| New York Yankees | Seattle Mariners |
| Derek Jeter, SS | Dustin Ackley, 2B |
| Curtis Granderson, CF | Michael Saunders, CF |
| Alex Rodriguez, 3B | Jesus Montero, DH |
| Robinson Cano, 2B | John Jaso, C |
| Mark Teixeira, 1B | Kyle Seager, 3B |
| Raul Ibanez, LF | Casper Wells, LF |
| Eric Chavez, DH | Mike Carp, 1B |
| Ichiro Suzuki, RF | Carlos Peguero, RF |
| Chris Stewart, C | Brendan Ryan, SS |
| Freddy Garcia, SP | Felix Hernandez, SP |
The first pitch is scheduled for 10:10 p.m., on the YES Network. Let’s go Yankees!
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78 Responses to Game 97: Take Two, with Ichiro
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These West Coast games are killing me. I’m getting too old for this.
I have to agree, waiting up for the games to start is a pain. At least Mariner games don’t drag on as long as Yankee-Red Sox games do.
I am personally going to root the Yankees to an unexpected victory against King Felix.
Unless I fall asleep.
KING Felix? Pshh. Let’s not go overboard. I prefer “Serf Felix” after how he pitched last time..
Thank god its summer mann or id never be watching these games
Ehhh might be time to grab a cup of coffee anyway. Gonna be a long night against King Felix
Might need to make it an Irish Coffee if Felix gets rolling early on with that change.
This is true. Plus we have Garcia going. I understand the whole depth thing but not for nothing I would rather yo-yo Garcia from starter to bullpen than do that to a valuable trade chip like Phelps might be.
Also for some reason I cant stop being excited about Ichiro knowing full well how ridiculous it is to be excited about a guy who was the worst offensive OF for the last year and a half. Always really liked the guy.
Yeah I like Ichiro. His lack of walks doesn’t make him my favorite type of player, but you can’t deny how talented he was and what he accomplished over the last decade. Too bad we couldn’t see him start his major league career in the US, he’d be close to surpassing Rose if he hadn’t already.
If he wouldve been in America his whole career wed be talking about a once in a lifetime player. I just feel like the guy has always been classy, fundamentally sound, just seems like a cool guy. This shoulve happened years ago
Lou Piniella was on the radio talking about Ichiro today. He said that he would never teach someone to hit the way Ichiro does–something about the mechanics of it are unusual, although it works for him.
Yeah hes running before his bat even makes contact with the ball. Guy is just a special hitter.
If you know anything about his childhood his dad basically made him an experiment in turning out the perfect ball player. He went so far as to make his right handed son do almost everything left handed so he could get out of the box faster, and would massage his calves nightly for hours. The guy was way worse than a stage mom, so I guess he had some sort of basis for teaching him to hit the way he does.
Thats really creepy but hey its Japan
This was strange for any culture. Apparently the guy was just obsessed with having a great baseball player as a son and did anything possible to make it happen, though it worked so what can you say.
Didn’t know that. Interesting.
Yeah apparently he even saved Ichiro’s childhood toys, shoes, and his retainer, for a museum he planned to open when he became famous. His dad was once quoted with “The only way to succeed is to suffer and persevere.”. So I can only imagine what that childhood was like.
Do you know what their relationship is like now?
He wished him good luck on the trade in the news yesterday so it can’t be too bad I guess.
Even if Ichiro is at the tail end of his career, he is going to contribute to the Yankees year end push in a great way.
Get ready fellas for some clutch and game winning hits!
I will bet anyone a can of soda that he will hit .300+ the rest of the way for the Yanks.
Wouldn’t you like to see him come up in some clutch siuation in some playoff game? Maybe he can relearn the Yankees to hit in RISP situations again. This would be no small feat this year.
Wouldn’t it be tremendous to be spend some time in that dugout? So many superstars, and stars. So many HOFers. Maybe more than any other team—ever! If this team wins it this year, it will certainly be something special. So many on the downspin stars.
This team needs a good nickmane to be remembered right.
The old guys beating the gym buffed guys on the younger teams. Like those movies showing all the old guys getting together for one last mission, or one last bankjob, or whatever. These names will come to me soon.
The Over The Hill Gang. TV movie, 1969.
The 27 Yankees had 6 HOF players on it. You’d have to count CC, Mark, and Cano, just to match that team.
I think the 1927 A’s had the record–7 or 8 Hall of Famers, though that included Ty Cobb at the end of his career.
Cobb was 40 in 1927 and still hit .357/.440 /.482 haha. That’s just ridiculous!
I was counting them-all on firm HOF trajectories–no big stretch.
Andrew has a possibility if he stays around to hit 500 HR. however, I don’t want to debate this now. Want to watch the game. Cheers.
