Wasn't Michael Aubrey once a high-touted Indians prospect?

And speaking of former prospects, I wonder if Sean Henn will get to pitch in this series?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBkc2jK-6w
Whats up folks?
New to the banter community, just wanted to share the link. The title of the post reminded me very much of watching Godzilla with my dad when I was younger. One of his old movies we had was prefaced by the short "Bambi meets Godzilla". Good stuff.

Weather-wise its dismal here in VT, heard it wasn't much different down there in NYC. But if it goes on, enjoy the game tonight. I won't get to watch it, all the bars have NESN via cable up here. Go Yanks!

Yankees are a juggernaut, the Orioles are patsies. Which is why I worry about losing the series.

As for the weather, on today, even The Sky is Crying

[2] Welcome to the Banter! Good clip.

I'm at the stadium now .... The warning track is a quagmire. Don't think they should play but you know they'll wait 3 hours.

[2] yes welcome.

yeah might be tough to get this puppy in - too bad.
and old friend chad moeller (aka your 7th grade chemistry teacher) is in the o's lineup tonight.

[1] Yes he was, but he had trouble staying healthy, I believe a bad back was the primary problem.

YES in Official Rain-Delay Programming (Yankeeography)...

Rain-delay..oh well, Seattle-Texas on tv in an hour here (yawn....)

Why is it that even with different managers and a very new roster filled with young go-getters, the Orioles continually bomb in the 2nd half of the season? It's bizarre...

Fire Girardi.

Dang, I so want a nap, and then, I don't want to miss a Jeter at bat. I need an alarm that will go off if they actually play.

Then again, thanks to mlb's ridiculous black out rules and the criminal deal Angelos struck with Selig so that his team could continue to suck criminally while he pockets revenue, I can't get the game on mlb tv. Radio only. Because in DC, I'm in the Orioles "market." Bad enough that I'm a native NY'er, away from home who wants his team's damn games, because that's what mlb tv is for, but even if I was from here, I wouldn't give a flying fig about the stupid, crappy Orioles.

[10] What now? Or is that just out of principle...

petey posted that they will come to a decision within the next 15 minutes, so by about 7:45pm we should know

[11] Ever been to the "VACE" deli up on Connecticu Ave? Near Cleveland Park? They make a mighty fine sandwich there!
Peter Angelos..blechhh....

[12] Right, I think it's just important to get it in once in a while, just in case we missed something horrible that he did.

8:20pm start time folks

Woo hoo, game on at 8:20!

Excellent. Figured they'd push to get this one in, and fortunately the rain let up.

Oh, no!

I'm not near the tevee machine until later so I was actually hoping for a delay of about a 10pm start time. :(

I am happy to see there will be a game, though, to go home to.

But I am :( that I always seem to miss my beloved Andy.

[14] I travel very little around this city. Working on broadening the circle of my peregrinations, but don't really make it up that way for much of anything. Will keep it in mind.

[16],[17] I had just started watching Lan tou He on DVD, but oh well... I can deal with experiencing the Tao of Jeter for a little while >;)

Girardi said earlier on ESPN radio that he thought Andy would be pitching with a "heavy heart" tonight due to the anniversary of 9/11. It was an off the cuff assessment that I thought was insightful and well-worded.

[15] Excellent idea. The Romans used to inlcude in all of their prayers to the gods a formula like "and to all the gods known and unknown to the Roman people..."), just to make sure not to play it safe.

We should probably think of doing this every game thread. Maybe "Girardi sucks" could/should replace "First!"

Hmmmmm, Guinesss.............I'd be watchiing anyway but Jeter's ab's give a bit more meaning to a misty Friday night against a putrid O's team.. Too bad no Coney or no O'Neill. Uh-oh, it's the hats.

still looks nasty out there

[23] "...sure not to play it safe."

I won't pay for MLB.tv...but I would consider paying so that we can edit posts after the fact.

Oh, and what a freakshow IF Jeter gets a hit and then the the deluge comes in the 4th. : /

[24] amen just fair to both points (announcers, hats).
i had to miss coney when i was out of town the week before.

and we got an andrew eugene pettitte.

Jeez, that IS some rain coming down. The Sox game started in similar weather. The Rays got a couple of guys on and then, boom, rain delay in the top of the first.

