It’s Four Pee-Emm…
Posted by Steve L. on October 19th, 2009 · Comments (111)
Do you know where your MLB.com Gameday is?
Hey, for those stuck at work or just tracking Game 3 of the 2009 ALCS online for whatever reason, feel free to use the comments section below to discuss this game while it’s in progress. Heck, if you’re tracking, listening, or watching the game, no matter how, albeit online, on T.V or the radio, or via your own personal ability to control and bend both time and space, feel free to talk about it here while it’s happening…
Oh, that, Derek Jeter…
I was thinking to myself right before the game that it would be great if Jeter lead off with a HR just like he did off of Beckett that last series we had with the Sox at Fenway. Dreams do come true!
Damnit, I feel like I’m missing good stuff here! Come on peeps, keep me informed!
2 Dps for Andy so far. Likin it.
1st and 3rd with one out in the 2nd – shame on the Yanks for not getting a run there.
I concur. Nick’s gotta hit it deeper than that.
Notice my thread is positive..Steves negative, lol.
An A-Bomb, for A-Rod!
This Alex guy is out of control!
Another 1st and 3rd 1out wasted..dammit guys. (Nick)
Weaver at 80 pitches thru 4 though
I’d really like them to cash in on those opportunities. I don’t see a 2-0 score holding up
Best pick off move in history!
It’s a Johnny Rocket!
damn…i kinda saw that Vlad HR comin.
Yup, it’s now a 3 inning game.
i don’t understand the pitcher selection…I would just keep throwing him eye level fast balls till he shows he can hit them.
was talking about Vlad in my last comment fyi. I’m pretty mad that my dvr has screwed me again. I was working during game 2, so I relied on the dvr to hook me up with the game. Well, the dvr cut off at the 3 hour mark (the time slot scheduled in the dvr, since it was on fox i forgot to set it to record hours after the game finishes). That’s about the 7th inning. Then today, I come home to see that it flat out didn’t record at all. Since I can’t watch the beginning of the game, I’ll be here for the rest of the game if anyone else is here too.
Ah man, I thought A-Rod had come through again…he hit that hard.
Me too..gotta keep it close. Just one more big hit could do it
ah, hey clint! have you been watching the whole game? How’s Andy been?
Joba bein Joba
Say, when did we let Jose Veras back onto the team? And why is he wearing #62?
And not a midge in sight.
1) Pitch selection from Andy to Vlad was atrocious considering Kendrick had hit a HR the previous inning on a cutter inside.
2) Why was Andy so concerned with Abreu on 1st with 2 outs anyway? It’s not like he’s Carl Crawford or anything. If you concede 2nd base there and Vlad hits anything but a HR, it’s still a 3-2 game. It’s like Andy manufactured the stress in the inning by not focusing on the batter and wasting all that tempo and rhythm.
3) Yankee bats not showing up this series at all.
4) #62 is the fattest, ugliest, most worthless piece of shit I’ve ever come across. If I never see his disgusting, shapeless presence on the mound again, I would be more than happy with that.
5) The wheels have come off this game. Marte’s coming in and suddenly I feel like the season is fading fast.
6) Marte just got one pitch, one out. The Angels are dipshits for swinging at his first pitch.
I want to reiterate point #4. I DETEST #62. I’d take a team of Xavier Nadys over him.
MJ wrote:
wow.
I could certainly go for some grit and gut right about now.
Gardner thrown out. Damnit, this game just went from awesome to horrendous in no time.
I knew the Yanks were in trouble when three straight batters struck out against Darren freakin’ Oliver.
Holy crap, the no-glove catcher just decided to show up to October.
Wow, it took a strong throw right on the money with a quick tag to get him. He’s fast. I wonder what the yankees could get from a National League team for him.
And Posada comes through with a HUGE home run. This team just won’t die!!
Wow a-rod kinda raped Jeter a little bit on that replay…
Hip-hip!
Did anyone see that though with A-Rod and Jeter? That was really really wierd.
Why is the Fox camera showing fatty #62 on TV? That worthless abortion should’ve been told that only ballplayers get to sit on the bench and losers go home.
