Hurray for no more Canada! Instead, the Yankees will be switching artificial surfaces as the team heads to the Trop for another four game set against divisional rivals, the Tampa Bay Rays. I suppose now is as good of a time as any to present the narratives; so, here we go bullet style!
- The Yanks will be facing, not one, but two starting pitchers that they haven’t seen before (Alex Cobb tonight, and Jeremy Hellickson tomorrow). So that should be a blast. If you haven’t had a chance to read Larry’s series preview, you should stop slacking and get on it because it’s good stuff!
- The Rays are fresh off a demoralizing 16 inning loss to the Red Sox. With any luck, their bullpen will be shot for tonight. TYA writer, Will, discusses how absurdly long matches affect a team on their next outing.
- Evidently, the Yankees have discovered how to effectively pitch Evan Longoria. Mark Simon explains.
- Ramiro Peña has been placed on the disabled list for four to six weeks after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. Brandon Laird has been called up from Scranton to take his place. Laird was batting .266/.296/.415 with 10 home runs in the minor leagues.
Tonight’s lineup (compliments of Lohud):
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
And on the mound:
RHP A.J. Burnett (8-7, 4.15)
vs.
RHP Alex Cobb (2-0, 3.41)
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They just showed an MLB Remembers on MLB Network about the 1979 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park. Definitely one of MLB’s most memorable days.
Over/Under: 0.5 incidences of Tropicana Field lulziness tonight
I’ll go over. The Rays must be in a funk from yesterday. (What a game! I only made it through 12 innings, but it was a classic.)
You win the pool Professor.
Single, SB, error. Let’s see if Cano can cash in.
Looked like a DP, but the ump said Cano beat it. Good for a run.
If Girardi doesn’t bunt at Longoria at least once each game of this series, I’ll be disappointed.
11 pitches, 4 baserunner, 2 runs, no outs.
AJ doing his best post All-Stàr break Bartolo Colon impression.
He’s a one-man cure for a batting slump.
Wow, Teixeira turned a DP without letting the runner on third score. That was tremendous.
And as long as his pitching sucks, why not make an error, too?
Burnett gets the error, but Tex has to catch that short hop.
True. But he doesn’t just “get the error.” He made a crappy throw.
He was expecting the ball to come in chest high, and he got a soft bouncer that went right through his legs. As a 1B, you have to make that play. He crossed himself up, he shouldn’t be “expecting” a ball anywhere, he should field whatever comes his way.
Blame on both ends as I see it.
Yes, blame on both. But somehow I find it easier to be angry with Burnett.
He was probably a little too comfortable knowing Teixeira was at first, so he didn’t take the time he had to make the throw better.
You know, Ubaldo jimenez has a lot of AJ Burnett in him. Yep. He’s very emotional, very inconsistent, and throws pies in people’s faces. Carbon copy, yesiree.
They are pretty much one person. Dellin Betances on the other hand, is a right handed Randy Johnson.
Damon struck out on purpose… That sly dog.
It’s so frustrating watching Burnett struggle, knowing that one pitch will put this game out of reach.
Whatever you say, Professor Whats-his-name.
(BTW-Inside joke)
If you don’t have an inside joke for the rest of the class, then you shouldn’t have one at all.
I’m pretty sure there are short stops that get to that ball without the dive Cone. You’d never know they were teammates and friends.
They should trade for Ubaldo and have him play shortstop.
Ubaldo is clearly a center fielder. He should be pitching every 5th day, starting at center every other game, and move Curtis to LF. That way we can put that pinch runner gardner on the bench where he deserves to be.
He’s the solution for everything!
Duh! Which is why I saw we trade the Rockies the rights to Scranton, and Trenton for him alone.
Homer Bush 2.0!
That would be like having AJ Burnett at SS.
Better AJ at short than Nunez or Jeter!!!
Sarcasm is fun haha.
Nice play by Rodriguez, but when you have a .273 OBP you better catch everything.
I think Cone was trying to set the franchise record for consecutive excuses for a pitcher who stinks. He’s a nice guy, he works hard, he has too much rest, he works well with the catcher…yadda yadda. All that’s probably true, and even relevant, but how about some honest assessment?
At least he knows advanced metrics. If you could just smash all the YES guys into one commentator, you might have something.
I agree. I like to listen to Cone in general. He’s intelligent and he’s preaching the new data. Cool.
