Game Thread Yankees vs. Mariners Wednesday 8/24/16, 3:40 pm

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M. Tanaka (10-4, 3.24)

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H. Iwakuma (14-8, 3.78)

Lineups to follow...
 
Tank on the hill, money, lets see those kids out there kicking butt!!!!!!!!!!!Go Yankees.
 
a day game in the emerald city of stoners, wow.... :pimp:

Ya' think we could leave Pinhead behind to miss the plane, leave 'em where we found 'em....?
 
Gardner -LF
Gregorious -SS
Sanchez -C
Teixeira -DH
Castro -2B
Judge -RF
Hicks -CF
Austin -1B
Torreyes -3B
 
Right on Joe, more playing time for Torreyes, keep old Chase warming the bench wondering where he'll be traded. Seems lately that Hicks is starting to get some hits as well. Damn these are cool times again.
 
we're being punished out here, YES is blacked out, so ROOT it is...

all this (media) chatter about Sanchez's HR's vs Maas's. Stats, smallest qty of games to HR's, that's where any comparison begins, and ends too...

unlike a busted up ball player with 2 bad knees, Sanchez will be around for a long time, the way he's off to the races...
 
Big bad Cano bounces into an inning ending DP. Come on Yankees kick their asses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Right on Joe, more playing time for Torreyes, keep old Chase warming the bench wondering where he'll be traded. Seems lately that Hicks is starting to get some hits as well. Damn these are cool times again.
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...^^^

Torreyes reminds me of Altuve, the kid is Scrapper, love his drive and "how badly it shows he wants it" ....

I about fall out of the chair whenever I see Judge and Torreyes side by side in the dugout or field. Judge could play for the NFL, I'd bet. He'd make a great Goalie Hockey, his entire body would cover the net/goal...
 
Still waiting for Judge to launch another. Did crack up last night when Glanville said the walls were nervous hen Judge was chasing fly balls.
 
If Sanchez continues with his power, first, Yankees will be moving in the right direction; and,
McCann undoubtedly will be heading back to Atlanta. McCann, a true professional ball player,
will be missed, but it would be the right move.
The game is always about the injection of new, talented blood, and with the Yankees, it has long been overdue.
I'd rather watch young ball players making and learning from their mistakes, instead of older
players continually doing the same mistakes and not bettering their play.
GO BABY BOMBERS!.........

You listening Ellsbury, Gardner, Teixeira.........your days are dwindling.
 
...have no idea why Gregorius was bunting there...3Bman was playing in...made no sense.
 
cagedlion said:
If Sanchez continues with his power, first, Yankees will be moving in the right direction; and,
McCann undoubtedly will be heading back to Atlanta. McCann, a true professional ball player,
will be missed, but it would be the right move.
The game is always about the injection of new, talented blood, and with the Yankees, it has long been overdue.
I'd rather watch young ball players making and learning from their mistakes, instead of older
players continually doing the same mistakes and not bettering their play.
GO BABY BOMBERS!.........

You listening Ellsbury, Gardner, Teixeira.........your days are dwindling.
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Amen
 
Looks like we won't be getting our first look at a possible future bullpen building block in Ben Heller.
Last night Joe the Genius wouldn't allow Heller to at least go one batter at a time to begin the 9th inning with a 4 run lead...Girardi went directly to Betances.

TODAY the Yanks have another 4 run lead and good old Joe sends Tyler Clippard out there to begin the 8th inning.
Would it be a disaster if Heller got his feet wet and began the 8th inn with a 4 run lead.... and lifted it he allowed a baserunner?

Now Yanks have a 5 run lead and Girardi OF COURSE sends Betances out for the 9th.

Not sure when or IF Heller will get to pitch..Joe must be waiting for a 7 or 10 run difference to bring in Heller.
I guess I got it all wrong...I thought they were going with the kids but I guess it's too much for Girardi to allow Heller pitching to one or two batters, or heaven forbid an inning....with a 4 and 5 run lead!

