The Official New York Yankees Thread

igotid88 wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Garcia is the first Venezuelan to reach 150 victories. He is one of five from Venezuela to win at least 100 games. Name the other four.

Johan, Carlos Zambrano, Kelvim Escobar, and Wilson Alvarez. I remembered at the top of my head Johan and Wilson. Had to check baseball reference for the others. And King Felix is 5 wins from 100.

That is correct. I looked it up but before doing so, I would have guessed all but Escobar.

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Kind of hard to bat a guy who has a .288 on-base percentage leadoff don't you think and in a lineup filled with power, Granderson seems to be a decent option. He has done it 556 times in his career with some reasonable success, so it's not a bad move given the circumstances, though I have no issue with him second and Jeter leading off.

Who has the .288 on-base percentage? Ichiro?

Newch91 wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Kind of hard to bat a guy who has a .288 on-base percentage leadoff don't you think and in a lineup filled with power, Granderson seems to be a decent option. He has done it 556 times in his career with some reasonable success, so it's not a bad move given the circumstances, though I have no issue with him second and Jeter leading off.

Who has the .288 on-base percentage? Ichiro?

Yep. And since he's a free-swinger, do you really want him batting leadoff? The point is that late in the games, if it's close it forces managers to mix-and-match since Granderson and Cano are not hitting consecutively. It might not be such a big deal if both players say had .270 averages against lefties, but they don't. Cano is hitting .245 off lefties, .358 off righties while Granderson is hitting .231 against lefties.

This will come more into play since Toronto, Texas, Boston, Chicago presently have multiple left-handed relievers on their current rosters. Detroit's only left-handed reliever is Phil Coke.

Instead of coming up with original thoughts and typing them, I'll just be a hack today. This mostly sums it up for me.

http://riveraveblues.com/2012/08/though ... oss-73652/

BinauralJam wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Instead of coming up with original thoughts and typing them, I'll just be a hack today. This mostly sums it up for me.

http://riveraveblues.com/2012/08/though ... oss-73652/

thats it in a nutshell, we need a spark

Yep, and I wish Kelleher would have sent Ichiro last night. Make them make a play. Their defense is pretty horrible in general. In a game like that, don't wait for another hit.

neilybabes86 wrote:

cliff..he was just getting to 3ed when the reay guy caught it...had no chance of scoring
believe me..im all for putting pressure on the defense...but he had no chance

I hear you. I only saw the replay once or so, so I don't know. Like you said, just like putting pressure on them.

neilybabes86 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

cliff..he was just getting to 3ed when the reay guy caught it...had no chance of scoring
believe me..im all for putting pressure on the defense...but he had no chance

I hear you. I only saw the replay once or so, so I don't know. Like you said, just like putting pressure on them.

i was yelling at the tv till i saw where ichiro was...then i said good thing he didnt send him


as it turns out..he was better off sending him and hoping ichiro knocked him over

Ichiro knocking someone over

At least we have our two best pitchers going the next couple days. A split is much needed. Going to be tough.

On another note, how filthy is Caberea? Love watching him hit, expect when they are playing the Yanks

BinauralJam wrote:

speaking of which, i want Melky back next year.

I always liked him and thought they shouldve never let him go...but who would've guessed .353?!

JonnyPistachio wrote:

What happens to some players when they leave NY?
Weaver?
Now Burnett? 14-3?! :fp:

Wrong Weaver and this is hardly breaking news that some people perform better after leaving the Yankees.