Ricky Romero shut the Yanks down last time. Not again.

[0] Beautiful photo. Shout out the the very under-rated Manhattan Bridge..was it "Once Upon A Time In America" by Sergio Leone that used it in the poster and film so perfectly? Need to watch that again..

Let's Go Yankees!

Shoot, I'm stuck with the Toronto feed.

Almost, Rob.

I'm so glad I rushed home and tuned in for that.

[3] I generally like the Toronto announcers...I certainly prefer them to Kay.

Frickin centaur.

Needless to say, that sucked.

Oh, Phelps. I anticipate a long fucking night.

Hm.
I don't like the way this is shaping up.
GIDP, please.

Wow, excellent curve. Needed that pitch!

Is this a form of slow torture?

We might have to disavow any knowledge of Mr. Phelps actions.

Damn.

Hm..pastanotdivingjeter.

[15] Weigh the positives vs. the negatives.

This is not fun to watch, it really isn't.

[17] --> [12]

Yeah, sure, now.

[17] Fun? Fun? There is no margin for fun left in this season. Hopefully we can feel relief, and celebrate in the end.

[18] Well, sure, assuming slow torture isn't fun. I mean, you should say that explicitly.

On the Jays feed, they are comparing Romero's 13 decision losing streak to Tom (?) Underwood's. Didn't Underwood start out in the Yankees system?

For the folks watching the YES feed, does it sometimes sound like Kay is underwater with his lines getting clipped.

[22] Nope..I see he played with the Yankees in the middle of his career. Funny, in my memory's eye, he was a "young prospect" for the Yankees.

[23] Nope, haven't noticed that. However, given their current conversation (which is about mucous), I am going to mute the mofo.

The ball thrown into CF and he was still almost thrown out at 1B...

Interesting.

Okay, I take it back. That was entertaining.

Now I'm having fun!

Better

[26] [27] What? He swiped first, clean, without a slide. How often do you see that??

This inning is verging on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Sa2Yq-2g territory...

Nice play by Arencibia. Little League baseball can be a lot of fun.

[30] And they say you can't steal 1B. I guess you just can't predict baseball.

Ah, well, that makes up for up. Nix was bound and determined to get burned on the bases, huh?

Damn, the walk nullifies the stolen base. I hate that.

Worse

Crap.
Also, I just realized I'm about 45 seconds behind. How did I not notice that before?

Great throw by that face only a mother can love.

[30] the play before.

[37] He belongs on The Baseball Furies from The Warriors.

You can only hope to contain Chris Stewart.

chris stewart!

Murders row! Nix, McGehee, Stewart! We'll call them the cluster bombers.

%$*&?

My mlb reloaded and I missed the double. (I actually saw the base runner diagram before the score, and thought Stewart must have bunted.)

Yuk.

Driving that changeup into the left should be on the mind of righties.

BB, BB, Single, Double. Two runs? Three runs?

One.

[42] imagine if we gave pearce a chance at dh?!

[46] i would've settled for a 4-run rally killing homerun type of thingamajig.

Huh.
Chris Stewart is very cheap, right?

[48] Low moral value, though.

chris stewart!!!

[50] ah, i'm a drummer, so it's all good.

[52] How can you tell if the stage is level? If the drummer equally drools from both sides of his mouth. (Not you of course.)

C'mon, Robbie!

Now that I think of it, Romero is walking so many guys that I am going to declare his performance Highly Unethical. This means we have an excellent chance at a Moral Victory.

[53] i have a bazillion of those jokes!!!

oh, and yes - definitely me! : )

[55] ancient chinese proverb: baseball all wrong. man with 4 balls cannot walk!

we really need a good cushion. phelps isn't long for this game and we're prolly gonna see a whole lotta the chief...

Evening Banterers. Nice audience tonight.
Gotta say the boys have done a nice job turning this around from 2 weeks ago.

It seems even when ARod doesn't produce much, the rest of the lineup has done better. And fortunately, ARod, while no-longer-a-monster, is still contributing.

Our turnaround pretty much coincides with ARod being back, no?

Damn, and down he goes. Dag, Alex.

sub-optimal, a-rod.

Yankees *really* can't hit a change

Jeez, what is Curtis swinging at?

[59] He musta brought the goods?

[59] someone's in a fine mood tonight!

[60] don't be so hard on yourself, man!

; )

Nasty pitch.

Stupid changeups and big loopy curveballs. Bollocks!

