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Special day today for a few reasons, some more important than others. Obviously its the 10 year anniversary of 9/11/2001 and our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who lost a loved one on that day, and to the military families who lost a member in its aftermath. From the Yankee perspective, its a special day because super-prospect Jesus Montero gets his first start behind the plate. It’s a good day for it, veteran starter Freddy Garcia pretty much calls his own game and doesn’t throw overly hard, so even if Montero’s not up to speed defensively it shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Expect base runners to test his arm, but also expect Garcia to pay more attention to men on first base. They’ll work it out for a few games.
In other news, the Yanks have called up Austin Romine to back up Montero, since Russel Martin will be out for at least a few days and Cervelli is out indefinitely. Concussions are tricky, as we all know Justin Morneau is still having issues more than a year removed from his concussion and Frankie’s had more than one. The Yanks have to be careful with injuries at this point of the year. The schedule is brutal, and then we get this tweet from Buster Olney this afternoon:
@Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Evaluators trailing NYY have real doubts about whether Swisher, A-Rod, Martin will be ok rest of season. Also say Gardner is exhausted.
Here’s your lineup from Chad Jennings over at LoHud:
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano DH
Jesus Montero C
Eric Chavez 3B
Andruw Jones RF
Eduardo Nunez 2B
Brett Gardner LF
Freddy Garcia on the mound facing Ervin Santana. GO YANKS!!!!!
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78 Responses to Game Thread: Yankees vs. Angels, 9/11/2011 (3:35PM EST on YES)
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I was having so much fun watching the Red Sox stink, I hesitated to switch over to the Yankee game. But I did.
such a luxury! 10 days ago, who’d a thunk?
I switched back to the Red Sox game in time to see Upton hit a grand slam: 8-1 Rays.
The Yankees have a runner in scoring position! That is so cool!
And a run! Amazing.
Montero nails the first runner to try to steal on him. Nice throw.
Indeed. Let’s hope somebody is playing “Hide your light under a basket.”
oops! Jesus needs to work on the bouncing splitters.
Gardner walks to lead off the 3rd. Opportunity’s knocking.
Opportunity is playing “Guess Who’s Here!” Howdy, Prof. What ability to switch “over to the RS game”? You got a package?
I recently switched TV providers,and they gave me a free year of the MLB extra innings package–all the games–as an incentive.
Hunter deked us! He went back to the wall on Robbie’s homer, and raised his glove, as it went 29 feet over his head.
Knock him in, Andruw!
Chavez hit his double so squarely, it corkscrewed to elude Bourjos.
Ah, Brett, damn! Bases loaded and nowhere to go.
The Yankees cannot smash a #3 or better starter and they better come postseason time because they don’t have the rotation depth to go toe-to-toe with the opposing starter every game.
I could see Sabathia going toe-to-toe with the opposing starter every start he makes, I can’t see Nova, Garcia, and Colon doing that, as well as they have pitched this year.
I’m not saying beat up every #3 or better because that’s just unrealistic, but you need to beat up at least one so you can allow your guy some margin for error. Destroy Max Scherzer and if Garcia battles for six innings, he gets a break and you hope he can do better next time. The Yankees offense is good enough to destroy any #3 or better but they are not actualizing their talent.
The Yankees offense is too Jekyll-And-Hyde. 5+ runs a game but they score 8 runs one game and 2 the next. Alot of HR and nice OBP, but not enough doubles and BA. Cano is their only consistent .300+ hitter (I don’t consider Jeter one anymore despite his post-d.l. surge.)
Well, welcome back, Curtis! Trailing by a single run, again.
Nice to see them hitting homers again. Too bad Garcia isn’t dong very well.
Gotta overcome all that lousy mojo hanging around.
Well, Prof Fancy Package, aren’t you gonna update us?
Game’s over. Sox facedive, 9-1.
Get Garcia out of there.
Now it’s 5-4 Angels. This is what I’m talking about. Your starter doesn’t have it, but neither does the opposing starter cuz he got smacked around, too. It’s not good your guy stinks, but maybe you can let him off the hook by beating up the other guy.
Could Boston be in the midst of a collapse? 9-1 Tampa Bay last check LOL.
It sucks the Yanks aren’t taking advantage of Boston losing, but there are so few games left, the Yanks could win the division by simply playing .500 or a game over .500.
