There are any number of alternate Yankee Universes that still cause me to shudder from time to time. What if the Houston Astros had listened to Hal Newhouser and drafted Derek Jeter with the top pick in the 1992 draft? What if Gene Michael had traded Mariano Rivera in 1995? What if Bernie Williams had signed with the Red Sox before the 1999 season?
The repercussions of any one of those scenarios would have changed the course of baseball history, but none of them would’ve been as emotionally devastating as a more recent near disaster.
On December 6, 2022, Jon Heyman cemented his name into Yankee lore and internet infamy when he tweeted, “Arson Judge appears headed to Giants” — he couldn’t even be bothered to use a period, so frantic was he to break the news. Roughly twelve hours later the Yankees had re-signed Judge and named him Captain, but the half-day I spent wandering in limbo felt much more like Dante’s ninety-ninth circle of hell than Purgatory. I saw the future, and it was bleak.
I’ll admit that I’m still scarred. Even as I celebrated Judge’s Opening Day home run against the Giants in the spring of 2023, there was part of me that knew he could easily have been making a right turn towards the visitors’ dugout after crossing home plate. And when he pummeled the Giants on Friday night, going 3 for 4 with two no-doubt home runs, I half imagined him in a Creamsicle San Francisco uniform, being hailed as the prodigal son. I may never get over it.
Ah, but here’s something that helps remind me that Aaron Judge has always been a Yankee and will never leave. After an historic month of May that will surely earn him his eighth career Player of the Month Award, Judge has made those April concerns seem even more ridiculous than they were at the time. As his numbers became more and more historic this month, each night we were given a different Yankees history lesson, along with statistics and names from Monument Park. There was Judge alongside Ruth and Gehrig one night, then Maris, DiMaggio, and Mantle the next. Instead of joining Mays and Bonds and Ott and McCovey, he’s right where he belongs.
[Photo via Wikimedia Commons]
It might be June, but it’s still Aaron Judge.
Thank you for writing this, Hank! At first, I was wondering where you were going, and while I never had those fears and none of this bothers me, I understand.
The Giants are basically my main NL team and I've seen games at 'Pac Bell Park', while I've been on tour gigging, but I very much hope we sweep them tomorrow!
I *love* late night West Coast games and was able to watch most of tonight's contest, since it began just about when my gig ended, but the mountain driving knocked my cell service out quite a bit...
I grew up reading Jon Heyman in Newsday, and he went to a neighboring high school at a time that was in between everything in my life. He went to the same school my parents went to, but at a different location. And, he was the generation between when my brother and i played Battle Of The Bands there. I do wish I went to that school instead of mine. Either way, it was right by JFK, and I can't wait to see my elderly parents there in 6 weeks!
Let's sweep Snell tomorrow! I'll try to listen to the Jon Miller feed for awhile, because I absolutely adore that guy! GO YANKS!!!
[I LOVE SOTO!!!]
i wrote a really beautiful and long comment. no cursing, nothing bad.
yet ... commenting awaiting moderation. i'm going back into hibernation. this site isn't 'safe' anyhow. such a shame... : (
take care, everyone
Seems like I’m missing some great baseball. But those pesky Orioles are sticking around.
The Orioles are 18-7 vs. teams above 0.500. That is otherworldly. The Yankees are a very good 12-8. And the Guardians are 14-7.
[3] Don’t worry. I got you.
Hey, if thelarmis doesn't tell us his long comment is beautiful, who will??
So, Cody Poteet. Go figure. Do we give Matt Blake credit for the rotation's stunning success?
Also, I would really like someone besides Judge and Soto to get his OPS up over .800. I'm hoping DJ will pull things together and be the guy -- or one of the AVs could draw a few more walks, maybe.
Cole to have a AA start Tuesday
Soto pre-empted Judge.
And Nestor looks nasty.
I learned today that Wally Pipp played here in Rochester. The team back in 1914 was named the Hustlers.
