Oooooh.
Big one for Carl.

why does TBS have NL guys (or guys who worked for NL clubs) covering the ALDS.

Carlos Pena for POTG?

Oh, man, I missed the first out, because I was so intent on the other game!

Be phantastic.

Hot damn.
A+ curve there.

Nice easy inning.

Please, Phil.

Please.

Hey, everyone. Glad the Rays fight to see another day...they had too good a season to just crap out in 3.

Nice first inning for Phil...good-looking curve.

Jeez.
Rafael Soriano is no Mo.

(Obviously, but it's moments like these...)

2 down in Texas.

Good inning for Phil there. Let's go O

Tamper Lives.

I was really pullin for Texas. Oh well.

Pour it on, offense.

Way the go Jeter! He's been hitting the ball hard lately.

[14] They're still allowed to win. But they're required to use Cliff Lee in Game 5.

[14] I just want that series to go five, while we end it here so our rotation is lined up and the other team's isn't.

Greetings from a scout campout at oak mountain in Alabama. Between youse guys and john and suzyn I'll get through this.

[19] That's awesome. You're on a Blackberry or iPhone or something?

[18] Exactly. Can't make it too easy for 'em.

I thought that was gone too being it was headed towards right field. Maybe the wind will start carrying the ball in the late innings for US!

[20] yep blackberry.

Jitters getting use to the pitcher and should see different results second time around:(

Yanks don't want to score first. That would break the pattern.

I agree that we do play better from behind. That's what she said! Ha! But being ahead at home would be nice too!

[26] Yeah, just goofing. 10 or 15 runs now would be nice.

[24] Oh, Jitters did fine. It was Swisher, Teix, and A-Rod who are still getting used to the pitcher.
[25] Good call. We can probably win by scoring first, but if the Twins score first, then it's a lock.

Hughes bringing the heat!

If Hughes can handle Thome, that will go a long way toward stifling the Twins attack.

I hate that Hughes fastball is straight down the middle with little movement. Eventually somebody is going to catch up witit! Not now! Ha!

looking philthy.

Even better inning there for Phil. Kid seems to have it tonight, though drifting inside a bit to righties with the fastball.

Dang.

Only 6 outs into the game, but Hughes looks great early.

He looks strong and he's well prepared to have a great outing today. Getting him some insurance runs early should elevate his sharpness!

[34] shalom, sackbut!

hey kids. At work. Listening/scoring game. :)

YANKS!

Like you guys, I think Hughes has looked real sharp so far.

I don't know if I missed this in the other thread, but boy oh boy do I hope the Yanks play Texas in the ALCS if Washington's usual strategy is to go to Dustin Nippert after Feliz if Feliz gets into trouble.

ROBBIE!!!

triples are cool.

MVP!

Emma's distant cousin is not having the greatest series defensively.

MVP MVP MVP

RIPPER!!!!!

Yeah, Robbie!

nice cano! I thought that was going to get caught for a second there.

Nothing like an inning-opening triple.

[37] Gut Shabbos, rim shot.

Rob doesn't triple! Must be a mistake.

CANO!

[38] hey, buddy! how's the new digs?

[38] Bank error in your favor. Collect a triple.

[47] "rim shot" - i like that!

robbie must score...

Bah.

Bad, Marcus, Bad.

I have to admit the announcer really gets into it! He think he's on the set with Barkley and crew! I thought I recognize his voice.

HIP-HIP!!!

Good Cletus, Good!

Score truck!

Attaboy, Po.

Hooooray!!!

Good job Jorge.

[53] my drummer buddy who lives in LA now played here the other nite. i hadn't seen him for like 5 years, back in NY...

I don't know fellas. This may be a bad omen scoring FIRST! Forget that! Let's put up as much runs being back home!

ack. grandy hit it rather hard, though....

Folks, I'm gonna have to leave -- my kid is playing the saxophone out in public tonight. I'm just hoping the bar will have the game on. (It's a serious Red Sox bar, but there's nothing else on tonight, right?)