[27] Yikes, I had not thought of that!

maybe they wanted po in the game tonight in case derek broke the record, and i am not really complaining, but i think i might have let frankie brains deal with the weather

[31] Girarid could have punted the whole lineup with house money but that would have seemed bizarre.

someone please tell me why they're wearing red hats

I really don't understand why they started the game. If the weather is going to pass, why not wait a little longer (surely the team will make money on a captive audience in new Yankee reverse cash machine Stadium, and the players can luxuriate in the plush new facilities)? If the weather will not pass, just play two tomorrow.

[33] 9/11

It was stupid to start with the rain coming down this hard...

[33] 9/11...MLB-wide.

Man, awful weather tonight.

[36] I've thinking bout Aqua Teen Hungerforce, "I am The Drizzle!!"
Lets go Captain. Knock one off the lightower. : D

Kay: "Knowing Derek Jeter, he wants to get this over with...he does not want to be in the spotlight."

Hm. It seems that he should want to get it over with because that means he got a hit and got on base!

Nerts!

Looks like Derek wants to get it over with ASAP.

Christ, Kay. Come up for air.

[40] i guess it would have been just far too mcuh for singleton to do this game

damn that he crushed that one

As much as I dislike the red caps on the Yankees, they really don't go with the Orioles black and orange.

Woo Hoo! A-Rod!!

I think it's safe to say that Jeter sparked this rally. You just can't quantify that...Oops, now A-Rod went and killed it.

You almost saw that coming, didn't you? >;) He actually might get 100 RBI. Another thing to keep us up in the later part of the month...

Nothing beats a 3 run moonshot. : )

pouring rain here too..and in Ananheim where they are showing the tarp on the field, instead of cutting to the Yanks-O's game...

[46] Oh, that's right; (ahem) what a momentum-killer! >;)

hey everyone. 3-0, egh? hurry up and play 3½ more innings.

[49] Would here be NY or Tokyo?

[48] (Grand slam knocking on the door) Um, hello? >;)

Alex killed that ball. This game is perfect to watch from home, definitely not at the stadium.

there's something not right about mk bemoaning po's hr getting lost in all the "hoopla"

[55] Almost any sentence that starts out there’s something not right about mk is bound to end with me in agreement.

[52] Here is Tokyo, The "Big Mikan (Tangerine), 21st-century megalopolis, home of the $100 square watermelon, site of Shinjuku Station, with 3 million daily passengers and 137 exits...pouring rain now so the OK Jazz family is stuck at home instead of enjoying the Sri Lanka festival in the park..

No A-Rod Yankee-MVP talk going on? Team was lost without him in April...do the words "Cody Ransom" still make people shiver?

[57] Who was he? I have lacunar amnesia.

[56] i'm finding myself with zero patience for him again.
i can often tolerate him or jsut tune him out but tonight i am finding him extra annoying.
even his statement about how amzing it is that the rain all of sudden stopped just now - it has been doing that all damn day -when i went out to lunch today it was absolutely pouring; when i got my food and headed back to my office about 5-7 minutes later, it was barely drizzing - that boring story was just to illustrate that mk is amazed for no reason

Well Brett's getting his running in.

Hey, Team, I caught a break! Got home earlier than expected, turn on the game and see Andy wearing a funny hat and allowing a double.

Sterling mentioned that Alex jacked one, so that's nice.

Sterling also mentioned that this team has one heck of a lineup and that Derek doesn't care if he gets eight hits if they lose and all he cares about is winning.

Blahblahblah.

[59] who's the color commentator tonight?

[62] leiter

I really don't like that new color for the Orioles. Stupid.

[63] Al's a pleasure to hear, methinks. Except for having to hear MK ask him 400 questions about 'what it's like'...

"Now, tell me Al, because I've never played professional ball... Have you ever experienced heavy rain that suddenly stops?"

[62] Leiter.

[65] Heh hehe heh heh heh.

[65] "Now tell me Al, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

[65] Funny.

I like Leiter a lot, though he's a bit talky. But he calls a decent game and has some nice insights, and he doesn't do too much former-player-yukitup stuff.

Why did Cano just kick the ball, which then dribbled to no-man's land between home and the pitcher?

