Regular Season Game 8Yankees @ Rays
Tropicana Field - St. Petersburg, FL
Game Time: 7:08 p.m.
TV/Radio: MY9, WCBS 880
Here are the lineups:
YANKEES (3-4)
Brett Gardner CF
Derek Jeter SS
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher LF
Jorge Posada DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Xavier Nady RF
Ramiro Pena 3B
Jose Molina C
Pitching: A.J. Burnett RHP (1-0, 3.38)
RAYS (4-3)
B.J. Upton CF
Carl Crawford LF
Evan Longoria 3B
Carlos Pena 1B
Pat Burrell DH
Dioner Navarro C
Ben Zobrist RF
Akinori Iwamura 2B
Jason Bartlett SS
Pitching: Matt Garza RHP (1-0, 1.29)
Yanks vs. Garza
Rays vs. Burnett
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
| D. Jeter | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 |
| R. Cano | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .455 | .545 | 1.000 |
| J. Damon | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .300 | .400 |
| A. Rodriguez | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .444 | .833 | 1.278 |
| M. Cabrera | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| X. Nady | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 |
| H. Matsui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| J. Posada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 |
| J. Molina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| M. Teixeira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| C. Ransom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| B. Gardner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
| N. Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Totals | 67 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | .254 | .329 | .388 | .717 |
Rays vs. Burnett
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
| P. Burrell | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | .250 | .372 | .472 | .844 |
| C. Crawford | 36 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .361 | .385 | .500 | .885 |
| D. Navarro | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .238 | .400 | .638 |
| C. Pena | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .105 | .320 | .263 | .583 |
| A. Iwamura | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 |
| B.J. Upton | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .267 | .389 | .267 | .656 |
| J. Bartlett | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .357 | .400 | .643 | 1.043 |
| E. Longoria | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| B. Zobrist | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .800 | 1.133 |
| G. Kapler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| J. Ruggiano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| G. Gross | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 |
| M. Joyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
| Totals | 183 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 54 | .251 | .333 | .404 | .738 |
News & Notes
- Hey Michael Kay, JUST SHUT UP! Lisa Swan over at Subway Squawkers has this post about how the big headed blowhard has been complaining about Nick Swisher's "antics" on the mound yesterday. Kay apparently suggested that Jorge Posada and Derek Jeter talk to Swisher about "the Yankee way." Lisa shares this quote from Kay: "Think about the championship teams of the past, and tell me who the goofball is on it?"
What a freaking crock. Can someone at YES please get rid of this tool? PLEASE!?!?!?!?!
- Johnny Damon is out tonight with the flu. Here's more on Damon from Marc Carig:
What a freaking crock. Can someone at YES please get rid of this tool? PLEASE!?!?!?!?!
- Johnny Damon is out tonight with the flu. Here's more on Damon from Marc Carig:
Johnny Damon has been preoccupied, dealing with a family health scare. He spent Monday night in Orlando tending to his mother. Damon returned on Tuesday, feeling fatigued with a bad cold. Damon said he hasn't been sleeping well.- A.J. Burnett is 7-4, with a 2.98 ERA in 16 career starts against the Rays. He is 2-2, with a 2.30 ERA in seven starts in Tampa. And last season he was 1-2 with a 3.15 ERA in three starts."Physically and mentally, he needs a day," Girardi said.
- Rays starter Matt Garza is 1-2 with a 4.56 ERA in five games (four starts) against the Yanks. In three starts last year he was 1-1 with a 3.71 ERA.
- According to Chad Jennings, there will be no call-ups for tonight's game. What happens if Burentt gets hammered? I don't know about you, but with Edwar Ramirez, Jonathan Albaladejo, and Phil Coke all likely unavailable this looks like incredibly stupid non-move.
- Not Yankee-related, but Josh Beckett was suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing at former Yankees Bobby Abreu's head in Sunday's game in LA. The incident happened when Abreu called time, and in response Beckett threw Abreu a head-high fastball.
- Boomer Joins TBS: Former Yankee David Wells has joined TBS as an analyst. Here's some quotes from Wells from the NY Post:
"That's something that's not going to happen," Wells said, before quickly adding, "at least I hope not. I'm going to conduct myself in a good fashion."
