Tonight gives the case of two unpredictable pitchers, A.J. Burnett and Tim Wakefield. They could be super, they could be garbage. I can’t call it, can you? I feel like the Yanks should win the game and the series but nothing’s shocking around these parts.
In the meantime, Mark Teixeira is in the line-up but Russell Martin (back) is out. Also, the Yanks placed Joba Chamberlain on the D.L. with a strained flexor muscle.
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Francisco Cervelli C
Never mind the blood lust, how about a win?
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Maybe it's because of when it came out, but I have such fond memories of that film. Love it!
1) That might be, but it's still great. Probably on my top ten list of all time!
Excellent film. Demme does a lot of fun stuff with that cast. I loved the scene where he has to leave the restaurant without paying. The guy who plays Pop? has been in most of Demme's movies.
Kenneth Utt. His longtime producer (since passed away). And then there was the chef, Charle something or other, who chased them down the highway. Lots of great throwaway scenes in that. Maybe the music is dated but not in a bad way. I just love how it's really credible as a screwball sex comedy and then turns into something darker. The acting is pitch perfect. Daniels is so winning, Griffith kills LuLu and Liotta has rarely, if ever, been better. This was Demme at his peak.
Posada is also gone to be with his son who is having surgery on his skull. Hope things go well there.
TESH! is in the lineup!
Yay!
Meanwhile, our bench AND bullpen is a LOAD OF BOLLOCKS ...
Mey?
Noesi was also sent back to Scranton. Scrambled eggs, anyone?
[7] worn arm for a live one, ok, but still ... JEFFREY F!!!MARQUEZ???
We shit better arms in SWB ...
Come on, sock it to me one time!
Ooh, "Something Wild!"
That was a cute little film! A lot like "After Hours" and that other eighties film with Jeff Goldblum, was it? "Into the Night," I think?
[9]
TESH!!!
=)
[3] Oh my God, I know! I was just thinking of that scene the other day, for some reason! I don't know why, but that scene pops into my head quite often, which is funny considering there's nothing flashy about it. It's just very memorable, for some reason.
[11] I know, right? Fucking dude is Superman!
Hmm. Nunez and Cervelli.
Red Sox have Captain Facemask. Salty was puking his guts out.
I just finally saw Papi's homer from last night. Asshole. If CC was on the hill tonight that fat ass would be sitting.
Here we go.
It's really early to be as hot and muggy as today and yesterday have been.
Eh, I'm not really all that perturbed about Big Sloppy last night.
We doubled up after a purpose pitch and he hit a VERY good pitch on the inside corner out.
Bully for him.
Get him next time ...
OH, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!!
There's a used car lot with Frankie Cervelli's name on it.
Amazing Robbie still made that play.
Good old Kay, back at us with the Fallacy of the Predetermined Outcome.
[22] A-Gon is very slow.
Greek god of walks.
I just can't believe Ortiz is back.
Much as it kills me, you have to tip your hat to the guy, some year he's having.
Oh, Jesus.
Why?
Wow.
Oh, for FUCK'S sake.
FUCKING AJ ...
These games are sucking all the pleasure out of baseball for me.
God damn Mother Fucker!
I'm in a foul mood, suddenly.
[30] " "
Jesus, I hope they pound the fuck out of Wakefield. There's nothing more aggravating than watching six innings of hopeless flailing.
Has anyone noted that we have a defensive backup catcher that's a horrible defender?
Eight pitches, three outs.
I love this game.
Oooh, look at Kim!
[30] [31] what do you guys mean... losing again against our bitter rivals when the record is 1-6?? the boys helplessly swinging at a 45 year-old junk pitches?? big papi hitting back-breaking hrs?? why would that cause grief?
sad times
Hm. It's really late here, and I have to get up early tomorrow. But I was tempted to put on the ol' MLB.tv-o-cast of the game for a bit. Right now I'm thinking no.
Wait, what?
Wtf happened to Joba?
When was this?
[36] I'm *LOOKING* at Kim ...
