Ever since Griffey and Edgar and Buhner and the Big Unit and the rest of them I can’t help but be irritated by the Seattle Mariners. When they’re good, that is. And when they’re bad, I don’t have the same kind of compassion I have for the Indians or the Rangers or Padres or any other hard-luck franchise. I mean, the Mariners have never even made the Whirled Serious, you’ve gotta have empathy with that. And yet, I don’t. Not since Griffey and Edgar.
The Yanks split the game-and-a-half in Washington yesterday and now are back for three agains the smokin’ hot M’s. Would be seriously annoying if Seattle comes in and walks over the Yanks, but you can see it happening, right? They played well against the Sox and are on a roll. Here’s hoping the Yanks don’t sleep or get put to sleep.
We’ll be her root-root-rootin’ them on.
Never mind the bum rush:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
Picture by Bags
Gee, what a great beginning.
ugly
I spent a year in Seattle, aside from the Kingdome being a shithole, I don’t mind the Ms.
I left about a month before they called up a hot prospect shortstop, iirc name was Alex Rodriguez. I wonder whatever happened to him.
Well this is not good
Christ, the gloves on your hands ... THEY'RE MADE FOR CATCHING THE FUCKING BALL.
The Ewing Effect!
Nice recovery from Ze German!
not too bad giving up only 1
I’ll settle for only one run.
Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG night for the Yankees offense?
Oh yeah, 2 up, 2 Ks ...
Tied!
Stantonian in the Bronx
Oops ... I forgot about Stanton's HULK SMASH MODE against LHP ... sweet!
Well, that inning was nice.
Why is the CC Sabathia bobblehead yelling?
Ze German is coming, Ze German is coming!
Nice snag, Bird
Bird seems to have his eye back at the plate ... that's a good sign the hits will start coming.
Hot diggity
Helicopter Man!
Hicksie!
Love where it landed. Keep that ball in the bench
Nice pitch count
Man, German is dealing. Bombers wheeling. Mariners reeling.
[kinda works]
Frazier shoulda caught that! ;>)
2 in 7 for Ze German?
I'll take that, especially after the 1st inning started ...
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBELOW!!!
[26] every time. If he keeps this up, we may not need another starter. Or at least appear not so desperate that we have to give up too much
[28] Depending what happens with Johnny Lasagna, we might just find ourselves full!
[0] Funny, but the M's are my 'non-Yankees AL Team to cheer for'. Loved the Kingdome and their old trident uniforms, Junior, Ichiro, etc.
Lasagna does have to be built up, so we’re looking for a fifth starter, not Cole Hamels.
Gleyber!
Well, we don't need a 2nd baseman ... EVERYBODY GLEYBER NOW!!!
One
Two
And three. Great win
Glad I cancelled my dental appointment to watch the game. Well worth it. Shit weather out, anyway.
Lo! How the Kraken has fallen!
All the way down to 6th, behind GLEYBER!
Of course, trying to pull 9 out of 10 pitches and waving feebly at anything that wiggles down and off the plate will do that to you ...
It's Johnny Lasagna time!
Lasagna night!
Oh fer fuck's sake ... back to back IF hits.
Grrrrrr.
No damage
That'll do!
Ugh, double base-running blunders on that play.
Little Miggy!!!
Nice snag, Miggy Jr.
Bied is the word. Mist score Gary. At minimum.
Damn. Revenge from the M's 3b.
Wasted.
#RISPFAIL
Well that fucking sucks. booooooo......
Well, that was fucking terrible.
Why isn't anybody ready to come in to the game?
Nobody's even fucking warming.
Not liking this
Not bad, Kid. Garfield would approve.
Yup this Lasagna is cooked. Shoddy defense didn’t help.
Oh, I guess someone was.
Ok.
Motherfucker!
Sigh.
Can we fire Chasen Shreve into the fucking Sun?
Crap
This game is making me stabby.
Sanchez is soooooooo slow.
Yet still faster than Bird.
Ugh.
[62] Saw Pujols 'run' the other day..'like a dinosaur in a tar pit' (which was how one reviewer described the Black Sabbath rhythm section..)
Geezer Butler and Bill Ward were no joke.
Pujols, on the other hand, was the slowest baserunner in MLB last year, at least according to one article I read.
Pujols slower than Miggy?
Welp, can’t win them all.
[66] Oops, mis-remembered ... slowest non-catcher in baseball in 2017.
Only Brian McCann is slower.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard
[68] Nope, I *was* right, didn't update 2018 to 2017.
NOT DEAD YET!
I approve of the Judge’s ruling
[62] Per the link in [68], for 2018, Sanchez is at 25.7ft/s while Bird is at 24.9ft/s.
