Derek Jeter DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
Eduardo Nunez SS
[7] I don't know, I just like having the pure hitter batting third and the power hitter batting fifth. Also, I think with Alex protecting him, Robbie could hit 50 doubles or more.
I was just raised to think that a number three hitter should be like a Cano/Mattingly type.
Man, I wish there were, I dunno, a baseball game or something going on. So these guys would have something to talk about besides AJ Burnett and Girardi.
they said all the yankees were on the top step when honoring thome's 600. jeter was clearing sitting on the bench. clapping, but sitting. i guess i'm kinda surprised.
[66] and to me, for out loud, saying: "please don't walk him, please don't walk him, please don't walk him. oh, good. i can't believe he didn't walk him."
[89][92] Maybe not a bad idea, but he's only hitting .726 OPS with (this season) a pretty big reverse platoon split. Where would he play? I guess DH v. LHP.
That's a huge gap in OPS+ for only a few points difference in OPS. I assume that has to do with each player's home park factor? Wow, is (New) Yankee Stadium that much more a hitter's park than Tropicana Field (or whatever it's called in TB)?
Not a fan of God Bless America at the 7th inning stretch, however I must admit that having it sung by the Minneapolis Barbershop Quartet elicited a smile.
I don't hate Flaherty. Don't like his voice though. He can offer some sharp commentary but the guy is just way too much of a tight ass for me to enjoy too much of his company. Kenny Singleton is more agreeable to my ears on a regular basis.
Important for Nova to bounce back from his last start, too.
Let's go!
Big time! And for the Yanks to get the series win.
Robbie would have made that play.
You cannot jump throw-out Derek Jeter! Are you kidding me? Derek Jeter invented that throw, newbie!
I think Rob and Teix should be switched in the order.
I heard it was a pleasant day in Minneapolis.
[5] Really? Why?
Dang.
Coulda started the runners, on the full count...
[7] I don't know, I just like having the pure hitter batting third and the power hitter batting fifth. Also, I think with Alex protecting him, Robbie could hit 50 doubles or more.
I was just raised to think that a number three hitter should be like a Cano/Mattingly type.
Not a bad ab for Alex. Laid off some tough pitches just off the plate. Good sign.
Oh, aesthetics, okay. :-)
(Alex wouldn't really 'protect' Rob, because the one thing Rob doesn't do is walk.)
[11] That's a good point. Still, I just don't like it. :)
Plouffe has an OBP of .308. Well, now lower. That's the #2 guy.
I don't have strong batting order preferences, but that's nuts.
Nuñez is actually better at SS than at 3B.
Is that true, or are my impressions all messed up? At least, he makes fewer errors at SS.
Brett's right. Those pitches are outside.
This is the team to torture a guy like Blackburn when he tries to nibble. Or whatever his problem is. God, he's thrown 50 pitches and got 4 outs.
Oh, he's gone! Wow! I wonder what his problem was.
Jeez, chill out, man. He almost screwed himself into the ground.
Good lord.
Jesus, Nunie, take it easy with that cut a hole.
Damn. He did hit it hard.
Well, that sucked.
[22] Two sucking innings, in fact.
God, that kid is a little clone of his dad.
Nice play!
See! See! At shortstop he can actually play!
(Too bad he can't hit.)
ain't nobody here but us chickens.
i actually get to see the game! (tbs)
Oy.
ya don't see that everyday.
at least chip 'fister' caray is not announcing.
[28] Cluck!
nova normally reach 96?
he's a pleasure to watch. unlike last night...
Man, I wish there were, I dunno, a baseball game or something going on. So these guys would have something to talk about besides AJ Burnett and Girardi.
Sigh Swarzak
[32] 94, 95, I think.
Too bad, kid. No no-no for you.
Well, buckle down and give us a pretty shutout.
Nice!
God, I really, really like this kid. I guess we all do.
Good work, New Ivan!
[37] :)
Yes, we certainly do.
they said all the yankees were on the top step when honoring thome's 600. jeter was clearing sitting on the bench. clapping, but sitting. i guess i'm kinda surprised.
c'mon grandy, do something good!
Fuck, 130 strikeouts?
That is outrageous. No wonder his average is so low.
CMW is pitching for the Nats vs. the Phils. in a rain delay...
he's losing 3-2 and gave up 2 homers, but has kept Wash in there...
that wasn't good, curtis...
[41] 131 ; )
do it, Alex.
go granny!
I am mentally prepared for disappointment here.