Anyone else see this on Baseball Musings:
"Geoff Baker, in a very good 9/11 post, talks about the resentment he’s seeing toward Ichiro setting the record for consecutive seasons with 200 hits:
. . . 'some of the stuff I’ve been hearing and reading on the internet crosses the line between good-natured curiosity and amazement, and plain old mean-spiritedness, resentment and maybe even racism.' "

Why in hell would anyone resent Ichiro setting a record with nine 200 hit seasons?

[69] Hey can be a bit talky, but he's intelligent enough and serious enough that I don't usually mind. He's someone I could easily imagine hanging out with and talking about not just baseball, but lots of topics.

[57] i know alex is your boy ok jazz, and you have brought this up before, but do you really think alex should be the mvp this year ?

he's not even the team mvp - that is most assuredly jeter. jeter has a war of 5.0 (alex, 3.2). alex shouldn't get extra points just because he is replacing cody ransom. his ops is quite nice at 141, but alex's feilding has not been so good this year not surprisingly, not 2006 bad when his uzr was -11.8, but -4.9 is not good - only lowell, young, and teahen worse.
and with him missing a month his counting stats took a hit.

Funny, I think MK and Singleton make a decent pairing. MK seems to bait him less often - maybe cause he's older or whatever, I don't know. And O'Neill is always funny, but MK turns into a salivating fan around him.

Still, no one is worse than Gary Darling and his 'love stare' at Keith Hernandez during on camera sessions. It's flat out uncomfortable.

I feel like Kay is reading from some lame script half the time. Badly. Just not natural.

yeah i like leiter a lot too - i happen to think he is one of the few people who do better in a 3 person booth, but that is largely an mk issue see [65] et al and mk's inane questions

Heh heh heh he!

I hope Will isn't watching.

Damn it's been such a privilege watching Jeter play these last 14 years....We are going to miss him terribly when he retires, probably more than we realize. I am inordinately excited about seeing him pass The Original Captain, Lou Gehrig.

[71] Never heard any of that, and the Japanese press is usually all over anything like that..in fact, they reported quite the opposite when Ichiro broke Sisler's reacord. Many were ashamed here because of how the US players and fans cheered on Ichiro, as opposed to foreign players here who are prevented from breaking records held by Japanese..

[73] Didn't know his fielding metrics were so bad...is "WAR" Wins above replacement player? How is that calculated?

Nice pitch, Andy.

Well done, Andy. Well done.

Oh, for the love of Jehovah, we don't need that fanfare music taking us to the commercial break before Jeter's ab.

[73] The MVP voting criteria, sent out to MVP voters, include games played. That missing month has to count against him.

It seems like when a player comes on strong and the team wins, he gets lost of extra credit. Thus, Jazz more or less implies that A-Rod's return turned the Yankees around after a poor April. But if that's the case, I wonder if said player should be penalized extra for missing that time. After all, couldn't we argue then, that A-Rod's absence is to blame for the team's struggles?

[79] yeah war is wins above replacement

here is one article on war

[79] From what I understand, it's more based upon all the Japanese media following him.

The thing is, I see all the green the media are spending.

go Jeter!

congrats derek

Hurray!!!!

Derek Jeter!

that's cool - the whole team came out

:)

Too bad about the fucking hats.

Bravo, Derek.

Bravo.

Derek Jeter, ladies and gentlemen.

[77] Yeah, I thought the same thing. Actually, this poll is more interesting because it sets 4000 as the target, not the record (which would take at least two more seasons beyond 4000).

4000 is still very unlikely, but more in the realm of possibility if things break the right way. Records aside, maybe 4000 hits can be a sort of super-plateau, like 700 HRs.

==

OK, this is a little bit much. Does this mean there will be more less theatrics when (if?) he gets to 3000?

Paul O'Neill said Jeter wants to play until he's 43?

If he does that he'll end up with 4,121 hits (based on an average of 175 per season -- granted he won't be hitting 175 a year in the last few years, but he'll exceed that for a few years more since he averages 208 over 162 games), not counting the rest of this season.

Seriously, if he really means it AND he stays healthy, he'll break Rose's record.

Wow, he's made me a proud Yankee fan ever since he started playing. Congratulations to the Yankees all-time hits leader, Derek Sanderson Jeter.

The look on his mom & dad's faces were wonderful.

