hangover? i'm doing my best to have one tomorrow. ; )

I get the Tiggers-Rays game here.

i'm in NY, so i get my Yankees game. Yay!!! : )

The Jays blew a 2-0 lead in the eighth in Fenway, but J-Bats got it back, Reyes just singled in another, and Bautista is batting again in the ninth...

Oh, man. Well, he was batting again in the ninth...

He just knocked in Reyes on an error. Then he was thrown out trying for third. No RBI, but he already has plenty of those -- two homers.

Sweet.

Fox here in the OC has the Yankees game on.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're off!

Yay Rob!

Rob heats up with the weather.

Ladies and gentlemen, Vernon Wells. He's unstoppable.

[2] you're actually lucky. i'm stuck with timmay & joe fuck. really wanted to see this game on YES...

blow jays beat the shit sox!

that's some way to clog the bases!

Baltimore Chop!

let's go ZO-LE-O!!!

The Bronx Bloopers!

Tell you what, five, six hits, we'll get ourselves a run.

[6] from the OC to JFK!

Z vs. Z.

Zach seems scared...

Oooh. Patience, Zoilo.

wait. i mentioned kennedy's initals and my comment is awaiting moderation. um, ok.

[6] from the OC to the airport with kennedy's initials!

Ouch. Good try, Z.

super close, Z.

fuck you, joe fuck. don't call him "Almonte" - have fun with his name! dumbass football fucker.

JFK.

Hey, me too, thelarmis. (I no longer know the correct numbering.) I tried commenting just those initials, nothing else, and it's awaiting moderation. WTF?

[13] awesome.

whachya drinkin', cult?!

i'm goin' with one of Trader Joe's "contract beers" = Jumping Cow Amber Ale.

nice catch, non-first basemen!

that's good for a third basement.

aaaand...here we go.

i guess this will lead to 3 runs? 4, maybe.

shut UP, timmay.

why can't this be on YES?!

Zoilo hit it well too. Dag.

[22] Metolius River Ales: Rusty Spinner Amber Ale

[21] i guess it's gone through. we're safe and the numbering is back to normal.

perhaps Alex pushed it through? word press, is a bunch o' crap. sooo random on the roulextte words...

[27] holy shit, does that sound good!

never hoid of it; have to look it up. doubt you can get it in hotlanta though...

aaaand, there's the ball game...

[27] I *should* be drinking wood alcohol, vomiting and blindness would be preferable to watching this disasterbacle of a team ...

[29] Pretty good, says it's brewed in NY state, so they must have a wide distro ...

Christ.

[24] Four.

A Lost Weekend. Let's just hope they don't get swept.

definitely the ball game...

We hang 'em, they bang 'em.

Bomb.

my mom just said this from the other room:

Mom: did they just say a 4-run first inning?

Me: yeah.

Mom: Who's pitching - Hughes?

Well, glad I have the Lez Mix DVD. Sometimes the wife has a good idea.

GREAT JOB, PHELPSY!

The game is on the boob tube up here. Wonderful.

[31] oh, cool. i'll look it up.

[33] yup.

[34] hope can always go up. tears can only go down (John Popper)

then again, tears can go sideways, if you're crying while lying down...

I hope the O's score a weekend full of runs tonight' - this way we might win with our nightly run.

Austin Romine is awesome.

Sorry, Sterling. Baseball is very, very predictable.

This team needs to be nuked from orbit ...

[45] Just about a month until the trade deadline. Sell, sell, SELL!

Well, at least we've left as many runners on as the O's have scored!

this won't end well.

C-Dick clear the bases...

Well, at least Phelpsy isn't going to be facing Chris Davis with the sacks full ...

[47] But not for long...

I can't stand Timmy. The worst is when he tries to explain something and start doing double talk.

Going to the park with my daughter. Maybe I'll give them some reverse mojo.

Enjoy if you can.

[48] Remember when he was in the Yankees organization, yet they inexplicably had no room for him on the roster?

C-Dick runs.

close enough...

NaNa,NaNaNANA ... HeyHeyHey ... GOODBYE.

told ya the bases would be cleared.

like i said earlier, baseball is very, very predictable.

[52] yup.

Last night will be the game that smarts. Tonight is just a beatin.

bossa NOVA time.

we're the only team in the East with a negative run diff...

That was awesome. The first few innings have certainly displayed every facet of 2013 New York Yankees baseball.

It's kind of impressive. I don't mind watching. Probably Phelps isn't enjoying it, but aside from that, no pain.

Well, I suppose I can root for a good performance from Nova here.

That would be something, at least.

looks like I got the better game.

yeah. i've been okay with this. my pop thought it was still 6-0. we got a kick outta the fact that the 6 is now upside down.

i've got an old buddy (and student) stopping by the house in a few. gonna reminisce and imbibe ale. life is good. yanks, not so much...

Oh, so *that's* what good defense at SS looks like.

Grrrrrrrr ... Gerrit Cole ... GRRRRRRRR.

Had to step out for some family stuff...did I miss Vernon Wells' AB?

Hmmmm ... KC DFA'd Jeff Francoeur today ... how long before he's playing for the Yanks???

[67] Does he know how to play the game? That's key.

Tim McCarver is so fucking awful it's beyond belief.

Open mocking of Timmeh happening.

Nice.

WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT ManBearPuig?!?!?!?!?

[71] Oh, right, it's 9-0 and this Yankees team is not only awful, but terribly fucking boring ...

Oh look, Vernon Wells made an out.

Huh, didn't see *that* happening ...

Uh oh, bases loaded. No good can come of this.

Bases loaded.

Is it too much to ask for at least a *couple* of runs here?

RBIZ!

Well, fuck.

Zoilo's probably hit the ball the hardest of any Yankee all night ... and has got almost fuck all to show for it.

Oh ... and ... SHUT THE FUCK UP McCarver!

If you walk David Adams in a tough situation, you've definitely lost whatever you had for the night.

I can't wait to have Austin Romine, Alberto Gonzalez, and David Adams all playing at the same time. It's bound to happen. Three guys with OBP under .200. Has that ever happened in the DH era??

The Binder strikes!

Travis Hafner, half Clive Owens, half Clint Dempsey!

Well, FUCK.

WELL, FUCKFUCKFUCK.

Oh, that Ivan Nova. Sure, I remember him.

Another RiSP stranded, we creep closer again!

[80] Remember when Billy Martin started Rock Rhoden at DH once, back in the day? Is it possible that CC Sabathia is a more potent offensive threat than three or four position players on the roster?

Blargh.

That would have been nice earlier, Zoilo!

[88] At least I'm moderately interested in watching Almonte bat. I mean, he's no superstar in the making, but he's not 34 years old and/or coming off several years of injuries. So I can at least ponder if he's got some upside, even 4th OF potential.

I assume my addled theory that this is all about Hal Steinbrenner secretly really, really hating New York is as nuts as it sounds, right?

Vernon Wells, everyone!

See you tomorrow for the next dispiriting loss!

Vernon Wells...the mascot of the 2013 New York Yankees. And with that...