Whoa. Paul O'Neill is related to Mark Twain??
I guess there's no particular reason to expect people to be similar to their distant ancestors.
I forget which side but I have relatives involved in the Salem witch trials.
Remember when Ratso was good?
I do ... sigh.
Nestor no bueno today.
Wow ... SIGN THIS MAN, HAL!
Bunt single for Soto? Hmmm.
Now they won’t give Judge anything to hit
Ooof ... TURRIBLE check swing call.
Robots ... bring on the fucking robots.
Hmm, didn’t try to talk his way into staying in the game
Verdugo! Pity Stanton can’t run anymore.
That was yummy, but... man Stanton is slow.
[21] [22] heh.
I guess that just kinda screams out.
Hoo boy.
We'll need some bullpen magic to win this I think.
Good thing there’s the infield fly rule
Lol.
[25] Well... maybe not! I bet they would have got a DP...
Argh.
Dammit!
Jeez the HBP really looked like it hit the knob of the bat.
Ugh
Very bad break.
Attaboy!
So Stanton is slower than the catcher. The catcher.
Well I'll be.
What an inefficient use of slugging!
But I ACCEPT THAT HOMER!!!!!
Blank check.
Screw the tax, Hal. Sign Soto.
Yeah just tack a zero on or something.
Lol my favorite part of that home run is that the infield was in.
Lol.
Insurance to boot
Oh man.
This is a cathartic inning.
Man, I still can’t get over that Soto blast.
Only thing missing is a single for the cycle.
Why in the world would they keep their closer in at this point?
One
Two
Sweep!
That was satisfying.
The Yankees are at 42-19. Their Pythagorean win expectancy is 42-19, so they aren’t even playing lucky ball.
[47] "You are what your record says you are!"
As expected, the Yankees have swept the monthly awards for May. Judge is Player of the Month, and Gil wins both Pitcher and Rookie of the Month.
This season reminds me so much of 1961: Mantle and Maris, infield of Moose, Bobby, Tony and Clete, Elston behind the plate, Whitey (25-4) on the mound, and Yogi in LF. They won 109 games. By almost any measure, the 2024 edition is better. Better offense, better pitching, better D. On the other hand, with Blanchard, Lopez Tresh, and Cerv on the bench, maybe that was one area that the 61 team was better. Whitey, Ralph Terry,and Stafford were a good 3 man rotation, And Luis Arroyo was tough out of the pen, but so far, the 2024 Yankee pitching is better at starts and finishes.Let's hope the season ends the same (with a WS win).Hard to compare teams from different eras, but I think the 24 team is filled with plain better athletes.
Let's beat up on the Twinkies ... because that's what Yankees do.
TBS game. Ron Darling is fine. Brian Anderson I know nothing, but the Grandyman is in the booth
It's Gil on the Hill, so high hopes.
Hmm, is Ober good? I remember his name but nothing about him.
Hmph.
That's not really an acceptable outcome after a Soto BB.
No it isn’t.
Gleyber Time!
Gleyber!
Well waddya know.
There's life in the old boy.
Finally got one over the wall.
Oh my god.
That must FREAKING hurt.
Ouch, TRevino.
Gil decided Jose needed to get back to the dugout asap. Brought the heat, ended the threat.
Okay! Let's not squander this good start this time!
Ahhhhhhh.
Judge rules
A bit of a dink and dunk, but I'll take 2 runs.
[66] Yeah not the archetype of a Judge double. But credit to DJ and Ant for getting on in front of the big boys!
Gah ... f'ng Frank ... got a perfect pitch ... fouled it straight back ... waved at the next pitch, a foot outside.
I remember when I used to look forward to an Anthony Rizzo at bat.
Sadly, those days are gone.
Out? I thought not enough to overturn.
Man, the walks.
That's Gil's weakness. If he can cut down on walks, he'll be an elite pitcher.
I mean, Ober has a point.
This strike zone today is... not what the rule book says.
