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Postgame notes: "The stuff that's coming out of the bullpen is incredible" • 04.27.15
Joe Girardi's still not ready to name a closer, but it's pretty obvious he has one. And he looks like a good one so far.
Andrew Miller is the first Yankees pitcher — of any title — to have eight saves in the team's first 20 games.
"The only that's maybe surprising is that Mariano didn't have 19 saves in 20 games or something like that," Miller said. "It just means we're playing well as a team, and we're getting good opportunities."
Last night the bullpen went 4.2 hitless. Tonight it was 3.1 scoreless. Justin Wilson got his first win, Dellin Betances pitched a dominant eighth, and Miller handled the ninth. Somewhere in there, David Carpenter also got a key out.
It's more or less the way Girardi's been drawing it up for the past few weeks. Wilson against some middle-inning lefties (but willing to face righties), Carpenter for key seventh-inning outs, Betances in a setup role (often for more than three outs), and Miller in the closer role. Depending on situations, the Yankees have also gotten key strikeouts from Chris Martin, long relief from Esmil Rogers and whatever's necessary from Chasen Shreve.
Do they have a closer?
"I still believe they both can do the job," Girardi said. "It gives me a lot of options. It's working the way we're doing it. … (The plan is) just to stick with what we're doing. I'm sure at some point one of them may be down and the other guy may have to do something else. Maybe they pitch a couple days in a row and I want to give one of them a day off. I still believe they're really interchangeable."
If Betances had pitched well this spring, or gotten off to a strong first week this season, would the roles be different? Would it have been a mix-and-match in the ninth, or maybe Miller in the eighth, or some other combination in various situations?
"It doesn't really matter," Girardi said.
That's really the truth of the matter. Girardi doesn't want to stick a label on Miller, because why should he? At this point, we all know the plan, we've seen it in action, and it's worked.
"We all believe in each other, that's the most important thing," Betances said. "The staff believes in us, as well. Warren pitched a great game today, McCann put us on top and Miller closed the door. Everybody pitched excellent out of the bullpen, and I'm just trying to follow everybody's lead, trying to match each other's intensity."
The Yankees are on a roll, and regardless of labels, the relievers are keeping it that way.
"I'll put our guys up against anybody," Brian McCann said. "The stuff that's coming out of the bullpen is incredible."
• The big offensive blow, obviously, was McCann's go-ahead home run in the sixth. It was his second of the year, snapping a stretch of 40 at-bats without one. "I've been feeling good all year," McCann said. "Obviously the numbers aren't showing it, but I've been seeing the ball good from Opening Day."
• McCann had a second hit tonight, but that one was a relatively soft single to the left side to beat the shift. The home run led to a run (obviously), but so did that single. "Brian is a good hitter, that's the bottom line," Girardi said. "He's going to be productive for us. Some of the guys take a little while to get going. He had two interesting hits tonight. One was a real big one and the other one was important, too. It gave us another run. I think he's a middle-of-the-order hitter that's going to be extremely productive."
• Carlos Beltran also had a big hit with his hard double immediately after the McCann home run. Beltran has been, quite literally, the Yankees worst hitter this season, but Girardi has said he plans to stick with Belran as a regular in the lineup. Tonight it paid off. "I'm just working in the cage every day on my swing," Beltran said. "It'll have to come. I feel like the cage, I've been having good sessions. It's about bringing it to the game."
• The Yankees have now homered in 16 of their 20 games this season.
• Strong start for Adam Warren, who's pitched very well ever since that brutal first inning in Detroit last week. He has pitched especially well in this stadium where he has a 1.71 ERA since the start of 2014. Of course, most of those outings came as a reliever. "I'm just trying to give the team a chance to win every time I go out there," Warren said. "And I feel like I've done that. I think the big picture is: The team wins. For me, if I can give the team a chance to win after I go out there, that's what I'm trying to prove."
• Warren set a career high with six strikeouts, he almost matched the longest start of his career (which he also reached last time out in Detroit). "The first (start) I think I've had this year where I've had all four pitches working and I can locate them," he said.
• Girardi on Warren: "I think he was ahead in the count a lot more tonight. I think that helped him, it kept his pitch count down. He was really aggressive. I thought he threw the ball extremely well; he used his curveball and slider well tonight, too. He got some early strikes with his curveball and did a nice job."
• This was Wilson's first win with the Yankees. He hadn't picked up a win anywhere since July 12 of last season. He retired all three batters he faced. "When the phone rings and we're told to get up, then that's our time," Wilson said. "Really, we just want to go out there and get outs.
• Betances has not allowed a hit in his past five appearances, a span of six innings in which he has one walk with 11 strikeouts.
• When did the season start to turn around for Betances? "The second time I pitched in Baltimore," he said. "I felt my breaking ball was getting better and I was throwing it more for strikes. I felt a lot better after that."
• Jose Pirela continued his rehab assignment today by playing second base for Double-A Trenton. I really wonder if the Yankees might option Gregorio Petit tomorrow to make room for Chase Whitley and then activate Pirela in time to play against a left-handed starter on Wednesday.
• Tough break for a really good guy: Brandon McCarthy is out for the year with a torn UCL. McCarthy was an obvious injury risk, but the Dodgers were willing to go four years with him. Looks like they'll get maybe two and a half years out of that contract. Yankees showed some early interest but weren't willing to a contract that big. Good call.
• Down in Trenton, Dan Pfeiffer reports the Yankees have released left-handed reliever Fred Lewis. Last spring, Lewis put himself on the map with a good big league camp, but he got off to a rough start last season and fell off the radar pretty quickly. Became thoroughly overshadowed in the organization's upper-level bullpen depth.
• Final word goes to Girardi about moving into sole possession of first place: "It's better than the alternative. Obviously we have a long way to go, but we're playing a lot better baseball than we were the first time we were here. That's a good thing. We just need to continue to do it."
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Game 20: Yankees vs. Rays • 04.27.15
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran DH
Chris Young RF
Stephen Drew 2B
Didi Gregorius SS
RHP Adam Warren (1-1, 5.40)
Warren vs. Rays
David DeJesus DH
Steven Souza Jr. RF
Asdrubal Cabrera SS
Evan Longoria 3B
James Loney 1B
Brandon Guyer LF
Kevin Kiermaier CF
Tim Beckham 2B
Rene Rivera C
RHP Nate Karns (1-1, 5.32)
Karns vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:05 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: It's a little cold, but not too bad. Can't complain after last week in Detroit.
UMPIRES: Greg Gibson HP, Marvin Hudson 1B, Chad Fairchild 2B, Jim Joyce 3B
ALL THEY DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN: Tonight is the Yankees' eighth straight game against a team with at least a share of first place in its respective division. The Yankees?are 5-2 over the stretch. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the longest such stretch for the Yankees since eight straight games in June of 2011 against Boston, Cleveland and Texas (the Yankees went 6-2 in those games).
WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR: Yankees pitchers have a Major League-best 3.4 WAR according to FanGraphs (next-highest is Pittsburgh at 3.1). The Yankees are second in the A.L. and third in the Majors with 173 strikeouts (behind the Dodgers and Indians). According to FanGraphs, Yankees pitchers rank first in the A.L. and fifth in the Majors with a 3.27 FIP.
SAVINGS PLAN: Andrew Miller has seven saves, tying four others for the second-highest total in the Majors. He has joined Mariano Rivera (seven saves in the first 19 games of 2011) as the only pitchers to reach seven saves in 19 team games in Yankees history.
