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NFT: Yanks at Rays 4/17

Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 6:48 pm
Jacoby Ellsbury CF

Chase Headley 3B

Carlos Beltran RF

Mark Teixeira 1B

Brian McCann C

Alex Rodriguez DH

Stephen Drew 2B

Chris Young LF

Didi Gregorius SS

RHP Adam Warren
outstanding start.  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:13 pm : link
Ellsbury looks at a meatball right down the middle of the plate, belt high.
and headley looks at  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:14 pm : link
a knee high meatball.
These low strikes have been ridiculous  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:16 pm : link
...
One to Headley and one  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:20 pm : link
to Beltran. Otherwise, Karns looks good as he promptly walks two.
UVA LHP Nathan Kirby left his start after just 3 IP...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:24 pm : link
scoreless, so it wasn't performance related. Shitty for the Hoos, could end up having draft implications.
RE: and headley looks at  
BigBlueShock : 4/17/2015 7:25 pm : link
In comment 12238426 section125 said:
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a knee high meatball.

That third strike was below the knees
Heathcott having a day...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:29 pm : link
led off with a HR, is now 3-3.
Call him up  
arniefez : 4/17/2015 7:30 pm : link
this team is just dead inside.
RE: RE: and headley looks at  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:31 pm : link
In comment 12238443 BigBlueShock said:
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In comment 12238426 section125 said:


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a knee high meatball.
That third strike was below the knees


No it wasn't, not even close to below the knees. Its not where the catcher catches it. It was closer to outside and it wasn't. No movement and 91 mph.
hahaha - Rays announcers  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:35 pm : link
just said you can ARod out on up and in... Karns missed by 17 inches.
A-Rod with an absolute bomb...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:37 pm : link
I get the disappointment with this team, but they've been down early and made games competitive. I don't know that they lack heart.
With that kind of power  
dune69 : 4/17/2015 7:37 pm : link
you wonder why Arod messed with ped's.
RE: UVA LHP Nathan Kirby left his start after just 3 IP...  
Greg from LI : 4/17/2015 7:38 pm : link
In comment 12238442 Dunedin81 said:
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scoreless, so it wasn't performance related. Shitty for the Hoos, could end up having draft implications.


Because we haven't had enough injuries yet this year, right? This has gotten ludicrous.
Why does Young bunt?  
section125 : 4/17/2015 7:40 pm : link
This guy is eminently hittable.
...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:57 pm : link

Coakley @Anacott4
@ESPNNYYankees Suzyn just informed us that ARod's HR was the longest in MLB this season at 471 feet.
RE: RE: UVA LHP Nathan Kirby left his start after just 3 IP...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 7:59 pm : link
In comment 12238462 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 12238442 Dunedin81 said:


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scoreless, so it wasn't performance related. Shitty for the Hoos, could end up having draft implications.



Because we haven't had enough injuries yet this year, right? This has gotten ludicrous.


Just got McCarthy back too. McDaniel noted Kirby's performance had declined a bit of late. Might be jumping to conclusions to assume it is TJS or something else season-ending, but the way this season has gone I almost expect it.
RE: ...  
section125 : 4/17/2015 8:07 pm : link
In comment 12238479 Dunedin81 said:
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Coakley @Anacott4
@ESPNNYYankees Suzyn just informed us that ARod's HR was the longest in MLB this season at 471 feet.


Yeah Rays announcers bitching saying their guy Souza hit a bomb in Toronto and it registered only 463. Said MLB is full of shyte.
Thought ARods was near 500 - almost straight away center and way up into the stands.
Teix normally makes that  
section125 : 4/17/2015 8:26 pm : link
play. But good range by Didi.
Nice job Mc Cann.  
section125 : 4/17/2015 8:30 pm : link
Must have been great words of wisdom.
Ahead 0-2 in the count... ball, 900 foot HR  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 4/17/2015 8:31 pm : link
...
Well that sucked...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 8:32 pm : link
back to back HRs, touched off by that bad dig by Teix.
2 hits  
nygnyy274 : 4/17/2015 8:58 pm : link
2 solo home runs Lifeless bunch we have here and striking out at an alarming rate. Gonzalez struck 10 guys on Tuesday Norris 7 Wednesday and Karns has 7 so far tonight.
Arod's  
dune69 : 4/17/2015 9:09 pm : link
on fire!!
A-Rod's  
Homersimpson : 4/17/2015 9:13 pm : link
helmet is covered in meth. Or steroids. Either way, I'm good with it.
Arod with a big FU  
DC Gmen Fan : 4/17/2015 9:17 pm : link
to everyone who said he was done lol
RE: A-Rod's  
section125 : 4/17/2015 9:20 pm : link
In comment 12238592 Homersimpson said:
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helmet is covered in meth. Or steroids. Either way, I'm good with it.