@ Corey:
Nope, I missed it. I’m too busy trying to channel my rage.
@ MJ:
I’m sure it will be in the papers or blogs or somewhere. He had this really…odd…look on his face. Very strange cause he knew the camera was there…
@ Corey:
Kinda sorry I missed it. I’d rewind it on my DVR but karma tells me I should go with the flow since we seem to have put a little band-aid on the wound in the last inning.
Good grief, horrendous baserunning there. What a lucky break.
Let it be known that Melky completely misplayed that ball. Time for Cash to find us a real starter for CF.
What kind of defensive positioning is that? Glad Abreu is on their side.
Wo did Coke get lucky, great play by Melky, Jeter and Tex
MJ wrote:
Go back after the game, you’ll laugh.
If we can get a stop here, and they bring Fuentes in for the 9th, i’ll be happy.
MJ wrote:
Does Melky have a say where he stands in CF? I would think the coaches would designate that in the playoffs…I could be wrong though
Thank you, Bobby Abreu!
8-6-3
Good hustle by Tex too.
Corey wrote:
True, although the routes you take are obviously your own.
That was some pitch by Hughes to strike out Hunter.
MJ wrote:
To me, it looked like he was playing left field.
Whoooooo — Abreu runs the Angels out of a leadoff XBH and Teix comes up with two huge defensive plays.
Tex has been so money with the glove this series. He is certainly saving enough runs to make up for his offense woes so far this series at that plate.
I gotta say, Tex is becoming my current favorite player.
Corey wrote:
His AB’s are bugging me but, yeah, I love the kid.
@ MJ:
He’ll hit, you know he will. I just love how he plays the game. He’s got IT.
Hughes has a wicked curve ball tonight.
throw the curve again, in the dirt!
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Corey wrote:
Hughes, wow. Teixeira, wow. Great inning there.
Come on Jorge Rafael Villeta Posada. Ahead 3-0? Damnit.
Good lord, for a bad bullpen, the Yanks are making them look excellent.
Bulger just featured some pretty good stuff, if you ask me. I’m pretty impressed.
oh crap where’s Mo
Like clockwork, Tim’s jinx worked. Mo’s a rotten fielder sometimes.
Right there, as a matter of fact.
Oh no..not Figgins…
OK folks, my faith is shattered. This was a horrible game. I really hope the Yanks shake it off and CC is a stopper tomorrow. If not, we’re fucked.
Can we double up Hunter?
nope, infield in..
WHAT A GAME
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD.
This will be on yankees classic.
Survived two body blows and a right cross to the face and still got up to answer the bell for the 11th round.
I will tell you what, they may not win tonight…but this we’re winning it all this year.
I gotta say Mo does a good David Robertson impression.
Gotta root for the Dodgers tonight…don’t want the Phillies getting fresh and rested while this series goes to 7.
As an aside, I might be the only one that felt Guzman over Hinske didn’t make sense but I’d rather have seen Hinske PH there over Frankie Cervelli.
@ MJ:
Lol ya that’s pretty lame. Oh well, that’s not our biggest problem as they will know to put him on the World Series roster.
Time for the Mexican Gangster
UGH! Overmanaging. Why Aceves over Roberston when Aceves has been lit up with regularity since August?
Sum’ game, huh?
FYI, I won’t have my recap/game-entry until two hours after the game…whenever that might be…if ever!
CC better have some innings in him tomorrow….or maybe today?
Steve Lombardi wrote:
No joke. Losing this game would be catastrophic in my opinion since the bullpen is all gone tomorrow (leaving only Gaudin to caddy for CC).
Bad managing by Joe taking out Robertson. At this point you need to soak up innings.
Can I call Swisher with his first post season save?
@ Corey:
It might really come to that, I’m afraid.
I was joking by the way.
This series just went into the toilet.
Ugh, sucks to be on the losing end of a great game. We shoulda used Swisher.
MJ wrote:
Lol dude relax! They were bound to lose a game. It DOES happen.
Corey wrote:
I don’t think this was a great game. This was Andy not executing, Girardi overmanaging, and #62 taking a fat shit on the Yankees hopes for #27.