UPDATE, 7:13 p.m.: Infield single and ground-rule double have the Rays in business here in the first. Longoria up with a chance to do some damage.
UPDATE, 7:17 p.m.: Longoria struck out swinging. Loney grounded to first. Those are two huge outs to get Warren through the first inning scoreless.
UPDATE, 7:26 p.m.: No milestone in the first inning. A-Rod pops out.
UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: Warren is through five scoreless. He's been pretty sharp since that first-inning jam. Of course, some run support would be nice.
UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.: Gardner walks in a run, giving Rodriguez a chance for a milestone grand slam, but A-Rod rolled over to third base and the Yankees will settle for a 1-0 lead in the fifth.
UPDATE, 8:50 p.m.: Not the best throw of Stephen Drew's life. Warren got the ground ball he needed, but the Yankees couldn't get the out at the plate and the Rays have tied the game at 1 here in the sixth.
UPDATE, 8:57 p.m.: Wilson strikes out Loney and we're into the bottom of the sixth with the game tied at 1.
UPDATE, 9:01 p.m.: Brian McCann has his second home run of the season and it's a 2-1 Yankees lead in the sixth.
UPDATE, 9:02 p.m.: And there's a double for Beltran.
UPDATE, 9:13 p.m.: Add a double by Drew it's now a 3-1 Yankees lead heading into the seventh. Beltran and McCann have been keys to the offense tonight. That's something new.
UPDATE, 9:34 p.m.: After the hustle double by Gardner and an intentional walk to A-Rod, Headley is in to pinch run with one out in the seventh. There will be no milestone tonight.
Pitching matchups vs. Rays • 04.27.15
RHP Adam Warren (1-1, 5.40)
RHP Nate Karns (1-1, 5.32)
7:05 p.m., YES Network
RHP Chase Whitley (2-0, 2.12 in Triple-A)
RHP Jake Odorizzi (2-1, 1.65)
7:05 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (2-1, 3.22)
LHP Drew Smyly (0-0, 3.86)
1:05 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
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Postgame notes: "We've turned it around on this road trip" • 04.23.15
David Price actually very good career numbers at Comerica Park, and through most of his career he's pitched well against the Yankees. The past two times he faced the Yankees in this ballpark, though, his starts have been a mess. Last August, in only his second home start with the Tigers, the Yankees pounced on Price for eight runs and nine straight hits in the third inning. Tonight, it was six runs on five hits, two walks and a hit batter in the first inning, then two more runs in the second inning.
Price's start got so out of hand that at one point he intentionally walked Gregorio Petit with two outs and a runner at third.
"Being able to do what we did, it gives us a lot of confidence," Carlos Beltran said. "When the offense is good and everything is working well, we're capable of doing that."
Asked why the Yankees have so overwhelmingly handled one of the best left-handed pitchers in baseball, Jacoby Ellsbury first said he didn't want to share the secret. Then he laughed.
"I guess it's just one of those things," he said. "For whatever reason we've put together good at-bats, strung together consistent at-bats throughout the lineup to get multiple hits. … Each time you've got to prepare for him, knowing he watched the game film, knowing he'll probably attack hitters differently. Then try to put quality at-bats together, grind out at-bats, and do as much as you can to put quality at-bats together. That's all you can really do against someone like that."
This was a brutal night, especially in that first inning with the snow falling and hands far colder than anyone would like when they're throwing a baseball. This wasn't the best version of Price, but the Yankees took advantage of it. And while Adam Warren got his night turned around, the Yankees kept attacking Price with a two-out rally in the second inning, then a couple of hits in the third.
The Yankees aren't simply getting better results in the past week, they're legitimately playing better.
"I said all along, I think this group's talented," Girardi said. "Sometimes guys get off to slow starts and you don't make too much of it. You've just got to ride things out. We played really bad the first week at home. Really bad. We've turned it around on this road trip and are playing better. Our defense is getting better. Base running's better. Continuing to swing the bats. It's a group that really wants to win, and they've got a lot of fight in them."
Tonight that fight was directed at Price, and the Yankees once again knocked him out in the third round.
• Adam Warren said he did enough stretching and throwing during that 31-minute top of the first inning that he felt loose and ready to pitch, but when he got to the mound, he walked four of the first five batters he faced. After that, he was terrific, but that first inning was brutal. "I think you just kind of have to learn how to pitch out there and find a way to get some feeling in your hands and on the ball," Warren said. "… You want to go out there and just attack hitters, especially in those kind of conditions. So that was tough for me just because I hate walking people in general. It was tough to deal with, but I tried to bounce back and get back to my strengths: pounding the zone."
• When Larry Rothschild went to the mound, the message was largely about regrouping. Warren said Rothschild reminded him to stay back as long as possible and try to keep the ball down, but he was also telling him to get some more feeling in his fingers. Girardi said going to the mound was as much about giving Warren a break as anything. "Sometimes you just need to step back for a second and regroup," Girardi said. "I didn't ask (Rothschild) what he said, but whatever he said worked."
• After that first inning, Warren and the Yankees relievers — Justin Wilson, David Carpenter, Chasen Shreve — not only kept the Tigers scoreless, but they kept the Tigers from even getting into scoring position. "I'm proud of the way I bounced back and gave the team some depth," Warren said. "Got into the sixth, so I'm pleased with that."
• Esmil Rogers started tossing in the bullpen in the first inning, and Girardi said he was about one hitter away from getting him hot and ready to enter the game. Warren getting through that inning and then pitching into the sixth basically saved the bullpen from having to burn out anyone heading into tomorrow's finale and another seven games in a row without an off day.
• Ellsbury on being hit by a pitch to the chest to start the game: "It felt like a frozen snowball or something, going at 93. Hit me right in the heart. It never feels too good in that temperature."
• Gregorio Petit came into this game with a .261 OPS. Not batting average. Not on-base percentage. On-base-plus-slugging of .261, yet he's the one who delivered the big blow with a three-run double in the first inning. Then he was intentionally walked in the second. His OPS climbed by nearly .200 points in one night. "I know I can hit," Petit said. "I trust myself a lot. Things haven't gone the way I wanted, but that's baseball. You're going to have good days and bad days. You have to just keep working. That's what I've been doing and today it came out at the right time."
• Petit has five major league walks in his career. Tonight's was certainly the first time he was walked intentionally in the big leagues. "I was smiling in my head, I can't lie," he said. "I was kind of surprised, but it's part of the game."
• Price walked Petit to face Didi Gregorius, who made an out that at-bat, but later doubled in two runs for his first extra-base hit of the year. Gregorius also had a walk in the game, but he also made another error and made two questionable decisions in the first inning. "I've said all along that this is a place where it takes some guys some time to get comfortable here," Girardi said. "New York's not the easiest place to come and play and be really good right from the beginning. We've seen a lot of really good players take time to adjust, and I think he's adjusting as it goes on. I do."
• Should Gregorius have thrown to third base instead of second base on that first ground ball in the first inning? "I thought he could have, but his instinct took him to second," Girardi said.
• Should Gregorius have thrown the ball normally instead of flipping underhand on that potential double play ball in the first? "I don't think we're getting it either way," Girardi said. "I think he was making sure that he got one out."
