SHIT.

Fucking Angels brought their gloves to the park tonite.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[97] We could talk about Sons of Anarchy ... I just finished the 2nd season and am scrambling to finish the 3rd so I can get started on the new season that started on Tuesday!

Apparently, Trumbo is the real deal. AL ROY?

great pitchers duel bet SF & LA. kershaw is even doing a bit better than lincecum, but losing 1-0, on an unearned run...

[102] I'm not familiar with that one. What's it all about?

[105] what kinda blog is this anyway? aren't you watching the game?! ; )

[106] Touché. But I'm multitasking...

I"m even making coffee, too.

Hamma!

now - score some motherfucking runs!!!

Suck on on that Sciocia, you fat fukcing pig!

[107] i play drums for a living, all i do is multi-task.

[108] though i've never tasted coffee before...

Wait, my comment is in moderation? I can't call Sciocia a fat fucking pig?

[105] If you'd described it to me beforehand, I'd never had interest in watching.

I guess I'd call it a Biker Gang Soap Opera, that's as addictive as crack-flavored popcorn.

It's ridiculously over the top, and completely engrossing; every time you think they can't go further, they go further.

In other words, "this one goes to eleven" ...

[108: Just getting up, Boat? I'm out to the park soon as this game is over. Jazz Jr getting real antsy though! Had to promise him we'll get that nama coconut juice at the festival he loved last year :)

Uh, wait ... their closer is in the game ... I didn't think that was possible if it wasn't a "SAVE SITUATION"!!!

[66] Jazz, I think KB's Munson comparison is fair simply because of the impact he had on those around him versus the length of his career. There exists a list of players of various sports who died during their careers, and indeed there are some on that list who died at the same age as Clifford Brown, but few of those had the impact on his game that Munson had, comparable to their passing if you will. (I wish I could figure out a better way of stating it, but it's late...)

That is unless you believe Clifford Brown's impact on jazz is comparable to Roberto Clemente, and I wouldn't necessarily argue the point. Brown was tremendous in so short a period of time.

I won't link that list, since my response was more provoked from morbid curiosity which I don't wish to spread... but it's easy to wiki if you wish to find it.

C'mon Loaf Pincher!

Blargh.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

AYALA AND LAFFEY???

FUCK.

YOU.

GIRARDI.

a-rod's about to hit a 99mph into the rocks.

[112] Good watching, the new season gets very favorable reviews.

[114] I got up for the game, bitch!

[118] I'm guessing you'll need it... [120]

[118] are they warming in the 'pen?! good grief.

at least it's not proctor...

[115] Nice Chyll, will check that out.
A-Rod 38 taters in 95 games in Anaheim! Too bad he couldn't jack one there.

114] Nama? So it's right from the coconut? No sugar?

[121] Lucky was an 11am start here!

Oh Christ, pinch stand there.

It's nuts to pull ARod in a tied game on the road.

I hate this team.

[127] Happy?

Fucking stupid.

[127] I woke up at 10:15 and laid back down for 45 minutes.

FUCK ME!

What the fuck is Robbie swinging at?

[129] Good point. But doesn't Girardi always pull shit like that.

girardi is a fucking tool.

Aaron Laffey.

FUCK. YOU. GIRARDI.

Wow. Lose ARod and use up 2 bench players for nothing.

[130] NO. Leave A-Rod in the GD game. Especially if we're going to stand around for an 0-2 count and THEN run. Thats worse than just standing there.

wow. GI Joe has really spit the bit this past week or two.

fucking cocksucker.

[138] Yep.

This game has loss written all over it..time to start getting the jazz kids ready..

Not feeling very confident right about now.

[138] Rhetorical question, son, rhetorical ...

doesn't tony pena have ANY say as the bench coach. zim was like the anti-torre and could sometimes talk him outta dumb shit. pena seems like he should be able to do the same. this is ridiculous!

This is Joe Girardi giving Bud Selig the middle finger right? You think I tried to lose games *last year?* Here's Aaron Laffey in the ninth inning!

[140] ready...to listen to METAL!!! : )

[141] No have faith. Jesus is gonna save us. Praise the lord.

here we go...

[139] Plus we end up with subpar D at 3rd. A-Rod has been a vacuum all night....grrrrrrrr

Yes, we desperately needed a second crappy lefty

[148] I really think he has like an egg timer in the dugout. When it dings, its time to MAKE A MOVE. That's when we make a nonsense replacement, bunt or IBB for no apparent reason.

d-rob only threw 13 frickin' pitches.

he could've started this goddamn inning...

