Blue Jays @ Yankees 8/3/06 Game Thread

[AMJets]

TOR:

Johnson LF
Catalanotto DH
Wells CF
Glaus 3B
Overbay 1B
Rios RF
Zaun C
Hill SS
Roberts 2B

NYY:

Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
A-Rod 3B
Giambi DH
Wilson 1B
Cabrera LF
Fasano C
Green 2B

I'm proud of Torre for making the right move and keeping Abreu 3rd with Giambi back in the lineup.

[ButtleMan]

NYY:

Damon CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
A-Rod 3B
Giambi DH
Wilson 1B
Cabrera LF
Fasano C
Green 2B

I'm proud of Torre for making the right move and keeping Abreu 3rd with Giambi back in the lineup.


Craig Wilson has immediately cut into Phillips playing time. Its just a matter of time before we see DFA next to his name.

[ButtleMan]

Casey Marcum 1-0 4.81 ERA

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Corey Lidle in his Yankee debut.
8-7 4.74 in the NL

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[AMJets]

FYI, Chacon is making his first start for the Pirates on TBS right now.

[AMJets]

A whole other side of Joe Torre:

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[Drew]

A whole other side of Joe Torre:

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HAH. And he didn't get ejected?

[AMJets]

Nice start for Lidle.

[ShadeTree#55]

Lidle with the no hitter through 1, looks like the Yanks got their ace.

[AMJets]

Lidle > Pedro

You know it Shade.

[AMJets]

Abreu just misses the HR.

[AMJets]

Giambi connects!

3-0 NYY

[ButtleMan]

Lidle has been pretty good so far.
1 hit through 4 innings.

Still 3-0 with the bottom of the Yankees order coming up.

[ButtleMan]

Lidle has hit his first rough patch in the 5th. He gave up a 2 out solo HR and then a double.

3-1 Yankees in the 5th.

[ButtleMan]

Walk to catalanatto. 1st & 2nd for Wells.

[ButtleMan]

Whew! Wells grounds out to end the inning.

[The Dark Knight]

Lets Go Yankees!!!

Keep on Rolling.

I'll be at tomorrow's game. Right behind 3rd base.

[ButtleMan]

Jeter leads off the 5th with a Walk. That is the Yankees 4th walk of the day so far.

[ButtleMan]

Abreu singles. Jeter to 2nd 0 outs for arod.

[Jetfanmack]

Abreu hits em where they ain't.

[GreenMachine]

4-1.........

[ButtleMan]

Throwing error on the pitcher. Jeter scores, arod t0 2nd and Abreu to 3rd.

Giambi up.

[ButtleMan]

IBB for Giambi. Craig Wilson up in a big spot.
He can blow this game up with a big hit here.
No outs still.

[ButtleMan]

Big K for Wilson. Time for Melky.

[ButtleMan]

Single for Melky. Abreu scores. Bases still loaded with 1 out and Sal Fasano.

[ButtleMan]

grounder to the pitcher. Arod out at home.
2 outs
Nick Green up.

[ButtleMan]

Green grounds out.
They should have done better than 2 runs with the bases loaded and no outs.

[ButtleMan]

Lidle cruises through the 6th. This may be it for him despite throwing only 80 pitches.
According to sportsline, Proctor is warming up which means that Joe has to use him.

[The Dark Knight]

A-Rod getting walked. Times have changed :)

[ButtleMan]

Abreu with a double.
He sees 9 pitches this at bat. It was 0-2 and then he fouls the next pitch.
a ball another foul and 2 more balls before the double.
He's got some batting eye and plate discipline.

[ButtleMan]

Watch them walk Giambi too in order to get to Wilson.

[ButtleMan]

They should of listened to me.
Giambi hits a ground rule double.
Abreu scores, arod to 3rd.

[The Dark Knight]

8-1 after six.

Pretty sweet to be a Yankees fan now.

They look UNSTOPPABLE. :)

[ButtleMan]

Nice going newbie. Keep Lidle in the game.

[ButtleMan]

Why is he using Proctor with a 7 run lead?????
That was a waste of 28 pitches in 1 f'ng inning!

[ButtleMan]

And now Joe is going to burn Farnsworth.

[The Dark Knight]

Almost time for the Yankees to be in first place all by themselves.

Atleast until 10:00.

[ButtleMan]

Joe, in case you forgot, you have a game tomarro that Randy Johnson is pitching. Dont you think you will need your top BP guys for that game instead of this blowout?

[ButtleMan]

Great, now ponson comes into the game with 2 outs in the 8th. :wink:

From sportsline's gameday.

Pitcher Kyle Farnsworth of the Yankees left the game in the top of the 8th inning after suffering an apparent hand injury.:mad:

FUCK!!!!!!!!

[ButtleMan]

ugggh. Rios singles. 1st & 2nd, 2 outs.

[ButtleMan]

Damon comes out now????? with 2 outs in the inning?????

WTF???????

[ButtleMan]

Thankfully Greg Zaun flies out to center to end the inning.