[64] Enjoy, RIYank. Hope the kid blows 'em away.

[54]

Ernie Johnson .... a white guy with a somewhat-black sounding name.

Man go handle your business with your kid! The Yanks will handle theirs! Enjoy!

That's right it's Ernie J! Thanks

nice hook!

[64] Enjoy -- there might be a Boston area college game on -- nope, doesn't look like it.

[50] the house is great! Been gigging a lot lately, which is fine by me. We've been painting like maniacs. Here's my son's room (y'all will love it!): http://tinyurl.com/24rnnfj.

Phil will NOT be denied!

This is April/May version of Hughes so far

HUUUUGHES!!!!

Wow, Hughes is doing what kind of plagued him all season long: finishing off hitters in short order.

Hughes is smoking. And with the bullpen rested and Sabbathia pitching tomorrow if need be, all Hughes has to do is get to the 6th with a lead.

What I tell you! Hughes is bringing the HEAT right down the middle! He better start dropping that sweet breaking ball!

[64] how cool! enjoy, man. i hope your boy has a great gig!!!

i also hope he likes hank mobley! : )

Huuuuuuuuuuuughes

hughes rulz!

Wow. Phil is really on. Just wow.

Dang, Hughes workin on a no-hitter! Ha! That would be sweet to match Philly wonderboy!

[81] house money... nothing to lose.. kid's just relaxed and slamming. Everything we fans could hope for. He's pitching relaxed and confident.

A few runs now to drive the Twins mentally right out of the game.

I'm glad to see how other Yankee additions steppin up to be a part of winning the Whole Thang!

[71] that room kicks all kinds of ass! great job, man! and the kids are too adorable!!!

pretty soon i'm gonna try and make some plans to meet up in the shitty over turkey day. hope we can grab a pint...

[82] Shhhhhh

[82] dude, you *can't* type that here!!!! : o

nicky, baby!

CORNFLAKE!!!

[86] thanks, dude. He loves it. haha.

It was a lot of work, but well worth it.

Be patient, Jeet!

I'm glad the Yanks didn't trade Hughes away, but knew he was going to be SPECIAL! Sometimes it does take time for some players to grow into something special. We as fans sometimes are not patient! The Swish man at it again! Boy, Swish does carry that NY swagger!

Score Truck! Score Truck!

tex smoked that!!!

YEAH, TEX! I'm telling you, his 2010 postseason is going to kick ass.

I don't think I'm going to a game 4 tomorrow night .... and that makes me a little sad.

Cornflake scores!!!

How sweet it is to be in love with the Yanks!

[96] Hush yo mouth!

[91] glad you're gigging, bro. i had 3 this week. been teaching quite a bit. composing & recording, too...

BIG TEX! (damn you lagged-ass mlb.com audio!)

Alex bout to go yard!

they are hittin' the ball HARD!!!

My bad:( Come on mannnnnnnnnn!

[96] Its a shame they wouldn't give you tickets to Game 3 or 4 of the ALCS instead.

that last pitch looked pretty damn good to me...

[105]

well ... I think I'll still have a shot at those .... but I've never been to a playoff game in any sport

Appropriate that it would be a Span, for Emma's sake.

let's hope hughes is fine from the stretch...

well, that kicked ass!

[107] I was only at one, but it was a beauty: last game of the 2000 World Series.

Cano turns that SOOOOOO well

Damn, I'm glad I'm not a Twins fan right now. A shred of hope just knifed down violently on one pitch.

[107] Really? Wow. I'm surprised, Diane. I figured you had to have gone to one of these over the years. Your sadness at possibly Game 4 is even more understandable than before.

Every year I say, geez, I ought to finally go see a postseason game. I know I'll regret it if I miss seeing Mo in the Stadium in the postseason.

Baserunner? What baserunner? ;)

Goddamn Hughes! That was an amazing 3 innings. let's gidp this bitch!

YES!

1st pitch there looked pretty damn good...

