August 25, 2010 - New York Yankees @ Toronto Blue Jays

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Flaherty and home run calls ... Someone please make it stop!

Thamesie! Thamesie! Thamesie!

[YESSIR!]

I'm glad to see that after a deflating HR Posada is willing to work the count, even after taking a first pitch ball.

[Mr.Muhozi]

Come on Sado you can do better than that

[dabomb2045]

Best signing ever aka 10 or so years

CC Sabathia?

[BroadwayBomber55]

Thames eats lefties for dinner

Not only dinner, but also for breakfast, lunch and dessert.

[Kluivert4Ever]

Best signing ever aka 10 or so years

WORD

Marcus posting a + .900 OPS

[BroadwayBomber55]

Oooh, unlucky Austin.

[Kluivert4Ever]

CC Sabathia?

For 20 million you should perform as an ace, but I dont think many hitters post an OPS over .900 while making what, 2 million a year?

[Kluivert4Ever]

Gardner is due to get on base

[Kluivert4Ever]

Alright Hughes MUST hold them here or it will be very deflating for the team.

[Mr.Muhozi]

Come on Phil keep it at two and keep using the curve and change

[ojo]

Marcus Thames is a luxury. Let's hope the team remains fungible enough to retain him...

[YESSIR!]

Nice job by Cano and Thames that inning. Just a little frustrating that after scoring 2 runs w/ nobody out the next 3 guys get retired like lambs on 9 pitches.

[dabomb2045]

Phil needs to forget about the first 3 innings....settle in and keep it at 4-2

[Kluivert4Ever]

Nice job by Cano and Thames that inning. Just a little frustrating that after scoring 2 runs w/ nobody out the next 3 guys get retired like lambs on 9 pitches.

Kearns hit a rocket though

[BroadwayBomber55]

Settle down and in Yankees. Keep it going. Don't screw this up Phil.

[roblyo33]

Gardner is in a pretty big funk.

[b_joseph]

CC Sabathia?

CC was an easy signing..me and you could have done that.

Thames was an outside of the box type of signing, that has turned into a diamond move. I dont hype Cashman too much but I will for this one.

[Mr.Muhozi]

Back to the fastball love fest

[YESSIR!]

Kearns hit a rocket though

Yeah, you'd just like to see them work the count a bit and make the kid make pitches in hitters counts.

[Kluivert4Ever]

CC was an easy signing..me and you could have done that.

Thames was an outside of the box type of signing, that has turned into a diamond move. I dont hype Cashman too much but I will for this one.

Reminds me a little of the Jon Lieber signing in 2004, I know most will remember him from losing game 6 of the ALCS but he was pretty damn solid the entire year.

[YankeeSass]

Hello everyone!

C'mon Yanks, the Rays lost ... take advantage, do!

[dabomb2045]

CC was an easy signing..me and you could have done that.

Thames was an outside of the box type of signing, that has turned into a diamond move. I dont hype Cashman too much but I will for this one.

Outside in the box in what way? We really needed a RH bat that killed lefties. Thames was on most of our radars--it was him and/or Reed Johnson that most people wanted.

Dont get me wrong, it was a nice signing and he's helped us alot but its not as if Cash pulled the name out of nowhere and made us all go "wow, didnt see that one coming"

[BroadwayBomber55]

Phil Hughes doesn't know how to throw swing and miss strikes anymore.

[Kluivert4Ever]

I seriously cant watch him pitch anymore, thank god for gameday.

[unfamous loser]

command is horrid tonight.

it had looked better the last game too.

[YankeeSass]

Uh oh. for the second night in a row, the dreaded lead off walk.

[daverave]

11 pitches to A. Eff. Hill ???!?

Another six and another walk

[Mr.Muhozi]

No where near the strikezone, Phil needs to learn how to pitch backwards, he's too obvious

[BroadwayBomber55]

Glasses or no glasses, Phil has been all over the place.

[Kluivert4Ever]

Giving up a run here would be like bursting the balloon that the offense started to blow up last inning.

[just-blaze]

CC was an easy signing..me and you could have done that.

Thames was an outside of the box type of signing, that has turned into a diamond move. I dont hype Cashman too much but I will for this one.

I dont think so.......if Cash doesn't throw in that out clause and fly out to CC's house to make a personal pitch while adding that extra year im not so sure he signs especially when you have other teams running interference (Boston), playing the hometown card through the press (SF), and offering significant offers (LAA)

[Jace]

Outside in the box in what way? We really needed a RH bat that killed lefties. Thames was on most of our radars--it was him and/or Reed Johnson that most people wanted.

Dont get me wrong, it was a nice signing and he's helped us alot but its not as if Cash pulled the name out of nowhere and made us all go "wow, didnt see that one coming"

Yeah, and calling CC "an easy sign" is kind of dumb too. Cashman probably had to go through countless meetings and pitches to get that to happen, all while working through the winter meetings and handling every other part of the job. yeah, im sure we all could have done that from our living rooms with a cell phone

[YESSIR!]

Wow, crazy stat Kenny just gave. 13 2-strike counts, 9 of those guys reached. That sux donkey balls.

[Kluivert4Ever]

If this count goes to 3-2 I might throw something...

[ojo]

Outside in the box in what way? We really needed a RH bat that killed lefties. Thames was on most of our radars--it was him and/or Reed Johnson that most people wanted.

Dont get me wrong, it was a nice signing and he's helped us alot but its not as if Cash pulled the name out of nowhere and made us all go "wow, didnt see that one coming"

It was a low risk, high "niche" reward signing. It's not Cashman's fault this board knows baseball.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Finally a swing and miss strike.

[b_joseph]

Outside in the box in what way? We really needed a RH bat that killed lefties. Thames was on most of our radars--it was him and/or Reed Johnson that most people wanted.

Dont get me wrong, it was a nice signing and he's helped us alot but its not as if Cash pulled the name out of nowhere and made us all go "wow, didnt see that one coming"

Bench signings are usually the signings we mess up in the winter time..or at least that how it seems. So to get this one right pleases me greatly.

Am I being over the top? Ofcourse but heck, a 900 OPS bench player will do that to you.

[dabomb2045]

It was a low risk, high "niche" reward signing. It's not Cashman's fault this board knows baseball.

I get that. I'm just saying its too much to say its the best FA signing the Yanks have made in 10 years.

IMO its easily Mussina and CC in terms of the best FA signings Cash has made the past 10 years or so.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Well, another swing and miss strike 3. 2 in a row.

[Kluivert4Ever]

Wow 6 Ks for Hughes so far, if he could only have gotten them a bit quicker and not had to face Wells this would have been a good night so far.

[b_joseph]

I dont think so.......if Cash doesn't throw in that out clause and fly out to CC's house to make a personal pitch while adding that extra year im not so sure he signs especially when you have other teams running interference (Boston), playing the hometown card through the press (SF), and offering significant offers (LAA)

What I mean is that it was easy to identify......It was all anyone spoke about for a good 12-18 months prior to his signing. Obviously there are intricate details that go on in these negotiations that take good, intelligent business and Baseball minds to complete.

[Mr.Muhozi]

Phil switched again after the walk, i really hope he learns something here

[Kluivert4Ever]

Crap, Bautista gets the chance to kill us again....

[Mr.Muhozi]

Spoke too soon

[Kluivert4Ever]

This could be the game right here...

[daverave]

Does Joe have anyone warming?

[Kluivert4Ever]

Does Joe have anyone warming?

Off-day tomorrow, he should have everyone warming.

[ARod Envy]

Does Joe have anyone warming?

Javy.

[BroadwayBomber55]

That's the thing going for K's: high pitch count.