not the best start

Dinner then walked the dog. Not supposed to go this way.

Sheriff stops another thief.

Come on, I want my home runs!

Hiksi! 27 on a row

[4] Wish fulfilled!

27 in a row, come on 28.

One more out, big guy.

There ya go. Now some insurance.

Eve'ning from Mexico.

liking Gio

DJ is just a pure hitter

That’ll work.

Mexico?

[9] Is that you, Ron?

More is always acceptable

I approve of this inning.

Run GGBG, run!

OONTZ!

(yes, I *AM* behind)

Kabooooooooooom!

Damn.
Okay I got my homers.

Still not live, but does Luke drive a "bitchin' Camaro?"

Uh.

Yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3CzvQ9e_w

double digits

Double Digits!

Michael with the Clash reference!

ScoreBus people, ScoreBus.

Man, Stanton didn't even *get* that, but ... he crushed it.

DJ. 3-3 tonight. What a sleeper pickup. I think you can make an argument that he’s been the MVP for the Yankees first half of the season.

Ok., how about a 4-4 night

[27] I didn’t even know what a LeMahieu was at the signing.

Maybe they can leave Holder across the pond.

He really isn't good.

Holder, I mean.

Holder Really sucks

did I mention that Holder sucks?

Hmmmmmmm.

That is really impressive.
To enter with an eight run lead... and set up a Save situation.

Jaysus Fucking Christ! I figured the game was in the bag and left to do some work.

He just HAD to put HOLDER in. Cash needs to take that dangerous toy away from Boone. He's gonna kill someone.

JFC!

There is no place for Holder.

Clusterfuck over with. For now.

I hope Boone learned his lesson. Holder is not Major League material.

Yeah, I think this was a blessing, actually.
We still have a 3 run lead, and I feel like Holder got a ticket to the Railriders.

I'd prefer he stood in front of an Amtrak train. I don't wish his Thanos-like ability to zap leads on anybody.

[43] Not any time soon. Parents are taking the train from VA to Rochester to see their latest great grand kids.

Good thing is dad acknowledged he can’t do long distance driving anymore.

10-2 game and Chapman has to come in.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Sigh

2

What a slick play. Wow. Cheers, y'all.

Urshella is terrific. ugly win, but a W

nite all

anyone else bummed when rusillo is doing the play by play?

[51] Yup.

The Mets should bring back Bobby Valentine, just to make them even Metsier.

28 straight!

Belly to belly

Like I said last night, Lamarieu has been the MVP of the first half. Play him anywhere, he’s a three time gold glove winner. Bat him anywhere, he hits for average and power.

Gleyber joins the party. If only Hicks hadn’t been picked off.

I wonder whether Torres would be the leading power-hitter on most teams.

torres in the 8th place in the lineup is incredible! what a player

Run roh, Stanton out of the game.

Hm, this Starter By Committee thing is working pretty well.

I was at a Mud Hens game once we’re they had to use an opener. “Starter” went five full, giving up just a walk. Next guy went two, giving up just a walk. Third guy also went two, giving up nothing.

Only no hitter I was in person.

Damn cold night.

[59] Oh no, any news on that? Just tuning in.

Close to halfway through and Yanks on pace for 104 wins, impressive with all those injuries. Kudos to the players and Cash-money.

Huh, well, it's not chilly in the Bronx tonight.

Twitter says he got spiked in the hand.

Hm, Cortes might be a once-through-the-order kinda pitcher.

Crap.

So another DL for Stanton and recall of Morales is my bet.

[66] No Frazier? Know his D is terrible but the bat is MLB ready, don't see why they would jerk him around..

[67] Too sensible.

Insurance time. How about nonsolo homers.

Darn.

Well, that inning was bullshit.

Rats

[63] It's gotten above 70 once here this month, if I had to guess.

[73] Getting hot and concrete jungle humid here..which means it's time for a Jingu Stadium visit, home of the Yakult Swallows. Best outdoor stadium in Tokyo.

[66] Fire. Kendrys. Morales. Into. The. Sun.

It ain't personal, but ...

[74] That's why you and Nostra should be hanging out with me in Laguna Beach!

