Well, not to toot my own horn but the Yankees are 2-0 in June when I write the gamer. Tonight Darrell Rasner and the boys try and keep my their streak alive! Rasner and the Yankees will face off against Kyle Davies. No Posada tonight, but everything else seems status quo in the lineup.
According to Pete Abraham, Chris Britton was placed on the Disabled List with a rib cage strain. Joba's personal caddy, Dan Giese was recalled from Scranton in his place. Apparently Britton injured himself while warming up yesterday. Comment away!
YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Giambi 1B
Cano 2B
Molina C
Cabrera CF
Rasner RHP
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I'm curious to see how Rasner bounces from his last start at the Twins.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 06:40 PM
No way Gordon catches that foul ball if I'm in the front row...i'm taking it away!
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 08:42 PM
shhhhhhh...the bats are sleeping. be very, very quiet...wouldn't want to wake them.
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Alex with a line drive double, puts us in business here.
Posted by: John - YF | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 08:59 PM
Cano with a double...yawn.
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 09:18 PM
Anyone want to knock him in so we don't get shutout? Please?
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 09:19 PM
Come on Meaty!!!
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 09:19 PM
damn.
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 09:22 PM
nice call ump...that wasn't even CLOSE to a swing. asshole.
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 09:55 PM
Can't even beat the Royals...WOW. Haven't won a road game in 11 games? Come to the Bronx! Rasner deserved better. ARod...i'm not even going to say it.
Posted by: krueg | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Brutal game.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Friday, June 06, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I was on a plane and the game review I read didn't say anything about A-Rod issues. What'd he do Krueg?
Posted by: IronHorse (YF) | Saturday, June 07, 2008 at 04:08 AM
ih- a-rod grounded into a double play in the first inning to kill a first and third situation. kinda set the tempo for the yankees offense. he had a double and a single but they were ultimately meaningless. he then struck out in eighth failing to move the runner over in a one run game. but for my money, cano striking out looking in the 9th would have hurt the most.
Posted by: sf rod | Saturday, June 07, 2008 at 05:50 AM
IH- rod summed it up...ARod has a shot to get us on the board twice and did his typical choke job with a DP and a K. Not that it was all his fault, he played solid D but I think we need the guy the guy to drive in some f-ing runs at some point. Rasner was $$$...pitched 8. Sucks they couldn't pick him up against the sorry-ass Royals. I'm sorry guys but we suck. I'm still pissed off this morning. Glad I don't get to see the game today...first time the Fox black-out rules go in my favor!
Three months until the NFL kicks off...
Posted by: krueg | Saturday, June 07, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Hmmm. I have't been too annoyed with A-Rod this year. He has been pretty good. But given the offensive anemia that apparently was on display last night I would have probably wanted to strangle him too for not at least getting productive outs.
I do remember that it wasn't until June 30 last year that Jorge made his comments that the team didn't always seem to be trying, and whether causal or not, that marked the start of the team finally playing consistently well (great, actually).
But as I have felt since Hughes and IPK both clunked (and then got hurt) this year, I just don't have the confidence that our pitching can pull it together sufficiently. Although if you had asked me which half of Wang, Pettite, Mussina, and Rasner would be performing and which half would be struggling, I would have gotten it exactly wrong, so who knows. Maybe Moose and Rasner somehow keep this up, Wang rights his ship, Pettitte solidifies, and Joba works his way into a solid # 5 or even 4 spot in the coming weeks. Then we've got a shot.
But yeah - the feeling right now is not that hopeful.
Posted by: IronHorse (YF) | Saturday, June 07, 2008 at 11:28 AM
It certainly isn't over yet but I feel like we are running out of time. That run last year was ridiculous and can we really expect it again this year? With this team? There are too many weaknesses right now and these next three weeks could be the season. We play a lot of crappy teams (not sure we can call other teams crappy anymore since we are as well?) and need to get going sooner rather than later. I guess we'll see...I'm ignoring them today. I just want to see Joba pitch tomorrow.
p.s. GO AWAY HILLARY CLINTON!!!
Posted by: krueg | Saturday, June 07, 2008 at 12:45 PM