Game Thread Yankees @ Astros 6/25/15 8:10PM

[blgridesagain]

Four game series....Yanks ran into a buzzsaw with Keuchel in game 1.
This isn't exactly a great surprise from him, he has tossed a shutout with 11 Ks less than a month ago. And yet, the Yanks did manage to threaten him in the 9th.
Very good LH, tough team to beat at home....sh!t happens.
Warren pitched very decently 5.2 IP, 5h, 1bb, 2 er, O HR...for his part, he kept them in the game.

Turn the page and try and get one in "W" column tomorrow.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

if it were just any common lefty, it would make sense to play Lefty vs lefty, BUT this was NO COMMON Lefty, Keuchel is 7-0 at home, batters are hitting a BUCK 88 against him at home, with a .248 OBP.......

In other words, Dallas Keuchel IS the premium Lefty in MLB right now, and he showed why you rest McCann, and/or Gardner also......

they would of fared no better tonight vs Keuchel.....

Not one runner on 2nd base til the end of the game, when He walked Tex.....! Is it making sense yet, the premiere southpaw in the AL & MLB is not David Price, tho' he's a hot 2nd, its not Chris Sale, Cole Hamels, Liriano, Kershaw or Mad Bum, its obvious Keuchel is the up and comer, to the crown of Premier Southpaws......

 

[Rick2583]

He was very impressive tonight.

 

[yankeesince59]

I think the main reason and maybe the only reason the Yanx threatened in the 9th was because Keuchel was well over 100 pitches and was gassed.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

I think the main reason and maybe the only reason the Yanx threatened in the 9th was because Keuchel was well over 100 pitches and was gassed.

Yep,.......Ya' gotta' believe, where did this Keuchel kid come out of Supermans Phone Booth..........

Keuchel played here in Lancaster, and tho' he started 18 games, with a losing 5-8 W/L record, a .336 ERA, tho' he had 120.2 IP, with 97 K's, and 25 BBs' with 10 HR's in a pure hitters A+ park, it was easy to see Dallas would make the Big Club in a short time, just a matter of working out his mechanics. His fastball in A+ ball, was explosive.........Now he's painting corners like Randy Johnson, tho' its not right to compare Him to RJ, not a this time, yet, I never watched RJ in the Minors.....;

The Stro's have had all their #1 draft picks play here, as they've had those #1 or #2 picks for 4 years in a row now, and they are beginning to pay off, even tho' Keuchel was not chosen til the 9th round. Altuve was spectacular here in LandScatter......where the wind blows 30-50 mph most games, to RF......

last game I attended last year, there were 7 Hr's by the Home Team, and 2 by the Visitors.......

Another kid who I watched throw a 1 Hitter here, who should be in the Majors soon is/was: a kid SP named Vincent Velasquez. Now in AA, he Struck out 72 batter in 52.1 IP. That was His best game so far in the Minors. Sitting right behind Home Plate, next to the guy with the Radar Gun, I guessed he was throwing 99 mph, and when I asked, the guy said, He's throwing 110 mph, I said, Your fkng kidding me, no fkn way, he laughed, showed me his gun, and it displayed 99mph consistently.....

Look for him in 016 or 017, when the Stro's enter the ALCS.........I've said this for 2 years now........the Stro's are slowly building a dynasty, with some damn fine Draft Picks, over 4 years, hell they got all the top guys, which doesn't ensure success, yet guys like Keuchel was picked in the 9th round.........Odd how many #1 first round picks, never find success,

shaded of Steve Chilcott in 66......#1 pick, first round over Reggie, the #2 pick, Chilcott a Catcher, blew his arm out the 1st year in the Mets Farm System, and remained a Minor Lgr, for he next 7 years, before hanging it up......Steve was a graduate of my Alma Mater, approx 3 yrs before I graduated from H.S. NTM- JimS Slaton and Dwayne Murphy would follow..........but they lasted in the Majors, unlike Chilcott........

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=chilco001ste

 

[Mattingly23NY]

another fkn novel........

59, can I attend your Posting 101, in the class, of how to say what's on your mind, in 1 or 2 sentences..........Doestoyevsky is loose from the Gulag.....

 

[Rick2583]

another fkn novel........

59, can I attend your Posting 101, in the class, of how to say what's on your mind, in 1 or 2 sentences..........Doestoyevsky is loose from the Gulag.....

Never mind Rob, your war & peace posts is what makes you you. But damn! I can picture you years ago trying to tell your young children why they couldn't see a certain movie. By the time you finished telling them the f'king movie would be over.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Brass Conversation

Hal Steinbrenner: Well Brian the team is not doing well
Cashman: You're right Hal
Steinbrennre: That's Mr. Steinbrenner to you.
Cashman, sure you're right sir.
Steinbrenner: So what are you going to do about it
Cashman: I'll demote Warren to the pen then fire Girardi
Steinbrenner: Proper talk indeed.

You got it Michael, and I'll add:

Trashman: "I'll demote Warren to the pen then fire Girardi, like I did Long, that will solve all problems, and we will once again, play win 4 WS in an 8 yr span.......establishing a dynasty once again".

Hank: with a Sports Shrink in the Room, "I'd have to sale the Team and Fire Myself first, but that's not gonna' happen, cuz my shit don't stink, I am the Boss"...

Sports Shrink: "You dumb asshole, the Boss, has been dead, you flipping Moron, but yes please fire yourself, cuz your causing 100 Million World Wide Yankee Fans, to have to take Prozac, just to watch your dumbass moves, you stupid fk, I quit"

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Never mind Rob, your war & peace posts is what makes you you. But damn! I can picture you years ago trying to tell your young children why they couldn't see a certain movie. By the time you finished telling them the f'king movie would be over.

Thank you my long time Buddy, and Friend.......

You know your right on that last remark, I'd be lecturing all night til the movie was not only over, but the sunrise was coming up, and time for school, with no sleep......

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Screw tonights game, going dancing with the squeeze, will throw something after I find out the results of tonights game.

 

[Pastafazul]

I don't know what Joe is smoking but the top 5 in the lineup better come up big or we're in trouble.

Please rick take no offense, as you know I am not a big fan of girardi , but to accuse him of being a pot head, wow, that's a little over the top don't you think?

 

[yankeesince59]

...lol...a little late, don't you think?

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Never mind Rob, your war & peace posts is what makes you you. But damn! I can picture you years ago trying to tell your young children why they couldn't see a certain movie. By the time you finished telling them the f'king movie would be over.

You should of seen my Little League Coaching Practices, we'd start at 6am on Saturdays, and not stop til 10 pm, under the lights, ................NOT, but we might of IF we could of, NTM- such would been a violation of LL Rules...........ahaha....!