GameThread: O's (67-86) @ Yankeees (84-71)
Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, Sep 21, 2008 8:25 PM EDT
THE final game at Yankee Stadium. Ever. Period. Tonight, at 8:05, on ESPN.
I suppose it's rather fitting that a tired, aging, worn-out Andy Pettitte will close the show at Yankee Stadium. Like the team he represents, he was once a reliable October staple, a big-game pitcher that made his presence felt in crunch time. The Yankees are out of gas. Pettitte appears to be, though he keeps going out there and doing what he can.
While Joe Torre's Dodgers head to the playoffs, Joe Girardi's Yankees limp home.
Enjoy the game -- seriously. It IS Yankee Stadium, love it or hate it.
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Would love the O's to be the last team to win at that shit hole
If CW pitches one more great game then he’s given us all we can ask for.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Sep 21, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
Pros:
Waters is on his game lately
Pettite is off his game lately
Cons:
It is Sunday. Sundays are Oriole Kryptonite
Probably wont be much Os support in the stands
Pettite has done pretty well vs Os this year
I’m real curious about the O’s lineup today. Who gets to play?
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
too bad the yankees are better than the dodgers
Oh well. Whatever.
Oh, and Pettite hasn’t just done well against the O’s this year. He kills the O’s for his career, doesn’t he?
Not since Manny showed up
Check the record post Man-Ram.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
Line-ups per Roch
For the Orioles:
Brian Roberts – 2B
Nick Markakis – RF
Melvin Mora – 3B
Aubrey Huff – DH
Ramon Hernandez – C
Adam Jones – CF
Kevin Millar – 1B
Jay Payton – LF
Juan Castro – SS
Chris Waters – P
For the Yankees:
Damon – CF
Jeter – SS
Abreu – RF
A. Rodriguez – 3B
Giambi – 1B
Nady – LF
Cano – 2B
Matsui – DH
Molina – C
Pettitte – P
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
You're assuming...
we have a real starting pitcher available.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
Razor is starting.
And Chris Waters is the closest thing to a real starter we have that can go tonight.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
OT
Dear Jamie Walker
Fuck Off!
Respectfully yours …
"... so what's good for the goose is good for the gander," Trembley said.
Watching the pregame ceremonies on ESPN2
I think David Wells was drunk off his ass running onto the field.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
8:15 first pitch, apparently
ESPN needs to show football highlights that have been 6 times already first.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
Get off my TV, Chris Berman
You’ve been worthless for 20 years now.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
so just out of curiosity, as I've just turned the "festivities" on....
…has there been any mention whatsoever of the Orioles?
Not that I expect it….not that the O’s even deserve it….but I’m just curious
Not so much.
Too bad, considering the Yankees owe their vast wealth to a Baltimore kid.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
The Ravens game was fun.
People love Flacco and early on Heap was hearing the boo birds.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Wanted to watch it
but both CBS stations that I get are PA-based, so it was Pittsburgh-Philly for me…
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
I feel your pain
I live in MoCo and get the same trash, the only way that I can see the game is either a sports bar or actually going.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
At least I get the 'Skins games.
Well, most of the time.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
As do I
But I just feel that CBS would get more viewers showing the Ravens games rather than an Eagles/Steelers game.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I wish this game was on ESPN and MASN
so that I could escape the Yankee Stadium love fest for a few minutes if need be.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
It would be nice, wouldn't it?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
"yankee pride"
…oh yeah, Joe….I’m sure putting on the pinstripes takes you up a notch…..to 4th place.
Jon Miller
“Who will hit the final home run here? Jeter? Giambi?” Hopefully it’s Aubrey freaking Huff.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
I'd prefer Juan Castro
Because that would be hilarious.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
For the love of God, get to the guys on the field.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
Oh for the love of God, stop paying attention to the idiots in the bleachers.
They’re pretty much the epitome of Yankee “fan” dumbassery.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
wtf is up with this coverage?
I feel like those fans are being prompted like at a late-night talk show
De-rek Je-ter
gave-you-herpes
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
I didn't know they still did that.
