let's do it!

So why's today's game at 1 pm? Anticipation of cold weather at night? I can understand the home opener during the day, but why the second game when tomorrow's is at 7 pm.

sing it with me now:

he ain't Javy, he's my brother..

(still singing with two runners on)

So on we go
His pitching is my concern
No burden is he to bear, we'll get there

19 pitches, no damage

phew. anyone watching? How does Javy look? I like Javy and always wanted him to do well.

phew. No damage done.

[6] I thought he got squeezed on a couple. He looks good on some pitches, but looked to me like he lost command with runners on.

Hey everyone. At the stadium on a gorgeous day for the game (sons 6th bday present).

Loving these seats. Let's hope Javy settles in already.

[8] ok thanks. that's the kind of thing i can't tell from here. :)

[9] cool. enjoy the game!!

[9] awesome, enjoy and i hope you guy see a Yankees win!

and HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY!!! is his name JJ?

Javey still doesn't look crisp.

I'm walkin' in here on my knees Ed, a free man proposin'...Howdy Kurt.

brutal pitch count so far.

Javy Nagila!

it's swing early day.

i love that kid.

Thanks guys. Javy looked better in the 2nd by he's not completely settled yet, methinks.

Here's the boys (JJ on the left and his pal Jake on the R). Whoa! torii just missed a spectacular catch. Robbie on 2nd 1 out.

http://tinyurl.com/y3enudr

Ortiz K's again .... 12 Ks in 23 ABs.

[19]

Nice pic! What section are you in?

[19] second try here but great photo. A beauty of a day to be at the game with the kids!

[20] seriously? wow!

[16] hilarious!

[19] adorable!

[23] cilantro!

[24]

Mike Pagliarugula!

oh crap

[24] : }

and now javy's era is back over 10

Ruh roh.

Javy Nagilamonster now ...

my boy boBBy is kinda killin' us...

Interesting, the Halos seemed to be stealing well against Posada in the top of the inning, but plainly they would have been a lot better off not attempting to steal at all. That's a good lesson in the dubious value of speed on the basepaths...

Is there any particular reason we're not hitting Joel Pineiro?

Wetteland was one of them

[33] Don't want to hurt his feelings?

[35] or maybe don't wanna hurt Shelley Ducan's dads' feelings?

considering how Javy seems to be struggling I feel pretty fortunate not to be down by more than 2-0. (knocks on wood)

[37] that he hasn't reached his power potential yet. oh, not brandon. i see!

Twins just tied it up at 2!

now would be a good time for a-rod's first homer...

This is embarrassing.

[39] well, i didn't say he would homer there, just that it woulda been nice...

[41] And you were absolutely right! Amazing.

[40] yup. but still more than half the game to go...

neyer agreed with your thoughts on the puckett statue. i didn't read his link, just saw the headline...

[42] that's how i roll! i left another comment on the food thread.

Big Papi just finished a streak of 11 Ks in 15 PAs. Ouch!

[44] Yeah, that you don't know what arugula is. Shocker.

[45] ouch? that's beautiful!

Javy is settling down nicely. So is Slowey.

[45] Ouch. No more Manny, no more PEDs, what's a Big Poopi to do?

nice inning there from Javy.

nice. well, IF javy has a 1-2-3 inning, he'll have a quality game - 6 innings, 2 runs, in-game WHIP of 1, ~100 pitches. not his fault we've reached base ONCE against piniero...

Pineiro is not really this good, is he?

[46] of course, you only harp on the bad! not my like of cumin and knowledge of a little known bop trumpeter. i see how ya are! ; )

[53] i'm still recovering from your like of van hagar.

get this run in Swish

[54] they DID sell more albums with Sammy, someone had to have liked them

[54] well put! if it helps, the latest sammy cd is god awful. yes, i have it, but my brother gave it to me. the red rocker used to be cool!

Is there a reasom many guys seem to have pants legs that are 6" too long? Is this a style I am unaware of?

[58] well, outside of baseball, it's 'coz the kids wear their jeans halfway down their butt. it's the single dumbest style i've ever seen in my life.

sweet Swish!

