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Yankees ties to the World SeriesPosted by: | Comments
For the second consecutive year, the Yankees are not playing in the World Series this fall (oh what a horrible drought!), but that doesn't mean they're an afterthought. There are Yankees ties to both the Cardinals and Rangers, thanks in part due to the age of free agency and non-stop transactions. Texas knocking the New York out of the playoffs last year is another connection as well, but that's not really the angle I was planning to take.
Two players on the Cardinals once suited up for the Yankees, and two current Yankees helped get the Rangers to the Fall Classic in consecutive years by virtue of their departures. Let's dig in…
Lance Berkman
More than anything, Berkman is the reason why I'm pulling for the Cardinals in the World Series. A platoon DH for the Yankees late last year, Puma hit a respectable .255/.358/.349 in 123 regular season plate appearances (.298/.404/.417 in his final 99 PA) before emerging as the team's third best hitter in the postseason (.313/.368/.688). He became far more important than expected in the ALCS thanks to Mark Teixeira's hamstring injury in Game Four.
One of the conditions of the trade that brought Berkman to New York was that the Yankees could not exercise his $15M option for 2011, which was perfectly fine because he had all the look of a declining and increasingly injury-prone player. Fat Elvis signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals, had a monster season (.402 wOBA) that won him Comeback Player of the Year honors, and will bat cleanup behind Albert Pujols in the Fall Classic. Go Puma go.
Mark Teixeira
There's not a direct Yankees-Rangers relationship here, but there's no doubt that current Yankee Mark Teixeira helped the Rangers get to where they are today. Less than a month after reportedly turning down an eight-year, $140M extension offer, Tex was traded by Texas to the Braves (along with Ron Mahay) for a five-player package that included starting shortstop Elvis Andrus, closer Neftali Feliz, and likely Game Four starter Matt Harrison. That's some haul, the gold standard when it comes to trading elite hitters.
A-Rod's connection to the Rangers and their success is a bit more concrete than Teixeira's, at least from the Yankees point of view. When the Yankees acquired Alex in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and
Robinson Cano Joaquin Arias in 2004, Texas gained more than $112M worth of financial flexibility through the 2010 season. That money was redistributed in a multitude of ways; some of it went to Michael Young and his long-term deal, and some was invested in prospects via the draft and international free agency (Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Alexi Ogando). Who knows how they rest was spent. That money wouldn't have been available to the team if the Yankees hadn't taken A-Rod off the Rangers' hands.
Octavio Dotel
There's not much connection here, especially since Dotel has seemingly played for all 30 teams at one time or another, but the right-hander did appear in 14 games (10 IP, 18 H, 13 R, 11 BB, 7 K) for the 2006 Yankees. They signed him off the scrap heap following his Tommy John surgery, rehabbed him for the first half of the season, then stuck him in the bullpen for the stretch run. It didn't work out. Five years later, Dotel is still slinging it at age 37, this time in middle relief for the Cardinals.
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There are a few other very loose ties (Cards backup catcher Gerald Laird is Brandon's brother), but those four up there cover most of it. Berkman is the most obvious connection, but I think it's clear that the Tex and A-Rod stuff will have more impact in this World Series in the grand scheme of things.
The Great ALDS UnknownPosted by: | Comments
We're down to the final day of the regular season, and we still don't know the wildcard team for either league. That makes for what should be a very exciting night, but there is still something else that has yet to be determined, and that's the Yankees ALDS opponent. The only thing we know for sure is that Game One of that series will be this Friday night in Yankee Stadium, and CC Sabathia will be on the mound. Everything else is kind of up in the air.
As of this moment, the Yankees would play the Tigers in the ALDS. However, if Detroit wins tonight and the Rangers lose, the Yankees will play Texas. That's the only scenario in which the Yankees would play a rematch of the 2010 ALCS in the 2011 ALDS. Anything other than a Tigers win and a Rangers loss results in a rematch of the 2006 ALDS. We could argue about which team we'd rather see the Yankees face from here until first pitch on Friday, but the bottom line is that both of those teams are really, really good. They're not in the playoffs by accident.
If you want the Yankees to face the Rangers, it's likely because you like the way the Yankees matchup against Texas' left-handed starters and/or fear the duo of Justin Verlander and Doug Fister. If you want them to face the Tigers, then it probably has to do with the Rangers' prodigious offense and the general shakiness of Detroit's pitching staff behind the two guys at the top of the rotation. There's a million other factors we can consider as well (the Rangers' bullpen, Miguel Cabrera, etc.), but here's the thing to remember: it's a five-game series, and five-game series are very prone to volatility.
That's why I'm not all that concerned about who the Yankees face in the ALDS. It's going to be a tough assignment either way, and the best possible matchup isn't guaranteed to manifest itself in a short series. Sure, the Yankees might do really well against Texas' left-handers across 162 games, but anything can happen in a best-of-five. Verlander is likely to pitch to a sub-3.00 ERA across 34 starts, but one bad pitch in the ALDS changes everything. It probably sounds like a cop-out, but it's true. Weird things happen in baseball all the time, and the impact of the weird stuff magnifies in short playoff series.
If you're going to put a gun to my head, I guess I'd rather see Yankees-Rangers than Yankees-Tigers. I'd prefer to have New York play as many games in hitters' parks as possible, in part because that's how their team is built. Verlander (and to a much lesser extent, Fister) is phenomenal, but he's not unbeatable, and I'm pretty confident in the Yankees scoring runs against pretty much anyone. Just keep that in mind when you're scoreboard watching tonight, there's no such thing as a great matchup in a short series*.
* Unless the Yankees are playing the Twins.
For the third and final time this season, the Yankees will get a chance to exact some revenge against the team that ended their season last October. Sure, a bunch of regular season wins won't ever make up for an ALCS loss, but it's all we have right now. The Yankees have already won four of six games against the Rangers this year, taking two of three at home in April before doing the same in Texas in May. What does the June series have in store?
What Have The Rangers Done Lately?
The first time these two teams met, the Rangers were arguably the hottest team in baseball. The second time they met, the Rangers were stuck in a crazy tailspin. This time around, Texas is sort of in between a hot streak and a slump, winning just two of their last seven games but also winning ten of their last 16. Their lead in the division is just 1.5 games over the Mariners, but their run differential is third best in the league and 38 runs better than anyone else in the AL West.
Rangers On Offense
The Yankees got lucky the first two times they played Texas this year because Josh Hamilton was on the disabled list for both series, but now he's not. His .363 wOBA is nothing special and he's hitting a 2011 Robinson Cano-esque .268/.307/.512 since coming off the DL last month, but you know what? I don't care. Hamilton is still one of the best players in the world and can absolutely mash anything no matter how poorly he's performed over the last month. He's a game changer on the same level as Miggy Cabrera or Adrian Gonzalez or Jose Bautista; he impacts the game just by standing in the on-deck circle.