Luis.

Ayala.

My LEAST favorite Yankee of this entire year.

Yes, even less than AJ.

Shrug, it isn't *entirely* deserved, but what can I say ... he's my modern day Miguel Cairo ...

[150] You *HAVE* heard of The Binder, yah?

I HATE JoeyJoeJoe Girardi.

Fuck.

alright ayala. i'm all for you getting another DP, like the other night...

fuck you, ayala.

fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, GI Joe.

[152] do you believe cairo has SEVEN homeruns this season? 7.

Awful. And Mrs. Jazz is off at a wedding so I can't even get drunk at the festival...oh well.

You know, I really want to be in a pennant race next year. Never thought I'd say that, but I can't take another September like this.

Pena looks like the actor Darren E. Burrows who played Ed in the TV show Northern Exposure.

I will not lose sleep tonight over what is happening here. The Sox lost.

I just worry that the Angels will overtake Texas, and the Yankees will have to travel to Anaheim for the first round of the playoffs.

this sucks.

d-rob could've started this. if not, Mo.

this proctor, laffey, ayala shit in tight games in Sept is beyond ludicrous. he has to be stopped.

we could be running away with the fucking division. instead...this.

[153] Even I have a hard time believing The Binder says "Pinch Run Chris Dickerson for no reason"

wonderful.

fuck off, ayala.

i better start drinking faster...

oh, shit. *still* ayala????????????

Go Red Sox!

[161] You just have trouble with the definition of "no reason".

It's okay, we have logic classes for that ...

Good night. The Yankees should have won this game 1-0

joe girardi:

FUCK YOU!!!

-me.

That's 3 losses in a row.

[158] You're gonna hafta get drunk now. The kids will be alright.

awful. just awful.

terrible, very bad and no good, too...

Well, THAT sucked.

At least Fat Bastard pitched a good game and JESUS!!! had a good game at the plate (even with the outs).

Another morning turned to shit. And it's 85 degrees already.

What the FUCK is he doing?

Can someone please explain the merits of capitulation to me?

Why the FUCK do you bother to play all those innings if you're going to have Aaron Motherfucking Laffey on the mound with the game on the line? Why?

I'm sure he's a nice guy, but once again: NOT A MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER.

There is a reason that he is refuse.

Wayne Franklin'ed again??????

Why do you bother?

And could we please get the heads up to not bother watching/following the game, if Joe G. doesn't give a fig?

You know, it's not a given that you'll be in the position to win the next game in the series.

You have a chance to WIN THE GAME.

You pitch Aaron Fucking Laffey. What the hell?

Please explain.

[166] Yes, I know, if Teixeira hit a ball to the wall and Nick Markakis was struck by lightning Chris Dickerson stood a better chance of scoring from first flatfooted than Jesus Montero.

[175] And that's why I mentioned the logic classes ...

[174] Joe's total lack of interest in winning the division last year was enough to make baseball add an extra playoff team. Maybe he's trying to see what they will do when he stops trying this year

[176] But you just keep on "plucking" that chicken, right?

[176] And I think that the idea that Chris Dickerson is going to score from first completely flatfooted on ANYTHING is illogical.

[179] Besides a HR. But I *think* Montero can do that too.

don't we have like 18 pitchers? there's a bajillion throwers in the pen. pick somebody other than proctor, laffey or ayala. even if they're young and new and it's a tight game. obviously, the games mean nothing to joe, so just choose anyone.

the braves throw young guys out all the time. 2 did great tonight. the 1 who didn't has been beyond awesome this year. 1 of the kids who did well was aroydis vizcaino, who we traded for jome-run javy...

any of the kids are better than laffey. doesn't even matter which hand they use to throw! fuck it, get pat vindette up here. quick.

[177] Is that really happening?

They should just threaten to take away Joe G.'s supplements if he's going to manage that fecklessly. That would be more simple.

[179] Wow, once again, over your head with a whee and a plop.

Montero is one of the SLOWEST guys on the team. No, really, he's not average, or anything close.

HE'S SLOW.

Dickerson is not.

In FACT, Dickerson is FAST.

Imagine that.

Dickerson is probably 2-3 seconds, at the least, faster from 1st to 3rd than Montero.

I'm not quite sure WHY you've decided to get bent out of shape about making an OBVIOUS move, but, logically speaking, it IS the logical move ...

