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Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Sun Aug 2, 2009 11:54 pm
by zilby
The New York Yankees

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Vs.

The Toronto Blue Jays!

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Game 1: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

7:07 PM, Sportsnet

Andy Pettite Vs. Roy Halladay

Scouting Report:
Yankees: Pettitte took another tough no-decision on July 30 at Chicago, hurling six innings of one-run ball before taking an unfortunate slip on the infield that set up the White Sox to score the go-ahead run. More maddening for Pettitte is that his stuff has been crisp, especially his cutter. In his past three starts, Pettitte has limited opponents to six earned runs in 20 innings, a 2.70 ERA, with little to show for it. He does have his health, which is a nice change from the weariness he showed last year around this time.
Blue Jays: Halladay, whose name was included in countless rumors last month, survived Friday's Trade Deadline and remains the ace of Toronto's rotation. Lately, the right-hander has been taking the hill without the luxury of run support. Over his past four starts, in which Doc has fashioned a 2.25 ERA, he has posted a 1-2 record due to having only nine runs to work with from his offense. Halladay has just one win over his past seven outings. During that span, he's gone 1-3 with a 3.00 ERA for the Jays.


Game 2: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

7:07 PM, Sportsnet

Sergio Mitre Vs. TBA

Scouting Report:
Yankees: Mitre will look for better results against the Blue Jays after needing 75 pitches to get through a three-inning no-decision on July 31 at U.S. Cellular Field, which must have left general manager Brian Cashman wondering if the waiver wire could provide a better starting option. But with only Kei Igawa in line at Triple-A, the Yankees will continue to take their chances with Mitre, who has permitted 24 hits in 13 2/3 innings over his three starts with New York. Catcher Jorge Posada said that Mitre's stuff is crisp when he's down in the zone, but the problem has been that his pitches are consistently up. Mitre self-evaluated his first start with the Yankees as "OK" but his last two as "horrible."


Go Jays! Bring me over .500 for the year :D

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Tue Aug 4, 2009 12:04 am
by zilby
series starts tomorrow :)

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Tue Aug 4, 2009 12:37 am
by wicked_crossova
Lets go jays! Sweep pleez

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Tue Aug 4, 2009 11:07 pm
by Brinbe
Always a pleasure to watch Doc in action.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Tue Aug 4, 2009 11:37 pm
by youngLion
Doc's already given up runs? That's odd.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Tue Aug 4, 2009 11:48 pm
by s e n s i
Whoa, that was sketchy.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 12:16 am
by Hoopstarrzz
Someone please put Kevin Millar down.. The guy is done. Can't even field properly. Just option him out JP.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 12:25 am
by Hoopstarrzz
Bautista is horrible at the plate as well.

I hope they call Dopirak and ship Millar's ass out of town.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:05 am
by Brinbe
back2back jack'd :(

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:28 am
by TDotFan
Big Double Wells

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:44 am
by Brinbe
bahhh, at least we made it sorta interesting at the end.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:54 am
by tsherkin
So the first inning was ugly. Millar and Halladay both screwed the pooch on that one play, so that was rough, then Halladay was money until he started giving up the long-bombs that doomed us.

We hit reasonably well at the end of the game and were threatening all night, and even Wells came through with a big hit. Sub-par offense from our guys tonight, though, under our average production and not enough to bail Roy out on a rough night.

Ah well, it was fun to watch. I encourage the beard; I believe Wells`hitting ability is Sampson-esque...

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 3:17 am
by s e n s i
It's actually nice to see Vern cash in RISP for once.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 3:26 am
by Geddy
This team is like a bad habit. You tell yourself you won't pay attention anymore, and you end up getting drawn in again. Afterwards you're left feeling like shite.

The offense really needs some new spark plugs for next season. I hope JP has finally realized that mediocre players like Millar and Bautista hardly ever improve beyond their mediocre selves.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 10:22 am
by tsherkin
Bautista came frikkin' close to drilling Rivera for a 2-run homer, that would have been awesome. Millar was a problem, that throw to Halladay at first was weird, he kind of lobbed it instead of throwing it to the bag, which was strange and cost us a run early.

Wells improving on his like .118 average with RISP at home was nice to see, really nice. It was a good double. Damon nearly got to it but it was well-hit and it worked.

EDIT: Naturally I agree, though, we need someone else besides Bautista.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Wed Aug 5, 2009 11:53 pm
by zilby
cashing in early :)

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Thu Aug 6, 2009 12:05 am
by a-rod
lol @ your fake umpires....

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Thu Aug 6, 2009 12:34 am
by Geddy
Wells getting picked off didn't even surprise me. Actually it was quite humourous.

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Thu Aug 6, 2009 12:50 am
by zilby
a-rod wrote:lol @ your fake umpires....

they're still there? i thought they gave up already...

Re: Series Thread: Yankees @ Jays| August 4th-5th

Posted: Thu Aug 6, 2009 12:53 am
by spykelee
wow i think that's the first time V-dub hasn't droppd that ball at the wall this year... i didn't think he could do that anymore...

btw Johnny Damon is absolutely destroying everything in this series