Well, say what you want about this team—and there isn’t all that much to say—at least those three guys in the bullpen are tough, tough, tough. They nailed down a 2-1 win yesterday and that’s how it rolls for the Bombers this year. I don’t know about you, but I hope the Yanks move all the pieces they can—Miller, Beltran, Chapman—if they get the chance. Sell high, you guys.
More this afternoon. Hot, hot, hot in the Bronx. Yanks looking to Nathan Eovaldi to pitch deep into the game.
Never mind the cold compress:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Picture by Bags
Will be a bit late, gotta spend half an hour doing my back exercises
Welp
Nice leather, Mark
Some URP has a perfecto thru 4 against us?
Fuck the heck?!
Thru 5
Hey Seuss!
Can't believe we're being no hit through 5
Free out
well, fuck.
Modammit
[6] no walk and no error too. not even a catchers interference! that would break up a perfecto, no?
you've gotta be fucking kidding me. fuck!
Sigh...it doesn't really matter if the Yanks can't score.
[1] I hear that. My back is a bitch. Hit the showers, Nate. Holy fuck.
Ugh
holy mother fuck! what the fuck is going on with this game? it's like some strange vortex...
Bathroom needs cleaning
Phew. Hicks can fly!
Tiggers in the process of getting swept by the Indians, so my afternoon is shot.
jesus fucking h. christ.
[17] yeah, i think kate hudson's fiance gave up 4 homers in one inning, which is even worse than vivaldi!
Nice to see the Yankees do some charity work and let a bad team have something good to think about.
puh-the-tic.
Bye bye shutout!
welcome back, tex.
a run on the board!
Jeez, what is this, home run derby Sunday?
fucking fuck FUCK!!!
ouch. that doesn't need to happen to mac in the 9th inning.
nightmare game.
Blergh
Aw jeez, here e go again
Woo how, tied up!
Holy shit. 3 singles in one hitting. Gobsmacked.
1 inning of course. D'oh!
Now untied
Seriously, Nova? Boo.
And retied. Perfectly encapsulates this season
More hits leading to a run.
But only one run. Need to put up a crooked number
Ivan the terrible.
Predictable
Nova has flashes of brilliance but also flashes of shittiness
Pitcher looks like Greg Maddux. Christ he was playing in as is Ugh.
Oh, hey retied again.
Love me some Didi.
And untied again. Until the top of the next inning
Hope Didi is wearing a cup. That came in low
Insurance!
I'm folding up the iPad, night all
another tex message!
crap. really needed tex's homer.
5 defensive outs...
4...
nice, andrew.
let's add more runs before chapman pitches...
you've gotta be kidding me. chapman lets the leadoff man on, throws 9 pitches, and now there's a delay. this is not going to end well for us...
aaron judge has 10 homers in his last 15 games. that's good.
game has been suspended and will resume manana...
Hey, what's going on? A baseball game? Where is everybody?
Oh, suspended. Darn.
Un. Fucking. Believable.
Why was Kirby Yates in that game?
Why does a 3.5-hour rain delay preclude us from going back to Chapman? He's not a baby.
JAY-sus H.
This is rock bottom. Absolute rock bottom.
It's time for an intervention.
Joe must go!
I don't think a pitcher can take 3 hours off and then pitch again.
Pretty horrendous finish.
From Josh Thomson at LoHud: "I felt fine. I wanted to go back out there, but Joe told me the waiting time was too long to go back out there," Chapman said. "He said the decision was not fair to (me)."
Sheesh.
i think ol' chappy would've given it up also. maybe not in such a fantastic fashion. still, i think we were doomed and destined to lose.
ya gotta laugh. in fact, i did when reading Mike Axisa's game summary at his excellent River Ave. Blues site! (italics his, bold mine, which is what made me giggle.)
Home plate ump John Tumpane was giving Yates a nice wide strike zone, yet he managed to plunk both Desmond and Nomar Mazara in 1-2 counts to load the bases. Sure enough, Yates went to a 1-2 count on Adrian Beltre, and thankfully he didn’t hit him. He served up a two-run single instead, giving the Rangers a 7-6 lead. Yates then hit Prince Fielder, because why not, and gave up a two-run single to Elvis Andrus. That gave Texas a 9-6 lead.