[59] I guess -- was it the mojo? Because it's not the homers.

the king faces the oreo's tonite. i think he's lost his last 2 starts. time for him to win!

[69] Time for the Green to beat the Orange.

once again, we're letting the jays' pitcher off the hook...

ooh, brett anderson left his start (vs. fucklander) w/ an injury. hmmm, that is very bad news for the a's...

[68] gotta be the purple lips. in fact, i have no doubt.

It nice that Omar has achieved waht he has, but over the last 6 years, he has had an OPS of around .600, and a cummulative WAR just under 0. All this for about $15m.

Are the minors that devoid of shortstops?

I mean, can you imagine Jeter playing 6 more years to rack up his Hits, but producing ZERO WAR over that time? And us having to watch it?

Maybe we need a 'Hall of Longevity', because considering non-great players for the HOF simply because they rack up some decent counting stats over 25 years, kinda irks me.

hey KB - what's the difference between a drummer and a mutual fund?

Painful out for Lind.

It did look like it hit him, honestly. Guess not.

[74] I know this one. I think we've actually exchanged it before!

[76] It probably did.

[73] yeah, but omar also catches anacondas! (for real, no joke)

jim rice in the hall irks me. so does tony perez, bill mazeroski and a host of others. though i'm sure reggie's list is longer than mine...

[77] only ONE matures and makes money. : )

[73] I'd have no problem if jeter did that, provided his WAr remained at 0 or higher. Frankly, I'd rather watch Jeter rack up counting stats than another replacement level player. If he were blocking a legitimate prospect, my thinking would be different.

[74] Something about maturity and money?

Nice inning David

Nice job.

i really hate the 'nickname' "phelpsy", like GI Joe calls him. i mean, dude's initials are DP. that's pretty cool for a pitcher. should be able to come up with something more creative...

"huddy", for tim hudson, is even worse.

Not only does McGehee suck, he's slow as shit.

Ichiro! Rally Killing 2 out black hole double.

Couple of nice plays there. Bad luck.

[85] Baseball nicknames in general suck.

Chris Stewart...Ugh.

[82] yup! and the difference between a drummer and a pizza pie is:

only ONE can feed a family of four.

getting back to your joke...

what did the drummer get on his IQ test?

drool.

how do you know it's a drummer knocking on your door?

speeds up, slows down, never knows when to come in. (add "can't find the key" for vocalists...)

[89] Contemporary ones do, for sure. They were much better in the olden tymes.

[89] ah, there are some good ones. but i hear ya...

[90] hey, that's the player of the game! ; )

ichi having himself a day.

[85] [89] Would JJ Putz be Putzie?

what does a sneeze and a drum solo have in common?

This kid has a decent stick.

[95] Kind of embarrassing, but inevitable, so you may as well enjoy it?

[95] Something about you know it's coming, but can't do anything about it?

94) He pronounces it "Puts" and, as we've said here before, anyone who spells his name P-U-T-Z and pronounces it "Puts" is certainly a "Putz." At least in this town he is.

[95] Why do guitarists put drum sticks on their dashboards?

Nice...Phelpsie?

Hey, you guys hear that? It's the bell on the SCORE TRUCK. Coming up, y'all. Two scoops of fun!

Nice work, Phelpsie.

I say plug in Fred for three now.

[98] exactly!

[100] so they can park in the handicapped spots.

duh.

what do you throw a drowning guitarist?

his amp!

how do make a guitarist play quietly?

put a piece of music in front of him! : )

[101] You have kidnapped Alex Belth and replaced him with this obviously fake optimist!

[81] You don't think Nunez is good for a 2 WAR?

i think the score truck is stuck in tampa. it's being used against Dice-Klay...

[103] I don't get the last one.

What's the difference between a banjo and a chainsaw?

[102] i'm down with the Chief.

who then for the 9th?

prolly jobber...

The idiots on the BJ feed just asked whether Derek was more popular than Eli Manning

Let's Go Robbie!

[105] I hate defensive metricsin general, but how much weight does Nunez being unusably terrible in the field have on his WAR?

104) For the moment, anyway. LOL!

Cano is due to rope one into the seats.

[107] many guitarists can't read music...

chainsaw has a bigger dynamic range! (my pop plays the banjo...)

Man, Robbie has missed two juicy pitches in the last two at bats...

[103} I thought that was how you got a drummer to play quietly, by putting a chart in front of him.

[109] wow, that is pretty idiotic.

i wonder if they're drummers...