.....let me review my notes.....
The Yanks traded Chapman and Miller- I'll take a wild guess and believe the Yanks will need to rebuild the bullpen.....they've promoted a late inning relief prospect (Heller) who was regarded highly enough to be included for trading Miller-

He's been here for a couple of days and has yet to pitch to a single batter while the Yanks had a 4 run lead in one game, and a 5 run lead in another game.

You can fire Cashman 100 times for all I care...just get rid of Joe Girardi.
 
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Yankeefan5545 said:
Court not in session today, the Judge Ks X 3, strands 6 runners.
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...just as Sanchez will eventually come back to earth, I gotta believe Judge will eventually settle in and get more comfortable at the plate.
 
I was hoping Judge would light one up today with the opportunities. Hopefully he'll tee off on the Orioles in the up coming series.
 
Nice job Tanaka and Sanchez. I can't believe the Mariners walked him twice intentionally. I wonder when the last time that happened to a rookie.
 
O's of late have been giving up a lot of runs, but their hitting has escalated. And they have been
beating up on National's pitching. Like to see how the New Kids On The Block come to play
against divisional foes. Should be fun to watch. But, then again, pitching will be crucial........
as always.
 
Lillie said:
Nice job Tanaka and Sanchez. I can't believe the Mariners walked him twice intentionally. I wonder when the last time that happened to a rookie.
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Some of the older IBB stats were not kept until the 1950's...but as near as I can tell, it's a record.
 
So Tex here's the deal, Sanchez was IBB twice to face you. The second time your team was ahead 4 to zip, and the bases were loaded. There's a spoof line on "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" beginning "They asked me how I knew, my career was through" You missed over 300 games in five years why hang around till the seasons end this year.
 
Yep, saw that, but those moves got me thinking that Joe is going to have to put up a bopper behind Sanchez. Love to see Judge get going. Per this mornings standings the three East Leaders are tight as a tick. Yankees have 23 games remaining with those three the final 10 in succession so they will have a say in the outcome. This year those kids will get OJT and a pennant race in one swoop. Be nice to see the Yankees scramble some eggs on the way.
 
Great line by new yankee announcer yesterday after sanchez crushed his homer into upper tank "this monster keeps eating" as he circled the bases. And when was the last time anyone can remember a team walking a rookie in the majors for a couple of minutes twice in a game. The ball also to me seemed farther than 420. The ball jumps off this kids bat with that nice easy swing like a young miguel cabrera. Sounds like a golf ball being struck. Trying to think at this point what young catcher this reminds me of with the rare combination of power, defense and a cannon arm that teams shortly will no longer be running on. It is a sacrilege at this early point but the last guy with tools behind the dish like this kid was that kid from cincinnatti in the 70's whose name rhymes with wrench. And Joe get fucking heller in a god damn game already and stop bringing in betances up 4 and 5 runs in the ninth.
 
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...^^^ Mel, I heard someone refer to him as "Sanchise"...I kinda like that...hope it rings true in the future..
 
Lillie said:
Nice job Tanaka and Sanchez. I can't believe the Mariners walked him twice intentionally. I wonder when the last time that happened to a rookie.
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Not too surprising considering who the next batter was- Tex, batting below .200 and striking out every 3.5 times at bat with an anemic .330 SLG% .....this begs the question, why is such a weak hitter batting behind Sanchez? You would think the MGR, any MGR would want better protection for Sanchez especially when he's been the hottest hitter- I guess we have to ask our MGR about this brilliant strategy- he likes to remind everyone that he has an obligation to put the team and the PLAYERS in position to succeed. (chuckle)

As for rookies being intentionally walked twice in a game...I would tend to believe it's happened before.
There's been many "rookies" who have had great seasons and were considered to be dangerous hitters.....and if the MGRs for some of those rookies were dumb enough to have a hitter with similiar numbers as Tex batting behind them, it could have happenned more than expected.

Joe The Genius!
 
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