[75] He's a anew inductee into the "Travis Hafner Ishikawa Washed Up DH Signings Club", enjoy it.

OONTZ!!!

[77] I *could* live with it, but we've got guys in AAA we could be giving at bats to ...

[76] Is Laguna Beach near Malibu? Columbo episode set there I'd like to see the shooting locations for!

[80] This made me laugh so hard, for reasons I can explain, but won't ever make sense. But thank you.

It's probably 75 miles, if I had to guess (that's not the funny part).

[81] Intrigued!
When I went to LA two years ago honestly the coolest part was being on Hermosa Beach at the exact spot pictured on Lee Morgan's 'Live At The Lighthouse' album, and then Redondo Beach where Columbo meets Dr. Hammer in a later episode.Equal highlights to Dodger Stadium.

I really want insurance.

Thank you EE.

[80] But ... Malibu, LA or OC, no matter where you fly into, you've got a couch with one of the best views you can imagine waiting for you.

What is funny? ... I just typed "photos arch beach heights" and the first link was to this:

https://ap.rdcpix.com/2637954453/7ab5f4011469f0bdad0bf7ae5945c129l-m0xd-w480_h480_q80.jpg

Which is literally the house next door.

Two gone.

Insurance needed, come on, one more out.

Galvis vs. Chapman again. Oi!

Chappy always makes things fun.......

[84] That view! Makes me want a margarita..
Come on Chapman...

Well... that was fun!
(Excuse me while a throw-up)

Another win. Three days off for Chapman coming up.
Night all.

[89] To be fair, that's from the 3rd floor. Your couch would only be on the 2nd.

Just sayin' ...

'New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton left Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a right knee contusion and will have an MRI, the team announced.'

[92] But the margaritas do come with premium tequila ...

[92] From what I remember of the Mexican food in LA, just move that couch outside a taqueria..

[93] No!

I'm rooting for no new injuries today.

Well that sucked

Paxton may be on his way to becoming the new Sonny Gray.

Ugh

So much for resting the bullpen.

29 straight

WoW. You rarely see Gardner get over-anxious at the plate. Bad AB.

Tied.

And untied.

time for more runs. many more.

retied

nice to see AJ hitting it hard.

reuntied

Luuuuuuuk. great 2 out rally

Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke!

Do not like the London trip.

Like the London trip.

Should be fun.

nice 0 from O

Much better than O.o?

The results of the MRI on New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton right knee were "good," manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday.

"He came in today and there's no swelling in there, but he's sore and stiff. He's just kind of going through treatment right now.

He is listed as an available player on the bench.

what an arm

good Tarp coverage

solid judgement

Only 106 on that one ...

Bah. Needed at least one more there.

Ruh roh

Shit, costly PB

reretied

Like I said, needed another one there ...

Home just in time to see top of the 9th. Yuck.

a bloop, a pb, a hit, an e4. not a good recipe

good DP. watch out for PB

walkoff time

ok, tied to reuntie.

Sweep!

The kids are alright. Cheers, y'all.

London calling.....

Oh fer cryin’ outloud, DL for Stanton.

Stanton = Mr Glass.

So Stanton goes on the IL and the team calls up Tauchman to replace him and also calls up Estrada and Adams for the London trip. Does this mean Frazier's days in the Bronx over?

[135] As fragile as this lineup is,no. Just regular playing time.

Though there is showcasing for a front line starting pitcher . . .

[115] Is wrong. The latest:
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says slugger Giancarlo Stanton is more likely to return in August than July after straining his right knee.

Just think of it as an old waiver wire trade. Where the Yankees don't have to give up anything good.

Kraken and Le Machine are starting All Stars, well done.

[136] Seems like a punishment, (if they really liked him they might want to gift him the trip to London) or maybe they don't trust his glove in some weird tiny outfield in London. I would assume (and hope!) Tauchman
will only be in the line-up in the late innings to spell Gardy or Hicks, because he can't hit.

Or I'm making up stuff out of whole cloth and it's playing time, as you said.

Let the game commence.

Man the foul territory is large

Luuuke!

And Didi.

and Eddie!

This park plays weird

The Clash's London Calling should be the walk up mudic.