SWISH SHOT!

SWISH!!!

and we're making him work this inning. tie this bitch up right now!

someone please explain to me how Swish ends up with a triple?

[53] Well, the cumin thing was another example of the unpredictability I was talking about...

Whoa, I was about to ask whether this is the Robbie and the Bozos Show, and Swish gets all Swishalicious on me!

uh....

Swisher is going to the opposite field nicely this year.

ah swish! sweet. just checked back in and saw that. sweet.

[57] yeah, you can't do nothing about gifted cds. well, except trash them but that seems wasteful of even bad music. I was at a show last year where the band started giving away free cds. I was the only one who didn't take one. They kind of sucked after all.

[64] gapper rolls to the wall. I'd have to look at it again, which I cant, but the outfileders might have been in when he launched it. Great hustle.

[69] for [63] not [64]

Christ, My Little Pony is off to a galloping little start, isn't he?

Oy.

[63] Swisher ran hard from the stop, the ball rolled all the way to the wall, and the Angels OF arms aren't all that great.

[54] [56] [57] Indeed, someone did like Van Hagar - me! I even saw them on their (albeit) brief 2004 reunion tour. I'm just a VH junkie though, I bought the VH3 album (with Extreme's Gary Cherone as lead singer) the day it came out, and had front row tickets for a stop on the VH3 tour. What can I say . . .

I've never bought Cabo Wabo Tequila, though.

Meanwhile, Joel Pineiro seems like the perfect Angels pitcher - he shouldn't be able to dominate the Yanks' lineup, but he is. That's been the Angels' tune for waaayyy too long now. I wish it'd go the way of Diamond Dave.

[74] i actually liked Van Halen back in the day. I bought the first Van Hagar album I think. And liked it before i didn't.

pfft. Javy falls just short of quality, but definite improvement.

[76] Kinda the story of his career.

Better, but nowhere near good enough.

[68] well, my brother has no problem taking gifted cd's and selling them. i'm with you though, and think that's in poor taste. though i can see both sides...

[74] wow, you're more hardcore than me. i never got Balance and what i heard sucked. Gary Cherone is great and i liked the first 3 Extreme records, esp Pornograffitti, which is just awesome, but i never got VH3 with him.

i saw the OU812 tour at MSG with my 8th grade band. i think it was a Monday night. we had cool parents! : )

most of the DLR solo studio albums were incredible, esp the first 3 lp's. that was an amazing band w/ vai, sheehan & bissonette!!!

[75] how can anybody "unlike" VH1?!?!?! one of the greatest debut rock records of all-time!!!!!!!!

Hmmmm.
I look forward to Hughes.

ugh. i hope Hughes is on tomorrow. i'd like to keep winning series. not that this game is over yet...

[79] i think he meant 5150.

Good. I think one more base runner and Pineiro hits the showers.

NJ has been all about the Three True Outcomes this year.

[82] 5150 is a great record. really fun to listen to in the summer, downing a few pints of ale! : )

ok tex enough of the bs. time to hit.

[82] i think so. that sounds familiar.

Um, are we sure that's Joel Pineiro out there? It's not like he's an URP.

well, at least our good hitters come up next inning.

It sucks when there's no Brian Fuentes to count on blowing the game.

well, this sucks. i kinda need to get on with my day now. lotsa teaching tonight...

let's just hope Minny comes back and wins...

[90] fernando rodney, still might be a good bet!

meh ... not pitching for 8 days has left the Vulture wild ...

I actually agree with Kay there. The filthy helmets just look bad.

cano didn't get a hit? now things are really off.

Sigh.

Okajima pitching to Mauer with two on, two out, down a run. V-Mart lets one go by, runners on second and third.

They're putting Mauer on to face Morneau.

Ugh. Justin gets underneath an 80 mph fastball and pops out.

[94] i agree.

piniero is pitching like a freaking ace. wtf?! : /

[99] Was.
Time to rally against the bullpen!
Though like you, I'll have to go do other stuff in a short while.