awesome article by Tom Verducci of SI on the 16 year old sensation, Bryce Harper. You should check out this video of him, to get an idea of what he is like. PS. He wants to be a Yankee.

Scheduled rotation via PeteAbe

Saturday vs. Tampa: Sabathia
Sunday vs. Tampa: Chamberlain
Monday vs. Tampa: Pettitte
Tuesday at Boston: Burnett
Wednesday at Boston: Wang
Thursday at Boston: Sabathia
Friday vs. Mets: Chamberlain
Saturday vs. Mets: Pettitte
Sunday vs. Mets: Burnett

Shelley Tweets

Yep, Shelley Duncan has a Twitter account. Here is the link. So does Nick Swisher, and CC Sabathia (well he hasn't posted since April 30th, I can't blame him). If you find anymore legit player Twitters let me know.

Poor Mets

Everything goes wrong for the cross-town, dumb cousin of the Yanks. Reyes is injured, Putz needs surgery, and on and on and on.

Glavine feels betrayed

Tom feels cheated of the chance to pitch.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Phils at Yanks

The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees play the rubber game of a 3 game series this afternoon at 1:00PM. The game is on the YES network. The Yankees also finish off their 10 game homestand, they are currently 8-1 on this very exciting homestand that has featured 4 walkoffs, plenty of homeruns of course at this new bandbox, some great defense, great games and some good pitching by the Yankees. Here are the notes and lineup via Sam Borden who has filled in admirably for Peter Abraham, Peter will return tomorrow from his week off.

Melky Cabrera's 3 walkoff rbi's this year are the most in a season by a Yankee since Claudell Washington had 4 in 1988.

CC Sabathia's last start against the Phillies was his last start before becoming a yankee as he got rocked in the playoffs by them.

Cole Hamels started slow but is 2-0 with a 2.31 era in his last 5 starts. This should be a great matchup of left handed pitchers.

The teams have combined for 11 homeruns in the 2 games so far and the Yankees have pushed their errorless streak to 10 games which is best in the majors.

Yankees lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Cabrera(RF)
Matsui(DH)
Cervelli(C)
Gardner(CF) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:32 AM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, games, lineup, majors, New York Yankees, notes, Sam Borden, YES network

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/yankees-games pw 123456 !

Monday, April 13, 2009

Game 7: Yankees at Rays (RIP Harry Kalas)

Here is your lineups for todays opening game of a 3 game series with the defending AL champs the Tampa Bay Rays. That still sounds wierd considering how bad they were for so long.

Yankees
Jeter(ss)
Damon(lf)
Swisher(1b)
Posada(c)
Nady(rf)
Cano(2b)
Matsui(dh)
Ransom(3b)
Cabrera(cf)

Rays
Upton(cf)
Crawford(lf)
Longoria(3b)
Pena(1b)
Burrell(dh)
Navarro(c)
Gross(rf)
Iwamura(2b)
Bartlett(ss)

Chien-Ming Wang will try and rebound from his terrible first start, he has had good success in his career against the Rays. He is 5-2 3.74 era in 8 career starts at the Trop. Derek Jeter is 1 for his last 17 and Ransom is 1-20, Melky Cabrera is 9 of his last 43 dating back to last year. Mark Teixera had a MRI today and it was ok, no damage, he expects to be back in the lineup tomorrow.

Alex Rodriguez was in Tampa today and did some light jogging, fielded grounders and hit off a tee and from a coach soft tossing to him. He took 78 swings, 36 off of a tee and 42 from a coach tossing it to him. He worked out on the field for 45 minutes and then met the media after. He said he is dedicated solely to baseball now and wants to be like he was in 07, expect him with the earplugs in before games and not talk too much. The bottom line is he has to produce and help the Yankees win a championship then no one cares about anything else. He said the month in Colorado really allowed him to look at things and reevaluate and he knows he has to put the other things to the side and only concentrate on baseball. He said his hip had been bothering him since last June and he can tell now that something was fixed. I expect to see him on the bench and maybe here more from him pregame tonight. Peter Abraham of the Journal News and http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ had a lot of this info on his blog so thanks goes out to him, if you don't already do so make sure you check out his blog, he does a great job.


Harry Kalas the longtime phillies announcer passed away today at the age of 73, condolences go out to his family and the Phillies family as that is a great loss to them. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 3:50 PM 0 comments Labels: Alex Rodriguez, baseball, Derek Jeter, family media relations, Mark Teixera, MRI, New York Yankees, Peter Abraham

OK here it is:

 

Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stealthshot1

The password is then: stealth

 

If there are any problems please comment and I will try my best to help clear things up.

Enjoy the game and check back for the link to the next game

How exciting is the new Yankee's stadium? And I don't mean just the looks... all the technology put into this place is just amazing. I really can't wait to experience it! I mean, they are even going to have flat-screen tv's in the bathrooms! I'm sure there's many guys out there who will be livin' up their dreams with that one haha. I thought another really neat thing was the touch screens they are gunna have where you can order food and whatnot right from where you're sitting, but also can be used to interact with players while they are in their locker room. How sweet would that be to chat it up with your favorite player? Granted you have to be in the super expensive sections to do this right now... but I can dream, right? I thought the fact that they added stuff into the system that will be really helpful towards fans when it comes to getting out of the stadium and getting home was a great touch. Anything to make the event experience less frustrating and even more fun is awesome in my book. After a game, you can use the system to look up traffic, subway routes and any emergency information you might need. That'd all be especially great for new-comers to the area! Well, that's the stuff that I found to be the coolest about it. And damn did it cost a lot of money! I bet the flyers they give out on the first day the stadium is open for opening game will be worth something someday... so if you're going, hold onto it!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Yankees lineup for tonights game

Here is the Yankees lineup for tonights game.

1. Posada(c)
2.Damon(lf)
3.Swisher(1b)
4. Matsui(dh)
5. Nady(rf)
6. Ransom(3b)
7. Cabrera(cf)
8. Berroa(2b)
9. Pena(ss)

AJ Burnett gets the start against his former team followed by MO, Edwar Ramirez and Dan Giese. Don't forget the game is on YES tonight at 7:00pm. I don't know if anyone is going to the Cubs games to open the stadium April 3 and 4th but they went on presale today for the season ticket holders and will go on sale for everyone else I believe March 27th. I am pretty sure they will sell out by then, what I don't understand is why full season ticket holders get first dibs on the extra tickets, they already have them all including the Cubs games, it doesn't seem fair to me. If anyone has an opinion on this or some more information I would love to hear from you. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 4:07 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, stadium, ticket sales, tickets, Yes

Spring Game 22: Yankees at Astros

So Wang gets the start today and the Astros wont let the Yankees use the DH. This should be bad flashbacks but when Wang gets up there he will not swing or run, hopefully he won't walk, if the pitcher falls behind he better just swing and miss on purpose. The team is coming together nicely but wont be full for a while still with Team USA and Jeter advancing. Arod of course is rehabbing but it has been nice and quiet without him and Cody Ransom is doing a great job filling in so far. Brett Tomko will pitch today and try to continue to impress for the long relief job which suddenly has a new entrant, none other then Kei Igawa who Joe Girardi says you cant help but notice.
UPDATE: The Astros decided to let the Yankees use the DH so Robinson Cano is in there batting second and Wang is off the hook.

Spring Game 22: Yankees at Astros

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Some random notes for a quiet Saturday

I can't believe I forgot about this yesterday but the San Francisco Giants and Tim Lincecum avoided arbitration. He signed a 2 year deal for 23 million. It would of been really interesting to see what would of happened in arbitration and coming out of it. It is good they settled though for him and the team.

The Yankees apparently have targeted a cuban defector as the successor to Derek Jeter at shortstop. Here is the story from George King of the New York Post. The Yankees have gone down this road before with El Duque who had great success with the Yankees. They also had Jose Contreras who was not as good as they thought and Juan Miranda who has been good in the minors but has not made it to the majors regularly yet. They also bombed out with Adrian Hernandez and Andy Morales. We will see what happens but usually if the Yankees want someone they will get him.

Scott Richmond of the Toronto Blue Jays suffered a shoulder injury while preparing for spring training. He was hoping to make the rotation, he will now be behind the other pitchers due to this injury.

The Washington Nationals have interest in veteran right hander Kris Benson. He hasn't pitched a full season since 2006 when he was with the Orioles. His wife is the more famous one, Anna Benson who once said that if she caught him cheating she would sleep with the whole team he was on. His agent is saying he is now 100 percent healthy and had a good workout in front of several teams.

This will probably be the extent of the blogging today as it is really quiet. We will get heated up though starting on Wednesday with pitchers and catchers. Everyone take a deep breath and relax and then lets get going with the Baseball season finally. I hope everyone will comment and start discussions on here as we go through spring training and then the season. I welcome any and all suggestions even if they are against me or a criticism. Just remember to keep it clean and I will get back to everyone.

I almost forgot to I had a article published on www.numberonebaseball.com this morning. It is a 2010 season preview for the Yankees. I also did one for the New York Mets but I am not sure when that will be published. Please check it out and also read me on that website and keep coming back here for more news and insight, I thank you for all the support and continued support. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 2:51 PM 0 comments Labels: agent, arbitration, baseball, blog, George King, New York Mets, New York Yankees, NY Post, regular season, spring training, story, Tim Lincecum, writers

Monday, January 11, 2010

More on Mark McGwire

Here is the story on Mark McGwire and his confession. I personally wouldn't vote for him for the Hall Of Fame if I had a vote. I don't think he is one with or without steroids and these guys that did it really annoy me, i know A-rod and Barry Bonds did it also but in my mind they are Hall Of Famers either way and before they did it they still put up amazing numbers. I think it is guys like Sosa and McGwire who may only be Hall Of Fame worthy because of the homeruns that won't make it now because of using steroids. I think there will be some interesting cases that will test this steroid thing out, a great example will be Roger Clemens.

I think the only reason Big Mac admitted to it now is because he realized that once he arrived in spring training all the questions would start and he had to do something as not to be a distraction to the St Louis Cardinals. I wonder if it will all go away or will he still have to deal with a lot during the season, riducule from fans in other ballparks and what about the players he is trying to teach?? Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:07 PM 0 comments Labels: Alex Rodriguez, ballparks, Barry Bonds, baseball, Baseball Hall of Fame, blog, homeruns, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, spring training, steroids, story

Yankee fans are in 27th heaven! The New York Yankees have won the World Series for the 27th time last night and they won in the inaugural season of the New Yankee Stadium. Ask anybody and they would tell you this championship was for the boss, George Steinbrenner. All I can say is WOW! I am in shock right now because it has been nine long years since this has happened but Yankee fans including myself kinda expected this after the aggressiveness of the Yankees' front office in the free agency market during the off season. CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira = Money Well Spent! Congratulations Yankees!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Yankees at Phillies-World Series Game 5

The Yankees will play tonight at 7:57 on Fox, they are one win away from their 27th title.
The Yankees have held a 3-1 lead in the World Series eight previous times and they've won the title each time (six times in Game 5, two times in Game 6). I think tonight is going to be a tough task with Cliff Lee on the mound against them but A.J. Burnett pitched brilliant in game 2 and has done very well in the past on 3 days rest. Here are the pregame notes and lineups via Sam Borden of the Journal News.

The Yankees have used only three starters throughout the postseason and they are the first team to reach the World Series with a three-man rotation since the 1992 Braves (Maddux, Glavine, Avery). The last team to win the World Series with three starters came a year before that, when the 1991 Twins (Morris, Tapani, Erickson) beat Atlanta.

The 15 runs scored by the Yankees in Games 3 and 4 marks their biggest World Series outburst since they scored 18 runs over Games 1 and 2 of the 1998 World Series against San Diego. The Yankees haven't been hitting but I think it is a combination of who is pitching for the Phillies and th small ballpark in Philly.

Mariano Rivera made his 11th appearance of the postseason in Game 4, matching his career high (also 2001). The only games in which he hasn't pitched are Game 4 of the ALCS and Game 1 of the World Series. Rivera has thrown more than one inning five out of 11 times and more than two innings three times, recording a 0.63 ERA in 14 1/3 innings while striking out 13. I wonder with a lead if the Yankees will go to MO in the 8th tonight with a chance to wrap things up, i am guessing yes but we will see.

The middle of the Yankees order hasn't been a consistent producer during the World Series with Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez combining to go 3-for-28 with 13 strikeouts. Rodriguez's two hits, at least, have been meaningful - he homered in Game 3 and drove in the decisive run in Game 4. It looks like A-rod has awoken maybe by getting hit all these times they woke a sleeping giant.

When Johnny Damon stole second and third base in the ninth inning of Game 4, he became the 13th player to record two stolen bases in an inning in the World Series. The last was Tampa Bay's B.J. Upton in Game 3 last year. That was such a heads up play by Damon but I think he gave a lot of people heart failure.

