Lester's still good (better than last year, I'd say), but he's only 8-7, so they're definitely beatable when he pitches.

Wow, nobody here. That's cool, I'm going outside now anyway. Another June gem. I'll check in on Hiro now and then.

Well I thought it was an 8 pm start. Went to a fellow Aikidoka's diaper party -- apparently it's a new thing to hold for dad's to be. As it involves beer, food and shots I'm fine with that.

Argh!
Tanaka doesn't discriminate with gopher balls. Scrubs get them as much as good hitters.
Okay, let's quell this rebellion and get on with the show.

Boston feels bad about that run, trying to give it back.

I count that one as another Yankee hit batter by Red Sox

Hmmm.
Don't totally hate that bunt. Don't like it, but not terrible.

Greenlight on the 3-1 with two RISP, right?

Right.

Tied up, thanks Cap'n.

Dang, no more.

Lester is frustrated, probably will affect him in next innings

Ahhh.
One more K please.

God I love Stephen Drew.

He's the gift that keeps on giving.

Okay, now just any old out please.

Excellent.

RSN is grinding its collective teeth.

Impressive.

Tanaka!

Buck should button his lip and let Verducci do the play by play

I HAVE AWAKENED!!!

GO YANKS!!!

Hmph.

Hmmmmm.
Definitely an off night for Tanaka.

Out to me.
Yes!

Awesome.
A pony-trot too far.

Replay giveth, replay taketh away ...

Sorry My Little Pony but me can make that play.

Ha! Siddown, douchebeard!

Fugh

Jesus.
I think Brett's stealing attempts have been a net loss in runs this year, even though he's doing better.

[28] Glad I'm not the only one thinking that.

How the fuck do you start the inning with three hits and not score?

Aw Jeez,.

[30] Your 2014 New York Yankees!

[30] It's these Yankees.

Phew

Harold Reynolds is a welcome change v. Tim McCarver

[35] When Harold started at ESPN it was easy to tell he was nervous. Been a pleasure to watch him to grow in a second career.

Well, on the bright side, Tanaka is an inning ahead of Lester in pitch count.

"Cool Hand Luke" is on my PBS station now, without commercials. "What we got here is a failure to communicate!"

Sometimes nothin' can be a pretty cool hand.
But not in baseball.

I'm wasting a good buzz and Greek food on an offensively offenseless night?

Huh, Mookie Betts is on the Boston bench. (Listening to WEEI.)

Beauty.

Don't freaking waste this you bums.

Win Expectancy for bottom of the eighth tied is .63.

Steal, or no steal???

[36] He doesn't have much of a voice and he can be a little hokey, but overall he's not too bad and provides some nice former player commentary. Much better than McCarver, for sure.

OK, Gardner is on..will he try to steal again after that lst disastrous attempt?

[44] Normally I would send him, but the last attempt was brutal.

[46] I would like Ellsbury to be the first base coach for one batter.

Good old fashioned brush back.

They said earlier you can run on Lester, but Gardner is breaking teh wrong way on just about every pitch.

Oh well.

Crap.

Nice play by Pony (gad;fjaoeriasjn)

[45] Better in studio than game broadcasting.

A run please. Aw shit!

[49] I think it's Ross, not Lester, who bothered Brett.

Tanaka in the 9th, assuming the Yanks don't score?

Oh fer fuck's sake.

Jesus, we are just cursed. We could easily have another three-hit, no-run inning here.

[54] Absolutely. Easy call.

We're going extras aren't we.

See, if Gritner was running, that was a run.

Sigh.

[58] I hope so...I just now got the chance to settle in with beer.

Disgusting.
It was definitely a strike, too.

Ladies and Gentlemen, YOUR 2014 NEW YORK YANKEES!!!

Me! Oh for fucks sake make the God damn call right away blue. Fuck you

[60] I'd suggest something stronger, if you want to stomach this team's at bats ...

OK, explanation is better.

Crud. Don't want runners for Papi.
But I think Tanaka will get him.

Turnabout...

I meant, get both of 'em.

[64] I've made my pease with this team. In truth, I don't much care about whether they win or lose. I watch, when I can, to catch a few more ABs from Jeter, and Tanaka is fun to watch.

Big Double Play. Papi going to complain about that?

Oh mf. Goddam it.

NYS giveth, and NYS taketh away.

For fucks sake!

[69] You've made your pease, now lie in it. Or them.

Consolation prize: Tanaka lowered his ERA.

[74] I should eat my pease.

[76] Hold your pease!

That Beltran signing looks real good.

Boy, oh boy, has the Beltran signing not gone anything like I hoped ...

Tanaka shakes off pitch, Napoli blasts it

So how does everyone feel about the Beltran signing?

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Yankee bats in the pot nine days old.

Ugh.
Night all. Crappy game.

Wow, they are areally beating a dead horse. Tanaka made a bad pitch and gave up a wall scraper HR. The real story here is the impotent Yankees offense, not that Tanaka didn't pitch a perfect game.

Fucking pathetic.

[82] We have a winner!

This just in, Supreme Court declares watching Yankees' offense, "Cruel and Unusual Punishment".

Horeshit offense again.

IF Gardener can't run in that sequence (steal, hit & run, anything!) he loses at least 50% of his value to the team. We could have had Fatty Arbuckle pinch run for him and the sequence would have been no different. Everyone on the planet knows Jeter is a DP machine anymore.

However, I suppose the biggest mystery is why Tanaka didn't throw another splitter to the Mambo Italiano guy.

[38] Great movie, but he doesn't say "a failure" as is often misquoted, he just says "What we got here is...failure to communicate."

88) Jeez, I'm willing to give Lester some credit. He's not a chump and he was very good tonight.

Hopefully, Tanaka learns his lesson. You don't throw a guy like Napoli a fastball when you are ahead, 1-2.

[89] BTW, did you notice how my Napoli moniker dovetailed with your "Attsa Nice" report?