"But I never thought in a million years I'd be in the booth," Wells said. "You know me and the media, we never saw eye to eye -- or at least I fought you guys every chance I'd get," he added.
"Sure, I probably said a lot of harsh things. But a lot of harsh things were said about me, as well. ... Now that I'm quote-unquote part of the media world, you've got to understand it."
Good for Boomer. he should be pretty entertaining.
Stick around and discuss the game
as it happens in the comments section.
295 Comments:
No Damon again. Is he injured? Lineup looks a little stronger tonight with Nady at seven, but that could be misleading with Gardner leading off. Sorry to hear about Josh's suspension. Have to stand up for my little brother!
Still no word on who is being called up...
I have no idea why he's not playing. I hope he's not hurt. Besides that, the only thing I can think of is his 1-for-10 against Garza.
You're little brother? You're kidding, right?
Nope Dane, no word on that.
Lol hopefully he is kidding and if he isn't well I haven't been to the new stadium yet but that deserves a walkthrough the bleachers with a sox jersey on ahahah. But then again as you learn with family you can't always pick although sometimes ya wish you could !!
I am just happy to see Tex back .. I love him at first and ya know what the yankees are slow EVERY April its just what we do and we as fans lose our hair during it..
Then the summer is a different story they dont call it "Summer in the Bronx" for nothing !!
Go YanKKS!!!!
I am sick of hearing about the "Yankee way" whatever that is supposed to mean. First was the Joba fist pump now a player is getting a hard time because he smiled during a game? Smiled!?!
Do guys like Michael Kay and Goose Gossage even follow the Yankees? Do they know anything about the antics of guys at least some of us have heard of, namely Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth or Roger Maris? Not sure where their on and off field behaviors fit into Kay's twisted notion of the "Yankee way". Go to the library Kay, read some books, and actually learn about the team that's made your career.
Anon,
I'm happy to see Tex back too. But as far as the April slow starts goes, that has to stop. I don't consider this a slow start yet because it's just seven games, but it would be nice to see the Yanks at least 5 games over .500 at the end of April. Get off to a start like that, and the "Summer in the Bronx" will be even better.
Jeff,
Well said, I agree completely.
http://www.petitiononline.com/FIREMKAY/petition.html it's time. lol
Pete Abe says Damon has the flu.
Hey guys, David Wells has joined TBS as an analyst.
Here's some quotes from Wells from the NY Post:
"That's something that's not going to happen," Wells said, before quickly adding, "at least I hope not. I'm going to conduct myself in a good fashion."
"But I never thought in a million years I'd be in the booth," Wells said. "You know me and the media, we never saw eye to eye -- or at least I fought you guys every chance I'd get," he added.
"Sure, I probably said a lot of harsh things. But a lot of harsh things were said about me, as well. ... Now that I'm quote-unquote part of the media world, you've got to understand it."
That should be pretty funny. Good for Boomer.
finally a game I can watch - oh shit except I dont even have a tv. oh wait I have a little 9" in the closet.
The Yankees problem is that they could look fantastic one night and awful the next. Remember though, A-Rod and Tex are not in the lineup. They make such a big difference. I mean, as much as I hate A-Rod, he's better than Ransom in every possible way. Also, Jeter and Damon have to get going.
However, I have lost all my confidence in Wang. He's been pitching like garbage ever since the foot injury. Why? Does it have to do with him smoking? Athletes really shouldn't smoke. It causes fatigue, shortness of breath, and for David Cone, it may have caused his shoulder aneurysm. Even Keith Hernandez admitted that he'd be a much better ballplayer had he not smoked. Just in case your wondering, I remember hearing or seeing some story where Wang was smoking a cigarette and he said because everyone from Taiwan does it. Again, not sure if that's his problem this year. Just a concern.
Will,
What happened to your TV?
Anon,
I believe you're right, I think Wang does smoke. Is it effecting him? It's definitely possible. But right now I think he's just going through some problems with his mechanics.
As for the team as a whole, I think they'll be fine.
I don't know what people have against Michael Kay. IN personnaly love his broadcasts and even more his radio show.
Anyway, didn't Girardi said he would stick with Ransom at 3B like yesterday? Did not take long go change his mind!