The Yankees have been hit by five pitches in the World Series, one shy of the World Series record. Pittsburgh was hit by six in 1909 and Arizona was hit by six (from Yankees pitchers) in 2001, both of which were seven-game series.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Swisher(RF)
Cano(2B)
Gardner(CF)
Molina(C)
Burnett(P)

Phillies Lineup:
Rollins(SS)
Victorino(CF)
Utley(2B)
Howard(1B)
Werth(RF)
Ibanez(LF)
Feliz(3B)
Ruiz(C)
Lee(P)

Ramiro Pena is replacing Melky Cabrera on the roster as he is out with a hamstring injury. The Yankees are able to replace him on the roster with approval by MLB if they feel he won't play anymore games this season. He injured himself late in last nights game running to first base. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:32 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, injury, Joe Girardi, Lineups, Mariano Rivera, Melky Cabrera, New York Yankees, notes, Philadelphia Phillies

Angels answer back

The New York Yankees lost to the Anaheim Angels by the score of 5-4 in 11 innings this evening. Andy Pettitte started the game and pitched well except for one huge mistake giving up a 2 run homerun to Vlady Guerrero with 2 outs and 2 strikes. The curious thing was that Joe Girardi came out to talk to them right before the homerun and looked right at Jorge Posada. I am guessing as were the announcers that he was saying don't throw a strike and yes Pettitte missed his spot but why not just throw something in the dirt and get him to chase. The Yankees also had many chances going 0-8 with RISP and that just won't cut it. The worst decision of the game and the one that ultimately cost the Yankees was taking Dave Robertson out of the game when he got 2 easy outs for Alfredo Aceves who gave up a single and double to lose the game, this just makes no sense when it wasn't like one guy had great numbers and the other didn't against Kendrick. Robertson had faced him twice and Aceves never faced him. Joe Girardi was upset after the game and just said they liked the matchup better but cut the interview short and wouldn't talk about it. The Yankees really need to start scoring other ways then just hitting homeruns. The Yankees once again didn't play great at least not from a offensive standpoint but are still in control of this series and have to feel good about CC going tomorrow against Scott Kazmir. If the Yankees can win tomorrow they will be in great shape no matter what happens in Game 5. A-rod hit another homerun and so did Derek Jeter but Tex, Cano, Swisher and Cabrera are really killing the Yankees, I wonder if Girardi will sit Swisher tomorrow and go with Gardner in center and either Hairston or Melky in right. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:02 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi, New York Yankees, offense, Pitching

I feel like I haven't done this in years...Here is tonight's starting lineup via Pete Abe:

SS Derek Sanderson Jeter

LF Johnny David Damon

1B Mark Charles Teixeira

3B Alex Emanuel Rodriguez

DH Hideki Matsui

C Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta

2B Robinson Jose Cano

RF Nick Thompson Swisher

CF Brett M. Gardner

And on the mound, Chad Edward Guadin

 

Please come back Robertson!

David Robertson who is recovering from elbow pain, threw in the bullpen today according to Pete Abe. Every time Brian Bruney pitches Yankee fans realize how valuable Robertson is to the Yankees.

Yankees at Mariners(The Rubber Game)

The New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at 4:00PM on the Yes network. The Yankees bounced back nicely yesterday from a bad loss on Friday. The Yankees lost on a 2 run walkoff homerun on friday by Ichiro and won yesterday 10-1. The Yankees are 6 games ahead of the Red Sox and 6 1/2 ahead of the Angels. Joba will take on Ian Snell today, how many innings will Joba go today, maybe 5 we will see. I have a feeling Ian Kennedy may pitch after him which would be cool. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham.

Hideki Matsui is 17 of 40 with 12 rbi's. He is second on the team with 86 rbi's but only 8th in plate appearances. It will be interesting to see this offseason, you can't bring him and Damon back but they are making it tough.

Johnny Damon is 6 for 8 in this series with 3 doubles.

Mark Teixeira is first in the AL with 118 rbi's and second in homers with 37, he is also batting 289.

Robinson Cano is batting 368 this month and is a career 351 hitter in Sept and Oct. That is the best among active players.

Joba in his last 2 starts has shown some progress pitching 7 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 runs with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. Dave Eiland the pitching coach thinks he fixed a hitch in his delivery and that is the difference, hopefully they are right.

Mariano Rivera has appeared in at least 60 games 12 times in his career. The record is 13 held by Mike Stanton.

The Yankees bullpen has a 3.47 era since Phil Hughes joined it. It was 4.88 prior to that so he has been a huge difference. Opposing hitters are 1-16 with runners in scoring position against Hughes since he became a reliever.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Matsui(DH)
Posada(C)
Cano(2B)
Cabrera(RF)
Gardner(CF) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 1:43 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, Joba Chamberlain, Lineups, New York Yankees, notes, offense, Peter Abraham, Phil Hughes, reliever

Going into last night's game, Derek Sanderson Jeter was tied with Lou Gehrig with 2,721 hits for the most hits ever by a Yankee. The game did not start on time due to rain, but it seemed like every fan remained in the stadium, anxious to see Jeter break the record. When the game finally started around 8:20, Jeter struck out in his first at bat. But, in his second at bat, with a 2-0 count, Jeter a little line drive inside the 1st base line, and picked up career hit 2,722, to put him on top of the Yankees all time hit list. The fans gave Jeter a lengthy two and a half minute ovation as he stood on first base, the ovation would have gone on longer if there hadn't been a game to play. During the ovation, Jeter's teammates came onto the field to give him a hug.

Here is the video of the record breaking hit.

Here is the interview of Jeter which actually took place during the second rain delay.

Last night Andy Pettitte and the Yankees defeated the Rangers by the score of 9-2, but don't be deceived, it wasn't a one-sided game, until the bottom of the 7th when the Yankees scored 5 runs, it was a 4-2 ballgame. Andy Pettitte was strong through 7 innings allowing only 2 runs and striking out 7, and Brian Bruney and Phil Coke came in the finish off the game. Today the Yankees have a quick turn-around as they play a day game. Here is the starting lineup:

SS Derek Jeter

LFJohnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

2B Robinson Cano

CF Melky Cabrera

C Jose Molina

And on the mound, AJ Burnett

Injury Updates

• Alex Rodriguez - Obviously he is okay as he is in the starting lineup, but as you may know he fouled a pitch off his left foot last night during the 8th inning and left the game in the 9th. However, he is okay, he just has a bruised foot.
• Jorge Posada - In the 8th inning last night Posada was hit in the left ring finger by a foul ball, and immediately left the game. Supposedly, this re-aggravated an injury he suffered a couple weeks ago. Posada underwent x-rays which were negative, and he is day-to-day. Look for him to get a few days off since the Yankees have a 6 game lead and probably don't want to risk further injuring Posada.

Is Phil Hughes still with the Yankees?

So far this month(which is now 26 days old) Phil Hughes has pitched a whopping 8 innings. I don't really understand why the Yankees aren't using him, but his innings limit is not the problem (he has plenty of innings left since the Yankees moved him to the bullpen). I understand the Yankees want to be careful with him, and they might not want to use him in unnecessary situations, but they have to if they want to keep  him loose and ready to pitch in a big spot.

Last night the Yankees lost to the Rangers by the score of 10-9. I happened to be at Yankee Stadium to witness the loss. For the most part, the game was not that enjoyable to watch, Joba was dreadful, and the Yankees let Kevin Millwood get away after scoring 4 runs against him in the 1st inning. But in the 9th inning, with the Yankees down 10-5, things got interesting. The Yankees brought the game to 10-9 and still had no outs and men on 1st and 2nd, but from there the rally died. Nick Swisher popped out on a questionable bunt attempt (River Avenue Blues has an interesting post about the bunt, and bunting in general), and then Melky hit a line drive to the Rangers' shortstop and Jerry Hairston Jr. was doubled up at 2nd to end the game.

Quick Stadium Review

• Last night was the first game at the stadium that I have been to since earlier in the season, and from the looks of it, the new Yankee Stadium is really the Yankees home now, instead of just an attractive new ballpark.
• In the 9th inning during the Yankees rally, the stadium much louder than I've heard it all season (despite the fact that several fans had left). And I was at the game where Melky Cabrera got a walk off base hit against the Phillies, the stadium got load then, but not as loud as last night.
• I finally got to visit the new Monument Park, and while it was very nice, I still don't like how it is covered up by the Mohegan Sun sports bar.

The Derek Jeter problem

The New York Yankees have a upcoming issue with Derek Jeter. I am sure most of you are thinking what is this guy nuts, how could there be a problem when he is having one of his best seasons all around. The problem is this Derek isn't getting any younger, his contract is up at the end of next year. I would not expect a older Derek Jeter to play SS if his range is severely limited and he just can't play there anymore. Most SS that were offensive players also moved to another position, it is just too physically demanding of a position to stay there, Cal Ripken, Robin Yount and others moved. The problem is this Derek Jeter is not a willing participant if you read some of his comments he is hinting at it. Peter Abraham on his Yankees Lohud Blog had a quote from Jeter where he said he jokes around with Joe Girardi about being a DH in 5 years but then when asked by Peter Abraham could you see a 41 yr old Jeter at DH, he smiled and said you could see a 41 yr old Jeter at SS. The sunday NY post always has a Q and A with a sports star and a few weeks back it was with Jeter and he also said in there that he never thinks about another position because he is a SS and that is where he intends on staying. The problem for the Yankees is this, Derek Jeter is their captain he is beloved and should never be anything other then a Yankee so they may have to do whatever he wants not only with the postion but also his contract but they also have to do what is best for their organization and what they think will be most conducive to them winning. This is going to be a very hard thing to go through and I wouldn't want to be the one to have to go talk to Derek Jeter, stay tuned for the drama. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:32 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, Cal Ripken, captain, contract, Derek Jeter, Dominican team, New York Yankees, organization, Peter Abraham, position players, Robin Yount, shortstops

Yanks smack Boston around

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park by the score of 20-11. They have now won 5 in a row over Boston and have a 7 1/2 game lead in the AL East. The Yankees have now also got the monkey off their back of not winning in Boston this season. Andy Pettitte got the start and wasn't great, he went 5 innings giving up 7 hits and 7 runs, 5 of them earned with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Brian Bruney pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up 1 hit and 3 walks. Damaso Marte returned from the DL and got both guys he faced out, one on a strikeout. Damaso Marte if good can be a very useful piece for the Yankees as he would be the 2nd lefty out of the pen. Sergio Mitre finished off the game with 2 innings giving up 4 runs on 4 hits.

The offense had many stars, everyone had at least one hit and the only guy not to have multiple hits was Robinson Cano. Hideki Matsui was the offensive star though with 2 homeruns and 7 rbi's. Derek Jeter had 3 more hits to continue being the hottest hitter in baseball. A-rod broke out of his slump with 4 hits. The Yankees will take the win but it wasn't the pretties game, they made some mistakes and didn't get good pitching. The Yankees will send A.J. Burnett to the hill tomorrow to face Junichi Tazawa which is a mismatch, the Yankees also have their big bullpen guys ready to go since they saved them all tonight. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:36 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, All Star game, Andy Pettitte, baseball, blog, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, offense, Pitching

CC looking like an Ace

The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland A's 7-2 last night in a sloppy game for the A's. CC Sabathia pitched very well going 8 innings with 5 hits, 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. He gave up two solo homeruns early and then was in trouble in the 4th with two men on and one out but got out of it and then went into full lockdown mode, only one guy reached base the rest of the game. CC Sabathia is now 4-0 this month with a 2+ era. David Robertson pitched a scoreless ninth walking a couple of guys but then not giving anything else up. CC Sabathia earlier in the year was struggling and a lot of people were worried but he sure looks like an Ace now and he said he would get better as the season wore on and that is what you want.

The offense was once again led by the Captain Derek Jeter who had 3 hits for the 3rd straight game. Johnny Damon had a couple of hits and a rbi, A-rod had a hit, rbi and 2 walks. Hideki Matsui had a couple of hits, rbi and walk. Jorge Posada had a hit and 2 rbi's and Melky Cabrera had a couple of hits. The Yankees will try and win the series tonight before heading to Boston and enjoying a day off tomorrow before the big 3 game series starting Friday night. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 8:00 AM 0 comments Labels: ace, baseball, blog, Boston Red Sox, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, hits, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, offense, Pitching

Yankees at Mariners(Going for the sweep)

The New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners at 4:10 today on the YES network. Joba Chamberlain makes the start. The Yankees will try and win their 7th game in a row. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham.

The Yankees are 36 and 11 in their last 47 games. This is an amazing run, not much to complain about.

The Yankees are 5-1 against Seattle this year and have outscored them 20-5 in this series.

Derek Jeter needs one hit to tie for the record for most hits ever by a SS. He will be tied with Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio.

The Yankees bullpen has been unbelievable giving up 0 runs in their last 12 2/3 innings, 1 in their last 19 2/3 and 3 in their last 30 1/3. They have also struck out 31 in their last 30 1/3 and given up 22 hits.

Jerry Hairston Jr. is 9 of 26 with 3 xbh and 6 rbi's as a Yankee.

Robinson Cano has a 13 game hitting streak going 24 of 57 with 9 xbh. He has 51 multiple hit games this season only trailing Ichiro who has 56. Robinson Cano has had a great season other then not being great with runners in scoring position although he seems to be getting better with that lately. He may even win a gold glove this year.