Nelson Cruz was also on the shelf the last time these two clubs met, and he's hit just .241/.259/.590 since coming back. He's also struck out a dozen times in his last 30 at-bats, a rate that would make Mark Reynolds blush. Michael Young is actually batting cleanup these days, and he destroyed the Yankees in their six games this season (.435/.480/.696). He's cooled off considerably of late (.241/.288/.315 in his last 118 PA), but I can't imagine he'll be an easy out. Hamilton, Young, and Cruz occupy the three, four, and six lineup spots, respectively, while Adrian Beltre slots in at the five-hole. He's hit a gaudy .293/.353/.496 since the last time these two teams met, so that's one lefty and three dangerous right-handed batters right in the middle of the lineup. I guess that's better than four lefties given Yankee Stadium's dimensions.
Atop the order is Ian Kinsler, who has one hit in eight at-bats since coming back from paternity leave on Saturday. His .349 OBP and .166 ISO are fine numbers, but he doesn't hit for average at all (just .231). Elvis Andrus is coming into the series pretty hot (.327/.364/.442 in his last 13 games), but manager Ron Washington pulled him off the field on Sunday for a lack of effort. Mitch Moreland (.396/.433/.566 in his last 15 games) and Yorvit Torrealba (.367/.375/.467 this month) are coming into the series hot while David Murphy (.211/.269/.284 in his last 30 games) most certainly isn't. The new center field platoon of Endy Chavez and Craig Gentry has been hot (.286/.435/.596 in 64 PA) and cold (.235/.361/.294) in limited playing time, respectively. The Rangers' .334 team wOBA is a distant third to the Red Sox (.352) and Yankees (.349) in the AL.
Rangers On The Mound
Tuesday, RHP Alexi Ogando: We're all waiting for this two pitch (fastball, slider) reliever turned starter to regress, but it just hasn't happened yet. Ogando's 3.57 FIP (2.10 ERA) is propped up by a stellar walk rate (1.99 BB/9) and decent strikeout (6.64 K/9) and homer rates (0.89 HR/9). Of course a .210 BABIP and a 8.1% HR/FB ratio (just 36.5% grounders too) help matters, as does an 88.2% strand rate. Don't get me wrong, Ogando's been very good for Texas this year, just not as good as his ERA suggests. The Yankees hung five runs off him in 6.1 IP back in April, though a blister kept him out of the May series.
Wednesday, LHP Derek Holland: A personal fave, Holland is the opposite of Ogando in that he's been better (4.05 FIP) than his ERA (4.41) would lead you to believe. He gave up five runs in 7.1 IP against New York back in April, then four runs in three innings (five walks) in May, so I'm sure he's hoping the third time is a charm. Holland is a fastball-changeup guy with two usable breaking balls (both curve and slider), and he gets a good amount of strikeouts (7.71 K/9) and ground balls (46.9%) while limiting walks (3.20 BB/9). He's just inconsistent like most young starters.
Thursday, LHP C.J. Wilson: As good as Wilson was last season, he's been even better this year. His upped his strikeout rate a bit (7.78 K/9) while shaving a full walk off his walk rate (3.09 BB/9), though he's paying for a decreased ground ball rate (46.4%) with more homers (0.75 HR/9). Still, a 3.47 FIP (3.04 ERA) is excellent. Wilson is a (rare) legitimate six pitch pitcher, using three low-90′s fastballs (two-seamer, four-seamer, cutter), a changeup, a curveball, and a slider at least 10.0% of the time each. The Yankees haven't seen Wilson yet this year, though they did put 18 men on base and score nine runs off him in a dozen ALCS innings last autumn.
Bullpen: With some help from yesterday's off day, the Rangers' bullpen is pretty well rested. Neftali Feliz has seemingly gotten over his control problems to post six straight walk-free outings, though he's still been touched for five hits and two runs in 6.1 IP during that time while striking out four. Feliz is righting the ship, but a guy with his stuff really should miss more bats (8.3% whiff rate). Darren Oliver (3.12 FIP), Mark Lowe (3.60), and Arthur Rhodes (5.96) handle the majority of the setup duties.
Derek Jeter punching bag Dave Bush (4.81 FIP) handles the majority of the long relief work, and southpaw Michael Kirkman (5.10) fills in the gaps. The new addition since the last time the Yankees saw Texas is Japanese import Yoshinori Tateyama, a 35-year-old righty with the traditional Japanese hesitation in his delivery even though he's more of a sidearmer. He's struck out eight and walked none in 10.2 IP since being called up, using his fastball-curveball combination in low-leverage situations. The Rangers' bullpen has an MLB worst 4.90 FIP, more than a quarter of a run higher than anyone else. With any luck, the Yankees will see lots of these guys these next three days.
Recommend Rangers Reading: Baseball Time In Arlington and Lone Star Ball
Thankfully out of Detroit, the Yankees are heading to place of recent heartbreak: Arlington, Texas. They won just one of five games played there last season, and that doesn't include two losses in three ALCS games. The Bombers' 2010 season ended in this stadium, as you surely remember. The Yankees already beat the Rangers in a three-game series at Yankee Stadium a few weeks ago, and they could really use another series win right now.
What Have The Rangers Done Lately?
Remember when Texas started the season with nine wins in their first ten games and looked like the best team in baseball? They're 8-15 since then, and have lost eight of their last eleven games. The Rangers have lost five or their last six series as well, so yeah, they're struggling.
Rangers On Offense
No Josh Hamilton and guess what? No Nelson Cruz either. The outfielder has a tight quad and hasn't played since Tuesday, and he definitely won't play tonight. The Rangers are hopeful that he can go tomorrow, but that's not a given. Considering that he's hitting just .219/.303/.438, I'm not sure if his absence is a good or bad thing for New York.
Michael Young killed the Yankees earlier in the season in Yankee Stadium, and he comes into the series with a modest six game hitting streak and a .327/.351/.500 line in his last 13 games. Ian Kinsler has been warm of late, with seven hits (four doubles) in his last 25 at-bats. Julio Borbon has five hits in his last ten at-bats following a 12-for-55 start. I'm guessing the last few games are the outlier. Elvis Andrus keeps singling opponents to death; he's got 13 hits in his last 38 at-bats, but just one extra base hit (a double). Those four make up Texas' hottest hitters at the moment.
Adrian Beltre has just 13 hits and five unintentional walks in his last 62 plate appearances (.241 AVG, .306 OBP) and David Murphy has hit an empty .235 over the last two weeks or so (.316 OBP, .030 ISO). Certified pain in the ass Mitch Moreland is roaming right field in Cruz's stead, and he's cooled down considerably of late: .212/.333/.391 in his last 39 plate appearances. Mike Napoli (two for his last 22) and Yorvit Torrealba (four for his last 22) aren't doing much of anything, and personal fave (but Grade-A hacker) Chris Davis has five hits in seven games (playing part-time) since being recalled, though two are doubles and one went over the fence. The top of the lineup – Kinsler, Andrus, Young – is the minefield that must be navigated, though the cleanup hitting Beltre is always tough as well. At least against the Yankees.
