Yup, we’ll get to see Andy Pettitte take the mound in the first game of a doubleheader today. The Yankees have sorely missed their left handed veteran since June 27th, and Freddy Garcia was hardly a replacement. He’ll be on some sort of pitch count today, so hopefully we get at least 5.0 solid innings pitched. The Blue Jays will send out Henderson Alvarez, who’s having a pretty awful 2012 season. In case you forgot, he’s an extreme contact pitcher with a tendency to generate groundballs.
The game starts at 1:05 PM EST on YES. Go Yankees!
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Can’t believe the Orioles won another extra inning game.
I heard that they want the league office to credit them with 2 wins.
Yeah, a double chatter today!
Gotta pound the Jays.
Send them north for the winter winless!
They’re playing for draft picks. They’ll be happy to lose.
One batter in and Andy looks like he hasn’t missed a beat.
Nice, Itchy impersonating Jeter!
Hit and run!?! What got into this team?
They have to do something. Most of these guys can’t run, it’s snail ball.
Better than fall down ball.
Looked misplayed.
Maybe, but it was right at him and I think he played too shallow. No complaints!
Hope Swisher is OK.
Ball beat Cano. I wonder if he was hustling. That was a deep fly.
Can we count this as a win and move on to the second game?
No, Andy needs the work.
Plus, having that attitude bites me in the butt all the time. I’d better adjust.
OK, we have to play hard now and put this game away.
Well, 2 runs scored w/o a hit RISP. I’ll take that all day long.
Two singles…a hit n run…a double and a sac fly = 3 runs….I love baseball.
They haven’t play exciting baseball like this in a while.
Andy and Nick get out of it.
The stands look empty. I guess all them folks with tickets have day jobs.
Yanks better score plenty of runs (in both games) because they will be using a lot of relievers today.
Well, everyone’s rested.
If YES combines the pre- and post games today, will it become the Proust game?
No, that’s their special on the greatest-hitting Yankee teams of all time, Remembrance Of Swings Past.
LOL….very good!
I don’t think it’s original. It sounds familiar to me.
Oh, that was boneheaded, Swish!
Andy isn’t really back until he picks someone off.
Man, Cano’s fielding looks terrible–but gets it done.
Well at least the one GB they handled that inning was a DP.
Run Itchy, run!
Cano has 6 seasons with 40+ doubles. Who is the only Yankee with 7?
I missed that question, watching on mlb tv. I’ll guess Joltin’ Joe.
Gehrig…..I saw the answer.
Hey, Makes sense. I remember Mattingly breaking his single-season team doubles record.
Oh sweet Jesus, the Yanks need 7 runs right now if Lowe is coming into the game.
I predict Lowe will be great.
UPDATE: Today.
Man, after that 1st inning the Yanks have gone to snoozing at the plate.
Yeah, 5 innings from Andy. I will absolutely destroy any reliever who blows this win for him!
Michael Kay asked what starting pitchers do during double headers when they’re not pitching. Someone said they have to cheer on their teammates, and Singleton said they should come out with the pom-poms.
And now I can’t shake the image of CC Sabathia in a cheerleading outfit.
Damn, I didn’t need that image!!!!!
The Yanks have only one hit the last 4 innings!
Screw rapada
Damn, the Yanks could sure use that rain from last night right NOW!
Why don’t they have cell phones to call the pen? That way the pitching couch could see the guys warming up.
MLBN is showing the rest of the game, so I don’t have to sit at my computer. YEAH!!
Y didn’t Lowe keep pitching?
Because Girardi has matchup disease.
And Lowe’s a bum!
He pitched well today.
He done did good, I’ll admit that.
Phleps is pitching tonight. Matchup looks good for the Yanks (although they always seem to blow matchups that look really good).
I sure hope robertson holds this lead
Effffffffffffffffff damn you robertson
Robertson just doesn’t have it today. BJ’s will soon have the lead.
Girardi took out three guys who were pitching well, but he leaves in Robertson to blow it?
Robertson hungry for his 8th lose
Thts girardi for u
What the hell is the matter with Girardi!?!?!?!
Well for starts he cant manage a game
Brimg in scoriano!
Soriano for the 4-out save. Please!!
Like the Robin last year, likes to put himself in high stress situations. Only difference is, this year he is allowing runs. At least Gerardi finally is making the move.
I can’t really argue with Girardi’s moves. He made the right ones, it’s up to the pitcher to execute them. Without going to Sori earlier, Robertson is better than the guys left in the pen.
He shouldn’t have burned through so many guys before Robertson. And Robertson was pitching really poorly. If not for the umpire’s bad call, it would have been even worse. You can’t stay with a guy pitching that poorly with the game on the line.
I think every pitching change was correct, and move over effective. I’m conflicted about how long he left Robertson in there, but the only option was Sori.
Hey, if you want to be wrong, that’s OK.
I’m often wrong, but never uncertain!
I like a varied palate, so I go with a mix of being wrong AND being uncertain.
Oops. Meant ‘pallete’.
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy bloody Christ!
Itchy made that catch interesting.
5 hits, 2 errors. This team is really pushing it.
I wonder who closes tonight…. Oh wait the yanx don’t believe in consecutive wins
Swisher. No problem.
Freddy!
A big late run! Woo-hoo!!
A Geico run!
All 7 Yankee hits by the 1,2,3 batters. Zippo Marx after that.
Why don’t they give Ibanez and Jones a week off and hope they recharge for the playoffs?
I have no clue. But I’m VERY certain that I have no clue.
Heh heh heh.
Ok let’s do this sori!
Ball game over Yankees win theeeeeee Yankees win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweep, baby, sweep.
Wheeeeew!!
Double double chat chat at at y’all y’all this this evening evening!