First pitch of this AB was the plainest fucking strike I've ever seen in my life, and it's called a ball. WTF?

40 pitches thru 4

There goes the no hitter. Oh well he's still pitchin great!

[118] 40? dammit to hell. Everytime I score a game, I figure I'll be a badass and keep track of the pitch counts. I have him at 39. ugh.

Yanks looks like the first team to SWEEP before Philly-cheeseheads!

The best part is that Hughes' ground ball to fly ball ratio so far is 4:3. He's been a flyball pitcher primarily in the bigs, but in the minors, he was very much a ground ball pitcher. If he could get back to that . . .

[120] espn has the pitch by pitch so youo can fill in your mistake.

Am I a bad person for breathing a sigh of relief when I saw the ball hit Kelleher and not Cano? (Seriously, glad he's OK.)

Come on man getter outta the way mannnnnn!

way to hustle, robbie!

oof, poor mick. ouchie!

Any of your other gentlemen stop cringing yet? Yeesh.

MISTA TIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY THAMES ARE HERE AGAIN!

Marcus "We've Cross the River" Thames!

SWEEP THE LEG!

PUT EM IN A BODY BAG!!!

Owe!

Marcus! Hit our firstbase coach, will ya?

[120] and I blame Sterling's story-filled nostalgic ass for that...

Turn this into a laugher.

strong like fucking bull.

Look at Timmy Tim showing off his power! I'm happy with is production this year!

[130] D'oh . . . should have been "Crossed".

The Score Truck is rollin'!

In other news, the Yankees are taking excellent swings against Duensing. How long can Gardenhire keep him out there?

THAMES! let the rivers flow, baby!

what a great shot of Tims in the dugout: "oooh, that felt good"!!!

[138] Not long. The pen is stirring.

Man they going to have to yank this pitcher cause Yankees are Yanking the hell out of the ball!

Jorge got rooked.

So the ump feels sorry for Minn. and makes a bullshit call on Posada.

Mr. Thames, I apologize for all da wrong I dunn...

Yours Truly,
Chyll Will

That was just a nasty pitch! Come on man.

[144] He probably just stinks.

[138] Your answer is ... no longer.

[145] You call him, MR. THAMES!

And Duensing is Duen.

Joel Sherman just tweeted that of Duensing's 58 pitches, the Yankees swung and missed exactly zero times.

DAL and PHX are playing exhibition NBA game ... OUTDOORS ,,, on TNT now

[151] Wow. That's mind boggling.

Man how they allowed Ron Darling to be a commentator for Yankee games. This is not the Mets! Come on TBS!

YEAH, grandy!!!

that's my man!

Glad to see the Twinkies continuing to play good fundamental baseball.

Going under the radar is that Joe Mauer's having a brutal series.

I said, "RUN GRANDY, RUN!!!"

And he DID!

The twins are TIGHT.

Can never have enough runs. I like the aggressiveness!

[154] darling is usually pretty good, regardless of what team he's announcing, tv or radio... just be glad it's not "fister" caray!

[158] Tell him to steal home.

Twins are falling apart.

I want double digits.

[145] And he'll probably apologize to Gardenhire for all da wrong he Duen...

holy HOT blonde, 2nd row, behind the yanks dugout. good lord...

YEAH!!!!

5-zip

[151] yay.. I had 58 pitches!

161. U R, but it's all good! The man have the right to get paid:)

I'm glad to C their bats staying alive getting ready for the next!

[152] If it's at Rucker Park, then maybe I'll watch for a minute...

yeah, cap'n!

I'm glad Jeter not hitting into double plays!

What are they chanting?

Come on Swish how bout a swisher shot over the right field wall?

[173] Sounds like asshole, maybe let's go?

STOP TELLING STORIES AND TELL ME BALL OR STRIKE!

[175] That's what I hear, but I wonder who it's directed to?

i really hope this long frame doesn't ill affect hughes...

