Yeah, the Twins aren’t all that but they’re enough to have swept a double-header from the Tigers yesterday. No sleeping allowed.
It’s old man Andy in his second start since returning from the disabled list.
Never mind the standings: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: TS Flynn via It’s a Long Season]
The BlueBirds are down 3-0 to the OrangeBirds.
Methinks the Yankees will need to take 8 of their last 10 to Win the Division. The O's are truly driven.
Well, the Blue Jays are useless.
[1] I say six. (I mean, the Orioles will win 6 out of 10.) Maybe seven.
[2] Let's hope they continue to be useless straight through the weekend.
The O's play Toronto(@Home), the Sox(@Home) and TB(@TB). If TB is out of it by then, I don't know how much of a fight they will put up. They won't lose 2 in a series,and will sweep the Sox. 8 Wins they will have.
Now 4-0 as Toronto goes down with a wimper.
Will no one rid us of these troublesome Orioles?
Well, there ya go
Orange Wins.
Past success is no guarantee of future performance.
I really hope Eduardo Nunez didn't throw the division away with the ball yesterday.
[9] Dude.... How about looking at all the RISP opportunities we blew? Nunez gave up ONE run (with some help from the pitcher). How many RISP chances did we miss????
[10] We lost by one run.
The team's fascination with a man that can't field and can't hit is bewildering in the middle of the year.
Infuriating in a pennant race.
Anyway, lets move on to tonight. If we beat this terrible team and the a terrible teams beats the O's, the day is still a net positive.
[11] Dude... we were 2 for 9 with RISP, the 2 hits being the Swisher and Raul HRs. And while Nunez was for 0 for 2 with RISP, he did manage an RBI. You are very myoptic when it comes to players to don't like.
The Jays jump out to a 2-0 lead in the second game and have two RISP with nobody out in the second.
I guess everyone is following that game, huh?
Productive out, 3-0.
Hey hey hey! Toronto with 2 on and no outs in the 2nd, and leading 2-0.
[13] Myopic.
[16] Oh my god you are slow.
Sac fly. 3-0 in Baltimore.
Single, 4-0.
OYF, you are the Jorge Posada of commenting.
[19] see [15]!
[18] Do you EVER watch the Yankee games, or just the other teams???
4 Runs! That's about 1/2 of what R.Romero needs to Win this game.
[22] I have an attention problem. It has stood me well so far in life, though!
There ya go, Rajai baby. It's amazing how little difference there is between a terrible team like the Jays and a great team like the Orioles.
(You have mlb.tv, right? You can watch two games, you know.)
Will anyone else acknowledge that this is the best last days 10 of the season in the modern age, what with being able to follow Oriole games, pitch by pitch?
Welcome to the Play-In Playoffs!
[25] Yeah, that's good, it's true. And as you see, I've been doing it, too.
Endy Chavez sacrifices with one out and two on in the second inning.
That is a very, very stupid play.
Ichiro!
Okay, okay, the Yankee game is also enjoyable so far.
A winning team scores at least 2 here.
I'm listening to the Twins broadcast but I have no idea who they are.
Wow, Ricky Romero really is terrible.
Sooooooo delicious!!!!
YES!
Nick!
Wow. I did not expect that!
[30] Wait, so does that mean the Yankees are a winning ball club?
Swisher now 2nd in RBI with 87, behind Grandy with 94.
Is it possible NOBODY on this team reaches 100 RBI?
[36] THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!
Oh boy......
Is this going to be one of Those Games?
Hard to believe with Miggy looking at the Triple Crown, and the 2 WCs, that Detroit won't make the PS.
[41] And just WHICH game are you referring to?
[42] It's not basketball, you know.
[43] This one.
Did I stutter?
Oh, come on, Andy. You're only allowed to walk Mauer!
Keep looking, Justin.
Houdini!
Whew.
I wasn't worried.
[45] Hey now, you're too old for a Breakfast Club drop. You and OYF play nice now, we're playoffs bound!
[50] Yeah, hm, I didn't know it was a "Breakfast Club" line. But how can I be too old for that movie? I mean, I wasn't a kid, but I did see it.
Anyway, we're just sparring. We have to keep sharp, you know, to mess with Red Sox Nation during the day.