The last time I thought that I’d heard that happen was in 2001 or something; I guess I haven’t been paying enough attention.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
how appropriate..
baltimore orioles became the new york yankees and now we’re playin em in their last game in their stupid historic legendary stadium.
hope we crush em.
I hope that this ends in a rain out.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Theoretically
They wouldn’t resume the game as neither team is in contention.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I was at the game yesterday
And before the game John Sterling was up on the big screen and he referred to Yankee Stadium as “the most important sports venue in the history of the world.” NO JOKE. I laughed my ass off and we spent the rest of the game referring to everything Yankee related as the most important whatever in the history of the world.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
throw out jeter in his last game at yankee stadium.
that too, would be funny.
Nice inning, Waters.
Keep it up
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
By the way
Chris Waters is pitching.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Jon and Joe
contractually obligated not to mention any player who is not a Yankee.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
They breached the contract
And mispronounced Trembley.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
The great American lager?
Hasn’t the Belgian buy-out already taken place?
Over 500 feet to straight away center field in the old yankee stadium...
that’s ridiculous.
if you hit a home run out that way
you earned it.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
The good news is
the game program I bought at the game yesterday came with a pull out Mike Mussina poster!
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
The game is on the field, not in Monument Park
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
I won't even mention it, due to superstition....
but if things keep going this way, Chris Waters would provide a hilarious (and certainly historic) end to this stadium.
Why does every network feel the need to show interviews in the booth
during the frigging game?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
network officials think baseball is boring
that’s why.
hahaha
this yogi and whitey interview is great though..
This must be on five minute delay
Yogi comes close to saying shit every other sentence.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
We still have some time here.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
That was a swing, jackass.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
Mystique and Aura are up.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."
Y'all having fun in the Toliet?
Kill the MFY, please.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
My 2 cents on Yankee Stadium.
There’s a reason they’re getting rid of this place. It’s because it sucks. The place is a dump and it’s been that way at least since the disastrous renovation and probably earlier for all I know. You don’t see anybody tearing down Wrigley or Fenway do you? Yankee Stadium is an awful place to see a game and despite all the pomp, virtually everyone you see in that stadium tonight will be much happier in their new digs next door.
Besides the fact that it's still in the Bronx.
I’d rather not get knifed on my way to/from the game.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
Honestly
It’s not as bad around there as it used to be. But thanks for perpetuating an uninformed stereotype.
You're welcome.
The fact I would be wearing a Sox hat and shirt would add to my chances.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
As tempting as assaulting a 15 year old Red Sox fan is
It’s not worth going to jail.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I feel safe.
Thanks for remembering me, I guess.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
Except that
Proportionally crime is not relevant in NYC when speaking comparativly.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Does that mean that my chances of being attacked are lower?
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
If you visit Baltimore
You are endangering yourself more.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Good thing the Air Force's plans to move my dad to Maryland fell through then.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
You'd be in the DC 'burbs, most likely.
Avoid the area around Nationals Park and you’ll be fine, usually.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
Thanks. I'll try to remember that if I ever go to the area again.
Only been once, and the Smithsonian closed as we walked up to it. Damn scheduling.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
blistering single by Jay Payton
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
when i was younger i was really good at getting mosquitos
now i miss them and they mock me. getting old is bad.
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
How am I not suprised that Spike Lee's movie would be advertised for in...
THE LAST GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
The Miracle at St. Anna
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046997/
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
good christ but do you need a life
leave us Os fans to our misery. go away.
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
Okay. Bye.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
Oh for fuck's sake, Waters.
You don’t give up home runs to Molinas.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
I hope
That one of the Molina’s gets the last homer at the Stadium, that would be anticlimactic.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Juan Castro and Brandon Fahey
with back to back shots?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
That would one-up Jose Molina.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Did that guy just say the Yankees won the 2001 Series?