• Later in the first inning, Ellsbury actually got his first RBI of the year. Leadoff guy got his first RBI with a first-inning hit that wasn't a home run. Funny. "I knew it was a matter of time," Ellsbury said. "I had been putting together quality at-bats with runners in scoring position, and quality at-bats without runners in scoring position. I knew it was a matter of time before it happened."
• Back-to-back triples by Beltran and Chase Headley. That means four Yankees have tripled in the past week, and those three are Beltran, Headley, Garrett Jones and Brian McCann. None of those four are speed guys by any stretch of the imagination. "I was once," Beltran said, with a laugh.
• Might not happen often, so let's give the final word to Petit: "Everybody thought we were going to have a tough game because of the weather. To get that hit against him, we got to him early and took the lead. It was awesome. It was a great feeling for me and for the team. I was super-happy."
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Game 15: Yankees at Tigers • 04.22.15
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Chris Young LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran RF
Chase Headley 3B
Gregorio Petit 2B
Didi Gregorius SS
RHP Adam Warren (0-1, 4.82)
Warren vs. Tigers
Anthony Gose CF
Ian Kinsler 2B
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
J.D. Martinez RF
Yoenis Cespedes LF
Nick Castellanos 3B
Alex Avila C
Jose Iglesias SS
LHP David Price (1-0, 0.40)
Price vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:08 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: It's legitimately cold here in Detroit. A few flurries during the day. Not great.
UMPIRES: HP Gerry Davis, 1B Phil Cuzzi, 2B Tony Randazzo, 3B Will Little
GLOVE STORY: The Yankees have not made an error in their past six games since April 15 at Baltimore. They've gone 4-2 in those games. In their first eight games of the season, the Yankees made 11 errors and went 3-5.
ONE SUCCESS STORY: As you might expect, the Yankees do not collectively have good numbers against David Price. One significant exception, though, is Jacoby Ellsbury who's a career .327 .353 .551 hitter in 49 at-bats against the Tigers' ace. Brian McCann has also hit Price in his career. He has just 14 at-bats against him, but he has seven hits including three homers.
GOING DEEP: The Yankees entered today leading the Majors with 20 home runs this season. They have averaged five runs per game, fifth in the A.L. and tied for sixth in the Majors. They are third in the Majors with a .182 ISO (measuring the average number of extra bases a player gets per at bat), trailing only the Dodgers and Blue Jays.
UPDATE, 7:23 p.m.: Bases loaded in the first, McCann just floated an RBI single that landed barely in fair territory along the right-field line. It was enough to score a run — guy weren't running because it looked like it would be caught — and so the Yankees are up 1-0 still with just one out against Price.
UPDATE, 7:33 p.m.: Price has already thrown over 40 pitches, Gregorio Petit — yes, Gregorio Petit — has just doubled in three runs, and it's a 5-0 Yankees lead in the first inning.
UPDATE, 7:38 p.m.: Another run off Price. By the way, Rob Thomson is coaching third base today. Espada is at home because his wife just had a baby.
UPDATE, 7:44 p.m.: Top of the first lasted 31 minutes, 51 pitches and six Yankees runs.
UPDATE, 7:50 p.m.: Kind of odd to see Warren have no feel for the strike zone, but he's walked three of four to start this game. Have to assume the cold has something to do with it (and the fact he had to sit so long after his pregame warmup). Bases loaded with one out for the Tigers.
UPDATE, 7:54 p.m.: Oof. Warren makes it four of the first five to walk in a run. Brutal.
UPDATE, 7:56 p.m.: Nice diving stop by Gregorius, but he seemed to have an easier out at third than second. He went to second, runner safe and that's another run.
UPDATE, 7:57 p.m.: Another grounder to short, this time Gregorius throws to second underhand for some reason. The play develops too slow for a double play and another run scores. It's now 6-3.
UPDATE, 8:00 p.m.: Esmil Rogers getting loose in the Yankees bullpen. The Tigers also had a guy getting loose in their half of the first inning.
UPDATE, 8:09 p.m.: Beltran given a triple on that ball to left. So he joins McCann and Jones as the only Yankees to have tripled this season. It's now 7-4.
UPDATE, 8:12 p.m.: And now Headley has tripled. And now Petit is being intentionally walked. It's been a weird night.
UPDATE, 8:34 p.m.: Price is finished with one out in the third. He allowed two more hits this inning. It's an 8-4 game.
UPDATE, 8:46 p.m.: Ball might have taken a little bit of a bad hop, but that's still a pretty ugly error for Gregorius who botched a relatively routine grounder in the third.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Didi! Two-run double in the fourth pushes the lead to 10-4.
UPDATE, 9:11 p.m.: Warren is through the fourth inning without allowing another run. He's at 83 pitches, so he might actually stay in this thing long enough to get a win.
UPDATE, 9:45 p.m.: What a weirdly good start for Warren. That first inning was a total disaster, but he wound up pitching 5.2 innings without allowing another run and without even allowing another runner into scoring position. Looked like the Yankees were going to have to go to their bullpen after one inning, and instead they get to use their pen basically just as they intended coming into this game.
UPDATE, 9:58 p.m.: Long home run by Teixeira, a three-run shot to make it 13-4 in the seventh. Yes, it's only the seventh.
Postgame notes: "Without Alex, we're going to lose that ballgame" • 04.18.15
Alex Rodriguez hit the first home run so far, and he hit the second one so hard, that this was already his best night of the year even before the at-bat that actually won the game. To cap the night, Rodriguez put together a seven-pitch at-bat against Kevin Jepsen, a pitcher against whom he was 0-for-8 in his career. He gave Brett Gardner time to steal, fouled off a 3-2 pitch, then lifted a low curveball into center field.
His teammates were 2-for-26. Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with four RBI.
"Without Alex, we're going to lose that ballgame," Joe Girardi said.
Maybe that much went without saying, but it was worth saying anyway because 10 games into the season, the Yankees are being kept afloat by a guy who came into spring training with absolutely no one certain he could still play this game at a respectable level. Even Rodriguez is surprised it's gone this well.
"Yeah, I am," he said. "I don't think anyone knew what to expect, including myself. I've been working hard. Hopefully it keeps going."
When Rodriguez homered in Baltimore earlier this week, he said it was the best he'd hit a ball in well over a year. Imagine, then, how good it felt to hit a ball 471 feet in the second inning (or 477 feet if you're going by ESPN's estimates). Whatever the number, the ball was crushed. And he followed that home run with a game-tying two-run shot that left the yard in in a hurry in the sixth. Another hard-hit ball, this one a line drive to left.
"It's pretty impressive, you know, to take all the time off that he's taken off," Brett Gardner said. "He's no spring chicken anymore, either. But the bat speed, his bat's really, really quick through the zone. He's taking good swings. It's a lot of fun to see. … He's not somebody I'd ever count out. I see how hard he works and how much he loves playing the game, and how good of a job he's always done in preparing himself for the game. Being able to focus on hitting and not playing defense that often, he can go out there and use all the energy he's got for those four or five at-bats. So far, he's looked great and hopefully he can keep it up."
I guess the takeaway from tonight's game is … well, it's everything about Rodriguez at the plate. The raw power. The ability to work an at-bat. The eye for balls and strikes. The steady production.
Tonight, the bullpen was really good, and Stephen Drew hit a home run, and Carlos Beltran got a much-needed hit, and Gardner stole his way into scoring position. But without Rodriguez, the Yankees would have lost this game, and there's absolutely no doubt about that.
