Yanks go for the quick sweep of the Twins. Minnie won the last game in the New York series and now try to save face at home. Nice-looking new ball park out there, too. There were some gorgeous shots of the sunset and the moon against the city skyline on the YES broadcast last night.
We’ll see if Javy’s finger is a problem. Or anything else for that matter. But he’s had a couple of decent starts. Hope he builds on it.
Be nice to have have the Score Truck show up and take ’em back home to the BX in style.
Whadda ya say, boys?
[Picture by Bags]
I want 8+ runs tonight. How 'bout dingers from Alex and Tex? Whadda ya say?
Derek Jeter SS
Brett Gardner CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Juan Miranda DH
Francisco Cervelli C
Kevin Russo LF
On one hand, Gardner is back in the 2 spot a game after switching him and Swisher paid off big.
On the other hand, Russo continues to get at bats in LF regardless of pitcher handedness.
way to go, Jetes!
Feeling good about Mark from this moment on this year...
[4] Looking good so far!
THADDA BABY
3 run bomb?
Oh, that first pitch, Alex!
LOL
Dammit. He's off. Late on the 0-1 heater RIGHT OVER THE PLATE.
DAMN
Lucky ass almost looked at strike three.
FAT FUCKTARD.
Git the led out of your ass, Chubb Rock.
Alex really does seem to have lost a step.
(You're killing me, Belth. Hah ah haha a!)
Tonite on Banter ... Alex vs Alex!
=)
That's got some nice break, that pitch. Some kind of slider?
Why would you walk someone in front of Mauer?
"Wow, that hurt!"
--Andy on the strain his fist-pump inflicted on his arm.
Hehh eheh eheh.
Well, I'm stuck at the airport in Tampa cause of some bad weather in NY, mostly delays in LGA, but I found a corner, an electrical socket, and I'm able to listen to the game from my blackberry. Almost feels like home, just that I'm 3+ hour plane ride away. Sometimes this as good as it gets.
A Rod's just late, the fucker. Once it clicks he'll be a monster.
Meanwhile, I like the ad for Blue Bunny ice cream behind home plate, surrounding the left handed battters like Mauer here.
"For those who aren't cool like me, who don't know hip hop."
That was actually very funny. Kay actually made me laugh.
Jesus. Well, c'mon, when you hang a horseshit slider like that, what do you expect Mauer to do with it. Now, let's see the Twins come through same spot, first and third, one out..
Geez, Javy.
Javy isn't proud of his stuff.
gee eye dee pee, please.
(hey everyone)
C'mon that's a pussy pitch, Javy. Go after him. He's nibbling.
[20} So was Kate Hudson...
We'll take the out for the run.
Man, those base on balls.
Happy Birthday, Minnesota!
Javy's back to his old shitty, sucky, self. He's our John Maine.
[21] Heh hehhehehh.
He doesn't want to throw strikes.
And when he does...
Good to be lucky
Classic. That was right out of Bugs Bunny. Tex reached up with his left arm, the ball stuck in his glove as it went racing by, and Tex almost looked like Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
Happy BIRTHDAY MARK!
There's gonna be a weekly talk show on ESPN in 2011 called Thames n' Thome on Things.
He needs to change speeds and attack the zone. If he can't figure out how to keep them off-balance, he's a dead duck out there.
Not sure quite what his plan is.
[37] Travolta. You are so funny, Alex. Indeed.
[38] Pronounced in NY: Dems, Tomes, and Tings.
Hah aha ha a a!!
They're a pretty good comedy duo.
Leiter's the perfect straight guy to Kay's doofus.
happy birthday to the ground!!!
uhh.. there's a very unflattering picture of Javy on the mlb.com frontpage right now. hehe
Not a bad pitch Nick popped up, guess it had just enough late moment so that he couldn't square it up...
Miranda's had some good sounding outs...that wasn't one of them.
Fug.
Gah.
shoot
Ooop, wife's calling...be back in a bit...
Here we go.
They hit everything hard.
Fucking Vazquez (poor bastard) has nothing out there.
Again.
One after another after another.
CRACK!
Well, at least we'll likely get to celebrate the return of Chad Gaudin tonite ...
No Likee. There could be a big crooked number up there before the Yanks get out of this.
His bat has been sad this year, but Teix's glove always makes me happy!
Javy trying to get his ERA back up to 9 where it belongs.
[56] It's such a beautiful thing. And so valuable.
How many years did we suffer the former #25 "playing" first?
CRACK!!!!!
All over the park.
So, is it a bad finger, or just bad Javy?
Wasn't batting practice over an hour ago?
[6] Well, what's he had, like one and a half good starts?
That was for randym77.
[62] It sure sounds like bp, no?
Broken bat liner back up the middle.
Has there been even one tapper or pop up?
[61] Badfinger="Day After Day". Javy futility?
