Posted by TMS:

Mike Scioscia's damn lucky his team won tonight cuz that move to pull Lackey was Grady Little-esque

This.

Posted by JrZyHuStLa:

Posted by TMS:

Mike Scioscia's damn lucky his team won tonight cuz that move to pull Lackey was Grady Little-esque

This.

not only that but why in the blue heck would you pull weaver for that lefty sissy mary?

Posted by djsunyc:

ok...here's the weather question:

if the game gets rained out saturday, do you pitch cc on sunday so he can pitch game 2 of the series, or hold off cc for game 7 which would mean monday and he can pitch game 3 of the series?

i feel like i just had this convo a few monutes ago...WITH YOU!

def pitch cc on sun if game gets rained out saturday...

couple days old, but here's an update on the Cuban fireballer

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/cuban_star_could_be_meeting_with_GXBaYzpqVVn9qIDiEFyL4L

Cuban star could be meeting with Yankees, Mets

By TIM BONTEMPS

Last Updated: 1:18 PM, October 22, 2009

Aroldis Chapman, the 21-year-old flame-throwing Cuban left-hander who defected during the summer, arrived in New York yesterday and is expected to meet with several teams over the next week. The Mets, Yankees and Red Sox are among the teams expected to have interest in signing him.

Chapman, who established residency in Andorra after defecting while playing in the World Port Tournament in The Netherlands in July, was declared a free agent last month. He should find himself in a similar situation to that of Jose Contreras, who became the subject of a fierce bidding war between the Yankees and Red Sox back in 2002. Contreras wound up with a four-year, $32 million contract from the Yankees that winter, which is expected to be a baseline in contract talks with Chapman.

[Edited by - TMS on 10-24-2009 4:00 PM]

What a ****ing joke. They have a full day of sun on Sunday to reschedule the game to and they put it at 8:20? Fuck MLB.

looks like Girardi's sticking w/Swish for game 6... i seriously hope the extra day off helps him get back into the swing of things (no pun intended) cuz u can see in the clip he's just whiffing on pitches that are right down the middle, getting under them & popping them up or late & fouling them back... just a couple inches or a fraction of a second, hopefully Kevin Long can work w/him & get him back his timing like he did for Johnny Damon.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091023&content_id=7533260&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

looks like Lackey's only pitched twice in his career on 3 days' rest, so it's a small sample, but his stats are a mixed bag (1W - 1L, 4.82 ERA)... one thing i do like to see is he's got a high WHIP (1.714) which points to the fact he didn't have his best control in those 2 starts (6 BB & 10 Hits allowed in 9.1 IP)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=lackejo01&year=Career&t=p


as for Hughes, Eiland mentioned how Phil gets into this problem when he tries to rush through the ball, so maybe it's nerves... that might be a more difficult thing to fix in the postseason... i think Joba needs a new cap, that thing he's wearing now is filthy... someone hook him up w/a new cap!

first yankee post in UK 2.0

this is a big game that has world series ramifications...

YANKEES
Derek Jeter SS
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Melky Cabrera CF

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (1-0, 2.84 ERA in postseason)

ANGELS
Chone Figgins 3B
Bobby Abreu RF
Torii Hunter CF
Vladimir Guerrero DH
Kendry Morales 1B
Howie Kendrick 2B
Juan Rivera LF
Jeff Mathis C
Erick Aybar SS

Pitching: LHP Joe Saunders (0-0, 2.57 ERA in postseason)

the yankees rule, man! wooo