Anon, Tex is back tonight (allegedly). As for fantastic one night weak the next, leaving aside Wang for the moment, the problem is the pen. The line up is delivering reasonable amounts of runs, and the rest of the starters are solid. CC had one bad start, his problem certainly looks fixed, there is no reason no to believe he won't end the season near 20 wins or more. The problem is the pen which can't even hold a close game. So its not that they might suck one night, might be great the next. The starters will give you 7+, and the lineup will produce 5+ runs a game. The problem is starters are bound to falter a bit 15% of the time no matter how awesome - then things are left to the pen - which is makes games look like reruns of Apocalypse Now.
Greg it blew up election night. No joke - started popping - going crazy - the whole screen went out - had to throw the circuit breaker cause I wasn't going to go near the thing.
Vinsanity,
I like his radio shot for the most part. I think he's dead wrong about Swisher, but I don't mind his show overall.
I can't stand listening to him call a game, though. He obsessed with not sounding like a homer, so much so that he overcompensates and ends up getting more excited when the opposing team does something. He was much better when he was on the radio and didn't take himself so seriously.
As for Girardi and Ransom, I have no idea why he tells the media one thing and does the other, makes no sense, but I'm glad he made the move.
Wow, that's messed up Will.
Here we go! Game time baby! I feel a W coming!
GO YANKS!
Hey B-Boy,
I hope you're right. A couple early runs would be nice.
Well Gardy is on to begin the inning, Jeet is up...
Bitch.
Yup nice start.
Oh no......
Hay, where's Liam? I hope he's dead.
Alright! Jeet on first, Gardy on 2nd, and Teix is up! Come on, bomb it out of the park!
As for you Hitler, get a life.
Don't say that, it's more messed up than your name.
He's not dead Hitler, but I bet he wishes you were.
There should be NO children on this site.
Gardner is on third
FUCK! And liam's dead.
And the bases are loaded with Yankees for Cy Young Swisher.
Right, my bad. Bases loaded for the great pitcher Swish!
LOL I typed the same thing and posted it at the same time Greg.
hahah.....
Come on Swisher, need some runs here.
notice how KAY loves swish tonight lmao
Yea, and all day he's bashing him on the radio... Classy dude.
Man, Swish down on strikes.
HaHa Greg.
HITLER or HITWER, as you spell your name, i've been at baseball practice for my school and I didn't have time to come on.
Like I said like a few weeks ago, I'm not going to be around much.
Hey man, how's baseball going?
Very good.
Good job Jorge... 1-0 Yanks.
NICE!!
Bitch.
I'm glad they got that run, but with bases loaded and nobody out one run is not something to be proud of.
Ya, I gotta go. Have a great night.
Alright, later Liam.
Burnett looks sharp.
I like how Joe is giving Pena a start. He won't be around much when A-Rod comes back. Plus, you want to get him some MLB experience because he is projected to be the starting shortstop for the Yankees by 2011.
Yeah, Anon, A.J. does look good.
I completely agree Yankeeboy.
Wow, what a nasty breaking ball.
Pena looks likes Ransom up there.
Anon, it's one at-bat. Give him a break.
Give the kid more than an at-bat to prove himself.
Here's an update on Damon from Marc Carig:
"Johnny Damon has been preoccupied, dealing with a family health scare. He spent Monday night in Orlando tending to his mother. Damon returned on Tuesday, feeling fatigued with a bad cold. Damon said he hasn't been sleeping well.
"'Physically and mentally, he needs a day,' Girardi said."
Yea I know, but he looked pretty bad there.
I hope he's alright. Damon is such a cool guy. I met him about a year ago at a Yankee game.
ASS HOLE.
Yes, you are.
Fuck off. I want to speak to the owner. Not this BS.
What the hell are you talking about?
Hitler, use a different name.
Close Game... Let's make it a .500 record by the end of the night! Maybe Girardi can catch for an inning.
Yeah, listen to anon. It's very offensive.
Greg is the owner of the site tardo!
Happy Anon!
LOL
Hey Jon,
lol well Swisher pitched so you never know.
That's better, at least it's not offensive.
LOL your dick.
But he's still acting like his old hitlerish self.