Rangers On The Mound
Friday, LHP Matt Harrison: Same three pitchers that we saw three weeks ago, when the Yankees took two of three in the Bronx. Harrison's scorching hot start (1.23 ERA in his first three starts, including that double play fest against the Yanks) has been followed by disaster: he's got an 11.12 ERA in three starts since. Last time out against the A's, he allowed four runs in just 1.2 innings. The start before that featured seven runs in three innings. The Yankees have to be patient, Harrison's walked five batters and struck out just two in those last two starts. He's still throwing gas, and backs it up almost exclusively with a changeup.
Saturday, LHP Derek Holland: Two earned runs in seven innings against Oakland followed three starts with exactly five earned runs allowed, including one against the Yankees. I liked Holland as a breakout candidate coming into the year, and his 3.71 FIP with a 50.4% ground ball rate looks a whole lot better than his 4.66 ERA. Another fastball-changeup heavy lefty (with the occasional slider), Holland held the Yankees in check until the late innings a few weeks ago, not getting hurt until his pitch count was well over 100. Will Ron Washington make the same mistake twice? History says yes.
Sunday, RHP Alexi Ogando: Aside from that five run, 6.1 IP effort against the Yankees a few weeks ago, Ogando has yet to allow more than two earned runs or throw fewer than six innings in any start. I don't get it either. He's almost exclusively a fastball-slider pitcher, and the Yankees' lefty bats predictably did damage after seeing his shtick the second and third times through the order. Hopefully they'll be able to jump on Ogando a little earlier since they'll be seeing him again in a relatively short amount of time.
Bullpen: Just the Yankees' luck, Neftali Feliz is expected to be activated off the disabled list in time for tonight's game. That pushes Darren Oliver out of the closer's role and back into middle relief, which he shares with Arthur Rhodes. Righty specialist Darren O'Day is out for a while with a torn labrum in his hip, but he's been replaced with another sidearming righty: Cody Eppley. He's appeared in four games so far, walked two and striking out three in 5.2 innings of work. Like most guys with that arm slot, Eppley is fastball-slider heavy, with an occasional changeup.
The rest of the bullpen is patchwork at the moment. Mark Lowe is the best of the bunch but he's nothing special, and Dave Bush handles long relief duties. They also have old buddy Brett Tomko on the roster, which is good news for the Yankees. Hard throwing former top prospect Ryan Tucker is also in the mix, but these aren't exactly Washington's go-to relievers in big spots. The more we see of these guys this weekend, the better.
Recommended Rangers Reading: Baseball Time In Arlington and Lone Star Ball.
For years, the Angels were the one team in baseball that gave the Yankees fits. For whatever reason, Mike Scioscia's team just had their number. Now that the Halos are getting older and are heading down baseball's power rankings, they've apparently handed the torch of "AL West team the Yankees can't beat" to the Rangers. After sweeping Texas in a three-game series at Yankee Stadium in April, Joe Girardi's team lost four of their five remaining regular season meetings, all of which took place in Arlington. The ALCS was a completely one-sided affair; that the Yanks forced six games is a minor miracle.
But this is a new season. There's no Cliff Lee looming nor is there an Andy Pettitte to fall back on. Vlad Guerrero has been replaced by Adrian Beltre, Lance Berkman has been replaced by Russell Martin, things have changed. The weather looks to be gorgeous but a little chilly this weekend, when the Yankees take on their toughest opponent to date in 2011.
What Have They Done Lately?
The Rangers started the season looking like baseball's best team, and reality they probably are at the moment. They won their first six games and outscored their opponents 42-20 in the process, but they're just 3-3 since. Prior to Thursday's off-day, Texas dropped back-to-back games against the Tigers, losing the first on a Miguel Cabrera walk-off single and the second on a Brandon Inge walk-off homer. For whatever reason, Neftali Feliz was nowhere to be found in either game. Their +32 run differential is the best in baseball and nearly two times greater than the second best mark in the AL (Toronto's +17). If there's such a thing as momentum, the Yankees would appear to have it. They've won their last two while the Rangers lost their last two in demoralizing fashion.
Rangers On Offense
The Yankees caught a very big break this series, both literally and figuratively. By now you've heard that Josh Hamilton, last year's AL MVP, broke his arm sliding head first into home during Tuesday's game and is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks. It was a weird play, Hamilton was on third when a pop-fly went into foul territory, but no one covered the plate and he broke for home after the catch. After the game he threw third base coach Dave Anderson under the bus, though he later apologized. Bottom line: The Yankees won't have to face arguably the best player in the league this weekend.
Of course, Texas' offense is still extremely good. Designated Yankee killer David Murphy (.418 wOBA in limited action) steps in for Hamilton, and Nelson Cruz's boomstick is still fully operational (.451 wOBA). Ian Kinsler torched the Red Sox in the first series of the year, but he leadoff guy is hitting just .152/.243/.273 in the nine games since. Adrian Beltre has hit .350/.381/.750 with two doubles and two homers in his last five games after a very slow start to the season, while Michael Young owns a .474/.476/.579 line over the same time. Mitch Moreland is a perpetual pain in the ass near the bottom of the lineup (.389 wOBA), though Elvis Andrus (.291), Julio Borbon (.297) and Yorvit Torrealba (.275) haven't done much yet this season. I'm willing to bet Andrus gets his fair share if crap infield hits this weekend like he did in the ALCS. Mike Napoli looms on the bench as a lefty-masher, though that should only come into play when CC Sabathia starts on Sunday.
Rangers On The Mound
Game One: Matt Harrison, LHP: Part of the Mark Teixeira trade back in the day, Harrison has been in straight up Beast Mode in the early going this year. He held the Red Sox and Orioles to one run over seven innings in each of his first two starts, allowing just seven hits and three walks total with seven strikeouts and 50% ground balls. He's not some soft tossing lefty either. Harrison's four-seamer has averaged 93.7 mph this year and has topped out at 97 while the two-seamer sits about a mile-per-hour or two below that. He uses each about 30% of the time. A low-80′s changeup is his next best offering and he doesn't have a real knockout breaking ball, but will throw both a slider and curveball and the occasional cutter. If Joe Girardi was ever going to employ Danks Theory, this would be a good game to do it, taking that changeup away. Harrison has gotten smacked around pretty good in five career appearances (two starts) against the Yankees (7.53 ERA, 4.40 FIP in just 14.1 IP), but that was before he showed up to camp this year bumping 97.
Game Two: Derek Holland, LHP: You probably remember Holland from his stellar relief work in the ALCS (5.2 scoreless innings), but now he's back where he belongs in the rotation. He allowed three runs in six innings to the Mariners in the first start before shutting the O's down for six frames last time out. He's very much like Harrison in that he's fastball-changeup heavy, sitting 93.2 with the former and the mid-80′s with the latter. Holland's slider is a quality third offering though, a pitch he can use to get swings and misses. He's another guy the Yankees have crushed in the past (9.49 ERA, 8.07 FIP in 12.1 IP) but again, that's no guarantee of future success. Holland's a dynamite young pitcher.