Meanwhile ... FUCKING JOEY JOE JOE ...
[34] "Boone Logan remains important!"
I FUCKING HATE this ORG sometimes ...
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHZHAHHAAHAHAH@@@@@@@@@@@@@!!!!!!!
FUCKNING CERVELLI.
Seriously, DIEINAFIRE ... or FUCK YOU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0&feature=related
Its time to make Cervelli go away
Someone remind me what Frankie Cervelli is good at?
On the Red Sox broadcast, Remy is putting part of the blame on Cano for failing to back up second base properly. He's saying Cano should be getting deeper onto the outfield grass to prevent the runner from advancing on the errant throws. Looking at the replays of Cano, I'd have to say he's right.
[46] Not sure that's where I'll start, but sure ...
Cornflake!
[48] Well, Remy played 2nd base and he is a smart baseball guy. He's not a homer and I take what he say seriously.
Wakes ball is moving all over the play tonight.
Well, this game would get a SHIT-TON more interesting with a hit here ...
Well ... no.
FUCK.
[48] Oh, for sure, Robbie deserves his share of blame, certainly for the first one. He wasn't really ready for the ball to get away from Derek, or he'd have been in better position.
Wait, hold up, the Yanks are losing? I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you.
Mighty Mouse hit that one pretty good...
[55] BLAME is a bad word. I do think Robbie might get in better position in the future.
I love Leiter.
[58] Well, whatever you want to call it. My initial, gut reaction as the play unfolded was exasperation with both of them, in sequence.
Ok, time for Score Truck right about now, isn't it?
HR Cervelli here.
Unreal. I missed the start of the game, turn it on ... 4-0. Are you fucking kidding me? AJ you piece of shit.
Good, there's a start.
Eh. Close enough
BRAINS motherfuckers.
BRAINS.
[63] He really hasn't been too bad.
Paul dropped his son off at college in June?
[68] I know, I don't...ahh, basketball.
Jesus, Jeter ...
Come on, one fucking run...
C'mon Tesh!
Fugh.
sigh
I hate this team
[75] PULL MY FINGER?
They've NEVER made him feel uncomfortable.
We've been talking about making him feel uncomfortable for ten years, now!
Lester makes enough money to fix his teeth
Why am I even watching this?
Paulie just called out Michael!
I love it!
[80] Because Paulie might snap and beat Kay to death with a hot italian sausage???
Oh for christ sakes. Its Marco Scutaro.
Losing again?
Sigh..
Nice play, Rob.
[82] I enjoyed listening to Paulie working through whether or not the Niekros are still in baseball.
Joe Niekro is dead.
[84] Even worse ... SUCKING again.
[82] Heehee! Indeed.
"You started it all!"
These guys slay me!
This has very little chance of ending well.
O'Neill is totally the second coming of Scooter. It's really coming together.
[86] I'd enjoy O'Neill beating Kay to death with an Italian Sausage ... or Joe Niekro ... or Phil Neikro ... or ANY Neikro.
Damn.
But nice work, Robbie.
[92] Or ANY sausage.
Sigh ... the things I do for amalgamated, conglomerated meat-by-products ...
Frankly, I think Kay is bad luck. Things were going so well when he was away
So demoralizing.
[95] Indeed!
This is bullshit. Win a fucking game you cocks
Eff' this..life is too short and baseball is supposed to be a happy diversion in life. They're just a better team right now :(
Leave it to AJ to turn in the worst possible performance on a day when we needed length
"It looked like an easy ball to catch."
[98] TESH!
Sigh ...
The Red Sox are not better to the tune of beating the Yankees seven out of eight games, or even seven out of nine, should things go well tomorrow. I mean fucking fuck.
You know what would help AJ???
A CODE RED ...
!!!
COCKSUCKER.
WHAT THE HELL IS FRANCISCO CERVELLI GOOD AT?
Seven.
SEVEN.
This fucking sucks ass.
I'm getting angry now.
