Oops I was in the wrong thread. Good start with batter 1. Hope that is a sign for Kuroda. fuck nevermind.

That was quick.

Off to do yard chores, be back mid-game. Nice they're playing a second one.

nice cap!

O'Neill really empathizing with Pirates pitcher Morton. Are they related or what?

I'm busy with work, so hard to tell, but it sounds like we should have more runs.

Quick, dull game so I glanced back at the threads photo and noticed a lovely 1963 Buick Skylark Convertible behind the lady. Loved but never owned, better looking than my 1961 Ford Falcon.

boo!

Bah. Should have been an out, but hit so hard, it deserved to be a hit.

Am back, hmm, looks like I missed some action.

HiroKi!

Yup. I still hate bullpen roulette.

I'll take that call.

NAILED!

One down

Weird. This comment is awaiting moderation:

Yup. I still hate bullpen roulette.

[Test]

HATE

[/Test]

Two down

Dry Hump, Paulie, that's the phrase you're looking for ...

NAILED!!!

Three down!

Weird.

I can write HATE, but if I write "I H8TE bullpen roulette", it goes into moderation.

Odd.

[TEST]

I hate bullpen r0ulette.

[/TEST]

Hmmm, well, ok then.

Evidently, the word "r0ulette" (when spelled correctly) triggers moderation.

Weird.

Hey Alex, I keep getting updates 10-15 minutes after they're posted. Am I missing something?

[21] Yeah, we discovered that last year. It's because that's a trigger word for the spamcatcher. Those idiotic ads for online gambling.

Now you know what's weird (but Ken has explained it), is that the word "speshalist" (I'm spelling it phonetically because otherwise it won't get through) is also a trigger. As in, "Lefty _______".

[26] Interesting.

But what's really weird, is that in [23] and [24], I spelled the word with a 0 instead of an o, but WordPress went ahead and substituted the o for the 0 ... and got past "the nanny".

Odd.

Huh.
I mean, we never get the stupid spam, so I guess they know what they're doing. But your phrase "Bullpen _____" and my "Lefty _____" are pretty useful for Bronx Banter, and it's annoying that we can't use them.

[28] Doh, WordPress did it again! It substituted an "oh" for a "zero".

Bloody WordPress ...

Grrrr, throw strikes Nuno.

Here we go again

More tech troubles: I'm on the road and trying to watch on mlb.tv, but for some reason the mlb viewer cannot verify my address so thinks I might be trying to watch in a blacked out area.
What a pain in the butt.

Got it just in time to see the triple hit the wall!

Argh, Brett

I shouldn't want Gerrit Cole to die in a grease fire ... but I do.

I fully admit my weakness of character in this instance.

Oh, Gritner.

::facepalm::

Argh, this is infuriating.
Anybody reading have some experience with or knowledge of mlb.tv? I think it's trying to give me a feed to high-def for my current bandwidth.

[37] I think that's one of their "upgrades" for this season, you can't self-select the video stream quality ...

Well, you rarely sweep doubleheaders.

You have got to be shitting me.

Maybe this is a good game to be unable to watch.

Tabatha figured the Yankees' infielders were incapable of catching the ball. Understandable.

Did I see a tattoo of LIPS on Tabata's neck???

This Cole kid is kinda good ...

We're going to regret that 1st inning pickoff, methinks ...

Good lord.
Little League. Both teams.

This is actually kind of fun. It really is like Little League!

Whoopsies. That was fucking terrible.. X2 oi!

omg this sounds awful.

Lovely, just lovely.

JR and Megan's Law!!!

[44] Pizza after the game!

So let's see. We lose a run of our own on a boneheaded piece of base running. Then we give the Pirates a run on two errors. Then the Pirates run themselves out of the inning on a base running blunder by Tabatha. Then the Pirates give us two runs on fielding errors (and really dumb ones).
So far.

Seamus, you're listening to John and Suzyn?
Me too -- gave up on my mlb.tv. Low bandwidth in this hotel.

Suzyn just said, "There's always a reason why teams lose."
Pure genius.

A balk was just what this game was missing.

Well, more than 2 runs would have been nice, but that's nearly 50 pitches for Cole after 2 innings, so ...

Our old friend Farnsworth made his debut for the Astros today in the 8th and
promptly shit the bad. Poor Kyle.

[53] But, he throws 98 mph, right? So I'm sure he's a valuable bullpen arm.

Edit. KK's debut wast last night fwiw.

[51] Mud Hens won a game last week on a walk off balk.

[56] I should hate the Wacker, but I don't ...

[54] From your keystrokes to Mo's ears.

Good shortstopping

Nice pick and throw from Megan's Law ...

Unbelievable. What a dumb team this is.

More Little League

[50] hahaha I missed that one. But yes i'm listening. Busy with work though so not paying too close of attention.

Crap.

Argh. Too bad. Nuno deserves better.

Meh.

I like Nuno's story, but not his rat face.

Bah.

Bah.

Yay!

nice!

Nothing not to like about Young Jervis. Face. Demeanor. Homers.

Jebus, Jervis hit that one to Port Newark ...

Dam, missed Pipp Jervis' homer. Darn laundry.

Freaking Aceves.

Oh great, but I did get to see that.

Man, good to see Alf bringing it strong.

[78] And .... just as I type that, he coughs up a dinger.

Bah.

[76] hopefully not another one in the future.

[80] Methinks the comment count is completely screwed up by those I have awaiting moderation ...

Aceves isn't even usable any more.

Cult, your own comment count does get screwed up when you have comments hung in moderation. You have two that we don't see.

[83] Thanks, I figured as much.

[82] Hey, everybody, it's Mattpat!!!

Honestly, for a number of reasons I didn't expect to win this game (mostly because its just not easy to sweep a series or a double header) but it would be a bit frustrating to survive an unfavorable pitching matchup and lose because the crappy middle relief was predictably crappy.

[82] I really hate Aceves. The way you hate some relief pitchers. I can't stand him.

Cap'n comes through.

le ssigh

Matt Thornton: Lefty Speshulist.

No. Bad IBB.

The sac bunt was actually correct!

dammit.

Ugh.
Stupid IBB. Fucking stupid.

It's hard to sweep a double header. Night all.