Way to work a walk Cervelli.

Okay, here I am, in the new thread.

Aie, DJ! Dag.

GODDAMMIT JETER.

FUCK.

How about you do something OTHER than hit the ball to the shortstop.

FEH.

Dammit.

[3] messed up the thread mojo, Alex!

=)

Nerts! Off to walk the dogs, should be back in 1/2 hour.

[2] ah, i see how ya are - splitting right after i call you out trying to sound smart about music! yeah, you totally lost me on your last comment there. : )

btw, did you play an instrument in school band growing up?

Well done CC

[6] i was thinkin' that!

timmay's laugh is just brutal.

cool pacha bell!

Whoops...I got caught betwixt threads. My last post down there:

I’m surprised that was not interference on Cervelli, though I don’t know the rules for that scenario.

Drat, Jeter!

I have a feeling that Teix is gonna show up next inning driving the score truck.

nice 'n easy inning. me likey.

Nice start so far CC ... just do a better job keeping it up than Javy did last night, ok?

Yankees have really let Davis off the hook…they need to break through here.

[12] what are the rules on that? tim and joe were on about it.

[8] No, just piano (and never got very good). And then I sang in college.

[12] The ump has to determine that the catcher was impeded before the throw...it looks like Shoppach was only impacted after the release.

By the way, I thought Gardner should have tried to "accidentally" get hit by that ball by Jeter.

[18] does drunken karaoke count though?

[19] thanks. yeah, though you could argue he sort of interfered before the throw. theoretically.

Well, Teix didn't make an out, at least.

[22] You could...it's a subjective call by the umpire.

[21] Hey, who says I was drunk?

RIPPER!!!

ROBBIE!!!

Wow...that's bat speed...Davis has been getting by with a little luck, so about time they broke through.

Doncha Know!

Yay! I was close [13], Teix ended up *riding* the score truck.

Here's to warm Aprils!

ROBBIE at the wheel!

[25] it is known.

[30] That's right! You thought he was asking for the keys, but he was just shouting "Shotgun" to Rob.

[33] i plan on being drunk later! but first, i need to get my butt to the studio and put in a coupla hours of practice. must turn off game soon...

OBP!

Another 3-2 count for Swish ... another walk.

C'mon Curtis!

[34] you tickling the keys again? writing a song called "Shotgun"? i actually used to work in a band that sometimes played "White Wedding" as a bossa nova. that was fun! : )

C'mon Grandy...

davis's breaking stuff is rather excellent today. at least, location wise. they seem hittable...

[33] Dude, don't believe those lies. I always sound like that.

Actually, I have never done karaoke. Seriously! I don't dig raw fish at all. (That was my best thelarmis imitation.)

[40] pretty good and VERY accurate! : )

CC with some leather.

CC and Cano are both convinced it isn't April.

[40] hehe. CC has looked good except for after when he tired in boston. I just wonder what a good early start would mean for a guy who doesn't start well.

gritty!

why not just have gardner steal?

I really hate the bunt when Gardner is more than capable of taking 2B.

Bunting with Cerveli: probably good. Bunting without trying first to run Gardner: maybe not so good. Steal third now!!!!

Hm, their 3B is pretty good too.

Or that'll do.

that' smore like it Jetes!

Trust in Gritner, guys, come on. Gritner gets the job done.

The restaurant I just left had about 10 tvs showing both the Masters and Texas Hold 'Em. Plus a couple of Mets games and a UNC football game for Mo's sake. Had to get some dude to commandeer a remote for me. Cano's homer was flat out smoked. : )

Our long national nightmare is over.

TEX!!!

Ahhhhhhh.

Jeter may be slowing down a little, but he still manages to get there.

[53] i'll never get watching poker on tv

Jeter is the anti-Posada.

TEX! Man Jeter was in trouble. But it all worked out!

Just Fair, your arrival inspired Teix to smack on down the line. So it's just as well you decided to leave that bar.

[60] Oh dear grasshopper, Jeter is never in trouble.

And monkeypants, you were obviously seeing a little further into the future than you thought.

I'm back -- just in time to miss all the scoring.