Game Three: Alexi Ogando, RHP: In the rotation only because Tommy Hunter strained some fat at the end of Spring Training, Ogando was never a full-time starter until the Rangers stuck him in that role in Spring Training. Sure enough, he fired six shutout innings against the Mariners two weeks ago and followed that up with seven shutout innings against the Tigers earlier this week. Ogando has allowed just four hits and three walks in those 13 IP, striking out eight. It doesn't make sense, but for whatever reason it just worked. The right-hander sits 93-94 with the fastball and mixes in a few 95′s and 96′s, but he's a two-pitch pitcher. If you don't get the heat, your getting the slider, that's it. His changeup is an afterthought. Ogando made just six relief appearances against the Yankees last year (four regular season and two playoffs), throwing a total of 4.2 IP. For all intents and purposes, they've never really seen him before.
Bullpen: Well, at least Feliz is well rested. He hasn't pitched in four games, but at we also know that Washington won't use him in a tie game on the road. Score one for the good guys. Yankee favorite Arthur Rhodes joins Darren Oliver to give the Rangers not one, but two lefties that are a handful of outings away from a forced retirement. Darren O'Day is a sidearm/submarining righty specialist, and Mark Lowe (a throw-in in the Lee trade) throws hard and that's about it. Rule 5 guy Mason Tobin is unspectacular, and Pedro Strop is essentially another Lowe. It's not exactly a bullpen that strikes fear into opponents, but you've got to get to them before the ninth inning. Otherwise you're probably out of luck.
Hello, Texas. We've met before, haven't we?Posted by: | Comments
Ben Shpigel doesn't think we should remember the eight games the Yankees and Rangers played against each other this season. Because three of them were in April and three were in September when the Yanks' regulars weren't playing, the games, he said in The Times earlier this week, don't tell us much about the impending ALCS match-up.
As Shpigel notes of the September series, CC Sabathia, Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes did not make a start while Nick Swisher had a bum knee, Jorge Posada a concussion and Brett Gardner a sore hand. The Yankees were left short-handed, and Joe Girardi kept giving the ball, infuriatingly enough, to Chad Gaudin. Meanwhile, Mariano Rivera managed to blow a game by hitting Jeff Francoeur with a pitch. It was Bizarro Baseball down in Arlington.
Yet, here we are on the precipice of the ALCS, and these two teams did indeed face each other eight times this year. The Yankees won four out of the first five match-ups before the Rangers subjected the Bombers to the club's first three-game sweep on the road this year. The clubs played four consecutive one-run games in August and September, and although the players don't want to read too much into the season series, we'll take a look at it anyway.
April 16, 2010: Yankees 5, Rangers 1 (in 6 innings) (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: CC Sabathia
LP: C.J. Wilson
HR: None
The season series started out with a whimper as the Yankees rolled over the Rangers in a rain-shortened game. The best part about this game was a gem Mike penned in our recap: "It's so easy to like Cervelli with his big doofy helmet and all out hustle and infectious energy, so it was fun to see him single in a run after Granderson's fielder's choice." Fun note: At the time, Nelson Cruz was the AL leader in HR, RBI, slugging and OPS, and little did we realize that these two pitchers would eventually match up against each other in the first game of the American League Championship Series.
April 17, 2010: Yankees 7, Rangers 3 (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: A.J. Burnett
LP: Scott Feldman
HR: Nelson Cruz, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez
The second game saw the Yanks behind a solid A.J. Burnett leap out to a quick 5-0 lead they would never give up. After a few weeks of futility, Alex Rodriguez launched his first home run of the season against his former team, and the only bad part of this game was Alfredo Aceves' 0.1-inning, three-earned run appearance. The Yankees were rolling.
April 18, 2010: Yankees 5, Rangers 2 (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Andy Pettitte
LP: Rich Harden
SV: Mariano Rivera
HR: Mark Teixeira, Jorge Posada
Entering this game, Mark Teixeira was batting .100 with an OPS barely above .400, but he took advantage of an ineffective Rich Harden in the third inning. His solo shot was also his first of the season, and it took came against his former teammates. Andy Pettitte went eight strong for his second win of the season as the Yanks wrapped up a tidy three-game sweep of the Rangers in the Bronx. Texas would, of course, return the favor in Arlington a few months later, but these two teams would go nearly four months between meetings.
August 10, 2010: Rangers 4, Yankees 3 (in 10 innings) (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Neftali Feliz
LP: Mariano Rivera
HR: Alex Rodriguez, David Murphy
This game marked a string of five games against the Rangers that were, by and large, not very much fun. A.J. Burnett, mired in a terrible slump, threw seven innings of three-run ball, but C.J. Wilson held his own. The Yanks rallied off of Frank Francisco to tie the game on an a-bomb from A-Rod, but Mariano Rivera gave up the game in the 10th. The Yanks went just 3 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on.
August 11, 2010: Yankees 7, Rangers 6 (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Kerry Wood
LP: Neftali Feliz
SV: Mariano Rivera
HR: Marcus Thames, Michael Young
The Bombers rebounding from their extra-inning loss with a thrilling game against Cliff Lee. While the southpaw struck out 11, the Yanks touched him up for four runs in just 6.1 innings. Staked to a 6-1 lead, Lee and the Rangers bullpen coughed it up. The Yanks scored twice in the seventh, once in the eight and twice in the ninth against closer Neftali Feliz to grab the game. Rivera made it exciting when Elvis Andrus tripled to lead off the inning, but Mo retired Michael Young, Josh Hamilton and Vlad to escape that jam.
September 10, 2010: Rangers 6, Yankees 5 (in 13 innings) (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Scott Feldman
LP: Chad Gaudin
HR: Nelson Cruz (2)
September 11, 2010: Rangers 7, Yankees 6 (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Alexi Ogando
LP: Mariano Rivera
HR: None
It's quite possible that no two games over the course of the Yankee season were as irksome as this pair. The Yanks went 25 for 87 with 18 walks over 21 innings. That's the equivalent of a .287 batting average and a whopping .421 on-base percentage. But just five of their 25 hits went for extra bases, and the Bombers left a whopping 32 men on base. On Friday night, the Yanks went 3 for 17 with runners in scoring position and left 18 men on base. On Saturday, the team went 3 for 13 with 14 runners on base. Somehow, Chad Gaudin managed to pitch poorly in both games. No one wants to see that happen again.
September 12, 2010: Rangers 4, Yankees 1 (Box Score) (RAB Recap)
WP: Cliff Lee
LP: Dustin Moseley
SV: Neftali Feliz
HR: None
Cliff Lee faced Dustin Moseley, and the Yanks managed just two hits. No one was surprised.
Rangers 14, Yanks 2Posted by: | Comments
Yesterday's game helped me put the value of defense in a better perspective. When you have a pitch-to-contact guy on the mound, you're going to need some solid performances by the guys behind him in order to get through it. Most of the time — even though they aren't the best fielders in the league — the defense is solid in support of Wang. Unfortunately, guys are going to have bad games; some guys are just bad.
