The Yanks honored Alex Rodriguez tonight and before they could get through the proceedings the sky opened up and everyone ran for cover. Just about sums it up for Rodriguez, doesn’t it?
Friday
October 18, 2024
Since 2002
"This ain't football. We do this every day."
--Earl Weaver
--Earl Weaver
Delay shouldn't be too long, maybe an hour
tarp coming off!
[2] good news. I have to sign off in an hour and i'd like to see some baseball!
8 pm estimated start time
That was crazy. Makes me imagine the dialog in the planning meeting:
"We can give him a framed jersey with a plaque."
"Sure. Sure. Inscribed with a plaque?"
"Okay, but a little one. Fuggem."
"Maybe a base?"
"Yeah, sure, an autographed base. Whatever."
-a beat-
"What are you thinking?"
"Huh." -he laughs
"...Whatcha got, Hal?"
"Uhh, think we could kill his ass with an 'accidental' lightning strike?"
-all fall down laughing
Nice try, Hal.
(5) Hah!
Rainbows here in the Bronx and also an absolutely gorgeous sunset.
Byootimus sunset
Ah, the home run bugaboo. At least it's a solo
Great to see Mo at the pre game ceremony. Not surprised the Captain wasn't there...
Nice hand for Alex
Rbi Double!
FUCK YEAH!!!
haha, i loves it!!!
Good on you, Alex!!!!!!!!!
is that alex's girlfriend?
Fuck Yeah!!
YAY!
if he ran outta the box, he coulda made it to 3rd base(ment)! ; )
is that cynthia?
He swung, blue
his niece...
CC is now tied with Cone
a-rod's batting .203 now.
hope he stays over the mendoza line...
[21] yankee strikeouts? i missed it. how many?
Yeah, strikeouts, dunno the number
Let's go Alex!
Question - my wife is a Cubs fan. Does anyone have a recommend Cubs blog I can send her to? There's only on Banter but surely the Cubs fans have a good blog with posting and articles about Chicago, etc. Thanks!
[26] Not sure, but I think D Schienfeld at ESPN has a list of many team blogs in each city.
And BOO to the Cubbies! Hate the hype around them :)
Wow, M Kay bringing some advanced sabermetrics into the broadcast, impressive.
Saber metrics says Alex was underpaid by $100 million and he'll be north of $400 million? Crazy
[29] Imagine what LeBron is worth??
Listening to local sports talk radio this afternoon and some estimates put Lebron's value to the local community at $1 billion. So far.
2669 Ks for CC, one more than Coney
21st all-time, methinks...
CC and Cone..who had the better career?
Augh, it's Mark running, no chance to score there
2 3 run homers in one inning? Fernando Tatis thinks that's cute
nice fucking play, tex!!!
damn.
ack. that first pitch coulda been called a ball...
Nerts. At least one more AB, but how about a walk off?
[37] he can still pick it! Shame about the bat...
Greetings from Mexico.
I'm very sad to see the last of ARod.
Mark beating the shift. Could have been a double with a younger player. Wait, he stole second?
You can't tag up on that?
Starlin!
Castro would have been great in the 1970s when no one noticed his awful .OBP!
tyler austin being called up.
Dang, packed stadium, even more so than when I've seen WS games
Hell yeah!
HA! Hicks goes oppo to lead off the 7th. A-Rod assured of batting this inning!
wow. a-rod's final at-bat.
crazy.
Hey, back in time to see the last AB!
Ground ball to short. That's a regular A B
crap. 1st pitch groundout to short. feh.
[51] I blame you!
Rats! Left the local game early and missed Judge's homer. He is one big dude. Frazier did not stand out at all tonight. The local kid, Cito Culver, hit his first AAA homer which was cool. Adios, Alex. Thanks for the good times.
Didn't take long.
I've only caught a few minutes here and there of this game. Glad I saw the final AB anyway.
Also, how the F did we get good by trading away our best players? Not intuitive. Can't predict baseball.
[54] I don't think he was going to get 700 home runs in one game anyway.
i really hope he plays the field!
Does Girardi really care about winning this game? I dunno. (I don't care, myself, honestly.)
[57] Yeah, but who's to say he couldn't hit 4 home runs in one at-bat?
i think alex is getting his glove!
short? 3rd? first two outs of the 9th, then take him out???
Oh, yeah, he should play short. For sure.
[60] That would be a record, I believe. Even Katie Lidecki hasn't done that. Even Michael Phelps.
I'm gonna watch the rest off line. Gotta take the dogs to the park. See ya at 1 pm tomorrow
that was a pretty nice pitch...
A lot more butts in seats tonight than usual, huh? Behind the plate, I mean.
[63] Records, albums, LPs, 33 1/3. I prefer CDs. Cassettes making a comeback makes no sense...
[66] better than in an ashtray. yuck!
[67] I don't know what those things are. You mean those tiny shiny hard drives they used to put MP3s on?
Oh yeah, remember ashtrays? Back in the LP days. I can't remember the last time I saw one.
it appears alex will play short!
holy frick!
Glove in hand. Put him at third.
loud "we want a-ord" chant!
The game is too close. He'll get 1 AB out there.
Shoulda put Alex in at short.
hey, alright!
alex is at 3rd : )
Yeah, short, I agree.
But, this is cool.
With Dellin pitching, nobody is going to hit the ball to third anyway!
Move him to short NOW
holy fucking hook! that was unfair.
Bizarre. Just don't get anything about his end. Oi!
after ONE out???
c'mon, joe. fuck off!
Not apropos of anything, but I still say that Mo's last moment on the mound was the greatest sports moment ever.
Uh, obviously the point was to give the crowd a chance to give him a send-off cheer. It was the right thing to do.
These same bozos booed Alex at every opportunity.
Mighta been different bozos.
Hm, I think he was out. I'm kind of disappointed -- I wouldn't mind seeing Dellin get a 4K inning!
nice play, tex (again)!
should be out.
What a great 12 years of entertainment and amazement from Mr. Rodriguez! Will miss him!
i think he should've stayed in for two outs.
and, how perfect would it have been if a-rod's last out was a replay?!
Heh, yeah, that would have been funny. Or, not "heh", I mean: "HA!"
dellin!
A mere three strikeouts, disappointing.
Okay, folks, that's a wrap.
Curtain.
Alex always had more negativity thrown at him by the home crowd than positivity. IMHO.
that truly was really beautiful with his daughters running to him.
GI Joe breaking down during his press conference...
it was A-Rod's idea to be in the field for only one batter. joe was indeed gonna give him two... (batters, not outs, i guess)
[95] Wow, he actually has emotions?
So now it's back to business and on the the Wild Card? ;>)
It may be interesting to see what the team actually has left.
Did you see Joe G tearing up in the press conference? That was a touching moment.
I'm glad to her Austin coming up. He has been hitting very well at SWB.
[27] She went to DePaul so she came by it honestly. She even comments about the insane number of Cubs hats worn by the faux fans. Back in 2003 they were all wearing Shit Sox hats