Hey, Alex, how about NOT hitting into a double play this time, huh, Chiefy?

Small ball. Like it.

Swisher should have been on second, and score on Cano's single.

[85] That habit makes me feel ill. I remember (I think) Buddy Bell calling Mike Hampton "Hampy". Filled me with incoherent and irrational rage. If I was a player then and they followed that they'd call me "Catch-y"..blechhh.

[114] Your dad plays banjo?

Time for 2 bloops and a blast

[111] You are not going to like the answer to that question.

[114] Oh! I think I know a different type of guitarist.

Just a little late. Dammitfuck.

[116] i guess you can use that punchline for any instrument. all my students can read!!! : )

I have two banjo-playing in-laws. (Whom I like, but even more I like to tease them.)

well, it wasn't a double play...

TERRIBLE. And I just yelled and scared the wife and now I'M in trouble. Shit.

Fucking Horse Shit, Alex! Are you fucking kidding me with that swing!

Let's GO CURTIS, for Crying Out LOUD.

[123] I'm genuinely curious.

Here comes the whiff.

[114} I have a warm spot for the banjo. Bela Fleck is pretty cool, and Jerry Garcia was a banjo player first, a guitarist second.

[121] ooh, "hampy" is just as bad as "huddy". ouchie!

yeah, my dad is a folk musician - he plays acoustic guitar, 5-string fingerpickin' banjo, piano, harmonica (on a "necklace") and sings.

They should replace the yellow dot on the second base diamond icon next the score with a skull and crossbones.

Two on, A-Rod K, Curtis K. Haven't I heard that song before?

Yankee offense: Fail.

[133] pick a bale o' cotton, pick a bale o' hay...pick a bela fleck!

and he's a hebrew from jew york. : )

Ichiro should bat 9th. At least somebody might drive him in with all the hits he's been getting.

Hey thelarmisy and Jazzy! Lighten up would ya'! ; )

[105] No idea, but he's certainly no bonafide prospect. So if we're talking about watching an aging great for a few more years tacking on counting stats v. watching a marginal player, I'd rather watch the aging star.

curtis blow.

the k-king.

[132] Oh, good, you're safe!

[131] Nuñez' defense is about as good as Jeter's. His extra range makes up for his extra errors.

[134] Thank god JoeyJoeJoe doesn't call the Captain "Jetey"..that would require an intervention.

Very cool your pop plays all those! My dad just puts on Hank Williams records and sings along..it's not pleasant.

[135] that would be kinda cool, actually!

[140] watch it! ; )

Ramus is going yard.

7 lob so far
Enuf

Happy to be wrong. Nice job Phelpsie.

[144] i thought it was funny when damon came to the yanks and mr. torre tried to be proper and called him "John". his real name is actually "Johnny".

which, of course, is a whole lot better than "Jhonny". the "Jh" all of a sudden is ubiquitous in baseball. the padres system has all kindsa weird first names that start with "Y". and, of course, this is the only sport with 2 Melky's...

[144] My dad (RIP) would sing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, not seriously, but enough to annoy. "Tis to be a glorious thing to be a pirate king".

How many banjo players does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Glad you're wrong Alex. 6 k's or 7?

NICE!

[141] To clarify, that assumes approximately equal value and that the aging veteran is a (formerly) great player. In other words, I want to see as much as I can of a HOFer at the end of his career, but I am otherwise not much interested in a run of the mill veteran player.

Come on you bums. Let's see you plate some gd runs for fuck's sake.

[144] Is "Jetes" much better?

[150] Excellent. That shows taste, brains, and talent.

(I was just singing "A Modern Major General" the other day, so my opinion is a bit self-serving.)

well, i guess Phelps. is stretched out. turns out, he pitched a nice ball game.

6 inn, 6 k's, 2 walks, 2 hits, 1 run. 93 pitches.

our offense is pathetic.

[140][148] Stay cool up there in the Bronx, Belthy. My lady gets mad too when I yell at the game. "But you said they play every day, one loss doesn't mean much, right?"

[146] there's our fearless leader! ; )

How about that Phelpsie tonight? I know it seems like a AAA line-up he's up against, but what are the Yankees in this game?

I think every team in the AL positions its fielders better than the Yankees.

[151] another joke where you can plug in any instrument. it's best for guitarists...

[156] i actually like "jete" and "jetes". dereky, would be bad. that said, my parents have always called me "Eri" and i love that. : )

3B clinic tonight.