They did a great job raising their son.

another context to put the coverage of this in is look at how a lot of stories have been covered by new outlets this summer, i can easily think of a dozen off the top of my head that have been so overdone it was insane

Man, cool replay showing lot o' people snapping shots from the 1st base side on that hit. : )

Aww, that was a nice Jeterian hit for the breaker...

[100] haha... Sterling said it like 16 times.

[94] I don't know if there will be more or less theatrics, but to me this record means more than 3000. Anything after Gehrig is gravy. Most hits by a Yankee. Period. Anything after that is somewhat meaningless to me unless it's most hits ever.

well diane, mattpat and i think william is there to, will be happy they went to this game

102 First Yankee to 3000 would be nice.

[98] From a baseball perspective---and I have no way to "prove" this---I trace this trend back to McGwire/Sosa in 1998. When the networks started cutting away for every AB and tracking every milestone and benchmark, it seemed to set a precedent for the coverage of subsequent records and milestones. Think, for example, of the extraordinary coverage for A-Rod's 500th HR, and that wasn't any sort of league or team record (and any more 500 HRs is not even that significant of a career mark).

{103] Good for them. They most certainly deserve it on a night like this.

[102] Indeed, every one after Gerhig will be a record!

; )

[102] Yeah, but Jeter will be the first Yankee to ever reach 3,000 and things are bigger in New York --- it's going to be huge.

My very first Yankee game at the Stadium was Jeter's 2,000th hit, so I feel fortunate to have witnessed a small slice of history. Jeter hit one 5 feet in front of the plate and beat it out (probably an error but what the hell, he got another hit that night).

[103] Wow, Banter is representin..

Thanks for the link to "war"! too many new metrics, i can't keep up...

Derek Jeter, easy to ignore the hype from over here, and just enjoy watching how good a player he is...

Monkeypants, games played factors into MVP voting, so does that automatically keep pitchers out of the discussion? I read Jonah Keri recently say both Greinke AND Lincecum should win the MVP awards...

[95] Who knows? Ricky and Julio both played til they were around 50; Satchel played pro-ball past that; you think it's totally impossible? If it draws the crowds and the Yanks find a way to sustain their winning with or despite him, he's got a real shot. Just hope he doesn't get injured.

[102] I don't know if we'll ever see anyone break the all-time hits record. 4200? That's f'n crazy. Ichiro might have done it if he played in the MLBs for his whole career.

Anyone think it'll go?

Interesting, what Kay just said, relative to the discussion on the last thread. Jeter felt uncomfortable (according to Kay) last game that he was showing up the Rays. This perspective, that celebration and extra attention might be construed as showing up the opponent, may explain why some players would be bothered by choreographed celebrations.

Alright, fire up the wet score truck.

Ok, ok, there's a game on! Can't we do all this during the postgame or something?

My brother just called me and told me if the game gets rained out then the hit doesn't count, I can't imagine a more effed up thing but for some reason I'm secretly rooting for it just to see the reaction.

Wonder whose call it was to have the team run onto the field. It was a nice gesture, didn't take too long, and the Os seemed cool with it. Jeter was probably less comfortable with it than anyone at the stadium

[111] Ichiro is going to get the combined all-time record, word here is that he'll play till he's 45 as long as he can still punch out singles..

[114] The Orioles are not nearly as boring as they used to be, with Wieters, Jones, Felix Pie-with-Felix's Eye in the Sky..but they still stink...

Yunnow what would've been nice? If as many of the 1996 Yanks as could make themselves available could have been flown in for the game. At any rate, we'll probably hear from more than a few of them in the coming days.

[112] His interview with Kim Jones after the game Wednesday he appeared ucomfortable. That's the first time I've ever seen him ill at ease giving an interview. In my estimation anyway. : )

[109] Well, de facto pitchers are excluded. But one could make the case that a pitcher has more direct control over the outcome of more games than any other position player. Thus, the very best pitcher who, say, starts 30+ games is worth as much as the best batter who plays in 150+ games. In fact, IIRC, stats such as WAR are calculated for pitchers and position players such that the best of each are more or less equal.

Now, a pitcher who misses a month of the season should get dinged, even if he is excellent upon his return, no?

[110] No, I think it's totally POSSIBLE....In fact, deep down I believe he will break Rose's record. I guess because he's in such great shape he could keep it up. I think he can probably play shortstop for 3-4 more years if he keeps up whatever he did this past offseason. And I think he'll keep hitting around 200 per season for 4 more years. You add those 800 to his 2722 and that's 3,522 in 4 years. At that point, it's on.

