Saturday, June 13, 2009

Yanks Pop Off to Mets

You gotta love back and forth games.
Joba was sloppy tonight getting into too many jams and reaching the 100 pitch count a bit early, very early actually. It seemed that either the Mets were stealing signs or he just never seemed to see eye-to-eye with Posada on what to throw. He would up walking the bases loaded, walked in the tying run, then hit the next batter for the go-ahead run in the third inning.
Yankees did respond back with another Teixeira home run giving him 19 for the season. Matsui also went deep to put the Yankees in the lead again in the 8th inning only to see the Mets take the lead back in the ninth.

The ninth inning. Very interesting ninth inning.
Francisco Rodriguez came in on relief getting a quick out to Gardner. Jeter then got a base hit. Damon pinch hit for Swisher only to strike out. Jetert steals second opening up first for an intentional walk to Tex.
A-Rod is up.
Uh-oh.
Pop up.
Uh-oh.
Ball hits the fielders glove and drops in. Jeter socres, here comes Tex, the throw to the plate...is late!
The expressions on A-Rod were priceless.
At bat: concentrating.
Pop-up: frusturated, slams bat down, spits out gum, jogs to first.
Ball drops in: A-Rod does a double take, starts to go for second, heads back to first.
Tex scores: A-Rod puts hands on head in disbelief.
No pie. Sorry.
Although the final ruling was an E5 (error on the second baseman), I liked my title and stuck with it.

Boston won, Toronto lost. Yankees still two game back.

And what's with Rivera?
3.38 ERA so far this season, his highest since his rookie season in 1995.

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BallHype: hype it up! Posted by Steve Kenul at 12:16 AM 0 Heckles

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Hard Baseball and Posada Throws it Away (Literally)

The error free streak is ovah! Jorge Posada, in an attempt to throw out a base runner, threw wildly at Robinson Cano who missed the ball and let it trickle to the outfield scoring the first E in 18 games.
The error was meaningless as the Yankees put a seven spot in the fourth with some hard baseball. First Teixeira was smacked in the ribs and given first base. A-Rod trickled a ball to the shortstop who in turn attempted to start a 6-4-3 double play. However, Tex came in hard to the second baseman taking him out on a CLEAN play and breaking up the double play. Beautiful take out slide too if I might add.
In the Rangers top half, AJ Burnett threw one at the head of Nelson Cruz (who had homered earlier in the game). Burnett, the Rangers, and the Yankees were warned and no more rough and tough ball was played.
I love how the code plays out in baseball, but still, never throw at the head.

Sox and Jays win as well. Lead is still one game in the East...Yankees have the best record in the American League, second in the majors to Torre's Dodgers.

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BallHype: hype it up! Posted by Steve Kenul at 9:28 PM 0 Heckles

Monday, June 01, 2009

Wikipedia Irony

I found this ironic, and true at the same time.

Derek Jeter

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BallHype: hype it up! Posted by Steve Kenul at 11:30 PM 0 Heckles

Yanks Set Record in Win

Stand aside Boston, Yankees are here to claim another record. And a defensive record at that.
In 2006 the Boston Red Sox set a record for playing in 17 consecutive error free games. Tonight the Yankees made it 18 in a row. That's 162 innings without an error. No bobbles, no dropped balls, nothing of the matter.
One would think that in the 150+ years of MLB history that this record would be a lot longer that 18. Keep in mind that on any given day a player will throw too hard and overthrow the first baseman, or a fielder will charge too hard and the ball will get by them.
My prediction, Yankees make it 22 in a row before a gaffe.

Joba Chamberlain was vintage Chamberlain tonight (vintage as in his bullpen days) allowing only 2 runs to the Indians while earning his third win of the season.

Yankees have a full game lead in the AL East.

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