[58] I mostly agree, but think the guys on ESPN (esp. Norm Chad) somehow manage to make it interesting. On too many occassions, I've found myself inexplicably watching hours of the WSOP.

[64] Of course, because (as I've remarked before), rbj comes after rbi.

[62] Jeter used the Jedi mind trick on Shoppach. My son is cracking me up. He keeps imitating Jeter's slide home here on the floor.

[61] Cheers to that. If I wasn't home for his first hit of the year I would have felt bad. Mabye if I go back, though, Alex will homer.

[63] Sometimes prescience is difficult manage.

[65] I often spend most of my time wondering why the hell so many wear shades. So lame.

damn, i missed Tex's hit and Jetes' running.

[66] nice!

[67] too cute!

i don't poker. playing it and especially watching it.

shit, there goes the perfecto.

[66] Heh.

The dreaded leadoff walk.

[69] well said young jedi

Yankee pitchers haven't spent too much time holding runners this season.

innings aren't the only thing CC will eat lots of...

catcher's interference! as in the catchers' hand and glove got in the way of him transferring the ball...

[76] Can you imagine standing along side CC and Shaq? Holy smokes are they big dudes.

Those foghorn things are delightful. Now if only they had some cow bells to go with them.

pat the bat looks a bit like mussina.

i miss Mikey Moose.

[78] i have 4 cowbells on my main drumkit. well, actually - 2 cowbells, 2 jamblocks, plus a "homemade" icebell. : )

CC!!!

gotta love those awesome Chick-Fil-A ads - eet mor chikin or we'll charge the mound!

attaboy, CC. lookin good, big guy

Frankie Brains with the fist pump. Atta boy, Large Man.

[80] Man, --2 cowbells. That's mind-boggling even for people (like us) who love numbers.

i would've enjoyed catcher's interference there - as in shoppach interfering with longoria.

Brains talking to CC on the bench is so damn cute.

[84] ooh, don't make fun of my drumkit! it's the "mothership"! : )

my solo cd opens with a fun track that includes all 5 of the aforementioned "bells".

nice Curtis. please steal 2nd!

Timmy, your intelligence is pure conjecture.

Yeah, I bet Tim McC has extensively researched whether pitch count has any long term affect on a pitcher's arm.

Hm, I wonder whether the whole pitch count, innings count thing has any good evidence behind it. I know, let's ask Tim McCarver!

wahoo! go go grandy!

hmmmm. I guess in these hard economic times the Rays were able to keep the ol mascot around, huh? stoopid red sox... http://tinyurl.com/yhffpo6

Effect.
Sorry, words.

I'm surprised Davis is still in.

What sins did we commit such that forever and always, no matter the score or game situation, the announcers must talk about Joba-rules-eighth-inning-blah-blah?

[93] words aren't offended and don't need apologies. now, if it were numbers...well, that's a whole 'nutha story!

fuuuuuuuuuuck

Slide feet first dummy. FUCK.

[94] me too.

damnit. why the fuck didn't he slide?!?!

Yay Griner...yikes, Grandy. Oh well, good send with two outs.

Fuck.

Terrible play by Grandy to not slide. Jeez!

Yet another case of a catcher illegally blocking the plate (in this case tripping Granderson)....why does MLB tolerate this? Baseball isn't a full contact sport.

Damn!

[103] Yep, that's just what I said to my son.

But the rule and traditions around plays at the plate are so murky, you can't blame an umpire.

A 2 out ribeye from Lil' G will just have to wait. I'll pretend Curtis would have broken his leg if he had gone it feet first I guess.

Grandy was not so dandy? The Grandy Man can't? A gaf for the Gander?
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Sorry about that.

jeter wasn't there telling him to slide?

[103] I agree entirely. Of course, that stupid (and dangerous) play is now "part of the game". Indeed, Buck and McCarver are positively glowing over that "great play".

Two more innings, CC.

[102] He may have slid if he wasn't tripped.

[103] i disliked how he did that. made it look like he wouldn't block and then did. That's just dangerous.

no, you guys were grinning ear to ear 'coz the yanks didn't score. fucking assholes.

