I remember an Italian friend once telling me that having Berlusconi as the PM of the country was a daily circus of corruption, sexism and stupidity. Just imagine what may come in a second term!

[1] Please dear God no.

[0] I don't know that I would give the Yankees too much of a pass here, AB, or be too hard on yourself. The article says that Trump has an open invite from Randy Levine to throw out the first pitch at a Yankees game. So I think it's still fair to call the team out for that. The only part Trump made up was the date - and the reason why is so clear. What a pompous fool he is.

If someone could slip an improvised IED into a baseball, I wouldn’t mind handing it to Trump to “throw” it out.

FWIW -- I tweeted at the Yankees to please NOT to allow him to throw out the first pitch. My thought was that thousands would do likewise.

So game tomorrow vs. the Orioles? Maybe Gleyber can break Jon Thorne again.

[2] Exactly. That Levine had even expressed a willingness to offer that (and not inform the rest of the team) is a black mark on the organization itself and should be called into question among fans if nobody else. I was wrong about the situation too, but I don't give Levine (nor Mo) a pass.

And yes, the rest of the things mentioned are still valid and can be addressed directly by the team if they actually want to; this stupidity by Levine seems to invalidate their recent actions.

LeMachine! Lead off homers are always appreciated.

CI!

And again.

Like him or not, it seems as if Kay is having a really difficult time tonite with what must be a delay between his monitor and the Yes broadcast.

Hicks!

Just looked into the game, those poor O's..

Is Gary The Kraken going to just be a K machine the rest of his career? I love him but..thought he would hit better.

Nice hitting, DJ

Judge got greedy.

Os announcers thought that was going to be a homer. Ha.

Yup, it was a mistake to send Cole out for the seventh. Good thing it was a sizable lead.

Rats I can only get the Orioles feed. On my parents tv, not on my iPhone despite having mlb.tv

Good win last night. My wife and I listened on the radio while we were cooking and eating dinner. Rickie Ricardo was an interesting change of pace on the radio in place of Sterling (I'm not sure why he wasn't there). Sometimes I thought it was Sterling, but Rickie doesn't use the same home run calls.

[18] No Ma and Pa for road games is what I've heard. Given their ages it isn't safe for them to travel. Especially Sterling.

Ruh roh, just got back from walking the terrorists, is Gleyber hurt? Ok, staying in the game.

Luuuuuke! Grand salami time.

Well, that was adroit.

Nerts

Boo, Happ

Happ really does suck.

Well, that was hapless.

Quit hitting our players.

I’m just getting done eating. Sterling is under the weather, but it’s not covid. Why isn’t Ryan Rukes calling the game?

I didn’t realize Gleyber is out. I hope it’s just precautionary. I only get the Orioles feed.

Gleyber’s elbow better be ok

He got hit and it hurt. Just read a blurb at MLB

Any idea how the rain looks?

It’s an official game. Call it rather than have the players hang out in the clubhouse. Not safe.

Rain delay. Official game. They better call it quick. Not safe to keep them all in the clubhouse for hours, like last week...

Great minds drink alike, rbj! Cheers

Cheers, thelarmis

Holy shite!

Wow! Blow a 5 run lead, only to come back in the top of the ninth to win it. Let's go Yankees!

What a great win last night. We were listening on the radio when Judge had a 3-1 count and I told my wife that I'd be happy if he just walked. Then boom. I like Ricardo, but I missed not hearing Sterling call it.

Boston delenda est

Out

Pillar is such a douche.

All rise

Phew

I absolutely hate hate HATE that Nike swoosh on all the uniforms.

Didn’t lay a glove on him

Nice outing for Monty.

Dag, Brett. Kablammmmo!

Dammit, missed Brett’s homer, trying to help my mom with her iPad set up.

Looks like the season is toast. Or it should be. Of course, MLB.com is acting like everything is fine and dandy.

One third to the games canceled today. Only one due to rain.

Tanaka San looks good tonight

4th straight!

ALL RIse!! 4 games in a row!!!!!

Great start. I'm satisfied already.

Gio slam!

OMG Gio!!!!!’

One happy fella!

Nice to see Gary going the other way to get out of a slump.

Sloppy.

Dammit

That looked like March 15 baseball

Quick hook, unless Tanaka is on a pitch count.

[63] Maybe a head count.

Ha! Gio knows when you’re asleep

Gio does it ALL!

Nick Nelson's new nickname. "The Admiral."

1st play I've seen tonight. Gio = sick d.

Gio with the defense.

Why do I see people in the stands?

[70] Fox is superimposing old film on the broadcast. There are also players social distancing, such as starting pitchers not in the game.

Is there really a need for a 7th inning stretch if there are no fans?
Ah, commercials.

At least they got the lead runner.

One down

Two

Three! Night all.

Congratulation on Admiral Nelson’s first big league appearance and win.

Looking for a

Sweep

I wanna sweep.

Too bad listening to Arod

Hicks looked a little wall shy on that one

Of course.

Happ remains in early season form.

So will Pax make it out of the first today?

Paxton! Whoops.

Paxton looks less like Big Maple and more like “maple syrple” (sic)

Grrrr.

Fail.

