Pessimism … or a reverse jinx? You decide.
| New York Yankees | Baltimore Orioles |
| Derek Jeter, SS | Nick Markakis, RF |
| Nick Swisher, RF | J.J. Hardy, SS |
| Robinson Cano, 2B | Nate McLouth, LF |
| Alex Rodriguez, DH | Adam Jones, CF |
| Russell Martin, C | Matt Wieters, C |
| Curtis Granderson, CF | Mark Reynolds, 1B |
| Andruw Jones, LF | Chris Davis, DH |
| Steve Pearce, 1B | Manny Machado, 3B |
| Casey McGehee, 3B | Robert Andino, 2B |
| Phil Hughes, SP | Wei-Yin Chen, SP |
The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., on YES. Let’s go Yankees!
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112 Responses to Game 138: One Game Playoff or Bust
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On orders from the Emperor, tonight the Empire will strike back.
By the way, if that damned Girardi calls me Darthy one more time I will slice him in two with my laser sword.
I hope the Yankees really beat up on the birds tonight. I’ll worry about what the ASPCA says about that some other time.
The Yankees haven’t had an easy win since August 13.
About damn time to change that.
Come on, guys. Give me something good to write about tonight.
Hey, you can’t just disappear without warning and then waltz back and start making demands.
Haha. That’s true. My bad.
What? You need something besides Darth Vader visiting your site?
Robbie Cano! Popup wrangler extraordinaire.
Does fangraphs list P.W.E. percentage?
he’d be off the charts
He got out of it. We’re in the second inning with a chance to win, so we’re ahead of yesterday.
Going into the bottom of the 8th inning last night they had a chance to win. It’s never to late to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory.
True, but if Phleps hadn’t…then…yadda yadda.
Lead off single wasted.
I’m trying to be optimistic, so no cracks about the season being wasted. Let’s go, Yanks!
At least they weren’t no-hitted (is that a word?) for the first 3 innings.
I think it’s “no-hittificated.”
Well, they better start hitificating right away.
I don’t know. Hughes is brutally bad in shutdown innings. So maybe their best hope is to get shutout so that Hughes will shut out the Orioles, then win the game late.
That’s a plan. Damn you Swisher for getting HBP. Now get picked off.
Hughes slowed down going to first to pick up the throw. Better-fielding pitchers would have gotten the out.
I HATE it when the pitcher gets beaten to the bag.
I love it when the opposing pitcher loses the strike zone.
First and second, no one out. This is where the Yankees have been sucking…until NOW!!
Alrighty! The Russell Martin bandwagon is forming now.
Was A-Rod T-bowing?
Chen has the Yanks right where he wants them, RISP = no hits.
Whopee!!
Russell is Buster Poindexter Hot Hot Hot.
Hotter than any picante sauce made in New York City!
I’m impressed, Jones remembered where 1st base is.
Wow!
5 run innings in back-to-back games. Maybe the Big O has returned.
Now it’s the Orioles who want interference cover. Intercession, please!
No video review. And the replay showed no interference anyway.
yeah, no way. He unimpededly missssed it.
I like the way you put that.
Are you saying he can’t pee and catch at the same time?
Yowza, yowza, yowza. Now this smells like a hot streak. Thanks, Mr. Chen.
And he was cooking with gas. Whatever happened?
The Dark Side is powerful.
SHUT. DOWN!
I can’t believe my eyes! Did Hughes REALLY just pitch a shut-down inning?
Way to get it going again, Jete. Got to stomp while we got him down.
That one makes this a shut up inning. Don’t you just hate it when the Yanks score all their runs by the HR!
oh, yeah. It’s done before you know it. Better than receiving, tho.
Ah, at last, at long long last, the blast. Alex had the air spinning, with all those big swings.
Kenny S. : “Arod took Wei-yin way out.”
Michael Kay gets so worked up when Rodriguez hits a home run.
