NYC's Weak Sisters, 2007 (part II)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I am kinda hoping for Arod to run with this newfound respect and then, to use it, vindictively, to get back at Jeter for failing to stand up for him when he was down. You know? Hand out a few backhanded compliments to the press, whisper in a few ears, and pretend to be above it all.

You just know he'd love it.

[metirish]

I know it was Pettitte's day to throw on the side but it's shocking that Torre brought him in to pitch an inning,a slamming indictment of the starting pitching and the bull pen....oh what joy.

[nymr83]

who thought Carl Pavano would be the first Yankee starter to turn in a quality performance this year?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

MFYs-A's in xtras for the second straight night, a slim, bearded, 31-wearing Piazza batting vs. Farnsworth... NOW!!!!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Piazza whiffed. Not a good night. He did crush a double last night to help the A's come back & win. Big gaps to hit into in that park.

Nick Swisher has his Kelly Leak on.

[nymr83]

Arod had his 7th homer to keep the yankees in this one. 2 runs scored unearned thanks to a JETER error. bet you wont hear the yankee fans talking about that

[Frayed Knot]

Giambi eventually won it with a 1-out HR in the 13th.
By that point the Yanx were down to Brian Brunney, their 8th (and presumably last) pitcher. A's scored their 3 runs in the 1st inning and then were shut out after that.

Farnsworth has been so bad lately - and especially in 2nd innings - that even with a pitcher crunch they only used him for that one inning.

Doug Meintiewicz didn't start due to a deep slump, but was eventually double-switched in then went hitless in a few more ABs to extend his streak into 0-23.

4 Yanqui errors last night including two more for Jeter; totals in 10 games are now 13 & 5 for the team and him. Jeter's 2nd was a low throw that Meinky's sub - Josh Phelps - c/should have easily scooped but didn't come close to, which explains why the double-switch later. The Yanx are carrying 3 1st baseman at this point but only one they trust with a glove and he can't hit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: Doug Meintiewicz didn't start due to a deep slump, but was eventually double-switched in then went hitless in a few more ABs to extend his streak into 0-23.

Not to belittle too much that .283 / .359 / .411 // .770 he put up last year in batter-friend Kauffman Stadium, but that slump of his is now entering its fourth year. This just a particularly nadir-iffic part of the greater slump.

[Frayed Knot]

Both Mussina (hamstring) & Pavano (forearm) to the (retroactive) 15 day DL - joining Wang & Karstens who are already there.

Chris Britton (swag from the Jaret Wright deal) called up for now. Wang due to come back in the next week.

[nymr83]

looking good. Mussina is the guy they need to count on most imo.
Wang will be exposed as the mediocrity that he is soon enough.
Anyone think Ratner and Britton are starters on a playoff caliber team? just bite the bullet and go to Hughes already!

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Marco Scutaro 3 run bomb off of Mary Ano ... yay, ha ha.

[smg58]

File that one under "profoundly improbable," but anything that makes the Yankees lose is a good thing.

[Guest iramets]

Why'd the Mets let Scutaro go, again? I forget. Can someone help me out?

[nymr83]

because he sucked? last year was his only passable year,

[Guest iramets]

Oh.

I always liked him. Hustled his ass off. When you've got a guy like that, I say keep him, let the clueless momos go. But maybe that's just me.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

iramets wrote: Oh. I always liked him. Hustled his ass off. When you've got a guy like that, I say keep him, let the clueless momos go. But maybe that's just me.

He had Quadruple-A player written all over him. Mets claimed him off waivers, he had 2 excellent seasons in Norfolk that amounted to 100+ ABs of diddly-poo in Flushing. And by then, he was already 27.

Glad to see he's found a home for himself in Oakland, though.

[nymr83]

Derek Jeter committed his Major League leading 6th error today!.

[Frayed Knot]

Scoot-o had one single in 20 ABs prior to today's walk-off.
On the other hand he's had an impressive list of walk-off hits for Oakland considering his relatively short time there; I saw a run down of them just the other day.

What was cool about today's hit is that the Oakland rally started with 2 out and none on: single - walk - HR ... which was the least they could do after doing almost the same thing they did in Saturday's game. In this case they got 2 in the 1st inning and were threatening for more before being shut-out and virtually no hit after that.

Another error for Jeter (6th)

Chase Wright?!?! will be the starter for the Yanx on Tuesday.





* and with this post I become Randall K. Myers

Edited April 15, 2007 by Guest

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Crud! I turned that game off in the 8th because I didn't wanna see the MFYs win!

& of course I stayed up all damn night last nite to watch the A's lose.

I suck!

[DocTee]

A's announcer Ray Fosse said Scutaro will always wear the green and gold because of today's heroics... a bit of hyperbole to be sure but his gritty style has endeared him to the Bay Area (but so did Eric Byrnes' and he was shipped to the desert)

[Guest OlerudOwned]

DocTee wrote: A's announcer Ray Fosse said Scutaro will always wear the green and gold because of today's heroics... a bit of hyperbole to be sure but his gritty style has endeared him to the Bay Area (but so did Eric Byrnes' and he was shipped to the desert)

Would you say he's a "True Athletic?"

[MFS62]

According to WFAN, that was Marco's eighth game winning hit in the majors.
Maybe the A's have found the new "Captain Clutch"?

Mike Francessa was in a state of disbelief. He kept lamenting how Marco had been hitting .050 before the hit. I loved it.

EDIT: IIRC, after the Mets got rid of Marco, they acquired Joe McEwing as their utility player. Insert your own joke here.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

No, they didn't. McEwing was acquired in spring training, 2000. Scutaro didn't appear with the Mets until 2002.

And they didn't get rid of him. He was claimed by Oakland as the Mets tried to clear him through waivers, which was the same way the Mets got him from Milwaukee.

[MFS62]

I guess IDRC.


Later

[Centerfield]

A-Rod sure is doing better now that he got himself out of that pressure-cooker that is New York. I knew he would relax and be himself with his new team.

It just goes to show you some people can't handle New York.

[nymr83]

how many more jeter errors before AROD successfully talks Torre into getting his position back?

[metirish]

Nymr83 wrote: how many more jeter errors before AROD successfully talks Torre into getting his position back?

It would never happen though ,would it?...A-Rod will play SS for the Red Sox next season...

[Willets Point]

... and the Red Sox play the Reds in the 2008 World Series and Rodriguez slaps Arroyo again.

[Centerfield]

This is getting out of control. With his team down 2, 2 on, with 2 outs in the 9th, A-Rod hits a 3 run HR and the Yanks finish the sweep of the Indians.

Ok. I think he's made his point. It's ok with me if A-Rod starts sucking now.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Centerfield wrote: This is getting out of control. With his team down 2, 2 on, with 2 outs in the 9th, A-Rod hits a 3 run HR and the Yanks finish the sweep of the Indians. Ok. I think he's made his point. It's ok with me if A-Rod starts sucking now.

No, no, no--he has to play like this right up until October 1, THEN he has to start sucking. That way, Yankee fans will be even more bitterly dissapointed when he fails them. Again.

The real question is, why did Cleveland elect to pitch to him with first base open?