"paging doctor gaudin. doctor gaudin.. please report to the mound for 5 or 6"
How is Javy looking? Were they cheap runs?
Excuse the non-game thread interjection, but just caught up on the movie chat from earlier. This quote from our hots AB killed me: "Todd Solondz. My life isn’t long enough to put up with his misanthropic nonsense." 100% agree!
I've walked out/shut off many films. Have particular animosity for anything with Meg Ryan ("In The Cut" was bad for so many reasons, the horrid Jane Campion and awful Meg Ryan together trying to be "edgy"? ) Can't stand Steven Speilberg either for the most part, and on the arty-side of the street, I have trouble sitting through most Fellini films..there are at least 6 Italian maestros that surpass him in le grande cinema!
This has the makings of a very long game; though, at least it'll be over quickly at this rate ...
[68] Far from cheap. The Yankees are lucky not to be down by 7.
THWACK!
Did that guy just take a bite out of the pork chop?
That guy should be removed from the stadium.
That guy behind Kim was a clown, the second guy with the broom was dumb too but biting the pork chop was good. I don't know why Kay thinks it's disgusting.
That was sort of funny (for those not watching YES..Kim Jones being harrassed by a Yankee fan on camera. He ate her Pork Chop on a stick).
Kay needs to shut up and stop whinning. He sounds like he's still doing his day job.
[74] MK is a picky eater.
[75] wait. she was standing there with pork chop on a stick? Was that what the piece was about? And then he leaned over and bit it?
Why does Kim have a pork chop on a stick?
[78] Other topics discussed, but she mentioned the PC on a stick, and then this guy took a bite out of it. Kim was really exposed to the crowd in the outfield, and she couldn't do anything about it.
Gardner's refound his stroke, it looks. More liners and flares than grounders.
[78] I'm sure that guy wouldn't have done it had it been a male reporter.
I don't understand! That was a terrible pitch to swing at on 3-0.
When they turn you loose on 3-0 it doesn't mean you have to swing at ball four. (At this moment) Teix could help bury the oil well leak.
Doo Doo for Alex...
There you go. Very nice, Al Oliver. Nice stroke.
Good hit, Robbie.
C'mon Swish.
[86] You think Cano looks like Al Oliver?
Hey team.
Well, crappy Javy tonight, looks like. I just got in.
We'll definitely need the Score Truck, AB, you were right.
[68] Join me in the old thread, we can hack up recent Spielberg together!
Well, done. Now time for Miranda to have a good sounding RBI!
89) Nope but he hits line drives like him!
C'MON PUT ONE IN THE SEATS, bring the TRUCK!
fucking crap. Nice Groundzilla impression.
Huh. Interesting, the two 2-out hits make that an earned run.
I guess that makes sense when I think about it ...
Hm, I wonder if change-ups are the reason Juan Miranda isn't a big league hitter.
hi team - sounds like javy was not hot to begin the game.
[97] I believe LHP and a so-so glove are the reasons he's not a big leaguer ...
Except he likely is. Earl Weaver would know exactly what to do with him.
well maybe javy just needed me to get home and turn on the game :}
[91] I think Most Speilberg is trash.."Schindler's List" is among the most over-rated films ever..Liked "Raiders.." and "Close Encounters.." but...
Good job Jav.
[100] This is what I'm hoping.
[100] I'll say. That was his first non-pressure inning. Thanks for joining in
That was unfortunate.
damn - russo gets some hard hits though.
yep, mk they need to let frankie b catch his breath.
Good eye, Gardner...
FUCKING SHIT LUCK.
Blackburn doesn't deserve to have any outs, let alone three.
Oh well, one o' dose games.
damn easily made it to 3rd.
[101] Don't forget Jaws my friend. That or Raiders would get my vote for best Spielberg, I think.
Just watched Schindler's List again a few months ago for the first time since it came out. In some ways, it holds up. Fiennes is still incredible (might just get my vote for most humanly evil character ever put to film) as is the acting in general (Kingsley, Neeson, etc). The cinematography is aching beautiful and individual scenes still retain a terrible, searing power.
AAAAAAH. Gah. Dammit, Javy.
Bah!
Nice Javy!
nice pitch to Mauer...
nice work there javy.
I hate IBBs, but I can't really argue with this one.
This is why I'm glad Boone Logan is no longer on the team. I'm not sure Joe would do it, but he'd consider it.
damnit - could have been worse though.
111) My favorite Speilberg movies are: Jaws, Raiders, Close Encounters, Temple of Doom. I think E.T and Schindler's are really strong too but they aren't movies I necesarily ever have the urge to re-watch. Lookin at a list of movies he's directed I'm suprised by how many I don't care for.