Melky Cabrera has played every inning in CF since Brett Gardner went down, he may need a rest. He is 6 of his last 48.

Joba after being almost unhittable in his first 3 starts after the break has struggled in his last 2. He has allowed 8 runs on 11 hits and 9 walks over 11 innings.

Derek Jeter has 4 homeruns in his last 8 games.

The Yankees are 33-26 away from Yankee stadium.

Hideki Matsui has fluid on his left knee and is day to day. Mo may not be available today.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(DH)
A-rod(3B)
Posada(C)
Swisher(1B)
Hinske(RF)
Hairston(CF)
Pena(2B)

Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 2:58 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, AL East, baseball, blog, bullpen, Derek Jeter, homeruns, Joba Chamberlain, lineup, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham, Pitching, Seattle Mariners, series, standings, sweep

This afternoon the Yankees look for the sweep of the Mariners as they send out the following lineup via Pete Abe:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

DH Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

C Jorge Posada

1B Nick Swisher

RF Eric Hinske

CF Jerry Hairston Jr.

2B Ramiro Pena

And on the mound, Joba Chamberlain

Matsui's knee acting up (again)

Hideki Matsui had fluid drained from his left knee and is day to day. What else is knew?

What's going on here?

Damaso Marte's (yeah he used to be a pitcher) 30 day rehab stint ended two days ago, and the Yankees either had to put him on the 25 man roster, or come up with some other excuse such as an injury to keep him in rehab. Well according to Pete Abe, the Yankees announced that he has been indefinitely excused from the team for “personal reasons." This is very strange to me, I have to wonder if these personal reasons are real, or if the Yankees are just making random excuses. But, I wouldn't be surprised if he does have some personal issues...hey...who knows?

Flashes of 1998

This current Yankee team is really reminding people of 1998, back when the Yankees won 114 games and went on to win the World Series. Anyway, according to Baseball Prospectus, the Yankees have a 99.1% chance of making the playoffs. That's pretty damn good, but it ain't over till it's over.

Yanks cap another great homestand with walkoff win

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 4-3 this afternoon in 11 innings. A.J. Burnett got the start and battled his way through 6 innings giving up 3 runs, he had 7 strikeouts with only 2 walks but Jorge Posada really had a tough time catching him today. He gave up a season high 10 hits. Dave Robertson and Phil Hughes each pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Robertson had a strikeout and Phil Hughes had a couple of strikeouts. Chad Gaudin making his Yankees debut got the win with 2 scoreless innings. He really looked good, he has pretty good stuff it is just a matter of him being consistand and having good location. He will get the start on Sunday with Sergio Mitre on Saturday. I know people have been asking why Mitre again and I feel the same way but with Joba being pushed back to Wednesday and it looking like this is what they have to do the rest of the year they need Mitre to be in the rotation and they figure there hitting can cover it up and win some of those games. I am sure also with a 6 game lead it is much easier to do this. I know a lot of people also don't believe in this innings cap but it is proven now in Baseball that you have to be very careful with young pitchers, the guys who pitched a lot of innings the last couple of years were Justin Verlander who had a couple off years after making the world series until this year, Mike Pelfrey who has struggled the Tampa pitchers etc, I think you get the idea. I do want to point out also though this is only the regular season the Yankees said it doesn't matter in the postseason so he will be pitching a game 3 or 4.

The offense was led by Robinson Cano hitting a solo homerun and also having a walkoff single which would of been a double if it had to be. Derek Jeter got hit by a pitch in the first inning and had to leave the game, he wants to play tomorrow but I think he may have the day off. Jorge Posada got beat up also today but seems to be ok and the big news from after the game was that Mariano was creaky according to Joe Girardi, he said he isn't worried but of course with a older pitcher you have to be somewhat concerned. The manager said he expects him to be ok for tomorrow but we will have to see. A-rod got hit in the elbow in the 11th and was in obvious pain but stayed in and scored the winning run, he will be off tomorrow as was scheduled anyway but lets see after that, hopefully that will be all he needs. Johnny Damon had a couple of hits a walk and rbi. That was about it for the Yankees offense as they really didn't have a good game today. The Yankees will begin a 4 game series with Seattle tomorrow night. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:06 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, catching, Derek Jeter, Home run derby, homeruns, innings, Jorge Posada, offense, pitch, Pitching, postseason, Robinson Cano, runs, start, strikeouts, walkoffs

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Yankees take game with late heroics

The New York Yankees won a tough game tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5. Joba Chamberlain got the start and went 6 innings giving up 4 runs on 5 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Brian Bruney pitched a scorless seventh with a strikeout and Phil Coke got 2 outs in the 8th and then David Robertson got the last out before Mariano Rivera converted his 29th straight save. Joba wasn't great but he wasn't terrible either he just has to get more consistant and that is part of learning to be a pitcher, he is still 23 years old and everyone has to remember that.

The offense started off with a bang and then looked flat for a few innings before striking in the 8th to score 3 runs, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back to back solo homeruns and then Johnny Damon added a rbi single and so did Melky Cabrera. Damon had 2 other hits and Derek Jeter went 3 for 5 also. Mark Teixeira had a hit, walk and rbi, A-rod had a walk and Jorge Posada also had another hit and rbi other then the homerun. Robinson Cano had 2 hits and Eric Hinske and Melky Cabrera had 1 and Melky had 2 rbi's. The Yankees will try and take the series tomorrow in a matinee game with A.J. Burnett taking on Ricky Romero before they head out to Seattle for 4 games. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:14 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, Derek Jeter, games, homeruns, Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, offense, pitcher, series, strikeout, walk

Monday, August 10, 2009

Yanks 7 game winning streak ends

The New York Yankees lost to the Toronto Blue Jays tonight by the score of 5-4. Sergio Mitre started and I would think this was his last chance, he gave up 5 runs in 5 innings. He is the 5th starter and if that is your biggest problem then your in really good shape. The bottom line though is he hasn't pitched one good game, he always goes 5 innings or less and you just can't have that. Alfredo Aceves was great though on the bright side saving the bullpen by pitching 4 shutout innings. You do have to wonder if they were trying to stretch him out, it will be interesting to see if Joe Girardi says anything about Mitre's next start in postgame or if he will say the usual he pitched ok and he is in our rotation. Chad Gaudin is here but hasn't pitched yet so maybe he will move into Mitres spot also.

The offense was ok but not great, Jerry Hairston Jr., Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano all had solo homeruns. Nick Swisher had a sac fly but struck out to end the game with a runner on first. The 9th inning showed where they really miss Brett Gardner because after Hideki Matsui singled, Ramiro Pena came in to run for him, if that was Gardner he would of stolen and it could of changed the whole inning but Pena was just there in case they hit one in the gap he could get further then Matsui but never thought of stealing. The Yankees will send Joba Chamberlain to the mound tomorrow and try and start a new winning streak. I know a lot of people will say see this was a let down but it wasn't that at all, they played a good game but Mitre was pitching and that sets the tone and they didn't quite score enough but they weren't dead at all. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:31 PM 0 comments Labels: All Star game, baseball, blog, bullpen, homeruns, Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, streak, Toronto Blue Jays

Last night Alex Rodriguez, Johhny Damon and Mark Teixeira powered the Yankees to a 4 game sweep of the Boston Red Sox. Let's break down each game, and see how the Yankees were able to accomplish this incredible feat.

Thursday - Yankees 13, Red Sox 6

• This was the ugliest of the 4 games played.
• Joba Chamberlain started for the Yankees, and he only went 5 innings while allowing 4 runs.
• However, the Yankees out slugged the Red Sox (knocking John Smoltz out of a job with the Red Sox, and possibly ending his career). The Yankees scored 8 runs in the 4th inning, to make it a 9-3 ballgame, and  they never looked back from there.

Friday - Yankees 2, Red Sox 0

• As you know, this was the epic game that went 15 innings before a runner even touched home plate
• A.J. Burnett shut out the Red Sox for 7.2 innings, and only allowed 1 hit which was against the first batter of the game.
• Alex Rodriguez sent Yankee fans home happy in the 15th inning with a walk off 2 run home run.

Saturday - Yankees 5, Red Sox 0

• CC Sabathia followed up A.J. Burnett with his own stellar performance, going 7.2 innings and only allowing 2 hits.
• Mark Teixeira drove in a run with 2 outs in the 3rd, and that's all the Yankees would need.
• However, the Yankees scored 4 more runs, including a two run home run by Jeter, which allowed Mariano Rivera to take the day off.

Sunday - Yankees 5, Red Sox 2

• Andy Pettifog pitched a dandy going 7 scoreless innings.
• In the the 7th inning, Alex Rodriguez hit a solo home run to put the Yankees up 1-0.
• Unfortunately, Victor Martinez hit a 2 run home run in the 8th to put the Red Sox up 2-1, and he broke the 31 scoreless innings for the Red Sox. I'd like to think that the 31 scoreless innings were payback for the 29 laptops that Clay Buchholz stole back in 2005, and the extra two innings were just for fun (or maybe the symbolized the two rims stolen off Buchholz's car this past July)
• Fortunately, before the Red Sox could even celebrate, Johnny Damon hit a solo shot to tie the game in the 8th, followed by a towering blast by Mark Teixeira to put the Yankees in the lead. Nick Swisher hit a tack on 2 run single later in the inning.

So in the end, the Yankees are 6.5 games up in the AL East, and the Red Sox are tied with Texas for the wild card lead. Plus, the Red Sox have not won a game against a team over .500 since June 13th against the Phillies. Life is good.

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A-rod hits 2 run walkoff in Classic game

I have managed to stay up for this great game. I am not going to do the statistics like I usually do. The pitching was the name of the game tonight for both teams, A.J. Burnett and Josh Beckett were just brilliant, A.J. gave up 1 hit in 7 2/3 innings and Beckett gave up 3 hits in 7 innings. The bullpens were equally brilliant as both teams pretty much used everyone. The Yankees have had a few chances but couldn't get the one big hit.

Ok as I am writing this A-rod hits a 2 run walkoff homerun. He said it best everyone is exhausted including me so I am going to go to bed while watching the post game and will be back tomorrow with more. This was some game and now the yankees have a 4 1/2 game lead and can really stomp on the Sox, this has to be crushing for them as they used their whole pen that was already tired and they have Clay Bucholz going tomorrow. CC needs to come up big and get the Yanks a win and a chance for a 4 game sweep. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:32 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, All Star game, baseball, Boston Red Sox, bullpens, homerun, New York Yankees, Pitching, stats, walkoffs

More from last nights classic

That game was the longest a Yankees/Red Sox game has gone being scoreless.

Junichi Tazawa was making his major league debut replacing Hall Of Famer John Smoltz on the roster.

A-rod ended his longest single season homerun drought with his walkoff in the 15th at 72 at bats.

You knew how much this game meant when you saw Josh Beckett and A.J. Burnett hanging out in the dugout when usually they would be in the locker room. CC Sabathia also hung around, he is today's starting pitcher. The Yankees clubhouse is so big and nice though maybe he just slept there last night.

It was amazing how many bad swings there were, it was like no matter who came in to those last couple of innings, no one was going to hit them.

The Yankees only used Hughes for 1/3 of an inning and Mo for 1 inning so they will be ready to go today. Bucholz is pitching for Boston and their bullpen is depleted a bit, this could be interesting for them.

The stadium was finally alive and most people stayed right to the end, i give them credit but it was a friday night and how could you leave that game. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:50 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, All Star game, Boston Red Sox, CC Sabathia, classic, clubhouse, homerun, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, rivalry, stadium, swings

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Yanks beat Sox again

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox this afternoon by the score of 5-0. CC Sabathia dominated for 7 2/3 innings giving up 0 runs on 2 hits with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. Phil Hughes came in and struck out the only guy he faced and David Robertson finished off the shutout in the ninth giving up a couple of hits but striking out Big Papi to end the game. A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia were signed over the winter for moments like this and they really stepped it up this weekend pitching brilliantly and earning there pinstripes, you can envision them both pitching well the rest of the way and into the playoffs. There is one game tomorrow but the Yankees have stepped up and shut the critics up and proved that right now they are the best team in the AL east. The offense hasn't been too good the last couple of days but they have done enough to win.

Robinson Cano was the only Yankee with multiple hits today going 3 for 4, Derek Jeter had a 2 run homerun for his only hit. Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira, Hideki Matsui, Melky Cabrera and Jose Molina had a hit each. The bottom line is this the Yankees want to win a championship and to do that they need pitching and defense and just enough hitting and right now they are doing all of that, a lot of people have been saying they can't beat the good teams but I don't think they are saying that anymore. Andy Pettitte will be on the mound tomorrow against Jon Lester which will be a tough game but the Yankees have it set up for Pettitte to go 6 innings and then they can turn it over to Phil Hughes, Phil Coke, Mariano Rivera and hope to sweep the Red Sox and leave them 6 1/2 games out and maybe knock them out of the wildcard for now.

