Goodness, that felt good. Comeback against the Sox, big night for Gardner, tough at bats from Neil Walker and Stanton and the kids, Andujar and Torres, a loud home run from Aaron Judge against Kimbrel. The only blip was some middle-reliever ineptitude, but the Yanks are hot, and so that outplayed their mistakes and won again.
Tonight, C.C. goes for the gravy. But even if the Yanks lose, they’ve won the series and that’s a beautiful thing.
Clear, crisp, cool spring night in the Bronx.
Back at it.
Never mind the pollen:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Let's go Big Carsten Charles!
LET'S GO YANKEES!!!
Sweep, sweep, sweep. I want a sweep.
Nice recovery.
Would have sat Didi tonight ... played Torreyes or Torres at SS.
This is funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwDLaa2Khw&app=desktop
Grrrr ... cheapie.
Oy
He's out.
Yes
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ... OUT!
Hi all. Haven't been watching a lot of games live. Tonight is a rare night. Glad they overturned.
Good challenge from Boone.
[11] Last 2 nights have been pretty epic, let's hope you're here for a 3rd!
[13] Yeah I watched on delay. But that usually means lying on my ass on the couch and not posting here. Good to see you cult!
[14] You as well!
Man, that 8th inning last night was EPIC ... I might have watched it 3 or 4 times.
Blew up Nostra's phone afterwards!
Uh oh, not a good start to this inning for CC
I can't stand that shit.
Ruh roh
It continues to not be a good start to this inning ...
This is some nickel and dime bullshit.
Blergh
[20] What you said ...
That's an e4. Give me a break.
CC not sharp eh?
[15] oh yeah i watched replays over and over last night and this morning.
[21] DOUBLE BLERGH
CC doesn't have it today? :(
Finally
Not good, but could have gotten much worse.
THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT, BLUE.
TWICE.
O'Neill on a roll this inning ...
[31] How so? I really like when he takes you through an AB and the hitter's adjustments. Anything else though he's a bit of a dolt.. :)
Let go here. Get a few.
[32] Do you not get MLB.tv? Please don't tell me you're forced to endure Sterling/Waldman ...
O'Neill called ball 6 on Gleber's caught looking. It's refreshing when the announcers don't sugar coat a shit strike zone. Lol...
Stanton is heating up
Fuck you, blue
That's not a Fucking strike!
Aaaaaaargh.
Should be 2nd and 3rd.
Also shouldn't have been strike 2 on Sanchez
[35] Also, he made a veiled reference to (likely) teenage masturbation as well as ragging on Arod and JLo ...
c'mon Austin. Let's do this!
Way to come back from that bullshit 2nd strike call, Gary.
Don't have much confidence in Austin here ...
Maybe a SF?
2-0 slop. Rats!
[42] TERRIBLE fucking swing on ball 3.
Nice ab, Tyler.
Not a strike, but if you don't swing at balls 3 and 4 ... YOU'RE ALREADY ON FUCKING 1ST BASE.
[34] Oh, I do! Just am at the office now so only have Gameday on my phone, not listening to the radio. (And never Ma & Pa Sterling, always the away feed if listening while on the train)
Rats
Sub-optimal.
Anujuar is coming back around I think. Too bad he hit that to the deep part of the park
Shit
[50] I hope Drury is back soon.
Oh joy, 4-0
How about a replay on that check swing. Shit!
[50] The difference in watching Andujar and Torres at bats is so very striking.
[54] No doubt. Torres is unique for a youngster in so many ways. I believe in Andujar though. His learning curve is just a bit steeper when it comes to staying in the zone.
[55] Andujar looks like one of those guys who hasn't learned the difference between "could and should". I just don't know how much time the Yankees will give him to learn that this year (or ever), especially if Drury comes back and hits (or even if Bird comes back and they want to get Walker at bats at 3rd).
[56] Does Drury deserve to come back and start?
[57] Andujar OPS:
Last 28 days - .938
Last 14 days - .603
Last 7 days - .461
So yeah, I'd give Drury a shot when he's back healthy.
[58] He's young, let him bat 9th and move up Gleyber. The lineup can survive him slumping.
Bird started his rehab tonight, he should be back before the end of the month.
3/4 of a season with Bird hitting behind Gary sure would be fine.
[61] Sure hope he can escape being Nick Johnson v2 ...
