Chad Qualls = wOBA Fett

No Michael Kay!

Good start.

Poor Hideki. Yikes. Stupid Dome. Blow it up already.

[1] If he's with the team, I expect Joe to play with his new toy tonight.

Matsu in in a domed outfield. He looked doomed.

Atta boy, Robbie! You too, Alex.

Nice.

[5] And spoil the resale value? What a jerk!

Poor Marsui injures himself running for a fly ball.
Getting old is a bitch.

[5] Domed = doomed, because o adds nothing.
[8] I know, that's why I never drive my car.

Phew phoul

Mark!

Brilliant strategy, Fred!
Make them hit really hard liners directly at the occupied base, love it.

Oh, jeez.
Adopting Fred's strategy I see.

Lou is making Kenny dumber. I hear it happening right before my ears. It's scary.

Broken teeth are far worse. Got 3 of them.

Freddy still makes me nervous.

A-yup. At least bases were empty.

[17] Rightly so...

Yeah, it's not a good outing -- lucky so far. I'll give him credit for not walking anybody.

Okay, and now I'll give him credit for two strikeouts...

Man, Curtis quit on that one. Shoulda been the 3rd out.

Wow, Fred!
Getting stronger, who'd've thunk?

Freddy's at his pitch count, bullpen time? Be easier if we had more runs.

[15] Lou's voice doesn't work well on TV..

[22] Go Go Chief!

[23] No, because (a) he struck out two guys in the fifth, and (b) the thought of Joe Girardi squeezing four innings out of the bullpen is making me break out in a cold sweat.

That was ball four, Nick. He rarely makes that mistake.

[25] But Joe can break out his new toy!

[27] God help us. Here's a prediction: if Qualls does pitch, he'll face two batters and then Joe will decide the platoon match-up mandates a switch.

[27] Chad Qualls? Did they even check what he did in Philadelphia? I really have no patience for recycled relievers..bring up some kids and let them have a shot.

Sigh.

I had a premonition about that one. GD Pena!

Yeah, you could see that one coming.

I do have to say that Freddy pitched better than I expected. Too bad the bats went to sleep.

Ugh. Don't backpeddle. Lame.

Eppley has been good. And he makes you feel sort of confident, too.

come on Curtis.

We'll take it!

Nice sacrifice fly.

And BJ Upton cannot nail the speedy Chris Stewart!

Scoring without a hit. But remember: we can't win if we don't homer. So don't get excited.

[40] Was it the 2005 White Sox that were hailed for Ozzie's "small ball" when actually they won the WS with a lot of power? Or was that the Cardinals in 06..?

I love chess, by the way. This is great. Joe on Joe, everyone's favorite match-up, too.

Come on, Boone, fer krisake.

Hey, Boone. Throw fucking strikes.

[39] Pokemon not so pokey, huh?

Pawn to C4! Your move, Maddon!

I hate baseball.

well that sucks.

Oy.
Dave used to be fine coming into the middle of an inning...

oh my god.

what the fuck?!

dammit.

our lead's gonna evaporate by the end of the weekend.

Oh, fuck.
Dang, Teix always makes that play.

No use having Dave pitch the 8th now. What a bed shitting 7th inning. OI!

i blame berman & sutcliffe.

i mean, really? those 2 guys together is fuggin' brutal.

[53] No, he has to pitch the 8th. We still have a good chance to win this.

ARGH!!!

motherfucker.

warning track power.

[54] My god, that sounds apalling. Can't stand either of those two.

Cano tater, please.

fuck the shift. : /

[59] Yeah, that wasn't really a shift. They don't shift their 2B to the middle against Rob, do you think?

[60] not shift, but positioning.

"fuck the positioning" doesn't sound quite as effective.

bollocks.

7 losses in a row in this shit hole of a stadium. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....
Alpaca Yard to hold 'em down!

I think Dave should still be pitching.
I can't really blame Joe for bringing him on when he did, though.

well, if we lose all 7 this week, we're fucked and essentially in 3rd place...

Break out the shiny new toy!

Okay, well, the game wouldn't have felt complete without an appearance from Qualls.
Hey, Hanging Chad in Florida! Perfect!

oh god, here he is.

why why why??? (is he on our team...)

[65] Well, no, we'd almost certainly still be in first.
Still, nice Eeyore!

The debut no one was looking forward to

wearing CMW's #40

OMG! He's a stud!

Don't give me any Small Sample Size bullshit. I saw it with my own eyes.

[69] well, yeah, it's possible tampon & the shit sox don't win the games against other teams, even though they'll sweep us all week... (hope not!!!)

boomer berman quite upset that bossman junior struck out.

"Especially after today with the way I felt, the way my command was, I 100 percent believe I can get big league hitters out right now," Chamberlain said. "That's half the battle, saying you can do it. We're over that hump. I felt like today was my best day, overall."

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8123568/rehabbing-joba-chamberlain-new-york-yankees-minor-league-game-action

our new 8th inning guy!

(j/k)

Somehow I think we're gonna regret those two outs

[70] :)
[71] I'm still sad about CMW..my friend in Taiwan said he had to do a tearful press conference to apologize for getting caught with a bar girl..

jesus. this guy?

fuck. just beat him silly.

Rodney is due to blow one. He's a clown.

[77] wait. wha happened?!

CMW caught cheating with whom?! he's got a little boy at home...

crap.

they're getting loud in the dome. yet there are a lot of yankee fans there...

here's comes an inside the parker!

[78] [79] Or, we could wave futilely at his garbage, so we can watch him strut his macho shit all over the mound.

Bollocks!

Bad game.
Win tomorrow. No problem.

and, of course, boston is threatening immediately.

i have a very bad feeling about this week... (baseball wise)