I had Mitchell penned in for the 60 day DL, glad it's only the 7 day concussion DL.

Hmm, did CC beat out Mauer?

CC at 93mph.

CC looking good.

(1) talk radio and PTI talking about whether MLB will require some kind of face shield for pitchers. Some of us are old enough to recall hockey goalies wearing NO masks.

[5] same with local sports radio here. You'd have to come up with a decent design.

Bird is the word!

Top of the 5th, 2 out, Good Evening. CC looks good.

Ohhhhhhhh.
Damn.

Rats

Oh, jeez.
Well, good throw, Didi.

Perfecto, no hitter, shut out & lead

Ugh then yay.

I do like to watch Didi sling it. Zip!

Phils knocked out Dickey. Hope he goes south from here.

Mattinglyesque!

One more base runner and Pelfrey's gone. Watch.

Yep.

Bah! Don't swing at that shit!

Squandered.

Grumble

Man, what a drag.

There it goes.

Where's Winny when you need him?

Modammit!

Fucking bollocks. sigh...

Oy

Dombroski to the Sox. Nice move.

Jeez, Alex hasn't gotten a big hit in a long time. I'm predicting a double play.

C'mon, Alex. Ferfuck's Sake!

Man, I wish I had a good feeling about Alex here. But I don't. 1 for his last 27.

Nevertheless, here we go.

J.R. Graham comes in to face him.

Base hit, old man...

Cutter low and away, 1-0.

"These are the situations the fans pay to see," says Kenny Singleton.

Fastball. GOOD NIGHT.

FOH!!!!!!!

Hell Yeah!

Alex!

Hot fucking Damn!

Got to win this one now.

[31] Dude, your bad feelings always give me hope!

Now, who do they get to finish the game? Does Joe G go to his studs?

37) Ha! I do my best! I wasn't just trying to reverse jinx it there, though. Alex just hasn't put too many good swings on balls the last week. So happy for him.

Right On!

I'd hoped he would do .280/20 this year so he's got to work on the BA. Never would have projected .370+ OBP tho.

C'mon Mr. Wilson.

There's one.

Sandy Amoros!

Great catch.

[32] Federal Occupational Hazard?

Yay Rodney! Win this one. Cc pitched good enough again (for a fifth starter).

Get Sano out please! He is a big talent.

I missed ten seconds -- who's coming in to get the last out of the eighth? Guess I'll see shortly.

it's Miller Time.

Oh, Miller, of course.

[43] Broke my heart watching Gil MacDougal getting doubled off. Still think that Hodges came off early.

Tight 1-1 slider, there.

Nails, baby.

Out fuggin standing.

How 'bout some insurance?

There will never be another Mo, but we really have to count our lucky stars that we still get to feel so damn good about the eighth and ninth innings with a lead.

[50] The Al Gionfriddo (Dodgers) catch in 1947 WS was similar, though slightly before my time.

Boid is the Woid.

Papa ooh mow mow, here we go!

[50] Mine too!

54) True, and even that year where Soriano closed they didn't lose much. Good point.

Didi with some bingo.

[54] Miller has been great, but we've seen him spiral to near panic a coupla times.. Betances on the other hand is money, even when it goes awry.

Hot fuggin Damn.

Insurance!

Awesome.

Way to go, guys!

And as this game started I was thinking, man, with no Tex our infield cannot hit at all.

[61] I agree, Betances in the long run... unless they can convert him to a starter.

Not a save situation anymore

This is good.

Not sure of the national commercials, but I want one of those giant operation games!

[66] Doesn't matter. It was a Save when Miller came in.
Oh, you mean Joe might pull him now? Doubt it.

Dombrowski to the BoSox..why exactly is this being seen as such a good move? Sox organization is in chaos, they're stuck with Hanley and Pablo and their pitching is awful..what's he going to do to clean it up?

A-Rod salami, I missed it!

Arod the demigod returns!

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/287437/128279.gif

[70] Hey, you got that item before me! Frickin internets, there's no such thing as local news anymore.
Interesting.
RSN does think the Sox' problem starts at the top, Larry Lucchino. I have no strong opinion.

[71] That is very weird.

[73] centaur?

Oh, Cherington is out, too -- of his own accord. I wonder who they'll get to GM.

[74] Yes, I got it, but it's still weird. All chimeric human-beast crossbreeds are disturbing, don't you think?

[75] Dombro was President and GM in Detroit.

[75] I love how projection systems and org rankings have the Sox near the top every year..while in reality they're a mess. Makes the Yanks looks so stable post-Big Stein.

[77] Ah, right. So you think he'll do the same in Boston?

[76] catherine didn't think so.

In the gif, I like how the front hooves jump like Arod, and the rear swings back like him too.

[78] Yeah, I don't think you like that more than I do, though. The chatter in February and March used to annoy me, but now I really love it.
It's a sad day every year when Red Sox Nation finally gives up. Early this year. (Of course, there was 2013, but I have no trouble forgetting about that.)

[69] ah, had to refreshed my drink.

Beautiful, beautiful win.

Nailed.
Ballgame over, the-e-e-e-e-e Yankees, WIN!

Woo hoo!

Night all!

Cheers, y'all.

Very satisfying indeed.

And I think it's time for me to say it, here in plain sight: the joke about Didi's range isn't funny anymore. He's ruined the joke in the best possible way.

All props to Alex.

Arod, the nerdy baseball savant who just wants to be loved.

Great win, keep it going. Matinee tomorrow.