Peace to Chad Jennings for pointing out this bit of comic relief from our old pal Francisco Cervelli.
It’s Hughes and another must-win tonight for the Yanks. A win means a full game lead on the Orioles, a loss keeps them tied.
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Russell Martin C
Curtis Granderson CF
Casey McGehee 1B
Ichiro Suzuki LF
Jayson Nix 3B
Never mind the standings: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Image Credit: ‘Giacomond’ by Quint Buchholz, 1984 via La Beaute Convulsive]
[0] Cervelli seems like such a joyful guy, would be great to hang with. Just wish he could catch a bit better.. :)
[1] and hit a little better... and throw runners out a little better... and play baseball a little better...
(and by a little, i mean a lot!!!)
Oh, he wasn't THAT bad. Plus, he was cute. Every team needs a mascot, after all.
Hey, Michael Kay in Canada.
[4] The Bronx is now in Canada? :)
Hughes has 27 decisions..Cliff Lee has 13. YCPB™
[5] D'oh! That's what I get for not paying attention.
Nice, Phil.
I thought it was a double play at home and one game away series as well. ; )
Crud
[8] Double play, so that's what they call it when they play two games in one day.
And speaking of doubles...
Not too bad.
[10] Well you know what Ernie Banks used to say, "It's a great day for a ballgame, let's play 6-4-3."
Curtis's new specialty.
Phil, walks are bad.
Remember: we want the homers to be solos.
Thanks Toronto.
Would it be fair to say that Moises Sierra is a big batter?
I fear this is the very bad Hughes. Gonna need the score truck, big time.
Holy mother of Mo.
[18] It can't be the Very Bad Hughes. No homers yet. Although the two doubles might qualify...
Wow. Cleaned up after dinner and missed quite the top of the 3rd. WTF Phil!
Gawd.
It's a True Outcomes night so far. Let's home he stays away from the other True Outcome.
Heroic!
But the restriction to solo home runs does not apply to the home team, I hasten to add.
I'll take an immoral 3 run jack here.
Well well.
Today we are reminded of the many ways to reach first base.
4 k inning!
A four K inning!!!!
Plenty of entertainment tonight.
[28] Damn. I missed it. I believe the 1st Yankee to ever do it was AJ a few years ago.
more entertainment! Hot potato!
Uh oh. Bases loaded nobody out. Damn.
Oh, but Ichiro... perhaps there is hope...
Awesome. Atta boy, Ichiro!
Ichiro!
Well I'll be damned.
NO MORE GOI!
(Ghost of Ichiro)
[35] He looks pretty goyish to me.
Jeter is on the Home Page of ESPN.com
His facial expression just screams out.....
"You talkin' to me?!?"
[36] Don't let the nose job fool ya.
My mancrush.
SALAMI FOR ALL!
Oh yes!
Wow.
That was really, really good.
Address the score truck? What does that mean, Norton?
HELLLOOOOO score truck!
8 runs on 4 hits? I wonder what the largest inverse differential is?
[37] Well worth the read.
http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8399887/getting-answers-derek-jeter
Jeter is really funny. I don't think that's his intent, but the dude is funny.
Check out his answer to:
"Peyton Manning changed teams this season after 14 seasons with one team. Could you see yourself doing that?"
I missed the Score Truck delivery. :(
Man... Oakland cushes Detroit 12-4.
PEDs in the water cooler?
[47] CRushes....
[45] That was funny, thanks. His answer to weirdest thing a fan sent him has more that one meaning. . .
Ah, now that's the Philthy Philly Phranchise I've been missing.
Ruh roh, I turn to watch a G-men TD and now it's 8-4?
That's better.
Laptops is 4 hitting TB and beating Price 2-0.
Man, TB has really shit the bed.
Pasta lunging Jeter...
Just throw strikes, Dreck!
And pasta Martin. Surprised some inventive chef hasn't created such dishes.
Has anyone noticed if Jeter is gimping at all in the field or on the bases?
Russell has two walks today; good thing, because he is having one shitty day behind the plate. (Although he did get that CS.)
[57] I have not noticed, but Girardi says he isn't.
I'll tell you what, D-Lowe does not get low strike calls. At least from this ump. Two of the pitches in that walk were in the zone, according to the pitch f/x data. They must look lower because they're sinking.
Nice job, D-Lowe.
[53] I know. Can you believe how many idiots were more worried about them than about the Orioles???
[61] Well, we shouldn't expect more from Yankee fans who choose to live in New England..I mean, obviously some issues there. (said while munching on dried squid snacks, 8000miles from Yankee Stadium..)
[61] Now 3-0 Sox.
Meanwhile, I can't really complain about Hughes, but 5 IP produced 102 pitches. It's hard to be a stud when you always wear out your BP.
[62] What, no seaweed?
[64] Worried about radiation contamination. But dried squid is safe.
[62] Exactly. We know of at least two idiots who were worried about the Rays, and they are both Yankee fans living in New England.
[63] Ain't that the truth. He's either going to turn a corner at some point or continue to consistently hit 60 pitches in the 3rd inning.
Lowe is just a pleasure to watch, isn't he?
Okay, I guess he does have compensating virtues, just as Kenny was saying.
[65] How long is the threat going to last?
[70] The half-life of uranium is only about 4.5 billion years. So in maybe 45 billion years the radiation will be minimal.
Sure is nice to come home from work and load up the game on mlb.tv and find the Yankees winning ... again!
Weird looking start from Hughes.
5 innings
4 er
9k ???
[70] What [71] said.
Basically, that whole area in Fukushima will be uninhabitable for a very very long time..I'm not so confident in the seafood caught off the coast now either.
Well, Corey Wade picked up where he last left off ...
[70][71] My reply went to moderation, must be it doesn't like the spelling of F u k u s h i m a Prefecture, Japan... anyways, it's a dead zone there. Going to be empty for many lifetimes...
[73] He had four K in one inning. And yeah, it was a weird start. First four innings, nine Jays reached base, on three hits.
[71] That long? I'm not sure, think it's on the order of 100K of years maybe millions. Earth has only been around for that. Still a sad situation. And I can't express my appreciation for those who are still fighting this. Selfless action.
Ugh.
[72]
This is all my fault, isn't it?
Oh, Curtis, come on.
Jeez, the ending of this game isn't not going to be fun. I might check out now, really.
[71] And ya wanna know how the other half lives? *wah-wah-wahhhh...*
[77] U238, 4.468 billion years. Maybe someone's been selling you U234, telling you it's U238?
Oh, excellent, a Save situation.
[77],[81] If anyone tries to sell you yellow cake, ask for chocolate instead...
Okay, I'm done. G'nite >;)
What was that Stairway to Heaven live line? Ah yes. does anyone remember laughter?
[81] There are question not to be asked.
Why is this a game?
Good night all. Allergies taking over.
Wowza!!!!!!!!
TB scores SIX in the 9th to beat the Sox 7-4.
Good for them.
Well, *that* was pathetic.
Do I dare watch this next half inning???
[86] Yeah, Bailey came in for the save,
Single
Single
out
Single
Walk
Single
Bye bye Bailey, hello Vicente Padilla, three run homer.
Moises, YOU ARE THE NAIL.
Kelly Johnson, YOU ARE THE NAIL.
THE ALABAMA HAMMA!!!
EVERYBODY LOOKS LIKE A NAIL TONIGHT!
BANG, BANG, BANG.
Maxwell got nothing on D-Rob.
He hammered out danger...