Ouchies

Surprised he's staying in.

Very close, could have gone either way

Weird top half.
HBB hit by batted ball
Sac bunt that wasn't really a sacrifice & could have gone either way.
I continue to slump
WP

Sit down Lake

Sit down Yanks

Cap'n with a hit

Ah, the rain has started

Hmmm weather radar not looking good.

OMG they scored a run!

I'm blaming the rain.

Ah, mound issue

[11] "one...two...one,two,three,four 'Blame It On The RAIN..'"

But that's it

Slugfest in Fenway.

[15] no lead is safe in Fenway

I've had about enough of this Cy Hammel bullshit

[16] It was 7-2, but the Sox started their half of the sixth with four straight hits.

Uh oh.

The Yankees are the worst positioned team in baseball.

Coise you, rain

What the fuck was that?

Hammel was good against Yanks when he was on Rays, as I recall.

We may be seeing T's first unsuccessful outing.

Nice play on the squeeze.

Nice play on the squeeze.

Why thank you Cubbies. No wonder you haven't won a World Series in a hundred years.

Nice to get the top of the inning over so quickly.

Umps should stop play when there's visible lightning plus thunder, which happened in top of 5th.

Mets knock!

[26] Like it matters. We're facing career mediocrity Jason Hammel, so why would we expect to hit?

I thought balls & strikes couldn't be reviewed. It's a strike.

Baseball Gods prevail.

These umpires are just the fucking worst

Hammel was 2-0 against Yanks last year per Yes super.

[33] I could have gone 2-0 against that Yankee team

[30] I guess you can challenge foul vs strike. Makes sense, in a way -- it's the kind of thing you can get right by watching the replay. But then again, it slows the game down on a trivial difference.

[35] We'll have to get clarification in the morning.

Gritner! Now plate him.

Young kid with the nice snag

Holy fucking bollocks!

Oh, man.
Goddam Castro.

Thank you Mark.

Cubs bullpen!

Whoa. John Farrell just had Brock Holt bunt with runners on first and second and nobody out in the eighth... with the Sox trailing by three runs.

That could be the worst sacrifice call I've ever seen. Well, except Brock Holt is really bad at batting, so maybe not the very worst. But it dropped the Boston Win Expectancy from 20% to 15%.

I'm really beginning to hate the shift

That beer thing is pretty cool.

[44] I think they have it in Citi Field

[42] Strikeout, pop out, Sox do not score.

I've got a bad feeling. And a re-fi in the morning. Night all.

[46] Brock Holt! (A.Development reference in case you were wondering..)

Oh, fun, I love a circus.

[13] A Milli Vanilli reference? We know Tanaka can't be undefeated for the year, but the string she should not be broken tonight. Now the Yankees playing little league in the field. Ugh

Really, the Yankees needed to sweep an awful Cubs team. This is a disappointment.

Mr OK, have you seen the YouTube on Jimmy Page plagiarism?

[50] kenboyer, you know it's true!
[52] No, what is it? About the Willie Dixon case from years back?

Cubs aren't good but the Yanks are very average. Don't expect any long winning streaks.

[52] I grew up listening to that Spirit album, and of course couldn't avoid Led Zep. We knew the riff was taken directly by Page, but thought it was almost an homage to the hippie milieu, and permission was granted. So now, 45 years later Randy California (or his family) wants to be paid?

[54] Very average with peaking in the post season might be good enough this crazy season.

[52] That among other things. Some Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, a whole lot of Zep songs. Actually it's in two parts.

Yeah, the Randy California thing is in the news, but the YouTube videos make a compelling case that Page plagiarized a big chunk of that album, and a lot of other songs too.

Preston Claiborne is really kinda awful

Hm, I couldn't get my reply to [53] and [55] through moderation. Maybe because of my YouTube links? Without the links:

That among other things. Some Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, a whole lot of Zep songs. Actually it's in two parts.

Yeah, the Randy California thing is in the news, but the YouTube videos make a compelling case that Page plagiarized a big chunk of that album, and a lot of other songs too.

[53] I'm kinda "proud" to admit that I worked directly with Rob and Fab and endured many an embarrassment beyond their inability to sing. But, the songs and productions were smashes that hold up even today.

Yeah, it was the links -- well, easy to google them.

We'll this sucks. And like the non YES Yankees game at Miller Park that looked like it was played in a cloud of cheese dust, this game is dark like half the lights at Wrigley failed to operate. Wtf!

Tanaka taking a loss to the awful Cubs is just...awful.

[59] You worked with Milli Vanilli??!??! Please provide a detailed blog post with the whole story!

Well, that's that.
I have to get up at 5:30 (that's seven hours from now, Mr. OK), so think I'll skip the Matt Thornton Experience.

[62] nearly 20 years with Arista Records. Maybe some stories another time.

Tanaka had to lose, better against a non-league opponent

[63] I'm out too, NBA hoops is calling.

[64] Please do! Have a kajillion questions any time you'd like to share.

I don't remember Al Leiter being "big, heavy and fat"

[67] just the ego part of his anatomy is.

Did al Leiter just say "corn hole ya" or am I hearing things?

Its time for a bloodletting in the Yankees bullpen. If absolutely no one else, Thornton has to go.

Before we all leave. Check out the articles, when you get a chance, in the Daily News about A-Rod, ROC Nation and Robbie Cano. This is the kind of story that The News does well.

I went- just ran home (soaked).
The game sucked. Yanks hit a ton of pop flies.
My seats were underneath so we stayed dry.

The 4th where Tanaka gunned 2 guys down at home was fun for the away fans.
Conditions were pretty terrible- I give our guy a bit of a pass.

I'm going again tomorrow!

knuckles!!!