Based loaded for Arod. This is what I tuned in for!
fucking crap. : /
I was not as prepared as I thought.
Flaccid.
Ouch.
oh no.
fuggin' awful. : /
That's not fun.
Now Ivan has a little problem.
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
and with that, i'm gonna head into the kitchen and eat. i'll follow the yanks online and listen to the braves game on the radio, per usual...
Good work, kid!
Impressive.
well, that's a good comeback, kid!
2 more...
Good! No IBB! Smart manager!
yeah, i'm diggin' the 1st pitch hook for a strike.
ooh, nasty!
[58] i was thinkin' the same thing!
good block, russtache.
vewy vewy nice!
alright kid, 1 more out.
Check out New John!
One more...
BRAAAAAAAAVOOOOOHHHH, kid, BRAAAAAAAAAAVOOOOHHHH!
fantastic!!!
that rocked, ivan!
Well, he should be! He should be pumped!
Hell yes.
Swish and Curtis can buy him a pizza after the game.
And, hat tip to Girardi for pitching to Tolbert.
[65] and even introduce him to warren!
[zappa reference, with the pizza...joe's garage]
Come on, Rob, you're due...
[66] and to me, for out loud, saying: "please don't walk him, please don't walk him, please don't walk him. oh, good. i can't believe he didn't walk him."
You're late, Rob, you're late...
Bust that mother OUT!
Okay, hat tip to you, too, thelarmis. Or at least a rim shot.
braves just failed a squeeze bunt. prado missed, runner tagged out trying to get back to 3rd.
oopsie!
*That's* what I'm talking about!
There ya go. Good start. Here we go.
[71] i'll take the rim shot! as far as hats go, i'm wearing a yankees hat right now. oh, and mike keneally's debut album "hat." is *unreal*!
and, look: shit sox take the lead, lester throwing a 1-hitter. shocking.
alright swish, make up for it!
Fuck. I thought that was out for sure.
And good work, Rob!
bring him home, russtache!
[77] But it "didn't have that good sound."
Yaaayyy!
Well done by Cano, very well done.
Rob goes into the manufacturing business.
[80] :)
No. Apparently not.
[83] Yep, building a Score Truck.
Centauriffic!
damon with a bases clearing double, giving tampon the lead. johnny hit his 500th double earlier this year!
Hammered. The new Driven.
[87] We should get him. He cleared waivers.
Well played, Mauer!
Hammers!
[89] We should.
[89] i'm down.
bruce mentioned godzilla the other day in his post. i'm good with getting johnny.
kimbrel with an impressive 9th. braves beat snakes 1-0, swept 'em.
Well, that just speaks for itself.
awesome job, ivan!
[89][92] Maybe not a bad idea, but he's only hitting .726 OPS with (this season) a pretty big reverse platoon split. Where would he play? I guess DH v. LHP.
[97] Bench player. He's Andruw+.
God, this fucker swings hard.
[99] It's too bad he closes his eyes.
Curtis swings hard, but he keeps his eyes open.
Interesting:
Damon: .726 OPS, 106 OPS+
Posada: .708 OPS, 89 OPS+
That's a huge gap in OPS+ for only a few points difference in OPS. I assume that has to do with each player's home park factor? Wow, is (New) Yankee Stadium that much more a hitter's park than Tropicana Field (or whatever it's called in TB)?
[98] Well sure, but that would mean carrying fewer than 19 pitchers.
Hammered!!
how exciting!!!
And suddenly, just like that...
i came back into the den just at the right time! : )
Hammered!!!
holy crap. jeter, sittin' on the bench, talkin' to a trainer (?), mouths: "that was so fuckin' bad." always shocking to see/hear captain curse.
TEX!!!
i think jete was sittin' next to Geno...
Not hammered. Or driven.
Not a fan of God Bless America at the 7th inning stretch, however I must admit that having it sung by the Minneapolis Barbershop Quartet elicited a smile.
Must have been the sun.
What the heck was that, Gardner?
[112] Yes, you're probably right.
Ah, back to Driven.
everything old is new again.
i guess i never realized how huge nova is. standing next to everyone on the mound, he looked large. 6'4", 225 confirms it.
my size.
I hope D-Rob pitches.
Or in a way, I guess I hope he doesn't because it's mop-up time.
Still, I hope he pitches and then we score three more.
russell workin' hard back there.
strike this fucker out, already!
[116] Yeah, he's Supernova.
And nobody's buying what you're peddling, by the way!
nice work out there, grandy.