If they Yankees sweep, they will have FIVE off days before playing in Texas. That will be 7 off days for Phil, and 8 for CC and Andy.

That's not a good thing, is it?

Now that was some Bull!

[170] Nope, looks like some tennis court complex in Cali . . . Indian Wells I think was the name?

Is the crowd chanting "Yankees Suck"?!?!?!

[176] How did Sterling ever get to be an announcer?

Here's where Teixera should launch one into the Atlantic ocean.

[177] Well the Banter is a lovefest tonight, so Yankees need some hate energy somewhere.

Nice eye from Cornflake!

[179] I'm not sure it matters, OYF. I'm also not sure I care who wins that series, so long as Games 4 and 5 both go into extreme extra innings (16+) and they are absolutely exhausted.

Sweep the leg!

[178] I was just thinking that. He was in such a good rhythm, you'd have to think it's been disrupted a little. Fortunately, he's got (at least) 5 runs to play with.

[181] What is going on with these chants? I hear that too. So confused....

179. I agree having too many days off can be bad for our pitchers! Or maybe not! Or if we lose, then we have an excuse then huh? Forget that! I don't care. They suppose to win PERIOD! We are not called he evil empire for nuttin!

[185] why did swish all of a sudden become "cornflake"?

[189] Could it be Carl Crawford bought 20,000 tickets to tonight's game and paid them to chant "Yankees suck"?

[191] I was wondering that too . . .

[184] At least one of Mattpat and william - maybe both? - are at the game tonight, aren't they?

bollocks.

No EJ, I'm pretty sure Teix was just called out on a ball . . . but then again, I might not be in the best place to see it.

OK Hughes, don't miss a beat here.

[193] Confirmation!

[157] Sorta kinda true, but 2 for 10 is a TINY sample size... and 9 of those ABs were again LH Pitchers CC and Andy.

Up until this game, only 3 Yankees were doing well.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/stats/batting/_/name/nyy/cat/OPS/new-york-yankees

Maybe it's "TWINKIES SUCK!" ?...

Belth is there tonight too

26 pitches from Guerrrerrrerrrie + 19 from Deunsing = 45 pitches seen by 8 Yankees in the 4th. Good jorb kids.

C'mon Hughes...

I hope that long sit didn't fuck with Hughes's stuff.

[201] yeah, i really don't like that guys' surname...

atta boy, phil.

[201] very good jorb. Now do your jorb, Phil.

What a weekend having to beat my supervisor twinkees and my Jets finishing off the Vikes on Monday night! I will be the most hated guy come Tuesday back at work! Loving it!

i always get confused - which one is dmitri's brother: delMON or delWYN? i think it's delwyn...

I'm getting ahead of myself, but if Andy is back to being Andy and Hughes is going to pitch like this, that more than matches up with Philly's big 3.

[204] "jorb" - i see you're taking over for monkeypants tonight!

; )

[206] no Delmon is Dmitri's brother. He threw the bat at the ump, too.

I'm hoping for a certain play here, one involving two outs.

[208] jorb should be for [201] - that's all you, jay!

[200] Good for AB. I bet he's enjoying himself.

william, I'm sure, is still nervous. ;)

[209] acha. thanks!

[210] Tell me more.

I agree that we do matchup well with the cheesesteak heads.

[214] It usually comes on a grounder.

..when I write (or say) "jorb", I'm thinkin Coach Z. :)

'A bloop and a blast and they're right back in it'.
Yup... they they would only be behind by 3... in Yankee Stadium... with Mo waiting.

[214] sandra dee was hot! ; )

Hughes definitely overpowering thome

That pitch was perfect! That's bullshit umpiring!

phil getting squeezed...

either it's affected him some, or the Twinks are getting really patient, or both.

Hughes inning-by-inning (with a missed pitch somewhere): 10, 14, 7, 8, 21 so far. (radio delay)

Fucking bullshit call. That was strike three.

nice, phil! one more...

Whether or not that was strike 3, he's definitely not as crisp as he was: two 3-ball counts already; he had none in first 4 innings.