[162] is that on Pena or GI Joe? (or another factor...)

Lawrie is ballin

Uh, stop hitting it at the third baseman.

I repeat, not only does McGehee suck, he's slow as shit.

[163] Well, yeah, but it has different punchlines for different instruments, I would think... no?

Every time I look up when the Yankees are batting, I figure it's the #9 hitter.

C'mon stewie

[170] You were bound to be right eventually!

[172] I know, but what is depressing is how many times I'm wrong. It's a seemingly endless string of Nixes and McGehees and Stewarts.

For. The. Love. Of. Mo. 2. Out. Hit. Please.

Ha! Jays announcers just said it doesn't look like Ichiro was ready to steal.

Nice baserunning, Ichy!

Ichiro should steal home, better chance of scoring.

Ichiro
.. 6 hits today and the sbs

Steal home! Steal home!

[169] yeah. the guitar one is the best.

i love when players steal 3rd!

c'mon captainy!

Anticlimactic.

Christ This Sucks!

9 lob!

Dammit

Oh Captain, my Captain, that was weak.

[150][157] I can't hear Gilbert&Sullivan without thinking this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huX8Ta3-vTA&feature=related

[180] You are infuriating.

Banjo players just sit around and complain that the light bulb is electric.

jesusy.

[184] LOBy!

[188] : )

i like this one:

what do you call 2 guitarists playing in unison?

counterpoint.

[191] Oh, I like that one. But it would work for lots of other instruments, too.

romero has an in-game WHIP of 2 and we've score one measly fucking run. dude has an ERA upwards of 6.

bollocks!

What's the assist + put out record for 3B in a game? Damn, it's like watching Brooks Robinson play in this game.

No joke, the Yankees had better win tonight against this team, with a performance like this from Phelps.

Errory. : (

[195} Erretes?

[192] not drumset.

i guess the lightbulb one is good for drums, too...

none. they have a machine to do that now. eh eh.

[196] Good one. Or maybe E-tes?

Ichiro should never be called Suzuki.

Oh, man, the nerves.

Oh, no, this fucking guy. I have bad vibes here.

That was a strike blue.

phelps still in there! huh.

[197] I'm pretty libertarian, but I think spandex should be licensed and drum machines outlawed.

Keep it together, Phelps. One more out!

Oh crap.

Where the hell was the 3-0 pitch? I think Girardi asked the same thing and the umps said, "Don't ask me if you don't want to hear." Or something like that. Oi. Bases juicedy.

ack. boone with the bases loaded.

phelps' line might look a whole lot worse in a minute...

Who is coming in? Boone?

[204] drum machines are pure evil.

but there's that saying:

so many drummers, so little time... ; )

this is the perfect situation for the Hammery!

Hurray!

[210] Very funny.
Phew!

BOONEY!!!!

Huge out. And now...after the song and the break: RUNS!

Yeah! Poor Phelps can't get the win.

Feliciano!

Is that Jose Felicianano?

[213] i actually teach a college level course called "Click Class." the metronome goes from your biggest enemy to your best friend!

Hard to imagine that he was booed, and called a agitator for his version of the national anthem in the World Series so many years ago.

Nicely done! Lyrical but not overwrought. Cool.

[218] Wish they would replace that awful GBA Kate Smith with Jose's hip version of the anthem!

[220] You beat me to it!

José Feliciano is still alive? I would have lost money on that one.

[218] Is that a really tiny version of Jose Feliciano?

[225] LOL My typing just kept on going. Felicianoito?

[226] you left out a "y" at the end. (or, "ie", i suppose...)

Aside from our superstud BUC, it has been a major RISPFail night. If I've counted right, we have 1,731 LOB.

Ya know, after 18 years, ARod still can't recognize a CB.

Thanks YES for that Jinxing replay.

[219] I've watched The Last Waltz countless times, and noticed a few screwups. I prefer it to a perfect plastic concert. Because reality isn't perfect. And I've got no musical ability, despite violin, trumpet and piano lessons. Just no ear.

[229] Maybe because you can't see the break in a mirror.

I've yet to see A-Rod take a good swing tonight

Another impressive showing.

Didn't swing at the change, good thinking.

[231] Great film. Van the Man's outfit, Neil Young forgetting to wipe the coke off his face, Neil Diamond randomly showing up, great Staple Singers song, etc.

Well, what are you going to do with that? Can't wait on the heater or splitter and adjust to that, the first change the guy's thrown all inning. Funny how Curtis never gets booed.