I just went from thinking we’re winning the WS to pretty much terrified that it’ll be a Game 7 situation which is a crap-shoot. This sucks.
I’m going to watch the postgame, I want to know just what the fuck Girardi was thinking the way he managed this game
Haha did you hear what he said? It was like Congratulations, you beat the yankees! Noone expects them to win again.
Raf wrote:
Girardi totally blew it. Robertson was handling it and Ace has sucked for two months solid. Infuriating.
MJ wrote:
I’m talking from a baseball fan’s point of view. This was a great game to watch. Emotions were running high the whole game, I was at the edge of my seat when Rivera got out of that jam, pumping my fists. A bloop and a blast makes this game a yankee classic. It’s not like the yankees mailed it in once they lost the lead. It’s 1 game.
Can you fire a manager during an ALCS? Because I think Girardi earned it. Just awful managing.
And besides,didn’t everyone say yankees in 6? that means they have to lose games no?
Corey wrote:
I have no problem losing if the team is outplayed. Losing because the manager has the need to overmanage a game is something I have a problem with.
I agree that they outplayed the Angels. That is why I’m not worried about the series.
Raf wrote:
Perfectly well-said. Girardi just lost my trust and, frankly, if my name were Dave Robertson, I’d think my manager was an effin’ moron.
That was a classic Torre move right there, going with the patented “Circle of Trust” pitcher that isn’t good enough to pitch in that situation.
Tomorrow Sabathia will earn his stripes.
MJ wrote:
nailed it.
For the record, if my right hand is broken, it’s because I just punched the wall in my dad’s dining room. I am fuming right now.
MJ wrote:
Kevin Brown, izzat you?
MJ wrote:
Not sure if you realize it, or heard the interview, but David Wells recently referred to Joe Torre’s managing style in with that exact phrase and even mentioned “Meet the Parents”.
Problem is, why in the Lord’s name would anyone consider Aceves to be inside such a circle?????
Based on his first half, Aceves was in the circle. That’s what made it a Torre move.
I’m not saying they win, but they had their best bats coming up. No reason, at all, to go to Aceves there. And he gave up that kind of shot to Mathis?
Well, the best bats they had left anyway- Teix (yes, he’s struggling big time but still), A-Rod, and I guess Molina or Guzman?!?!
Dodgers are making the Phillies work tonight.
Has Girardi taken a swig from the Joe Torre crack pipe?
And how many time is this now he’s going to put in Gardner as a PR and he a) doesn’t steal as the hitter bangs into a DP or b) gets thrown out ???
We’re still up 2-1 and we have CC going tomorrow, and that we can feel good about.
But why do I feel this LaRussa-like bullpen use and obsession with pinch runners is going to come back and burn them if not in this series, then in the WS with all the double switches & such in the NL park?
@ JeremyM:
IMO, there are two guys in the BP who should be used only when they have to be and not by choice: Aceves and Marte. They have both shown lack of guts despite having decent stuff.
As a fan, non-expert and non-baseball insider, why are things like this so obvious to us? Is there anyone who thought that bringing in Ace was a good idea at the time?
@ 77yankees:
Joe Gym has been doing this for a while but the team has protected him from having to defend these poor managing decisions.
Let’s light a candle that we get eight solid from CC tomorrow night, and Mo for the last 3 outs.
So did Steve’s brain simply explode after this one? I’m close…..
Consider the candle lit 77, we need it.
JeremyM wrote:
I think every Yankee fan needs a good night’s sleep after this one.
JeremyM wrote:
Nope. I just decided to take a two-hour break after the game, watch HOUSE and LIE TO ME, remind myself to breathe again, and not let this one get to me.
Yes, it hurts to lose this one. But, the Yankees didn’t do a go job with RISP today and their bullpen, at times, left something to be desired.
Pettitte was OK, in the end. Tex made some nice plays. But, the bottom of the order sucked…aw, hell, this whole game sucked!
There, you got me boiling again, happy now!?!?
MJ wrote:
Kevin Brown feels your pain.