So. . .

Everyone safe, if not dry?

Safe up here in the BX. The sun is even peaking out.

that's a cool picture up top with the boids.

tbs was supposed to carry this day game and i was looking forward to it. instead, they're airing cubs-brew crew, in my area, in a few minutes.

my parents evacuated their house; the whole block did. that's near jfk. they went to my brothers in queens and everything was fine there. my folks will see the house later this evening. hopefully nothing more than a flooded basement...

2 bad punch outs for the Yanks to 1 for the O's.

um, what in the world is going on with word press??? so incredibly frustrating.

my comment (#3) is awaiting moderation. i didn't even come close to cursing. it is a length issue? i mean, c'mon!

nice 10 pitch at-bat for the captain.

i was hoping for a hit, however.

1 more and he ties craig biggio with 3060, #20 on the all-time list!

as if passing The Mick for most games ever played in a Yankee uniform wasn't enough for one day... ; )

Britton looks good so far.

Well, I'm glad to see Colon pitching well today, but it sure would be nice if the offense would come back from whatever vacation they've been on for the last week ...

Yeah, I'll have to catch up with my family in Newport News later. Seems like everyone is o.k.

Pitcher's best friend.

Man, this is like a National League game.

The 'Tolo!

The score truck is stuck in a flooded part of town.

Alright guys, let's get the scoring started.

DRIVEN!

Interesting, Britton was 2-2 with Teix. 100 pitches on the day. Then Tex fouls off three in a row then takes ball three, fouls off another and then slaps pitch 106 of the afternoon into left. It's 0-0 but I can't imagine Britton is long for this game.

Good thing Britton has a high pitch count. Hopefully he won't see the end of the 7th.

Damn, Alex didn't look good there. 111 pitches for Britton.

yeah, jeter and swish have each had a coupla ab's that made britton work, before that 10-pitch matchup with Tex.

hopefully, that's it for britton...

wonderful, wonderful

Fat Bastard in da hizzy!

We keep counting pitches, he keeps getting outs.

[22] Well, at least @120, that's it for Britton. We'll see if that changes anything.

Ferfuck's sake! Now the Yanks need 2 runs. Can they do it?

Fugh.

Nuts.

First two pitches a fucking waste for Nunie here.

And then trying to hit a home run. Garbage AB>

C'mon Russtache!

Shit bunt attempt. Check swing foul. Whiff! Bollocks!

I'm beginning to get annoyed.

Really?

REALLY???

That's what you decided to do with a 3-1 pitch?

This team's hitting approach right now is bollocks.

[30] Hah!

BOLLOCKS!!!

I seem to remember Jeter not being able to hit Johnson with a paddle.

[31] I've been trying to think happy thoughts all day, but the stabbity is rising ...

Boolchit

Whimper.

Man, I sure hope Nova brings his A game this evening, because with the way this team is approaching at bats recently, even a run or two seems beyond reach.

bhyukfvrgtyij

Jesus H. Christ. Seeing those 2 come close to colliding is enough to make me crazy.

Yeah, that's the way things are going right now.

[35] Losing four games to Oakland and Baltimore even before the annual September giveup starts is infuriating.

[42] Yup. And even the game we won this week, with all the grandslams, was following the same infuriating pattern of bullshit situational hitting and squandered opportunities until the A's pitchers literally walked the Yankees into a blow out.

Magic time, 'Tolo! Let's go dude!

Oh, look, a ball that wasn't going to be caught and the runner at first ran.

Nasty heater. 1 more!

Ugh.

Ballgame.

Ballgame.

It wouldn't do any good but I'd like to see Bartolo give his teammates the finger.

Looks like an easy out in the box score, right?

Phew.

What a waste of a good outing by Colon.

one would think that between grandy, tex & a-rod, we could score a coupla runs here...

however, i'm not thinking that will happen.

Well, if there's a comeback to be had, Kevin Gregg is a better than average bet to supply it.

Plus, he's got one hell of a backpfeifengesicht ...

You know what would be the perfect way for this gamke to end? Yankees desperately trying to work walks because its Gregg, ignoring that the ump is calling EVERYTHING

[52] btw, i'm going with the old reverse psychology trick with that post!

well, that's not a good start.

HES CALLING EVERYTHING. FUCKING SWING.

Life!

Alright, Alex either ties it on one swing ... or GiDP.

The agony or the ecstasy.

What a big bag of steaming fucking suck.

Ugh, sorry.

But ya gotta call it when ya feel it ...

agony.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The A's and O's are obviously too much for the Yankees. Good thing the M's aren't next.
Bah!

And down with a whimper. We've lost five of the last seven and haven't even started the September shit

Glad I spent most of this game doing yard work and napping.