Monthly Archives: June 2014

Poster by Günther Kieser (1968)

Over at GQ, Alan Richman gives us the 10 best bagels in town.

Monday Love:

[Photo Credit: Jim Colls via MPD]

And it was a good home coming for Phil Hughes and Eduardo Nunez as the Twins beat the Yanks, 7-2 today at the Stadium. Hughes’ fastball was a steady 93 mph through eighth innings. He also hit 94, even 95 mph at times. It was a harder fastball than we’ve seen from him in years. Hughes only had one bad inning, when he allowed a couple of runs, but it looked good enough to sink him.

Delin Betances relieved Chase Whitely and struck out 5 of the 6 batters he faced. Man, has he ever been impressive. Adam Warren pitched a scoreless 8th, setting the stage for David Robertson in the 9th, Yanks holding a 2-1 lead. But Robertson gave up a game-tying home run, couldn’t get out of the inning and was replaced with the bases loaded. And wouldn’t you know it but Nunie doubled with the bases juiced to put the Yanks away.

Hughes got the win. Good for him. Yanks lose a game it looked like they were going to win. Drag.

[Picture by Bags]

Welcome back, Phil Hughes.

Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Brian Roberts 2B
Kelly Johnson 1B
Zoilo Almonte DH

And now:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Picture by Bags]

Mmmm, mmm, good.

Painting by Edward Hopper.

Masahiro Tanaka has become that guy for the Yanks in 2014. The stopper. He allowed an unearned run in the first inning yesterday and then shut the Twins out for the next seven. The Bombers had the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the first, failed to score, and runs were hard to come by all afternoon. They broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the eighth, thanks to a double by Brian McCann, and, after a rain delay, David Robertson got the save.

Final Score: Yanks 3, Twins 1.

[Painting by Jimmie James]