Due to a lapse in judgement by my dumb ass the site was out-of-service for a good portion of the day. I apologize. However, we’re back and what did we miss? The Rocket Rides Again; Michael Pineda picked-up for drunk driving.
Hell, at least Tex is back.
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Curtis Granderson CF
Eric Chavez 3B
Raul Ibanez LF
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
It’s Fab Five Freddy.
Never mind the moron behind this blog’s curtain: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Cuba Beisbol via It’s a Long Season]
The site was fine, except for a short while early this morning. Don't worry, Arneson has your back! You choose your friends well, fortunately for your "dumb ass" :-)
Never mind the DNS look-up, just win!
I have no patience for drunk driving
That Pineda trade keeps getting better.
[3] I have every confidence that Pineda will never pitch for the Yankees, so the silver lining is that I can rationalize that his DUI does not *really* reflect on the organization.
Also the deaths of Phyllis Diller and Tony Scott.
[2] Just out of curiosity: name two things you do have patience for.
Ho-hum.
It's too bad Pineda wasn't "too big" to drink and drive. Oh, never mind. Yay Jeter!
Hey look, Jeter tied Nap Lajoie...again!
Maybe Derek gets to 4000 this year.
Wake up Kay. You get more excited about 350 feet fly balls to center.
Jeter hits, Swish walks, things are as they oughta be. Rob should homer, according to plan.
Tough luck.
Damn, nice play by Beckham.
Oh, you're kidding. Dang.
Oooh, looks like Beckham may have bent it.
Commendably unselfish.
Nice ab by Tex.
Alright Mark.
[6] Puppies. And fresh baked cookies
Hm..Jeter has an outside shot of the all time runs scored record. he should at least end up with 2000, top 5 or 6.
Another nice ab. But a double play gets Floyd off the hook...
Keep shitting the bed there, Floyd. I suggest serving up a single here or maybe an extra base hit.
[20] I will definitely remember that.
[22] AB is always good for a reverse jinx.
Out, productive.
Another run. But I want more.
Kenny on the 1-0 pitch:
"Even if he makes a good pitch here, down and away strike, the count is still 1-1."
Sitting in the booth with Michael Kay kills brain cells.
This really has been a morally virtuous inning so far. Now, if Ichiro can pull off a bunt single...
[25] Don't tell me: you're constructing an index...
Meh.
[28] You know what? As long as he doesn't try to do too much with it, I'll be satisfied.
Disappointing.
Selfish bastard.
I've got patience for brownies and ice cream.
Nice try, old friend.
[29] yes, for my book The Proper Approach: Playing the Game the Right Way.
Nice work, Dunn. Much thanks.
I'm surprised Stewart threw through with Wise on 3B.
Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Dunn.
[38] Threw through.
Why's Wise standing there?
Dunn done.
Cripes, that swing by Cano looked like something out of a Cricket match.
Doing less with more.
Rob Thompson is DONE as a third base coach. For fuck's sake.
Good lord.
Not close.
I wonder if we need a new 3B coach.
Oy, not even close. Hit right in front of the guy.
I'm less bothered by trying to force the action there with two outs. If Rios makes a bad throw, Cano is probably safe. he made a perfect throw.
My mind can't see that name and not call him "Diane"
Fred is charmed tonight.
The Red Sox just fired their pitching coach (Bob McClure).
God bless you, Fred.
Kay is so bored he's retelling stories from earlier in the game.
[51] Patience...
Oh, uh, good, we got the starter out early... ? Hard to be happy about getting someone other than Floyd. But it may pay off tomorrow and Wed., I guess.
Cone, McDowell, Johnson, Clemens
Next stop, Eddie Murray.
Jeter pulls the all again. Me likey!
53) Drabek?
[53] yeah the fifth one is what kills me. Nice unplay, Kevin.
55)...pulls the ball...
Drabek! I forgot he was on the Yankees.
59) He's the tricky one also because he played on the Yankees before winning a CYA. i just can't remember in what year he won it.
[60] I want to say 1990, so I think you're right.
We could all look it up, but I don't care that much
Worst possible outcome. Damn.
61) it's more fun not looking, anyway.
Drat, Teix.
As crap satellite feed is going out. Heavy rain here. Good night all.
Agonizing pace to this game. And only a 3 run lead. Not so good.
Immoral hitting.
Probably tried to do too much.
80% win expectancy.
Comfortable, but it's hard to feel too comfortable with Fred.
No, sorry, 78%. I actually thought this was the fifth inning. Gawd.
