The Yanks, bordering on desperate, turn to their guy, Masahiro Tanaka to help get them a win tonight.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Chase Headley 3B
Alex Rodriguez DH
Carlos Beltran RF
Brian McCann C
Chris Young LF
Greg Bird 1B
Rob Refsnyder 2B
Didi Gregorius SS
Never mind the belly ache:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
toronto has already scored double digit runs today. it's unbelievable. fuck them.
i'm off to get paid to play music...
GO TANAKA!!! GO YANKS!!!
Pirates have closed to within three of the Cards. Would love to see them take the division. Frankie had a GS today.
Shit!
I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
sigh
I am embarrassed for this team
That's better, Tanaka
Got one back
And given back again
This offense is pathetic
Bad first, but Tanaka recovered, I feel better about Tuesday.
Anyone else prefer Severino to start wild card game?
It's about time! Miley not that great.
Wait, what? I go to refresh my drink and it is tied up? Must do that more often
This is better.
Aw crud
[12] Nah, Tanaka has thrown biggest games possible in Japan, he's a cool cucumber, just needs to execute. Unless you have Doc Gooden you can't throw a rookie in an elimination game.
I want to say Dammit, Didi but I suppose I should settle with, way to tie it up, guys.
Got to be no more runs for the Sox.
Wilson got away with one on the 1-0 pitch even though it was down.
I don't care how far he had to run Ellsbury has to make that catch.
Wilson's location looks to be getting too much of the plate.
There's one, nicely done. Two more now, Wilson.
[17] Good point, and comparison. Maybe Severino is Gooden-like.
And big poopi is out of the game in the sixth
Way to come back, down 2-0, to strike Holt out.
1 more pin, Rodney.
Three down
Basket catch, rookie? I don't know if he'll turn out to be any good but Bird has some poise about him. Funny.
Also, for those who aren't here, I live north and west of the Stadium but in the same borough and I can tell you the temperature has dropped a bunch since the game started and it is super windy here tonight.
Radar doesn't show any rain north of Delaware's southern border. Tomorrow might be a problem.
Little bingo, Ellsbury.
Jammed.
Barnes pitches really bear inside on hitters.
Big HR. He needed that badly.
YAY ROD
Hot damn!
Michael Kay picked up on my last comment. Does he read Banter?
[37] Cone, IIRC, does. So maybe he hipped Kay.
He grooved it.
Aw fuck
Betances just isn't what he was.
Unfuckingbelievable.
Yanks cannot lose this game.
Sorry, they WILL not lose this game.
Dellin disappointin'
way to lay off the 2-2 pitch. Now, for a good swing.
Betts and Bradley are serious customers out there with their speed and leather.
Rico Noel's first name is Jablonski. Thank you for playing.
JR for Bird? Hmmmmm
Wait--who is going to catch?
[47] I'm fuckin terrified of the Sox next year if they pick up Price and Chris Davis..those young guys are hot.
I don't have a good feeling about Murph here.
51) LF, CF, SS. They've got a nice nucleus there. C ain't bad either.
Oh, MAN, Murphy just missed a hanger. DAMN DAMN DAMN.
That's two disciplined takes there by Murph.
Make that 3 "gutty" takes. Hang in there, kid.
Garbage.
Damn!
Best pitch he threw. Murph missed his shot on the hanger.
Gosh, Didi...Oy.
Didi's gonna do it.
Why would you even throw Didi a strike?
Clean single please
Painful.
Fucking shite!
Didi alone has left 9 runners on base tonight per Kay
Excellent job. Now, to get the lead to Miller. Please, fellas.
Lead off man on. Good start.
No double play boys.
Chase almost cracked a rib swinging at that change up.
You fucking TURD, Ellsbury.
Little League. Awful.
JR took 3 pitches out of the zone against Layne and then struck out on a pitch out of the zone (albeit a good pitch). Now Chase has taken 2 downstairs. Will he swing at slop on the 3-2 pitch?
No, he will not.
A homer with a man on would be a good thing
74) Better n a double play.
Cutter strike to Alex. Taking.
Slider, JUST A BIT OUTSIDE...wild pitch and Chase goes to second.
1-1 is the count.
Ramirez, just about to pitch, steps off, has a conference with his catcher on the mound.
Slider, again outside, 2-1. The pitcher has long arms and a side-windy angle. Tough.
Fastball, movement on it, outside, 3-1. Again, outside. Ball 4.
Hey, Carlos, no double play, okay?
The Yanks have had 371 runners on base tonight. They'll have nothing but sour regret if they don't come away with a "W".
Carlos, you are getting , aw shit.
AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!
STAB! STAB!! STABBY!!!
CAN WE BUY A BREAK IN THIS GAME!?!?!?!?!?
Drunk bases, same as me, but gotta g to bed soon.
sweet.
Fuck. Night all
Pathetic.
Nothing short of infuriating.
There's one.
Oy, a base hit.
There's out number 2.
There you go. OK, c'mob you scrubs at the bottom of the lineup. Bring it home!
Alexi Ogando vs. J.R. Murphy.
Fastball fouled back. Good swing. In on him. Crowd is quiet.
Hump back slider, too much plate, too much hang, Murph rips it between short and third for a single.
Hot damn.
[90] Alexi Ogando vs J.R. Murphy...not exactly Mo vs Manny, is it??
