Frayed Knot

And if 'rattled when things start to go wrong' does turn out to be the correct diagnosis, it's not like that has 'Make him a closer' written all over it.

Yes but nothing counts beyond the most recent. Look, the way Jennry has lost it so quickly over the last two starts has been disturbing and Matsuzaka gives us another option (meanwhile can we wait until Syndergaard gets his ERA under 4.00 and WHiP under 1.4 before we pronounce him past due?) but let's ease up on the idea that two games have proven him to be a failure as a ML starter who needs immediate replacement.

Needed a Grand Slam there to make me feel (a little bit) safer.

Tough to call for a Lagares bunt with Arenado out there. Hawkins fields well too.

Edgy MD wrote: I just wanna use your love tonight! I don't wanna lose your love tonight! Where, o, where is the pocket of civilization where folks think this is a good song? Thing about that song is, it's so generic to the point where I've heard it so many times and for so long, yet have no idea of the title or artist/group.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I'm feeling a bad vibe from Rice here. I hope that's wrong. Well, so far Rice knows more than Mor-neaus

Marlins just lost (after tying it in the 9th), Braves lost and the Nats lost (to Philly) Sure would be a nice one to win.

Boone is in. Can Hoover and Flounder be far behind?

Hey Dr. Rex Brothers, get that junk off the mound, it's disgusting

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the key to this game is to have our starting pitcher go more than five innings, and give up fewer than seven runs. Nope and nope.

Chris Young treating Chris Martin as if he were Gwynneth Paltrow

At this point if you told me we could get out of this inning down only by 11 I'd take it.

At this point if you told me we could get out of this inning tied I'd take it.

Hope not, because too often they are done by this time of the game as they pull that: score early then hope you can hold on act. Turns out this isn't nearly as true as I thought Y-t-D RS/RA (+/-) Innings 1-3 = +5 Innings 4-6 = -3 Innings 7-9 = -5 A couple of years back (2010 maybe?) we were really lopsided early/late

Edgy MD wrote: Offense wakes up tonight. They're not done. Hope not, because too often they are done by this time of the game as they pull that: score early then hope you can hold on act. Plus it looks as though the Rox are just starting to get started.

Day 1, 05/01/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (1). Day 2, 05/02/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (2) Day 3, 05/03/2014. Starting outfield: Granderson, Lagares, Chris Young. Sitting: Eric Young (3)

Ashie62 wrote: TC ... Outfield Rotation... Really? I have no idea what this means. I'd bitch about that no-touch call at 2nd if it went against my team. That was awfully nit-picky.

Juan Lagares, cf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Chris Young, lf Curtis Granderson, rf Anthony Recker, c Lucas Duda, 1b Ruben Tejada, ss Jenrry Mejia, rhp 'Harry' Blackmon, rf 'Toe' Stubbs, cf 'Speedy' Gonzalez, lf Tara Lupinsky, ss Nolan 'Ryan' Arenado, 3b 'Nolan' Ryan Wheeler, 1b 'Ferdie' Pacheco, c DJ 'Jazzy Jeff' LeMahieu, 2b Franklin Morales, lhp

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the key to this game is to have our starting pitcher go more than five innings, and give up fewer than seven runs. Scoring more than 7 runs across 18 innings (many of those via meaningless, garbage-time HRs against back of the pen relievers) at the best hitting ballpark in the history of the game would be a nice idea too.

In a month worth of Noffense it's not surprising that several pitchers would lead the way. I would have guess Gee rather than Niese but it was fairly close. That Duda was the top hitter is more surprising. I probably would have bet on Murphy had I thought about this before seeing the results.

Only the Rangers, Padres, and Royals have hit less than the Yankees 5 HR (tied with MIN, MIA) the Royals have only hit 1. With Kelly Johnson as the team leader (he has 2). As I mentioned a few posts earlier, there are/were a number of YLDBs who claimed to want this kind of team, who craved more bunting and running while cursing the "over-dependance" on HRs over the last decade or so because it clashed with their fantasy about the Yanx being a team of scrappy underdogs. I suspect that they won't sit at the bottom for long; McCann will wake up and start hitting that RF porch eventually, Teixeira's injuries aren't likely to be season long like they were last year, plus Beltran, Ellsbury, etc. But they're definitely going to find out if they like a reduced power team as much as they claim to because Cano & ARod aren't walking back into the clubhouse ... at least not THIS year (heh, heh). The above two posts were from this thread back on April 10th. Since that point the Yanx have morphed mostly back to their old ways and, while still below the league leaders in HRs, are now above league average and have caught up or passed many teams since that slow start. Which was why last night's game was so much fun as it was a perfect example of what's driven their fans nuts in recent years. They wound up losing 10-5 to Tampa in 14 innings (5 hours 49 minutes btw) with 4 of their 5 runs coming via HRs (1 2R HR + 2 solos) including back-to-backs w/2 outs in the 8th to tie the game. But then in extras they were leaving runners on all over the place (mostly against big-butted Heath Bell): 2 in the 11th, 2 more in the 12th, loaded in the 13th that one courtesy of a Derek '0-fer-7' Jeter come-backer) without ever being able to get the walk-off hit. Tampa even spent much of that time trying to hand them the game (errors, botched run-downs, etc.) but they wound up 1-13 w/RiSP The Rays finally put up a 5-spot in the 14th and the Yanx was dead.

Familia - 0.3 Lagares - 1.3 Wright - 1.0 Granderson - 2.0 CYoung - 0.4

The problem with our offense 1) Can't score at home 2) Can't score on the road 3) Can't figure out anywhere else to play

Frayed Knot wrote: Chris Martin in to pitch for Colorado. What d'ya say we jump all over him and consciously uncouple the Rox from a win? Or we could, y'know, go down in order on nine pitches while never coming close to getting the ball out of the infield. Either way.

Chris Martin in to pitch for Colorado. What d'ya say we jump all over him and consciously uncouple the Rox from a win?