A couple of quick notes, Josh Towers was on the team today, he will be gone tomorrow when they put Chad Gaudin on the roster. Gaudin will be out of the bullpen for now but I expect him to be starting pretty soon although they can have him caddy with Sergio Mitre. The reason Josh Towers was brought up today is just in case CC had to leave the game early or they went to extra innings again, they would of been in trouble and he would of been a guy who could give them length. The Red Sox were shutout in back to back games for the first time since 2002. They are now under 500 on the road and really reeling. The Yankees are 12-1 in their last 13 home games. These 3 games Yankee stadium has been sold out and really rocking like the old stadium, it still isn't the old stadium but this was a huge step in the right direction. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:04 PM 0 comments Labels: A.J. Burnett, All Star game, baseball, blog, Boston Red Sox, CC Sabathia, Championship, hit, homerun, New York Yankees, Pitching, playoffs, rivalry

Last night Alex Rodriguez hit a walk off two run homer (the only runs of the game!) to defeat the Red Sox in 15 innings. Last night's game was easily the biggest game of the season so far for the Yankees, their pitching dueled the Red Sox pitching for 15 innings in what would become an instant classic. If I didn't mention everything that happened in this game, it wouldn't be fair, so I am going to sum it up inning by inning. Here we go!

1st inning

Red Sox - Jacoby Ellsbury started off the game with a single past a diving Swisher, and then Dustin Pedroia walked. It looked like a bad way to start the game off for the Yankees, but little did we know that Burnett would not allow a hit for the rest of the game! Burnett would get Victor Martinez to ground out into a double play, and then he got David Ortiz to ground out after walking Kevin Youkilis.

Yankees - The Yankees would go 3 up 3 down against Beckett as Jeter lined out, Damon struck out looking, and Teixeira grounded out.

2nd inning

Red Sox - This time Burnett would look better as he got J.D. Drew to ground out, Jason Varitek to strike out, and Josh Reddick to fly out.

Yankees - The Yankees would go 3 up 3 down again as Rodriguez took strike 3, Matsui grounded out, and Posada struck out swinging.

3rd inning

Red Sox - Nick Green flies out, Ellsbury grounds out, Pedroia walks only to be caught stealing by Jorge Posada.

Yankees - The Yankees get their first base runner of the game as Robinson Cano doubles, then Swisher walked, but Melky grounded into a double play and Jeter grounded out to end the inning.

4th inning

Red Sox - Victor Martinez flew out to start the inning, then Youkilis walked, but David Ortiz hit into a double play to end the inning.

Yankees - Damon called out on strikes, Teixeira lines out, and Rodriguez flies out...3 up 3 down.

5th inning

Red Sox - J.D. Drew grounds out, Varitek lines out, and Reddick called out on strikes...3 up 3 down.

Yankees - They finnally got something going this inning...Hideki singled to start the inning, followed by a single by Posada, then Cano hit one as hard as you can but right at J.D. Drew for the first out of the inning, Matsui did not tag up. After Cano, Swisher was called out on strikes, 2 outs. Then Melky walked to load the bases for Jeter, who grounded out to end the inning, no runs score.

6th inning

Red Sox - The inning started out poorly for Burnett, he walked Nick Green to start the inning, then Ellsbury reached on catcher's interference by Posada. But then Burnett got Pedroia to fly out, Martinez to pop out, and then Youkilis struck out to end the inning.

Yankees - Damon led off the inning by popping out, followed by Teixeira who grounded out, then Rodriguez who also grounded out.

7th inning

Red Sox - David Ortiz struck out to lead off the inning, followed by Drew who grounded out, then Varitek who struck out to end the inning.

Yankees - Matsui singled to start the inning, but then Posada struck out, followed by Cano who struck out while Matsui was trying to steal second but was thrown out. End of inning.

8th inning

Red Sox - Reddick grounded out to lead off the inning, then Casey Kotchman pinch hit for Nick Green but he struck out, and then Burnett walked Ellsbury in what would be his final batter faced in the game. Burnett departed with 2 outs and a man on first, and he got a huge standing ovation from the crowd as he left. Phil Hughes came in to replace Burnett, and he got Pedroia to fly out for the 3rd out.

Yankees - The Red Sox put in Hideki Okajima to replace Beckett. Swisher grounded out to lead off the inning, then Melky struck out and Jeter flew out.

9th inning

Red Sox - Mariano Rivera came in to replace Hughes, and Jerry Hairston Jr. took over in right field for defensive purposes. Victor Martinez struck out swinging to lead off the inning, then Youkilis took called strike three, then Ortiz hit a single, but J.D. Drew lined out to end the inning.

Yankees - Damon flew out to lead off the inning, then the Red Sox put in Daniel Bard to replace Okajima. Teixeira would strike out against Bard for the 2nd out, but then Rodriguez singled and stole second, followed by a walk by Matsui. Then with Posada batting, Bard balked which put runners at 2nd and 3rd but Posada would strike out to end the inning.

10th inning

Red Sox - Alfredo Aceves took over for Mariano to begin the 10th. Varitek and Reddick both grounded out to begin the inning, but then Chris Woodward walked and Ellsbury singled, but Pedroia flew out to end the inning.

Yankees - Ramon Ramirez replaced Bard. Cano flew out for the first out, then Eric Hinske who was batting for Hairston walked. With Melky batting a wild pitch put Hinske on 2nd, but Melky would ground out, and Papelbon would come in and get Jeter to strike out to end the inning.

11th inning

Red Sox - Aceves would retire the side 1-2-3 as Martinez struck out, Youkilis popped up, and Ortiz grounded out.

Yankees - Damon grounds out, Teixeira flies out, and Rodriguez strikes out...3 up 3 down.

12th inning

Red Sox - Drew and Varitek would start the inning by both striking out, followed by Reddick who grounded out...3 up 3 down.

Yankees - Manny Delcarmen replaces Papelbon. Matsui pops out, Posada walks, Cano pops out, Hinske walks, and then Melky pops out to end the inning. (funny pattern of pop outs followed by walks)

13th inning

Red Sox -Brian Bruney comes in to replace Alfredo Aceves, uh oh. Woodward strikes out, Ellsbury pops out, and Pedroia strikes out. Good Bruney.

Yankees - Takashi Saito replaces Delcarmen. Jeter grounds out, Damon pops out, Teixeira walks, but Rodriguez flies out.

14th inning

Red Sox - Martinez flies out for out number 1. Youkilis singles (bad Bruney), Ortiz grounds out (good Bruney) but no double play, Bruney intentionally walks Drew to face Varitek who grounds out for out number 3.

Yankees - The Red Sox put in Junich Tazawa to replace Saito. Tazawa makes his major league debut in the 14th inning of a 0-0 game at Yankee stadium, and the first batter that he faces is Hideki Matsui who he grew up watching, pretty crazy right? Anyway, Matsui lines out, Posada singles, Cano singles, now 1st and 2nd for Eric Hinske. Ramiro Pena pinch runs for Posada at 2nd, Hinske hits a sharp line drive to right which looked like it would end the game, but Drew makes a great play. 2 outs, still 1st and 2nd, Melky at the plate. Melky would end up striking out to end the inning, but in that at bat he hit a hard line drive to right field that missed being fair by an inch.

15th inning

Red Sox- Jose Molina takes over at catcher, Phil Coke replaces Brian Bruney. Reddick called out on strikes, Woodward flies out, Ellsbury flies out...3 up 3 down.

Yankees - Jeter singles to start the inning, then Damon bunt pops out on a very questionable play. Teixeira strikes out, 2 outs, man on first for Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez took the first pitch for a ball, then the 2nd for a strike, and the 3rd for another strike...but then on the 4th pitch he hit a line drive home run left center to win the game 2-0!

Of course A-Rod got pied by AJ Burnett, although he didn't get much in his face. I guess AJ was tired after pitching  such a great game, and then sticking around in the dugout to watch the rest.

I think the Red Sox are quite worried now that the Yankees have a 4.5 game lead in the AL East, and the Sox only have a 1 game lead in the wild card with Texas right behind them, and today the Yankees send CC to hill to oppose Clay Buchholz, it looks like this match up favors the Yankees who happen to have the best record in the Major Leagues right now at 67-42, the Dodgers have the second best at 67-43.

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees

The Yankees will try and beat the Red Sox for the first time this season and tonight may be their best chance. Joba is flying high pitching the best he has in his career as a starter and John Smoltz looks old and washed up. I think this is the most important game of the series as the Yankees need to stop hearing about how they can't beat the Sox. Here are the pregame notes and lineup via the Lohud Yankees Blog.



Joba is 3-0 with a 0.83 era since the all star break. He has allowed 8 hits over 21 2/3 innings with 8 walks and 19 strikeouts.



Joba is 2-1 with a 3.49 era in his career against the Sox.



Joba as a starter in his career is 10-3 with a 3.27 era. The debate will never end but this is where he belongs in my opinion, he will get better and better and has the potential to be a #1 starter.



The Yankees have won 14 of 19 and 25 of their last 35.



The Red Sox are 7-10 since July 17 and 24-20 since June 13th.



MO has gone 19 1/3 innings without allowing a run. He has 18 strikeouts in that time.



Nick Swisher is heating up going 11 for his last 34 with 6 xbh.



Johnny Damon is 10 of his last 22 with 2 homeruns and 6 rbi's.



A-rod is way overdue going 61 at bats without a homerun which is the longest of his Yankees career.



Yankees Lineup:

Jeter(SS)

Damon(LF)

Tex(1B)

A-rod(3B)

Matsui(DH)

Posada(C)

Cano(2B)

Swisher(RF)

Cabrera(CF)



Boston Lineup:

Ellsbury(CF)

Pedroia(2B)

Martinez(C)

Youkilis(LF)

Ortiz(DH)

Drew(RF)

Lowell(3B)

Kotchman(1B)

Lowrie(SS) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 4:06 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, hitting, homeruns, Joba Chamberlain, Lineups, Lohud Yankees Blog, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham, Pitching, rivalry

Yanks/Bosox Pitching Matchups

Tonight-Joba Chamberlain vs John Smoltz
Tomorrow- A.J. Burnett vs Josh Beckett
Saturday- CC Sabathia vs Clay Bucholz
Sunday- Andy Pettitte vs Jon Lester

I think the Yankees can win 3 out of 4, they need to win tonight, tomorrow is a great matchup. They should win with CC, he really needs to step up and get it done and then Sunday is a tossup game also. This should be a great series but the yankees are home and need to take care of business and up their lead to 4 1/2. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 1:17 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Pitching, series

Tonight the Yankees begin what is no doubt the biggest series of the year and it happens to be against the Red Sox. The Yankees come into this 4 game series 2.5 games ahead of the Red Sox, but they could leave the series 1.5 games behind Boston. The Yankees have to be looking to at worst split the series. Here is tonight's starting lineup via Pete Abe:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

DH Hideki Matsui

C Jorge Posada

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

And on the mound, Joba Chamberlain

Jose teaching Jorge how to catch

Marc Carig tells us that prior to Andy Pettittes last start, Jose Molina gave Jorge Posada a few tips on how to catch Pettitte. One of the tips was to make sure Pettitte keeps throwing his cutter. Make sure you check out the whole story here. Anyway, I was thinking, is Jorge really that bad a game caller that he needs Molina to help him? I mean Posada has caught Pettitte much more than Molina, but somehow Molina knows how to catch Andy better.

No roster moves

According to Pete Abe, Anthony Claggett is still with the team, but he thinks Ramiro Pena could be on his way up very soon.

Yanks try to finish off homestand in style

The New York Yankees finish their 10 game homestand today with a 1:05 game against the Oakland A's. Dallas Braden is on the mound for Oakland who stats wise is their best pitcher, I can't see the Yankees doing much worse then yesterday when they couldn't hit Gio Gonzalez at all. The game is on Yes. The Yankees will leave after the game for Tampa where they will start a big 3 game series with the Tampa Bay Rays and then they will continue on to play the White Sox for 3 and 2 with Toronto before coming home for a huge 4 game series with the Boston Red Sox. Peter Abraham is off today so there isn't much notes but the big thing is Brett Gardner is on the DL with a broken thumb, he did it yesterday breaking up a double play in the first inning. He will be in a cast for at least two weeks. The only other outfielders on the 40 man roster are Shelly Duncan, John Rodriguez and Austin Jackson. It will be interesting to see who they call up but for now Jon Albaladejo will be on the team for today and then tomorrow they will send him back down and send someone else up. A-rod is just getting the day off as he has looked lethargic lately.