"More than anything, I'm just feeling very grateful to be back playing baseball," Rodriguez said. "I'm very grateful to Hank and Hal for giving me the opportunity to put the uniform on again. It's something I don't take for granted, and it's much appreciated. It just feels good to be playing baseball. I'm having fun out there."
• Another save opportunity, and another great outing by Andrew Miller. The Yankees have done four games, and Miller's saved three of them. He got the final out of the eighth inning, then allowed a soft hit to open the ninth before striking out the final three batters of the game. "Andrew's done the job, that's for sure," Girardi said.
• Miller on his obvious but still undefined role: "This is what I signed up for. That's what I told them all along. They asked me if I needed to be told I had a certain role or anything like that, and I told them no, and that was the truth. I've been telling you guys that all along and that's really what it is. I think for me, I'm fortunate. I've got a nice contract that's going to take care of me for a while. However they see fit to use me, they can go for it. I'll do whatever they ask and give them everything I've got."
• In a setup role, Dellin Betances also looked pretty good tonight. Certainly better than he's looked most nights. he allowed one hit but also got a strikeout and walked no one. "I think he's making progress each time he goes out," Girardi said.
• Not such a good night for Adam Warren, who was actually doing pretty well before a crushing sequence of three hitters. After an infield single, Warren allowed a walk, a three-run homer and a solo homer. "I think the Jennings walk was big there," Warren said. "Because you fall behind 2-0 to the next guy, feel like you have to throw a strike, (he) puts it over the wall, and things just kind of got away from me there. As a starter, you want to limit the big inning. I threw a lot of pitches, and that kind of hurt us. We had to go to the bullpen early, which you don't want to do."
• The biggest mistakes were with fastballs. Girardi said he thought Warren pitched alright without his good curveball or slider earlier in the game, but things unraveled quickly. The Yankees wound up using Esmil Rogers for 2.1 innings of hitless long relief. Rogers has been good in that role. "The bullpen was outstanding," Girardi said. "After having a tough night the other night, they come back and give us five scoreless innings and do a really good job. As I said, they're not going to be perfect, but they're pretty good."
• Third home run in less than a week for Stephen Drew. That's the same number of home runs he hit in two months with the Yankees last season. Tonight's homer was No. 100 in his career. "He's swung the bat I think a little bit better than his numbers indicate," Girardi said. "We saw it come around the last couple of weeks of spring training, and we need that to continue because he's a guy that can hit the ball out of the ballpark and hit some doubles and drive in some runs, and it was good to see."
• Although Girardi wouldn't commit to putting him in the lineup tomorrow, Girardi did say Gardner probably would have stayed in the game to hit had the game gone into extra innings. He came through three rounds of batting practice alright before today's game. "I was prepared if my spot came up in the ninth to get a normal at-bat and get up there and swing the bat," Gardner said.
• No surprise, but Girardi said he went Gardner in to pinch run with hopes of getting a stolen base in that spot. It finally happened on the 12th pitch after Gardner entered the game. "I wish I could have got there a little earlier, but Alex did his job," Gardner said.
• One underrated play: Jacoby Ellsbury's catch to end the eighth inning. "At first, my instinct was that that ball is in the gap and I'm going to have to pitch with a runner on base," Miller said. "I got really excited. It didn't look like he had too good of a jump on it, but Ells is a great defender. It's no surprise. You welcome a guy like that behind me."
• Girardi said he plans to have Rodriguez back at DH tomorrow. He would prefer not to play him in the field when the Yankees are on turf.
• Final word goes to Miller: "Everyone is going to remember those (Rodriguez) homers, and they were both incredibly well-struck, but that at-bat to give us the go-ahead run was incredible. He fought pitches off and stayed on a breaking ball. We shouldn't be surprised that Alex knows how to hit. He's a professional hitter, and he's really good at that. We're just glad he's healthy and he's on our side because right now he's been a big part of our offense."
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Game 10: Yankees at Rays • 04.17.15
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Chase Headley 3B
Carlos Beltran RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Alex Rodriguez DH
Stephen Drew 2B
Chris Young LF
Didi Gregorius SS
RHP Adam Warren (0-1, 1.69)
Warren vs. Rays
Kevin Kiermaier CF
Steven Souza Jr. RF
Asdrubal Cabrera SS
Evan Longoria DH
Desmond Jennings LF
Allan Dykstra 1B
Logan Forsythe 3B
Tim Beckham 2B
Bobby Wilson C
RHP Nate Karns (1-1, 4.97)
Karns vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
WEATHER: Kind of cloudy outside, but perfectly nice under the dome.
UMPIRES: HP Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B Bob Davidson, 2b David Rackley, 3B Jerry Layne
FRESH FACE: I'm not entirely sure I'd ever heard of Rays starter Nate Karns until I put his name on the blog to list the pitching matchups for this series. I might not be alone. Only one Yankees player has ever faced him, and that's Brian McCann, who's 0-for-2.
ONE AWAY: Stephen Drew has 99 career home runs and needs one more to reach an even 100. According to Elias, he would join his brother J.D. (242 career homers) to become the eighth pair of brothers to each hit at least 100 homers in the big leagues. The others: Roberto and Sandy Alomar, Aaron and Bret Boone, Ken and Clete Boyer, Joe and Vince DiMaggio, Bob and Irish Meusels, Justin and Melvin Upton, and Delmon and Dmitri Young.
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UPDATE, 7:35 p.m.: Wow. Rodriguez just crushed his third home run of the year. Deep shot to left-center for a 1-0 Yankees lead in the second inning. Swung and missed at the first pitch, then clobbered the second.
UPDATE, 7:53 p.m.: Warren gets his first strikeout of the night and he's through two innings scoreless.
UPDATE, 8:01 p.m.: That A-Rod homer, by the way, officially measured at 471 feet. What a monster.
UPDATE, 8:11 p.m.: Third home run of the season for Stephen Drew. Gives him 100 for his career and gives the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the fourth.
UPDATE, 8:29 p.m.: Infield single, walk, and three-run homer off the foul pole. Just like that it's a 3-2 Rays lead in the bottom of the fourth.
UPDATE, 8:32 p.m.: Make that back-to-back homers, and now it's 4-2.
UPDATE, 9:08 p.m.: My goodness. Line drive home run for Rodriguez here in the sixth. It's a two-run shot to tie the game. That's his 61st multi-homer game, first since May 21, 2012. He's now two away from tying Mays on the all-time list.
Pitching matchups at Tampa Bay • 04.17.15
RHP Adam Warren (0-1, 1.69)
RHP Nate Karns (1-1, 4.97)
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Pregame notes: "There's a chance for everyone one of us" • 04.02.15
A little before 10 a.m, a smallish guy with an Astros bag walked into the Yankees clubhouse. He shook a few hands, saw some guys he clearly already knew, and settled into a corner locker. His name wasn't on either split-squad lineup card, but he seemed to recognize the opportunity in front of him.
The Yankees need a right-handed utility infielder, and Petit happens to be just that.
"Last year it was my first time going to New York," he said. "I had a chance to play there. It was an unbelievable feeling. I always wanted to go. Of course, you think of Jeter every time you come to New York. Being his last year last year, it was very special for me playing in that game where he was playing short and I was playing short at the same time. It was a great, great experience for me."