[114] Weeping, this is historic so please give us a little latitude.

[115] damn dimelo :}

[118] Crazy Jim Leyritz will probably be yelling at the players in the parking lot later.

[115] that's funny -- that you secretly wanna see it.

I just want to get through 4½ so the win counts! Jeter'll get hundreds of more hits...

hmm i think i have heard that story about the scout somewhere :}

Augh, you used these exact same stories last night, Michael Kay.

[120] Interesting! Wasn't it 1999 when Pedro lost out to Pudge Rodriguez despite having one of those Gibson/Koufax like seasons...I personally feel that pitchers have their own award, MVP should be changed to MOP and then it would be easy, best stats wins it no matter the team..

[115, 122] See 27. : D

[126] I'm not Kay fan, but the guy has a ridiculous schedule..radio show, game-work, YES programs..don't know how he keeps track..

[111] I think that sooner or later it could go--it's not an entirely safe record like career wins for pitchers. Star players can play longer thanks to advanced medical technology, and they have the DH to fall back on late in the career (or even to keep wear and tear off during their career). A Jeter or an Ichiro type player will come around some day for whom everything breaks right: start young, at say 18 or 19, play a long time without injury, yadyada, and the record will fall.

Plus, if anyone gets close, there will be enormous impetus for some team, even a crappy one, to sign the player as a box office attraction. Think Rays-Boggs-3000 hits, or better, Ripken-consecutive-games.

Nice play, Jorgie!

[121] No, sorry, I wasn't at all referring tyo BB, but to the actual broadcast. It's fine to talk about, but not such that we forgot there's an actual game in progress, is all.

[127] as a sort of related thing, someone suggest to neyer in his chat this week that they should have an award like cy young that is voted on by the bbwaa (or whatever the acronym is) maybe even named after mo for the best relief pitcher to honor relief pitchers but kind of to prevent them from winning a cy young, which most people agree should not win a cy young over a starter except in very rare instances

[127] Yes, agree, agree.

How often are that much in accord??!!

[128] yeah you called it early; like nyyfan22 in [124] i thought it was funny dimelo actually wanted to do this all over again

[128] At least I don't feel so twisted. haha!

Nice hitting.

[133] Well, really, there should be a special award for closers. And then another one for eighth inning guys.
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More seriously, how is the Fireman Award or Rolaids Award or whatever it's called decided? Is that even around any more?

[133] The bb-waa-waa, which sometimes applies to us >;)

Jeter @ 35 = 2722 hits (probably 22-27 more by season's end)

Rose @ 35 = 2762 hits

[129] Kay should cut down on his schedule.

[138] For the 8th inning guy, name it the Joba?

[138] See, not enough people take that seriously, like win-shares...

[136] Is that quantifiable? ; )

[140] wow. That is berry berry interesting.

[134] Scary! quick, someone post about Obama, racism or Dos XX beer...

[138] I havn't heard about the Rolaids Award in years..when we were kids it used to be a big deal, you'd think with the way saves are thought of now it would be just as big..

[121] oh ok that's cool...

[138] it's not voted on, it's based on points (save=3 points, win=2 points, loss=-2points)

i don't care that much since as you point out the whole pen this is a bit crazy- but i think it would be cool for an award to be named after mo

No matter how many hits Jeter winds up with, it's going to be long-ass time before he's surpassed. So he's got that going for him. : )

[148] The old Fireman Award becomes The Sandman Award.

Damnit!

Chipper Jones got a three-year $42million extension?!?! I missed this earlier in the year..why have the Braves not caught flak for irresponsible spending, as the the Yankees do? That's an awful contract..just a reward for good deeds past??

Jeter gets the Rolaids Award for ending the heartburn, nausea, and gas caused by the YES coverage of his Gehrig chase, and also the heartburn, nausea, and gas caused by the criticism of said coverage. Oh, what a relief it is!