If the Yanks and Red Sox lose today, it’s 87-58 Yanks and 85-61 Red Sox. Even if the Yanks play 9-8 ball the rest of the way, Boston has to play 11-5 ball to win the division, 12-4 or .750 ball if the Yanks win today, and I just don’t see Boston winning over twice as many games as they lose or winning three of every four games with their rotation after Lester even with seven more against the Os.
The Red Sox went 2-8 to open the season. Then they went 81-44 over the guts of the season. Then they went 2-9.
They are probably gonna start another revolution in Boston.
They showed some video of Montero practicing blocking pitches in the dirt, with coaches bouncing throws to him.
must be hard. I remember the same thing from spring training a year and a half ago.
Since throwing out that runner in the second, Montero has not looked good behind the plate.
Big popup. Now they have a chance to get out of it.
Nunie, with the extra thrill!
Had to go to 3-2, huh?
Yaaaaaaah!
“What’s all the fuss?” Freddie Garcia
Uh, nuthin’, Freddie. Carry on.
I thought Nunie was safe. But Andruw kinda grabbed a shoe, as he was going under.
Three quick ones by Cory. Now, hit the gas, Yankees!
Attaway, Brett!
Hmm. Opportunity, despite finding the door locked previously, has stumbled back to the same address and knocked again.
love those extra chances, now let him in!
So happy they didn’t bunt! Nice one, Jete! Time for the poo-rade!
Tying run on third, but let’s think big inning.
shifty guys, those Angels. Hmmnh, Scott Downs.
Yeah, he’s tough.
And Granderson K’s a lot, and Teixeira is in a funk.
All right, forget the big inning. Get that damn tying run in.
Tex heard ya, but the Angels decided different.
Great baserunning by Jeter.
Oh, how nice!
Cano couldn’t get that insurance run in, too bad.
Montero’s first intentional walk. Awwww. It’s like your kid’s first gold star.
the sticker sb a baseball with a streaming rainbow.
Chavez has been hitting all day.
Shecks, gotta be difficult.
Will Michael Kay speak English?
“That was a YUUUUGE play!”
It’s HUGE not “yuge”.
Yooj.
Don’t forget “segon” (second.)
“Cano flies out for the segon out of the inning.”
Not the second out of the inning, the segon out.
And we get to see Romine, too. This game is actually interesting.
He does look good in a mask. The way he spreads his legs, gets leverage to throw.
Weird play, but I’ll take it. The out is the important thing.
Soriano escapes the jam haha.
Seriously, he needs to step up his game.
Alright! Touch and go, there. Didn’t like that interference by Hunter. Why didn’t they call that?
Because it would have helped the Yankees?
oh.. I see.
Let’s see if Dave and Mo can stuff ‘em.
Hey, Prof: that was pretty neat when three biggees were contributing here. That story about Stick and Phil was a good one. Then, they disappeared. Why?
I don’t know. It would be really good if some of the YA guys hung around during games.
yeah. I saw, but didn’t want to be the poison.
Poison? You?
they always seem to scram. They’ll talk to you, but they’ve never responded to me.
I’ve never noticed. It can’t be intentional. I can’t see any reason for it to be.
Nice teamwork to get Bourjos. Glad Sabathia wasn’t on the mound for that, though.
yeah. Dave was speedy hisself. And Michael complimented Tex’s leading toss. I noticed with Swish last week that was the hardest thing for him. And Brandon Laird.
What do you think, smurfy? Should the Yankees score some runs here?
was hoping for Curtis or Robbie to get a hold of one, but alas. Mo’s got to do what he does best.
Curtis just missed one. Takahashi looks weird with that double-clutch leg kick. But after you get used to it, maybe easier to time him.
oh, no hesitation that time.
Time for Rivera to regain his dominance.
sweet Mo, on Branyan.
lucky ducks! these dingle hits have been frustrating!
Yeah, the infield singles are getting on my nerves. Combination of fast runners and slow infielders.
wow! Halleluyah! Good game, Yanks.
10:07 starts for the next three.
That’s tough, but I’ll try to be here, at the start at least.
The sun breaks through the clouds! Everything’s going to be all right!
Red Sox are now exactly halfway between the Yankees and Rays, 3 1/2 games each way.
whewww! something’s gonna blow.
If the Yanks play just 9-8 ball the rest of the way, Boston would have to play 12-4 / 3 wins every 4 games / .750 ball to win the division.
I think the Yanks will play at least 9-8 ball and no way Boston is playing 12-4 or better.
The Yanks unofficially clinched the division yesterday.