[183] Bah, meant 1st to Home in the above ...

[181] I'm coming around to the idea that Ayala just sucks, but I KNOW Laffey and Proctor cannot get out Major League hitters. They can throw a pitch, and a hitter may happen to get HIMSELF out, but that's the only positive outcome they have available. They have no out pitches, no nasty pitches, no nothing, except below mediocre shit balls that look like snack time to any lineup moderately above suck.

I have, on the other hand, seen Ayala get guys out, but he has sucked hard recently.

I'm with you on the trying of someone who MIGHT have a pulse. Throwing a corpse on the mound, though, this shit must stop.

[181] And by that, I mean try some kid, etc.

Just not someone who has confirmed beyond all possible doubt that absolute suck is the hard and fast ceiling.

I'm a little frustrated right now.

[185] Against the Angels, there's a particular sting.

The Angels wouldn't have beat us in 2002 without giving K-Rod a chance, as a TOTALLY untested rookie.

This bizarre fucking obsession we have of always choosing someone else's garbage before giving our minor leaguers a chance is driving me MAD.

Back to [177], I know that they're "planning" the 10-team thing - is it definite that it is going to happen, assigning punishment to anyone shooting as many blanks as Joe G. does in September?

I can't see this shit being good for the team. I just hate it.

Winning is GOOD. Aaron Fucking Laffey with the game on the line. After Robertson tore through his inning.

[183] Because if the man isn't allowed to run, I'm not sure what the hell difference speed makes. I've seen zero indication that Chris Dickerson is the kind of fast that he can score from first from a stand still. He's not breaking with the pitch. He's not getting a running start. He's standing there. Short of someone falling down, I'm not sure what's going to get him 270 feet on one play.

The entire philosophy rests on the idea that someone will eventually hit a two out gapper and he can run with the pitch t

I mean seriously. Is our plan *really* "Hopefully Tampa loses 12 times before the years ends?"

[187] Show me a Yankee fan who doesn't feel that sting, and they're wearing some kind of other shirt underneath.

Yes, with this garbage thing. Garbage is generally garbage for a good reason.

But there are legitimately two types of garbage.

There's garbage that shows some higher-ceiling possibility, like a Bruney, who was picked up garbage.

And then there's garbage that will always be garbage. That shows no signs of ever not being garbage.

Now I don't understand some things in this game, like I never saw a 19 win IPK season coming, and I still can't fathom it, but I'm pretty sure current Proctor and always Laffey will never, ever, ever be anything other than shitty.

[191] I don't know. To me, there's a complete and distinct gulf between a Laffey or Proctor and an IPK.

IPK was always going to be much, MUCH more likely to turn into an above-average pitcher than the other two were.

I'd never say I saw 19+ wins coming, but it was pretty clear he had the potential to be a good+ pitched, if given a legit chance (which the Yankees never did) ...

[189] Well, let's think about this.

Dickerson has stolen 30+ bases several times in his professional career, while Montero, on the occasion of his 1st ML run scored, prompted this observation: "The ball found the wall and Jesus Montero chugged all the way from first to score. The young man be many things in his career, but fast is not going to be one of them."

The idea that someone like Dickerson would CLEARLY score on a number of plays ABOVE the number that Montero would, seems, hopefully, SO obvious that we don't need to establish it, and yet, stunningly, you seem to need to argue THAT very point, to argue that there isn't a reason to increase the chances of a positive run value event, with essentially no negative cost.

Consider me perplexed ...

[193] I have little doubt that Chris Dickerson, if allowed to run, is faster than Jesus Montero, and would score from first, on say, a hit and run that reached the wall.

I think when he's not allowed to run, its going to take two hits to score either one of them. I just don't see the 0 out or one out play that is going to score an anchored Dickerson from first without some kind of misplay. Which, as we saw in Boston, will score Montero too.

Oh, [192], don't mix the thoughts together, even though I put them together into post salad.

I mention IPK just to say that certain things surprise me, and sometimes things I don't see coming do occur, but he has nothing to do with those two crap ballers.

Tonight I've just thrown out a few questions to go along with the murderous anger part of things.

[194] Well, we're just going to have to agree that *your* analysis is lacking.

Dickerson easily scores from 1st on MANY number of hits that Montero would be lucky to end up at 3rd on.

A hit that scores Montero will, essentially, score 90%+ of ALL base runners in MLB.

At least.

If you think that's the same for Dickerson, well, I'm not exactly sure what to say ...