We will have some great pitching (like the last 2 games) and we will have some poor pitching. I accept that. But our offense should rarely falter. It's not the injuries, as our scrubs have certainly held their own. Our O is really built on the backs of ARod, Teix and Jeter. Po and Cano carried us for a while, but this team needs our 3 big guys to produce.
It's very disheartening to see our O struggle like this.
[111] No no no no NO! :) Totally predictable performances by the usually solid Kingsley and Fiennes. Connect the dots Hollywood manipulation: Speilberg + black & white + Holocaust = oscar winner. There are a dozen better films on the Holocaust out there, starting with the overwhleming "Shoah" documentary. (And Jerry Lewis' "The Day the Clown Cried" :)
Hello, Score Truck? Do you make deliveries?
I'm really not enjoying the Javy Vazquez Experience.
Whew. How many line drives were hit right at someone? Sometimes you're lucky to be losing 4-1.
[118] Saving Private Ryan doesn't make the list?
Rob's driving today.
Does Gameday make that look like less of a strike?
ain't 4-2 for long mk
Say this about Javy. He's up the challenge. People think the Twins can't hit homers there, he'll prove them wrong.
I completely missed Javy's last good start. So sitting through this dreck just leaves a terrible taste in my mouth. Give me a f#$% break, JV. b double o
We need 2 right-fielders.
[120] This might not be the place to have an in depth critical discussion of Spielberg's place in cinema. He is sometimes predictable, and he sometimes does pull the the most common denominator emotional nerve, and his direction of some great actors is often wooden BUT, his films are made with attention to the upmost detail. The cinematography is the best, the period props and vibe are impeccable, and more.
At least his blockbusters have intelligence compared to someone like Jerry Bruckheimer, etc.
Is it time to reopen the "NL pitcher" discussion?
[120] Well, I was interrupted by Javy, so I didn't get to part where I agreed that I'd call it overrated. It's not a *bad* film, far from it, but I'd also argue that it isn't a *great* film, though it does retain an honest power even upon repeat viewings. Is it manipulative? Sure, then again, so is The Pianist or even Shoah (which is a documentary and thus really belongs in another category of discussion altogether, frankly). It's a matter of degree, Spielberg is notorious for not trusting his audience and there are a number of scenes that would have been much better served with a lighter and subtler hand.
As for Fiennes' performance, all I can say is, after seeing seeing several thousand films in the theater and probably more than 10,000 overall, I think you're utterly and completely off-base on it.
You can say something like "the usually solid" Fiennes, but the indisputable truth is everything Fiennes has in his career is a result of the perception of the quality of that performance. He was a nobody before he played Goeth, his next step was a lead in Redford's Quiz Show (to rave reviews) and his next role after that resulted in a Best Actor nomination.
YMMV, of course ...
[131] You make a good point, but I would argue that those things are not what makes cinema an art. Anyone with a Hollywood budget can find talented prop people, art directors and cinematographers. Speilberg's problem is that his ambitions as an artist with something to "say" do not match his talents...He can hit home runs with Minorty Report and Jaws, but films with any kind of emotional depth are beyond him...Try sitting through "Always" or "AI"...even Private Ryan..once you get past the Normandy scene there's just nothing there...
Javy Lopez= Badfinger="Day after Day"
"I remember finding out about you" is the first line in the song
I know I might be flogging this a little much, but I find it important!
[118] AB, I read the movie post earlier. Good stuff. I love when I find out someone else out there has seen Gummo. Did you ever catch Monstervision in the early 90's with Joe Bob on TNT? I watched Duel one night at about 2:30 in the morning. Spielberg's first. lol...
[133] Fiennes was great in "Spider" as well..
Chekc out the film "Come and See" by Elem Klimov. Makes all other war films look like Barney...
rally, yello?
136) Duel on Joe Bob, classic!
Gummo. Gosh, I couldn't subject myself to that.
way to go Frankie.
[138] can't start a rally like that.
Aceves will have back surgery tomorrow.
Pathetic. At least the Sox lost...
[134] Minority Report is dreck, plain and simple. Effective dreck it seems, but filled with lazy writing and plot construction, with an original premise that really doesn't stand up to thoughtful review. One of my least favorite Spielberg efforts. Angry making, even ...
Before I add anything on Saving Private Ryan, I'm curious what you though of The Thin Red Line, if you've seen it ...
[142] Damn, Damn, Damn.
Doesn't surprise me, but it still sucks.
Hard.
Get well soon, Vulture!
[142] is that what mk said - i was tuning him out?
score truck hijacked.
i don't find the chop experience that enjoyable.
[134] Cinema? Art? Hollywood? I think that ship has sailed for the final time in the middle '90s. The business is driven by films that appeal to 15 year old boys who have to be blasted out of their seat by sound and 3-D CGI who must see it the first weekend out. A decent film slips by once in a while, but relatively speaking, no one sees it. And if it is decent it is hailed. Was "Up In The Air" really that good? But at least it was a small contained story, with good acting, and adult themes. Should "Crash" have been a best picture? It was ok, but it would have been among many good films if it was made in the 70s.