[145] According to Wikipedia, the Rolaids Relief Award is still with us, and is determined by a statistical formula:

The Rolaids Relief Man Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given since the 1976 MLB season to the top relief pitchers of the regular season, one in the American League (AL) and one in the National League (NL). Relief pitchers are the pitchers who enter the game after the starting pitcher is removed. The award is sponsored by Rolaids, whose slogan is "R-O-L-A-I-D-S spells relief." Because the first closers were nicknamed "firemen," a reference to "putting out the fire" of another team's rally, the trophy is a gold-plated firefighter's helmet. Unlike other awards, such as the Cy Young Award or the MLB Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, the Relief Man of the Year is based on statistical performance, rather than votes. Each save is worth three points; each win is worth two points; and each loss is worth negative two points. Beginning with the 1987 MLB season, negative two points have been given for blown saves. In the 2000 MLB season, the term "tough save", which is worth an additional point, was introduced by Rolaids. A "tough save" happens when a relief pitcher enters the game already having a tying run on base, and gets the save. The player with the highest point total wins the award.[1]

All this talk is making me look up hit stats.

It's been a while since I saw that Tommy Lee Jones movie, but this page is pretty good reading. When my friends and I took a tour of Busch III this summer, the tour guide told us that first Cobb story and attributed it to Stan Musial. Damn thief. (either him or Stan, don't know which)

[147] Rollie Fingers was such a great baseball name for a reliever; now it's almost as well known as an alter-ego for Inspectah Deck of Wu-tang fame. I'm actually torn about that, but it makes sense since Deck is definitely a talented, yet overshadowed member... >;)

Wow, Gardy was safe despite taking baserunning lessens from Melky.

[152] Sliced, that's Alka-Seltzer!

[151] i can tel you 1 person who has given them flak - my mom - when i was home last week i watched a few innings of braves games with her and she complained about chipper quite a bit and how the braves should not have extended him and how the announcers never say anything about chipper's fuckups and the horrible slump he has been in and how he is always hurt

[154][155] You guys are just Chock-Full-O'-Info..awesome!

"Cobb" was a pretty terrible film if I remember..

oh gardy - i guess you are rusty

Nice hit, Derek.

Watch that footwork, Brett.

[156] Well, that was prescient...

[156] lessons.

Dumbass.

[160] I'm listening on the radidio -- did he overslide the bag, or lift a foot?

[157] plop, plop, fizz fizz ... ah, you're right. Has Alka-Seltzer marketed itself in MLB? Definitely a missed opportunity if not.

[138] hah ah hah ah ah ah a hah !!!

[163] i think what he did at 3rd could be called "lessens" :}

[164] overslid 3rd

Why does the OF get an assist for that? Shouldn't it rather be scored as an unassisted PO by the 3B, since Gardy was safe but overslid (overslided?) the bag?

[164] Overslid.

[169] I was wondering the same thing.

[163] Don't worry, MP, taking lessons from Melky would seem to lessen anyone's overall value >;)

[164] trademark "radidio" fast. that's gold, unless I'm embarrasssingly late to the radidio party.

if you really want to think about how far removed the yanks are from last year, we actually were quite worried about what would happen if someone claimed chad moeller off waivers!!

[167][172]

Well yes. But in any case, I could certainly use typing lessons. Or new reading glasses.

Wait, did Kay just say that Jack Morris wanted his own ERA to be higher?? That doesn't make sense even if we accept the premise, that Morris and others "pitched to the scoreboard."

All right, Andy, do your thing.

[176] I know. What can you say?

[174] Now look what you've done.

Good, one out.

[169] Well, you could argue that he wouldn't have slid if the throw wasn't coming in, ergo the OF still had a part in the play. Also, if he were a weak-armer, then it wouldn't have even been a play.

[173] I always say that to my kids and they laugh like hell.

[174] God, I barely even remember him. He caught for us for little bit, no?

settle in andy

Come on, Andy, bear down.

This is why you're a golden god, you wriggle out of this noise.

[176] you really can't still be listening to Kay. I haven't muted the sound, but I haven't heard a word since Jeter ripped that ball past 1b. It wasn't a gift I was born with, you have to work at tuning out Kay. Good news is, it doesn't take long.

[182] that was Pudge Rodriguez.

The real story tonight is Michael Kay embarrassing himself so thoroughly. What a turd. I want to see that on the back page of the Daily News tomorrow - hell, put it on the front - and I want pages of heavy statistical analysis, including his radio days. Let's make this comprehensive, people.

[174]
shudder, goes to make himself a drink

[165] A quick jaunt around the internet says no; if anything players that were on an Alka-Seltzer regiment trying to overcome some colds and such, but I think Rolaids has a monopoly on the relief thing with baseball; yes, a missed opportunity indeed.

