i can't believe this lineup. i know the game went late but with aj pitching this is just an awful lineup.

haha. wow. guess it's fittin for aj.
what do you even call this lineup - house money is too generous - maybe a train station cup of coffee lineup?

I love this lineup. We're going to crush them.
3B and DH leading the way today.

3) Me likum how you thinkum.

Wait, are we back to spring training? Did I miss winter? Who won the 2011 World Series?

Best... bench... evah!

[6] Sure thing. And if the rain keeps the game from starting until, say, 4PM, you can sub in the regulars after the 4th inning!

wonder what swish did to "get" to start this game?
he's the only sucker that started last night too.

Wait, what?
Wtf kind of lineup is that?

Omg, was there actually a game last night? I didn't even bother to check, presuming there was no way in hell they'd play. It rained nonstop in New Haven yesterday.

Yikes.

I just luuuuuvvvvvv September call-ups and the 40-man roster.

Wow, has it even stopped raining since the conclusion of last night's game?

[12] Was it still raining at the end of last night's game?

You all were troopers for waiting it out last night. I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.

[12] Ah, Michael tells me it stopped for about an hour ... about an hour ago.

Wheee!

Well, that was fast.

Cha-Changes from AJ!

Nice start, A.J.

I wish I had some more time this AM, I was going to predict a lineup for today. I would have been close, but I would have missed Swisher for Dickerson.

But given they played at 2am plast night, this looks about right to me. Surprised there is so much hand-wringing over it.

[18] You predicted Golson?

Yeah, I can't imagine why they fell. /sarcasm

[8] Hey, Michael Kay noticed, too!

Yay-Rod!

Gee up, centaur!

Bunch of hobbits and a centaur. (No disrespect to Russell or Swish, of course.)

[23] [24] Heh.

Uh, Alex ... you missed a spot.

damn prescient sliced.

[21] uh oh - not so sure that is a group i want to be in.

Boooooooooooo!

BUST!

[29] John 11:35.

Can we at least pray that the skies open up for a second and shoots a bolt of lightning right on the mound as the O's bat and finally relieves us of our long AJ nightmare?

Well at least now AJ has a scapegoat

Ugh. Teix gets at least the out, maybe the DP.

Well, I don't think I can do better than [30], and this doesn't look like a very fun game. See youse! Maybe the house money can pay some dividends...

Where's Gil McDougald when you need him?

I'm just going to pretend that whole sequence never, ever happened.

It's good thing this is spring training, by the time the actual season rolls around, this team will be a well-oiled machine ...

Could be a long afternoon. I'm leaving the office now, maybe by the time I get home things will look better.

shelley duncanstein had a 2-homer game on sunday and has another one today!

i'm sure aj will see that and raise him...

fuck you, aj.

there's just no way we can let this clown pitch in the postseason.

[19] I just had every position player on the roster that didn't play last night.

MLB gameday suggests AJ is getting squeezed (in addition to throwing wild pitches). Some pitches very much IN the strike zone called balls. True?

Hey, A.J. didn't give up a run that inning!

Andruw Jones is fun to watch swing the bat ...

Fuck YEAH, Jesus!!!

[43] i agree. i wish i got to see the AB. i loved watching him hit here in Atlanta, and esp. field his position. he was unreal in CF...

[45] He doesn't get cheated against a fastball ... ever.

RAMIRO ... DONTCHAKNOW!

Nune5!

AJ you are a mental midget.

Somehow we are tied. I love it! Now we hook aj and we have a shot!

[49] alex - thanks for linking the Singleton interview. it's a good read.

also, fun to see "schmeckle"! gene simmons uses that word regularly, on his show!

and, yeah, AJ. he's the walkin' dude. (anthrax reference)

AJ: 6 innings, 106 pitches, 4 runs, 4 walks, 3 wild pitches, 7 k's, 1 homerun. 2 errors, 2 double plays behind him.

jesus reaches on an error, takes 2nd.

tex into hit for laird. IBB...

i can't see the game, but i imagine there's been some ugly baseball played in the 15 hours, or so. sometimes it rains...

laffey's really the first guy outta the 'pen?! first???

