Big Nathan Eovaldi, let’s see what you’ve got fer us todayski.
Brett Gardner CF
Chris Young LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Carlos Beltran RF
Chase Headley 3B
Greg Bird 1B
John Ryan Murphy C
Didi Gregorius SS
Brendan Ryan 2B
Never mind prosperity:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Via: Cats sometimes Town walk]
So much to do, such a beautiful day here in NY. How can I watch television in the afternoon? But watch we must methinks (wink to RI).
Both the Rays and Yanks have 1 o'clock games. Do we get daydrunk? We're not sitting on some tropical beach so that would be unusual for me.
First place by 4:30 PM? Hope so...
Cool picture. I'm headed to cousin's pool soon. Go Yamkees!
Nice dp on a slow bouncer.
Fug Sports One? No respect for Murdoch and Co.
Pineda, Nova, Tanaka, Eovaldi, The Kid. Beautiful rotation in theory.
Nice pitch. Maddux stylie.
Rainy here so no outside work, but I do have to clean the bathroom
Hold them here
That's how ou beat the shift, Carlos.
[6] rainy where?
Tough choice, scrub a toilet or watch the Yankees?
But I guess there is something admirable of listening to the game while doing house work. Kinda like the Kansas farmer on the tractor listening to the Cards on a transistor in 1960.
Toledo
[10] of course, Mud Hens! Enjoy the game Jacoby!
EO not fooling them at the moment. Longoria did not move at all, his hands were in the strike zone, Or close enough
I'm listening to the Yankee game and removing wallpaper.
So far, it's a close call which is more fun.
Boooooooooooooo! Wtf, Nathan! Throw fucking strikes!
EO not dialed in yet, but he is also getting squeezed by the ump.
Yipe.
Happy to get that K, but jeez, that was close.
Phew. One more, meat.
That does it. The wallpaper stripping is more fun.
Ugh
Fucking bollocks.
EO still has head in the game. That was a good cover of first.
Now a run or two to change the mood of the crowd (and us).
Fox Sports and Colin Cowherd deserve each other.
Eovaldi is great when the Yankees score twenty runs. I wonder why he isn't great when they score no runs.
Glorius!
DiDi!
Good thing Murphy's helmet stayed on!
Smooth Drubel
[0] very cool picture.
[1] i'm half hungover, half still drunk.
nearly 100 pitches in 5 innings for The Composer. wish he'd get through 6 frames. the walks and hit batsman did him in. i guess he can still start the next inning...
i'm coming around on Sir Didi! (there, i said it.)
fox sports 1 is annoying.
nice AB for CY. moore is out. he's been bad this year; we shoulda shelled him. let's take the lead now. i'd like an A-Bomb from A-Rod!
I like Moore is gone, he was his old days.
Hey, I come back and the Yankees have scored some
[18] wallpaper stripping. you guys do it funny in rhode island. it's different in atlanta. the stripping, i mean.
[30] that's 'coz i showed up! ; )
[27] i call him ass dribble.
what a terribly unfortunate name he has...
another good AB.
let's go, Beli!
[33] why isn't Pooh Holes an unfortunate name?
Ok, the Yanks are on their way. Even down a run, Joe needs to use the best pitchers today.
i had a feeling something like would happen. glad The Composer came back for another out.
[35] it is.
Oh, really, how do you remove wallpaper in Atlanta, Mr. Smartguy?
[39] you know how they did it 50 years ago.
[39] i was fixating on the word "stripping."
am starting to be really annoyed about the constant crawl on the bottom of the screen.
[42] i'm watching online via mlb.tv
i'd like another run scoring double from didi.
didi didn't do it.
Jaso prolly had so much fun in high school, he still tries to look like it.
ooh, i really hate when our relievers give up leadoff walks.
another walk. dammit.
Shreve wasn't fooling them either. He expected swing and miss on some of those balls.
The stripping is very slow.
(RIYank hangs a curve...)
looks like the blow jays are gonna win today...
[50] i can think of a drum beat for that!
You've been Warrened!
warrened!
[53] oh, man. really?
you're on the same level as a drummer. think about that...
It's worrisome.
i like this move.
let's go, pirela!
[56] you're tellin' me.
Cedeno just throws junk
I really hate these announcers.
you swung at everything else, why not at strike 3?
tie the game, gritner.
Such a pukey radio voice.
rbj feeling better!
rbj looks like he's still sick! ; )
[65] he looks a little skinny and pale
Rumbledownbelow, really?
whew.
that out was less scary.