[117] But then we won't see Mo pitch.
[119] well, i am 6'4", 225...give or take.
mostly take. a lot.
I'm old enough to hear the voice of Red Barber - "Oh, doctor!"
Well done, New John!
Clapclapclapclap!
Brilliant, kid.
[121] yeah. i wanna see Mo!!!
back to back and belly to belly
[122] Heheheheh.
[121] And only 37 games left to get 11 saves.
damn. royales knocked lester out, had 2 on, none out. bard shut 'em down.
still 3-1
[121] True. Hm. And, day off tomorrow.
Okay, D-Rob and Mo, both!
Rob is slumping again.
I wonder what Alex Burnett's middle initial is.
[133] According to BBRef, his name is Alex James Burnett. Or did you know that already?
[131] tomorrow's our last day off 'til Sept. 8th. hard to believe september is nearly upon us...
[134] I was afraid to look.
[134] he's gotta be kidding about something. 'coz if we're talking about Carol Burnett, it's Allan James, not Alex...
[136] wait, seriously? you talkin' 'bout AJ, or did i miss something?
Revere didn't know how many outs there were.
oh, i see. the pitcher. duh. i'm a bit slow. comes with all the height.
drummers...
Deep Drive!
[138] Much as I am enjoying your confusion...
Look at who just pitched that inning for the Twinks.
great job, super nova!
here's the Alabama Hamma!!!
[142] : )
Oh, come on. Fuck.
Oh well. He had to snag it or let it through.
i'm just glad it didn't hit him/hurt him...
Keep watching, Pouffe.
hamma time!
Bam.
Didn't see anything you like, huh?
crap.
Oh, please. Two infield hits??
E5. But here, it's H for Mauer, of course. Fair enough.
Has Flaherty always been this vapid, or is Kay rubbing off on him?
Jason Kubel, you just got Hamma-ed.
high socks!!!
Onions, strike out right there.
Great match-up, D-Rob vs. Thome! Excellent.
153) Flash, he ain't so wunnerful.
Oh, bullshit! Dammit. Get 'im, Dave. Put him away.
That 'check swing' pitch was in the strike zone anyway. Grrrrr.
Where was that pitch? High, I guess..
jesus. he was struck out...
It's funny, I really like Flash.
No one else does.
ok, good. shutout in tact.
still might see Mo!!!
Good work, Houdini.
Houdini strikes again!
Now I'm mad.
Dave is also mad.
Okay. No problem. I was mad, not worried.
(Whew.)
Easy as pie.
[161] it was in minnesota.
shit sox putting the game outta reach.
why not... : /
[163] You just can't predict who'll like which baseball announcers.
[171] Hahahahahah!
Hahahaha!
No. No you can't.
I don't hate Flaherty. Don't like his voice though. He can offer some sharp commentary but the guy is just way too much of a tight ass for me to enjoy too much of his company. Kenny Singleton is more agreeable to my ears on a regular basis.
good hustle. let me guess, that's a hit too...
nice!
i hope he gets to 30-30!!!
Did you guys see this new kid the Red Sox called up? This is especially for Weeping and Thelarmis, actually. Ryan Lavarnway...
Mo time.
[173] I guess I don't watch often enough to catch his sharp commentary. He just seems to babble empty nonsense.
Mr. Mo, come on down.
[176] i think i saw the last name, but not in person and it didn't really register with me. you mean, daniel nava isn't better than Yaz?
what's the new kid about?
It's like a nightmare, isn't it, Matt?
wow. go Mo!!!
[180] Hah! He's a catcher. But, to the point, for the Sox he is Jew Number Two.
Cause I am not the one, got more game than Parker Brothers, Mariano's on the mound and he's SMOOTH LIKE BUTTA.
Thanks be to Mo.
thanks be to Mo!!!
Right to the mitt.
Mariano Rivera, ladies and gentlemen.
Mo made it seem o so easy
Lovely "w" wouldn't ya say?
Excellent. Objective pipe time.
CC, Nova, Hughes, CC - sounds like a playoff rotation to me
[183] acha. i don't like him.
sniff.
Granderson is gosh-darned personable.
[192] Let's hope they trade him.
Damn, Curtis should run for Senate when he retires from baseball.
[195] sounds good to me.
[192] [194] I know, right?
Wowzers, Mo's at 33 saves? Ya think there's a legit shot at 50? I think maybe 45 at best, but 50 would just beat all...
I think he gets 40 but not 45.