7/20: Yankees vs. Rays

42 Responses to 7/20: Yankees vs. Rays

1. smurfy says:

   July 20, 2011 at 7:14 pm

   Jeter musta heard you, Duh. He was sitting on second after leading off with a solid single, then stealing a base, when Grandy shooed him home.

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 21st, 2011 at 12:50 am

   Hahaha :) Nah, Captain Can’t Hit Anymore turned his usual great in his first at-bat/crap after that performance. The Yanks still would’ve won 3-0 without CCHA on base.

   They should have CCHA bat to lead off the game then take him out after that every game for as great as he’s hitting to begin games LOL.

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2. Professor Longnose says:

   July 20, 2011 at 7:35 pm

   Two-run shot by Granderson. The Yankees really need a power surge.

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3. Matt Imbrogno says:

   July 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm

   Good to see Gardner running and running well.

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4. Matt Imbrogno says:

   July 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm

   Yikes; Curtis is really struggling w/the roof!

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   Matt Imbrogno Reply:
   July 20th, 2011 at 8:47 pm

   Yep.

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5. Professor Longnose says:

   July 20, 2011 at 7:55 pm

   Kim Jones should feed the rays pork chops.

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 21st, 2011 at 12:53 am

   Imagine if one of those rays jumped up and snapped at her face. She’d be a lifetime ESPN highlight reel right up there with the poor sap who ran into the outfield wall and made it flip down and Jose Canseco having the ball bounce off his head and go over the fence for a homerun (recaptured in a scene in “For Love Of The Game”.)

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6. Matt Imbrogno says:

   July 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm

   I supremely dislike Sam Fuld.

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7. Matt Imbrogno says:

   July 20, 2011 at 8:14 pm

   All these swings and misses from Freddy. Love it.

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8. Professor Longnose says:

   July 20, 2011 at 8:20 pm

   All right, everyone who said last year that Brett Gardner couldn’t sustain his OBP, admit you were wrong.

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   Matt Imbrogno Reply:
   July 20th, 2011 at 8:21 pm

   /puts hand up

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   Professor Longnose Reply:
   July 20th, 2011 at 8:27 pm

   A lot of people did And it wasn’t an outlandish position. Brett Gardner is a rarity.

   I wonder just how rare. Is there anybody in MLB history with less power and a better OBP?

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   Professor Longnose Reply:
   July 20th, 2011 at 8:35 pm

   I know there probably are many. Just wondering how many

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   smurfy Reply:
   July 20th, 2011 at 9:35 pm

   think “throwback”

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9. Matt Imbrogno says:

   July 20, 2011 at 8:20 pm

   Brett Gardner walks. Water wet.

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10. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 8:23 pm

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11. Professor Longnose says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    Two damn runs.

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12. Professor Longnose says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Logan got the K. Now score some runs.

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13. smurfy says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    Boone booers notice: the loogy got the clever Kotchman. Hard battle it was.

    Howdy doo, Professori. Did you see your local AA game?

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    Professor Longnose Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    Single A. Yes, The Staten Island Yankees swept the Hudson Valley renegades in a double header, including a 4-run 7th inning in the nightcap to tie the game and send it into extra innings.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    You certainly got your money’s worth. was it fun? Did you see some future Yankees?

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    Professor Longnose Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    The most impressive guy I saw was Cito Culver. He looked good in the field–no spectacular plays, but he looked good all around–had a couple of hits and drew two walks, which is always good.

    The starting pitching wasn’t very impressive. A guy named Mitchell Bryan (I think–for some reason they have two right-handed pitchers with the same number) started game one. He looked wild. He threw two wild pitches and hit a guy, plus made an error on a wild throw. He wasn’t walking people through most of the game but the ump had a wide zone and the hitters were pretty free swingers. He was pitching a shutout into the 5th (of a 7-inning game) when he finally walked two and came out of the game. The pitcher who replaced him, Vidal Nuno, immediately gave up a game-tying two-run double, but then retired the next 7 hitters in a row to end the game, the last 5 by strikeouts. He looked good.

    In the second game, Mathew Tracy, a lefty, started and got pounded. He gave up the cycle in two innings, including a homer, a triple, a double, and 5 singles.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Some wide variance in those pitching performances! I was thinking to ask how many innings in the game, but didn’t want to sound dumb.

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    Professor Longnose Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    For some reason, in the NY-Penn league double headers have 7-inning games (other minor leagues, too, I think). I don’t know the rationale.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    I guess they don’t want to wear the young dudes out.
14. smurfy says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    poor old punching bag, Grandy

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15. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    I don’t like sending runners in front of Tex.

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16. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:28 pm

    Heat.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    yeah, no changeups, no curveballs

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17. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    Let’s see if Robertson busts out the change against Joyce.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    it’s probably like with starters starting: you don’t show else till they show they can hit the fb.

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18. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Longo and Joyce were definitely expecting the curve.

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19. Matt Imbrogno says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    All fastballs for Robertson; nice.

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20. Professor Longnose says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    Martin’s OBP is a hundred points higher than his BA, and it’s only .317.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    woohoo! Be happy with whatever you get: his game is really theother half of the inning. Did you catch, on Matt Joyce’s 1st strikeout, Russell stabbed his foot to the right, just before the pitch, to make him expect he was setting up inside? The pitch was low and away, whiffed!

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21. smurfy says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    That was a beautiful play by Jeter. What grace!

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22. smurfy says:

    July 20, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    Mo! Mo! Mo-o–o!

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23. smurfy says:

    July 20, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    Price was very tough, but hand it toSenor Garcia. He’s the man.

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24. Professor Longnose says:

    July 20, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    A win. Tomorrow–three of four.

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    smurfy Reply:
    July 20th, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    yeaah

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