Even as a youngmon myself I can appreciate the idea of one last hurrah. Ichiro does deserve a ring
Going to have to win it all again next year so they can send Pettitte and Mo out on top too. And the year after that for Jeter
If they have to, then they have to.
Yanks gotta get that first-inning mojo back.
You asked they deliver
Yep, you’re the boss, applesauce. How cool. You should wish to find a box with a million dollars in it.
For some reason, my winning percentage on the money boxes isn’t nearly as good as for my run requests.
Well, maybe not with that defeatist attitude.
Good grief. Sterling thinks everything is a crazy act of coincidence reaching galatic proportions. 2 left handers! 2 home runs! BAANNANANANS!
You have to listen to Sterling? Im so sorry…
He’s insane. I think we all accidentally got caught in some Yankee fan’s deal with the devil. “Yes, the Yankees will win championships! But you’ll have to listen to JOHN STERLING! Bwahahahahahahahaha!”
Could be worse though. Could have Hawk instead of Kay. Put it on the booooooaaaaaarrddddd YES!!!!!
He didn’t last long with the Yankees. I don’t know how Sterling has.
Arggg quick professor! Wish for a dominant start from Freddy tonight. Were not staying awake for nothing here lol
Hey, Freddie! Get it together! Get some Ks!
Funny, both Jaso and Montero are hitting significantly better as catchers.
Teixeira and Cairo have something to talk about now. Which is a relief.
Yanks hit Felix that inning, just didn’t get anything out of it.
Thats one way to knock a pitcher out of a game. Glad hes not hurt seriously though
I wouldn’t mind if he had to come out of the game now, but then was all right for his next start.
I’m pretty sure we’d all have ample time to establish democracy in a 3rd world country and still get back to watch the 8th inning. I got a feeling this game is going to test the mettle of men. And by mettle I mean ability to not sleep.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz….
I gotta go back to work, but I’ll be back in the 8th inning when we’re hearing about the magical wonders at the core of the UNPRECENDENTED coincidence of having 2 ex-Mariners on a team that’s PLAYING the Mariners. Sterling rometimes reminds me of the ppl in college who’d be like, “omg you’re from ny?? Do you know Beth? She’s like my sister’s best friend. I think she lives in Ny or Nj. Do you know her?”
Don’t know if I’ll be here, but let’s hope at least the game’s worth seeing then.
Since I told Garcia to get some K’s he’s gotten 4 outs, all strikeouts. I’m on a roll.
OK, let’s get to Serf Felix before he recovers from the chest bruise.
That’s what my grandfather used to always say anyway.
Freddie! Get it together! DP!
All right, Granderson starts a potential rally.
First and third, no one out. Getting interesting.
Dammit, Cano. Come on, Teixeira!
Bases loaded, one out. Come on, Yanks. You’re past that thing where bases loaded is a kiss of death.
Sigh.
Ichiro leads off with a double. Why couldn’t he have come up with the bases loaded?
And the Yankees waste the leadoff double.
Freddie really pitched a very good game through 6, but the Yankees blew their chances. Hernandez is only at 89 pitches. Yanks will have to get to him to have a chance.
Does Felix own a pitch that’s not “plus”? He should really be illegal.
Ibanez grounded out on a 2-0 pitch to open the 7th. He’s useless.
Could be worse, could’ve signed Damon.
True. Ibanez was good for a while, but he’s been used too much, I think.
Hernande started the 8th at 103 pitches and hit Jeter on the first pitch. OK, this is rally time.
Wild pitch! 110 pitches for Hernandez.
Damn. Granderson K’d.
Rodriguez hit by pitch, and he’s in pain. Uh-oh. Hernandez definitely looks tired. 116 pitches.
Looks like he got hit on the wrist. He’s coming out.
Pitching change. Tying runs on, one out. Cano and Teixeira due up.
A hit for Cano! But Jeter couldn’t score, dammit. Bases loaded again. Come on, Teixeira, come through.
Sac fly. Well, at least they got the run, but two out.
Up to Ibanez. I’m sorry I said you were useless! Get a hit!
They left Ibanez in against a lefty, and he struck out. Why didn’t they bring in Jones?
They took out Freddie after one out. He was cruising and at 89 pitches. And the pen has issued three walks to load the bases with two out.
Freddie was pitching great — innings were going so quickly — but Joe Girardi is a Thoughtful Manager with Experience so he has to play the f(*&$*& matchup game. Lefty-lefty walk; righty-righty out, walk; lefty-lefty walk, dribbler, run. Girardi makes Tony LaRussa look a moderate modernist manager. Christ. It’s a one-run game — let the pitcher who is pitching well keep pitching. And then if you really need to get out of the inning, don’t keep playing matchups with your schlubs, put in Robertson. A one run game is still winnable, he won’t die from throwing 8 pitches.
Agreed.