[223] The walk ran up the count, but that's Thome. He walks a lot.

Hughes still throwing the HEAT! Dang! I'm impress!

[224] I'm not that one was a strike, but ball four was DEFINITELY strike 3.

[223] yeah, he's at 65 pitches.

66 now...

Hughes is really getting squeezed here.

Never got an answer on that "Cornflake" question, where did that evolve from?

Hughes still throwing the HEAT!

Jesus.

Please don't give up a hr

[227] yeah, 7 pitches to Thome, but he led off the inning with 7 to Kubel and 6 to Young.

Gottem

Phughes

I have far too nervous a temperament to watch these games and retain my sanity.

HUGE!!!

72 thru 5

[227] OK, you're right. His control is off a bit this inning.

That was a ball. Too close not having to load the bases:(

5 innings, no runs. The rest is gravy.

i never heard "cornflake" before either, but just because it is swisher I am going to guess it has to do with him being something of a "flake"

i.e its sort of people fondly calling him "you flake, you"

[232] still no idea. but i *just* got a text from Cult. it read:
Huuuuuuughes!!!!!!

: )

[239] Sanity? What's that?

That's why no lead is safe! We got to get more runs and then go to the pen! Don't need to over extend Hughes. 110 pitches will be enough.

OK, now that cheer I get: "Huuuuuughhhhesss"!

Robertson in the 6th if there's trouble, Chamberlain in the 7th, Wood in the 8th, and then...

[249] Who? John Wetteland in the 9th?

[250] shudder...

scalded.

mr. thames!

I'm sure Joe is asking Hughes how he feels. Man, Look at Call me Mr. Timms! Ha!

Chalupas for everyone!

ooh, nice catch swish! i thought that was going gap, fo' sure...

Joe is a tough out. Andy had his number pitchin him away being a lefty

Evening, Team!

I'm in New Hamster, with the kiddos, at a harvest festival and bonfire.

But checking in, things look good!

I'm with you in spirit!

[256] Yeah, he's great. Hughes is pitching him though, though.

Cano just missed it.

Robbie almost got it!

[257] hey weeping! thanks for checkin' in. have fun w/ the fam!

[257] In Warner, NH?

Time to put him to sleep

YEAH!!!!

great job, philip!

90 thru 6

Oh my.

Goddamn I love Phil Hughes.

High heat and so long!!!!!!

No runs through 6. Gravy AND whipped cream!

6.0, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 5K <--- this is good.

Right about now, Girardi and Cashman are looking like geniuses with roster, lineup and rotation construction.

[257] Pretty country up there, but I was thrown a little by the state-owned liquor stores along the interstate...

[269] sry. 6Ks (and I'm the one keepin score!)

I'd like some more runs please.

Man my supervisor not texting me back at all today! I hope I have a job come Tuesday! I will know whether he shows up for Monday night football to watch his sorry Minnesota Vikes get mop up by the Jets! Minnesota fans definitely hating NY teams:(

273. Yanks tired of hitting! Come on man call off the dogg's!

90 pitches for Hughes.

276. Hughes is definitely looking Dandy like Ernie said!

Sterling says Robertson is up in the pen.

And don't forget Ralph Houk.

[278] huh. i figured joba would throw an inning, for certain. i guess he still might. after d-rob, i suppose...

Phuk Yeah, Phil!!!

Thank you. Was that Ron Darling?

Hughe might go the distance, but I don't see Joe going to do that. It would be nice though!

Huuuuuuuuuuuuughes!

7 innings, 99 pitches.

phil on phire!!!

Huuuuuuuuuuugggggggghhhhhhhheeeeessssssssss!
Howdy, all! nice game thus far.

[274] I dunno, I'm a Jets fan too, but they just got The Slouch, who definitely has something to prove to NE and will be gunning for Revis once again. Might be close if Favre decides he wants to play now...

But let us not dwell on that now >;)

Huuuuughes!