[234] I didn't see the double play, but he couldn't have possibly looked worse in any of the strikeouts.

This is painful.

We will score in the eighth. Write it down.

[236] But no Muddy Waters. Levon was furious that was left out (according to his autobio).

[199] He's the only player in history who the MLB has allowed to have his first name on the back of his jersey. I guess they rationalized that in Japan first names are actually last names, order wise.

Nice job, Boone.

Oh man, Rasmus just missed that first pitch heater.

What's wrong with A-Rod. Sheesh.

[236] Old man staples -- forgive me for not remembering his name at the moment -- wow,liquid gold. And Clapton's guitar strap slip -- you gotta improvise on the downbeat. And they did it.

The Rays hit double-digits.
Against Dice-K, so it doesn't really count, but still.

Tough pitch, good job, Boonie. Why take him out, man? Why? He's throwing the ball good.

Boone! I suppose Da Hamma and Untuck are unavailable tonight.

Boone Logan threw 10 pitches and looked great. Why are we pulling him?

[248] What are you, dyslexic?
LAWRIE IS RIGHT-HANDED!!!

[246] Roebuck! aka 'Pops'.

[242] I like how the NBA allows the Brazilian guys to do that. Be great if baseball had some jerseys with "Socrates" "Juninho" or "Kaka" on them.

This is one of those "baseball is not fun" games. lol

[241] There was a Muddy song, but it was not his best. Mannish Boy, I'm not a fan of.

[250] See: binder

[253] cf. [17].

Nice job, Codyy!
Uh, Eppleyy.

Hm. I give up, what is his nickname?

One FUCKING RUN. We don't need no score truck. We need ONE FUCKING RUN.

LET'S GO!

Nice bullpen work. So far.

[252] Thanks. The Staples haven't been given their due.

[252] All except "Kaka", unless he stinks. ;>)

[254] Good thing the Stones and Hendrix were fans of it.

[257] 25thmanontherostery?

OK. Let's score some muthafuckin' runs. I want a 5 spot.

[258] Just need a score hand truck?

Here we go. Lead off walk.

Here comes the sac bunt.

[263] This is September, so, 40th??

Okay. A base hit with a runner in scoring position. It can be done. I've seen it before, I swear I have.

[267] What are the lottery numbers, besides 1-40.
Chess match!

For the record: I don't like that bunt.

What righty can they send up? We'd better not see Jones. Maybe Nunie?

Hard to beileve I was happy about Raul and Andruw Jonesy at the beginning of the season..their veteran moxy no longer impresses.

During Romero's losing streak (including tonight) he's faced the Yanks 4 times and allowed 12 runs in 26 innings. Against everybody else, he's allowed 53 runs in 51.2 innings.

It's even worse than that, in the last 20 innings, the Yanks could only manage 6 runs.

Romero is the worst qualified pitcher in the Majors. He's what AJ Burnett and John Lackey were in 2010-2011.

[268] Well if you want to get technical and all that. I figured he was on the team before the call ups. : )

[258] Alright, I will settle for one. Got work to do anyway.

WRONG guy to have up. WRONG!

Yay, Curtis-y!

[274] It boggles the mind. Yikes. That sb was close. Atta boy, Curtis!

Courtesy. Curtsey.

Such a horrible guy to hit there.

Well, Pearce got a chance, snake eyes.

Wow, a journeyman bench warmer picked up on waivers just struck out in a key situation! The Binder needs editing.

Pearce nearly popped out before flailing wildly at a pitch near his ankles. Mo help me.

Jesus fucking Christ. How hard is it to hit a fly ball to the outfield?

ICHIROOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYY!

ENORMOUS!

[285] Hard.
But the question is, why count on Steve Pearce to do something hard?
Puzzling.

EECH-HERO!

ICHIRO!!!!!!!!!!!

Suzuki-y!!

Ichiro is going to be important in the postseason.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Ichiro! Yankee legend? Kay had better stop calling him Suzuki.

Stop calling him Suzuki for chirssakes. He's our Ichiro now, Kay.

[240].
Just sayin'.

Does he steal again?

[295] You know old Kay-y.

This is way more fun that I ever expected. Not the game -- the y-ending nickname thing.

[298] It doesn't seem like it will get old. Kind of like "That's what she said". Mrs. Jazz scolded me for using it in a non-apllicable situation..I said it's funny in any situation.

Ichiro is not cooked, yet.