Yankees lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
Posada(C)
Matsui(DH)
Swisher(RF)
Cano(2B)
Cabrera(CF)
Ransom(3B) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:59 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, All Star game, Austin Jackson, baseball, Derek Jeter, homestand, lineup, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham, rosters, Shelly Duncan

After having their 8 game winning streak snapped yesterday afternoon by a strong pitching performance by Gio Gonzalez, the Yankees look to go out today and start a new streak. They will have to do it against Oakland's young left hander, Dallas Braden, who carries a 3.40 ERA coming into this game. The Yankees will send out the following lineup via PeteAbe to oppose Braden:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

2B Robinson Cano

CF Melky Cabrera

3B Cody Ransom - you have to see the picture and caption that noMass.org made for Cody

And on the mound, Sergio Mitre

Gardner has a broken left thumb

According to PeteAbe, Brett Gardner broke his left thumb yesterday while sliding into 2nd base, and is going on the 15 day DL. Amazingly, he played the rest of the game, and even hit an RBI triple. Gardner will be in a cast for 2 weeks then he will rehab. Jonathan Albaladejo has been recalled to take Gardner's roster spot, but the move is only temporary as the Yankees will need another outfielder. PeteAbe says the early candidates are Austin Jackson, Shelly Duncan, John Rodriguez, and Ramiro Pena (who has been playing some center field for Scranton). However, if the Yankees want someone who can play center field, the choices are narrowed down to Austin Jackson and Ramiro Pena (and he has only been playing center for a short amount of time). We will just have to wait and see.

"Never in a million years"

If you are a follower of baseball, you probably know that Roy Halladay is on the trading block. You also probably know that he is coveted by several teams, and he has a high asking price. There are many Yankee fans who say they would be willing to do anything it takes to acquire Halladay, well consider this...Jon Heyman tweeted that the Jays suggested to the Yankees that it would take Joba, Hughes, and 2 others to get Halladay. I can't imagine any right minded Yankee fan would want to make that trade.

OUr team is coming together now.

We have a solid rotation which clicked and the bats are hot.

I really like our chances when playoff time comes along.

our front three is sick

 

lets keep it up aynks

 

Yanks sweep Tigers

Joba Chamberlain started and finally pitched a really good game going 6 2/3 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits with 3 walks and 8 strikeouts. Phil Coke came on and threw one pitch and got a pop up to short. Phil Hughes pitched the 8th giving up a single but thats it, he also had 2 more strikeouts and Mo closed out the game. The Yankees won their second consecutive game 2-1.

The offense was led by A-rod who had a couple of hits, one being a solo homerun and Mark Teixeira who also had a solo blast and another hit. Jorge Posada had a hit and that was it for the Yankees offense as Edwin Jackson was the hard luck loser in this one. Joba Chamberlain was throwing 95+ pretty much the whole game and finally had his devastating slider, lets hope this can continue and he can start getting his act together. The Yankees are now 1 game out of first behind the Red Sox who lost 2 in a row to the Blue Jays. The Yankees begin a 3 game series tomorrow with the Baltimore Orioles at the stadium. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:59 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, All Star game, baseball, homerun, Joba Chamberlain, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes

LETS NOT TRADE FOR HALLADAY!!! A packaage for Halladay would have to include a catcher, major-league ready pitcher, and an extra player. Among the names would be Jesus Montero, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Mark Melaceon, Brett Gardner, Melky Cabrera, and Austin Jackson. These players all have a bright future. There are many players who have options on their contracts in the minor leauge system like Ian Kennedy, Sergio Mitre, and Kei Igawa are doing good, they can start. And plus, we can only control Halladay for a year and a half, and we also have to take Alex Rios or Vernon Wells, which will block Austin Jackson, Brett Gardner, and Melky Caberera. I rather sign Halladay in the offseason, since he's either gonna demand a trade or opt-out.

Yanks lose to Angels

The New York Yankees lost to the Anaheim Angels last night by the score of 10-6. They had a 5-1 lead in the 5th inning that Joba Chamberlain let get away and then Brian Bruney just gave them no chance when with the score at 7-6 he gave up a 3 run homerun to Erik Aybar the 9th place hitter. I don't know what is wrong with Joba and I am not sure if the Yankees do either but this is becoming a big problem as not only doesn't he pitch well he never goes more then 5 innings and just kills the bullpen. I wonder if the Yankees make a trade if they would consider sending him down to the minors, I doubt it but you never know. Mark Melancon pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up a run. He actually looked pretty good in his recall back to the major leagues.

The offense was led by Derek Jeter who had 4 hits and A-rod who had a solo homerun and rbi double. Mark Teixeira had a hit. Jose Molina had a rbi hit in his firt game back. Melky Cabrera also had a rbi hit. Robinson Cano had a couple of hits. The Yankees will try and even the series this afternoon with Andy Pettitte taking on Jered Weaver at 4:00PM on FOX. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 1:17 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Anaheim Angels, Andy Pettitte, baseball, Derek Jeter, foxsports, New York Yankees

Here is the latest

"We have to see what's out there," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi says. "I'm not saying we're going to shop him. But if something makes sense, we at least have to listen. We're (leaning) more toward listening than we've ever been

We should give up melky, gardner, and a middle skill pitcher. Is this enough? Problably not, but we should do what we can to sure up the rotatoin

Toronto at Yankees

The Yankees will host the Toronto Blue Jays today at 1:00PM. A.J. Burnett will take the mound against his former team who he lost to earlier this year when he went head to head with Roy Halladay and didn't fare too well. Here are the notes and lineup from Peter Abraham of the Yankees Lohud Blog.

Big Tex has gone 65 at bats without a homerun, his last one was June 12, the Yankees really need him to break out of it and get going again.

Robinson Cano is 16 of his last 26 with 6 extra base hits in his last 7 games at home.

He doesn't have a rbi in 12 games though. He is 4 for 6 this month and is a career 349 hitter in July according to Mark Feinsand.

Hideki Matsui has 11 homeruns this year and 7 of them are against lefties.

3 relievers are rested and ready to go who are hot, MO, Phil Hughes and Phil Coke.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Swisher(RF)
Matsui(DH)
Cervelli(C)
Gardner(CF)

Jorge Posada has swelling in his thumb from being hit by a foul ball and is day to day, enjoy the game wherever you may be. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:20 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, Derek Jeter, homeruns, Jorge Posada, lineup, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham, relievers, Toronto Blue Jays

Tonight the Yankees look for a sweep in the final game of this three game set against Seattle. The Bombers have won 7 games in a row both on good pitching and timely hitting. They look to continue that as they send the following lineup out via PeteAbe to face Jason Vargas:

SS Derek Sanderson Jeter

LF Johnny David Damon

1B Mark Charles Teixeira

3B Alex Emmanuel Rodriguez

2B Robinson Jose Cano

RF Nick Thompson Swisher

DH Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜)

CF Melky Astacio Cabrera

C Fransisco Cervelli

And on the hill, Carsten Charles Sabathia

The 2nd Coming

You may have already heard that Aroldis Chapman defected from Cuba. He is a 21 year old, left handed pitcher. According to many baseball scouts he is extremely talented, and will be probably spark a bidding war between many major league teams now that he is a free agent. Buster Olney of ESPN wrote an article on Chapman calling him the left handed Strasburg, below is an excerpt, for the full article click here.

To put his talent in perspective: Some evaluators view Chapman as a left-handed Stephen Strasburg. "He's pretty special," said one official. He has a fastball clocked at 101 or 102 MPH, and a plus curveball and plus slider, to use the scouts' vernacular. But unlike Strasburg, his market will not be restricted to the one team that drafted him. It may be about six months before his situation is settled to the point where teams will be able to make bids. But when that can happen, you can expect a Daisuke Matsuzaka-like feeding frenzy to ensue. Jose Contreras signed a $32 million deal with the Yankees earlier this decade, but he was much older than Chapman. Matsuzaka was 25-years-old when the Boston Red Sox committed $103 million in a posting fee and contract to sign him. Chapman's situation is incredibly unique, because he's so young, so talented -- all of his best years presumably in front of him -- and so well known among evaluators.

I don't really know much about Chapman so I can't really offer much opinion on the subject, but I'll tell you this: If the Yankees sign him and he turns into just another Jose Contreas all Yankees fans (myself included) will be extremely angry at the front office. If Chapman goes to the Red Sox and turns out to be all that his hype says he is, once again all Yankee fans will be upset at the front office. So Brian Cashman and Co. better do their homework on this guy.

Vote Teixeira

Voting for the All Star Game ends tonight at 11:59 pm, and you can make a difference in the race. Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis have been in a back and forth race for a while now, and the latest update is that Youkilis re-took the lead for starting first base man (over Teixeira) by about 40,000 votes. If enough people vote for Teixeira (you can vote a max of 25 times per e-mail address) Teixeira could easily overcome Youkillis to become the starting first base man in this year's All Star Game. Also, when/if  you go to vote, may I suggest you also vote for Ian Kinsler who has a slim lead over Dustin Pedroia (you don't want to see him right?). Vote here.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Yanks keep rolling

The New York Yankees defeated the Seattle Mariners tonight by the score of 4-2. Andy Pettitte got the start and pitched great going 7 innings giving up 6 hits and 2 runs with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. Alfredo Aceves came in to get one out and then Phil Coke got a groundout and strikeout. Mariano Rivera had a 1-2-3 ninth for his 20th save of the year and 502nd of his career. Phil Hughes was warming up but I found it very strange that Alfredo Aceves pitched in the 8th, why not Phil Hughes???

The offense was led by A-rod hitting a 2 run homerun, he also had a single. Mark Teixeira had 2 hits, Derek Jeter had a hit and Johnny Damon had a hit, rbi and walk. Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher each had a hit and Melky Cabrera hit a solo homerun. The Yankees were crisp defensively making no errors. The Yankees are really on a roll now and will look for the sweep tomorrow with CC Sabathia on the mound. Jose Molina is going to start a rehab assignment with Scranton tomorrow. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:37 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Andy Pettitte, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, homerun, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Phil Coke, Phil Hughes, Pitching, score

My Citi Field experience

I went to Citi Field on Saturday night to see the Yankees play the Mets. The first cool thing to happen was on my way there on the Grand Central Parkway, all of the sudden we heard all these sirens and saw police cars coming and everyone moving out of the way well wouldn't you know that it was the Yankees team bus coming to the game. The bus drove right past us, it was a really nice bus of course. The first thing I noticed about Citi Field was how impressive it looked from the outside and how good the employees were with getting everyone into the parking lot and parked in a safe and orderly manner. I walked up to the stadium and just stared in amazement at how impressive it is, Shea was just terrible and I always hated it there, Citi Field immediatel was 30 times better then Shea.



I really though that it was set up nice and was pretty intimate for a big stadium. I loved how the scoreboards were set up and the between innings activities that they do. I thought there was a lot of legroom and a lot of room to walk in the corridors, the section we were in had the Caesars Club which was a really nice lounge. It felt like being in a VIP lounce in Atlantic City or Las Vegas. It had nice leather couches and chairs and tables to sit and relax along with the high end concessions and bar. There was a bunch of flat screen televisions. I really liked that area. The level I was in was in the middle third base line in the outfield and other then the left field corner you could see the whole field perfectly, i thought the site lines were great and they had flat screen televisions to the left and right all through the section which was a nice touch. I didn't get to see everything and I definitely want to go back and see more but a really cool thing they have there is a mini Citi Field that is a wiffle ball field for the kids to play in, they even had a homerun hitting contest from there in between one of the innings. The Jackie Robinson Rotunda was very nice and a great spot to take pictures. I definitely thought it was a great park and plan on going back, I am not sure if it was better then Yankees Stadium but it may be. I will post pictures as soon as I can get them downloaded to my computer. I hope everyone that lives around here will get a chance to go at least once, it is definitely worth it. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:31 PM 0 comments Labels: Atlantic City, baseball, Citi Field, Jackie Robinson, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pictures, Yankee stadium

Monday, June 29, 2009

Yanks sweep away Mets

The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets tonight by the score of 4-2. Chien-Ming Wang got the start and finally recorded his first win of the season. He went 5 1/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. I don't know what to think of him because that is pretty good but he just doesn't go deep into game anymore, at least he got a win finally and hopefully can build on that. Phil Coke got a strikeout on the only guy he faced and Phil Hughes pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up one walk with a strikeout. Brian Bruney got two outs in the eighth but also walked two guys and Mariano Rivera got the final 4 outs for his 500th career save. Mo is now only the second guy in history with 500 saves, the other is Trevor Hoffman. Mariano Rivera also got his first Rbi of his career with a bases loaded walk.