[ButtleMan]

Here we go. Top of the 9th and Ponson has plenty of room.
8-9-1 for the Jays.

[Mantana Soss]

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[ButtleMan]

Ponson gives up a double in the 9th but thats it. Yankees win 8-1 :beer:

[kinghenry89]

I just got back from the game, and all I can say is what the fuck was Torre thinking when he brought in Farnsworth???

I can understand pitching Proctor in the 7th because Lidle was clearly done and Villone had a long outing yesterday. I don't like it but I can understand it. Farnsworth had no business in a 7 run game yet there he was and he got drilled with a liner. Just brilliant.

My main thought was this though: I can't believe that the Yankees lineup is so deep. Having to work through Damon, Jeter and Abreu a pitcher can be at 30 pitches after a 1-2-3 first inning. When Cano and Posada are in the lineup the Yankees offense can be unreal.

[The Dark Knight]

Tomorrow SHOULD be a great game for the Yankees.

Bruce Chen is a joke.

However, Johnson is unpredictible to say the least.

[Green Hurricane]

My friend right next to me caught Giambi's HR ball out in the bleachers. I haven't seen the replay yet, but I bet I'm way off, because I tried to lean and one hand it.

[GreenMachine]

Tomorrow SHOULD be a great game for the Yankees.

Bruce Chen is a joke.

However, Johnson is unpredictible to say the least.
No he is not. I bet he gives up a HR. So predictable...

[The Dark Knight]

No he is not. I bet he gives up a HR. So predictable...
A homerun to who? Gibbons? :rofl2:

[AMJets]

Abreu has been huge. He was down 0-2 with 2 outs and no one on, works the count to 3-2, and on the EIGHT pitch of the at-bat, he hits the opposite field double that starts the big inning. With Matsui now falling a week or so behind in his rehab, it just shows how truly huge it was getting Abreu.

As far as bullpen management, how can anyone be surprised... that they're surprised... by what Torre does? The smart thing would have been to bring Lidle out for the 7th, and if he was in trouble, bring in Ponson. It was 8-1, it's not like the game was up for grabs. But then again, common sense doesn't fly with Joe.

Despite Torre's usual inept managing, the sweep is complete. Now, for the sweep in Baltimore...

[AlioTheFool]

Does anyone have any info on Farnsworth? He looked like he wanted to keep pitching, but you could tell he hurt his fingers. It actually looked like he was nursing a blister when everyone was talking to him on the mound. That would really suck. He is so freaking on right now, it would be a big loss if he is out for a week. (The only thing I could find was the notes on the game on ESPN. Torre says he thinks Farsworth will be fine, but who knows? I guess that means at least nothing is broken.)

Ponson looked pretty comfortable coming out of the pen. He still doesn't look great, but he looks better than I thought he would. Did anyone hear the broadcast? They were saying he says he now substitutes ice cream for drinks. He better live on that stationary bike!

On a very good note, Cleveland finally helped us out last night. We are now a game up in first.

As a final thought, if Randy can finally settle down and pitch like I know he can, we can be in really great shape. This lineup is totally insane. I was a big fan of leaving Giambi in the third spot, but his RBI chances are going to be through the roof in the 5. Plus, that's only going to make A-Rod's life a lot easier. I would really like to get Matsui back, but I am not disappointed giving Melky the chance to stay in the lineup. I really can't wait for Cano to return. That's going to be huge. The more I think about it, the more I have to agree with you guys that said the Abreu deal was an absolute steal for the Yankees. I wasn't disappointed, but I had wanted pitching. However, Lidle really showed me something yesterday.

We look really good right now. I just hope it keeps up for 3 more months! Bring on Baltimore! Then Chicago and then the Angels. It's going to be a very interesting week for us!

[ButtleMan]

Info on Farnsworth.

Kyle Farnsworth was hit in the right thumb by a ball off Lyle Overbay's bat in the eighth inning yesterday, but the Yankees think the reliever will be fine, even though he was immediately removed from the game after feeling pain on some warm-up tosses.

X-rays on Farnsworth's thumb were negative, the righthander said, and he thinks he'll be available tonight when the Yanks start a series in Baltimore. "I hope so," he said.


"It'll be day-by-day. I'll probably have to ice it.


"I knew I didn't break anything, or at least nothing other than a blood vessel."


"We think he is okay," Joe Torre said. "He was fighting us to stay in the game, but I didn't see any reason for that."


Farnsworth got two outs in the eighth before he was relieved by Sidney Ponson, who allowed two hits and no runs over the final 1-1/3 innings.

Why the fuck was he even in the game with a 7 run lead?

[AMJets]

"We think he is okay," Joe Torre said. "He was fighting us to stay in the game, but I didn't see any reason for that."

Well, what reason did he see for putting him in the game in the first place? What a jackass.

[AlioTheFool]

Well, what reason did he see for putting him in the game in the first place? What a jackass.

Because he knew nyjunc would agree with the move, no matter the result.

It was incredibly stupid, and just another mark in the history of Torre's managing of this ballclub.