I am behind on the season greg. I need to do some serious catching up over the next week. When is opening night at the stadium anyways? Thurs?
And your comments will be deleted.
Yep, Thursday at 1:00.
Glad to see that Posada is finally back too... Was that really Josh Beckett's borther in the first post?
I'll use this one then.
No. Bruce is from England so it's highly unlikely.
wow you idiot do u know anything thats not proper english with that user name.
A.W.
Don't say that, I always like the name Liam. Very cool last name too.
ah ok...
Liam isn't A Ass. And he's not an ass either.
He is Greg.
Hi guys! Liam is sooooooooooooo cute!
Why do you come here and act like a douche bag?
U TOOK MY ASS!
UM, I didn't know Tampa/St.Pete was the middle of cow country, COW BELLS, really, How bleeping GAY...they just don't have tradition like our BLEECHER CREATURES.....
Your Ass?
I'm a dumb whore!
Name, sorry!
Hey Mario,
I know, these cowbells are so damn annoying.
And the creatures only have one cow bell that they used to start an actual chant.
LOL somebody took Hitler's name.
I hate Michael kay
greg i am going to own second base in softball
TWO PEOPLE NOW.
hitler, get a life. please leave.
hahahaha alright. You handled it fine last year.
I'm a batch.
hey guys.. I'm lovin AJ right now. I knew he would be good tonight, knock on wood that it continues.
this is how our pitching is supposed to look i mean unless AJ gets seriously hurt GODFORBID !! i think he will be beyond valuable to this team
Hey Dan,
Yea Burnett looks great out there tonight.
I got frazzled once or twice when it came at me fast. just a matter of keeping the hand-eye coordination in check
SWISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWISHER AGAIN!!!
Nice!
Awesome hit Swisher
I think he could win the Cy Young this year.
JUST NOW - Swish bombs a pitch into the right field seats, 2-0 Yanks.
#4 for Swish on the year, man he is on fire!
THE BEST HITTING PITCHER!!!
You said it Anon. He is by far!
Sweet Hitler is back
I agree Yankeeboy.. if he stays healthy of course. I think he'll live up to his big contract and be dominate... maybe he and CC could be a new version of the Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling duo... but better teammates
Nick Swisher will you marry me?, these guys need to shut up about having a problem with a baseball player smiling after he struck out someone god its stupid
over 120 comments in 3 innings.... 300 tonight?
Why the hell didn't Cano run hard out of the box? Can he stop freaking sulking when he grounds out?
Hopefully Dan.
3 and half innings
someone is trying to set a record for most deleted comments
Dan, you are absolutely right.
Anon,
I know it's rediculous how they're bashing Swish. If Cone got a chance to play third base for an inning with the Yankees down by 10 he would be freaking out.
Sorry Will, Hitler was being a douche bag and going overboard.
"maybe he and CC could be a new version of the Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling duo... but better teammates"
and without the god awful white turtlenecks.
i like that up an in pitch to Longoria... sit down
"Hitler was being a douche bag and going overboard."
Well, he is _Hitler_ after all. ;)
ARod is amused.
I'll give Coney credit for saying that the Rays have no reason to be upset about anything last night.
... By the way, Burnett just earned a ton of points in my book for giving Longoria chin music after Garza threw in to Swisher. Great job.
LOL Will!
Burnett has a something that rhymes with ho-ho
Mojo?
no-no
Ok, so Burnett is cruising nicely it seems. AJ got a lot of injury trash talk during the spring. If he truly has the injury thing under control, this guy is going to be the backbone. He's way more calm in the head than CC. CC will be awesome, but when the Yankees must have a win, Burnett is going to be the man. Only comment I have otherwise is I'd like see his pitch count a little lower, he's in the mid 50s now. I'd like to see him at 90 pitches after 8 innings.
STOP IT!
I was giving you a way out.
i didnt want to say it... some ppl are superstitious, when it comes to no hitters I am not..
Fair enough.
i have a damn Economics test on Thursday at 12.. :(
Damn that sucks. How long is the test?
it will prob take 45 mins- 1 hour.. I have another class after but Im not going
Oh alright, you should be able to catch the game.
Friday and Saturday are supposed to be b.e.a.utiful.. anyone going to the games?