Yay, Didi!
Big D!
Or not.
wow. that's some play by didi, but it'll probably be reversed.
Great play, but he was safe.
good call, unfortunately.
Just a little high and inside...
Phew
Whew!
wow. that's a great fucking catch by brett!
and another scary foul ball from rumbelow, who probably shouldn't have been pitching in the 8th...
Two big Rumbledownbelow flies get caught. This could be a totally different game if there was a breeze.
damn you, shift.
[78] True. And, it would be a totally different game if gravity were cut in half.
fuck. ripped, right into the mitt.
This would be a totally different game if the players wore mittens instead of baseball gloves.
[80] when does that happen?
that's a nice at-bat and piece of hitting by the headley one.
Now plate Headly
[82] the perfect RI Yank comment.
[82] now you're being silly!
I'll take that.
Bird do!
Hooray for "no doubles" defense!
another nice a-b and piece of hitting.
i will gladly accept a balk and a blast.
[83] It generally happens on Thursdays. That's the main reason they don't play many games on Thursdays.
What if the Yankees were all gorillas and the Rays all chimps? That would be a totally different game!
Who do you think would win?
3-0
unload?
[93] it all depends on who's pitching...
Unintentional IBB
i dig the walk. would've preferred a run-scoring at-bat.
ok, didi. do it!
Okay.
So... can Didi do it??
Up to DiDi, I'll take that chance
I think a chimpanzee would be a better pitcher than a gorilla. Not sure about hitting.
[93] well, it's September so the rosters are expanded. teams can call up orangutans, baboons, monkeys, and mandrills. i think it comes down to which team has a better bench.
He's gonna walk Didi.
Modammit
fucking SHIT!
i actually just slapped the table. another hard hit line drive that's caught. crap.
Oh, man.
Fuck.
Bad luck this inning. Two ripped line drives went right at infielders.
[102] would've been very nice.
By the way, baboons and mandrills can't play in our league. Only great apes. (Duh.)
The orangutans could be useful, especially in the bullpen.
i guess we're gonna have to walkoff...
wait, why is pazos pitching in such an important game?
nice catch, jacoby.
another scary fly ball from a pitcher who should not be in this game.
[107] what about the great grape ape?
Ninth inning, need a zero, would lose anyway if the team doesn't score. Shouldn't Betances pitch? Are they hoping for a tie?
Joe doesn't like to use Betances or Miller when we're losing. I don't know why. I don't think he's ever brought in Betances when we were behind.
[111] i'm with you, kb.
[107] we do play in the Bronx Zoo.
nice pitch!
[112] I know, but things are different now as the season winds down. I guess you play for the tie?
If the bases were 15' square instead of 15" square, the game would be totally different.
Discuss.
just found out my tickets for the stadium are secured! sitting in section 205. really good seats in right field. i imagine this is right above the bleacher creatures.
i'm glad i'm sitting behind beltran. i was just between jacoby and gritner the other week.
very psyched to go back to the Stadium!
[117] would the entire base have to be in fair territory? Would home plate stay the same size?
[117] According to Huey Lewis, it's hip to be square. According to Hank Mobley, there is no room for squares. Either way, baseball is all wrong - man with four balls cannot walk.
jesus. now, bailey.
the september binder is brutal.
[121] I don't get it, but it worked out. There can't be a book on Bailey, he's coming back from major shoulder surgery.
it'd be awesome if stephen ties it here.
The bases would be entirely in fair territory. But I think home plate would have to be normal size, or the strike zone would become unwieldy.
[124] would the front of first and third bases still be 90' from home?
damn.
down to the final out...
Shit
well, fuck.
facing archer tomorrow...
[125] No, the rule is 90' from middle of bag to middle of bag, so that would not change.
Ugh. One of those games.
Win tomorrow!
A 1/4 inch either way on DDi's bat on that bases loaded liner, the Yankees win.
Tomorrow, tomorrow.
[130] you're cra cra!
no monkey business tomorrow.
Wait, I'm mistaken. Second base has its center on the corner of the diamond, but third and first are entirely inside the diamond. So the distance from the front of third base to home would be a mere 75'.
[130] I thought it's 90' from the bottom of homeplate to the back corner of the base on the line?
Eovaldi didn't have his stuff, but still kept the team in contention. It was a tight game...
Rule 1.04 fellas. Home, first and third are entirely within and contiguous to the 90-foot square. Second base is centered on the corner of that square. When you've had to throw first to third and home to second a few hundred times, you look it up.