Game 151-Bullpen needs a blowout
There’s a theory making the rounds that the recent sruggles of David Robertson and last night’s blown save by Rafael Soriano is a product of an overworked bullpen that’s running out of gas down the stretch. I’m not so sure I buy that. If you watch the replay, the pitch Soriano gave up the game-tying HR on had plenty of life on it, he just caught too much of the plate and the hitter did a good job getting to a pitch below his knees. Also, let’s not forget Soriano wasn’t even the Closer for over a month to start the season, setting up for Mo in limited appearances until early May. But anytime you have more games than days left in the season, you have to be a bit concerned that the bullpen may wear down. Especially when you’re on a winning streak of mostly tightly played games.
Here’s your lineup, courtesy of LoHud:
1. Jeter SS
2. Suzuki CF
3. A-Rod DH
4. Cano 2B
5. Swisher RF
6. McGehee 1B
7. Nix 3B
8. Jones LF
9. Stewart C
Ivan Nova on the bump, looking to build on his the stellar outing he had facing the (fading) Tampa Bay Rays last week. GO YANKS!!!!
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Make your wish (tell no one) and sing the song.
When you wish upon a Nova
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you
Apologies to Walt and Jiminy
Well isn’t this just an awful way to start the game!
yeah, battered and clueless. So, the bullpen needs a blowout?
jiminy, kick it into gear.
Nice response, Ichi!
He’s definitely hotty, hot, hot!
Arod takes a stroll to first. The well-travelled Australian is a bit shaken by Ichi’s blast.
oooh – the venerable balk! I’ll take it.
Kinky Roo, that’s Australian for balk!
The slow boat grazed the dock! Great path, Arod!
Nice slide by A-Rod…..tie game! Believe in the Jiminy!
Actually, last night Parker was playing marsupial ball!
kibbitzing in the pen.
Oh, bottom four. Now is the time to shine for all to see!
3-2 changeup beat the fighting McGehee.
Looked like a t-bow swing!
Nixy mixed it up! Smashed his way on, to load the bases.
dug our way out. Now to perform ritual sacrifice.
I don’t practice Santeria!
It’s a Sublime message.
Ole! What glove work!
A walk is a run!
ow, they almost screwed the kangaroo in that transfer.
Cliff? Are all the kids in the family named after geographic features? Does he have a sister named Peninsula?
Isthmus, they call her Izzy
Nova still burns. Take some oxygen, oh young star.
Nice comeback and shut down inning. A twofer!
Ichi: skip to Malou, and rope a dope, too.
Damn, the size of the gloves these guys use. They could have their own zip codes. Immigrant families of 10 could use them for shelter!
Yoenis carries an extra cow in his dangling straps.
Yes! The pressure wears a hole in the defense.
That ball went right up the Cliff!
I reckon.
Ain’t pretty, but we can trowel over later. Come on Nova! Find your stride.
And it gets less pretty!
Nova needs to step it up if he wants to be a starter in the playoffs!
Have you heard anything about playoff rosters for the one-gamer? I mean could you have only 1 starter and carry extra relievers and subs, then change for the Division Series?
They’ve always had fixed rosters thru-out the playoffs. Guess the same would apply to the one game playoff too. Doubt they would let them manipulate it.
I thought you could change the roster for each series. In fact, I’m pretty sure you can.
guess you were asking the wrong guy.
I looked this up, but too confusing to read right now:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/joe_sheehan/09/20/coin-flip-game-strategy-rosters/index.html
Clay Rapada already up in the bullpen. Girardi obviously doesn’t like what he’s seeing from Nova.
….Aaaaaand here he is with the hook. Have a nice winter Ivan, hope you show up in camp in shape next year.
Hey, Steve. Would you want to fix the intro? HOUR and Month in the wrong places?!?
Ugh. That’s what I get for posting on my phone. “HR” becomes hour and “Mo” becomes Month automatically. Thanks for pointing it out.
Outstanding Clay, in front of the mound! Best pitch of the year for Rapada. (was praying he could throw it home, for sure.)
And it doesn’t apply to his pitch count!
Well, I guess Granderson only gets a 1/3 day off.
Enjoyed your two innings off? We need you out there, Curtis.
Maybe he rests faster than other players.
Basically a new game. Freddy?
Rapada CAN NOT get right handers out!
