My great uncle Georgie once came in the bathroom when my cousin Donny was taking a bath. George pointed at Donny and said, “You’re all wet!” He said in an accusing tone that made Donny cry. Donny was too young to realize it was meant as a joke.
What this has to do with tonight’s game I don’t know. Maybe I just like that story. Or maybe I just like this picture of Steve Martin from The Jerk.
Regardless, it’s Eovaldi, Take Deuce in Baltimore.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Chase Headley 3B
Carlos Beltran RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Alex Rodriguez DH
Stephen Drew 2B
Chris Young LF
Didi Gregorius SS
Never mind the suds:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Ah, it's honor Mariano Rivera Day.
Hi all.
Predicting a good night with a good performance from Didi
Eovaldi physically looks way too much like Carl Pavano for my taste
[1] ...and Jerry Coleman.
[3] Exactly
This isn't going well
No shift for Davis?
Punch 'em out!
Eo's problem = he gives up too many hits. It gives me agida.
Big zone tonight
I hate called 2nd strikes
...and called 3rd strikes! Swing the damn bat
That's it, rbj, first pitch swinging!
Oh, Carlos. Get out of your slump now
YES! He listened!
Carlos Belt & ran a nice two run double!
Damn! An inch!
Bout time for Beltran!
Why do O's fans still boo Teix? Lame..
Are you fucking kidding me, Did! FFS!
[19] it's one a day for Didi
Suggestion for Didi: break in the glove!!
That'll do.
Kaboom!
Nice shot, Alex.
Don't throw hanging meatballs to Machado.
That was a pretty lousy bunt
[26] I can hear Scooter ranting right now about bad bunting.
Looked fair live, but was clearly foul.
You know, Nate, there may be more to pitching than just throwing the ball as hard as you can.
THROW THAT AGAIN
Phew!
[29] Will never not be amazed at how MLB hitters can sqaure up on 99mph if it's dead straight. One time I saw only a 90mph pitching machine it was just an instant blur right by me.
Dodged a bullet there with Adam Jones. He's given up 7 hits in 4 innings, though.
Yay Didi!
That bat flip may have been premature
From bat flip to K. (Came in late to the game--was listening on the way home--man, that was a shot by Alex, huh?)
Huh, Eo seems to be improving as the game goes on.
And now this walk. His body and motion reminds me of Pavano.
Seriously, is Girardi really going to lower the team's chances of winning so that Eovaldi can have a shot at getting a W?
I hope not. That is just stupid.
97 to 73. That's pretty damn nasty.
Oh fer gods sake.
Hmm, not liking this.
Damn Chase...
Catching the ball just isn't their strong suit.
Wasn't the infield defense supposed to be a lot better this year? It has truly sucked so far.
Sweet!
Okay, good work Eo.
Nicely done.
Eovaldi just allows a shit ton of hits. I'm not sure how often you'll luck into having David Lough come up in a big spot.
Even the ball girl is having the yips
I watched zero spring training games but I read at least a half a dozen articles praising the improved defense. The poor defense has been a huge disappoirdisappointment.
[51] If they hit well you can kinda smile.
If this remains a "run prevention" team that can't catch the ball, that's a disaster.
Let's go bullpen!
Sorry about my massive spelling fail. Poor phone skills.
I typed too soon.
[54] I chalk it up to the defense.
Yeah, Justin Wilson is going to be that guy this year
Aw fuck!
Well this is a train wreck.
Justin Wilson to Chris Martin..feel the tooptimism..
Yuck.
Night all, tapping out early.
I think it just goes to show, no matter how relatively good you may think they are, its probably for the best if you only have to use your mediocre middle relief sparingly.
Oh, for christ sakes, who the hell is this now?
This game feels like it's gonna come up just short, don't it?
[65] There's still time to figure out a way to get Gregorio Petit in the game.
Oh, Christ, he's on deck.
Its time to DFA Petit. Joe won't stop using him. You need to remove him from the equation.
They give an effort but let's face it, they are not very good.
[68] Run prevention baseball baby!
I guess it doesn't take into account that you're starter might throw seven hundred pitches through five and you have to rely on a gaggle of so so middle relievers
[68] Teams that talk about run prevention are the ones that can't score any.
great Georgie / Donny story - thanks Al