SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL: vs. Yankees, 9/14

[Guest]

Nick STOP SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH.

[Moshagge3]

I hate the camera angle from behind the catcher, but ESPN loves it for some reason.

[Malike]

How is the Yankee offense "underperforming on so many levels"?

What did people really expect out of these guys? I figured Tex would not be the same after hte major wrist injuries. Jeter is doing about what I expected. Ellsbury has the exact same OPS+ (113) that he did last year.

Did people expect 37 year old Beltran, 40 year old Ichiro, to produce?

They have one player under the age of 30, Yangervis Solarte, to get more than 129 plate appearances this year. And he is a journeyman who has been released by one or two teams.

Anyone who expected this lineup to be good was deluding themselves.

In all fairness, they did say the real reason was the Yankees losing 4/5th's of their starting rotation. No team could survive that. If we had lost Tillman, Chen, Gonzo and Norris by June, we'd probably have about 62 wins right now.

[callahan09]

Looks like yet another night of terrible strike zone bs.

[Witchy_Chick]

Sub 600 OPS but with class too.

Drink up!!!

[MrOrange82]

Johnson isn't good, but Paredes looks like Jeter flubbing routine ground balls at 3B. He's a butcher. Johnson has shown the ability to hit ML pitching.

Paredes has been pretty good so far. Johnson...not so much. Longer track record with several successful seasons, but still. Granted, Paredes bungled a couple of pretty easy plays over there.

[nevadaO]

Whoa whoa, they're talking about the Orioles? Huh. Oh, gotta mention the suspension right away.

[TheDirtyBird]

I absolutely hate watching ESPN

[scOtt]

Other guys.

[MDK02]

I can't stand Dan Shulman, I don't think he watches any baseball but comes on and talks about it.

[Guest]

5 pitches smh.

[weams]

How is the Yankee offense "underperforming on so many levels"?

What did people really expect out of these guys? I figured Tex would not be the same after hte major wrist injuries. Jeter is doing about what I expected. Ellsbury has the exact same OPS+ (113) that he did last year.

Did people expect 37 year old Beltran, 40 year old Ichiro, to produce?

They have one player under the age of 30, Yangervis Solarte, to get more than 129 plate appearances this year. And he is a journeyman who has been released by one or two teams.

Anyone who expected this lineup to be good was deluding themselves.

Solarte was traded. I think for Prado.

[callahan09]

Yay a five pitch inning. Wonderful!

[Orioles0615]

5 pitches? really? Christ

[Witchy_Chick]

Other guys.

That was a great sign.