Now he seems to have a real shot at breaking camp on the Yankees roster. He was hitting .310/.375/.414 in Astros camp this spring, but he got crowded out of their young infield. He was sent to minor league camp on Sunday and traded to the Yankees late Wednesday.
Petit said he was getting a haircut when he heard about the trade, so when the haircut was finished, he immediately shaved his beard.
"My dad (is a) huge fan of the Yankees," Petit said. "He always said that it would be great for me to wear that uni, so when I tell him yesterday, he was in shock. I asked him, 'Are you sitting? Are you OK? Do you feel OK and all that? I have some good news for you. I just got traded to the Yankees.' (He said), 'No way! I'm sitting now for sure.'"
Now that Petit has arrived in camp, we'll see if the Yankees change their plans and get him in a game this afternoon. Rob Refsnyder and Nick Noonan still stand out as obvious alternatives.
"There's a chance for every one of us, whoever's waiting for a big chance to go," Petit said. "And I'm ready. I accept the challenge and give my best for wins for the Yankees."
• Brendan Ryan was walking with a crutch this morning, obviously very disappointed by the news of a Grade 2 calf strain. He knows this is going to be more than a 15-day stint on the disabled list. Brutal turn of events for a guy who just got back from a back injury and had played very well defensively this spring.
• Adam Warren is going to stay in Tampa to pitch in some sort of minor league game on Sunday. That's to keep him in line to start the fifth game of the regular season. With Chris Capuano and Ivan Nova on their way back from injuries, Warren's time in the rotation could be brief, or he could pitch well enough to stick. "YOu can't worry about a month away of whatever it might be," Warren said.
• Warren said he's never stopped thinking of himself as a starting pitcher, but he was still surprised this winter when the Yankees called and said they wanted him to prepare for the rotation. He said, after last season, he assumed the Yankees would want to keep him in the bullpen. Seems happy to have this opportunity to start again.
• Brett Gardner's not playing in either game today, but he's fine. He played the past two days and his scheduled just happens to call for him to strictly go through drills and batting practice today. He said he feels fine, then he saw Ryan hobbling around and quickly knocked on one of the wooden lockers.
• Can't say for certain, but it looked like the Yankees were having closed-door meetings with a few bullpen candidates this morning. Might be finalizing those pitching decisions. Would make sense considering Chase Whitley, Chris Martin, Chasen Shreve and Andrew Bailey have each pitched in the past two days.
• Speaking of which, Bailey is not scheduled to pitch today, which means he's not going back-to-back before the Yankees leave Tampa. That would seem to eliminate him from contention for a roster spot. I suppose he could still go back-to-back on Friday and Saturday, but it really feels like he's not heading north with the team.
• Warren and Justin Wilson are throwing sides today. Masahiro Tanaka is doing long toss and flat ground work.
• Minor league infielder Dan Fiorito is up for the day to be available off the bench. Signed out of a tryout a few years ago, he's a non-drafted utility man who's played well since getting into pro ball. Also just an incredibly nice guy who honestly seems to be one of the most popular teammates in the entire minor league system. He's going to be a groomsman in Rob Refsnyder's wedding. Really, really good guy.
• Today's second string: C Austin Romine, 1B Greg Bird, 2B Tyler Wade, SS Cito Culver, 3B none, LF Ben Gamel, CF Jake Cave, RF Aaron Judge
• Today's scheduled relievers: David Carpenter, Andrew Miller, Dellin Betances, Jose Ramirez
• Today's second string: C Eddy Rodriguez, 1B Jonathan Galvez, 2B Ali Castillo, SS Cole Figueroa, 3B Dante Bichette, LF Dustin Fowler, CF Mason Williams, RF Mark Payton
• Today's scheduled relievers: Kyle Davies, Danny Burawa, Jacob Lindgren, Diego Moreno, Tyler Webb
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Ryan has strained calf; Yankees sorting through replacement options • 04.01.15
A few quick notes from today's postgame clubhouse.
• Brendan Ryan's initial diagnosis is a strained right calf. He went for an MRI, but Joe Girardi has already said he'd be surprised if Ryan's able to open the season. That's an inevitable DL stint which opens the door for some other infielder to make the team.
• Sounds like Stephen Drew has been scratched from tomorrow's road trip and will play shortstop during tomorrow's home game. Rob Refsnyder is also play in the home game and will presumably play second base alongside him. Girardi said he's willing to carry a second baseman as Ryan's replacement because he knows Drew can play short. Refsnyder and Nick Noonan — who would give the Yankees three left-hitting middle infielders — are the only healthy extra middle infielders still in big league camp.
• Jose Pirela might swing a bat tomorrow, but he's still pretty far behind and Girardi called him a "long shot" to be ready to play on Opening Day.
• Didi Gregorius is healthy again and said he could have played today but the Yankees wanted him to go through drills rather than play in a game. He's scheduled to make tomorrow's road trip to presumably play shortstop in Lakeland. Gregorius took batting practice and went through fielding drills today. He and Drew each seem healthy, so this opening is for a backup/platoon player.
• Adam Warren was officially named the fifth starter. He'll pitch the fifth game of the season, and Girardi said he doesn't plan to skip Warren at any point. Even with off days, the Yankees are going to stay on turn to give everyone extra rest.
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The cost of lures and rigs is really putting a hurting on my wallet and the quality is not as good as some homemade ones I see.
I like to fish for fluke, weakfish, stripers, nothing way off sure like tuna or anything like that.
Does SOL offer or does anyone know of where there are any classes or demos on how to make your own?
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The cost of lures and rigs is really putting a hurting on my wallet and the quality is not as good as some homemade ones I see.
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For lure making: If cost savings is your goal, buy your lures from the on-line store, the BST, and at fishing shows. You will save a bundle over making your own. Besides these lure makers are the brain surgeons and rocket scientists of their craft.
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I make all of my own now...It's nice making your own length, hook placement, etc.....
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There's a lure building forum here:
What do you mean by "rigs"?
Thanks. I have checked it out but it seems to be mostly plugs but I should look closer. I may be missing things.
I mean rigs as in fluke rigs, etc. I like the suggestion of going to a show in the winter. I have tried the knots and some ideas from pictures here and guides on the web but I'd probably do better having someone show me the knots.
Posted July 07 2007 - 3:32 PM
I basically get 50lb test for my rig material and size 5/0-9/0 for striper rigs....I just made a ton of kingfish rigs for fishing in jersey...1/0 hooks and small floats on the dropper loop....check out a site called animated knots and it should help you out....and this...
Posted July 07 2007 - 3:39 PM
You might try to locate a copy of the Vlad Evanoff book Fishing Rigs for Fresh & Salt Water.
Posted July 07 2007 - 4:57 PM
buy a book on knots and a spool of cheap 30# mono like ande. there is a book on knots by left kreh and mark sosin. read the instructions and practice the knots. i am like you when it comes to knots, it is easier if someone shows me but that isnt always possible. by using the book you will be teaching yourself and you will never forget. dont expect to tie a perfect knot the first few times you try. eventually you will get it though and don't stop when you think you have it down, tie another 20 and then when you think you really have it down tie 10 more next to a fan, then tie 10 more with your eyes closed. i dont know of any classes but im sure they exist somplace. knots are one of those things that every fishermen should have down cold, i dont think you need to memorize 1\thousands of knots either, you could probably make any possible rig you need by learning 5 or 6 knots, i would learn the clinch, uni, albright, snell, dropper loop, surgeons loop and either a bimini twist and/or spider hitch. .02
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I make all my own rigs for surf and inlet. I use to make and sell them on ebay but for the time envolved it was worth it. It takes time to learn the many knots and what lb of line works the best. I primarly use 50lb for my inlet rigs, surf bait rigs and 20lb for my flounder rigs. I use to make steel leader rigs for trolling and bluefish but that gets to be a real pita, with twisting and crimping and if you kink it its wasted. Making your own rigs allows you to experament if you have the time to do it.