Lowe’s warming up? Not Freddy? When did Girardi start hating him?
maybe he tweaked something.
Yeah, I guess Girardi’s tweaked his brain. Oh, you meant Freddy!
the binder ring caught his ear.
Derrek Lowe used to be the long man, but what happened to Freddie? This should be a spot, no?
To quote Yoda: “Sense nor it makes to me.”
saw a sharply diving sinker. Mebbe Lowe has been working on the recipe.
Ho, that lame flip, all he could do, barely, by a whisker, did.
Cano needs to break out of his slump.
that last pitch broke in too much by a hair, or it was gone.
Until this year he was good in Sept (and regular season Oct), and with Tex out they really need him to hit.
Lowe has been very tough today. Right pick, I reckon.
So far so Lowe!
Yaaaaaa Hoooooooo!!!!
Yay! Raaaaaoooul! Back to being coool!
Raul’s too cool for school ya fool!
well, I guess I’m the butt of your rhyme.
The Stadium looks packed.
It’s inflate-a-fans.
they should get a few more into the blue padded seats behind home. Maybe it costs too much.
They’re perfects fans. With no legs you can walk through the isles and not worry about tripping on feet.
I think Granderson wants to catch Dunn for the K lead.
Man, has swish’s ability to play first been a life-saver, along with his switch-swishing. Love to see them shift those guys around to optimize, though it’s amazing the defense holds up.
He may not be Tex, but he’s certainly a positive at foist.
If he keeps pitching like this there will be plenty of Lowelights to show after the game.
may the high praise to Lowe continue.
Does Girardi call him Low-E?
if he keeps shutting them out, I expect so.
Red Sluts are sucking again. Trail 6-3 in bot 7th.
can’t expect any help from them, I guess. Their hearts are not in it. -let’s help the good ol’ Yankees!
What? I had to walk away for a few minutes because my dog wanted to play. Needing to conserve the pen and Girardi goes to Logan in the top of the 7th?
Logan pitched well, it was just that critical seeing eye single, just too fast for Swish that done tied it. Have gear up again. Get ‘em, Yankees!
I wasn’t criticizing Logan, just surprised Girardi didn’t try to conserve his pen. But than again, it’s Girardi and what else should I suspect.
yeah, I was disappointed to see Lowe go.
Fie on the scratchy single. ooh, don’t let Ichi hear that.
And Armless Granderson.
so many outfielders. They only talk about the guys who have guns. Guess everyone else has thrown it out?
Too late smurfy-san. You know how tech savvy we Japanese are. I read that!
it must have interested the A’s, too. 3 of ‘em squinting for the pop, runing in circles, kicking it around. Praise to a nasty sun.
Apparently it talks more than 3 A’s outfielders to catch a pop up. Give them credit for a team effort…NOT!
The Bermuda Triangle.
yeah!
Red Sucks have tied the game!
CAESAR SCORE UPDATE: Baltimorius VI – Bostonius VI in topus of IX.
They showed RISP graphic a little too early.
Damn, damn, damn!
The Ibby giveth and the Ibby taketh away,
So what’d I miss?
A rather sloppy game.
3+ hours of frustration.
2 leads blown by the Yanks, after some good come backs.
Well, I’m sure we can root the Yankees to victory.
rah, rah, sis coom bah!
i’m busy with soup, brott and bier.
Bier? I didn’t even know you were sick.
the bubbly kind
While we have a break, what is Mayor Bloomberg’s favorite team?
The Bloomer Girls?
Mini Soda
Ha ha ha. I get it.
CO–DY!! CO–DY!! CO–DY!! CO–DY!!
Believe in Eppley’s Believe It or Not
Bricka-bracka, firecracker, sis boom bah!
Bug Bunny, Bugs Bunny, rah, rah, rah!
alright, alright. Who’s up? Who’s gonna circle the infield?
Not Jeter or Ichiro.
Arod, Arod, he’s our man.
He can’t do it, so nobody can.
Banish that thought!
throw that guy outta here!
A-Rod, A-Rod, he’s our man!
He sucked that at bat but sooner or later maybe he won’t!
you need some game-used dirt from Yankee Stadium. Two teaspoons with water.
I’m listening to the Red Sox radio feed. Bottom 10th, one out, man on first.
I’m OK with bringing in Phleps.