Just…well, you know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2UcKao1DQI&feature=related
I hate this song, it’s beyond stupid.
As a rapper he gives a worse name to a great breed.
Can you imagine walking up to a girl at a bar and actually saying that?
“Hey baby, lets have sex tonight. Because who knows, tomorrow you might get hit by a bus.”
If it worked you’d probably change your mind, from a health perspective.
That line doesn’t work on anyone under 3 bills or before 3 AM.
It’s the Groucho catch-22. Would you want to have sex with a woman who said, “OK!”
I can’t get Are You Ready? out of my head.
HAHAHA that’s been going through my head for the last 10 minutes.
If you go hard you gotta get on the floor
If you’re a party freak then step on the floor
If your an animal then tear up the floor
Break a sweat on the floor
Yeah we work on the floor
Don’t stop keep it moving
Put your drinks up
That’s double platinum material right there.
I do whatever J-Lo tells me to do.
She is Jenny from the block.
Now there Cone reminded me of something I’d heard before but wouldn’t have thought of at the moment. Good insight.
Jack Curry
JackCurryYES Jack Curry
Brian Cashman is watching Dellin Betances pitch for Trenton tonight. Said it’s because he hasn’t seen Betances since the spring.
Yep. No other reason.
Trade dealine. Everything is significant, and yet only a very small percent of rumored deals actually happens.
“Betances is not someone I’m willing to part with”.
Quietly to himself “I should probably go see if Betances is someone I’m willing to part with”.
Heh heh.
Evaluating that kind of talent may be the hardest thing about being a GM.
He’s the type of guy who drives scouts crazy. You don’t want to be the guy who traded Nolan Ryan from the Mets, or Randy Johnson from the Expos. But you can’t hold onto every guy with good stuff and bad control in hopes he’s one of those 2 rarities.
Nolan Ryan was a strikeout machine, a freak of nature, and impossible to watch except on nights he was totally on.
Not sure of you saw the “Unbreakable records” piece I did recently, but both his SO and BB records will never be touched.
Yeah, that was a good piece. Though I thought you missed out with not putting Hack Wilson’s 190 RBI record.
speaking of Nolan, he got admitted to the hospital with heart problems here in Houston. I haven’t heard an update since this morning.
AJ revived his fastball. And three changeupsto Longo had him, the umpire just didn’t admit it.
Hey, Smurfy, where ya been?
Hi, Prof. Just been watching quietly. I’m such a funky typist, I miss half the action.
You need a secretary.
You know what isn’t encouragble Cone, not having a single 1-2-3 inning.
I’m watching Betances right now. Once again, minor league fielding is an absolute joke. He gets a DP ball that goes under the SS glove and scores a run. Then the two OF’s run into each other and another run scores. Both runs were earned, both were a joke.
Is there a link to that game?
http://www.mamigoinc.com/thunder/
Bookmark it, every game is televised.
That’s what FIP is for.
What’s this FIP you speak of? Fatties in parades?
Yes. It judges how many runs you’d give up if the centerfielder lost 50 pounds.
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFE!
What’s happened? Tv blacked out Robbie’s 3 – 2 pitch!??!
YES went out. I flipped on the radio, and it turns out there’s a bank of lights out!
I win the over on the LULZ!!
Your check is in the mail.
The Yankees have left the field, so I assumed they were on the field.
Now another bank of lights went out.
Trenton broadcast team says bolt of lightning.
Yankees called Kuroda’s agent and he said he has no interest in pitching on the east coast.
Thank goodness. I don’t need to see another stutter delivery.
Jimenez has a pause in his delivery.
I like Kuroda, I just don’t think he would be enough of an upgrade to trade much for.
Jimenez has so many stutters, at least it doesn’t stand out. I’ve goten to hate that theatrical pregnant pause of Dice-k, and all the orientals, Wang. Yeah, it was Wang that got to me.
It’s just a pause and an arm drop. I actually like his mechanics, they just are hard to repeat. One thing about his delivery I like from a fan perspective is, depending on how his hands break you can tell if he will miss location or not.
Hunh, sounds interesting.
When he drops his ball hand first on the break he usually misses high with the ball.
They need to hold a new disco demolition in Tropicana Field and go BIG!
This ballpark is a joke. Where was the backup power when Tropicana Field was supposedly struck by lightning?