Fairy Dust.
RE: Arod with a big FU  
Giants4246 : 4/17/2015 9:27 pm : link
In comment 12238598 DC Gmen Fan said:
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to everyone who said he was done lol


Yep. I'm fucking loving it, and i'm a met fan. The dude cannot hit enough home runs and drive in enough runs this season as far as i'm concerned.
This team.  
BigBlueShock : 4/17/2015 9:30 pm : link
It drives me absolutely crazy how many times Ellsbury and Gardner get on base and never try to steal a bag. It makes no freaking sense. This is an offensively challenged team, you'd think speed would be a factor in helping them score runs. But no. They continue to be content sitting back and waiting for the Chase Headleys of the world to hit a two run HR.

It's unacceptable and I wish somebody would ask Joe about it. There was a game last week that they actually DID steal a couple of bases, and Joe gushed in the post game about what a weapon speed is. Well? Wtf happened?
I love seeing  
batman11 : 4/17/2015 9:36 pm : link
Arod stick it up the collective asses of Levine,Trost, Stein, etc. I am not a big Alex fan, but I like him alot better than those arrogant, money grubbing aholes!
Teix is not very  
section125 : 4/17/2015 9:40 pm : link
sharp tonight.
This Cambridge Paving  
batman11 : 4/17/2015 9:42 pm : link
guy is creepy.
Heyman saying nice things about Brady Lail...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 9:46 pm : link
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One pitcher impressing folks is right-hander Brady Lail, with the Tampa Yankees. The 18-round pick from Utah throws 90-94 and has an impressive hook. The Yankees have more prospects now ...

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Hey, hey!  
BigBlueShock : 4/17/2015 9:52 pm : link
A stolen base!
another hit  
MookGiants : 4/17/2015 9:54 pm : link
for ARod, nice
I know that Alex  
batman11 : 4/17/2015 9:54 pm : link
has rosin on his helmet, but how great would it be if he dusted it with coke! Who is going to test it?
Great at bat  
dune69 : 4/17/2015 9:54 pm : link
by Arod.
F%ck me.  
section125 : 4/17/2015 9:55 pm : link
Is ARod going to hit this season?
Major League at bat by  
batman11 : 4/17/2015 9:55 pm : link
Arid there.
Arod  
batman11 : 4/17/2015 9:56 pm : link
.
What a night  
Mr. Bungle : 4/17/2015 9:58 pm : link
for Al!
Think Wendlestat  
section125 : 4/17/2015 10:03 pm : link
missed that 3rd pitch to Jennings. Clearly a high strike. Even Fox Trax had it well in the zone.
Betances isn't quite back to 2014 form...  
Dunedin81 : 4/17/2015 10:06 pm : link
but he looked a lot better tonight.
New York ARods win.  
section125 : 4/17/2015 10:25 pm : link
Dune agree with you on Betances. Much better tonight. He is close.
Beginning to like Miller. Nasty crap comes out of that hand.
Couldn't tune in until the 9th  
mfsd : 4/17/2015 10:29 pm : link
but just caught the highlights...just keep ripping A-Rod. Fuck everyone who wants to see you fail
477 feet huh  
ghost718 : 4/17/2015 10:45 pm : link
A-Rod's girlfriend must have thrown a few gummies in his mouth.

This guy is so dumb.
RE: 477 feet huh  
RasputinPrime : 4/17/2015 11:35 pm : link
In comment 12238696 ghost718 said:
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A-Rod's girlfriend must have thrown a few gummies in his mouth.

This guy is so dumb.


Don't be a sore loser. I'm sure he'll agree to blast you in the butt on the next homestand.
What the hell are you talkin about dipshit  
ghost718 : 4/17/2015 11:42 pm : link
.
It's kind of surreal to see  
illmatic : 4/17/2015 11:45 pm : link
ARod carrying the team after the past few years. I know it's only a few games but still. It's cool to see. Hopefully some others will start to heat up too.
After having missed out on Moncada...  
BurberryManning : 4/18/2015 12:36 am : link
and coming to the realization that I am just ideologically opposed to everything that this ownership seems to stand for, Arod is the one source of redeeming value for me.

He's a flawed character that was enabled by the very institutions that we support until it didn't fit their public narrative. Once the bottomline was jeopardized it was easy to make the always aloof and self-absorbed Arod a sacrificial lamb to the masses. Hell, we have fellow Yankee fans that despise him even though players such as Cano, Abreu, Melky (obvi), and others credit Alex as one of their best teammates. In my opinion the perspective of us fans really seems to be at odds with the reality of who Arod, the person, really is.