Oh, fuck, that's not fair.

[181] Yeah, that makes sense. I guess it depends if you see it all as one, continuous play. So it would be different if Gardner was safe and the 3B caught the ball, and only then Gardner inexplicably stepped off the bag and was tagged out.

Nice hook, Andy.

Get this bum.

[182] yes, moeller caught 41 games last year; [186] pudge - 33

Jeter standing atop the Yankee Mt Olympus. Holeeeee shit, Mike. Wow. Yes Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle - these men bow before you , Derek Jeter!

Damn it. He's really missing.

All right, here we go, Andy!

You can do this!

OHHHHHHHHH!!!

HAAAAA!!!

whew that was close - good job to get the out

[182] Appologies -- You're absolutely right. 2008 Yankee catchers:

J Molina - 100 games
C Moeller - 41
P Rodriguez - 33
F Cervelli - 3
Chris Stewart - 1

[185] I don't get to see too many games up here, so I tend to leave the sound on. Still, I usually fade in and out of the game, especially when it's slow paced like this one. I just happen to "tune in" at the wrong time.

Holy fuck, what a play.

Goddamn.

I mean, Andy should have fielded it cleanly, but man, what a recovery.

Strike one!

Nice curve.

is andy calling his own game tonight?

Oh, damn it.

ouch hope mora is okay - you could hear that one

[201][202] And now I blame you!

I'm usually not a quick hook advocate, but maybe it's time to pull Andy?

[199] Not at all.

Andy and Michael Kay might need to take the rest of the night off.

[206] Heh hehe heh!

Yes, and bring in who?

Leave him in until something Bad happens.

oh cano - beautiful man, just beautiful

FUCKING ROBBIE!

God damn, we have swagger!

Now THAT was a nice play!

We are one bad ass baseball club.

Andy gets out of his One Bad Inning, with a little help from Jorgie and Robbie.

Andy's a golden god and this is one Hot Team.

I said it before and I'll say it again. Blimpies does not look like real food.

Thanks god for Jete's RBI single to extend (and now preserve) the lead.

[209] But who indeed? I don't know if anyone good was warming. Still, Pettitte has now thrown 103 pitches and looked sort of shot that inning. I might have made a move. In any case, I bet he's done for the night.

I love Leiter: "Yeah, Mark McGuire." Without missing a beat. He's so into baseball.

mk really does play 20 questions with leiter

[216] albie was warming up

We might need another delivery from the Score Truck.

[216] May well be, but I'd send him out for the sixth, on a short leash.

[219] Indeed. You have 'em on speed dial?

Nice play.

"We'll see how they score it?"

Of course it's a hit.

I wish Hideki'd break his wrists when he swings.

[223] ???

Nice, Hideki, nice.

[224] lot of times when matsui swings he doesn't turn his wrists - he holds the bat stiff through the zone
weeping, i am wondering if because he broke his wrist a few years ago if he can't turn them as much now

[223] He (and Swisher) have this weird thing where they sort of sweep the bat through the zone but don't really break their wrists. At least, not as much as seems normal to me.

Like the swing mostly comes from the shoulders and forearms. Just looks awkward.

[189] thanks fer checking the Alka-Seltzer thing.

[200] alright, I should charge people for this, but the trick with tuning out Kay is this...

You know I really should charge people for this but...alright, what the heck...
whenever Kay speaks, if he starts a sentence (give him 3 words) in a manner in which you might be able to predict the next 5 words.. TUNE HIM OUT!

Yeah, you'll immediately noticed this applies to 99.6% of his sentences, but that's just the first lesson.
Try it. How to tune out Michael Kay, and still hear his meaningful sentences is a lesson for another day.

OH, fuck you, ump!

ugh - would have like to get at least one run there

[226] That's a really good point, Ms. O. I'll bet you're right, 'cause he didn't used to swing that way.

[228] Thank you. Will give it a try.

Bye Andy, and thanks for all the fish.

[228] Heh he heh heh heh heh heh.

Those of you discussing Matsui's wrist action, or lack thereof on his swing... you're familiar with his porn collection, yes?

yo, that's all I'm sayin about that.

[235] Ohhh, sliced!!!

