April 9th, 2007 - New York Yankees(2-3) @ Minnesota Twins(4-1) 7:05 ET ESPN

[DerekJeter4MVP!!!]

at 2 mil per inning?

alright, i am self imposing a ban on myself, for being a jackass to carl despite his great performance. nothing but good things to say about him for his next 2 starts.

yea you dont want to get yourself in trouble.
But give the guy some credit. Hopefully he gets hott and wins like 10 straight games and next thing you know Carl is 10-0

[Jersey Yankee]

2 runs through 7. I'll take that every single day.

Attaboy, Carl.

I'd take that twice on Sundays also!!!

[a yankeesfan]

What are they talking about? They're making it sound like Pavano is some rookie that Pettitte is taking under his wing.

[jlw1980]

Yay, Jetes!

[Soriambi]

Jeter singles.

[-tz]

Base hit for Jeter!

[spyglass]

Jeter with a 3 hit night.

[CoyoteYankee]

Woo hoo! Base hit for Jeter!

[SoCal Pinstriper]

Is the quote button on each post only half appearing on your computer screen for anyone else?

No. That is a function of excessive smarta** posting.

[gold23]

Is he 5 years old? I really doubt it'll influence him that much for the rest of the week. Let him go out one more, tell him it doesn't matter what happens because we're up by 6 runs, and let the bullpen rest for once.

He's at 7 innings, 2 runs. A great outing. If he gives up a few runs (and he was getting smoked last inning) a few things happen. First, you end up using the more premium bullpen arms in a game you had a big lead in. Second, you end up with a much less gaudy line. And....with a guy who hasn't had a nice pretty line in two years, it DOES mean something. It's nice to think that every player is only concerned with the team winning (and I believe most have that as their primary goal), but human nature is to want to have the flashy numbers.

[nyyterp]

yea you dont want to get yourself in trouble.
But give the guy some credit. Hopefully he gets hott and wins like 10 straight games and next thing you know Carl is 10-0

that would be no Small feat!!!

haha, haha, get it???

[BamBam]

Speaking of Andy- does anyone else think Rocket is home getting jealous seeing the shots of Andy and his new BFF Pavano?

Sorry- joke was too easy.

[gold23]

If Jeter played on turf, he'd hit .360 just about every year.

[bcom33]

LMAO! Right after that ball in the dirt to Abreu. Jeter didn't take second...some Twins fan yelled out over a mostly hushed stadium... "A-ROD WOULD'VE HAD THAT BASE"...oh how the tables have turned...

[b_joseph]

bad call Ump

[jbauer2485]

He's at 7 innings, 2 runs. A great outing. If he gives up a few runs (and he was getting smoked last inning) a few things happen. First, you end up using the more premium bullpen arms in a game you had a big lead in. Second, you end up with a much less gaudy line. And....with a guy who hasn't had a nice pretty line in two years, it DOES mean something. It's nice to think that every player is only concerned with the team winning (and I believe most have that as their primary goal), but human nature is to want to have the flashy numbers.

Those negative things can happen, but knowing Joe, we'll be using premium arms even though we're up by 6 runs, so I'd rather see him go out there for 1 more inning.

[Soriambi]

You don't see Abreu swing at a pitch like that too often. Bruney coming in.

[Bernie Inferno]

Bruney in...

[Jersey Yankee]

What are they talking about? They're making it sound like Pavano is some rookie that Pettitte is taking under his wing.

Actually, I've taken him under my wings. Now all I need to do is teach him to cook and make some sense of the past 2 years.

[nyyterp]

bad call Ump

nah, that was a nasty pitch right in the corner. they showed the K-zone

[fredgmuggs]

No. That is a function of excessive smarta** posting.

Ouch...

[Jersey Yankee]

LMAO! Right after that ball in the dirt to Abreu. Jeter didn't take second...some Twins fan yelled out over a mostly hushed stadium... "A-ROD WOULD'VE HAD THAT BASE"...oh how the tables have turned...

As Sterling said, protocol dictates that you don't run on an 8-2 lead in the 8th.

[a yankeesfan]

What is Pavano coming out? He only has 79 pitches. Torre always has to work the bullpen.

[southernNYYfan]

The top 3 of the lineup is 8-13, that is production...

[dont_ya_know24]

this has been a fantastic game.

[iWant27]

You don't see Abreu swing at a pitch like that too often. Bruney coming in.

He seemed so pissed off at strike called on 3-1 . He just gave away 3-2 ball .

[Jersey Yankee]

Quality Start = 6 IP, 3 ER. Pavano had 7.0 IP, 2 ER. I'll take it!!!

[SoCal Pinstriper]

Ouch...

It was a JOKE.

[TheManKnownAsMecca]

Pavano doesn't let his peeps down!

[keg411]

Speaking of Andy- does anyone else think Rocket is home getting jealous seeing the shots of Andy and his new BFF Pavano?

Sorry- joke was too easy.

Never. Gets. Old.

[Soriambi]

As Sterling said, protocol dictates that you don't run on an 8-2 lead in the 8th.

I think that protocol is dumb.

[-tz]

that would be no Small feat!!!

haha, haha, get it???

Ha. Ha. Ha.

[Mark19]

Torre using Bruney with a 6 run lead. Errr.
I guess he doesn't have much of a choice.

[groovitude]

Just got back from dinner -- Pavano was yanked before he even hit 80 pitches? I know he probably doesn't have the stamina that he will midseason, but c'mon... he's pitching a gem.

EDIT: And no walks!

[nyyterp]

the espn radar gun is ridiculously high. that was not a 97 mph, and the twin's reliever was not throughing 94, for christ's sake!

[CoyoteYankee]

I think that protocol is dumb.

The Mets scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning today.

[jlw1980]

Let's go, Bruneymeister!!

[CoyoteYankee]

K! 1 out.

[nyyterp]

since when is Bruney throwing 97-98 consistently??? ugh, espn -- the ultimate stat-padders.

[Soriambi]

The Mets scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning today.

Exactly. If they stop trying to score, we should stop taking bases when they're available, but until then, I see no good reason to.

Bruney Bruninates Redmond. One down.

[spyglass]

The thing I like most about Pavano's start is that he didn't walk anyone.

[dont_ya_know24]

thank you arizona for giving up bruney!

[nyctalopia]

FSN North just showed a hilarious shot. Guidry calls Bullpen. Bullpen coach starts pointing towards the end of the bench, and Farnsworth starts hiding behind Proctor, while Proctor laughs and keeps pointing at Farnsy like if to say "He's here! Pick him!"

[Mark19]

After dealing with Pavano's diving and swerving pitches, Bruney's heat must not feel so nice for the Twinkies.

[cid]

What is Pavano coming out? He only has 79 pitches. Torre always has to work the bullpen.

exactly what i was thinking. this doesn't make sense. the bullpen has been overused the first 5 games and pavano was at under 80 pitches. ridiculous.

[Soriambi]

4-3 out. Two down.

[CoyoteYankee]

Grounder to Cano. 2 out.

[Mark19]

Bruney is toast, he didn't even K that guy. Crappy grounder.

[b_joseph]

I hate the look of the turf..but I really like to hard, true bounces after a grounder.

[nyctalopia]

exactly what i was thinking. this doesn't make sense. the bullpen has been overused the first 5 games and pavano was at under 80 pitches. ridiculous.

i would think torre just wants pavano to build his confidence. 7 great innings - don't let him give up any more ERs. he's being babied.