I fucking love that Arod is trolling MBL and the Yankee brass while leading the team to whatever wins they can scrounge up. I also love hearing how he's purchased suits for the rookies, shows up to optional activities due to his love of the game, and seems to be the ideal teammate. Baseball and the Yankees would seemingly love nothing more than for Arod to have ridden off into the sunset but yet he remains, is playing quality baseball without opening his mouth, and is one of the bright spots on the struggling flagship flagship of the entire sport. Classic, Arod.
his teammates love him, especially the young guys  
Greg from LI : 4/18/2015 2:32 am : link
And the dude is killing it right now. Not too long ago I was one of the very few defenders he had on here. Glad so see people coming around.
A-Rod is certainly the biggest story of the year for us...  
Dunedin81 : 4/18/2015 7:45 am : link
I don't like what he did and I certainly don't gloss it over, but the notion that he should be turned into the face of steroid abuse - that his punishment should signal some sort of end of, or postscript to, the steroid era - strikes me as pretty ridiculous. They've turned him into a caricature. And certainly A-Rod's personal flaws - the narcissism, the desire to be loved, his attempt to turn himself into a Backstreet Boy - lend themselves to caricature. But at the end of the day there are plenty of confirmed users in MLB who aren't automatically associated with roids every time they step to the plate. Ortiz of course, and that attention whore O's fan should remember that they signed Nelson Cruz and traded for Everth Cabrera AFTER each was implicated in Biogenesis. You never would have known it from reading most media outlets, but A-Rod is and has long been a student of the game, capable of breaking the game down as well as just about anyone. That's not surprising, the man has lived and breathed baseball and little else since high school.

When A-Rod went to the minor leagues for rehab, the Twitter feeds of the prospects and the local beat writers had all measure of stories about his taking his time to mentor young hitters, in a couple instances with interventions more important than what the kids were getting from their coaches. The NY beat writers? Their only mention of it was A-Rod leaving after being pushed to the next minor league level without paying for the post-game spread, as is custom for rehabbing major leaguers. When Joba was rehabbing, the guys seemed to like him personally and they appreciated the food (aside from the top prospects most minor leaguers are really, really broke) but nobody was gushing about him giving them pointers. Same for Teix and the other guys.

Whatever suspicions are cast on his performance this year - not undeserved, don't get me wrong - if he play at a high level at his age and after his layoff it would be an incredible achievement.
The last at bat,  
dune69 : 4/18/2015 8:32 am : link
where he fought off some very good pitches, was the best at bat in a clutch situation for him in years.
Really impressive  
Kyle in NY : 4/18/2015 8:36 am : link
that he's doing this against RHP too, considering that was seen as a weakness for him coming into the season. What a hitter.
only randy levine, and hal  
viggie : 4/18/2015 8:39 am : link
could turn AROD into the most loved yankee in 2015 and the story of the team so far. This is awesome, I hope he sticks it up randy levines ass.
gregotius,  
Mike B from JC : 4/18/2015 9:13 am : link
Is a awful hitter. They should have gone after tulo.
With what?  
Dunedin81 : 4/18/2015 9:30 am : link
Even if we pissed away both Judge and Severino, whom we hope to be MLB-ready in 2016, there are teams that can top that. At the MLB level, the only guys we had with trade value are Gardner, Betances and Greene, maybe Pineda. There are teams that can and likely would top our best offers.
RE: gregotius,  
Gmen4Life21 : 4/18/2015 1:48 pm : link
In comment 12238858 Mike B from JC said:
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Is a awful hitter. They should have gone after tulo.


As for Tulo, this team doesn't need more 30+ year old players who can't stay healthy that are under massive long term contracts. I'm not trying to have 37 year old tulo, when 27 year old tulo can't even stay on the field. This team needs to continue to get younger and rebuild, adding talent to the farm, not sign/acquire veterans leaving their prime. and give up young talent in addition for him no less.

Gregorious, no one should've expected a good hitter, average if lucky. The defense and baserunning blunders need to be cleaned. Luckily it's only 10 games in and he's only 25. Hopefully he improves and we see a special defender at ss, let's see.
Average hitter for ss I mean  
Gmen4Life21 : 4/18/2015 1:50 pm : link
And I didn't expect that this year. The bat needs to develop to be that
RE: With what?  
RasputinPrime : 4/18/2015 5:55 pm : link
In comment 12238869 Dunedin81 said:
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Even if we pissed away both Judge and Severino, whom we hope to be MLB-ready in 2016, there are teams that can top that. At the MLB level, the only guys we had with trade value are Gardner, Betances and Greene, maybe Pineda. There are teams that can and likely would top our best offers.


We got Greene back? I love do-overs.
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