Robbie Ref.
Squares to bunt, high fastball, bunts foul toward first.
Not a bad attempt.
Squares again, this time ball low. Some fans are out there making noise.
Uniforms ripple in the wind.
Fastball outside, Ref pulls the bat back, 2-1.
Fastball right down the middle, and he misses it. Stabs at it. Lord Almighty.
2-2.
Swings and misses at a fastball right down Broadway, 95 mph.
Fail.
Weak tea. Oi!
Fastball low to Didi, 1-0.
Throw to first. Booing.
Pop up to shallow center.
Horrible night for Didi. Horrible.
Heartbreak city.
Ellsbury.
Fly out to left. Fucking useless this guy.
95) More like Horseshit City.
[96] At least his contract isn't as long as Cano's would have been :(
Top of the order for the Sox. Uh Oh.
Can somebody on this team get mad for their failure? Smash a bat, fling a helmet, knock over the cooler, this is a team of meeks.
So frustrating to watch....
Slider called strike 1 to Betts.
Slider inside.
Slider outside, 2-1.
Slider called strike 2.
Long look in. Betts finally steps out.
Slider low, Betts holds up, 3-2.
Don't walk this fucking guy, please Andrew.
Long look in.
Fastball, fouled off, just barely.
Still full count.
Slider, popped up. Chase comes over and makes the catch.
One out.
Pedrioa.
Fastball, inside corner, called strike one.
Slider popped to center. Ellsbury makes the easy catch.
2.
Xander.
Slider, inside, ball 1.
Slider way outside, ball 2.
Fastball called strike 1 (inside corner).
Slider outside, 3-1.
Slider low and inside, ball 4.
Sox radio color guy after that walk: 'Well there you go. See if they get something goign now'.
Can I get hired as a color guy please? I can do that..
Jeff Rutledge.
Slider, outside, taken strike one.
Fastball outside, swung on and missed. Late.
Some cheering, not enough.
More now.
Slider, sliced foul.
Slider, diving down, swung on and missed.
Miller's 100th K of the season.
Nice.
End this now, boys.
[104] AB is doing color and play by play for the deaf right here!
Dear Yankees,
Score a fucking run.
-Me
A's doing their best to fucking blow a 9th inning lead vs the Angels...
[106] And he's better than many of the professional announcers, plus extra bonus profanity!
106) Nervous energy don'tcha know...
Headley.
Fastball, low, 1-0.
Breaking ball, low, 2-0.
Fastball, good swing, fouled back. Over the plate but just high enough and hard enough.
Fastball, lower, Chase flies out to left.
Drat.
[110] yeah, I'm about to lose it. We're (wife included) are freaking, and not in a good way.
Alex.
Fastball way up and in, Alex whips his head back and drops to one knee.
Ran way up and in.
Almost ready, Ogonda steps off.
Fastball right down the plate, taken for a strike. Oh man, he won't get one that good again.
Fastball, low but over the plate. Alex doesn't like it but it was a perfect pitch. Should have swung at the first one, Alex Fastball you putz.
Another fastball outside, this one too far out, 2-2.
Long wait.
Fastball outside corner. Taken. Perfect pitch. Strike 3.
Mother fuck everything.
Swinging the bat would be helpful.
Beltran.
Pitch in the dirt. Ball.
Another one. Ball 2.
Fastball upstairs, ball 3.
"This light is about as green as it gets right here," says Kenny Singleton.
Low, ball four.
Slade in to run for Carlos.
Ackley.
Throw to first. Booing.
Another throw. More booing.
Fastball outside. Delayed call. Strike 1.
Fastball, too high, ball 1.
Throw to first.
Fastball, low and inside, 2-1.
Pop foul down the third base line. First ball Bradley Jr. hasn't gotten to in 3 games.
2-2.
Throw to first.
Fastball outside, Ackley swings late but fouls it off.
Fly ball to the warning track in left. Bradley's got it.
At least the Angels and Twins won...so that cuts the Yanks number to 1, right? If they win this they are in the playoffs. If they lose, they're still only 1 back, do I have that right?
You got to hit it over the fence otherwise these Sox kids are going to catch it..
Oh well, time for grub.
Bradley Jr. Is starting to piss me off with his histrionics. He gets to everything, but he shouldn't style out in the field.
Andrew Bailey. I don't know if I can watch.
Ackley plays the ball, Ref can't pick him up. Here we go with failure.
E3 AND E4. Holly shit show.
Holt helps them out by botching the bunt.
Schweinhund is a Yankee killa.
Hey guess, what, Andrew Bailey came in the game and the Red Sox are scoring runs.
Pathetic. I'm out.
Hearts are breaking.
"Lez go Mez"?
The Yanks are chumps.
Wow, wow, wow!
Fire Girardi! Fire Cashman!
Pathetic, sorry-ass, good-for-nothing loss. This was really a steaming pile of horseshit. The Sox walked 11 guys. Garbage.
October 5, 2002, ALDS Game 4, Anaheim. My brother walks back into the room to find the Angels in the middle of an eight-run inning.
"Oh come on, you assholes!"
Totally common words. But perfectly suited to the moment. And on nights like these, during weeks like this, they come flooding back.
Come on, you assholes!
Still pissed.
fucking markus. i should've known. what a fucking asshole that shitface is.