Nice inning by Joba.
He’s looked very good of late.
yeah, he did. But Reddick can really track breaking balls.
Bottom 10, first and second, two out, Posednik up.
Come on Yanks, back-to-back 9th inning walk-offs!
How can a guy named Balfour not give up a lot of walks?
Cano will end it right here!
Going to the 11th tied at 6.
Swisher will end it right here!
When you stop saying that, they’ve got a chance.
270 feet to go!
The end is coming soon!
C-Dick run!
C-Dick bluff.
Back-to-back walkoff hits by Russell?
a little dab will do it.
Bottom 11th, still 6-6, Sockholes vs Orioles.
See RISP fail.
Guys I have to go, I hope you are able to root the home team to victory. Remember the fate of Civilization as we know it depends on you. No pressure!
Gaaaaahhh!!
Chat y’all tomorrow!
no worries, matey. Will do.
Here comes Freddy.
Going to the 12th in Boston.
I thought that was going out.
some of that good suspense. Ichi really had to fight the low sun.
True, that’s what makes baseball great.
Freddy does the job nicely.
As long as no one makes out this half inning, the Yanks should be in great shape.
Feh. O’s took the lead.
don’t need slomo: pulled off the frigging bag.
another Freddie inning?
Yep.
That misplay could hurt big.
you wish they scheduled this as a night game. The sun is brutal this time of year/day.
Kinda odd that they’re playing in the afternoon.
the place was packed today. Prob thinking to avoid cold evenings.
Come on, Freddy!
wow! way to go, Pearce! I was really frightened of Reddick, who is uncanny hitting breaking stuff. That was a smash. Whew.
They can’t score!
Scribner, following Balfour, some good pitching.
They’ve seen an awful lot of good pitching the last couple of months.
Ibanez legs out the double!
Ibanez! great running.
90 more feet. Bunt?
This is IT. If they can’t get the damn run in, they deserve to lose.
Scribner is kinda wild, so maybe we get another chance. Ho, another runner at third!
Now wild pitch the winning run in.
I gotta leave my computer a while.
Three homers, four runs, guess that’s how to do it. But the Yanks have them loaded with nobody out, tying run at the plate. We just need one, a big one.
I just got back to see Ibby tie the game! DAMN!!!!!! HOLY S@#T!!!!
Hunh! How about that? Tie game on Ibanez homer. Just one out.
Who’d a thunk it?
Damn, thought that was it.
I guess I missed some WILD action.
lotsa waiting. Finally fulfilled, almost.
the big play was Ibanez on third, one out. Martin got a grounder, Ibanez running on contact. Lotsa contact, no run.
Just watched the highlight on GameDay
Come Cory, just Wade through this inning!
nice sinker to get Pennington.
The box score looks like they played musical chairs!
yeah. You could tell me who’s leading off, and I still wouldn’t have a clue who is following.
Nice inning. Now the Yanks’ batter must end it NOW!!!
a second seventh inning stretch! Free baseball that I would like to see ended. Soon.
I turned on my TV to listen/watch some college football. When did teams start using young pop stars as their nickname. One of the teams playing is the Oregon State Beibers.
I think the guy was eating a pretzel.
Look at this guys ERA and hits/inning…..drool!!
Wow, wild isn’t it?
Now on NatGeo’s Wild Kingdom, Yankee baseball.
Chavez on.
Now we need the over and in.
Hello Melk Man II. But if the Yanks don’t win, who’s on 1st?
That’s the over. Now the hard part: in.
Itch-E, Itch-E!
They’re walking him. Rodriguez gets the baton.
COWARDS!!!
臆病者
Oh, bloody hell!
Still, they can get the run in.
Crap! The Yankees just can’t score with a runner on third and less than 2 out.
I’m gonna scream ! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Wow, Ross made a nice play. Come onnnnn, Nuney!
We need a walkoff walk.
A BOOT!! A walk-off!
Wow. Wow. Just wow.
Who cares how pretty. That was a hell of a win.
All those HR’s and the game is decided on a muff!!
Man, you gotta hand it to them for the 13th inning comeback, even with all the other failures in the game.
Chat y’all tomorrow.
Michael Kay said the game wasn’t unmanageable!
yeah. He was relieved to get outa there. It was loooong.
here’s to hanging in there, Yankees.