The Yankees didn't do much offensively, A-rod had a single and 3 walks, Jorge Posada had a hit and rbi and Mark Teixeira had a hit and 2 rbi's. Derek Jeter had a hit and 3 walks in his return from illness. The Yankees are now 3 games behind Boston in the AL East. They do lead the wildcard standings. The Yankees will have a day off tomorrow and then start a 3 game series with Seattle at the Stadium on Tuesday. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:06 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, careers, Chien-Ming Wang, Derek Jeter, game, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, saves, strikeouts, win

Derek Jeters Birthday

Happy Birthday to Derek Jeter who turns 35 today. He was born in Pequannock, NJ at the old Chilton Hospital same hospital I was born at 3 years later. I am really starting to feel old, it seems like just yesterday that he came up and started playing shortstop and winning world series and here we are 13 years later and he is becoming an old man, well not really but in baseball he is. Derek is having one of his best years defensively in a while though, so maybe he is getting better with age. I hope he celebrates his birthday with a couple of hits and a Yankees win tonight. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:23 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, birthday, Derek Jeter, New Jersey, New York Yankees

itching Matchups for Subway Series Part II Tonight- CC Sabathia vs Mike Pelfrey

Tomorrow- A.J. Burnett vs Tim Redding

Sunday- Chien-Ming Wang vs Livan Hernandez



The games are all night games with Sunday night being a ESPN game, tonight is a MY9 game and tomorrow a YES game. The Yankees clearly have the advantage in the pitching matchups and should win 2 out of 3 if not sweep them. The Yankees bats have seem to awoken the last game and a half in Atlanta and if this is the case the Mets could be in for a long weekend as none of the pitchers going are too good. The Yankees catch a break by missing Santana although they did crush him in the first game they saw him this year. I wouldn't of expected that again though if he faced them. Mike Pelfrey has really been struggling lately and Tim Redding just picked up his first win the other day. Livan Hernandez has pitched well this year but he doesn't have great stuff and puts a lot of runners on base. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:26 PM 0 comments Labels: basball, CC Sabathia, game, Johan Santana, matchups, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pitching, Subway series

Yanks at Braves

The New York Yankees will try and get a win tonight in Atlanta with Joba Chamberlain on the mound against another guy they have never seen in Kenshin Kawakami. Before I get to the pregame notes and lineup via Peter Abraham, we have the news that Jose Veras was traded to the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations. I wonder how much cash they got for this guy.

The Yankees are 4-9 in their last 13 games and have lost 5 out of 6.

Cody Ransom rejoins the team today from the 60 day DL and if Angel Berroa isn't DFA'D I really don't know what this team has become, no reason for him to be on the team.

The Yankees are now tied for the wildcard with the Angels and Texas. Toronto is only 1 game back in the loss column with Tampa 2 back.

Atlantas pitchers have thrown 18 consecutive scoreless innings.

The Yankees are 10-9 in one run games, they were 9-4 before this bad streak.

Joba is 3-0 with a 2.72 era on the road this year, I wonder if that has anything to do with the new stadium playing so small.

MO hasn't pitched since June 16th, it may be wise to get him into the game tonight somehow.

Brett Gardner is 16 of his last 46, now batting 285 with a 361 on base percentage.

The Yankees are now 5-8 in interleague play this year which is not good at all, Boston is 8-5.

CC Sabathia threw his bullpen, throwing 30 pitches. He said he is fine and ready to go for Friday so that is good news. Brian Cashman is in the house and after Melky was originally in the lineup he was pulled for Nick Swisher. I am not sure what is going on but apparently Joe and Cash had a meeting with Swish and then the new lineup was posted. The hitters are in a meeting at this time, i wonder with who and what can they be told, guys hit the ball, I mean Kevin Long should be giving them better strategies but I doubt he is doing that now.

Yankees Lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Swisher(RF)
Gardner(CF)
Cervelli(C)
Chamberlain(P) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:20 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, blog, Brian Cashman, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi, Kevin Long, lineup, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham, traded

Pitching matchups for the Braves Series

Tonight-Chien-Ming Wang vs Tommy Hansen
Tomorrow-Joba Chamberlain vs Kenshin Kawakami
Thursday-Andy Pettitte vs Derek Lowe

This doesn't look good as the Yankees will face guys they have never seen before tonight and tomorrow. They are 2-4 in their last 6 games which were all guys they haven't seen before. They better end this trend tonight because we also have Wang going and who knows what to expect out of him. JOba has to get it going also and stop being so wild and using up all of his pitches in 4 or 5 innings. Tonights game is on MY9 then the other games on YES all 7:00PM starts. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 1:15 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, Chien-Ming Wang, games, Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, pitches, YES network

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Yanks lose tough one

The New York Yankees lost to the Florida Marlins tonight in a classic pitchers duel. A.J. Burnett pitched very well giving up 2 runs in 6 2/3 innings, only 1 earned with 3 walks and 9 strikeouts. He was totally in synch with Jorge Posada so hopefully this is the start of them doing good things together. Jorge Posada also threw two guys out. Johnny Damon missed a ball in the outfield that should of been a easy out that cost the team the second run and ultimately the game. He lost the ball in the lights which is tough but he also came up to bat in the 8th with a guy on third and two outs and struck out.



The Yankees didn't do much offensively, they got a Nick Swisher rbi single. They had 1st and 2nd no outs with Derek Jeter up in the 8th inning and after he failed to get down the bunt he grounded into the double play which pretty much ended the game right there, Damon struck out and that was it for the Yankees. CC Sabathia the ace of the staff will go against a young kid tomorrow Volstadt in the rubber match. The game is at 5 on YES and Happy Fathers Day to all. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:48 PM 0 comments Labels: A.J. Burnett, baseball, Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, pitchers, strikeouts

Tonight as the Yankees take on the Marlins in the 2nd game of the series, we have a interesting pitching match up on hand. Josh Johnson goes for the Marlins, and Allan James Burnett goes for the Yankees. You may ask, why is this interesting? Well, if you remember Burnett used to be a member of the Marlins. In September of 2005, the Marlins lost a game to the Braves, and afterwards A.J. had some interesting comments:

“We played scared. We managed scared. We coached scared,” he said. “I’m sick of it, man. It’s depressing around here. A 3–0 ballgame, I give up one run and leave guys on base, it’s like they expect us to mess up. And when we do, they chew us out. There is no positive, nothing around here for anybody.”

He never made an appearance for the Marlins again, he was suspended by them for the rest of the season, and then signed with the Blue Jays the next year. Wait, it gets more interesting. When the Marlins suspended Burnett, the guy they called up to replace him, tonight's starting pitcher for the Marlins, Josh Johnson. It's a small world. Hat tip to PeteAbe for reminding me of the whole story.

Anyway, here is the starting lineup via PeteAbe again, he really has a great blog:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

C Jorge Posada

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

3B Angel Berroa

RHP Allan James Burnett

By the way the Yankees are not interested in Pedro

According to George King.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Yanks beat Fish

The New York Yankees started their 9 game roadtrip off on the right foot beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 tonight. Andy Pettitte got the start and just looked great pitching 7 innings of 1 run ball with 3 hits. He tied his season high for strikeouts with 7 and didn't walk a batter. Andy is just a different pitcher outside of the bandbox known as Yankee Stadium. He is now 7-3 on the year. Brian Bruney pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Brett Tomko did the same in the ninth. The Yankees pitching has gotten themselves straightened out lately, A.J. Burnett will try and keep it going tomorrow night.

The offense saw everyone in the lineup get a hit including Andy Pettitte who had a rbi double. Derek Jeter had a couple of hits as well as Johnny Damon. Angel Berroa who you barely see even had a rbi double in place of A-rod who will sit out tomorrow before returning on Sunday. The Yankees didn't score after the 3rd inning tonight though but did enough early to win this game. They will try and keep it going tomorrow facing a tough pitcher in Josh Johnson. They did get in to Florida at about 3am and also had extreme heat which fatigued them, they say they should be better by tomorrow night. The Yankees really need to take this series after being embarrassed at home, maybe they liked the fact of having nice weather and being able to take BP and all of that which they didn't do at home at all with the terrible rain. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:24 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, baseball, lineup, New York Yankees, series, Yankee stadium

Washington Nationals at New York Yankees

The New York Yankees will take on the Washington Nationals tonight from Yankee Stadium. The game is on MY9 in NY at 7:00pm. CC Sabathia gets the start for the bombers. Here are some pregame notes and the lineup via Peter Abraham.

The Nationals are 6-23 on the road and have gone 3-12 in their last 15 games overall.

The Yankees have won 14 of thier last 19 at home.

The Yankees were 93-63 in interleague games over the first 8 years but have gone 33-27 since. I think this is the time for them to play really well again playing the NL east now for 15 straight.

Derek Jeter has the most hits, at bats and runs scored in interleague play. He is also batting 339 against the National League.

Nick Swisher has gone 15 of his last 46 which is 326 with 11 runs scored, 8 rbi's, 14 walks and 8 extra base hits.

The Yankees were 32-31 after 63 games the last 2 years and are 36-27 this year a 4 game difference.

Derek Jeter has gone 9 of his last 18 with 4 rbi and 4 runs scored. He is now batting 310. Hideki Matsui is 6 of his last 16 with 2 homeruns, 5 rbi's, 5 walks and 5 runs scored.

A-rod is 8 of 45 in June and is batting 178 in his last 9 games. He is in a slump but this may be a good time to come out of it against these weaker NL teams.

The Yankees have committed at least one error in 10 of their last 12 games.

One roster move to report also is that the Yankees DFA'D Jose Veras and activated Brian Bruney. I am very happy about this move, i was afraid they would send Robertson back down but Veras had become useless and now they ust need to get rid of Berroa and I will be really happy. Bruney may not go right into the 8th inning as they want to bring him back slowly and also won't go back to back days right away according to Joe Girardi.

Yankees lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Posada(C)
Matsui(DH)
Swisher(RF)
Cabrera(CF) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:37 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Derek Jeter, error, games, home, interleague, Joe Girardi, New York Yankees, teams

Gardner visited New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Hospital on May 15, and while he was there he got a special present -- a bracelet from Alyssa Esposito, a heart transplant patient.

She told him if he wore it he would hit a home run and hours later -- he did. A historic homer at that. Gardner belted the first in-the-park home run hit by a Yankee in 10 years as the Bronx Bombers went on to beat the Minnesota Twin 5 - 4.

Just days after she gave him the good luck charm she got a new heart; a heart she had been waiting months to receive.

The pair reunited today to congratulate one another on their intertwined good fortunes.

Gardner says he promises to speak with Alyssa everyday if the Yankees make it to the playoffs.

great story from 1010wins!

 

Final   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E       NY Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0       NY Yankees 0 4 0 9 0 0 2 0 X 15 17 1     WP: A.J. Burnett (5-3)  LP: J. Santana (8-4)

A day after the Yankees lost a close one to their crosstown rivals they had to face the Mets Ace. They knocked Santana around for seven runs before he was yanked but the Yankees didn't want to stop at seven runs. They destroyed the Mets by not only scoring 15 of their own runs but not letting the Mets score any. The Yankees needed depth from their starters and that is just what A.J. Burnett gave them. He pitched 7 strong innings and allowed no runs on only 3 hits. The Yankees committed an error in today's ball game but nothing nearly as bad as what Luis Castillo did to end Friday night's game. After the Yankees play some more inter-league games they will travel to Citi Field to continue the beating they laid on the Mets this weekend. 

161st Street

Yesterday's 6-2 loss to Fernando Nieve and the Mets was embarrassing. However, the Yankees can not think about that anymore because they have a tough challenge today, Johan Santana. We have to forget about yesterday, and move on. Some fans may think that there is no way the Yankees will win today, but even though Santana is a great pitcher he is beatable. Johan is 4-1 with a 3.15 ERA in his career against the Yankees. Those are pretty good numbers, but he has not been lights out against them. Plus, he is known or giving up a bit too many home runs (in 2007 he had the Major League record for home runs allowed with 33), and with the Yankees being home run hitting team, and having a home run friendly stadium, it appears to be a favorable match up for the Yanks. I'm not saying the Yankees want to face Santana, I'm just saying they can beat him. Plus, he is coming off a not-so-great start against the Phillies in which he gave up 8 hits and 5 runs in 7 innings pitched. The key to today's game is actually going to be AJ Burnett. So far he has not had a very good Yankee tenure. He has drifted between great and bad, but never in between. Pitching against the Mets could help AJ, I looked up yesterday's starting lineup for the Mets and looked up their career numbers against Burnett and they aren't too pretty. Luis Castillo is 0-7 against Burnett, Alex Cora is 0-8, Beltran has a .167 AVG in 12 AB's, David Wright also holds a .167 AVG in 12 AB's, Sheffield however has a .400 AVG in 5 AB's and he has 2 home runs,  Ryan Church has a .200 AVG in 5 AB's, and the rest (Tatis, Santos, and Martinez) have not faced him. We'll have to wait and see, the game starts at 1:05. Here is the starting lineup via PeteAbe for the New York Yankees:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

DH Hideki Matsui

CF Melky Cabrera

C Francisco Cervelli

And on the hill, the aforementioned Allan James Burnett

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Things getting feisty tonight

We had Brian Bruney talking again and now K-rod fired back saying "He needs to keep his mouth shut and do his job." "If he was a big guy I would probably pay attention, If he was someone big like Mariano, I'd respect that. But if I don't know who he is I don't listen."
"Instead of sending a message through the paper next time when he sees me at Citi Field come up to me and say it to my face. Don't be sending a message through the media. I don't even know who that guy is, somewhere in Double A? I believe he hasn't even pitched one full season, he is always on the DL and that is all I know right now." He say's he doesn't know who he is but knows that he is always hurt that is pretty funny to me. There are others who don't like K-rod including MO but I don't know what got Bruney started on this and why it would matter.

Brad Penny also reacted tonight to Joe Girardi saying he intentionally threw at A-rod the other night. "I don't give two f---s what Joe Girardi says. I am coming inside, I don't care. Anybody can say that, we can say it about the time they hit our guys. I am just trying to pitch inside. Maybe he should worry about managing and let the umpire crew do their job."