What if this happens during a postseason game? Could you imagine what a disaster it would be if Sabathia and Shields (or Price) drew each other in Game 7 of the ALCS at Tropicana Field, it’s 3-0 Yanks through 6 with CC throwing one-hit 9 K (K every other batter) ball and whoops! Power outage for so long Sabathia is conveniently out of the game. The Rays starter, too, but who has more of the advantage in the final three innings?
Luckily this power outage didn’t last very long, but what if it lasted longer?
What’s to stop impropriety by the Rays?
You can’t make it rain. You can shut off the power when the game isn’t going your way.
Could the Rays remove the roof in the offseason so Tropicana Field is an outdoor ballpark like the Marlins’ ballpark is? It can’t be hotter in Tampa than Miami.
The new Miami field wll surely be covered: who in his right mind would spend money to swelter in such?
Won’t it be a retractable dome for the cool days and nights?
If the Diamondbacks and Marlins can play outdoors, so can the Rays.
The Rays play mostly at night when it’s usually cooler. Their fans can take it.
The big argument about the Rays poor attendance is the games are indoors and who wants to be indoors on beautiful sunny days especially weekends?
Alright. I wanna know who threw that switch. Step forward for punishment.
I think if the pitcher is the one who makes the error the run should be earned.
you want justice.
I want justice. YOU CAN’T HANDLE JUSTICE!
Nice throw by Nunez! That arm is good for something, when he can steer right.
He has a cannon, he just rushes a lot of his throws.
Man, Posada needs one of those wheelchairs, the Scooter!
With jet propulsion.
Martin sure wasn’t shy. Madden seemed to be fighting him out of the dugout.
That was a nice pitch by Noesi to get Upton looking.
Sweet strikeout by Noesi. Now the Yanks have to take it apart!
Para incentivar o Yankees para rally, este comentário é em Português.
okay, but I don’t expect many will follow. Certainly not too closely.
It doesn’t seem to have worked anyway. Next time, maybe Latin.
Come on, Nunez, double in the gap.
bloopenablast
There’s the bloop. How about the blast, Granderson?
Now the report is a bolt of lightning didn’t hit Tropicana Field, it hit a power line providing the power to T.F. Again, a joke.
Hey Captain Can’t Hit Anymore got a hit! ‘Kidding – sort of. He’s having a nice July.
Btw is it me or does Minka Kelly look like a plainer “Blow” era Penelope Cruz?
Let’s go Yanks!!!
shucks! I don’t think there is much plain in Minka, just no moorish blood.
I dunno she looks like a plainer P-Cruz to me.
CCHA swings and misses at TWO ball fours by K-Farns.
He’s pathetic. When is Jeter in the leadoff slot gonna end?
Gardner/Jeter/Granderson/Cano/Teixiera/Swisher/Posada/Martin/Laird-Nunez (Lairdunez/Nunaird)
Teixiera is not hitting for high enough average to bat third or leadoff.
I have long thought Tex would be better batting 5th, Cano 3rd. Tex is probably streakier than Robbie. But, before you complain about Tex’ average too much, isn’t his OBP still high?
This is the at bat of the game.
I think it was Robbie’s battus interuptus.
Yanks still got life. Now for the at bat con la difference!
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Donec a orci Wadda ya dicimus, nova ballgame
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II, III, IV, Hit: Curre, pugna, Score: Ite! Perge! Perge!
Was that a gregorian cheer?
Yeah, Wadda ya dicimus!
I guess it is. I put the Yankees theme song lyrics into Google translate.
Another bloop. The Yankees have not been blasting much lately. It’s time.
Wow! I thought BJ got that. The chalk puff in the turf showed, though.
Wasn’t sure first time around, but the replay was clear.
3-0 to Swisher. Hope he can do something with this at bat.
Oh, please bring in Farnsworth!
Posada’s not happy, but it was the right move to pinch hit for him.
He is extremely selfish! Always has been.
Another huge at bat in the game. 2-1 on Jones.
And he doesn’t do anything with it. Dang.
Russell Martin looks like he borrowed Giambi’s mustache.
Maybe it comes with the thong.
And Farnsworth comes through! Tying run at second with one out. They need a big hit.
I remember his inconsistency well. Burnett of the bullpen.
Yeah. He’s had good years or half years before, but eventually he comes down to earth.
With the Yankees he only ever had a good couple of games in a row.