Not that Wang did himself many favors. He didn't look his sharpest, leaving that sinker higher in the zone than he normally does (and a consequence of leaving that baby up is that it doesn't have nearly the bite as a lower version). Flat and waist high is no way to go through life.
If you saw the game, you know which plays I'm talking about. If you didn't see the game, you surely heard from a friend who is as frustrated as me. It was one of two games this season I clicked off in the middle — and I'm sure you can guess which the other was.
Let's start with my boy Bobby. On the first pitch in the fifth inning, Gerald Laird (.209/.284/.297) hit a deep fly ball to right. Melky makes that play. Damon makes that play. Matsui makes that play. Hell, fuckin' Bernie makes that play. But Bobby has all sorts of trouble when he has to run backwards, can't get under the ball, and it falls. Now, thankfully it's the fifth inning, and it's a 1-1 game, so even if the run scores it's not a fatal deficit.
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On the heels of a victory stolen, the Yanks fired back against the always vulnerable Texas Rangers, beating up on Mike Wood en route to a 8-2 win. It was a great game to watch — we got solid starting pitching and some life out of the bats. Combining those will lead to wins nine times out of 10, making me a bit more optimistic about the rest of the season. Unfortunately, we have precious few games left against the Rangers.
Before I jump into the main points of the game, let it be said that the scorers screwed Matsui. Third inning, runners on first and second, two out, Matsui up with the score tied at one. After being issued two balls, he laid into one and drove it to right-center. Jerry Hairston (who, in addition to being named in the most recent HGH scandal, cannot play center field) raced over to make a play, but wasn't able to get there in time. Instead of giving Matsui a triple, they scored it an error on Hairston. I really don't know what the scorers were thinking. The play was basically right in front of me, and I just assumed it was a triple. The box score says differently. I think they're wrong. Am I?
Finally, Dougie-do-nothing is doing something! He continued his hot streak — obviously caused by this image — knocking two singles and driving in Jorge with a sac fly. He's hurdled the Mendoza line (though, to be fair, he did that Monday with his two doubles), and maybe, just maybe he can reach the levels at which he hit last year. However, since he's done so well while we've been bashing him, my official statement is, "Doug, you suck. You have no place on this team. Go back to the Red Sox."


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The Planet — Oh, right. Kit was struggling earlier. Like, way back at the beginning of the episode. And it seems she has since given in: She's swilling beer and looking like she could belt out some blues any minute. I kinda like hard-luck Kit.
Angus sidles up and tells her she shouldn't be drinking.
Kit: Yeah, and who do I have to thank for that, hmm?
Angus: Can I give you a ride home?
Kit: Why? So you can beg at me and tell me how sorry your ass is? Please. Give me a break.
Angus says he just wants to talk to her, but Kit wants to holler:
Kit: [to the other employees] Hey, everybody! Stop what you're doing. Just shut the f— up and listen, OK? The man wants to talk.
Angus: Uh. I'm sorry. I, uh, I'm an idiot. And I made a huge mistake.
Kit: Ya think?
Angus: And I know you hate me right now. And I don't blame you. But I love you. I love you more than anyone I've ever loved in my entire life. And I'm gonna stick around, um, as long as I can, in the hopes that you'll eventually forgive me. Yeah, that's pretty much it. I'm stickin'.
Kit thanks everyone — everyone who's not Angus — for their work and then shuffles out. The idle exit is her new art form.
OK, Angus, you've said your piece. I would wish you luck, but you've been "sticking" all along, like something oozy and stinky on the bottom of our shoes. I kinda wish you would dry up and fall off already.
Appreciating art — I don't know anything about metalwork, so I don't really know what Bette and Jodi are doing. Other than wearing coveralls, that is, which is definitely sexy.
They seem to be on much better terms now. Jodi says she saw a great piece of metal on the side of the road this morning, but Amy refused to stop to pick it up.
Bette: Philistine.
Jodi: [nods and smiles]
Bette: I was thinking about having a dinner party. I really want you to meet some of my friends.
This makes Jodi nervous, so Bette assures her it's no big deal. That's sweet. And it's even sweeter when Jodi asks Bette to spend the night with her. Bette says, simply, "Love to."
Bette tells Jodi she's beautiful, and then promptly smears grease or paint or something on her face. I love goofy Bette. And laughter is the best kind of prelude to a kiss.
The perfect vision — Tina and Jenny are taking one more meeting, this time with Lawrence Bender. He says he was into lesbians way before the "new chic lesbian fad" — he has a 35 mm print of The Killing of Sister George. Well. That certainly proves something; I just don't know what, exactly.
He invites them to sit down; they're in a small theater. He begins his pitch: He doesn't want just a "regular lesbian story," because that's been done a million times before.
Jenny: I don't think it's been done a million times.
Thank you, Jenny.
Anyway, it seems Lawrence's life dream is this: to make a musical. He thinks Lez Girls is a musical.
Jenny: I love it.
Lawrence: Really?
Jenny: [shouting] I love it!
Jenny, I think this is the first time I've ever rewound you with glee. That was hilarious! You're such a spaz when you're excited.
Lawrence even has the perfect performers in mind. He tells them to sit back and enjoy: "There's this woman who is extraordinary. I've been wanting to work with her for a long time, and I really think that I could make a marriage between the two of you."
And there's a drum roll and the curtain goes up — on Marina and her dancers, doing that number we saw at the beginning of the episode. It's longer this time, and definitely fascinating. The Ditty Bops lend their wit and harmonies to "Le Cirque du Ferrer," and I wonder where I am — but I'm very glad to be here. The lyrics are fab: "You'll be shocked, amused, titillated and confused by the sultry Sapphic story of a certain group of friends."
Marina gives Jenny a slight smile. Jenny rolls her eyes, but smiles too. Even Tina is digging it. What a crazy marriage that would be. Oh, I meant Jenny and Marina, not Jenny and Tina. I think so, anyway.
Making their mark — Alice and Shane are hanging out on that Boss billboard. They decide to enhance it a little. They spray paint the hell out of it, adding facial hair and a unibrow and obscenities of every sort. It's fun, but it goes on way too long. Still, this is probably the central friendship of the show — if anyone is "Lez Girls," it's these two. Their fun is our fun, and it's been way too long.
NEXT WEEK ON THE L WORD: Helena goes to the track; Max goes home; Jodi bares her soul.
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There's no official word yet on whether Michael will show, but there has been contact and the A's are hopeful they can pull it off. Which would be amazing, and pretty darn cool. Michael, who is English, presumably has little background in baseball and probably hadn't heard of Josh Reddick until recently, but the Oakland outfielder has brought Michael's sax-heavy ballad "Careless Whisper" back into cultural relevance.
Reddick is using the song as his walkup music – a major shift from Reddick's usual WWE themes and country music. Everyone is getting into it, teammates, fans. It's just delightful.