Okay, I'm feeling better about Pettitte now.
[51] Think I am too old now, the line was "Do I stutter" not "Did I"...anyhoo, this Twins team is horrible and boring. Nothing less than a sweep will do.
Crud. Okay, Andy, time to wriggle out again.
Sweet. Thanks, Rob!
I'm a ball of nervous energy.
I don't know why these particular games have me like this.
Ricky Romero has almost pissed away his 4-0 lead.
Goddam!
So, give them a huge stadium and they'll blast enormous homers. Interesting.
Curtis, right on the heels of Cabrera
So conflucted abotu Curtis..love teh power, hate the Kong Kingman K's and batting AVG..
Ricky Romero is a disaster
Conflucted abotu. I'm pretty sure that second word is Japanese. I love the first one.
He got out of the inning. Somehow.
[61] He got out of it.
But they better yank him, yow.
Curtis!!!!!!
Good job Curtis.
Got him!
Yeah, he was out.
I thought there was no chance.
I am not at all conflucted abotu Curtis this game.
Wow.
I was 99% convinced that was a run from the moment it got past Andy 'til moment I saw the replay.
Good job, Curtis! ... GREAT JOB, Bodie!!!
HR JAYS!
[68] Man, if you're conflucted, I suggest more green vegetables. I had that problem once ...
Yay, Wei-Yin Chin also sucks! A Moises HR.
[71] Oh, I didn't know what it meant. I thought it might be a Japanese thing. (See [60].)
Oh boy, Chen is winning the suck contest. Or losing. He's sucking more, anyway.
[73] Heh. I missed the earlier appearance ... I thought it was a typo on your part.
=)
[71][73] Oh, some miso soup and cucumber will keep you from being conflucted. I'm all abotu the regularity.
Amazing. In a good way. He keeps getting out of trouble.
Only 367 to the RF power alley at Target Field..why so few homers? Must be confluction.
[76] I really don't like miso soup.
Love cucumber, though.
Man, this is a great time of year for vegetables in New England. I've been eating tomatoes every day, and peppers and eggplant and zucchini this weekend. And now apples, too.
That reminds me, where's thelarmis?
It's like Andy can get a DP at will.
Toronto HR. 5-3 Blue.
The Blue Jays really are no good.
Jake Arietta is bailing out Chen, dammit.
[80] Oh my god you are slow; see [70] and [72].
The fist date my wife and I went on we spent quoting THe Breakfast Club. : )
We still love that movie.
via wiki quotes-
Brian: Is that for real?
Bender: You wanna come over some time?
Andrew: That's bullshit. It's all part of your image, I don't believe a word of it.
Bender: You don't believe me?
Andrew: No.
Bender: No?
Andrew: Did I stutter?
[John approaches Andrew and lifts his sleeve to show a burn on his arm. Claire and Andrew look away afterwards.]
Bender: Do you believe this? Huh? It's about the size of a cigar...Do I stutter? You see this is what you get in my house when you spill paint in the garage. See I don't think that I need to sit here with you fuckin' dildos anymore!
The Blue Jays were in a situation where almost any kind of contact would have been a run.
They couldn't score.
Romero has no fucking control. Zero.
Robinson, baby! We have good D today.
Hey, where's Nuñez??
And somehow he's going to go 8 innings and one run when we see him
Bases loaded with nobody out in the sixth, down two runs, the Orioles have a win expectancy of .48.
It seems much, much higher.
[79] Yeah, he's missing his golden Andy ...
Lovely, Andy.
Lovely.
Basehit. 5-4
[84] Damn you typos! First date. Fist date sounds a bit strange.
Orioles win, the day has to be a negative, right?
Man, obviously Hendrixs made the mistake of asking Leon to tell him about his mother ...
Wake up, Twins ... time to die!
Fly Ball DP. Still 5-4. Going to the 7th.
[95] Let me tell you about my mother. Boom!
Wow, Brad Lincoln emancipates the Blue Jays.
Eric seemed mildly confused. Or maybe he just likes taking a short break on his homers?
[99] Four score and seven runs ago???
Blue Jays broadcasts give the game score for the pitcher. That's pretty cool.
