Last night our boys were victimized by Jaret Wright, the crappy carpet and baggie of the Metrodome, bad luck, and some questionable umping. Today C-M Wang looks for a bit of revenge against Brad Radke. Here’s your game thread: Swing away….
Yanks-Twins Gamer III: Retribution Redux
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Good start….oh well.
Proof Ron Gardenhire has gone around the bend:
Rondell White is hitting .093 (!), starting at DH (!!), and hitting clean up (!!!).
Rondell. Automatic.
If you got a guy who isn’t hitting, and can’t play defense, is it necessary to shoehorn him into the lineup at all let alone as the “clean up” hitter? I say thee nay, stupid Gardenhire!
Giambi! 2-0.
Giambino to dead center!
Wow! Giambi really steroided that one over the fence!
Robby’s warming up, 3-0.
The best the Yankees can hope for after today is to tie for 4th place. I like it.
Papelbon: 6 save opportunies, 6 saves, 0.00 ERA.
Sox win! Sox win! DAAAHHHH Sox win!
Oops, wrong thread.
Another brilliant post by Hudson.
Base hit Sheff…
Interesting YF doesn’t place any blame on Matsui’s dubious throw to third base
As usual, Whatever has nothing to add.
I note that Mariano would need to convert all five of his next five save opportunities to equal what Papelbon has already accomplished. Only three rookies in MLB *history* have started as strongly as he has.
As usual, Hudson demonstrates a level of intelligence that goes beyond moronic into a whole new realm of idiocy.
The funny thing is, with each Sox victory, Huddy grows more bold with his lunatic observations.
Cano goes deep. 4-0
Jeetah, off the wall double.
Bloop 2B for Sheff. We’ll take it. 5-0 NY.
Infield hit for Morneau.
Wang making the Twins beat the ball into the turf. Slow chopper forceout at 2nd.
ANOTHER high chopper over ARods head, runners at 1-2, 1 out
Nice play by Jeter, into the hole and gets the FO at third.
Damn, wild pitch, 2-3 now.
2 down, need the out here. Shit, base hit, 2 score as Matsui makes an error. Runner at 2nd. Matsui has not played well out in left recently.
Wang gets his 5th K to end the inning. Bad luck for Wang that inning.
5-2, Yanks, into the 6th. Giambi leads off.
Giambino. Upper deck shot! 2nd of the game. Yeah Baby.
Twin’s announcers said Giambi’s first Home Run to center measured at 450 ft.
Bottom of the 6th, 6-2 NY.
Wow! Web gem by Jeter! Check it out tonight on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight.
1-2-3 6th for Wang. 6-2 NY.
Another hit for Johnny D. 2-4 now.
Infield hit for Jeter. Derek: 2-4. 2 on for Sheff.
Passed ball, up to 2-3.
Sac fly for Sheff. 7-2 Bombers.
Moon shot for ARod. 9-2 Yanks. Guess I’m flying solo here today, but I’m goin’ out with a Bang.
Another hit for Giambi.
Twins announcers mention no one has hit more HRs the last 5 years than ARod. Not even Barry Bonds.
Matsui walks, 2 on, 2 out.
Posada walks, sacks juiced, Twins pitching change.
High chopper by Cano ends inning. Bottom of seventh, 9-2 Pinstripers.
Seventh inning stretch. Lots of Yankee hats and jerseys in the crowd. Hey, I know that guy.
Wang’s seventh strikeout. Nice. He needs more of those.
Wang’s 8th K. Atta Baby.
Another 1-2-3 for Wang. Sailing along. Top of 8th. 9-2, good guys.
Bernie grounds out. Can Carlos Pena be far away?
Damon’s 3rd hit.
Yanks also added Jesus Colome, hard throwing righty from Tampa Bay. Control problems but a very live arm. Worth a chance.
Jeter DP, bottom of 8th coming up. 9-2 New Yorkers.
Wang’s day is over. Very nice outing.
Chacon in. He’s out of the pen today because of the off days. RJ starts Tuesday against, I believe, the Blue Jays.
2B for the Twins. C’mon Shawn.