Farve is a jackass who deserves everything that's coming his way. Best thing that coulda happened for Tiger Woods (short of remembering how to play pro golf competitively)

274. Man I'm ready for Monday night! My boss talk too much trash about his vikes, especially after they pick up Farve and now Moss! It's going to be a Dandy type of game as Ernie would say! Ha! Go JETS!

stop with the football.

LET'S GO YANKS!!!

: )

SWISH-A-ROONY!!!

[271] No Income OR Sales taxes here. Gotta hit the tourists for some income.

SWISHER!!!

Man look at the swish man after they just talk about how good he's doing this year!

Cornflakes frosted that one...

That's what I'M talking about!

I just turned to MLBN, and caught a minute of Washington's presser.

Yay, a Swish Swat!

Anyway, Ron was saying he still had arms in the bullpen if it went extra, including Cliff Lee. Um, he's your game 5 starter, you want him for an inning 2-3 days beforehand?

Ok Yanks call the dawgs off. Minn better throw out the white towel:(

And now every Yankee has a hit, run or RBI in this game.

[291] And liquor is cheaper in NH than MA or most other places.

[296] throw day?

[296] In lieu of a bullpen side session? Hell yes in the playoffs.

[294] nice, chyll!

Everybody is clicking for the taking. All the BS talk about the Yanks not looking strong going into the post season is going to make other teams know we are coming!

Swish! How do you not love the 'tude of a
guy who puts his batting gloves on as he
jogs in from the field? Kid-like, infectious,
all in the good way.

[300] Maybe, but I thought Ron was too clever by half throughout the game, mixing in matching too much. Yes it's a clinching game, but once you're down you still have two more tries.

So Joba for the 8th, Kerry for the 9th, and give the 40 y.o. the night off?

[296] (Shhhh...) Yeah Ron, great idea! Go for two with Lee next chance you get...

Man this game is OVER COOKED! Stick a sledge hammer fork init! Ha!

[305] Seemed like he was ready to fire some bullets early.

[257] Glad to see you, weeping! Hope you've seen some of Hughes's most nasty pitches.

[271] Lots of folks from MA like to duck up across the border too for cheaper alcohol, , particularly on Sundays, as not all towns in MA allow liquor sales on Sundays.

Fellas,

It was nice hollering atcha all, but gotta go gotta go till next time. Have a bless one gents!

[310] G'night.

Gulp. I wanna shutout.

Wood's been pitching so well, I'm happy to see him - but I do hope if circumstances demand it, Girardi won't hesitate to make a move. Not necessarily to Mo, but to Robertson or Joba or Logan or whomever.

So has an official word come out on a Joba innjury? Or did he look at Girardi's wife wrong?

I remember Danny Valencia when he was in the minors. He was a good sport, at least.

Mo has to come in for the 9th. Just wouldn't feel right without him- if they can get out of the 8th anyway! Besides, he gets rusty without work.

good job, swish!

that suit is god awful.

Ha... New Hampshire: The Liquor Cabinet State!

okay. DP time...

Rats. Rollapair.

OK Kerry, you're not on the Cubs anymore, no need to to start an epic collapse. :)

[317] Don Cherry approves.

Plan B.

fudge.

i wanted the shutout.

now, i want a win. no more fireworks, please.

OK, no sense in messing around. Wood doesn't have it, bring on the lefty to neutralize Mauer.

Oh well, Boonetime...

god is stretching.

Yeah, bring in Boone.

Never thought I'd ask for Boone Logan to come in....

Why is Boone Logan warming up if he's not coming in here to face Mauer?

Why is Kerry Wood still in this game?

I hate when 5 run leads look small.

[322] dude. nice! don cherry is all kindsa kool. 'symphony for improvisers' is terrific!

bullshit pitch.

That one looked good.

d-rob dry humped.

no loogy for the lefty.

huh.

I sense the hate is returning.

Excellent!

I never thought I'd want to see Coffee Joe come out - WTF is going on?!