[107] the restaurant in the building i work in is the Gandy Dancer. Time to rename it...

that beurhle play will never get old. wow!

On a happier note, if Gritner can keep this up---slapping some opposite field singles, getting a few lucky rollers for hits, walking once and a while---he may make himself valuable.

[105] The rules are pretty clear, but the traditions completely obscure them.

[113] you're right dude. bias fucks.

[110] ???

[114] well, his name does anagram to "Dancers Groin Rust".

if that doesn't work, how bout the "Slide Next Time Cafe"?!

where in the fuck was that gorgeous curve, blue???

[116] The Grit is starting to slowly move my opinion of him...and I've been one of his biggest critics.

Punch him out. Are you fucking kidding me?

[121] Gameday has it near the middle of the strike zone.

don't lose him.

fuck you, blue

[120] haha

YEAH!!!!!

TEX!!!!!!!!

TEX you rule. man. goddamn that was a great stab!

Hot damn. Sweet grab, Teix.

[124] Someone tell Joe West.

Tex picks up Wally Bell...he owes him an AB with no strikes called.

my reaction was a bit more animated than Joe & K-Long's

Wow. Fuck.

If he gets three more outs in a row, then I'll start thinking bout things...

So, I'm reading J. C. Bradbury's book, and there's a chapter on the effect managers have on umpires' balls & strikes calls. The method is basically this: look at the difference between the calls for the manager's pitcher in Questec parks and non-Questec parks, and see if there are any managers with a big difference. Turns out there are several managers who seem to have a marked effect on umpires.

hmmm....

Nice play by Kapler.

take that email to heart, bitches. stfu!

How's CC look today?

[138] i'd rather not say

[134] Aren't there only a handful of parks that don't have Questec? Or is the other way around?

Now Tim and Joe are talking about the way Matsui...walked?!

[138] Check the boxscore, and don't say anything.

[140] According to wikipedia, only about a third of them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuesTec#QuesTec_Stadiums

[134] What is the sample? If one manager has a very good staff, you'd have to presume his pitchers are better at taking advantage of a wider zone. I can't believe a homeplate umpire is thinking about the manager while he is calling balls and strikes.

[142] Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow...........That's a pretty picture of a bridge in Tampa!!!

[140] Not sure, but for the period of the study it was used in ten parks.

where the fuck was that, blue????

aaaaaarrrrgggghhh!!!!!

[141] and fred couples, of course! : /

christ almighty. now watch the floodgates open, starting w/ a stolen base.

he was struck out, goddammit!!!

[144] Of course, but why would this change between Questec parks and non-Questec?

Even if they aren't thinking about it, some managers could affect umpires subconsciously.

Ignore Crawford.

Robby Cano Don'tchaknow!

Missed a double play there.

That's JV baseball boys.

Great play by Cano...FC, E-1, I presume.

oh geez that was too exciting.

YEAH!!!

not textbook, but i'll take it. wipes that speed off the bases and the go ahead runner in scoring position.

I only swallowed my tongue a little bit just then

Ha ha ha! Sucker.

Good...ohhh a gamble...he's got him...NOOOOO...Yayyyy!

My emotions over the course of about three seconds during that last play.

[153] Dont think they had a chance for two.

[155] no E-1 yet... reminds me of that game of his w/ the Brew Crew...

I just went through a quick roller coaster of emotions. I'm like, "get em! FUCK! WHAAA... YEAH!" then wondering about the scoring of it all.

gotta rinse the puke outta my mouth now.

[155] They should score it that way, but I bet they don't give an error since there was an out recorded at the same base.

nelson cruz has 4 homers for the rangers already. vernon wells has 4, too...

I don't think it can be an E if it doesn't cost an out, can it? Or cost the team anything?

jesus christ, ump. joe west is gonna fine you. call more strikes!!!

YEAH!!!!

carsten charles in charge!

[166] It could because Crawford was technically safe on the error, but then out on the overslide.

Yes!

[169] Ah, good point.