[72] That was a strike, but he got a few inches off the other side against right-handers.
Yeah I’m keeping my mouth shut
Ah good Gil out. Save those bullets for later in the season.
We should just keep finding pitchers I think look like The Scream ... so far they've both been awesome.
Oh yeah.
Good to see Giancarlo show up!
Insurance!
Nice win, solid, dominant.
Thanks for being a tasty treat, Twinkies!
Nice win.
Minimally acceptable, as no DP.
2-0 ... me takey!
Good lord, sweet Baby Jebus ... Stanton cannot run.
I could have scored on that.
If only Stanton could run.
I guess he can score on *that*, though.
Doesn’t matter, Gleyber picked them up. Funny he thought it was foul.
I’m really not sure why it bothers everyone that Stanton can’t run. If he can stay healthy and hit lasers into the seats, I’m happy to watch him go station to station.
Nice catch. Oh, and nits need to be picked.
Wow ... what a catch!
[88] Meh ... right now it doesn't matter ... there WILL be times when it will.
That's all ... but carry on ...
Man, Verdugo has been so good. I know there’s talk about bringing Dominguez up in a couple weeks, but this is really an ideal situation for the Yankees. Assuming they re-sign Soto, they can let Verdugo move on and insert the Martian. It’s perfect.
Darn it, I missed the first inning. Looks like there was a lot of good stuff.
Well, I'll watch it later. Love my mlb.tv.
Well done, Tony!
Someone’s dealing.
Rodon NOT sucking is a REALLY nice change for 2024.
[96] Matt Blake's magic pitching juice.
Imagine being a Twins fan and looking at the schedule and seeing a nice three-game set in the Bronx. "Wake me up when it's over."
Okay this is getting interesting.
15 up, 15 down. Or should I say, 15 Rodon.
Yikes. Paddock maybe shoulda been lifted after four, huh?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Gosh this is a fun season.
Judge! Filling the triples column.
Still don’t care about Stanton’s lack of speed. Not a bit.
[91] WHAT was I saying?
[103] Fine ... you can have your little corner over there.
If that's the case ... he should have known to stop at first and not run himself into an obvious out ... but I guess that's thinking a level above, right?
66 pitches ... seems too many at this point for ... well, you know ... things I don't care about ... a bit.
Good thing, too ... it's ALL over ... PG, no hitter, shut out ... all in one blow.
Aw boo. Oh well now Boone doesn’t have to worry about an elevated pitch count.
So, I don’t believe in such things, but I’ll share this for the record. My son just came in the room and I told him Rodón had a perfect game going. The next pitch was in the seats. Sorry about that.
[106] In his own mind, he sometimes thinks of himself as that guy who can run really fast. That's all.
I sympathize. I empathize. I feel you, Giancarlo.
I look at it *this* way ... I watched Domingo German throw a perfect game last year, I can't ask for another one after that.
Right?
[111]
I get your point ... I'm almost 53, I don't know how many gears **I** have left either ... but Frank has 2 gears at this point ... walking and some sort of cross between jogging, stumbling and lumbering in a generally forward direction.
6 innings, 2 runs, very acceptable.
Yeah, that was a little explosion of badness for, what, three batters? But it still counts as an excellent start, and a little flirt with greatness.
And no, we can't expect any Ordinary Men to throw a perfect game this year. (I'm thinking Gil for a no-no maybe -- but he can't get through a game without walking someone, so not a perfecto.)
[110] I was at a Mud Hens game, Johnny all staff game. First guy actually went five innings, just a walk, next guy two innings, one walk, last guy two innings, nothing. I didn’t get up even for a second beer. Quick game so it didn’t matter.
I don't really understand why Dennis Santana is on the team. Is it to make the Twins feel better? He has contributed negative WAR this year. Why can't we have a nice Replacement Player instead?
Plus the neck tats ... blech.
Ok, had to walk the terrorists, but only one run from that?