Why doesn’t ESPN announcers know it’s Gio and not Giovani?

Five straight!

All rise!!!

Sigh.

Oh come on.

If only Sonny Gray had the cojones to handle the Bronx.

Tied up!

Crud, untied

Yay, retired

Rats. Had to walk the terrorists. Missed that.

Hell yeah!

Lemachine ties it up!

Oh, a run scoring single, that’s different

Hot damn. Judge! Kaboooooom!

Hot damn. Judge! Kaboooooom! #2

From the sound of the bat.All rise again!

Judge yet again!

So nice to see him pulling balls again.

Cheers, y'all!

Sweep! Nite folks

My goodness Judge, 468ft??! Wonder if he and Giancarlo are competing to see who can reach 500ft first..

Sweep. And Judge has to be an early favorite for MVP.

Gotta say, I distinctly recall that hear at the Banter, A-Rod, we were chanting "MVP" in the comments after your start to the 2007 season... So yeah, it is not too early to say that about Judge now.

But the question is - are they still playing next Sunday? I am not optimistic...

[6] Couldn't agree more, Chyll. Ball is in the Yanks' court... And Mo has been a humongous disappointment. Actually humongous might be an understatement. So sad.

Heck of a win tonight.

I want six straight.

Good start Cole.

DJLM!

That T Mobile mound graphic is beyond fucking annoying.

Cole is as advertised

Phew, phoul.

Gio!

I thought I saw at 6:15 that this game was postponed due to storms and would be made up as a dh tomorrow. Wtf!? Better late than never. GIO!

Tomorrow’s game is part of a Wednesday DH starting at 4 pm. Call tonight’s game, radar doesnt look good. No sense in hanging around in close quarters.

Thanks, RBJ.

Hmm, play resumes.

OK, this is ridiculous, the “announcer” asks everyone to rise and doff their cap.

Not an El Duque moment, but a first base stop.

Hope everyone is safe. Just rain, wind and some downed trees here.

Let's play 2!

A home and home DH, 7 innings each

[128] Are they playing both games in Philly?

Gritner!

Yes, both games in Philly.

Harper will do that.

Fucking horse shit!

Freaking Happ.

[131] Weird to be the home team in game 1 in Philly.

Happ is not good

This game sucks

Rats, comeback fell short.

Happ sucks

Dang, tied up.

This is all Twilight Zone baseball.

Hmm, teams go to 28;players on Friday, but will stay there for the rest of the season and post season.

[141] Picture a world where the 7th inning is actually the 9th...

Woo-hoo! I always loved the Twilight Zone.

I did not expect DJ to hit into a dp with bases loaded.

How about a quick 1,2,3.

Sweet!

Yankees win! I had to give the terrorists their final walk of the day.

I don't remember if I posted this here before but I was a big fan of the Sanchez for JT trade rumors a while back when it was circulating. Nowadways could Sanchez even fetch a bucket of masks in trade?

No DJ or Judge starting tonite. WTF???

I hope Miggy Jr. figures out what’s wrong.

Mhiward120... it’s a long season, they all need a day off(smirk). Anyhow, here’s betting they both get ABs

Hate listening to Philly announcers. Did I remind everyone as a Nate fan (2d to the Yanks) how much I hate Harper? So sad to see Joe in that stupid red cap with the blue button?

[153] The MLB app is $3.29 per month. I'm listen to the Yankees feed.

Oops, they’re wearing the hats with the white button tonight. Still hate Harper

That really sucked

Ugh, walking the terrorist had the opposite effect.

Will somebody remind Gary how to hit?

[154] listening. Sigh.

Ok, Mr. T.

Finally got the feed back. Ugh.

At least Sanchez found off a pitch before his inevitable strikeout.

Fouled, not found.

How about some runs? Like 4 or more

Good start, Kraken

Nice to see Gary get a hit -- If Judge gets to bat the Yanks will win.

I just heard Horace Clarke died. I remember there used to be a Bronx Banterer named "Horace Clarke era", but I havent seen him here in a long time.

Not dead yet

Rats, just missed

I really hate Tropicana. It’s like a wearhouse.

Yup. And Blake Snell pisses me off.

MLB feed for me. Ugh.

Excellent Tanaka. Send him out for the sixth to build up arm strength or give a reliever a fresh inning?

C'mon Kracken

Sigh,

Gary Sighchez.

Grrr

Don’t waste lead off doubles.

It’s a strike, blue.

Wild pitch

Leading to a run

Ballgame

Maybe package Gary "I only hit Orioles Pitching" Sanchez and Adam Overratedvino together for a bucket of baseballs or is that asking for too much?

Fucking Bollocks, Gary! Grrrrrrrrrr....

Gio!!

Stanton!

5-0 after Stanton's moonshot. Nice!

Damn, shutout gone.

Fuck. What a waste. Nothing's easy.

And Cole gone.

All Rise.

Hell yeah, Judge! Now burn down this despicable piece of shit dump.

Atta boy, Chad. Keep it extra exciting!

Gio with the glove, doing it all.

Insane statistic - after the 2d game today, the Yankees will have finished 25% of the season.

Ballgame!

Not good

Phew, could have been far worse.

Higgy hurt?

Tied