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NBA Trade Rumors
The Miami Heat are rumored to be looking for some backcourt depth while being very cautious with Dwyane Wade in the regular season and according to rumors the champs could be targeting Boston Celtics' Jordan Crawford.
Miami is looking to deal for a young wing player who can score and take some of the load off Dwyane Wade. A few GMs have identified Boston's Jordan Crawford as a player the Heat will go after in the coming days/weeks.
Crawford has actually been pretty good running the point for the Celtics this season. He can play on and off the ball and is shooting a career-high 37.5% from beyond the arc this season. He is also on an expiring, cheap one-year deal. In other words, he is as perfect of a fit to Miami's role player model as you can get.
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Like in the past, ESPN has a pretty sweet tool called "Bracket Predictor" to help your bracket go a bit smoother than simply just picking a team you may not know much about.
If there were any concerns for a Round of 64 upset for any of the six Big Ten teams, those might be put to rest with the technology at ESPN. However, there was one team that may be in line to get picked off, but as a No. 19 seed, Purdue is only a slight favorite to win its game.
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Note: The odds by ESPN are based on an "advanced play-by-play computer simulation of the game."
No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 New Mexico State
- Odds to win the game = 82 percent.
- Odds from Vegas = Hoosiers -6
No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 16 LIU-Brooklyn
- Odds to win the game = 100 percent
- Odds from Vegas = Spartans -20
No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Montana
- Odds to win the game = 94 percent
- Odds from Vegas = Badgers -9
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Loyola (Md.)
- Odds to win the game = 98 percent
- Odds from Vegas = Buckeyes -17.5
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Ohio
- Odds to win the game = 79 percent
- Odds from Vegas = Wolverines -6
No. 10 Purdue vs. No. 7 St. Marys
- Odds to win the game = 51 (for Purdue)
- Odds from Vegas = Gaels -1
As far as we could tell, the only lower-seeded team that the "predictor" had beating a higher-seeded team was No. 9 Alabama over No. 8 Creighton and No. 11 N.C. State over No. 6 seed San Diego State.
Though those might be nice picks, we all know there will be more than two upset in the first round.
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In the next episode of Reserve Channel's ARTST TLK, Pharrell invites Pennsylvania-born artist Jeff Koons to the show. Continuing to uncover the characters and concepts behind some of design's most influential, this episode sees Koons go back and forth with the creative mogul, touching on the key motifs behind his balloon-like installations. Utilizing stainless steel and mirror finish surfaces, Koons tempers with the notion of affirmation in his art, using his avant-garde approach to communicate subjects of trust and self-reflection. Watch the video teaser above and stay tuned for the forthcoming episode.
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I have a bump in the middle and my nose gets wide when I smile. Am I candidate for a Rhinoplasty? (photos)
Doctor Answers (17)
Is a rhinoplasty appropriate for hump removal
Nasal hump and smiling
Dr J
Web reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDDsToPjx88
You Appear to be an Excellent Candidate for Rhinoplasty
I'm sure glald you included front and profile pictures with your question. While any cosmetic plastic surgeon would want to examine you in the office, it sure looks like you can be helped. When you search for a cosmetic surgeon, try to find one who is board-certifed in head and neck surgery and who performs nose surgery at least once a week and has been doing so for at least ten years. Be sure and go over all that surgeon's before and after pictures, carefully noting patients who have had the same surgery you want.
Speaking of before and after pictures: be sure and ask the surgeon if he uses Photo Imaging. Here's how it works; we photograph you as you are now. Working with a computer artist, we work up a second picture of your most likely, after-surgery appearance. Then, we have an actual after-surgery picture taken at the three month point. Often, the actual after-surgery result is better than the predicted picture.
It's the best way for you and your surgeon to stay on the same page about what you want and expect from his or her services.
Re: your nose changing shape upon smiling. Often, a facial muscle or two can be responsible for that as well as pulling the nasal tip down. Ask your surgeon for an evaluation.
Best wishes,
Robert Kotler, M.D.
Web reference: http://www.robertkotlermd.com/computer-imaging/
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I have a bump in the middle and my nose gets wide when I smile. Am I candidate for a Rhinoplasty? (photos)
Thanks for sharing your images.
Yes you are a good candidate for a rhinoplasty. That is the easy decision.
Your next biggest challenge is finding a local surgeon who you are comfortable with.
Hopefully you will find one through the RealSelf community.
Good luck
I have a bump in the middle and my nose gets wide when I smile. Am I candidate for a rhinoplasty?
1) Reduced width of the nose
2) Removal of the nasal hump
When considering rhinoplasty, it is important to choose a skilled physician to perform your procedure. It is best to keep the following things in mind:
1) Board Certification
2) Credentials
3) A good amount of before and after photos showcasing the surgeon's work
4) Great patient testimonials
I hope this information helps, and I wish you the best of luck.
Web reference: http://www.rhinoplastyspecialist.com/rhinoplasty/
Rhinoplasty for hump removal
Web reference: http://www.seattlefacial.com/progallery/dorsalhumpy_photos24.html
Rhinoplasty for rival hp, narrowing and refinemt of tip.
I have a bump in the middle and my nose gets wide when I smile.
Web reference: http://www.beverlyhills-plasticsurgery.com/nose-reshaping-surgery-rhinoplasty/
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But using tiny loops of DNA as "bricks", Harvard (of course) scientists have developed a Lego-like set of nucleic acid building blocks. The sequences in each loop only stick to certain neighbors in certain orientations, just like real Legos. Those rules are defined by all the standard base-pairing rules that you learned in biology class. You can see some of the shapes that they've developed above.
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Male new grads and jobs.
- 0Mar 29, '11 by fullefect1For the new grad males out there, let me know how your hiring situation is?? How long did you wait? especially compared to your other classmates who were not males. I just sent out my first round of applications last night, and now I am going to see how long it takes, and of course try to make some phone calls and follow ups.
It would be interesting to know if giving the economy, being a minority/diversification really means anything.
- 0Mar 29, '11 by fullefect1Quote from That GuyWhich state/city are you in?Hired before I left school. Few of the girls in my class were the same situation. We were accepted into a Residency program. Pretty much my entire class had a job before graduation.
- 0Mar 29, '11 by Hokis1130one of my male friends from school got hired very quickly within two week of taking the nclex. but he had also worked for that hospital for a number of years as an aide and I did go to school in IL at the time. But overall, I have heard good things about male nurses that a lot of places want males because in nursing there are so many females!!!! Just put in as many applications as you can.
- 0Mar 31, '11 by 2ndyearstudentQuote from fullefect1I've noticed that people in my area who graduated with health care experience tended to get jobs more often than people without experience regardless of gender. There are probably some specialty areas (peds, OB) that males will have more trouble getting into, but I've noticed that male nurses are extremely welcome sights on Med Surg and ICU units.It would be interesting to know if giving the economy, being a minority/diversification really means anything.