Hicks! 30 straight

And Hicksie!

Porcello only got one out? Wow

Beat down in London Town. Woo-hoo!

It is still possible that Aaron Judge might be the only American player to be retired during a London baseball game. Not likely but still...

I wish I didn't have to listen Joe Buck though. Grrr.

[152] He could make all 3 outs.

keep the line moving

Wow. Oscar Gamble just came up in a graphic.

Missing that extra point is gonna come back to haunt the Bombers.

Might be a slugfest today

Geeze, is Tanaka doing an impersonation of Porcello?

This game's gonna be 4 hours.

nice play by the Judge.

Tanaka's not used to pitching in a foreign country. ;>)

not the time for the obligatory homer. sigh

And #obligatoryhumer

[164] Tell my wife.

I guess Green is not opening tomorrow.

What a disaster. I will hang for one more half inning, see if they bounce back. It's 3 AM here.

What a great showcase for MLB. Shitshow first inning for both starters and now a PED user is pitching.

So is the mound broken or something or they are using metal bats?

My kingdom for an out.

[169] I’m blaming the metric system.

Gritner. Gonna need double digits today.

Hate Gardner batting lead-off. Love Gardner batting ninth.

btw, what's with advertising tags on sleeves and batting helmets?

gonna take double digits to win this one.

Greetings all.
Historically wild 1st inning.
Gardy allows me to breath again.

Wow.... strike 3 was a gift.

Le Machine, an even dozen.

double digits, we want 20

Is this year Gardner's swan song? It's kind of sad...

Oh noes, not Luke

so Luke goes down. oy.

Gardy contract ends this year

on a happy note, 15

Brett is ticked off.

We just might hit 20

It's hard to take this particular game seriously.

My phone is set to send me notifications for every scoring play in a Yankee game.
I'm worried that it's going to run my battery dead.

more like a softball game score

may really need 20

Next time Chavis comes up, just walk him.

entirely too much tension for a team that scored 17

I can't believe what I am seeing.

I'm going to go find a hammer. Hitting myself in the head would be less painful.

I had the over/under at 13. I took the under.

sound like Voit is headed to the IL.

Yeah... "Under the belly button" is a bad place for a strain. EE to 1st and Clint comes up to DH?

Classy Sox fans doing the 'Yankees suck' chant in London.

Tying run at the plate. un effing believable

Big phew. EE to 1st makes sends, but DJ can play there, Urshie at 3rd, and EE as dh sounds better.

This reminds me of the 2004 in microcosm. Yankees with a seemingly insurmountable lead and here come the damn Sox. Until that third out, it really looked like this game might be heading toward the same unthinkable outcome. I’m still afraid of the ninth.

With 17 runs the Yankees still need insurance.

We have used 7 Pitchers... the Sox have used 8. Insane.

MLB sent over juiced balls. I have no doubt about it.

[199] 'Big phew. EE to 1st makes sends, but DJ can play there, Urshie at 3rd, and EE as dh sounds better.'

Who replaces Luke (now on the IL)? Client?

Client = CLINT

Think Chappie ever came in with 17 runs on the board?

Hot damn!

Did I saves the day. Hope I never see the like again. But it is a W

When we have a chance to breathe again, we might be able to say that this was kinda fun.

Sawx ten behind, 11 in tha AFILC

This team might be undefeated if not for Holder, Cortes, Cessa and Happ. The frustrating part is three of those guys shouldn't even be employed by an MLB, much less the Yankees

Our national anthem, being sung in the country we fought against referenced in the anthem.

And we hold no grudges against them.

Should be easy enough to get those runs back.

now that's a crappy start/opener

I said it yesterday. MLB sent over juiced balls. Best way to grow interest.

Order the netting Manfred.

[216] Yeah really. Tell some one who got hurt or killed, "well, there are structural issues." Bullshit.

well, the relatives of...you know what I meant.

Loooooooeeeeee!

Alex needs to be told that Brits don't like to be called "Brits."

This game is weird, by that I mean it's like a normal game.

Suc-Cessa-ful!

Huh, so there are innings in which runs are not scored.

I hate all this foul territory

[222] Better than Suc-Cess-fail!