Christ ... there MUST be someone at AAA that is NOT Dennis Santana ... and hopefully is better than Dennis Santana.
I think I hate Dennis Santana more than I hate Rob Thomas & Santana ... at least the latter were Smoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooth.
After 20+ years of being able to watch 100% of Yankee games on tv, I am experiencing some serious 1st world problems with the current streaming situation. Fuck it all. No live action for me tonight.
As an aside, my wife is presently at a Sugar City Space Cowboys vs Salt Lake City Bees AA game in Utah.
Wait ... you live in Utah?
There ya go.
Michael Tonkin makes it look easy.
GG.
At least we’re fining out which relievers need to be traded.
I'm in Rochester, Cult. My wife is grading AP exams in Salt Lake City for a week. All i wanted to do was watch the game on tv tonight. Fucking Bollocks!
Or terminated ... with "extreme" prejudice.
Take them out behind the barn and talk to them about the rabbit farm you’ll both have.
Judge with the start in left field today. I’ve been wondering how the Judge/Soto/Dominguez outfield might shake out in (optimistically) 2025, so this might be our first hint. I’d prefer they move Soto to left, but we’ll see.
Pot roast with potatoes and carrots for supper. Yum.
I feel like Correia took that golden sombrero personally. He's mashed since then.
Grisham?
Grisham!
Can't predict baseball.
Yeesh.
Okay DO NOT WASTE THE WALKS THIS TIME.
Not Lopez’s night.
Even more walks not to waste.
ouch
Gleyber day,
Ahhhhhh.
(But once again... Stanton is sooooo slow!)
Okay!
I wasn't at all sure he could score on that medium fly ball, but he did, nice job!
Walks not wasted
No right! Scored 'em all! Made Lopez pay.
Hey I just noticed, the Jays beat the Orioles again! Two one-run games in a row.
Let's do this thing and get some loss-column separation. The Yankees have a tough schedule coming up and we might need it.
Good lord.
I actually feel sorry for Twins fans. This must just be excruciating.
This is a weird top of the 5th.
Austin Wheels!
So first bad start be a starter in how long?
Oh, and Yogi was kind of busy 80 years ago.
Forearm tightness for Soto? Time for unreasonable panic.
Hm, yeah, that is not good to hear.
Even though he says it doesn't interfere with throwing or hitting.
Well, imaging today, apparently, then we should know whether to freak out.
Yankees/Dodgers should be highly watched games this weekend. Nice I will be able to see them play on AppleTV, Fox and ESPN.
Let's go Yankees!
AppleTV, Fox and ESPN.
And that's a GOOD thing?
I suppose if you don't have MLB.tv ... for me it's going to be 3 games with the volume set to mute.
This APPLETV+ game hasn't even started and I want to break out my Texas chainsaw for a proper massacre.
Well, imaging today, apparently, then we should know whether to freak out.
Tightness / inflammation confirmed, day to day, Boone-y doesn't expect a 10-Day IL trip will be necessary.
Interesting that MLB seems to at least kind of get it. Even they seem to understand that having the marquee matchup of the season only available on Apple isn’t a good idea. They’ve let YES and LA’s version of YES carry the game.
They said Soto is available off the bench.
Pretty excited about this game and series. Even so, I won’t be surprised at all if Ohtani puts one in the upper deck right here.
No AppleTV for me. I signed up for MLBTV with the promise of getting all the games. Not to have to sign up for yet another service.
Would you believe Ohtani has a .130 career average in Yankee Stadium (lower now)?
Even they seem to understand that having the marquee matchup of the season only available on Apple isn’t a good idea. They’ve let YES and LA’s version of YES carry the game.
Not for me ... it's AppleTV+ or nothing.
All I can get through MLB.tv is the WFAN radio feed.
Which reminds me ... it's time to cancel AppleTV+ ... after this game, of course.
Nicely done, Poteet
Yeah, I think it was only something they did for the teams’ local fans. A nice gesture, but it would be nicer if fans around the country could be watching.