68) yeah, it's hard to keep track. It's like they're plaing the game near a blakhole.
Holy Jesus this is still only the fourth inning?
Does Fred have magic tonight, or do the White Sox just suck? Must be magic, because Youkalis and Konerko are baffled, and they don't suck.
[69] Speaking of which, I miss Gritner.
Slick job, Freddy.
72) I was hoping you'd make that connection. Oh, Space-Time paradox, when (or whould I ask where?) will your wrist heal?
This Filthy Freddie start reminds me of an old baseball video game my neighbor and I used to play. RBI Baseball, maybe, early 90's. I'd pitch big looping curveballs that never landed anywhere near the strike zone. He couldn't resist swinging all the time and striking out.
[74] Brett thinks it's funny that you still believe in the where/when distinction. He says his wrist will have been about to heal everywhen.
Definitely looks foul.
!!!!!!!
Fair or foul, and looked fair to me, how can that possibly be overruled? Who had a better view than the 3b ump who called it fair initially?
Yeah, I dunno. I have never seen that. But Michael and Kenny don't seem surprised.
The look on that coaches face right now is hilarious. Awwwww, nutzo.
Just Foul. Too bad.
77) it looked to me like it bounced in fair territory then landed barely in foul territory---seems that it almost had to cross over the bag, no?
Oh, no! They should be putting a black rectangle over Mark Parent's mouth during those shots.
Dramatic shift in win expectancy...i expect.
[83] It bounced just fair, then just foul. It could have crossed just before third, or just after.
Anyway, I think it's time for some bullpen activity...
Karma
This has all the makings of a frustrating fucking game.
[85] 27% vs. 17%, for the White Sox.
Hm, but that is a bigger swing, right there.
Yeah, Fred has turned into a pumpkin.
Shot of jeter trying to stay awake in the field, just before Youk's laser past Chavez.
This is one scary ab by Dunn here.
Who's the sixth inning guy? Please tell me it's not Joba.
[92] Lowe?
But it's irrelevant, because this is (believe it or not) the fifth inning.
Not single shot of the pen, yet.
[94] I was assuming that Garcia gets out of this and the game goes to next inning. Nevertheless, the distorted flow of time is throwing me off.
Finally some stirring. Eppley and Rapada. About 5 minutes too late, Joe.
[97] Eight minutes too late, see [86]!
Yeah, Kay, you could make the case that Konerko is a HOFer, but it would be a silly case.
And now the White Sox are over .5 win expectancy. Even though they aren't winning... they're winning.
[100] We have reached the point where all outcomes have converged.
Cody.
Hmmmm.
I'd go with D-Rob.
I have zero faith in getting out of this inning with the lead.
Run expectancy for this situation is 1.6 runs. So you'd be happy to get out with a tie...
Not smart. Eric should have gone home.
Wonderful...binderball here already in the fifth inning.
Oh, boy. Get one more out, have the good guys score about 6 runs in the top half. And D-Lowe can go four scoreless. Easy peasy.
Oh, god.
I can't watch this. Mattpat, let me know if they start baking some puppies or something. I'm not going to watch bullpen roulette.
[105] I was thinking the same thing. Was he greedy trying to get two, or maybe he felt he didn't have a clean throw home?
No idea why my comment is awaiting moderation. Is it because I typed "Oh" followed by the name of the deity?
Anyway, I don't have the patience for bullpen roulette. So I would like Mattpat to come get me if there are baked puppies, or anything like that.
I now have two comments awaiting moderation. I have no idea why they are.
Is it the term "bullpen roulette"?
I hate that asshole.
Yes! I know what's triggering the Moderation. I will describe the phrase. It's a two-word phrase. The first word is the word for the area where relief pitchers hang out. The second is a popular casino game with a wheel.
Go figure.
All my comments are getting held up in moderation.
I'm done. Later guys.
Bases loaded. The guy on third has got to be about 15 feet off the bag when the ball is hit. Eric's momentum is going backwards when he backhands it. There is almost no way he had play at home there. My 2 cents.
And now here's Joba to blow things up. Wonderful.
Hurray. Gasoline time.
Is Girardi brain dead?
Gad. I just had the Chicago feed on for two seconds and heard something that turned my stomach. Easily the most annoying asinine announcers on the planet.
The game was unbearable enough without MIXING AND MATCHING.
Is Jeter seeing a new super model or something? Holy smokes!
chasing eddy murray!