Hot Dog. The whole slanted angle from centerfield is really messing with my mojo. ps. Catcher's controversy! : )

CC is going to need a ton of pitches for a complete game.

what in the fuck is wrong with this ump??????

Wally Bell is killing CC.

Eat shit, blue.

Amazing play!

A-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

holy fucking shit!!!!!!

SWEET JESUS

Holy SHIT.

Pin the tale on the strike zone. Let's be consistent, blue. Yay, A-Rod-to-Teix!

WOW!!!

Yay-Rod!

Arod is the bomb. Was that the 4th 130-footer today? 5th?

HOLY FUGGIN SHIT!

THAT WAS AMAZING.

ohboyohboyohboyohboy

but man, 102 pitches already ... what's a Girardi to do???

cool pacha bell in lieu of wally bell.

[178] looks like you and me both are postponing practice to post-supper, huh?

in other news I just picked up a $50 bleacher seat for opening day, not a bad deal if I do say so

It's officially "Canon Day", thelarmis. Amazing.

And Teix is back!

It's a bit early in the season to let CC go 120 or more pitches. My guess is that Girardi is secretly hoping CC gives up a hit to the 1st batter of the 8th.

Nice strike to Alex. These guys are piece of work. Yay, Teix. Drop the hammer, Robbie.

one thing to remember, CC is on an extra day of rest today ... might just give him a chance to complete "it" ...

Oh, they'll let him complete it, if it's it. So to speak. But I agree with OYF, Girardi must have some mixed feelings about it.

shuddup mccracken!

Release the McCracken!!!

Choate!

one of my most hated bullpeners we ever had. up there with the heredia's and osuna's of the world.

Swishing the other way again!

Grandy Slam?

Mmmmmm ... insurance runs ...

Awesome. Love me some Granderson,

Nice rope, Grandy.

The Grandy Dancer!

yeah, Curtis!

c'mon Cap'n - don't groundout on the 1st pitch, thank you please.

Beat the lefty!

I wonder if Girardi will bring in Winn for Swisher in RF next inning ...

I'd honestly be fine with a DP here, there I said it

Grandy has had some bad ABs against lefties, but some good ones as well.

oh that's right, it's Gardner. my bad.

suicide squeeze! (kidding. kind of.)

Let's see a Gardner Slam here.

goddamn, AB, those steaks look good as hell. My wife is starting spaghetti sauce and the onion/garlic smell is taking over. Ahhhhhhh

C'mon, Jetes.

[206] I would have pinch hit Posada for Brett, then let Jorge play the position.
I mean, what the hell. Baseball is supposed to be fun.

[206] good thinkin'...

[188] yeah man. i can't leave this. i actually get to see it live. sucks though - totally throwing my day off. i slept too late after a very late gig last night. i'm gonna have to forego running errands and only practice. i have to work on both instruments today and have a lot of work to put in. i'm already hungry. sucks, but worth it...

I call k looking.

Maybe the Gardner can 'plant one'?

I hope this long inning doesn't foul up CC's rhythm.

alex got lucky. he was jumping and ducking at the same time!

i'll take another run

I love how A-Rod jumped on that play. Totally wrong instinct.

[206] He has done it in every clos egame so far.

hehe.. Gardner was past the IF dirt by the time the camera panned. Love it.

Okay... NOW it's Captain time.

I'll settle for that.

[221] ugh. I haven't learned the lineup today.

It's time to end the Thames platoon and give Gardy a shot at fulltime LF.

[220] he probably shoulda sent in winn to pinch run then. get him stretched out and put more spedd on the bases.

frankie brains!!!

frankie!!!

[221] I know, I loved that too. In the replay from the 3B camera, showing the ball hit the mitt, you can't even see Gardner in the picture!

Put CC's arm on ice and call it a day.

Brains!

Did Joe Buck just refer to that ball by Cervelli as a "pop fly", until he saw that it was over Kapler's head?

aw, that smile was precious!

The Brain is mightier than the Brawn!

or something ...

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS!!!

I do not like this long inning

this is sweet as pie. Nice hit, Cervelli!

Goddam. Nobody deserves it more.

