Yanks and Sox celebrate a big anniversary at Fenway.
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Raul Ibanez LF
Eric Chavez 3B
Russell Martin C
Nova on the hill.
Never mind the hoopla: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Featured Image via It’s a Long Season; photo of Zim via Sports Illustrated]
Great freakin' pic.
Jason Varikek's been eating his way through retirement, huh?
The Gerbil!
"The start of the game is delayed due to Lucchino chewing out Francona for not coming back to celebrate with the team that quit on him, kicked him to the curb, and smeared his character on the way out the door last October."
[2] Hilarious.
I'm just glad the Sux' hats are even dumber than ours.
Heh, Millar gives a shout out to Karim Garcia: "Who is Karim Garcia." My boss nicely allowed to leave early to see this.
Oh, and go Highlanders!
Seems the general consensus is nice ceremony until Kevin Millar ruined it, as he is wont to do.
Via Pete Abe:
Among those not here: Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Mike Greenwell, Curt Schilling, Dave Roberts, Manny Ramirez, Bob Stanley, Ellis Burks, Grady Little, Don Zimmer.
Jetes!
Hah! My Little Pony with the error!
Nice work Alex.
Damn.
(And good work again, Alex.)
1-0...it's a start.
Robbie. Dustin, that's how you play second base.
Shit, couldn't Swisher have made that play?
THat shit used to happen with Abreu and it makes me crazy to see.
Damn, that was great hitting by Pedroia.
Wow, that was very impressive, the way he stayed on that ball.
Swish Dog!
Swish!
Funny, Kay calls homeruns on fly outs and off-the-walls on homeruns.
Chavy!
(Another missed opportunity for the full Kay homerun rigamarole.)
Chavie!
Cmon Ivan
Nova's getting out of this without another run.
Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.
Nova was just clocked at 96.
Hey, doesn't the video review kinda violate the throwback atmosphere?
29) yeah, and so does the DH.
Omg, Gardner's DL'd? Fuck. This is the first I'm hearing of it.
Was it that play the other day?
Nova gets so many backwards K's.
I really, really like this guy.
Chavez again!
Bomb
Holy fuck!
He caught that ball?
Jesus, what a play.
Fuck.
Chavie, locked and loaded.
Damn, that was some play.
Chavez is making an excellent case for playing Nune5 less when A-Rod DHs.
The Coltrane wuz robbed.
[38] He is.
But he won't
Dude really does a good job keeping hitters off balance.
[38] Except that he's so damned fragile...
Alex!
yay!
Sweet. Just wish there had been men on base for all these taters.
The YES Network social media thingamwhatzit lists Vicente Padilla as the Red Sox win leader. That can't be, can it?
A nice tidbit from ESPN:
New York Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain expects to be out of a walking boot for an injured ankle in about two weeks.
The right-hander has resumed working out at the Yankees' minor league complex, where he played catch in the outfield Friday with his right knee on a stool.
Nova needs to get through six.
Omg, I love Bobby V. in that get-up. Somehow, it's perfect. He should sport that every day.
Robbie!
Dang sun.
This is going nowhere good
Shit fuck piss.
(Reminds me of that ball O'Neill lost in that game against Pedro in...'99? In the first inning?)
Good work, Nova.
Alright. Get that run back.
When my mom heard about this game today, she was surprised, because "I would have thought that dump had fallen down by now"
[56] Hahahahaha!
See, like that.
Got that run back.
[57] She was not a fan when we visited many years ago
Is there any Yankee left who hasn't hit a HR?
Ah, the Bucky Dent homerun.
The Yankees have the worst shift in baseball.
Sounded like Kay wanted to finish the story about that bat
You know, Nova reminds me a lot of Andy.
Sounds like the Bobby boo birds are out.
Please don't throw those stats up
Wade just threw the Scott Proctor curveball.
That was not the Scott Proctor curveball.
Ouff!
I did a quick visit to Pete's Extra Bases blog. I can't get over how few comments are compared to the hundreds of comments that he got at LoHud. How long since Pete left for baseball hell? Two or three years? And those prats still don't appreciate his entertaining and insightful baseball coverage? What knuckleheads!
Trying to get Mo a save?
[71] That's sad.
Well, here we go.
Mo time now.
Well that was pointless.
Thanks for playing Cody. Have some lovely parting gifts.
Same for you Punto.
A fine afternoon of Highlanders Baseball
So sorry to ruin your 100th birthday party. Not.
Thanks be to Mo.
Dandy way to wwake up on a Sat morning!
[71] A commenter from Pete's Blog:
"100 years and nothing has changed. Yankees still kicking our behinds."
A few questions:
What did Millar do during the pre-game?
And what was Girardi doing in the ninth with Eppley? He allows him to face a switch-hitter, where the sidearmer has no platoon advantage, and then takes him out against a right-handed hitter like Ross. I didn't understand that.
And finally, why do the Yankees need 13 pitchers?
Opening Day at Fenway on April 20, 1912, was also the first major league game for Federal League superstar Benjamin Michael Kauff, who went 0 for 1 as the center fielder for the New Yorkers that day.