speaking of slapstick, Thames is in left tonight. (boing! ka-blam!)

Gardy and Cervy sit (Harpo gookie face)

courtesy LoHud:

Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Marcus Thames LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Chad Moeller C

[1] They want his bat, and Jorge is DH... but ugh.
Not quite as "ugh" as when he entered the game as a LIDR a couple games back. That wasn't so much "ugh" as "WTF?"

Apropos of nothing, here is an amazing stat I just heard on the radio. Phil Jackson's teams' record for playoff series when they win the first game: 47-0.

Marx Brothers rule.

[1] Save it for the game thread, sonny! These are *movie* threads!