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The Walking Dead's latest episode focuses on useless negotiations between Rick and The Governor. "Arrow on the Doorpost" is another momentum builder, but its best moments don't come from watching the two leaders glower at each other. Instead it's small moments of peace shared between soldiers on both sides that really shine.
Anyways, back to those peace talks. Each side's leader arrive at a predetermined location with their entourage. Andrea tries playing moderator during this debate, but gets unceremoniously booted from the proceedings since men are talking or something. The Governor and Rick settle down to serious business: glaring at each other and trading insults. Seriously, the proceedings go something like this:
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Just kidding, Rick would never be that eloquent.
Back at the prison, everyone's sorting through the roughly bazillion guns Michonne and friends found in "Cleared". Merle suggests using said guns to kill The Governor, which doesn't seem like that bad of an idea. Their biggest threat is only protected by ubermensch Martinez, wingless harpy Andrea and Milton's dangerously good looks. Glenn puts his foot down against this, to which Merle responds … poorly. The two fall into a big wrestling cuddle puddle until Beth shoots a gun into the air. Suddenly, she seems a lot cooler.
Hershel suggests everyone follow Rick and The Governor's lead by getting to know each other. This idea gets interrupted by Walkers suddenly showing up out of nowhere. Cue Daryl and Martinez getting in a zombie killing contest. It's hard to say who came out on top here. Sure Martinez wielded that bat like a Louisville Slugger samurai, but Daryl does some serious crossbow wizardry. Afterward the two share cigarettes looted off their slain undead foes, because smokes always taste better when they've been in a decaying carcass' pocket for some time.
It's Milton and Herschel's bonding that really shines here. Their laughter, joking and shared respect adds a nice WWI Christmas Truce vibe. Both of them know that tomorrow they may be mortal enemies, but still pause and enjoy the momentary calm.
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The Ultimate (in my opinion of course) Martini garnish.......
- jrvedivici Aug 7, 2012 08:48 AM
Here is my beverage of choice.......Stoli Martini Up (No Vermouth so just stoli chilled) Bond style (shaken not stirred) with the ultimate garnish in my opinion Tomolives!!
Few if any bars that I know of serve these delectable little pickled cherry tomatoes. You have to look in the mixers section of your liquor store to find the small discrete bottle of this pickled wonderfulness. Obviously I'm normally an olive garnish person but since finding Tomolives I'm surprised they haven't become more main stream. How many of my fellow martini people out there have had the pleasure of enjoying this as a garnish? I find them to be far superior flavoring match to the vodka than just the brine/salt combination of olives. I wish more bar's / lounges would catch on to this and start carrying them. Enough with the blue cheese stuffed olives and give us some Tomolives!
It's been said a million times... But that isn't a Martini. Just vodka shaken and strained. It's not even a Kangaroo, which is the proper name for a vodka and vermouth cocktail, what is commonly referred to incorrectly as a vodka martini. As for the garnish, use whatever you like in you shaken vodka.
re: JMF
Agreed. I love martinis. I don't like cold gin in a cocktail glass with olives, nor do I care to sip a shot of cold vodka with pickled veggies floating in it. Again, I love a martini, which is a gin cocktail, not a shot of cold vodka.
That said, the garnish sounds fine for a Bloody Mary.
I had them for the first time at one of Emeril's restaurants in New Orleans. I had never had them before and love them as well.
I bought a few jars (online) to have for cocktails/etc and turns out my friends don't particularly like them. I have no idea why - I think they are just unexpected.
But you're right, very tasty.
re: thimes
Here's what you do. Go to a farmers market or the grocery store and find a pickling recipe you like (may have to experiment) and then can it in pints. After doing this, keep some for home and the go to you 2-3 favorite bars/Speakesies and tip the bartender a pint of tomatoes and tell him or her how you use them. This may lead to you getting your order as you like it. Try so Gin sometimes too, for it has Flavor and is the original.
re: thimes
Your friends didn't like them because they taste just like dill pickles. No one wants a dill pickle in their Martini, might be ok in a Bloody Mary. It's back to Gibsons for me, I'll use the Tomolives as a garnish for sandwiches.
re: BeefeaterRocks
I don't think they taste like pickles at all - much more olive than pickle in my opinion.
re: thimes
One time I was at my friend's BBQ take out joint and he offered to make me a martini. There is no bar there and he didn't have any green, or even black, olives; the closest thing I could find was sweet relish. We still laugh about it, it really didn't taste bad at all until you got down to the bottom.
re: tim irvine
Put me down on the "What makes you think a shot of vodka is a Martini?" side.
Is that regular Bombay or Sapphire. I use and prefer the regular.
re: FrankJBN
I, too, am a fan of Bombay Original for martinis ....
re: hawkeyeui93
2.5 oz. of Plymouth, .75 oz of Dolin Dry, 2 dashes of orange bitters, lemon twist to garnish. Perfection :)
re: FrankJBN
Plymouth Gin 3X1 to Noly Prat with cocktail onions.
re: FrankJBN
Original, of course, but I just found a new one I like, made here in Austim, Waterloo. Sharply juniper with a little pepper and grapefruit. Still going with Vya although I am fine with Noilly, M & R, or Dolin, just not as fine.
re: tim irvine
I LOVE this thread.
I am a Hendricks fan (straight up with a twist) but will definitely give Waterloo a look see...or should I say a drink see. Mr. Pooch is a Ketal One man and loves his olives, so we will be trying out the Tomolives.
I am not familiar with Vya. It looks like there is a range of dryness. Which one do y'all use?
Our beloved bartender has on to bigger and better things so we not up to speed on the goodness that Austin has to offer.
re: Poochinator
I have only tried the regular Extra Dry. Their Whisper Dry is relatively new, and I believe more mildly-flavored. I'm not sure how the sweetness compares between the two.
You might enjoy reading this, although I Martin doesn't address the specifics of the Vya variants. www.vermouth101.com
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I guess I should clarify…..I do actually agree with all or most of you. What I drink is not actually a martini however I do refer to it as such for this one reason…….you would be amazed how many times when I order a Stoli Straight up with olives I get a glass of room temperature vodka with olives. Even when I specify Stoli Chilled Straight up with Olives….half of the time I would receive my drink in a room temp rocks glass.
It seems using the term Martini gets it served in a chilled Martini glass which is my preference. This is why I refer to it as a Martini which as several of you pointed out is factually incorrect.
Regardless of that point….for those martini drinkers who enjoy olives I suggest the Tomolive as a tasty alternative.
Cheers !!
re: jrvedivici
pardon my ignorance, and i promise im not trying to be sarcastic; but what is the reason for having it shaken, (or even stirred for that matter) since it isnt being mixed with anything?
re: charles_sills
- Stirring with ice results in chilling (to below 32*) and dilution (40% to about 30%), plus a velvety texture (no aeration).
- Shaking with ice results in chilling (faster than stirring, but to about the same temp) and dilution (ditto), plus a light texture (dissolved air and tiny bubbles) and possibly a raft of tiny ice chips (unless double-strained out with a fine sieve).