Bases loaded no out for the Jays
[101] Now the Blue Jays are trying to pass a little amendment of their own!
See, Mattpat, it's a suck contest, and it ain't over till the fat pitcher balks. (Or something. Couldn't see how to finish that one off.)
Force out at home. No score.
Jesus Christ
Oooooh.
Damn, Moises homered earlier but he sucked that time.
Pop up. Two outs.
[104] Didn't Bartolo get suspended?
Man, the Twins are really a stinkerino of a team..
Vizquel, popout, lovely.
I really, really need JP Arencibia to hit a double now.
GRAND SLAM
Oh, man, I was wrong, I did not need JP to hit a double...
Excellent. Happy.
Because Mattpat was right, a day where we win one and the Orioles win two is not really a good day.
Can't tell on Gameday but is Joba looking more Joba-esque these days?
[114] That inning, anyway. Good command, decent movement on the fastball.
JP Arencibia GRAND SALAMI!!!!!!!!!!!
What?
Corey Wade warming?
Whatever the fuck for???
[117] Chad Qualls is no longer on the team.
Seriously. Why the fuck are we wasting a single pitch on Corey Wade at this point this year?
How about some garbage inning for Adam Warren, eh, Joey Joe Joe???
Flori-man puts it in the flowers.
I'd ask why were were playing matchups in a six run game, but I'm in a jolly mood now so I don't really care. -
Don't wanna jinx anything, but this is looking something like a 1 1/2 game lead. Am I wrong?
Joba's officially fatter than Matt Capps now, huh?
Chavez is only 34? Jeez... I thought he was 43.
Hit streak on the line here?
Nice Derek!
Good on The Captain. 18 games.
[122] Two in the loss column
well, this is nice to come home to! : )
NOSTRA!!!
Andy was dandy!
Oh Jesus, wheels coming off in Baltimore
[129] hey! did you get an email from me this morning? i included you as a BCC, but the BCC's didn't show up in my sent items. i hope it worked and you got it! : )
[130] he is a golden god! seems like weeping hasn't been around for awhile. i hope he's ok!
First 2 O's reach base.
[132] I saw it, haven't read it yet. Something about an album?
[131] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! BOBBLE FUCKING DICK FUCKERS!!!
Run scores, but double play. 9-5 with one more out to go
Oh, double plays soothe the savage souls ...
Game over. O's lose.
Who IS this J.Thomas guy? He's 28, this is his 4th MLB year, and he has 25 career IP... with a 6+ ERA and a 2+ WHIP.
And why is he on this team?
We don't have someone in AAA better then that?
Awesome. Bullpen Roulette ... Yay.
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Holy Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in Baltimore:
M Reynolds grounded into triple play, shortstop to second, C Davis out at second, J Hardy out at home, A Jones to third.
[140] No.
Double play and swinging strikeout
Oh.... now ESPN says DP. But [138]
Whhhhat?
[140] That was a cut'n'paste right from the ESPN site.
Hmm.
Nothing's easy.
Gritty Gutty Brett Gardner makes that catch in his sleep ...
Jeez... just to make it interesting.
All good.
Our biggest lead in 3 weeks!
Line drive in the box score, right?
[134] oh good, glad you got it!
YANKS WIN!!!
This is nuts:
"Josh Hamilton returned to the Texas Rangers lineup on Monday night after an optometrist diagnosed the vision problem that caused him to miss the past five games.
His affliction? Ocular keratitis, which dried out Hamilton's corneas and forced him to leave a game last Tuesday night with what he initially believed to be a sinus infection. Blurred vision and balance problems followed and caused Hamilton to miss the entire weekend series against the Seattle Mariners.
Doctors say high caffeine consumption can cause ocular keratitis. That might sound strange, but Hamilton wouldn't be the first baseball player to be told to cut back. Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann struggled with a mysterious and extended vision problem before decreasing his amount of caffeine consumption in 2010. Johnny Damon also cut caffeine while experiencing similar symptoms with the New York Yankees in 2009.
"
[153] Amazing. Never heard of that. I wonder if that's behind my dry-eye syndrome. Although I usually only have 2 or 3 cups a day...and maybe diet Coke.