Uh.
The first inning was utterly silent?? Is that a Banter first?

Terrible umpiring. Bartolo threw four pitches in the strike zone, three of which were called balls, before grooving a HR pitch to Alan.

Damn, then who's Freida; Freddy or A.J.?

Wow. That went far.

That wouldn't have been out of all parks ...

Name one!

Yellowstone?

Man, what a bomb!

Same slot. Just above the knees, middle of the plate.

Please do bette, Colon. Don't make AJ so damn happy.

The Mysterious Moving Strike Zone.
Maybe equally terrible for both pitchers, but pretty awful.

Helpful GIDP.

The only reason I'm watching this dreary game is to see whether Bartolo is going to turn back into a pumpkin.

Which I guess would be merely a change in color, huh?

GAHBAHFAH.

Double play. Sigh

Who IS this twatwaffle that's in the booth right now?

[13] Dunno. YES or my9 producer?

Cletus!

DRIVEN!!!

jorgie ain't done, yet!

Now let's pick this damn runner up, ok?!?!?!?!?

Just a suggestion, but can we try and score Posada here?

Alright, Mr. MVP, show us your BOOM STICK!

vintage jeter. multi-hit game, walking.

c'mon Grandy, give us the lead!

Damn, that was a fat breaker ...

Eek, looked like #3 to me.

How's Bartolo tonight?

Seems you guys had a little earth-quakin' excitement yesterday! Very rare in the east coast..

Well, that one didn't, but see [22], he can't complain.

I think this is going to be a frustrating loss. Colon hasn't pitched bad.

[25] Not that bad, but certainly not to the level he pitched too before the injury (and the innings, take your pick).

[23] Yup. 5.9 In Japan, or the US west coast it's also known as Tuesday.

Huh. Hadn't heard that before. That's a pretty good damn story.

[26] Certainly better than A.J.

Here's the RAB preview of tonight's game. Turning out to be eerily prophetic:

Other than being a fine follow on Twitter, McCarthy has had a nice comeback year after dealing with injuries for several years. His 2.83 FIP is off the charts, though his ERA (3.74) is much more pedestrian. McCarthy is all about avoiding walks (1.30 uIBB/9) and getting ground balls (47.1%), and he’ll occasionally mix in strike three (5.87 K/9). He’s a big dude (6-foot-7, 200 lbs.) and he uses his size to get good downhill plane on his 90-ish mph fastballs (both two and four-seamer). A high-80′s slider is his third pitch (really second counting the fastballs as one entity). McCarthy’s a tough assignment, he might sneak up on the Yankees.

Blech.

[29] That allows for a rather wide range of possibilities, not all of them positive ...

It sucks sitting through on off day and then watching this. Bollocks! And for chrissakes, Arod!. Stay healthy.

Clearly, one of those lifeless, listless games. Its ovah

[33] 9 more outs, man!

this is just one of those games for the Yankees...and one of those years for A-Rod

[35] Good thing he's only signed for another 50 ...

shit sox up big, early. what else is new...

there goes the 1st place lead...

Yeah, not exactly inspiring tonite ...

[36] But think of all the great memorabilia to go on sale when he hits 661,715, 756, 763!

Well, that worked out, didn't it???

Fugh.

Good job, Joe. Boone just kills righthanders.
He could have brougt in The Hammer after the pinch hitter was announced, no?

Well... we get our asses kicked by a shitty team. The good news from Lohud:
UPDATE 8:43: Word just came down that A-Rod’s X-rays were negative. He has a sprained thumb and is day to day.

i know he's teh eighth inning guy, but prolly smarter to bring in the Alabama Hamma here to Houdini outta this and keep it at 3...

uh, that was obvious...

[42] No. I believe once a reliever is in, he must pitch to one batter. I think that's the rule.

I know Burnett has sucked more demonstrably, but Colon has, well, blown nearly as bad in the last 5-6 starts.

There's a legit question of whether he needs to be moved back into the bullpen ...

thing is with A-Rod, the last couple of years even when he wasn't healthy he was still good for 30 and 100+, which I know aren't the most telling stats in the world but are still nice to see. Maybe this year it all just kinda caught up with him?

i was surprised The 'Tolo came out for the 7th...

If I were Bartolo, I wouldn't be happy either.

Is it just me or does it seem that Colon may have hit the final wall?

[51] What does "the final wall" even mean?

Are you saying we should point off in the distance and tell him about the rabbits?

[47] The only thing, for me, that says A.j. over Colon is being in shape to pitch a full season.

Bah.

Just not our night.

[54] Like I said.

(52) No George, but we all knew that Colon wasn't gonna make it thru a full season

OT, anyone else read about Pat Summits? Best of luck to her.

Texas only down 6-3.

C'mon Rangers!

Meanwhile, I'm always happy to see Noesi get a chance to pitch, even *if* he's the last man out of Coffee Joe's bullpen ...

[57] I just saw that 20 minutes ago. That is horrible news for anyone. Ugh.

[57] yeah. it's sad.

[58] yup. shit sox score 2 apiece the first 3 innings. rangers just cut the deficit in half. i was hoping for more; they had the bases loaded w/ no one out and the heart of the order up. (hamilton, young, cruz)

still, i'll take 6-3 over 6-0.

c'mon Tex-ass!!!

Ooops.

Woof.

Pow.

[61] Texas can mash it!
[57,60] Who is Pat Summit?

[62] Perhaps I should have gone with: BLAMN!!!

jesus. ya know, like san diego, oakland has been scoring a goodly amount of runs lately...

[63] tenn lady vols legendary basketball coach. she has early dementia. she's only 59.

a-gon with his 2nd of the game. 20th of the season.

7-3 shitty sox

Rally time! O.K. more like this is one of the 60 losses every team suffers (except for the 1998 Yankees.)

[66] 59?? Ouch, that's young for such an illness.
[67] Tejas facing Lackey, they will score again!

At least end the shut out ferfuck's sake!

That was damn fine ab by The Captain.

nice ab, captain!

.295

Obviously Derek needs to retire
/sarc

No rally killers please. ; )

Dammit, Swish. And with 2 outs, too.

Cornflake with the SNAP, CRACKLE, POP!!!

Swish-a-rooney!!!

and WE cut the deficit in half!

Jeter got mad hits like he's Rod Carew

RagingTartabull come on and rock the sure shot.

i've got the braves game on here (on mute. i'm actually practicing marimba...) anyway, they're playing the cubbies. since the cubs are on wgn, nationally all the time, i've seen them play quite a lot over the years.

aramis ramirez is good at the baseball.

[78] oh yeah! that means rickey henderson is 2 away and craig biggio is 5 after that. then...no one til next season. it's gonna be so much fun watching our Captain pass those names on the hit list. i can't wait!!!

Man, 4 outs, 4 strike outs, SO glad Noesi has been the last man out of the pen all year ...

Hip-Hip!

Hip Hip!!!

JoPo!!!

[16] told ya! : )

russtache!!!

let's win this bitch!!!

tejas got that run back...

7-4

hmm

Oh, boy! Keep the line moving.

Oh dear, I smell a bunt ...

C'mon Cap!

BUNT!

God I hate a bunt there

[78][79] Howling for Judy!! (Look it up!)

c'MON cAPTAIN!!

[93]Yep, wasting an out.

Well, they'd better cash these two the fuck in.

C'mon, let's have some pie!

That's not a fucking strike blue. Asshole.

WOW bad 2d strike call.

don't strike out!