Posted July 07 2007 - 11:58 PM
If you go to Youtube.com, there are some really good knot tying videos there. Type in fishing knots and see all that come up.
There was also some fly tying/bucktail tying videos there.
Goodluck, I make rigs myself, but no plugs...yet.
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try this link....www.animatedknots.com
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Buy a Tie-fast tool. I tie 80 pound leaders in less then a minute. I can snell a hook on a leader just as fast.
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Amara provides a REST API to interactive with the site. Please contact us if you'd like to use the Amara API for commercial purposes.
This documentation is for the upcoming Amara API. It is currently being actively developed and not yet fully functional. See the API changes blog post for more info.
Before interacting with the API, you must have an API key. In order to get one, create a user on the Amara website, then go to the edit profile page. At the bottom of the page you will find a "Generate new key" button . Clicking on it will fetch your user the needed API key.
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The API accepts request data in the several formats. Use the Content-Type HTTP header to specify the format of your request:
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In this documentation, we use the term "Request JSON Object" to specify the fields of the objects sent as the request body. Replace "JSON" with "XML" or "YAML" if you are using one of those input formats.
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We also support text/html as an output format and application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data as input formats. However, this is only to support browser friendly endpoints. It should not be used in API client code.
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Many listing API endpoints are paginated to prevent too much data from being fetched and returned at one time (for example the video listing API). These endpoints are marked with paginated in their descriptions. Paginated responses only return limited number of results per request, alongside links to the next/previous page.
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"slug": "tedx-import",
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- DELETE request is used for deleting existing items
To view a list of videos on the site you can use
- GET amara.org/api/videos/¶
To get info about the video with id "foo" you can use
- GET amara.org/api/videos/foo¶
Many of the available resources will allow you to filter the response by a certain field. Filters are specified as GET parameters on the request. For example, if you wanted to view all videos belong to a team called "butterfly-club", you could do:
- GET amara.org/api/videos/?team=butterfly-club¶
In addition to filters, you can request that the response is ordered in some way. To order videos by title, you would do
- GET amara.org/api/videos/?order_by=title¶
To create a video you can use
- POST amara.org/api/videos/¶
To update the video with video id foo use:
- PUT amara.org/api/videos/foo¶
Available Resources¶
The following resources are available to end users:
Videos Resource¶
Get info for a specific video¶
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/¶
Response JSON Object:
- id – Amara video id
- primary_audio_language_code – language code for the audio language
- title – Video title
- description – Video description
- duration – Video duration in seconds (or null if not known)
- thumbnail – URL to the video thumbnail
- created – Video creation date/time
- team – Slug of the Video's team (or null)
- metadata – Dict mapping metadata names to values
- languages – List of languages that have subtitles started (see below)
- all_urls – List of URLs for the video (the first one is the primary video URL)
- resource_uri – API uri for the video
- original_language – contains a copy of the primary_audio_language_code data (deprecated)
Language data:
Response JSON Object:
- code – Language code
- name – Human readable label for the language
- visibile – Are the subtitles publicly viewable?
- dir – Language direction ("ltr" or "rtl")
- subtitles_uri – API URI for the subtitles
- resource_uri – API URI for the video language
Listing videos¶
- GET /api/videos/¶
Query Parameters:
- video_url – list only videos with the given URL, useful for finding out information about a video already on Amara.
- team – Only show videos that belong to a team identified by slug.
- project – Only show videos that belong to a project with the given slug. Passing in null will return only videos that don't belong to a project.
- order_by –
Applies sorting to the video list. Possible values:
- title: ascending
- -title: descending
- created: older videos first
- -created : newer videos
Creating Videos¶
- POST /api/videos/¶
Request JSON Object:
- video_url – The url for the video. Any url that Amara accepts will work here. You can send the URL for a file (e.g. http:///www.example.com/my-video.ogv), or a link to one of our accepted providers (youtube, vimeo, dailymotion, blip.tv)
- title – title of the video
- description – About this video
- duration – Duration in seconds
- primary_audio_language_code – language code for the main language spoken in the video.
- thumbnail – URL to the video thumbnail
- metadata – Dictionary of metadata key/value pairs. These handle extra information about the video. Right now the type keys supported are "speaker-name" and "location". Values can be any string.
- team – team slug for the video or null to remove it from its team. The string "null" is a synonym for the null object (deprecated)
- project – project slug for the video or null to put it in the default project. The string "null" is a synonym for the null object (deprecated)
Deprecated: For all fields, if you pass an empty string, we will treat it as if the field was not present in the input.
When submitting URLs of external providers (i.e. youtube, vimeo), the metadata (title, description, duration) can be fetched from them. If you're submitting a link to a file (mp4, flv) then you can make sure those attributes are set with these parameters. Note that these parameters override any information from the original provider.
Updating a video object¶
- PUT /api/videos/[video-id]/¶
With the same parameters for creation, excluding video_url. Note that through out our system, a video cannot have it's URLs changed. So you can change other video attributes (title, description) but the URL sent must be the same original one.
Moving videos between teams and projects¶
To move a video from one team to another, you can make a put request with a team value. Similarly, you can move a video to a different project using the project field. The user making the change must have permission to remove a video from the originating team and permission to add a video to the target team.
To move a video to a different project, the team must be specified in the payload even if it doesn't change.
Video URL Resource¶
Listing video urls¶
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/urls/¶
- video-id – Amara video ID
Response JSON Object:
- created – creation date/time
- url – URL string
- primary – is this the primary URL for the video?
- original – was this the URL that was created with the video?
- resource_uri – API URL for the video URL
- id – Internal ID for the object (deprecated, use resource_uri instead to create URLs for the object)
Adding a video url¶
- POST /api/videos/[video-id]/urls/¶
- video-id – Amara Video ID
Request JSON Object:
- url – Video URL. This can be any URL that works in the add video form for the site (mp4 files, youtube, vimeo, etc). Note: The URL cannot be in use by another video.
- primary – If True, this URL will be made the primary URL
- original – Is this is the first url for the video?
Get details on a single URL¶
- GET [url-resource-uri]¶
- url-resource-url – resource_uri returned from the video URLs listing
The response fields are the same as for the list endpoint
Make a URL the primary URL for a video¶
- PUT [url-resource-uri]¶
- url-resource-url – resource_uri returned from the video URLs listing
Request JSON Object:
- primary – True to make the URL the primary URL. This will unset the primary flag for all other URLs.
- original – Is this is the first url for the video?
Video Language Resource¶
Container for subtitles in a language for a video on Amara.
Listing video languages¶
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/¶
Response JSON Object:
- language_code – BCP 47 code for this language
- name – Human-readable name for this language
- is_primary_audio_language – Is this language the primary language spoken in the video?
- is_rtl – Is this language RTL?
- resource_uri – API URL for the language
- created – date/time the language was created
- title – Video title, translated into this language
- description – Video description, translated into this language
- metadata – Video metadata, translated into this language
- subtitles_complete – Are the subtitles complete for this language?
