The Yanks meet the Rays. Last year, C.C. was no bueno against Tampa. Let’s hope that changes, starting tonight.
Never mind the lousy dome:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Picture by Bags]
Thursday
December 26, 2024
Since 2002
"This ain't football. We do this every day."
--Earl Weaver
--Earl Weaver
From lohud:
"Scott Sizemore has never played first base. Not once. Not in Detroit. Not in Oakland. Not in the minor leagues. Not in college. Not at Hickory High School in Virginia.
He’s playing first base tonight."
Oy.
1) Keeping it interesting.
That's a hit.
McCann can! Phew, I was worried we were going to squander that start.
Shift that!
Good job by Price getting out of it.
Got a run, made Price work a little. Good start.
Nice, CC!
Wow. Good man!
Way to break out of your slump, Brian.
Brian Roberts!
I'll take it.
Geez, I didn't realize how many Yankee fans were in the park till now.
Me!
I don't remember the last time I saw back-to-back triples.
Cap gets it done!
[14] Ichiro was in between. Cap'n getting it done.
Did Carlos dog it there? Rays' radio team shocked he didn't run..
Oh, right, of course. Not back-to-back.
Okay, so that's a very good start against David Price.
Time for the Formerly Fat Man to do his thing.
[17] I couldn't tell. It's possible he thought he was out on the caught line drive and stopped running, then started again. He was definitely slow to first.
Hm. Not what we were looking for.
How about a nice GIDP.
TRIPLE PLAY!!!!!
Holy shit.
I guess I was [20] not greedy enough!
When I saw the ball hit and Solarte field it I yelled, TRIPLE PLAY, TRIPLE PLAY" and by the third "Triple Play" they'd completed it.
NICE!
Wow!! Destiny now for Yanks to win the Serious, Baseball Gods are smilin'!
Scoop by Sizemore wow!
[25] Has she replaced Aura and Mystique?
Dang, missed the triple play.
[27] Aura had an accident while pole-dancing and Mystique ran off with A-Rod. But Destiny is still around!
Dammit.
No walks with a four run lead, please.
Careful, Carlos
Well, there are a lot of smiles out there, so maybe he's fine.
And CC takes care of business. (Also McCann holds it.)
Yikes, that was scary.
I wonder how many times Beltran has played in Tampa. There is that second fence and I wonder if that's what he saw in his eyeline because he clearly didn't know the wall was there when he went over it.
Are you fucking kidding me?
WTF was Roberts thinking? And Sizemore. Geez.
Tailor made double play has the threads unravel.
I would have challenged that one. Close, but worth the challenge.
[36] Bad tailor.
There's the double play
Damn.
Well, the IF defense may not be great, but they've made some nice plays too.
Freaking circus.
Oh good, Big Papi got robbed.
Now get that run back.
Price is getting low strikes that Sabathia isn't.
Evening all ... what'd I miss?
[scans comments] A F&*^$^G TRIPLE PLAY?!?!?!!?
Wow.
BACK TO BACK!!!!!
I'll take that
Good.
Pip Jervis! Get into that bullpen to start the series
McCann, yes you CanCan!!
Too Many Homers
[50] Not team players. 'Puig-ist' is the correct term I believe.
CC!
The Heath Bell Experience?
Productive.
Fun fun fun! I just saw the "tailor made" triple play on mlb.com. Back to back HRs, lots of extry base hits, CC pitching well. Nice game to come home to.
Good job.
This is starting to get close to CC meltdown proof
Cap'n!
Cap'n!
Every time Jetes has to turn on the speed, or slide, or take a throw with a runner bearing down on him, I worry that this will be the last injury and play of his career. It's just too precious.
CC being crafty. I don't believe the run against is earned.
[60] He looks pretty good running
[61] Tis not
Ichi-san
Nice outing from CC
Rapist warming up.
Port Jervis continues to impress.
[66] Beat me to it ...
Lueke in the pen. IIRC he has a sexual assault conviction.
Fun Fact: 6 of the Yankees playing tonight are hitting above .300, who says we don't have good offense?
Port Jervis ! I'm digging his continued success.
Can we get double digits?
[69] He's a really bad person. He should be in jail, but short of that should certainly be run out of the game.
[73] White Guys who 'play the right way' can remain no matter what they do, right? Hit their wives, drunnk drive, sexual assault, etc.
Double No-No in Sox-Sox game now by the way..
[74] Jameson Whitson Florida State QB also had a rape investigation squashed, he went on to win the most recent Heisman. He's black. Athletic talent is the passport. Awful.
[74] [73] in the Bible Belt, you just have to ask forgiveness, accept JC as the lord and savior, brush yourself off and start all over again.
[75] Really? That's awful! I don't follow college sports so had not heard that..
Was thinking more about Tony LaRussa, his rings came from playing 'juicers'. He gets in the HOF while Bonds & A-Rod look from the outside..
Dancin' Betances!
[77] NY Times (I think) had a big story about the "investigation" within the last week.
Well this is fun
[77] There are some inconstistancies in the woman's testimony, so it was a hard case to prosecute, so it's unknowable what happened. But the investigation, yeah read the Times article apparently in the 2010s the QB gets what he wants. Fucked up priorities.
Where was that pitch? Betances is just too stressful in high leverage sitchiations.
Hasn't pitched in a week. He needs steady work to be effective.
Fonzie!
Yan Solo!
This Port Jervis has more significance than the original.
Double digits!
[81] I agree that, these days there is as much "win potential" in it as as race (to some extent), but Micheal Vick ferchissakes, the dude was running a dog fighting ring, had the book thrown at him and lost the peak of his career.
Honestly, nothing against dogs, but who gives fuck? Dogs fighting = public enemy No.1 Sport fishing = TV hero. Makes no sense at all. Kill a shark, you are on the front page. Zero logic.