Heh heh eh heh heh.

[227] Ah, gotcha.

[235] That's hitting below the belt.

[236] yeah, I'm a couple three glasses into the Chianti since Jeter did his thing, so please forgive me, precious friends, if my language gets salty.

Oh, yeah, Moeller! There he is!

dammit. I don't want Pettitte to lose that W.

[240] Be careful. Remember what happened last time.

[239] No comment on "saltiness" of language.

I will say, though, that I have joined you in imbibing, though it is not Chianti, but Chardonnay, on my end.

Mmmm.

alright marte - step up here

[239] Right with you. Uh, you do spell Chianti S-K-Y-Y, right?

dammit.

[241] yep, fuck

Ohhh, FUCK!

Ok, enough of this foolishness.

Time to go all Assyrian on these assholes.

If not for history and all that, this game has all the feeling of a long, sucky Yankee-O's game. And with a rain delay to boot.

Frak!

Come on, catch the baseball!

Damn it!

I don't like this.

I would not say that Marte was effective tonight. I might say he was "unlucky," if you know what I mean.

let's just move on to albie - marte doesn't have it tonight

[249] Indeed.

And a rain delay to boot.

Yeah, throw it into centerfield, why don't you.

Why doesn't Girardi want to win this game?

Suzayan Waldman, referring to Marte's erratic pitching, said, "this is what drove Ozzie Guillan crazy when he pitched for the White Sox".

Oh I doubt that. I suspect he's been loopy his whole life.

[256] It might have something to with the phrase "mix and match," which I have heard several times a game since September call-ups.

[258] Did that strategy expire a few batters ago?

[259] Sadly, I think the chess match has only just become.

melky doing his job to make a catch in lf interesting

'bout time.

Oh Score Truck, we need a special delivery tonight.

Glad I missed the last hour. Shite and bollocks.

[262] Maybe the dispatcher does not allow the Score Truck driver out in the rain?

Damn, 7.

Come on, Robbie.

[248] HA!. too funny that you should mention Assyrians. My brother's Godparents are Assyrian (yeah, Christian), and just the other day my parents and I were debating a gawdawful recipee they gave my mom when I was a kid - some beef, stringbeans, and tomato sauce contraption that made me ill once (though my parents maintain I was already ill, and the food just made it worse).

Anyway, when you say "let's go Assyrian on these assholes" I think let's serve the Orioles some unsavory food, and dance around with our arms in the air -- which I'm all for... but as monkeypants suggests in [249] this is going to be a 4 hour and 20 minute wedding. That's an awful lot of unsavory food, and dancing at this point on a Friday night.

OK, let's rally.

Robbie would have had that.

Let's go, Melkius!

I don't like Brian Roberts. Not as much as I don't like Dustbin. But it's almost close.

Nice!

Here we come!

Good start.

[266] hehe heh heh heh heh !!

Very funny.

Yes, I mean, "Let's ruthlessly crush these bugs and then go out for pizza."

[268] Baseball is amazing. How often does a guy make a play in the field, then lead off two innings later and get a hit on the same kind of ball that he made the play on?

No, don't bunt here!

[270] I do like Roberts, but that's because I got to see him play his junior year in college. Back then he was the best player on the field.

[274] Baseball is, indeed, amazing.

[275] I don't mind him bunting for a base hit, but no sac, for sure.

Aggggggghhh!

At least Brett went down swinging. D'oh!

Gardner has been awful at the plate since his return.

bullpen roulette - my favorite past time

Excruciating. After the Rays series, I am plum out of patience for intricate late inning chess matches.

Two good swings by Derek.

Three good swings.

Fuck.

Suboptimal.

Hmpf.

[286] I second that.

ah, no sweat. Fuck these fuckers we will.

And we go from Yankee history to Susie's pen.

Where's my man Melancon?

And from the mystery of Susie's pen to the enigma that is Edwar.

Oh, God, Michael, please, don't talk about Bugs Bunny.

[10],[12],[15] Okay, now I get it... ~>:'

[290] That's the spirit!

I'm glad Leiter just mentioned the splitter because I was just thinking the other day that no one seems to throw a splitter anymore.

Nice, Edwar.

[297] Remember when a few guys threw a "fork ball" (which I imagine was a just a split-finger pitch)?

You can't stop Chad Moeller, you can only hope to contain him.