Damn ... just a couple of feet short.
Goddam it.
So I have to subscribe to fricken Apple TV to watch it?
The MLB app is advertising a two-month free trial of AppleTV+, for those interested.
Yeah okay.
cult of basebaal, you have to remind me to cancel it.
Fear the law!
I think you can cancel it now and it will just cancel on its own in 2 months, but you have access to it until then. That is how AppleNews worked.
cult of basebaal, you have to remind me to cancel it.
Done ... I set a calendar reminded for August 1st!
:)
[169] Oh interesting. Yeah I see what you mean, okay I might try that! (But I'll wait till after the game.)
This mic'd up thing should be cool but it's just idiotic.
Jesus fing christ.
Are you kidding?
I mean I guess I'm happy about the result, but the broadcast is interfering with the game!
Problem is MLB & Apple will just count the signups and not the cancellations, and I don’t want to encourage them. Because then they’ll do it to a game with playoff implications.
Anyway, Cesar Milan is on later.
wtf???
Poteet, Pettitte. Tomayto, tomahto.
[176] Hey yeah!
I’ll never understand why home plate umpires call check swings without checking with the umpire who can actually see it. It’s so stupid.
Okay I have to admit, the ump cam is pretty good.
"Outside of the Cole injury and Clarke Schmidt, they haven't had to reach deep into their rotation."
Walk the number 9 hitter so you can face Betts. I don't like that plan.
Man, it really felt like the game was about to change there.
Nice pitching!
Victor G fears no man.
The Fungi Man can!
The Frankenstanton ... can't.
I find myself rooting for extra innings and a pinch hit appearance from Soto.
The ump cam is quite neat at times ... like watching Stanton strike out on that last pitch ... you really CAN see he's a collection of body parts patched into something resembling a hu-man
Is that three balls Grisham has caught around 400 feet?
It's called using the park, RI ... ALL of the park!
;P
Whew.
Tonkin shows Resolution!
[190] Not complaining, at all.
I'm not enjoying this game as much as I should be! I think it's the Apple TV. And Willis is fine, he's not saying anything stupid and he offers insights.
I dunno. Maybe I'm just resentful -- like rbj I don't like being sold 'every game' and then finding out, well, not *every* game. (Even though obviously I knew it wasn't going to be every game.)
I don’t want to pile on Rizzo, but I miss the days when I felt like he was a threat.
[192] At a certain point, there will be blowback ... but evidently we haven't reached it yet.
I'm only watching this because I had AppleTV+ for other reasons ... and after this game, I am cancelling for sure.
And then Peacock and Paramount+ and ESPN+ and ... and ... and.
I would take Yamamoto out if I was Roberts.
By the way, I’m watching the Dodger broadcast, and they’re gushing about Yamamoto, saying repeatedly that this is his best outing as a Dodger.
[193] Rizzo isn't to blame for being this version of Rizzo, so ...
Which is why he is the manager...
[193] Could say the same about DJ.
I still have some hope for him, but right now... ugh.
At least he's not literally the worst hitter in baseball this year, as he was post-concussion last year.
I fear he's a sunk cost at this point, though.
[193] Maybe DJ, too. I guess we will see this season.
I like when a young player comes in and takes over the job. I remember when Cano took over the job from Tony Womack et. al.
Every Ohtani at bat scares me to death.
[203] Better when bases are empty. Same with Trout.
Way to go, Ferg.
The announcers can't stop crowing about Yamamoto's performance, but our sixth starter plus our not-the-best relievers have shut out the mighty Dodgers for 8.
[205] Actually *listening* to the announcers is on YOU, RI ... just sayin'
Exactly. The Yankee pitchers haven’t been bad.
Huh, Grisham bats.
The Dodgers announcers actually aren’t bad. Orel Hershiser does color, and obviously knows a bit about pitching. The downside is you have to have to watch Rotolo Chevrolet commercials starring Hershiser. They are… painful.
