Nothing like leaving Hafner on the bench, and having your DH Ben Francisco batting 9th.

A big break today in the Biogenesis thingy.
I'll bet we will be seeing names and repercussions this year.

[1] Isn't that one of those event singularity things? If your DH bats 9th, is he really a DH? How long before he's released?

Also, I've taken to calling him Black Hole Francisco, after one of my favorite musicians Black Francis (of Pixies fame).

[3] I've seen Bench Francisco and Yankees Sans Francisco tossed around at RAB...

Oh great, now Frankie.

Nice Nova.

[1] But Joe's binder says we need a righty batting 9th, so what can you do? Can't defy the binder, you know.

Aw crap

I'll take that.

Oh for crying out loud.

Missed it, what happened to Ivan?

Sterling said on the radio that Romine was pulled from his minor league game. He figured he was coming up to the big club.

Yeah? Cervelli to the DL?

[11] Don't know yet. Might be his hip.
At this rate, we're going to see the Charleston players by August.

From RAB:
7:58pm: Sweeny Murti hears Cervelli has some kind of fracture, but the team hasn’t confirmed anything yet.

The actual Tweet:
Sweeny Murti
I'm hearing its a fracture of some kind for Cervelli. Again, no surprise given that Romine was pulled from game at AAA.

[14] Thanks, hope it's nothing serious. Would like to see Nova redeem himself with another killer summer.

Man that @$%$ing sucks for Cervelli. Damn.

Grapevine says Nova's elbow.

Why in the fuck would any catcher nowadays not keep his meat hand behind the back? Ugh. Bad form.

So fuckin bummed about Cervelli.

And with our luck, Nova needs Tommy John.

elbow pain for Nova? That doesn't sound good.

[15] et al. Is that from getting beaned yesterday? Well, it was fun rinding his hot streak/new approach/steroid infusion while it lasted.

[20] Yep, it is pretty fundamental.

So Brains is out at least to the ASB.

Meanwhile, Brett Lawrie is a crazy man.

99% of the time that ball bounces over the wall. Love them triples.

Overbay. Triple. Yankee Stadium.

Three terms that do not immediately go together.

Overbay killing them with speed!

Time to get excited for Romine to get a shot. Next up, Gary Sanchez.

So, does Austin sit and back up Chris, or vice versa and let's see what the kid's got?

I'd pay $5 to see Kay's 1970s long hair.

So will we see Gary Sanchez at some point this year or only Romine?

Atta boy, Phelps.

[32] Are you asking "should" or "want" or "will"?

[35] It's "what do you think the binder says." the binder, after all, must be obeyed.

[33] Don't expect to see Sanchez this year. He's 20 and in the class A Florida league. But Romine has been touted for several years now. He's 24 and and has progressed right on up to AAA and now the bigs.

[36] I suspect the binder says Stewart. I think it will be Stewart, until the Yankees sign some trash heap 38 y.o. double-backup C. I want to see Romine, and I think that it should be Romine because he should probably play regularly rather than part time.

Is he RH? Hell, he could probably be the starting DH against LHP, over Francisco.

The Jays do hit them some home runs.

[38] I agree. You don't develop a guy by having him sit on the bench. Throw him in and see if he's ready or what he needs to work on.

I say Romine starts more than Stewart. Why the hell not?

[41] It's so crazy, it just might work!

Is this Bronx Banter or M.A.S.H Banter. Sheesh. Where will it end? I hate to say this, but Cervelli is kind of accident prone.

Jays announcer: "And now there are reports that Kevin Youkillis is headed to the DL."

And this would surprise...no one?

This game is so boring I'm enjoying the stick ball banter between Kay and O'Neil. Though being a Brooklyn boy we played 'stoop ball' every day.

[44] not me. I could understand keeping him off the turf, but if he can't start on grass, time for the SWB shuttle.

[44] Holy Shit-ta! (Belushi style)

This team is being drained of personality by injury. There's no one left with any back story except Cano.

[45] Me too. I was remembering a game we used to play in Jersey called Wall Ball. You bounce a tennis ball off the driveway and wall to bat.

[44] To hell with Pyouk. He's been a whining injured player for several years. That was a waste of a roster spot.

Is it so freaking difficult to use a bullpen arm for more than one inning?? I can't stand the 7-8-9 format, such a waste.

This game is making me cranky for some reason..maybe time for the Knicks game.

Yep, the Jays sure do hit them some powerful homeruns.

Brett Gardner must have borrowed something from Frankie Cervelli's locker.

Oh Christ

woo-hoo!

No Joey Bats vs Mo! Hooray!!

[49] Dude, when are you moving?