Still plenty of baseball.
Wait wait wait...Billy Connors was friends with Hugh Hefner? He dated SEKA?? He has a donky named El Duqye??? https://www.forbes.com/sites/wallacematthews/2018/06/20/late-yankees-pitching-coach-billy-connors-a-character-with-a-huge-appetite-for-life/#5a40a2542031
[74] Dude, thanks for the link ... I'm totally posting that over at BBTF!
Crud
FUCKING PATHETIC.
Holder has a bit of a Phil Hughes face to him ...
[78] Hughesy is looking for a new team now, maybe time for a reunion?
SYNDROME!
“What are you worried about? I had to follow John Holmes.’’ Hey now! Lol... That was a funny article Mr. OK Jazz.
There it is!
KRAKEN!
[81] The Sutcliffe story is pretty damn funny as well.
Gary Goes BOOM!
[81] Yeah, who ever knew?
Bottom of the 9th ... let's walk this sucker off!
Yes, Cult. Lol... The firworks guy reloading was a good line, too. I wish my phone showed the comment numbers. 1st world problems.
Right there. Shite!
Sweeet!
Ka-BOOOOOOOOM!
STANTON GOES BOOM!
WALK IT OFF!!!!
117.9 MPH
453 ft.
[92] Ugly swing or not, he's got such easy power..453ft!
[93] On a slider.
[94] Why wasn't Diaz pitching, was he unavailable?
From BBTF's daily game thread:
[quote]
31. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: June 20, 2018 at 10:26 PM (#5696670)
As the rationality revolution advances across baseball, an interesting question (to me at least) is, what is the dumbest practice that is still common/accepted at any given point in time? I'd say that right now, the "use your closer in a tie game at home, but never on the road" has to be the favorite, no?
[/quote]
[96] That was before Chapman came out for the 9th and Diaz didn't!
[96] Thanks! Wow..hard to believe managers still resist that.
Nice start for Sevy
And for the offense
Miggy Jr.!
Must be a home run special today
Some insurance would be nice.
Thanks for running into that out.
That's one.
I don't need this to be an interesting ninth inning
OK, two.
Strikeout! Phew
Swept
Awwwww ... Kenny's in the booth!
Enjoy it while we still can!
Hit and error to start things off
Nice catch, Gleyber
#obligatoryrispfail
Stop starting off innings with man on 2nd. It's spooking the lineup!
Fuck you, blue!
Bat
Or both
I’ll take it at one run
Insert yakkity sax
When are they going to blow up this horse shit atrocity of a stadium?
[120] Not soon enough
Thank you for that out.
How are we losing to these guys?
He should bypass the dugout and head up to the stands. Yikes.
Phew phoul
Double phew
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck!
Just keep me on the DL the entire year.
Blegh. Second tough loss for CC.
Fuck the rays. What a stale game.
Arrgh, a Fox Sports game. I wonder which announcers we're getting.
So it's Kay and who?
Eric Karros.
Let's beat these damned DEVIL Rays!
Personal catcher. My ass.
Jesus, the Yankees really need to tighten up their defense.
There was ZERO reason to throw home on that play.
Bird is NOT the word so far.
Neither is Sonny
Yeah, his CATCHER is Sonny's problem ...
Sonny with a 100% chance of suck.
HOW WILL THE YANKEES WASTE THIS LEADOFF DOUBLE???
Out 1: Fly ball to LF; no advance.
Out 2: Shallow fly ball to CF; no advance.
Out 3: Ground out to 3rd.
Bravo gents, BRAVO.
Fucking pathetic ...
Wow, this game is making me STABBY!
I didn’t realize the Rays had revived Cy Young
Yeesh
Fugh.
At least Gray settled down and ate up some innings ...
Oy. Might as well be 40-0 at this point.
Might as well save the good arms for tomorrow.
Pheeew.
Well that sucked.
Finally got the lawn mowed. Been rainy the past two days.
This is not going well.
Jeeez, Neil.
I've been checking the score to no avail for the last 90 minutes. Looks like it's been a real shit show.
Better
Judge's at bats are gross.
I like it! Kaboom!
Stanton ties it up!
Hot fucking garbage this stupid fucking stadium.
Justmissed.
Maybe they can capitalize on a TWO out double.
I hate the automatic walk. Throw four balls.
Five for five!
Groan.
Oh crap.
Ugh ... Shreve warming ... need runs now.
scoring position.
I really, really hate automatic walks.
Jeepers
So much for runs ...
DFA Shreve.
So much for the game and the series ...
Ugh, what a shitty series.