You know, if the Yankees could just bat Derek Jeter like Bugs Bunny in the classic cartoon, they would score a lot more runs and Jeter would get to 4000 hits much, much faster.
[152] He wants to pass Eddie tonight
[121] Let's just hope it doesn't involving ordering anything from Melky's website...
[126] was for [122]
[125] I love future optimism.
Jesus Christ, this is one of the worst games I can imagine. It looks like little league.
[128] Space-time paradox has been a theme tonight....
it's interesting that their reliever has thrown 65 pitches in the 6th inning. that's all. just interesting.
[126] Bite your tongue. That would be friggin' disaster.
A walk is good Robbie. No swinging at ball 4.
[132] I know, I know. Come on, y'all know that I'm the biggest Jeter apologist around. The tedium of the game is bringing out blasphemy.
Yes, this deserves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjedLeVGcfE
phew. i'll take that.
Phew. If it was still 1st and 2nd that would have been a disaster. Double play maybe.
[135] That cracks me up every time. My wife asked why I was listening to the Elecrtric Light Parade from Disneyworld.
[135] God, that's a horrible rendition. Sounds like a bad ring tone on acid.
[139] Sorry, I was in a hurry. I'll try better next time, which should be in another inning or two, the way things are going.
[139] OMG, i didn't listen until i read your post and i kinda love it.
PH McGehee for Chavez? This is crazy stupid.
I have patience for brownies and ice cream.
Go Irish!
[142] Crazy...like a fox!
Girardi made sure he sat Chavez for two games while the guy was red hot. Now he's cold.
Is Girardi lucky or does he just make some many moves that he's bound to step in shit occasionally?
Sorry, "so many"
[145] The downside, though, is now Chavez is no longer in the field.
What, Joba is back? Seriously?
[147] The binder cannot fail, it can only be failed.
Well there's goes Beckham's 5 for 80 streak or whatever the hell it was. Unfuckingbelievable.
Yeah, Joba looks like he's come all the way back from shoulder surgery and separating his foot from his leg.
joba sucks so bad.
Joba is toast. That was a BP pitch to the worst hitter on the team.
Take. Him. Out.
Hm. Was that intentional?
Pick a better spot, Joba, you knucklehead!
Just turned it back on. Did frigging Joba go back to his Youkilis shit in a one run game?
Can we just waive Joba?
[158] No, he waited until he allowed the tying run before hitting him.
[159] Really? After all of the work the organization put into developing him?
AAA is open for business for another couple weeks. Send him down and get his head right(ish).
[161] The sad thing is I think they really feel that way.
...That's how Paul Konerko runs these days?
Well Jeter's up next inning, so there's a good chance hey score.
[163] You have to admit, his transformation from super prospect and successful young starter into garbage time middle reliever has been dramatic. Few organizations can pull that sort of thing off so seamlessly.
[166] It really was an accomplishment.
[166] Initial thoughts after his trampoline accident was Joba may not pitch ever again let alone this season. I'd cut him a little bit of slack. But I wholeheartedly agree about the organization blowing his development.
Brett Myers ate El Guapo, huh?
[168] I do cut *him* slack. There is absolutely no reason for him to be on the big league roster now---that is on the organization, as is their bizarre "development" of him.
[168] He's been a mediocre middle reliever for a while now.
Damn straight. Amazing.
He's jumping Mays this season...the only question is by how many hits.
So, think Jeter ties Willie Mays tonight? :)
[173] He's 38 hits away, and there has to be near 40 games left.
[171] Oh, I know. I'm just not going to write him off for this year already.
Damn you Pierzynksi! Damn you to hell!
[175]Typo. 28 hits
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[175] Yep, 40 games left after today. He's averaging about 1.35 hits/game this season. If he keeps it up he should get another 52 hits or so this season---so about 3300 total.
Binderball...catch the excitement!
This has been one piss poor managing job tonight.
On the bright side, due to my comment above, I learned that I can do this with my new computer. ô ö ò ó œ ø ō õ So I got that going for me. Looks like it works with other vowels as well.
[182] Well, he's a piss poor manager.
Excellent---one inning for the longman.
Someone is already writing the recap for this putrid toilet bowl of a game.
Why exactly PH Martin for Stewart? What's the difference?
And the catcher goes to the mound with two outs, two strikes and a three run lead? Tis is torture.
Jeter left on deck. Oh well. He'll take aim at Mays tomorrow.
I look at it this way. Sure we lost and the division lead is shrinking, but we got to see most of the bullpen, and Joe has to consider that a moral victory.