Farnsworth did throw a perfect game once with us. Well 9 perfect innings in a row anyway, even though it took 9 games.
He had a very good year with the Braves, which I think was when the Yankees signed him. But everyone in those years was good with the Braves. It was uncanny.
All right, Nunez, get that tying run in!
Beat the throw! Tie game!
I’m not so sure he beats the throw without the throw going wide.
Gardner really was effective with the takeout slide.
Tie game !!!! Wooooo!
Flibberty jib…well, we gotta new game, except for a free at bat for the Rays. Gotta pitch tough now.
Captain intangibles?
Yeah, that slider was definitey intangible. Hurt because of swinging at ball 4 just before! Ouch!
How bad do you have to pitch before they don’t say that you kept your team in the game?
Robertson is blowing them down and Coney is cracking me up.
Nice balance.
a giddy balance!
When was the Yankees’ last home run? Andruw Jones’ two-homer game? Granderson and Teixeira both just stopped at 25.
Cano hit about 100 in the derby.
I forgot about those.
25 runs scored in the Boston game. Crazy, especially after last night.
The ump quite literally made him swing at that pitch. He yelled out “swing at that ball in the dirt or I’ll K you out!”.
Ha ha ha ha ha
With the ha’s spread out like that, I can’t help but read it like the count from Sesame street.
Torres is TOUGH!
Swisher, Swisher, he’s our man. He can’t do it, nobody can.
Wadda ya dicimus!
Jones vs lefties this year .254/.329/.535 with 6 HRs.
That’s pretty good.
Very solid for a right who’s main job on the team is hitting lefties off the bench.
Marcus Thames just got cut by the Dodgers.
For good reason…He has been awful this year, he’s been injured, and he can’t field.
Thames vs lefties this year… .167/.231/.306 with 1 HR
but he’s quite a butcher!
but also, gave us some great moments, last year.
Moustache Man with the game on the line.
How does close count in slow dancing?
EDIT: he probably means physically close.
GOOD EYE, MARTIN!
Evidently the Rays pen is a wee bit wild. They walked 10 yesterday.
This poor rookie. They’re just letting him hang out to dry.
Oh, baby. We are a Mo away!
Upton wasn’t happy, but it looked good to me.
Great cutter that got BJ!
That was in the stands, but Teixeira got it.
Woohoo! Now that’s basaball!
Russell: “AJ had a little trouble with his command with his fastball.” After he got so smacked around, we had at least two innings of solid curveballs.
But, Prof, he too,thought it was a good effort for a frustrated pitcher.
But why,oh why, does he lose all command of his basic pitch? His command of the curve was realy good, though.
31 pitches seen for Brett Gardner tonight. Freakin’ great.
Also, just how worthless are the Orioles?
Yeah, man on Gardner. His stolen bases have set up several runs in the last couple games. Gives us a different dimension.
DEREK JETER RAP
He’s got the edge – you know he’s got the edge
He’s got the edge – you know he’s got the edge
He’s got the edge – you know he’s got the edge
He’s got the edge – you know he’s got the edge
People say that I’m washed up – well let me tell ya
Don’t believe the stats on me – don’t let them sell ya
That I’m done like a carton of spoiled milk
As Edgar Renteria I’m not of the same ilk
I got the bat in October to turn out ya lights
The only goal of mine I got in my sights
Yeah 3000 was cool but so what? Where’s the ring?
To put on my second hand cuz baby that’s the real thing
Right now I’m grinding and finding it hard
To hit like I’ve done on most of the back of my baseball card
But I’ll keep pushing and trying to improve
Get into some kind of streak some kind of groove
To all these writers bloggers doggin’ me relentlessly
I turn a cold cheek, carry on like a gent, you see
I do what I do while you sittin in your boxer briefs
Being a hater givin’ me amnesiac’s grief
I’ve been bad for over a year I know full well
But let’s see how I do in the real “Big Show” do tell
October – the new season and reason to believe
That I got another hitting tear up my sleeve
I can’t wait to once again make the playoffs
Show all the naysayers they were way off with a .400 plus BA payoff
Put another postseason homer into the stands
And into the hands of some real fans
Call me this and call me that cybersucker
But who’s the one pullin’ down 200 plus mil with the bat motherf#$%er?
A bat with one October swing could turn into gold
And make you forget that I’m old
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