- Neat would be room temp, with no dilution or aeration.
- Directly from freezer would be freezer temp (say 0 to 10*F), with no dilution or aeration.
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re: EvergreenDan
thanks for the thorough answer.
how long does the aeration last in a shaken drink? ive always just shook a drink that needed an emulsion. a drink that contained liquids of wildly different viscosity. esp. of it has fat in it. (milk, cream, yadda yadda)
re: charles_sills
The aeration lasts long enough that you would/should consume the cocktail before it totally fades, lest the cocktail become warm and possible diluted (if on the rocks) from sitting too long.
This is easy to demonstrate. Make two Manhattans, one stirred and one shaken. Note the difference in the color, opacity, and mouth feel.
The rule-of-thumb is to shake drinks that contain something other than clear ingredients, such as dairy, egg, citrus juice. Stir drinks containing only clear ingredients (e.g. spirits, non-cream liqueurs, wine (including vermouth and other aromatized wines).
There are exceptions and personal preference. For example. some people enjoy shaken Martinis because they like the aeration and/or the raft of ice chips.
re: EvergreenDan
I love the layer of ice on top, but heard here is is frowned upon by the cognoscenti? Not that it stops me from enjoying.
jrv, you're local and I enjoy you thoughts on things here in NJ, but there is nothing in your "ultimate" martini that appeals to me. Give me gin, give me vermouth, give me a twist - hell, maybe even a dash of bitters. I will agree, however, that cheese stuffed olives are an abomination.
re: TroyTempest
I'm aware. Nevertheless, taking the garnish outside the drink is like taking a word out of a sentence and assuming you can still get the meaning.
re: MGZ
Oh MGZ......thank you for the kind words regarding my posts on the NJ board. Now pour yourself a BIG glass of gin (Saffire?...what is your Gin preference?).....topped with an ample amount of vermouth.....and drop in a Tomolive or two and try them out and stop splitting hairs regarding my drink of choice!! Cheers!! lol
re: jrvedivici
I have tried tomolives add cannot say they were welcome in the bottom of my glass. Honestly, I've sort of graduated from briney flavors in my cocktails and no longer even use olives (unless that's all that's available as a garnish - an undressed glass of chilled gin is so uncouth), preferring instead a twist, or on some occasions, a cocktail onion or two.
That being said, I hope you took no great offensive to my having a bit of fun (albeit gently at your expense). And, to answer your question, my gin preferences tend to be in the Bluecoat, Beefeater, or even, Gordon's, class, though, should you feel it incumbent upon yourself to bring me a bottle, Anchor's Junipero is my (current) favorite (http://www.anchordistilling.com/spiri...).
re: MGZ
Very interesting.......I could never get over the "gin burn" as I call it. One sip of Gin and I get an instant case of "agita" as my people call it.
Vodka especially good vodka is very smooth and almost tasteless except for that slight after burn in your mouth after swallowing. That is why I like the tomolive or olive as the case may be to add just a hint of a salty flavor. I do actually enjoy the taste of the tomolive as well........my vodka of choice is Stoli.....not considered a true premium vodka by today's standards (Outside of Stoli Elite) but it is the one that pleases my taste buds the most.
(FYI I hope you knew I was kidding with you as well on the The Avenue thread on the NJ board which seems to have been "adjusted" but the Mods on the NJ board)
re: jrvedivici
First of all, we agree completely on a fundamental point - Stolichnaya is a wonderful vodka. Personally, if I'm going to drink vodka - let's say there are plenty of blinis and caviar laid out - than please indulge me with a shot of Stoli that has been resting in ice. It's a favorite to this Polish palate.
As to your parenthetical, let me simply point out that my skin is thick enough to get into the Atlantic from May 'til November before I wash off the wetsuit. Moreover, I would gladly drink nothing but cold, rail vodka garnished with blue cheese stuffed olives for the rest of my life if they would demolish PV and put up something like Seven Presidents.
re: Rocketj100
Ooooh gonna check that out!
re: Rocketj100
I found citrus stuffed olives today at Kroger/King Sooper today @ $3.79. Private Selection brand.....anxious to try! Thanks, Rocketj100.
re: Njchicaa
I have to say initially I gagged a little at your post........but now I'm actually very curious. You do mean those little sweet peppers in the syrupy juice in the supermarket?
re: zimexlady
My first thought might me a lemon skewered by an herb … thyme? Rosemary?
re: thimes
Snowing in Boulder. Decided to make Stoli Pomegranik martinis for this evening. since I have the vodka and pom seeds frozen in the frezer already to go. Will pick up herbs on your suggestion later. Thanks!
re: zimexlady
This may sound kind of silly but... Have you considered dropping in a hazelnut or two?
re: JK Grence the Cosmic Jester
Hi Jester, nothing is silly about a martini.....good idea. Thanks!
re: zimexlady
I was thinking... If you prefer a more traditional garnish, a lemon twist would be more than welcome. The two flavors pair brilliantly, as anyone who's had a chocolate cake shot (citrus vodka and Frangelico, served with a sugared lemon slice to bite) can tell you.
re: TroyTempest
That combo would make me very happy. I will look for them. Thanks!
re: TroyTempest
Never too late to share your thoughts!
re: TroyTempest
I think I'd like to try those. Is there a brand to look for? A particular store you get them from?
re: MGZ
The last brand I bought was Lindsay. http://www.lindsayolives.com/our-prod...
re: BeefeaterRocks
Dang, those look like the basis for a new food group. BTW, in the many months since my last post on this topic and still like original Bombay with a rinsed olive. I am gravitating to lighter vermouth, like Dolin, but at about 4:1. Since I also like Gibsons, I am going to look for these olives. Also, I have dabbled with many snacks to accompany that perfect martini and have settled on white cheddar Cheez-Its or jalapeño potato chips.
re: tim irvine
Hi Tim.......you are on the right track as I am. i opt for horseradish cheddar......these strong nibbles will arouse tingles which echo right back at the first sip of a robust martini. Good eatin'. I have not been able to find the onion stuffed olives for the Gibson. Perhaps Troy Tempest, the blogger who told us about them will chime in with a source. HEADS UP, TROY.
re: zimexlady
They are hard to find. In fact, when i have found them it was in the Olive bar of a local HEB (or maybe Central Market). I can always find the ones stuffed with a garlic clove, but they aren't the same.
Of course, you can make your own fairly easily, which I think i will do next time.
I see BeefeaterRocks found some in a jar. I'll look for those.
Thank you OP for your Tomolive love! For a vegetal gin martini I prefer them for a garnish over oily olives. My fave martini is 3 parts Beefeater to 1 part fresh Noilly Prat (lovin' the new style) with a dash of celery bitters and that lovely, tasty Tomolive. To me one of this martini stirred to an utter chill is an ideal preprandial.
I really like the Lehmann Farms Marinated mushrooms in my Martini. I use a little of the juice (dirty) as well. Trader Joes also makes there own at a much more ressonable price.


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