But I imagine we'll see that before too long ...

Sorry I wasn't around for yesterday's madness, the WWC was my first two watching choices.

I recorded the Yankees and Sox but only an hour to the scheduled broadcast ... oops.

Didi!

Another nice DP started by Sir Didi.

added that is, I think I got 6 innings

[225] 4 shut out innings. He's been their best pitcher. Let's hope Boone doesn't try to squeeze out another inning, though.

Because of course this happened:

Brian Cashman acknowledges in hindsight, Luis Severino should have undergone an MRI before he started throwing again 3 wks ago. Every other test at that time checked out;he was fully healthy/able to throw, Cashman reiterated. He added: Severino doesn’t like getting in MRI machine

Sigh

Otavino the Wizard!

[230] Wow. That's amazing. I feel for him though. I don't either. If I have have to have another MRI, I'll need a sedative. Claustrophobia.

Hicksie!

I 2ould just like to point out that we are in the rare situation of having a Win Probability greater than 50%, while actually trailing in the actual score!

Got that in just in time.

Oh Gary!

[235] You called it.

Still need a homer

I was just about to mention how much Gio's star has fallen.

[239] What??? A rally-kller???
NO SIR.
We want Le Machine with RISP.

Greetings.
My... these guys have been FUN to watch.
Is this enough for our BP to hold?

Whoa, Boatzilla, I just realized, you're burning the midnight oil, huh?

And here he is...

Good Lord! The man is not human!

Oh man.
He's so good it's kind of unrealistic. Like, who would believe someone could hit with RISP like this guy?

Yay, double-digits!

[243] Yeah, it's only Monday tomorrow. Yikes, it's Monday already.

Bucknerian

Oh, wait. [239] I see your point. The streak.

OK. I guess it's safe to hit the hay now. Or is it....?
Bring it home guys.

[250] Yes... Boonie needs to tell EVERYONE to just swing as hard as they can. 7 Run lead, right?

Didi, gregorgious.

YES!!!!!!!
The streak lives!

Phew. streak now at 31!

Didi is from the Netherlands

THE STREAK CONTINUES!

[252] Worked!

[255] Apparently he did interviews in English, Spanish, and Dutch. I mean, there in London.

Can I just say that I want to make OONTZ a thing? I love watching the DJ hit.

Chapman should not have to come into this game.

Is this like Little League where everyone, no matter how lame (that’s you, Chance Adams) gets into the ballgame?

I really hope some analytics person figures out wtf happened this weekend.

This is quickly becoming a royal fuck-up.

definitely not my favorite kind of comback. we need not have a repeat of yesterday

I know, there's apparently a theory that the humid air prevents the breaking balls from breaking, but that sounds like a theory invented by someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Holy Shit!
No 8 Run lead is safe!

If King George was still running the Yankees, I don’t think they take Adams back to the states with the team.

this officially WTF

Blood pressure rising.

If his Sinker isn't sinking,
why is Chappy NOT in this game????

[267] Great!!

So Britton’s one pitch isn’t working, which he knew in advance, but he’s still in an important part of the game. WTF?

WTF Blue, that was a strike!

blue missed it

How accurate is their 3D K-Zone?

Oh man.
Batting around.

I'm feeling sick...

Finally

phew

Need some insurance. I know that sounds nuts but........

Whew.

So... Britton in Britain, not so good. Note that down.

I don't know how Manager's don't have serious gastrointestinal problems.

Has any reliever gotten consecutive saves in games where his team was leading by 11 and 8 runs? Not exactly a stat to be proud of.

Fuck you too, Mookie.

[284] Oooh, you mean if Britton finishes it's a S! That's right!

Wait, no it wasn't. He came in with a bigger lead.
Anyway it's Chapman, and not a S situation.

I meant Chappie.

My stomach’s been killing me. Don’t know if it’s a bad clam or bad relief pitching.

Sabathia is available, right?

Nice.
Swinging K.

One gone

Now two

Okay, that's what I'm talking about.

love it at last.

And three! Phew, phew, phew

Nice finish.

should be a great plane home.

Nice that the Brits get to see one really good pitching performance, too.

And we Win 2 games in London.... 29 to 21.