Sure wish Soto was coming to the plate right now.
Well, if nothing else, both of our streakers keep their streaks going!
[209] We're watching completely idiotic commercials too, so that's a wash. There are Meinecke ads with a guy doing a fake and bizarre German accent.
Volpe had better be running.
[212] In the Rotolo commercials Orel plays a dancing goalie who catches a puck in his teeth. Case closed.
[214] Oof. Okay you win.
Okay that was acceptable.
They said, if only Aaron could but get a whack at that...
SOTO ... SOTO ... SOTO PH HERE!!!!!
Well, anti-climactic, but... I'll take it. He won the battle, I guess.
Sigh ... it's Frank
ARGH!
Dang it.
Man he just missed it.
Just. Missed.
Sorry Frank, we're not playing horseshoes.
Holy crap ... I have a comment in moderation for reasons that are completely beyond me ... unless playing h o r s e s h o e s is forbidden
Honestly ... sometimes, this engine.
horseshoes
Hey I tried that word and I'm in moderation too!
Weird.
With all the gushing the Dodgers announcers are doing, they haven’t seemed to notice that the Dodgers have fewer hits than the Yankees.
Just ten pitches for Clay. If necessary he can start the tenth.
[224] I think the might Hank sorted it out for us ... but yes, that word being blocked is beyond weird.
Rizzo is 0-fer-June.
[228] HEY NOW!
He has ONE hit!
You take that back!
Sigh.
Everybody welcome Manfred Man!
Huh, nope, Clay just gets the one inning.
Who the heckfire is going to pitch after Hamilton?
Wow.
Was that just dumb base running? Or what?
wtf the strike zone suddenly shrunk!
The Dodger announcers are being very open about inconsistently bad the strike zone has been for both sides.
Uh oh Ohtani
Phew.
Rizzo can stay despite his hitting. Amiright?
Now, can we end this silliness, please?
Soto with the walk off. Write it down.
[238] His fielding's been a bit shaky this year as well.
Hmmmmm.
I know he has a good arm but I think you take third there.
This makes me more concerned about Soto.
Trevino is NOT who I would have batting here
Have had ... case in point.
[242] I think I would take the chance.
Didn't matter.
Sigh.
Well, up to Anthony.
I agree. Can’t believe Jones didn’t try to take third.
Lord.
Poop!
That third pitch should’ve been strike three, and now there are two on.
Ugh.
Very small strike zone. I can't really blame Ian for that.
Sigh.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd there you go.
Sigh.
Nope. After ten innings of an Atlanta-sized strike zone; it suddenly shriveled.
At least Volpe's on 2nd to start.
How about a single and then a walk-off from the Judge
Oh sure, now the bottom of the strike zone expands again!
Come on, boys, it ain't over yet.
Well ... we got a single from Judge.
You can't spell Frank without a K.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Well, decent game. Annoying at the end, but can't complain.
It’s amazing how different the lineup feels without Soto. Judge was on base four times, but not much else.
They had their chances. Soto would likely have made a difference.
Uh oh, per Boone it’s “a couple of days” with “a possible il stint.”
I.e. ASB at the earliest. If not TJS.
Oh ... dear ... WTF is in the water at Yankee Stadium?
Nasty from Nestor.
Gah ... Judge let him off the hook in that at bat.
Absolutely pathetic from Frank.
Sigh.
What a complete waste.
Great job, guys.
This isn’t starting out well.
OONTZ!
Ties it up, so (barely) acceptable
Stupid challenge
Wow first base overturned.
I saw it as a tie, which I guess goes to the runner?
Meh.
Nestor isn’t looking particularly nasty.
ALL RISE!
All rise
Hodor, Nestor ... HODOR!
Poops.
Bad break
Are we about to get involved in a land war in Asia?
Oontz starting to look better.
Even Wells chips in.
Hernandez, Yankee Killer! Who would have thought?