[224] i want that too. If it doesn't work so be it. But I like Gardy.

That play defined 'bad route'.

[221] yeah, that was pretty amazing.

oh, and i hate bullpens that are on the field. i think it's both dangerous & distracting. totally pointless. just keep 'em behind the outfield...

well, that was an easy call.

c'mon CC! you got this...

CC's fine. He still had sweat on his brow... not cooled off.

Now it gets edge of the seat interesting.

Winn in RF now.

C'mon everybody, let's pull this out.

Nice CC! Nice Robbie!!!

Not the hand!

Fucking A. This is getting ridiculous.

please be okay (x1000)

Ca-yes!

defibrillator, please...

omigodomigodomigod

Well, this is just getting silly.

Man, the infield has been something else today.

Nice play by Robbie-flavored Cano!

that was frackin scary!

[242] i don't even think joe fuck mentioned that about winn. tool.

SHUDDDDDDUP McCRACK!

[250] yeah, he was "Frosty" in the ALCS!

stfu joe fuck

4 more!

i love the "Let's go CC" chant in tampa!

So does Jeter have to make a great play, too? This inning? Next?

That change is a beaut.

Fug.

damn.

Balls. Still, an amazing job.

Auuugh!

Great game though.

fuck...maybe the silver lining is it prevents a 140 pitch outing.

one of those walks was bogus. dude struck out.

oh, boo. that sucks. get him outta there. oh well. great game, CC!

i'm off to practice...

Damn. Damn. Damn.

Awesome show today, CC. You rock!

Clappity-clap-clap. Everybody wins.

Oh well. Still, this has been so far the Yankees' best performance this season by far, in all aspects of the game.

Ohhhhhhhhh.

sigh

Almost great. Guess it wasn't "destiny" T Mac.

damn, damn, damn.

But DAMN, CC great job!

oh yeah, FUCK YOU, shoppach!

seems like his hand is fine. i hope it stays that way.

let's keep the shutout in tact...

Who's the 8th inning 1 out guy following a broken up no-no? Hope he doesn't get stuck in that role.

[274] I dunno, we're not very tactful.

Whoa, didn't realize it was still a no-no. Damn. Well anyway, that was a good solid hit, so you can't be too mad; wouldda been pissed all weekend if it were a fluke hit.,,

damn, d-rob. haven't even thrown a pitch and a blunder...

uh, Robertson ... why are you even bothering to throw over to 1st with an 8-0 and the CATCHER on base???

Char sui buns should be Schedule I Controlled Substances. Picked up a few fresh ones from Koko's Bakery here in Cleveland. Not momofuku ssam's, but great nonetheless.

Also, neither my team nor I appreciate this crap, Yovani Gallardo.

[276] semantics. we only deal in numbers.

At least Brains doesn't have to strain his back picking up Large Fella. That would have been a DL stint for sure.

[279] yeah, good point. maybe he was pissed at shoppach and wanted to hit him with the ball!

too bad we don't have Farnsworth to start the 9th and create a save situation for Mo. ; )

Good tossing CC.

[284] Yeah, or even Bruney. Damn.

[284] low blow, brother. I like it! Like so many others, the Human White Flag left pinstripes and turned it up a notch.

[282] So it would be a job for NJ?

I just read Suzyn's lips. She said, "RAWGER CLEMENS! RAWGER CLEMENS!:

I actually agree with Timmy on the no-hitter talk. I find it rather stupid.

dammit.

oh, that sucks. Tex tattooed that. i'm glad he's hitting w/ authority. still counts as a hit...

Bizarre

Oooh, embarrassing.

But, no matter.

[294] yeah, better now then in a 2-2 game.

[292] Yeah, but shoulda been a double. (Better for his SLG.)

[290] i'm all about the hush-hush superstition in regards to no-no's/perfecto's, but then again, i'm a drummer and we're a superstitious sort!

outside the failed stolen base attempt, a very good all-around day for A-Rod.

why in the fuck is it 'interesting' that we didn't bring molina back? wow, you really are an idiot.

[297] Have you ever tasted salt? Or thrown it over your shoulder for that matter? : )