- subtitle_count – Number of subtitles for this language
- reviewer – Username of the reviewer fro task-based teams
- approver – Username of the approver for task-based teams
- is_translation – Is this language translated from other languages (deprecated)
- original_language_code – Source translation language (deprecated)
- num_versions – Number of subtitle versions, the length of the versions array should be used instead of this (deprecated)
- id – Internal ID for the language (deprecated)
- is_original – alias for is_primary_audio_language (deprecated)
- versions – List of subtitle version data
- versions.author – Subtitle author's username
- versions.version_no – number of the version
- versions.published – is this version publicly viewable?
Creating Video Languages¶
- POST /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/¶
Form Parameters:
- language_code – bcp-47 code for the language
- is_primary_audio_language – Boolean indicating if this is the primary spoken language of the video (optional).
- subtitles_complete – Boolean indicating if the subtitles for this languagge is complete (optional).
- is_original – Alias for is_primary_audio_language (deprecated)
- is_complete – Alias for subtitles_complete (deprecated)
Subtitles Resource¶
Get/create subtitles for a video
Fetching subtitles for a given language¶
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[language-code]/subtitles/¶
- video-id – Amara Video ID
- language-code – BCP-47 language code. deprecated: you can also specify the internal ID for a langauge
Query Parameters:
- sub_format – The format to return the subtitles in. This can be any format that amara supports including dfxp, srt, vtt, and sbv. The default is json, which returns subtitle data encoded list of json dicts.
- version_number – version number to fetch. Versions are listed in the VideoLanguageResouce request. If none is specified, the latest public version will be returned.
- version – Alias for version_number (deprecated)
Response JSON Object:
- version_number – version number for the subtitles
- subtitles – Subtitle data (str)
- sub_format – Format of the subtitles
- language – Language data
- language.code – BCP-47 language code
- language.name – Human readable name for the language
- language.dir – Language direction ("ltr" or "rtl")
- title – Video title, translated into the subtitle's language
- description – Video description, translated into the subtitle's language
- metadata – Video metadata, translated into the subtitle's language
- video_title – Video title, translated into the video's language
- video_description – Video description, translated into the video's language
- resource_uri – API URI for the subtitles
- site_uri – URI to view the subtitles on site
- video – Copy of video_title (deprecated)
- version_no – Copy of version_number (deprecated)
Getting subtitle data only¶
Sometimes you want just subtitles data without the rest of the data. This is possible using a special Accept headers or format query strings. This can be used to download a DFXP, SRT, or any other subtitle format that Amara supports. If one of these is used, then the sub_format param will be ignored.
|Accept header
|format query param
- GET /api/videos/abcdef/languages/en/subtitles/?format=dfxp¶
Creating new subtitles¶
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[language-code]/subtitles/¶
- video-id – Amara Video ID
- language-code – BCP-47 language code. deprecated: you can also specify the internal ID for a langauge
Request JSON Object:
- subtitles – The subtitles to submit
- sub_format – The format used to parse the subs. The same formats as for fetching subtitles are accepted. Optional - defaults to dfxp.
- title – Give a title to the new revision
- description – Give a description to the new revision
- action – Name of the action to perform - optional, but recommended. If given, the is_complete param will be ignored. See the Subtitles Action Resource for details.
- is_complete – Boolean indicating if the complete subtitling set is available for this language - optional, defaults to false. (deprecated, use action instead)
Subtitles Action Resource¶
Actions are operations on subtitles. Actions correspond to the buttons in the upper-right hand corner of the subtitle editor (save, save a draft, approve, reject, etc). This resource is used to list and perform actions on the subtitle set.
You can also perform an action together a new set of subtitles using the action param of the Subtitles Resource.
Get the list of possible actions:
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[lang-identifier]/subtitles/actions/¶
- video-id – ID of the video
- lang-identifier – subtitle language code
Response JSON Object:
- action – Action name
- label – Human-friendly string for the action
- complete – Does this action complete the subtitles? If true, then when the action is performed, we will mark the subtitles complete. If false, we will mark them incomplete. If null, then we will not change the subtitles_complete flag.
Perform an action on a subtitle set
- POST /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[lang-identifier]/subtitles/actions/¶
Query Parameters:
- video-id – ID of the video
- lang-identifier – subtitle language code
Request JSON Object:
- action – name of the action to perform
Subtitles Notes Resource¶
Get/Create notes saved in the editor.
Subtitle notes are currently only supported for team videos
Get the list of notes:
- GET /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[lang-identifier]/subtitles/notes¶
Query Parameters:
- video-id – ID of the video
- lang-identifier – subtitle language code
Response JSON Object:
- user – Username of the note author
- created – date/time that the note was created
- body – text of the note.
Create a new note
- POST /api/videos/[video-id]/languages/[lang-identifier]/subtitles/actions/¶
Query Parameters:
- video-id – ID of the video
- lang-identifier – subtitle language code
Request JSON Object:
- body – note body
Languages Resource¶
Represents a listing of all available languages on the Amara platform.
Listing available languages:
- GET /api/languages/¶
Request JSON Object:
- languages – maps language codes to language names
Users Resource¶
Fetching user data¶
- GET /api/users/[username]/¶
Response JSON Object:
- username – username
- first_name – First name
- last_name – Last name
- homepage – Homepage URL
- biography – Bio text
- num_videos – Number of videos followed by the user
- languages – List of languages the user speaks
- avatar – URL to the user's avatar image
- resource_uri – User API URI
- full_name – Full name of the user.
Many of these fields will be blank if the user hasn't set them from their profile page
The full_name field is not used in the amara interface and there is no requirement that it needs to be first_name + last_name. This field is for API consumers that want to create users to match their internal users and use the full names internally instead of first + last.
Creating Users¶
- POST /api/users/¶
Request JSON Object:
- username – username. 30 chars or fewer alphanumeric chars, @, _ and - are accepted.
- email – A valid email address
- password – any number of chars, all chars allowed.
- first_name – Any chars, max 30 chars. Optional.
- last_name – Any chars, max 30 chars. Optional.
- create_login_token – optional, if sent the response will also include a url that when visited will login the created user. Use this to allow users to login without explicitly setting their passwords. This URL expires in 2 hours
- find_unique_username – optional, if username is taken, we will find a similar, unused, username for the new user. If passed, make sure you check the username returned since it might not be the same one that you passed in. If set, usernames can only be a maximum of 24 characters to make room for potential extra characters.
Response JSON Object:
- username – username
- first_name – First name
- last_name – Last name
- homepage – Homepage URL
- biography – Bio text
- num_videos – Number of videos created by the user
- languages – List of languages the user speaks
- avatar – URL to the user's avatar image
- resource_uri – User API URI
- email – User's email
- api_key – User API Key
- full_name – Full name
This response includes the email and api_key, which aren't included in the normal GET response. If clients wish to make requests on behalf of this newly created user through the api, they must hold on to this key.
Team Resource¶
Get a list of teams¶
- GET /api/teams/¶
Response JSON Object:
- name – Name of the team
- slug – Machine name for the team slug (used in URLs)
- description – Team description
- is_visible – Should this team's videos be publicly visible?
- membership_policy – See below for possible values
- video_policy – See below for possible values
Get a list of teams¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/¶
Returns one entry from the team list resource data.