[102] I'd love to laugh with you about silly names and whatnot. Unfortunately this game is pissing me off too much. Aw geez!
FUCK.
YOU.
AJ.
Would you like that in Braile?
SEVEN FUCKING NOTHING.
And we have more hapless flailing against a senior citizen to look forward to.
Fuck baseball.
AJ is garbage. I seriously would be happy if he and Garcia were kicked off the team. Maybe if Papa Steinbrenner were still around. I'm serious. To hell with them.
It's GREAT when the Red Sox OWN the Yankees ... at YANKEE STADIUM no less. I mean are you ****ing kidding me???
And I get to go to the game tomorrow. Yay!
I'm going to watch True Grit.
Ok, there's one.
...
[113] Have you seen it?
Well, at least that's something ... finally.
Horses, horses everywhere. And A-Rod closes the barn door.
[116] The latest one is quite good ...
[119] Yeah, I adored it. She was a revelation.
He really cracks me up, O'Neill, with his little Charlie Brown act. He must the younger sibling.
Damn it.
Yeah, Mattie and "LaBeef" were fantastic ... strangely enough, I was much less impressed with the performance of Jeff Bridges as Cogburn, even though I love Bridges most of the time ...
Ya know, people talk about athletes having pride, protecting their home park, etc etc etc. I don't want anyone getting seriously hurt, but isn't it time for SOME Yankee pitcher to put Ortiz on his ass? I mean seriously..wake the fuck up, guys! You're going to let Boston run away with the division very quickly..
Brains..... batting star!
Frankie Brains say: "How My Ass Taste???"
YESSSS!
[126] :)
Come on, Tesh, you HAVE to get Derek in.
Yaayyyy!!!
TESH!!!
Yes! I never lost faith!! We're going to come back!! ;)
Melky would have thrown him out.
Ok...keep their asses off the fucking board and we might have a shot.
[118] Hey, it's your buddy!
Uh oh, Frankie Brains seem to have a problem with his ... uhhhh, little brains ...
Catchers are fucking insane.
Oh, Jesus.
Goodbye, AJ.
Thanks a whole FUCKING lot AJ.
Is there a FIRE you could die in ... maybe???
Ball one.
Of course.
Three and oh!
Hey look, Boone Logan can't get lefties out
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This may not end well..
God, shoot me now...
Aggghhh!!
FUCK!
Logan needs to be DFA
That's a fucking strike.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOne.
Douche.
Currently banging my head into the floor.
12 pitches, 9 balls. Now that's how you spell relief!
Ok, fugly's going yard, this game is over.
[151] I'm going with the door to the kitchen, but that will do also ...
Wow.
That's a miracle.
[151] I doing the head against my desk... for some reason my officemate does not appreciate it.
Nickie "Itsy-Bitsy" Haffner.
Damn, now *there's* one for Emma.
[156] hey tocho, by any chance are you in 日本?
is Aceves really throwing 95?
Baseball is so dangerous.
Remember when Jermaine Dye broke his leg on the foul ball?
Wow!!!! Have you ever seen someone foul a ball off their head???
[158] nope, Mexico city
Ok, let's do this...
[162] Cool, was just wondering cause "tocho" in Japanese is the City Hall building.
Gracias, Eduardo!
Alright, Frankie Brains ... make 'em pay.
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS!
Good!
How did Brett not score there?
[125] Brains..... batting star!
Let's GO!
[164] heard that. its my nickname... nothing to do with Japan.
let's go yanks!!
How about his second career granny?
Let's go, Captain!
Am I allowed to hope for a hit here???
[172] Man, he still only has the one?
Indeed, number two...
Was Gardner asleep?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WHY IS HE NOT RUNNING THERE???!!
Oh JESUS BRETT!
Brett Gardner is terrified of running
He didn't see the baseball.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH ... GOOOOOOOOOO!!!
3-1...
OHHHHHHHHHH, GOD!!!!
DEAD RED!
MOTHER FUCKING FUCKER.
I CAN"T STAND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why did he watch that 3-1?
God, that kills me.