Wow it seems the Yankees are fired up and got others fired up, maybe this will lead to the Yankees playing well again I hope or could this all be nonsense and distract them, only time will tell. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:48 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Brian Bruney, disable list, family media relations, Joe Girardi, K-rod, New York Mets, New York Yankees, season

A-Rod slammed his bat in frustration and slowly trotted towards first base because he thought he had just hit the final out of the first subway series at the new Yankee Stadium but boy was he wrong. Mets 2B Luis Castillo dropped a routine fly ball and the tying and go ahead run scored. Derek Jeter scored from second base and Mark Teixeira scored all the way from first to beat the Mets by a score of 9 - 8. Francisco Rodriguez let Castillo know of his frustration as he grimaced and put his hands over his heads not in his usual pointing to the sky after a save but in pure disgust over what had just occurred. It was K-Rod vs. A-Rod and Alex won the battle by hitting an "A-Bomb" to Castillo. No it wasn't a traditional "A-Bomb" that went over the fence but it had the same effect in electrifying the stadium as Yankee fans everywhere were jumping for joy. Luis Castillo may have become New York's Bucky Dent. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIDEKI MATSUI !

Yanks at Red Sox and Wang stays in rotation

The New York Yankees need to salvage the last game of this series with CC Sabathia facing Brad Penny. The matchup on paper isn't much of one at all and the Yankees have to take advantage of it before coming home to the homerun haven and teeing off on John Maine and Livan Hernandez the next couple of games. Here are the notes and lineup from Peter Abraham.

Chien-Ming Wang will start on Wednesday at home against the Nationals, of course why not when I am at the game. I would have to figure that if he can't beat the worst team in baseball then that will be it for him and hopefully if he does then I guess they will take it start by start. If he pitches well he should have confidence and keep it going. I don't have any faith in him at this point though. Brian Bruney will pitch in Trenton on Saturday so he should be back fairly quickly.

This the longest winning streak for Boston over New York since 1911-1912. They had a 14 game winning streak from Oct 3, 1911- July 1, 1912.

CC Sabathia is 4-0 with a 2.49 era in his last 6 starts. This will be his first appearance against Boston since the 2007 ALCS. He is 1-1 with a 2.35 career era in Fenway during the regular season.

A-rod is in a slump going 0-7 in this series and 0-12 overall. He has one homerun in his last 16 games and is 4-27 in his last 8 games. He is now hitting 231, I really wouldn't worry about A-rod as they have been so good since he came back and he will get it together eventually. The bigger problems are Wang and Burnett for this team right now. At least one of these guys has to get it going.

Jorge Posada has 28 homeruns against Boston the most for a Yankees since Mickey Mantle hit 69. Only 3 active players have more A-rod with 39, Jason Giambi with 35 and Jim Thome with 35.

Yankees lineup:
Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
A-rod(3B)
Cano(2B)
Swisher(RF)
Matsui(DH)
Cabrera(CF)
Cervelli(C) Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:58 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, CC Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang, Derek Jeter, homeruns, Lineups, New York Yankees, notes, Peter Abraham

Last night the Yankees selected Slade Heathcott in the first round of the 2009 amateur draft. Today, I plan on giving you a little bio on him.

Background

Heathcott is 6'1" and 196 lbs. He was born on September 28 of 1990. He bats and throws with his left hand, and he is an outfielder. There is some concern about his character off the field, his father is in prison and his mother is out of his life. These are some issues, but there have never really been any reports on Slade himself doing anything horribly wrong. Look at Joba's mother, she is a mess, and Joba did get that DUI, but overall he's not a terrible person or anything. I'm confident that the Yankees will make sure Slade stays on the right path and they will continue to monitor him closely. Heathcott unfortunately was a Red Sox fan, but now he says he has changed his ways. “I’m a Yankees fan now. I actually was a Red Sox fan. I’ve always been a Red Sox fan since I was little and I just kept with it.” When asked if he was surprised about how the draft turned out, Slade said, “I was pretty surprised. It’s indescribable." Heathcott also said, "I had (talked to the Yankees) quite a bit. I think it’ll be an excellent fit.” He is an aggressive player, he plays with a lot of passion and heart.

Scouting Report

Heathcott is a real athlete. He is a true physical player. He is a plus hitter who can hit for average, but he also has power to all fields which is great. In the field Slade has very good instincts which allow him to play all three outfield positions very well. He also has an above average arm because he used to be a pitcher. On the base paths Heathcott is a speedy guy. Even with ACL reconstruction surgery in November Slade continues to run exceptionally well. He has been running with a knee brace just to be safe, so you have to imagine he'll show even more speed once that comes off. He has plus tools in every category and has the chance to develop them into 5 above-average tools at the major league level. One thing that makes him who he is, is his intesity. He plays the game with a fire.

Signability

The general thought is that he wants to play pro ball, and is signable. The Yankees will have to do all they can to sign him because after failing to sign Geritt Cole last year, they received a compensation pick which as we see turned out to be used on Heathcott. This year if they fail to sign Heathcott they will not receive a compensation pick, making it critical to sign Slade.

My Thoughts

I like the pick very much. He could turn out to be a very good player. His ceiling is something of a player like Nate McClouth with a few differences. However, he is also a risky player. All draft picks are, you just never know how they will turn out. So just remember don't get too excited, if we ever see in in the big leagues it won't be anytime soon because high school players typically take a long time to develop.

In the second round of the draft the Yankees selected John Murphy (76th overall). He's a convert catcher. Very athletic. I like the pick, but I really would have liked the Yankees to pick David Renfroe (who the Red Sox ended up picking up later, 107th overall). Oh well.

Here we go, remember you can watch this on MLB Network.

First Round Selections

1. Nationals -

Stephen Strasburg SP. Big shocker. How long till he's in the majors? If they can sign him.

2. Mariners -

Dustin Ackley OF. Has a good bat. Nice pick. He's fast too.

3. Padres -

Donavan Tate OF. He's a very good player, but he has signability issues. I thought he would fall lower in the draft. Well, if the Pads think he's signable, go for it.

4. Pirates -

Jorge Sanchez C. I honestly don't know much about him. He seems signable and he projects well.

5. Orioles -

Matthew Hobgood RHP. Big pitcher. He went a little early in the draft, I thought he'd drop more. Anyway, he is talented and durable.

6. Giants -

Zack Wheeler RHP. Good arm strength. Projectable. Inconsistent at times.

7. Braves -

Michael Minor LHP. His stuff doesn't jump out at you, but he can really throw strikes. He's a real pitcher.

8. Reds -

Michael Leake LHP. Not very big a 6', but he can command 4 pitches.

9. Tigers -

Jacob Turner RHP. Big, strong, projectable. Good arm, a little wild.

10. Nationals -

Drew Storen RHP. Not too great control. Nice fastball and curveball. He's a reliever.

11. Rockies -

Tyler Matzek LHP. He shouldn't have fallen this far, must be signability. Very talented. They just interview him, he looked very nervious.

12. Royals -

Aaron Crow RHP. He's great, that's a very good pick for the Royals. He's better than some of the guys already selected.

13. A's -

Grant Green SS. Has the 5 tools. Scouts are bothered by his lack of energy at times. That's weird.

14. Rangers -

Matthe Purke LHP. Great pitcher, skinny but very good mechanics. I was hoping he'd fall to the Yanks because he wants lots of money.

15. Indians -

Alex White RHP. Very good arm, but control problems.

16. Diamondbacks -

Bobby Borchering 3B. Tall, great bat, questions on defense. Compared to Chipper Jones, I don't know yet, ha!

17. Diamondbacks -

AJ Pollock CF. He went earlier than expected.

18. Marlins -

Chad James LHP. Wiry, good projection. 6'4 190lbs.

19. Cardinals -

Shelby Miller RHP. Flamethrower (96 mph), nice short delivery. Very nice pick. He's got a curve and a change.

20. Blue Jays -

Chad Jenkins RHP. Big, strong, durable. Power sink and slider. Tough guy, good makeup.

21. Astros -

Jiovanny Mier SS. Could be a good bat, athletic in the field. Pretty nice pick.

22. Twins -

Kyle Gibson RHP. Has a forearm injury, risky move. We will see how this turns out. He was linked to the Yankees. If not for the injury he should have gone in top 5.

23. White Sox -

Jared Mitchell OF. Two sport athlete, football and baseball. Pure athlete, probably a little raw.

24. Angels -

Randal Grichuk OF. Good hitter. Good fielder. Good runner. Solid overall. Angel type player.

25. Angels -

Michael Trout OF. He's there in person, pretty cool. Compared to Biggio. Interview now. He's excited! Nervous. Family is with him. That's the way to do it.

26. Brewers -

Eric Arnett RHP. Big guy. Good delivery. 6'5.

27. Mariners -
    Nicholas Franklin SS. Good bat. Decent Power. Overall good baseball player.
28. Red Sox -
    Reymond Fuentes CF. Nephew of Carlos Beltran, hmm.
29. Yankees -
    Slade Heathcott OF. He's a center fielder out of high school. I like the pick very much. He is extremely talented, he justs needs to get it all together. Some say he has off the field issues, but suppsedly thats not really true. Speedy. Hits for average. Hits for power. Good arm in the outfield. Good base stealer. Good defender. Plus you got to love the name.
30. Rays -
    LeVon Washington 2B. I hope this move is not a response to the Akinora injury. Thats not a good way to draft. I honestly don't know a thing about him.
31. Cubs -
    Brett Jackson OF. Linked to the Yankees. Runs well. Decent hitter. He actually is a mix of Brett Gardner and Austin Jackson, ironic right?
32. Rockies -
    Tim Wheeler OF. Contact hitter, not much power. Good base stealer. Has the tools to be good.

Check back tomorrow for a lengthy post on Slade Heathcott.

Yanks take another series

The New York Yankees defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 5-3 today. Andy Pettitte pitched 6 innings giving up 3 runs, he did hit a batter and have 3 walks but he also had 7 strikeouts. Phil Hughes came in to the game in the seventh and looked great pitching a 1-2-3 inning hitting 95 on the gun and showing a good curve. Phil Coke came on in the eighth and had a man on second but survived the inning and Mo went 1-2-3 in the ninth. The Yankees are a full game ahead of the Sox for first place in the AL East heading into the Beantown showdown.

The Yankees offense didn't get many hits but when they did they hit homeruns with 4 of them. Mark Teixeira hit his league leading 18th in the first inning. Nick Swisher has seemed to get his stroke back hit a 2 run homerun, Johnny Damon who loves hitting at home hit a solo homerun and so did Derek Jeter. A-rod didn't get a hit but hit the ball sharply tw16ice at the third baseman. Hideki Matsui is 0 for his last 16 and may need a day off.

A.J. Burnett goes against former teammate Josh Beckett who has righted himself lately tomorrow night at 7 with pre and post game on the Yes network and the game on MY9. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:11 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Andy Pettitte, baseball, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, homerun, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, showdown

161st Street

Here is tonight's starting lineup via PeteAbe for the Yankees:

SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Jorge Posada

DH Hideki Matsui

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

And on the hill, the old Texan, Andy Pettitte

Notes

• Hopefully Andy's back is OK
• Tomorrow is day 1 of the amateur draft. Check out this article I wrote earlier about it.
• Mo was ill on Saturday. Here's more on the story.

Do we need to start making moves yet? here is what my opinion is on the matter:

 No need to make any trades now. We're playing very well and while our bullpen has some holes it hasn't been that bad. Aceves has been great. Coke is decent. Robertson has looked good lately. Hughes will probably join the pen soon if not we still have Wang there. Melancon is looking great in AAA again. Bruney and Marte are on their way back. A guy like Kontos also could be transitioned to the bullpen. I wouldn't want to trade prospects when we may be able to fix the bullpen issue internally.

Plus who knows what we'll need down the line. An injury here or there and our needs could change pretty dramatically. I'd definitely wait it out until it becomes more apparent that a move is needed.

In sum, a wait and see approach is probably the right move for now. Our bullpen other than Veras hasn't been that bad lately and really hasn't stopped us from winning games. If things don't get better will we probably need another arm? Yes, absolutely, but there is no reason to rush the trade unless you can get a really great deal now.

 

Big game today. We need to bounce back and get back on track. Joba will hopefully gethis fastballs up in to teh high 90s

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The Pirates have traded center fielder Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves tonight, according to two sources.

In return, the Pirates will get two pitchers, Jeff Locke and Charlie Morton, and outfielder Gorkys Hernandez.

Was it a fair deal?

we will wait and see what happens with the prospects

Nate is a solid player though.

 

 

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Yanks/Rangers recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers 12-3 tonight. A.J. Burnett pitched 7 innings giving up 3 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. Brett Tomko pitched a scoreless eighth and Jose Veras finished it with a scoreless ninth. The only real blemish was the Yankees errorless streak is over at 18 games. Jorge Posada made a throwing error to second. The offense was great though todya.