Thursday too
I may get Tix for Saturday, a friend of mine is going and said they might have an extra one.
A.J. is on fire!
I'm going Thursday. Can't wait.
lucky
Well, I had my turn to brag about going to the exhibition April 3rd, now its your turn Greg.
63 pitches thru 5
Good pitch count.
I don't want to jinx it, but A.J. is looking really good. Ya never know...
He does look great.
I'm getting nervous. I hate watching near no-hitters because I hate to look at the TV after every pitch to see if a base runner is on.
its only thru 5 innings, he still has 12 more outs...... imagine one night u score 15, the next u cant get a hit
I just wish the Yankees had a bigger lead. That's all that's bothering me right now. As far as that other thing goes, it's a lot of fun watching those kind of games. Nerve wracking, but fun.
SWISH!!
Double for Swish...he is on fire!
He's ridiculous right not.
Hey Chief,
Seriously, the guy is hitting everything they throw up there.
Swisher YOU SUCK!!!!
Will, what?
Did that hitler douche steal your name?
too bad he struck out before with bases loaded..
True, his homer and double briefly erased that from my memory.
Home runs or GTFO!
I'm raising the bar.
nasty
CAN YES PLEASE STOP MENTIONING THE NO-HITTER? lol
Hahaha, OK Will.
Michael Kay shutup .. dont jinx it he is great tonight but everyone knows you dont talk about IT whatever IT may be although I hope IT happens
Molina is a great game caller
Kay will never shut up.
He just got away with one there.
A.J. is just nasty tonight, every pitch has a purpose, this is exactly what WE needed...
whewwwwww, that was close.
got alittle scared when that left the bat
Yep, they sure did Mario.
uh boy here we go
Getting pretty interesting out there.
"now it's getting fun"
-Michael Kay
I agree completely.
Yup, that's one thing I will agree with Kay about.
Wow i dont know where i have been the past 2 years but i never realized the devil ray on the side of the rays jersey meanwhile the front has rays of sun on it .. hmmm, i guess you dont forget where ya came from ...
Burnett has a lot of strike outs tonight, with fly balls and ground outs pretty evenly split.
He's not a complete game pitcher. Only throwing 19 over 11 seasons, high was 4 in 2005.
If he was injury prone from throwing too hard (mlb says average fastball is ~91) then it would be good to seem him evolve into more of a ground ball pitcher with less strikeouts. hone the curve, and a 91 fastball will work wonders and keep him off the DL.
what if he has like 105-110 pitches after 8? keep him in?
lol Nobody is within 20 feet of Burnett in the dugout.
You have to Dan.
evolving into more of a ground ball pitcher will get his era down too and he could work later into games.
yea, Kay and Cone just said fans are very superstitious and we will bug on him tomorrow if AJ doesnt get IT and he still continues to bring it up
"what if he has like 105-110 pitches after 8? keep him in?"
yank him. tough luck with the no-hitter. Wang sucked, they need several good consecutive starts in case the Wang situation doesn't improve over night.
It is coming full circle ESPN has it up on MLB section, MLBtonight keeps viewing in game .. wow .. very exciting
but he also said they talked about a no-no during David Well's, David Cone's, Jim Abbot's, and Dwight Gooden's no hitters, and they got it.
The fact of the matter is if he's gonna get it he's gonna get it, if he's not, he's not. It's just annoying hearing it every three seconds.
How many yankee no hitters have there been in yankee history?
i agree Greg
Damn it!
fuck!! o well
Alright, let's just get the damn win now.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
it is annoying hearing it every 3 seconds, and I can't even hear it. TV announcers suck. They sit there and feed of the visual teet offering nothing. Radio announcers always give you more info and more incite because they have to fill that dead time. So you learn things like - how many Ks, ground balls, pitch count, how many innings he threw last year, complete games... the big question with a no-no is can the pitcher last the full nine, or will he burn out in the middle of the 8 - whats his history. TV blows, those people are over paid stooges, I'd rather hear a computer voice just robotically call the game. At least it would be cool because the announcer would be a robot.
EFF MICHAEL KAY !!!!!!!! AND ESPN AND MLBTONIGHT AND EVERYONE WHO SAID ANYTHING JINXERS !!!
michael kay should be beaten severely
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