It's remarkable that the Coen Bros conintue to get funding for films.
134) I think Spielberg gets a lot of emotional depth in movies like ET and CLose Encounters. But he's not a sophisticated "serious" filmmaker, I get it. His limitations are pronounced. But in some of his great pop movies, he's not heartless or only sentimental. He had a real human touch to go with all that technique too.
Kay says that Marte is the only lefty like thats a bad thing
nice play tex.
[149] I wouldn't last 15 minutes watching "Up In The Air" am sure...never saw "Crash", heard it was excruciating.. Coen Bros are diamonds in the rough. Others like Charles Burnett are not so lucky..
[144] Missed "The Thin Red Line" but looks interesting...
Sorry to hijack the gamethread with all this movie talk! But looks like an unsatisfying game...
[146] Kay said that Girardi unequivocally said that as of now, Aceves will not have back surgery.
My Girardi->English dictionary translated that as "Aceves will have back surgery tomorrow."
[137] Seen it. Idi i smotri ("Go and Look" in direct translation from Russian, "Come and See" was chosen as the title in English language release in reference to a quotation from the Book of Revelations: "And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.") is a fantastic film. The sequence that starts in the village and ends with Florya floundering through the bog might just be the most horrifyingly claustrophobic scene I've ever experienced, even though it happens under the most open, bluest skies imaginable.
I especially liked that fact that Klimov replied, when asked why he never made another film after making Idi i smotri, "Why? I've said everything I needed to say ...:"
The Ace news sucks. That k pitch was like a wiffle ball.
Get Noodles out already!
Jesus Christ.
So Gaudin still sucks.
...and THAT is why the wack ass A's cut him...
FUCK.
I don't know who Noodles is, exactly, but [157] is right!
GET HIM OUT OF THERE!
this mother fucker has proven he can't pitch to lefties - wtf is that binder for?
Uh, boy. I guess tonight is just not our night.
OOOps. I guess he hit it out instead. That pitch was right down the center of the plate.
Good for Kubel though, he's a guy I wish the best, given the potentially crippling injuries that he's suffered ...
[165] I appreciate that, especially when he does it against the Rays and Sox.
[155] Yes!! It's just an overwhleming film..made me finally understand what this Russian guy told me once: "You Americans and Brits did some good things in the war, but the real blood came from Russia and China, don't forget that"...
Oh well, 2 of 3 against the Twins is still OK..
[167] Have you seen any of The Pacific?
I'm not sure anyone has brought this up, but the Yankee bullpen is horrendous
[169] Clearly, there is a cause&effect relationship between that fact and the film chat going on..
[167] No...never heard of it, actually. Who directed it?
[170] Hmmm, well, it's a 10 part hourly HBO series (so a bunch of different people). Hanks and Spielbeg producing. Have you seen Band of Brothers?
Not a fun night for the Yanks, man. At least it's fun being on the Banter with you guys...
gameday has both first pitch called strikes to Span and Hudson waaaaaay outside. Is this an error, or is it operator error behind the dish?
[171] Oh, am way behind on all the HBO stuff..still not seen "The Sopranos" or "The Wire"...will look into "The Pacific" and "Band of Brothers". Have you seen "Red Sorghum" by Zhang Yimou? Back when he was a rebellious, brilliant film-maker and not a CCP apologist at the Olympics?
They do turn a nice double play, those boys.
bad news... Morneau will lead off against Mo in the 9th. eek.
[174] On my Netflix list somewhere. I'd suggest the HBO stuff in this order ... "The Wire", "Band of Brothers", "The Sopranos", "The Pacific".
If you're interested in it, I've got all (10) of the episodes of "The Pacific" in 720p HD, if you're up for the download ...
[177] My wife and I watched The Pacific this spring. It was great. I never did see Band of Brothers, though.
Good Night! The mystery that is Javy is not looking like a happy ending.
"I remember finding out about you"
And if Aceves is really having an operation, the team must find some bullpen help.
[150] Well-said, Alex. Look, let's be honest, Spielberg's reputation among "serious" film fans has been hurt by the fact that he makes hugely popular movies. Do I think he's in the Pantheon? No, I don't - but he's an immensely gifted director with a long and varied career who has been responsible for some truly wonderful and unique moments at the movies. Sure, he's made more than his share of stuff that didn't work (I've actively loathed some of his stuff), but he's also remarkably prolific.
[177] "get UP for the DOWNLOAD..everybody get up!" sorry, couldn't resist...
too many films already in the witing list, will get to the Pacific sometime in the next 2 years...
LoHud told me to take the good with the bad on Javy. I have no idea what the good might me