Does that mean the 1997 Orioles won the ALCS, then?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
thank you luis gonzales .... thank you so much
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
by thewaywardO on Sep 21, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
5 runs on 4 hits
for the douchebags in pinstripes.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
knocking the yanks out of the post season on last day of stadium would be....
wait for it ….
BIRDLAND
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
lets go brob
lets brob lets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets broblets brob
Reggie
still hasn’t lost his modest side.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I wonder what it would be like
To actually posses a voice like that.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I was in the md all state choir in high school
obviously he’s quite better than I was but performing is definitely a lot of fun and I don’t think I could imagine doing it at Yankee Stadium
I wouldn't be able to do it
I’d imagine my voice wavering and psych myself out.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
It is actually absurd
They are seriously talking about ARod having a terrible season and he is hitting .304/.393/.581.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
It's O.K. Brandon
You had good intentions.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
My god
Fahey is such a fucking idiot.
BTW, I am enjoying this Yankees vs. OPPONENT broadcast on ESPN
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
2 things that i took away from tonight
1. Brandon Fahey is the clear favorite for the starting shortstop job next season, for his county’s local high school.
2. According to Joe Morgan, when Derek Jeter swung and missed at a fastball from Cormier, its b/c he’s hurt, he didnt just miss it or swing late, he wouldn’t do that in a yankee uniform on hte last game.
Can’t wait till this is all over…
Earl:"I'm going back to the dugout to check my rule-book!" Umpire:"Earl, I have one right here." Earl:"That's no good, I don't read Braille."
umm
1. Brandon Fahey is the clear favorite for the starting shortstop job next season, for his county’s local high school.
more like the under 10s
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
Brandon Fahey
Honestly needs to get off the field.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
as the 50,000,000th fan... I'm willing to...
spend money to make sure that brandon fahey never suits up again in an oriole uniform
Earl:"I'm going back to the dugout to check my rule-book!" Umpire:"Earl, I have one right here." Earl:"That's no good, I don't read Braille."
If they don't release him this winter
It will be a travesty to the franchise; the guy obviously has no future an yet he stills gets playing time on a regular basis. At this point, I would rather see the likes of Bynum at SS to be honest.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
you think they will give Mo a save for this
If DJ hadnt gone 0Fer tongiht, they woouldnt have had to make a spectacle out of him like that, and it ends
Earl:"I'm going back to the dugout to check my rule-book!" Umpire:"Earl, I have one right here." Earl:"That's no good, I don't read Braille."
The whole thing is kind of weird
They are celebrating as if they just won the ALDS or something. It feels all together strange to me and this is kind of the substitute for their post season.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I'd rather see the likes of Bernie

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
He should do a lap around the field after the game
Like Cal did.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
I think the worst part of this game
Besides Fahey, of course, was the handjobs that Joe Morgan was giving to Reggie Jackson. Like come on Joe, Reggie doesn’t need any help promoting himself
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
I mean "were"
Sorry if I sound like I come from Frederick
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
Reggie
Still hasn’t lost that pompous asshole touch and Joe Morgan was shoveling praise into his mouth.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
yeah
What are you, 60 years old? Shut up about Mantle talking about how you struck out a lot.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 21, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If you're asking if I'm personally 60
Of course not, but I used to live in Manhattan and on the MSG channel they would show entire Yankee postseasons and then the interviews immediately following the games.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
no, I meant Reggie
On the broadcast tonight the thing that most annoyed me about him was his “playful” whining about Mantle talking about how much Reggie struck out, and not how many home runs he hit. Hey Reggie, you were maybe 1/3 the player Mantle was. Grow up.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Sep 22, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
They really should do a lap around the stadium
I mean are they going to just stand there are look out onto the field?
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
Well put
It wasn’t Gherig esque or anything, but nicely said.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
What's the point of doing a lap if they're not going to get within 50 feet of the stands at any given point?
Pussies.
I agree that it is stupid
But there are police and photographers creating a human wall between the players and fans.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
That five year old kid
Is going to miss all that he has witnessed over the years at Yankee Stadium.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
There are actually more police
Than fans themselves.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

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