Here we go, Andy!

In Anaheim during the great Yankee summer of '98, Pettitte pitched one of the best games I ever saw in person. Probably the best given my vantage point, as well as the outcome.
My friend and I sat in the 2nd row, directly behind home plate. Andy and fellow southpaw Chuck Finley held both first place lineups scoreless through the 8th. It was amazing to watch them work (especially being a lefty hitter). The seats were so good I was able to follow the rotation of the ball, and the movement of the pitches from the hitters' perspective. The most impressive thing was hearing the heavy thump of their fastballs.
Long story short, Yanks scored 3 runs in the 10th, 2 on a Tino double, and Mo closed it out in Mo fashion.

[2] Hey, Sliced! That's a fabulous story, thanks.

Alex's hands are looking faster.

3) I figured you'd appreciate a good Andy story. I'll never forget that game thanks to the seats, and the performances by Pettitte and Finley. I lived in L.A from 96 to 02, and went to Anaheim at least one game pretty much every series the Yanks were in town.
In 96 I felt bad for the Angels fans they were so outnumbered by us NYers. By the end of my LA stint, the Angels had come around, and beaten us so many times I hated the joint - but not as much as I do now.
Fuggin Angels

[2] That is good stuff. I think the only time I sat in the front or second row of an MLB game was on the 3rd base side of Three Rivers Stadium in 96. Ken Caminiti made a late error to help the Padres lose. I saw him angry up close. : )

Oh, beautiful.

Beautiful, Andy.

(I could watch this man pitch forever.)

He caught the ball.

Fuck.

damn

And speaking of theatrics (maybe even hotdogging), what was that Captain America asshole's name? On the A's? Whatever became of him?

Man, that cutter down and in to righties is effective.

They're getting some good swings off Andy.

Hit that split!

and it continues....

Robbie, you can't take that pitch in that situation.

You have to swing at that. You, of all people, could even have hit that ball hard.

Nice 2-0 curve there, Andy.

Damn.

Fuck, how did he hit that so well?

The strike zone works both ways, blue. Fucking asshole.

That was like Soriano's dinger off of Schilling.

Nice play.

Man, Chavez made that look easy.

Sigh.

That was a mistake. Shite!

God, that stupid fucking smoke.

Get over yourselves, fucking Angels.

All right, that's all they're getting.

Agggggghhh!

Wtf?

Fair ball!

For the record, I take back everything I said about the Ibañez signing.

Oh well, one is better than none.

Jesus, that Robinson Cano can play second base.

Good work, Andy.

I can't flip back to the game for 2 minutes without seeing them show Scioscia's stupid fucking smirk. WHY?

Damn it.

I hate the fucking angels.

Fuck, how did that asshole catch that ball?

dammit. gotta get a W for Andy!!!

Fck, I hate the Angels.

Another vintage outing by Andy. He hung in there and gave the team length and a chance to win.

2 homers to 2 homerun hitters is one thing. 1 run for our offense (albeit, against a good pitcher), is another...

i love the 100 pitches through 7 and no walks. he'll prolly pitch the 8th...

[41] I wouldn't send him back out with 100 pitches in a losing cause.

Hahahahah!

I was thinking the same thing!

"The only thing missing on that play was the unicycle."

Very good, Kenny.

Tying run at the plate...

Come on, fucking team, get it done.

c'mon andruw!!!

haren's out. let's get this done.

[42] i hear ya. what if we tie it here?! also depends if there's a lefty leading off or batting 2nd in the inning. i'm not looking it up, 'coz i'm eating dinner!

The Grin will make us smile.

Fuck.

fuck. that sucked, andruw.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck.

Damn it fucking hell.

The Yankees really aren't very good.

feh.

And he's back out there, indeed.

[50] Not so much.

Damn, Pujols is a good hitter.

That was some good hitting, the kind of pitch our guys would have just swung through.

He stayed on it.

dammit. i really don't like that old guy (poo-holes).

Kenny mentioned earlier that Pujols has the lowest strike out ratio for a power hitter in half a century.

That's how, you shorten your swing with two strikes.

It's not rocket science.

Quality relief showing.

goddamn it. that run goes on andy's ledger.

we kinda suck...

[56] Well, I mean its not fair to expect that out of everyone. Ideally you're closer to Pujols than Mark Reynolds, who is absolutely doing something wrong, but I don't think say, Ken Griffey is so bad.

[58] Kinda?

upper-deki hit a 2-run bomb in his devil fish debut...

i would not be opposed to a monstrous offensive inning here, to take the lead and win the game.

and here it is...

bases loaded. 2 outs. robbie up.

DO IT!!! GRAND FUCKING SLAM!!!

And the Yankees collapse in a heap of incompetence.

But hey, we can beat the A's

jesus fucking christ. this guys walks 2, hits another and robbie strikes out on 3 fucking pitches. 0-5 tonite.

total fucking bollocks.

Well.... last night was disgusting.
Tonight was just your typical poor RISP, underachieving, boring game.

[66] If this team isn't hitting homers, they're non competitive.

Our old friend Godzilla hit a 2-run homer in his Rays debut. Now that man could hit with RISP.