Updating a team¶
- PUT /api/teams/[team-slug]:¶
Request JSON Object:
- name – (required) Name of the team
- slug – (required) Manchine name for the team (used in URLs)
- description – Team description
- is_visible – Should this team be publicly visible?
- membership_policy – See below for possible values
- video_policy – See below for possible values
Policy values¶
Membership policy:
- Open
- Application
- Invitation by any team member
- Invitation by manager
- Invitation by admin
Video policy:
- Any team member
- Managers and admins
- Admins only
Team Member Resource¶
Get info on a team member¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/members/[username]¶
Request JSON Object:
- username – username
- role – One of: owner, admin, manager, or contributor
Litsing all team members¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/members/¶
Returns a list of team member data. Each item is the same as above.
Add a new member to a team¶
- POST /api/teams/[team-slug]/members/¶
Response JSON Object:
- username – username of the user to add
- role – One of: owner, admin, manager, or contributor
Change a team member's role¶
- PUT /api/teams/[team-slug]/members/[username]/¶
Response JSON Object:
- role – One of: owner, admin, manager, or contributor
Safe Team Member Resource¶
This resource behaves the same as the normal Team Member resource except with couple differences for the POST action to add members
- An invitation is sent to the user to join the team instead of simply adding them
- If no user exists with the username, and an email field is included in the POST data, we will create a user and send an email to the email account.
Project Resource¶
List a team's projects¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/projects/¶
Response JSON Array of Objects:
- name – project name
- slug – machine-name for the project
- description – project description
- guidelines – Project guidelines for users working on it
- resource_uri – API URI for project details
- created – datetime when the project was created
- modified – datetime when the project was last changed
- workflow_enabled – Are tasks enabled for this project?
Get details on a project¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/projects/[project-slug]/¶
Returns the same data as the project list resource
Create a new project¶
- POST /api/teams/[team-slug]/projects/¶
Request JSON Object:
- name – project name
- slug – machine-name for the project
- description – project description (optional)
- guidelines – Project guidelines for users working on it (optional)
Updating a project¶
- PUT /api/teams/[team-slug]/projects/[project-slug]/¶
Inputs the same data is the create project resource
Task Resource¶
List all tasks for a given team¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/tasks/¶
Query Parameters:
- assignee – Show only tasks assigned to a username
- priority – Show only tasks with a given priority
- type – Show only tasks of a given type
- video_id – Show only tasks that pertain to a given video
- order_by –
Apply sorting to the task list. Possible values:
- created Creation date
- -created Creation date (descending)
- priority Priority
- -priority Priority (descending)
- type Task type (details below)
- -type Task type (descending)
- completed – Show only complete tasks
- completed-before – Show only tasks completed before a given date (unix timestamp)
- completed-after – Show only tasks completed before a given date (unix timestamp)
- open – Show only incomplete tasks
Response JSON Array of Objects:
- video_id – ID of the video being worked on
- language – Language code being worked on
- id – ID for the task
- type – type of task. One of Subtitle, Translate, Review, or Approve
- assignee – username of the task assignee (or null)
- priority – Integer priority for the task
- completed – Date/time when the task was completed (or null)
- approved – Approval status of the task. One of In Progress, Approved, or Rejected
- resource_uri – API URL for the task
Task detail¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/tasks/[task-id]/¶
Returns the same data as the task list API
Create a new task¶
- POST /api/teams/[team-slug]/tasks/¶
Request JSON Object:
- video_id – Video ID
- language – language code
- type – task type to create. Must be Subtitle or Translate
- assignee – Username of the task assignee (optional)
- priority – Priority for the task (optional)
Update an existing task¶
- PUT /api/teams/[team-slug]/tasks/[task-id]/¶
Request JSON Object:
- assignee – Username of the task assignee or null to unassign
- priority – priority of the task
- send_back – send a truthy value to send the back back (optional)
- complete – send a truthy value to complete/approve the task (optional)
- version_number – Specify the version number of the subtitles that were created for this task (optional)
If both send_back and approved are specified, then send_back will take preference.
Team Applications resource¶
For teams with membership by application only.
List applications¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/applications¶
Query Parameters:
- status – Include only applications with this status
- integer before (timestamp) – Include only applications submitted before this time.
- after (timestamp) – Include only applications submitted after this time.
- user (username) – Include only applications from this user
Response JSON Array of Objects:
- user – Username of the applicant
- note – note given by the applicant
- status – status value. Possible values are Denied, Approved, Pending, Member Removed and Member Left
- id – application ID
- created – creation date/time
- modified – last modified date/time
- resource_uri – API URI for the application
Get details on a single application¶
- GET /api/teams/[team-slug]/applications/[application-id]/:¶
Returns the same data as one entry from the listing endpoint.
Activity Resource¶
This resource is read-only.
List activity items:
- GET /api/activity/¶
Query Parameters:
- team (slug) – Show only items related to a given team
- team-activity – If team is given, we normally return activity on the team's videos. If you want to see activity for the team itself (members joining/leaving and team video deletions, then add team-activity=1)
- video (video-id) – Show only items related to a given video
- type (integer) – Show only items with a given activity type (see below for values)
- language (language-code) – Show only items with a given language
- before (integer) – A unix timestamp in seconds
- after (integer) – A unix timestamp in seconds
Response JSON Array of Objects:
- type – activity type as an integer
- created – date/time of the activity
- video – ID of the video
- video_uri – API URI for the video
- language – language for the activity
- language_url – API URI for the video language
- resource_uri – API URI for the activity
- user – username of the user user associated with the activity, or null
- comment – comment body for comment activity, null for other types
- new_video_title – new title for the title-change activity, null for other types
- id – object id (deprecated use resource_uri if you need to get details on a particular activity)
Activity types:
- Add video
- Change title
- Comment
- Add version
- Add video URL
- Add translation
- Subtitle request
- Approve version
- Member joined
- Reject version
- Member left
- Review version
- Accept version
- Decline version
- Delete video
Activity item detail:
- GET /api/activity/[activity-id]/¶
Returns the same data as one entry from the listing.


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Nishiuchi Mariya will be releasing her 3rd single "Arigatou Forever..." on May 6.The single will include the title track, coupling song, and its instrumental versions. Its limited edition will come with a DVD and a mini photo book. Even the regular edition will come with a DVD containing the PV and making-of footage for "Arigatou Forever...".Nishiuchi performed the title track during her birthday event last year in Tokyo and Osaka. She wrote the
Koda Kumi achieves 10th No.1 album
Singer Koda Kumi (32), who will be celebrating her 15th anniversary this December, topped Oricon weekly album chart with her 12th original album "WALK OF MY LIFE" (went on sale on March 18) after selling 39,000 copies in the first week.This is her first time in a year to top the weekly chart for both singles and albums since she last grabbed No.1 spot with her album "Bon Voyage" in February of last year. "WALK OF MY LIFE" also marked her 10th No.
Nogizaka46's latest single sells over 500,000 copies during the first week
Oricon revealed that idol group Nogizaka46's 11th single "Inochi wa Utsukushii", which went on sale on March 18, topped its weekly single ranking after selling 500,297 copies during the first week.This is the first time for the group to reach the first week sales of 500,000 copies. "Inochi wa Utsukushii" is Nogizaka46's 10th consecutive No.1 single. As it took only 3 years and 1 month to achieve 10 chart-topping singles since their debut on