I really hate having multiple lefties. It only encourages this

God damned MIX AND MATCHING (TM) Not only does it up the chance of the chamber being loaded in bullpen roulette, it offers some god awful boring baseball

[54] ah, loogy. i see. wasn't paying much attention.

now, i'm gonna make like the rest of you and get the hell outta here!

GO YANKS!!!

HATE that sac bunt. No outs, gonna need more than one run to win this in all likelihood, leadoff hitter up... but then, I always hate the sac bunt with an actual hitter up.

And whaddya know, leadoff double wasted.

Nice frame by Robbie.

Go Robbie go - but, as usual, Soriano pretty much blows.

98 home runs on the season coming to the plate in the bottom of the ninth... I like our chances.

I want pie!

fuckin' hell.

from the gamecast box, strike 3 looked low and outside...

Why the fuck weren't any balks called?

[64] On TV it looked low and outside too. It would be nice if Robbie had just fouled it off instead of trusting the umpire, though.

[65] I know, right? Great camera work showed that every pitch to Granderson was a balk, and most of the pitches to Cano. Why did the ump mention it if he wasn't going to call it?

I fear a 5-run outburst here

Again with the leadoff walk. Bah.

[66] thanks, marek.

yeah, me no likey the leadoff walk here. but i'll take that K right after.

now, i'd really like a DP...

At least Robbie wasn't the only one rung up low and outside.

Hey yose.
I never expected to see the end of this one.

Good throw gets him. That throw almost put him on third.

Happy to be proved wrong

Great pitch,no doubt about that one.

Hector Protector, nice job.

if we don't walk off here, noesi should start the next inning...

[76] No doubt about it. He's a starter. Supposed to be. He might go three if nec.

[71] oh, you're here. i better go...

[75] ha. i like that!

[77] yeah, i agree. ooh, i know how to say that in swedish! but i can't spell it. you'll have to take my word for it. figuratively, not the actual swedish word. 'coz, you know, i can't actually spell it...

well, let's hope he doesn't have to go 3. i'm preparing charts for work tonight and i really need to get things done before going soon...

[78] Not room in this blog for the two of us? I know you weigh 280.

ya know, there's a Zildjian cymbal called the "Swish Knocker".

i'd like one of those now. the baseball version. though the original is quite nice, as well.

[81] a little late for that. i don't think there are any cymbals made for a-rod. but there sure are plenty of symbols.

hit one out, Alex. what the fuck, why not...

[80] 281 lb. i had pasta last nite.

[80] 280. wow. could you imagine that? that's actually exactly TWO of me!!!

dear a-rod,

in order to hit a walkoff homerun, you actually need to hit the ball. make contact. or something. keep that in mind next time, will ya.

-thelarmis.

This one goes to eleven.

[86] funny. i'm actually going thru a ballad right. but it does get loud at the end. i might use that line tonite with the kids. they'll get a kick out of it! : )

holy crap. this kid can't field to save his fucking life.

christ almighty. enough with the fucking errors!!! : /

E, Nunez.

Blech.

Nune5.

DRIVEN!

20 feet past the infield.

Seriously, Kay ...

[90] Nuñe6.

Oh, I don't like this IBB. I know it worked out last time. Geez.

I hate being right.

they have 5 stolen bases today.

yeah, i don't like this IBB, either. now, it'll be 7-4...

how do you say...FUCK!!!

that's totally on the Binder. well, and Nune6.

Lord, how fucking stupid can you get. This is unbelievable.

I feel like it's almost inevitable that somebody is now going to walk in a run.

oh good, another IBB. this time to load the bases.

whaddya think - davis is gonna strike out SIX times today?

ugh. now the game's gonna get real ugly...and outta reach.

I know its really Nune5's fault, but . . . damn Girardi and his damn intentional walks!

When will he learn!?!?!

I like being wrong.

Geez, I guess I picked the right time to leave the room. It was first and second, no runs in, now we're losing?