Terrible. Awful Gardner, awful Jeter. That could be the game there! Someone needs to kick Gardner's ass for not running there, 100% inexcusable from fastest guy on the team.
FUCK YOU Gardner.
FUCK YOU Jeter.
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK.
well, that sucked
[181] The six foot something man frantically waving him in should have been a clue.
Ah, and now the Fallacy of the Predetermined Outcome invoked again, this time, explicitly.
He though Jeter got hit, and looking at Jeter's initial reaction, I can see why Gardner didn't run.
ZERO?????????????
[189] I'm with you!! Seriously awful play there not running on the PB, could cost us the game..I need some damn codeine, this game making me too hyped up.
Yanks are still winning this game.
Now he gets a lefty out. Joe will be extremely impressed and we'll get three more months of Boone Logan
Did Nuñez and Jeter switch positions on the shift?
[193] The frantic waving should have been a tip off.
Hell, if hit Jeter, Gardner scores, so he should have been jogging home anyway.
He's clearly scared.
[199] Agreed that he's scared. And rightfully so, with all the outs he makes on the base paths.
[199] The frantic waving didn't happen immediately. Either way, Gardner's not going to put his head down and start charging towards home. That'd be stupid.
Aceves is sweating like a slave out there.
FUCKING Alex.
[201] It happened pretty damn quickly. And Jeter didn't act like it hit him. He leaned out of the way of the baseball, turned towards the wall and started waving. Gardner stood there. Because he thought the ball hit Jeter and was waiting for the umpire to walk him down the line, apparently.
That makes no sense.
This is worst case scenario.
[204] Yeah, it's on Gardner, all the way.
He's not the worst FASTEST baserunner I've ever seen, but he's in the conversation ...
[204][206] Yeah, he's GOT to challenge the catcher there with his speed. Can't get over that play..sigh..
[207] It Brett's mind, whats the worst case scenario? He runs down the line on a play where he would have been forced home? He might LOOK SILLY?
I wonder if Yankeeography Joe Girardi covers his weird love of Wilson Betemit
[209] Considering Betamax's work for the KCR the last 2 years, perhaps you should chose another scapegoat?
Hey, Robbie, when you swing at garbage, garbage gets called strikes.
Fuck.
[210] No. Nothing that happens in 2011 can change the absurdity of "Defensive replacement Wilson Betemit" or "pinch runner Wilson Betemit"
[212] Yeah, but I'm also counting 2010.
Perspective.
You should try it some time ...
And now, in *this* case, *my* perspective says ... we're FUCKED.
Meh.
Hmm.
Oh, brother
[213]How does 2010 or 2011 or 2009 affect his terrible play in 2008? Hoe does that make him a good defender or a good baserunner in 2008?
[217] It explains WHY, son, WHY.
Again, perspective ... it's a wonderful thing, and the world is a surprising place when you find it ...
TESH!!!
!!!
FUCKING Alex.
Rodriguez that is.
Meh.
Blah.
Blech.
Fugh.
[218] No, it really, really doesn't. Even if Girardi ignored the frankly, atrocious play of Betemit because he saw potential, that doesn't explain the way he played him. Wilson Betemit is now, and was then, a poor defender and runner. Using him in those situations just emphasized his (bigger) weaknesses.
[221] No, it really, REALLY, does.
Because, oh, oh, wait for it ... it's A + B + C that = D.
And ALL of those things go into the equation.
And the truth, the cold steel simple truth is that both before and after he played for the Yankees, the Betamax was a *NET* positive player.
It's not very difficult to ascertain, it merely takes the looking to see. Which explains the the concept of the POTENTIAL WHY, which is why the Yankees obtained him and the ACTUAL WHY of why they played him.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYE.
MATTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT, COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
Meh, stoopid HTML ...
[223] Did you know the actor in the Warriors who said that later appeared on Twin Peaks? And I believe was also the slimy "Sully" in "Commando"...all of those I would rather watch on repeat than another Yanks-Sox game now..sigh..