The Yanks won on Saturday afternoon cause they wuz a-supposed to win. And that made us happy.
First big league victory for Luis Severino who was impressive because he didn’t have his best stuff.
Let’s see what CC’s got today.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Carlos Beltran RF
Brian McCann DH
Greg Bird 1B
Chase Headley 3B
Didi Gregorius SS
Stephen Drew 2B
John Ryan Murphy C
Never mind the haze:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Crap
Holy meatballs.
Not the start I was looking for.
really, cc? this is how you're gonna treat andy?!
frick.
Might be a long day for the pen.
This Almonte AB is huge. I mean, we could be out of this game before we get to bat...
Okay.
Still in it.
fuck you, blue!
Fabulous speech by Andy!
had andy stayed he'd be #1 on all those yankee categories. pretty frickin' amazing.
i'll have to watch video later. i did that for jorgie last night.
Andy also retired for 2011 then came back for another 2 years!
I see bad CC showed up again. I keep hoping he'll turn into 2008 Mike Mussina but then bad CC circa 2007 keeps showing up. It's really malfeasance to keep running him out there.
[11] i love andy.
[12] i miss mikey moose.
Didi flailing at pitch like early in season.
[14] yup. at least he worked a walk after...
[13] According to Baseball-reference, they are umber one on each other's similarity score.
cc causes a lot of frustration.
[16] very cool!
[13] I miss great CC
[16] Andy and Moose?
Ruh roh.
[19] Yup.
looks like CC's best pitch took everything out of him and now he's out of the game. guess we'll be sticking with a 5-man rotation.
unless, of course, andy comes back! : )
Ugh....
way to get on, rbj
way to get in scoring position, rbj!
I accept that walk.
another good a-b by gritner.
really gotta make this "rally" stand up.
beli had every right to be pissed in his last a-b. payback time!
In fact, I'd have Beltran taking on the 3-0...
Ugh. Nope. But it was a pretty good cut, I have to admit.
Just a deep sac fly
just missed it.
would be cool if brett steals second...
[31] ah, guess you can't really with that shift...
Oh, nice!
Speed kills!
But it helped!
[31] Correct! [32] Incorrect!
fuck yeah!
i LOVES it!!!
Bad hands. E2? Absolutely stupid ruling by official scorer. Get a clue.
mac got buckled on that. shouldn't have swung at two high and outside pitches though. didi did the same...
[37] yeah, that was bollocks.
crap.
at least we're on the board...
Hoo boy.
Whew.
crap.
chase really sucking in the field too often this season.
fuck yeah, boys!!
Wow. Great play.
the RI Special!
cc - right knee bad again
I did like it, but why does it get my name on it?
[48] you're usually up in arms over IBBs.
Nice. Bring in a righty to walk Gomes.
Oh, I thought you meant the Brett Gardner dp!
Yeah, that IBB was great. It puts Pinder in a perfect situation. And it seems to be paying off, just as expected.
Ugh
Oh, sweet.
Yeah, I dunno why I don't like the IBBs. Probably just some prejudice.
Is it too late to get James Shields?
motherfucker.
nice catch, rbj.
(There are lots of plays I dislike, but none of them gets my sarcastic bile going like the IBB.)
[58] and don't forget the old proverb:
man with four balls cannot walk!
Can't believe the Yankees are being one hit by this guy.
Jeez.
This has not been fun to watch. Except the part where we stole a run, that was fun.
Yay, a second hit.
Bauer walks Drew!
Surely he will pay for that. Surely.
Surely.
Oh, ugly. Damn.
So, uh, now the pitcher bats in this ninth spot, right? I mean, since McCann has to catch?
Not a fan of losing the DH
Brett: Please swing
[66] That strategy did not work.
Carlos!
Yay!
I ACCEPT THAT VERY CHEAP DOUBLE.
BELI!!
Ok. Tied. Guess the gym will have to wait.
[70] UH OH, DID I FORGET TO CLOSE THE 'ALL CAPS' TAG?
Finally
Oh, whew, I didn't.
Uh oh.
I love plays!
When the other team tries them, of course.
Oy.
Goddam it.
I take Betances for granted.
Thank god for the play, though.
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Homer time Didi
Hm, yeah, giving up the DH when we're Tex-less and basically have no remaining hitters on the bench... maybe not so smart. Oh, Chris Young. So maybe that's okay.
Almost...
Dang!
I got excited when the ball came off Didi's bat.
fuck. i missed the lindor homer.
dammit. we really need to win this game. i'll be quite upset if we don't...
8 runs after 2 innings between the blow jays and hatelos.
the the angels angels are winning thus far...
drew strikes out on 3 pitches. chris young was on deck.
we really need a walkoff next inning...
Oh, of course, Miller can't pitch without the lead.
Wait, really? That's just dumb. Did I miss something?
This is BB day, for both teams.
Is that any way to honor Andy Pettitte??
lefty on lefty 4 pitch walk.
me no likey.
Righty on righty three pitch K...
Running out of outs...
And the Blue Jays take the lead.
ARGH!
Was it? Looked wide. Probably was a strike.
No, it was outside, just checked on Gameday.
Sunovabitch.
Sigh.
Cruddy game. Not fun.
FUCK YOU, BLUE!!!
[92] holy shit.
their offense is insane.
[97] Yeah, well, they got the lead on an Aybar throwing error.
Still.
Well that sucked.
I'm sorry I missed Andy.
[100] Well, he was great no doubt, but, now we have...
Andy "Hardy" Pettitte the gullible, lovable PED user now in Monument Park. "Gee-whiz, my dad shot me in the butt with sumptin'. Dunno what it wuz."
So, according to the Yankee brass, if you do PEDs just a little bit and give a golly-gee apology it's A-OK, but if you do it a lot in a more scientific way and hire lawyers to defend yourself and lie about it, it's not OK.
Which is like saying, PED use is OK with us, just don't LIE about it, and hire lawyers to life for you, because true Yankees like Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth never lied.