Keep this going. Please and thanks.
Who is that wearing Hughes’ uni? Two consecutive shut-down innings!
1-2-3, that’s how easy it’s gonna be
So easy, like takin’ candy from a baby
ahhhh
Coldplay performing on MLBN!~
Let’s get some decent late-inning pitching.
So far I’m liking the O’s decision to pitch lefties three games in a row.
Get somebody up. The 80-pitch mark is when Hughes gives out.
No, no, no. Tell me it’s not happening again!!
&%$#@^(*&^$%#%&%%$%^&^*(^&$%$%*&(*
It’s OK. Can’t expect a shutout.
Gah
Is that going to be part of the recap?
Phil’s probably done, but his last pitch was a nice hard curve that Davis swung over. Whew, still gotta tinker with the repertoire, but I dunno, I’d probably bring him back for another, rather than turn it over to Logan.
No way. He’s done. His stats past pitch 80 are terrible.
UPDATE: I’m looking at baseball-ref and that may not be exactly accurate. His stats in the 3th, 4th, and 6th innings are terrible, and he’s not often in the game past then. His 7th inning stats are very good. But he’s usually up around 80 pitches well before then.
True, his history argues against it (UPDATE: or so it would seem by recent recollection.). And he missed some spots dangerously, yet he had enough push on it to get them by, so it’s a huge risk.
But bringing in a reliever carries risk, so I’d give him a baserunner.
Maybe you were right.
It amazes me that relievers can take off hot, not have a sputter, like starters often do.
Nice recovery by Phil in that inning. (delayed comment)
OVER/UNDER Girardi uses 3.5 pitchers this inning?
Hmm….
Ugh! Just plain UGH!
The bridge pitchers are crumbling infrastructure!
We need a jobs bill!
No. Tax cuts cure everything!
yeah! It’ll trickle down off the broken bridge.
Thank god I’m not a Republican, because if I was I couldn’t watch baseball….too socialistic.
If they blow this game, I don’t know what I’ll do.
I’m guessing write a recap.
But, yeah, it would be a brutal loss, especially following yesterday’s brutal loss.
whew! Good Boony, good ol’ Boony.
Boy, I was scared of Hardy. He has impressed me as a very good hitter.
Lord, please grant young David a good curve ball tonight. Amen.
Oh Lord won’t you give me a great big curve ball
My friends all have sliders
I must make amends
niiice!
Thanks. I loves me some Janice!
Michael Kay and socks…
Now this is Robertson.
nice play by Curtis. Seemed like only two outs, got it done so quick. Niiice.
Since that game in TB he’s playing deeper.
maybe a little adjustment was in order, prudentially speaking. Oh well, you can’t tell if it never happens. Inopportune, but better sooner than later.
Finally! Michael P. Kay was right to say, “Serves one into left.” Oh, maybe I can quit noticing any more. (oh, please!)
Come on Yanks score more runs!
Four more runs! Four more runs. Tis the season.
HR here would be nice.
If you had a choice, who would you get rid of, Cashman and Girardi, or Kay and Sterling?
the latter should be pasturized.
You mean put out to pasture?
yep, pasturize them, and Nancy and whoever dictates that they will waste as much time as they can repeating themselves, and reciting numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers…
Ho, ho. Salt on the bird’s tail.
Swisher’s goofy grin.
Did you see that? The fan put the ball in his glove! U-u-u-ump!
I’ll have to watch this game again. Wish I had a dvr. I’d put it on loop to play while I sleep.
Come on Sori. Give us a no drama inning.
Sori pitch. C-Dick catch.
Sori pitch. C-Dick watch.
Hey, Stacey. You still there? I got it for you: “whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.”
Haha
See Dick run.
Phew!
The Empire HAS struck back.
Start of a streak?
Dare we dream of a weekend sweep?
Chat y’all tomorrow.
To sleep, perchance to dream-
ay, there’s the rub.”