Jorge Posda had a three hit game including a almost upper deck 3 run homerun. Hideki Matsui also had a homerun. Derek Jeter had 3 hits and a walk, Johnny Damon had a hit, rbi and 2 walks. Mark Teixeira was hit by a pitch twice and after the second one had a hard takeout slide at second that really seemed to fire up the team. A-rod had a rbi and a walk, Robbie Cano had 2 hits and a rbi. Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner each had a hit and a walk. The Yankees are at 10 games over for the first time this season and remain in first place. Andy Pettitte will get the start tomorrow against a undefeated Scott Feldman. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:15 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, Andy Pettitte, baseball, Derek Jeter, hits, homerun, New York Yankees

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I'm wary of giving an opinion on too many GMs, though, because there are a lot of variables (how much money they have, how much owner interference they have, how much say other higher ups in the organization have when it comes to player moves, etc. It's really tough to tell without having an intimate (or at least working) knowledge of how decisions are made in each organization. Also, sometimes GMs just get lucky. If a team drafts a top flight MLB superstar who carries the team to the playoffs in the 10th round of the MLB draft, is that really a sign that the GM is strong? He passed on the guy nine times, so he obviously didn't think that he was going to be that good.

If a GM signs a guy and expects him to put up an ERA in the mid 4.00s and maybe be a decent 5th starter and he breaks out and has a Cy Young-type season, is that really something that the GM should be credited for, or is it luck? If a GM makes a tremendous deal, trading a declining veteran for three top prospects and the veteran ends up having three more productive years and the prospects don't pan out, is that something that we should really look down upon? Judging GM performance is really an inexact science, in my opinion, and I don't really feel all that qualified to talk about anybody other than a handful of guys since it's so complex.

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Yanks/Cleveland recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians by a score of 3-1 tonight. The Yankees now sit alone in first place for the first time since the last game of the 2006 season. Andy Pettitte started and gutted out 5 plus innings, leaving in the sixth with what is being called lower back stiffness. Alfredo Aceves came in and got out of a bases loaded no out jam by allowing only one run and then pitching 2 more scoreless innings. Mo came in and got the save in the ninth. Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera now have the most win/save combo in major league history with 59. Bob Welch and Dennis Eckersely previously held the record. Derek Jeter h.ad a couple of hits and so did Jorge Posda in his return. Mark Teixeira had a rbi groundout and Nick Swisher had a sac fly. A-rod had a hit, the Yankees will take on Cleveland tomorrow night with CC Sabathia on the mound in his return to Cleveland. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:37 AM 0 comments Labels: Andy Pettitte, baseball, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, season

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Yanks/Rangers recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers 9-2 tonight. They won the series two games to one. A.J. Burnett got the start going 6 shutout innings with 3 hits, 4 walks and 7 strikeouts. Jose Veras gave up a couple of runs, Dave Robertson got the two guys he saw out and Chien-Ming Wang threw two perfect innings. Chien-Ming Wang looked very good tonight which was a great sign.

Mark Teixeira had a 2 run homerun to get them started in the first inning. Hideki Matsui hit two homeruns, Derek Jeter had 3 hits and 2 walks, A-rod had a hit, Brett Gardner had a couple of hits as well as Kevin Cash. Robinson Cano hit a homerun, everyone got into the act offensively and the Yankees moved into a first place tie with Boston. The Yankees also have the best record on the road in the AL and will enjoy their day off tomorrow before playing in Cleveland for four games in a weekend wraparound series.

The Yankees also got good news before the game with the news that Jorge Posada will rejoin the team on Friday and Brian Bruney has no structural damage according to Dr. James Andrews. I am sure Bruney will be out for at least a couple of weeks maybe up to 3 weeks which is ok if he comes back and stays healthy the rest of the year. Melky Cabrera is also ok and may miss up to a week. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 12:19 AM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, baseball, blog, Chien-Ming Wang, Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, offense, Pitching

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Yanks lose finale of homestand

The Yankees lost to the Phillies today by the score of 4-3, they had more ninth inning magic but couldn't win it this time. CC Sabathia pitched a solid game going 8 innings allowing 3 runs, the turning point of the game was when Brett Gardner dove for a ball and missed it and it turned into a run with 2 outs and then another run after that. I really thought with CC pitching the way he was just keep it in front of you and let it be first and third two outs. Mo pitched a scoreless inning as well as Jose Veras. The Yankees came from behind again in the ninth off of Brad Lidge who is clearly not the same guy he was last year and I wonder if he can get that back after these past two games. The Yankees best chance to win it was in the tenth when the had first and second no outs and Mark Teixeira hit into a double play and then they walked A-rod with a man on third and Pena lined out to center. The Yankees also had Johnny Damon thrown out at home earlier in the game in a nice play by the Philly defense. Cole Hamels was pretty dominant himself really silencing the Yankee bats for 7 innings.

Big Tex had a couple of hits again one being a broken bat homerun to leftfield. Hideki Matsui continues to slump having a bad day going 0-4. A-rod was 0-3 with a walk. Derek Jeter went 3-5 and so did Melky Cabrera. Robinson Cano was 1-4 and his hit was big as it was to leadoff the ninth. Francisco Cervelli was 1-3. The Yankees now head to Texas to start a 7 game roadtrip, 3 in Texas and 4 in Cleveland before returning home. The Yankees are 1 game behind Boston for first place in the AL East which is amazing since they are 0-5 against Boston this year. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 9:13 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, AL East, baseball, blog, Boston, CC Sabathia, defense, Derek Jeter, homerun, New York Yankees, Pitching

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"I'm not denying that I went to GNC and all that stuff. I took a lot of different things that, you know, maybe at that time, maybe early enough, if I would have been tested, who knows? I could have been taking stuff had they tested me back then. Maybe I would have tested [positive for a banned supplement]. I don't know."

 

Why would anyone in there given mind say such a thing, when they are playing MLB baseball?

Only one thing to say,

Randy Johnson is FOOLISH

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Another sweep as streak hits 9

Joba Chamberlain started and didn't make it through the first inning but not due to ineffectiveness rather taking a shot off the knee. X-rays are negative though and it was diagnosed as a bruised knee, he should make his next start. Alfredo Aceves came in to get the last out of the first and pitch the next 3 innings giving up 0 runs on 3 hits with a walk and strikeout. Jon Albaladejo pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up 4 runs and 5 hits with 2 strikeouts. Jose Veras pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up 2 hits and nothing else and MO pitched the ninth for the save. It was a 1-2-3 inning for MO with a strikeout.

The offense was led by Robinson Cano who had 3 hits and 3 rbi's batting in the #2 hole. Derek Jeter had a hit and a walk, Big Tex had 2 hits a walk and rbi. Hideki Matsui hit a solo homerun and Nick Swisher had a hit and 2 walks. Melky Cabrera had a hit and 2 rbi's. The Yankees broke out to a big lead and Aceves looked great when he was out there but as soon as he came out it got interesting. Phil Coke wasn't available tonight but should be tomorrow and the Yankees haven't used Bruney in 2 nights which I find interesting. The Yankees will begin a 3 game series to close out their homestand with Philadelphia tomorrow. A.J. Burnett will be on the hill against Brett Myers. A.J. needs to get back in the winning column here, he pitched really well last time out but didn't get any run support. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 10:41 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, batting, game, hits, Joba Chamberlain, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, pitched, Robinson Cano

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Yanks/Twins recap

The Yankees won another game against Minnesota on a walkoff, this time a Johnny Damon homerun. This was their 3rd straight walkoff win the first time that has happened since 1972. The Yankees have now won five in a row and are one game behind Boston and three behind Toronto in the loss column. Toronto plays at Boston starting Tuesday so if the Yankees keep winning they will gain on someone. A.J. Burnett had good stuff today and was throwing up zeroes for six innings. He got into trouble in the seventh and gave up two runs but the Yankees came right back and tied the game and he ended up with the no decision. This must be a frustrating time for him as he has now had 5 no decisions and a loss in his last 6 starts but because the team is winning he is doing ok even giving another pie today at the urging of Mariano Rivera. I really can see this team coming together and now they should be getting Wang and Bruney and maybe Posada back this week. The offense is still not getting it done for most of the game but I like how they never give up and battle back and the bullpen has been doing better.

A-rod had another homerun today and he is looking better at the plate, just having him in the middle of the order makes it that much tougher and they are 7-2 since he came back. Mark Teixeira had a big defensive play today to save the Yankees and Alfredo Aceves, Brett Tomko and Jon Albaladejo all had scoreless outings in relief. The Yankees play one more game in this weekend wrap around series tomorrow night with Andy Pettitte facing Glen Perkins. I hope the Yankees can win a regular game without the walkoff heroics. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 8:05 PM 1 comments Labels: A-rod, A.J. Burnett, game, homerun, New York Yankees, Pitching, team

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Yanks take series and secure winning roadtrip

The Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays tonight by the score of 3-2. I am not happy with the offense doing nothing against Brian Tallett but a win is a win. CC Sabathia pitched great again tonight throwing 8 innings of 2 run ball. He gave up 5 hits and 4 walks but also struck out 5. He was in control all night. Mo finished it off looking like the old MO 1-2-3 on 11 pitches with a strikeout to end the game.

Hideki Matsui was the star of the game with the game winning homerun. A-rod had no hits but was robbed of a double and just missed 2 homeruns driving the ball to the warning track and the wall. Derek Jeter had a rbi single. Francisco Cervelli continued to be impressive with a couple of hits and a nice tag out at home plate off a Gardner throw. Johnny Damon had a double in the first inning to tie the Yankees team record for 10 consecutive games with a extra base hit. He tied Don Mattingly and Paul O-Neill who also did the same thing. Johnny will try to break the record tomorrow at home. The Yankees will now head home for a long 10 game homestand and the chance to play well and keep moving forward and get healthy. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:04 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, game, homerun, New York Yankees, Paul O'Neill

Some random notes

The Yankees have finally heard some of the fans complaints and relaxed their batting practice rules today. The fans can now go watch BP on the field level in the outfield and bleachers which is great news. The fans voices can be heard and were heard so lets keep it up if we have anymore complaints.

There is a story that Josh Thomson of the Journal News did today on this highschool lefty whose name is Ryan Pennell. He struck out 21 in a seven inning game yesterday. He had to get 23 outs because two of the strikeouts got away from the catcher and the batter reached first base. He is 7-0 with a 0.29 era on the season. He has 112 strikeouts in 49 innings, I hope the Yankees are keeping their eyes on him.

Jim Leyritz is in trouble again, apparently went to the hospital on suicide alert after trying to start his car but it wouldn't start because the device in his car that tests his breath showed that he didn't pass to be able to drive. The mighty has fallen with this guy, its really a sad situation. It doesn't look like this guy is going to learn and just needs to be locked up.

Yankee Stadium will be gone soon so go to WCBS radio 880 and look at the pictures, this will be sad as it is slowly torn down. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 6:56 PM 0 comments Labels: baseball, game, Jim Leyritz, Journal News, New York Yankees, Ryan Pennell, strikeouts

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Rays at Yanks

The Yankees will try to avoid their second straight sweep by getting a win tonight with Andy Pettitte on the mound. The Yankees didn't lose 5 straight all of last year and will try to avoid doing that tonight. The Yankees really need to hit Niemann and give Petitte something to work with as they have been completely shut down other then one swing of the bat the last 2 games. This offense needs a jolt and will get one tomorrow when A-rod joins the team as the Yankees officially announced that around 5:00PM, I am guessing he will meet them in Baltimore but wonder if he will be in NY tonight for the game, that would bring a nice jolt to the team also. It will be great to have the cleanup hitter back and at least with the Manny news they won't be hounding him as much. I bet Tex is breathing a sigh of relief as he needs some protection. Here is the Yankees lineup:

Jeter(SS)
Damon(LF)
Tex(1B)
Matsui(DH)
Cano(2B)
Swisher(RF)
Cabrera(CF)
Pena(3B)
Molina(C)

The game is at 7:00pm on YES. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 5:20 PM 0 comments Labels: Alex Rodriguez, baseball, Lineups, New York Yankees

Yanks/Detroit Recap The Yankees ended the losing streak with a 11-0 win in Detroit. Franchise Phil restored order with 6 shutout innings, he had 2 walks, 2 hits and 6 strikeouts. He would of pitched the 7th but didn't need too after the Yankees scored 10 runs in the 7th. Mark Melancon also pitched a 1-2-3 inning and Edwar Ramirez and Jose Veras finished the game off, Jose Veras hit a guy and gave up a hit but got out of it. Hideki Matsui continued his hot hitting with 2 hits and a RBI and Robinson Cano also had 2 hits and a RBI. Nick Swisher had 2 hits, 2 walks and a RBI, Melky Cabrera had 2 hits, 2 walks and a RBI. It looks like Melky Cabrera wants his job back and for right now has it back, he has to keep playing. Jose Molina had 1 hit but it was a grandslam. Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon each had a hit a piece. The Yankees needed a game like this and maybe now they will relax. Joba Chamberlain will try to get them a series win tomorrow going against young Rick Porcello from NJ at 7:05 on the YES network. I hope the Yankees hitting will now get on a roll again, A-rod continues to progress and it looks like he could be back next week or not too long after that which will be a huge boost for the team. Posted by Gary W. Marchese Jr. at 11:05 PM 0 comments Labels: A-rod, baseball, blog, Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Pitching