Well ... let's hope Gil brings the Dodgers to heel tomorrow night ... but down one Soto ... it's more like the Bronx Bummers.
Getting spanked in the regular season gives you a chance for adjustments in the WS.
Maybe the Yankees can replace John Sterling with a British announcer...
https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1799871019450065031
Hopefully the offense shows up tonight.
[287] I think the lesson to be taken from *this* series is ... keep. Juan. Soto. healthy.
Almost time to watch Gameday and listen to the Dodgers radio announcers!
THANKS MLB ... THANKS ESPN!
Yes, Yankees do need to keep Soto.
Guess who was calling the game in London, Michael Kay.
Dang, overturned
Grisham batting fifth? Doesn’t he have like 3 hits this season?
There’s Oswaldo!
Why pitch to Mookie?
[296] Um, Ohtani?
Yeah, didn’t realize that.
No worries. Mookie is an excellent hitter. Neither choice was optimal.
I’m beginning to dislike this Teoscar fellow.
I am not a fan of the full-time DH. My idea, supported by no one, is to require someone to field at least 5 innings for each game they DH. The most games someone could DH is 81 games a season and only if they fielded at least 5 innings in 81 other games. Probably won't happen, but I never thought they would institute the shift rule. Or get rid of pitchers batting in NL parks (Also not a fan of pitchers batting).
[300] Maybe he is the one we should be pitching around.
I guess that is why he is batting 5th!
Walked the terrorists, finished up the parents dishes, and the garbage. Trent Grisham delivers!
Does Trent get to 10 hits as a Yankee this season?
Phew, win.
Argh, 8 pm start. Soto’s back, Judge gets a well earned night off. Good Lord, Jones and Grisham both in the lineup?
Who are these announcers??
Does Kay have a contract that says he doesn't call games when Judge isn't playing?
Possibly still jet lag from the London games. Or maybe still there vacationing with his family
The strike zone is just random.
I don't see it particularly favors batters or pitchers, or Yankees or Royals, just unpredictable.
I bet there haven't been a lot of top teams with an outfielder batting below .100 hitting sixth in their lineup.
Well, no no-no. But, no runs, so still looking good.
Better lineup tonight.
Yeah that's an understatement, raj.
I have to admit, when Rizzo came to bat, I thought, "Huh, I remember when it was actually exciting to have two guys on base with Rizzo and Torres coming up."
Shut me up.
The Royals play suspect defense.
A Larry David reference. Nice! lol....
Double digits!
Long live the royals.
I'm really glad we're not in the Alternate Universe that't the Altavilla-nernate Universe, in which Altavilla pitches for the Yankees.
Wow that was extremely satisfying.
I mean, the fact that Trevino got utterly robbed of a walk, and the blasted the next pitch into the bleachers for an Earl Weaver Special. Man that is really nice. Yum. Slurp.
Apparently this is just how it is. Our catchers just hit three-run homers against the Royals.
I did not know about this general principle, but I endorse it with all my heart.
I approve of that first inning.
Ooof. No run. But pretty good hitting -- Giancarlo smacked it pretty good.
rbj (and Ara), how are you watching? I have mlb.tv but my brother says he can't watch at all (he has YES).
I’m not watching, just keeping up via MLB messages. I do have mlb.tv.
Tomorrow’s game is on TBS, I think.
Ah.
It looks to me like it's on Amazon Prime -- either that or Amazon paid for a lot of scrolling 'Amazon Prime' nonsense, or is sponsoring every third pitch, or something.
It's definitely the YES crew.
Keeping my eye on the Congressional baseball game. The play . . . makes me appreciate the professionals.
[327]. Amazon Prime for me. My tv tells me I can't watch because of regional restrictions but somehow I can watch it on my mac air. WTF!?
Stantonian!
Back to back double digits.
Yay, afternoon baseball.
Blech
Time to string some hits together.
Or maybe get a hit
Good start for Nestor, it’s all on the bats.
Soto with a hit. Now maybe plate him?