Wood was damn lucky the ump called that one a strike. Bases loaded, one out, is NOT the situation I want to see.

NOW, he goes for the lefty?!?!?!

: o

Godfuckingdamnit!

Uh, boy. Boone Logan to the rescue?

He was as bad tonight as he was good the other night. OY! You just...

at least morneau isn't playing...

I had a weird feeling Wood wasn't going to be sharp.

[337] FUCK. One batter too late, Girardi!

Let's hope that's doesn't come back to bite us. At least Gardenhire kindly left his lefties all in a row, so Logan could be most useful.

Kerry Wood=Kyle Farnsworth 2.0?

[341] [343] Other numbers aside, he walked way too many guys during his time in NY. He was bound to run into trouble.

Girardi, you dumb fuck - get your ass out to Chicago right now

Throw fucking strikes! Whatever you do!

[343] me too. i was fully expecting to see d-rob, then joba...

*beautiful* boone!!!!

una mas.

YES! Good job Boone.

BOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEE!

That's one - one more to go!

Farnsy pitched pretty well yesterday.

Mo. Bring in Mo, Now. Right fucking now.

The Twin City banter just exploded. One more.

roulette.

Nice job Boone. Now who's in? Robertson? Please don't be wild tonight.

[352] It is the NL, after all.

I still hate you, Girardi

Bases loaded, this should be Mo. If you win here, he has what, 6 days to rest?

[352] He did, but not before hitting a batter on the hand and giving up a hit to load the bases. :) Still can't believe they were able to turn that DP, that was RISKY.

let's go, d-rob. you did it one year ago. do it again tonite!!!

Given Young's tendancy to strike out, and not walk, I'm comfortable with Robertson here.

Come on kid...you can do this. 2 more strikes.

YES so happy to be wrong!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking Beautiful.

Nice, nice, NICE!

And the Twins get but one.

And they clean up Wood's mess.

wheh. ::can start breathing again::

and kerry grabs a whole lotta d-rob's ass. yikes!

[369] exhale!

I can't wait to hear william and Mattpat's reactions to the 8th!

Now, some more runs, please. And then I imagine we see Robertson out to start the 9th.

goddamn. KW: 22 pitches for 1 out. BL: 1 for 1. DR: 2 for 1.

I wouldn't mind a grand slam here in the bottom of the 8th.

[374] You have been asking for double digits most of the night . . . it seems only fair that the Yanks should accomdate you, rbj. ;)

Thames booked pretty hard down to first. Color me impressed.

I was having flashbacks to the 2000 World Series, game two. 6-0 to 6-5 in a heartbeat as I recall, with Clay Bellinger making a big catch to take back a homer.

is Joba still alive?

joba should pitch the first 2 outs, then Mo to close it.

nice, grandy! great series for him.

.....am i hearing things or were they just chanting "yankees suck" at the stadium? I'm assuming im hearing things (being serious there)

[379] i keep hearing that, too. but i'm kinda deaf, so you can't go by me...

gritner the only guy w/out a hit. get one...

And here we go. Lead, 3 outs to go and the opening bars of Enter Sandman. I love October.

who's this skinny guy on the mound?

[382] Rookie, needs to get some innings in in the postseason. Taste of what it's like.

Nice season, Thome. Happy Hunting!

G-d that's just beautiful.

MA-RI-A-NO!!!

That's one.

Two to go...

I'm still not sure I would have done it, but I'd say with all the potential off days coming up, Girardi is not effing around. Good for him.

[383] ah, i see. seems pretty good, thus far...

One to go...

one more!

gitchya brooms!!!

That's two.

[390] Low pressure with that big a lead. We'll see how he does when it counts.

no PH for Valencia? wow.

Sweep sweep sweep
Sweep sweep sweep
Sweep sweep sweep!

So that pitch was....? too perfect?

what???? how was that pitch NOT a strike?????????????/

Pop the corks!

G'nite all!!!

chills. smiles. advancement.

thanks be to Mo.