Wang: 7 I.P., 7 hits, 1 earned run, 8 strikeouts.
Another 2B for Twins, 9-3.
hitting chacon hard.
Twins announcers mention RJ’s father lived and was a ski instructor in Minnesota. Somehow, I can’t see Randy Johnson on skis.
And a BB by Chacon.
Chacon needs to wake up.
Rondell White at plate. Can we count on him again for an out? Yes. Another K for Rondell. 2 down.
Chacon out, Mike Myers coming in. Somewhere, walein is humming the theme music from “Halloween”.
that arod stat surprised me.
Base hit through the hole. Bases loaded. Lefthanded Morneau at the plate. This is what they got Myers for.
Foul pop, and Phillips and Cano have brain cramps and let it drop. Great.
Andy phillips gets bailed out
And Myers strikes him out. Way to pick up the clowns at 1st and 2nd. Nice job. On to the ninth, 9-3, Yanks.
Hey attack, it’s been a little lonely here today, but I been havin’ fun.
Sheff base hit up the middle.
ARod just misses another Home Run. 3 hits for Arod.
arod behind early again and again another long hit opposite way this time. nice double
2nd and 3rd, nobody out.
Andy Phillips up
Phillips walks. Bases loaded.
Bubba at the plate. Force out at home. 1 down.
C’mon Jorge…
nice fielding by Bowa. Should sub him for Phillips.
Posada Ks, 2 down. Cano up
Cano out on a high chopper. Last of the ninth coming up, 9-3, Bronx Boys.
Ron Villone comes in to pitch the ninth.
Great play by ARod, and what an arm! 1 down.
Whatever seems to care too much :-)
hey WE. thought i would hop on the thread. great play by arod. i am slow to post, i am on my cell. wow.great recovery on the comebacker
Line drive off Villone that almost made a eunach out of him, but, he recovers, grabs the ball, and throws to first for the 2nd out.
Nice to see ya attack. Base hit up the middle…wild pitch. Runner on 2nd, 2 down.
Walk. 2 on. Time to end this, Ron.
Ball game. good to see such a solid outing by wang
Fly ball to center, Bernie makes the play, and that’s the ballgame. Final, 9-3 Yankees.
That’s for sure attack.
Back to .500
On to Toronto after an off day tomorrow.
I believe we miss Halladay, who has been sitting and I believe is supposed to pitch against Boston in the weekend series, if I’m not mistaken. I do believe we’ll see AJ Burnett. That’ll be interesting.
Well, maybe we won’t see Burnett. After checking, I see it’s only a 2 game series against the Jays. Burnett pitched Saturday, so with normal rest, he would start Thursday.
Can’t imagine the Jays would start Burnett on short rest, since he’s been, shall we say, a little tender, so far this season.
WE – I think you are right, we won’t see Burnett. This series should be quite a test for the Yankees pitchers, even if it is a short series. Toronto’s bats are on fire right now. They have five batters with an OPS over 1000 and more than 20 at bats. Hopefully, they all caught colds playing in the monsoon today against the chisox.
attack, Yeah, Jays will want to make a statement to the Yanks that they are a team to be reckoned with. After Toronto took 2 of three in Boston without Halladay or Burnett pitching, they may very well be.
Looks like Johnson vs. Chacin in game one, and I would guess Lilly in game 2 on Wednesday. Both are coming of wins against Boston, and Wednesday’s game is on ESPN. Now I need to find a way to not be at work on Wednesday.
attack, Damn, that Wednesday game is a day game? I’ve got the same problem.
After a slow start, Jason Giambi is now hitting .344/.543/.781. Nice. Hope he can be fairly consistent with this over the course of the year. Time will tell.
“Whatever seems to care too much”
Naah, you can’t care too much if your a Yankee or Red Sox fan, can ya’?
I’m just a passionate Yankee fan, sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Just felt I wanted to keep the thread going here today, even if it was pretty much by myself.
And, I believe, this is comment number 100. SF would be proud. (If I was a Sox fan, that is) So my work is done here. It was fun, and the Yanks won today.
So, as Andre Bocelli would sing, ” Time to say goodbye…”