I'd like to thank A's fans over at BBTF for sharing their nickname for Lackey, since I think I like it better the one I had previously bestowed upon him ("The Mouthbreather"): "Slingblade".

Oh yay, the Tim & Joe show!

/sarc

Uh......that was shady.

Teixeira in top 10 for MVP voting? I doubt it.

This could be another relatively quick NYY/BOS game, huh?

[3] What was?

[5] Lackey's first pitch to Jeter was thrown behind his legs.

Oh, just missed that one.

Must they show us highlights of that embarrassing fight? Worse, do they have to sound so excited about it (" If you didn't get a chance to see last night's fight, here it is!!!")?

Oh, good, Ken Rosenthal!

Didn't Mr. Excitement just say we were going to get to talk to Ken Rosenthal? Did he mean, at some time in the future?

There he is! What a break!

Nice yelow bow tie. Man is Ugly ugly.

OK, so we have heard about Pedroia's clubhouse cribbage matches and Lackey's personal family problems (as serious as they are---I am not making light of his wife's health)...can we talk about some baseball?

[13] Sure, but we'll need to get some other announcers. They could probably just go find a few random guys in one of those trucks outside Fenway.

[14] Those aren't sitting in the Score Truck, are they?

The Yankees are trying to stretch out Lackey? I think not! We want as much Lackey as possible, please.

[15] Maybe that's it.

Oh, shh, Ken Rosenthal has something important to say!

Yuck.

It's not good when the offensive bright spot is Frankie Cervelli.

It really looks like we should be lighting Lackey up. (Except when Jeter's batting.)

...(or Posada).

No-hitter is gone.

[21] Does that one really count, officially? It was just a fly ball. A Fenway-aided hit.

Did you guys catch the 10 year old who won a contest to call the 1st inning of a Mets game? Reyes homered on the 1st pitch, the kid nailed it, and the Mets booth gave him much love. One of my favorites from last week.
http://tinyurl.com/3vd6g4c

A run here could be tough to overcome, the way Cy Lackey is dealing.

Uh oh.

GRRRRRR.

The walks. Gah! It's now an epidemic!

I think CC had a play at third.

Interesting. Not a terrible move, calling for that bunt -- Scutaro vs. Ellsbury, mainly.

[28] Yeah, probably. But I think he made the smart choice.

FInish him CC. Throw something nasty.

Swish has got to throw to third on that one. Oh well.
Motherfucker!

Can't tell.

[33] That is, whether Rob actually tagged My Little Hoof.

Crud.

Buck is downright giddy right now.

Urge.to.kill.rising.

The good news is if Lackey holds the Yanks to less than 2 runs my head will explode and I won't have to remember this game.

When did it become common to ask coaches if they were "proud" of their players? Why should Francona be "proud" of Ellesbury, unless he specifically mentored him. "Pleased" or "excited" I can see.

Well, that was generous.

That's the way, Curtis. C'mon, Teix!

Get Grandy in, Mark.

Nicely done Grandy. Cash him in, Tesh!

[39] Still, you have to admit that "he's managed himself so well these past years."

I knew it.
Now, we are not looking for one of those pseudo-rbi this time, Rob!

Lackey has been prone to big multiple run innings this year, as you might guess from his ERA.

Ok, pass it along to Robbie. C'Mon Ripper!

2-1. Dial it in Robbie. Lace one somewhere.

He's about to hang a slider on 2-1...
Nope, good slider.

This time, Rob, it's all yours...

Check swing.

Full count, baby. Kill, it Robinson!

Good job, Lackey. It's bed shitting time.

Sure, Lackey, if you're gonna walk him, might as well hit him.

Lackey can't get anything done with his fastball. He is really on borrowed time.

C'mon CORNFLAKE!!!

Slow curve outside edge. Another low. Here comes a cutter, smack it!

Outside, Lackey's behind again...

Did Timmy & Joe just jinx Lackey?

Holy fuck. Goddam it.

Mo FUCKING DAMMIT.

FUCK.

[55] No, they don't have that power.

Let's see if they can score the runner from third with 2 out like the Red Sox just did.

That is huge!

[60] They did! Good work, SteveF.

Donnie Chavez!!!

Did Tim just say "his reach exceeded his grasp"????

[64] Yes. Very annoying.

C'mon Pisshands .... sigh.

Awesome, now they are sort-of reviving the Joba thing, and he's out for the season!

Not a great result for bases loaded no outs, but gotta like a tied game going forward with the pitching matchup.

The best thing about watching the game at a bar is that I can hear the sounds of the game, but somehow Timmay and Buckwit are this mumbly drone.

UGLYUGLYUGLY. boooooooooooooooooooooo

CC doesn't really look any different to me, this team can just hit it in this ballpark.

You can never have too much pitching....

Aviles looks horrible. Lucky bloop hit there. No idea why they think him in right field is a good idea.

[57] please have some respect and write M- from now on

looks like swisher could have caught that if he dove

Probably a ground ball out by Crawford if Chavez is playing back. But I guess he has to protect against the bunt with Crawford even if the infield isn't in.

This is most distressing. sigh.

Line drive base hit? Looked like a grounder up the middle to me.

It's a good thing I'm at a bar, this game is driving me to drink.

Frankly, it was a pretty good 3-2 pitch. Down and away to a right handed hitter is basically perfect. Dude just hit it.

#@#$@$@$@#$@$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@$@$@#$J@#$@#$@#$@#

Oh fucking fuck.

That, on the other hand, was not a good pitch. 2-0 meatball.

no review??? that looked like the fan was reaching way out onto the field

Well, this is unfun.

They've put some large innings on CC this year.

That was FUCKING pathetic.

Can't believe we're gonna fall back into a first-place tie with these fuckers

Oh, FUCK you Slingblade, learn some FUCKING control.

Hopefully Francona gives Lackey enough rope this inning to hang himself.

Awful.

Oops, I was wrong, THAT was FUCKING pathetic.

Great job guys, really well done.

Rosenthal: "The Yankees, in their position, need to resign Sabathia, not at any cost, but it will be a priority."

WTF does that mean?

Gee, thanks Swisher, where the hell was that last time?!!?!?!?

And here's the NFL talk.

does fox have some sort of quota of pitches they must show from the camera behind home plate? what the fuck?

I hate losing to John Lackey so FUCKING much.

FUCKING slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, ugly-yoke-FUCK.

FUCK.

I'm done with this.

Great, Vulture is on to pitch, this is just insult to injury ...

Oh yes, let's replay the "vendor spilled his beer" crap.

Hi. Sorry but I've been going crazy by myself thinking of Sabathia's ineffectiveness vs the Red Sox. I know he's been dominant but if he is going to be mediocre-to-shitty vs the Sox, I have a problem with that. In fact it makes it WORSE that he's been killing everyone else.