Rizzo insn’t dead yet.
Balk to me
Tied up
Pay. The. Man.
Um, stop with the free passes please.
Oh geez, day game!
Well phew
I have to catch up -- from your comments, rbj, I gather Soto played a major role...
Whew, Luke Weaver almost walked the bases loaded.
Insurance?
Yup, Soto broke up the no no and plated the go ahead run.
1
Ugh ticky tack hit.
2
Umm, no bueno
Aw fucqing damn it!
Well that sucked.
6:30 pm start
Ugh, rain delay?
T-storms.
Same storm absolutely crushed northern RI -- lightning struck my utility pole about an hour ago. Fortunately the utility guys came out really fast it's all fixed.
7:40 eta.
I believe that now SOP is to wait half an hour after last lightning sighting before you can take the field.
And it’s baseball
Blue has a big zone tonight.
Ha! Take that Fenway boo birds.
I’ll take that Boston brain fart.
Grr, Gleyber.
Ugh, I forgot I can't watch on mlb.tv. And I don't want to watch NESN.
I've finally worked out a way to watch it but I missed the fun.
No MLBN?
What's MLBN?
Oh, you mean what I call mlb.tv.
Yeah but I'm in the blackout region for games at Fenway!
Damn, my stream doesn't really work. Super-laggy.
Okay fine I'll watch NESN.
Ugh, yeah, the blackout sucks
Uh oh.
Okay. Okay.
Nice, Gil.
The Red Sox might be the worst fielding team in MLB.
Fascinating.
Gil walks two guys on nine pitches. But he isn't wild, he's just off the edges.
Okay now he looks all-over-the-place.
Hm.
Wow.
And now he looks like Gil again.
Baseball is weird.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ... exhale.
Phew.
Amuck ... Tony is running amuck!
Oh man.
Alex Verdugo is feelin' it.
Thanks FranK
[378] He is.
Well, amok, but still.
IS OUR RATSO REVIVED???
[381] Ahem ... you are OVERRULED by a higher authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Amuck
[383] Lol.
I know exactly what I want to say, but not a chance it gets through Wordpress filters.
Run amuck was at one point the more common spelling, but it has since fallen out as the predominant spelling. Garner’s Modern English Usage (GMEU) estimates that amok is used three times for every use of amuck, which is corroborated by the graph below.
As you can see from the following graph, amuck was preferred up until the 1940s, but since that time, amok has overtaken it as the standard form.
It’s also important to note that neither spelling is wrong or incorrect. One is simply used at a much higher rate. If you don’t want to distract your readers, however, you should choose amok.
https://writingexplained.org/run-amok-vs-run-amuck-difference
You're welcome.
OLD SKOOL, BABY!
[385] Fascinating.
Walks are all that stand between Gil and greatness.
But you whippersnappers can run "amok" ... with your baseball cap bills unbent and sitting sideways on your head ... I get it ... really, I do!
What???
I've never sat sideways on my head in my life!
[387] Now you know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71nqMqmiaw
I'll put those 5 innings down as a line drive in the box score ... yeesh ... some Houdini work there the last couple of innings.
Don't get me wrong. Luis Gil is an excellent pitcher, no doubt about it.
I'm just saying, greatness. Like this:
Luis Gil BB BB. BB. BB Greatness.
Some days you eat the BBs ... some days the BBs eat you ... he's not the first nor the last.
That was less than spectacular.
No, he always walks guys. There's no Some Days about it.
Nobody hits him, but, he walks guys.
Now Kahnle's got that bug, crap.
Sigh ... I did NOT need bad Kahnle tonight
C'mon Fungi
Nice
Now ... let him pitch the 9th
What’s the rational for the “city connects” uniforms? Beside more jersey sales, that is.
Um, Carlos?
Nope, don’t like this at all.
Not as bad.
Rodón doesn’t have it tonight.
Why is Verdugo in RF? Woo-hoo scoreless inning!