[62] I think Youk & Stephen Drew are still unsigned if they need a backup/replacement with 'veteran presents'
Oh, Dustin Fowler gets to play in Yankk Stadium tomorrow, he of the horrific injury last year. I hope he gets a good ovation.
[63] Eh, they've already got Adam Lind in the minors ... he had an .898 OPS against RHP last year ...
[64] Yeah, YES mentioned his first MLB at bat the other night. VERY happy for him. Also mentioned he's got a suit going over the complete exposure of the electrical box that tore up his knee ... hope he wins that.
Game's back on.
SON OF A BITCH.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ... for Gritner.
MLB network made a deal about Fowler and his comeback the other day. Seeing him wreck his knee live last year was brutal. Girardi ran out and rubbed both his hands over his eyes he felt so sick for the kid. And they brought up Moonlight Graham of course.
Not the Yankees' night tonight it seems ...
Not seeing much energy tonight.
[71] Sunny Friday morning here so I'm lacking energy too, thinking of beer o'clock with only half-an-eye on the game.
Uh oh, Betances in the pouring rain ...
[71] [72] Not feeling this one tonight ... one eye on the game while listening to live versions of Crosseyed And Painless ...
Then again ...
Work your magic, Cora.
[74] Hmmmm ... Adrian Belew was in the band at some point? Have to listen to more of some of these live tracks ...
One hit changes everything.
That 2-0 pitch was a strike against at least 2 Yankees tonight.
I like it.
Hell yeah!
New ballgame.
Oh, me, oh my Gritner.
[73] Should have kept raining ...
Good start.
The Kid can hit.
Foiled.
Feeling greedy. Why not another crazy walk off?
Not tonight.
Everything just a little off.
Congrats, Assholes. You doing get swept.
[90] Now, now ... they're Massholes ...
Lol...
I believe I jixed the Yanks by commenting yesterday at the end of the thread. Hopefully the Yanks can keep winning series though.
Good start for Sonny
Welp, at least it’s a solo shot
That one wasn’t.
John Flaherty in the YES Booth, speaking of the Gray/Romine battery ... "It's hard to explain, but something just works between these two guys"
Next 3 batters: long homerun, bullet single, long homerun.
LOL.
Good thing Gary is really catching. It’d be 6-0 by now.
Good to see Dustin playing
Autocorrect fail. I Meant good thing Gary isn’t catching. Sigh....
You may get your 6-0 shortly ...
Phew that it isn’t worse
Gleyber gets one back
Gray is just getting hammered out there.
Good for the kid!
i wonder how hard it is to hit against someone when you know he's making a concerted effort to throw more mediocre fastballs
Congrats, Dustin. Now, how about some outs
Andujar botched that one
Hot fucking garbage. Terrible defense.
Come on offense
Motion for a Yankees comeback granted
There it is!
I think Kenny is rusty. Or just not as excitable vas Kay.
Wow ... great play from Gleyber.
I fucking hate jed lawrie. Dammit!
I just turned on in the 5th, so I saw all the Yankees offense. Must have been a hard slog for you all.
Can we assume "The Romine Factor" has now been proved to be a fallacy?
Get Sanchez in the goddamn game.
[117] Lettuce do that
[117] Ouch. Sometimes I goof up and call him Romaine. Tonight he's been as hot as an iceberg.
Dang, nice play
Why does the YES network insist on staying on the air during this song? I guessing that the Yankees are the only team still doing this.
Andujar perfecting the ground ball in the hole the SS just can't quite make the play on.
The owners of YES. And that's all I have do say about that.
Jeteresque with the bunt. Hmmmm... But he's been on fire!
[121] Sunday only for other teams. The Boss was born on the Fourth of July. I doubt his kids want to end the practice.
Very interesting.
Here come da Judge
LOVE me some Gritner
Didi is due. Big time.
HE SPITS ON YOUR PITCHES!
It's time for this Trivino to LEEve
Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Sir Dud-i
Nerts. Come on Stanton
That was lackluster.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Double shit
Stanton's gotta come through there. Grrrrr.
Jeebus
Fucking Bollocks! Nice pen.
[136] Yeah, that, only LOUDER.
[138] Didi has to come through there. He's the one with the out to play with.
And with this team Boon-ey, you CAN use a good reliever down 1 run late in a game.
