DISQUS

Emmanuel · 6 months ago

This team really needs a big start from their horse tomorrow because if not they'll in for a giant mind fuck against Boston for the rest of the season.

SteveB · 6 months ago

I disagree completely about how the Yankees feel about Boston. This is a team of veterans and I don't think it's playing with their minds. It makes good 'copy' for the papers. The Yankees lost this one because their starter really stunk, and to be honest, I was a little annoyed with Girardi's moves too. That said, it's important for Sabathia to pitch well Thursday so that the Yankees can get even again with the Sox. If Sabathia gets knocked out by the 5th inning, who comes in? Tomko I guess? And I think we're very close to seeing Hughes replace Wang, but then what do the Yankees do with Wang? He's throwing pretty hard, he's not hurt, which is to say the Yankees can't fake an injury this time.

JB10 · 6 months ago

I really do not see the head to head comparison as a big deal. 2 years ago we went 6-0 against Indians and got dropped kicked out of the playoffs by them in 4 games. I just really am baffled by the way Girardi handles Gardner and what he does when he gets put into the game. Please tell me if im wrong here but you have one of the fastest guys on first base. Why do you have melky bunt when he is on first. Okajhima is slow to the plate, doesnt have a move to first, you have a rookie catcher behind the plate. why not advance gardner and then bunt with melky. Bunting melky with gardy on first, you are reyling on a base hit when you see already, your team isn't picking up Okajimas changeup. Steal with gardy and then bunt him over. You don't need a hit to score him. I would much rather rely on Gardners speed than the yankees picking up a hit against Okajhima. Please someone tell me if I am right or wrong. Thanks. We'll get em tomorrow!

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Agreed JB10, Mattingly should have been hired but what can we do about it now?

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Meh. Would have loved to win 2 out of 3 (or even sweep) in Boston, but to be honest, it's not a big deal. They'll be fine. Right now, they just happen to be hitting Boston on days where they're having bad games. Despite the streak of losses vs. Boston, I don't think they (or us) should be worried, and I don't think they are.

Bottom line is we're still in good shape standings wise (still in playoff position), despite a fairly bad start to the season.

They'll be fine. No need to panic. The season will be made or broken down the stetch during the final two months or so. As we should all be aware, regular season success vs. one team doesn't necessarily translate into post season success.

Yankeeboy98 "B-Boy" · 6 months ago

Yeah. Hate to bring it up, but the Indians went 0-6 vs the Yankees in the 2007 regular season, but in the ALDS, well, you know what happened.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Even after a tough defeat, I usually wake up in a better mood the next morning, but not today. I'm still fuming about the reasons why we lost last night. They are:

Joe Girardi, for starting Wang ahead of Hughes and then managing the game like a complete dork. Getting Melky to bunt with one on and no outs in the 8th was complete lunacy. You don't sacrifice one of your last six outs in that situation.

A-Rod, who, as usual, was missing in action during the heat of the battle. And why would you send in a pinch runner for him when you're 6-5 down unless he was seriously injured, which, by the way, may still be the case.

Cano, for returning to the headless chicken of 2008, swinging at pitches five feet out of the strike zone.

Swisher, for straying too far off first base in the 2nd inning and running himself into a double play with runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs. That could and should have been a big inning for the Yanks.

This team is clearly frightened of the Red Sox. They better man up today and salvage one win from the series.

Kevin · 6 months ago

i just do not understand why they change the way they bat when they play the sox...they are not patient at all they are constantly swinging at first pitches and popping them up or hitting weak grounders....WORK THE DAMN COUNT....and ANNON just remember wang had won 19 games the two previous seasons and i think he was 8-2 last year when he got hurt...the guy can pitch...i realize is sucks to watch him struggle, it is painful to watch but he will come around

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Texas beat them 2 out of 3 in boston over the weekend, Padilla even beat them on Sunday. But our starters can't beat them.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Agree w/ JB10 the batters, gardner, mamager, coaches what ever don't seem to all have a set gameplan when they get gardner on base. That was a total waste of the substitution and Swisher AB. My other pet peeve is not having another right handed bat off the bench. Matsui is struggling and I thought he needed to be pinch hit for in the 8th. Berroa's spot is just not being utilized like it could be.

Mike B. · 6 months ago

I'm not sure sure how long I can live in the past by saying that Wang did this or that a year or two ago, when the most important concern should be what he's doing NOW. And right now, he sucks. Is it not possible that one serious injury could ruin a pitcher, perhaps forever? Has this ot happened before in baseball? Oh, boy! Enough on him....

You know, I'm beginning to think the Yanks MIGHT really believe that the RS have it over them. Quite frankly, these games help us Yankee fans understand the word "agony." At times I just don't understand Girardi, either.

And so it goes....

Mike

PS I'm not even watching today's game. Perhaps that will help do the trick (?)....

SteveB · 6 months ago

Now that I've slept on it, and looking at the posts above--

--I can't figure out why Gardner wasn't stealing 2nd so that Melky could bunt him to 3rd. Why put Gardner on 1st at all then? If I'm 'going down' at least I want to 'go down' fighting.

--No problem with Wang starting. We can't just discard this guy, everybody! He has some kind of mechanical problem, and once he gets past it, he's a great pitcher. He was throwing 95 mph!

--Of course A-Rod was MIA. Oh man, don't get me started on this one. I hated that we signed him for 10 years, and I've been complaining about him since we first got him. "He's a very nice compiler", might be the nicest thing I've said about him. In fairness, he's wasn't the only one MIA.

--Cano, Swisher... ahh, it happens. On Swish, it could've been anybody doubled off 1B.

--Girardi. There are times, occasional moments during a ballgame, when Girardi reminds us that he's a managing novice. But I would rather have him manage than Mattingly. But... there are times when I think Tony Pena may have been a better choice.

--Tonight's game. I want to blow the Sox out of the ballpark, just like every Yankees fan right now. But realistically, I just want to see CC pitch a good ballgame, and maybe the Yankees batters can pull that iron rod out of their tight hindquarters & score a couple of runs in the 1st inning for a change.

Seth · 6 months ago

I am considered with the way the Yankees rotation lines up with the Boston lineup, and just better teams in general. I just wrote on article on this and why the Yankees are going to have to change something to win a championship. Thoughts?

http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/2009/06/pitching-concerns-for-the-new-york-yankees/