Just sayin'
Also ... why is Didi still batting where he is ... move up Walker or Hicks.
Also ... I was about to fly to NY and strangle Boone if Sanchez didn't PH for Romaine here ...
Murder charge averted.
Booo
Didn't work ... but it was the right call.
So now that the Yankees are 2 runs down, Boone brings on Robertson ... even though he would have brought him in last inning had the Yankees tied it up or taken the lead.
BRILLIANT!
Nice play from Walker to save that play.
9th inning, challenge anyway
Ugh.
Not a good inning so far.
Well, that's that.
What a shit show.
Triple shit. Night all
What a maddening game.
What an infuriating couple of innings
The Magic is Gone. Bronx Bummers.
Time to start a new winning streak
Kraken unleashed
Belly to belly
I'm in favor of offense.
sure would like a crooked number
Blech
Uh oh, German close to pulling a "Sonny" here ...
Getting squeezed by Blue
German in another mess.
ugleeeeeee
ALL RISE
Didi!
Keep chipping away
Damn, Hicks has just missed 2 in a row
[168] Chip!
that's the kind of hit I make in geezer softball. only down 1 now.c'mon, let's go Yank--ees!
new ball game! and Boat said the magic was gone
[170] Chip!
love seeing Bobby Richardson, one of my boyhood favs.
SB. so they'll walk Judge
leaving them full hurts.
Rats. At least it's tied up
Green is money
Betances takes the baton!
live a lead off hit.
Dang, Judge just missed.
close, but at least a sac fly.
Good spot there by Kenny, I noticed the same thing on thereplay
Didi hit that on the nose.
That was a HORRIBLE at bat from Stanton
on the bright side, Gardi is starting to pick it up.
I'd bring Betances back out for a 2nd.
Nope, Chappy
Guess the days of Bullpen Roulette are not over
Not good
Click. Click. Click. Bang?
Uh oh ... mound visit with the trainer ...
Yeesh
oy.
Damn, mid-AB PH ... don't see that very often.
vey
Looks like Chapman talked them into leaving him in.
every pitch is 96 or 97. no triple digits
He's out
[197] Yeah, something's not quite right today for him.
Damn, Gardy juuuuust off with that throw.
OR NOT!
Yes!
omg!!!!!!
amazing to get out of that inning unscrew upon
extras
having watched Cole here in DC, I am not optimistic.
Oy vey
[204] You burn 4 relievers in 4 innings, you get to the AJ Cole Experience.
Fuck, but I hate Bullpen Roulette
what are the odds of a team walking 5 times in 2 innings and not scoring?
Phew.
Back to back Houdini escape innings.
rats.
Can we get a walk off here?
let's go Gary. Walk off time.
Damn, we'll probably need a homer to score Gary here.
That changes things, slightly
A Walker-off!
[213] IT DOES!!!
Game seems doubtful, from the forecasts I've seen.
Bummer.
Rain finally left here, I was able to mow the lawn, but it's been basically two and a half days of rain. I'd just postpone, 1 pm make up tomorrow, an off day for both.
They're going to try and squeeze it in: 3:45 start time.
Hooray, baseball.
Damn, supposedly Ripper Robby Cano has a fractured hand ... hope it's as minor as can be ...
Good start.
All this pink is just ... well, silly ... Brett looks like he's wearing pantyhose ...
Oh yeah!
[221] Great start!
Fuck.
Sub-optimal Gary.
NICE pickup Hicks!
I accept that inning
Dang, shutout gone.
DAMMIT, Gary.
Well, 1 run isn't so bad ... if we start scoring again.
Got that run back!
STANTON time!
C'mon Hicks, battle back!
Welp, at least not a DP
Nice, Dellin
Dancin'!!!
Dammit, get someone up.
Stat.
One down
Two
Three
Now we just need Boston to start losing
Really looking forward to a match up of my two teams. Thge Yanks are first in my heart, of course, but I do enjoy the Nats. The weather does not look like it will cooperate, with T-storms in the cast for the next week. Not sure of the rotation, but I would love to see Scherzer matching up with the Yank's lineup. Should be great baseball.
Tanaka vs Gio tonight, if the T storms hold off
Cano popped for PEDs (essentially).
80 game suspension.
Say it ain’t so, Robbie. : (