Series finale in Baltimore tonight with an off-day tomorrow before the weekend series in Tampa. Be nice to see a Score Truck sighting complete with fresh delivery of hits and runs.
Our man Hiroki’s on the hill and boy he’s been so good I worry that he’s due to get his ass kicked.
Curtis Granderson CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Lyle Overbay 1B
David Adams 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Reid Brignac SS
Austin Romine C
Ah, never mind my concern: Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[0] Hiroki has been so good I can't imagine him pitching badly, and so I do not share your worries, Alex. In any case, the O's seem especially likely to succumb to his particular brand of mix-n-match strikes.
Off topic - NYCers, a request, if you have a moment. A work colleague of mine from Germany is visiting NYC this weekend, and wondered where she would be able to watch the Champions League final live, and what a "quintessential" NYC gift for her boyfriend would be. She originally asked me, knowing I was "from NY", but I had to gently explain that I was an upstater. I told her I would try to get her some answers, though, so here I am! ;)
Any suggestions? Many thanks in advance!
Shaun - there is always the soccer bar options like the football factory, but a lot of regular pubs and bars will be showing the game. Where is she staying or wanting to watch the game?
I think the final will be on Fox, actually. Live. So she can watch it anywhere -- in her hotel room, whatever.
Hm, so our lead-off man has an OBP of .208.
Interesting approach.
Joey Votto has an OBP of .484, in case anyone is interested. That's utterly sick.
Girardi's a genius.
I'll take a first pitch hit.
Quit swingin' at that high nonsense, Robbie!
phew.
Vern wasn't worried at all.
Crap
Shit
Yoik.
What happened to our Hiro?
[1] The name that gets thrown about on the Soccer Thread over at BBTF is Kinsale's ...
[13] There goes my Hiro. He's ordinary.
Hiro has lost his ki tonight.
Veyez mir! Are we doomed tonight?
Good to see Grandy beginning to heat up ...
Good for Rob. That's good.
Good job Robbie.
Robbie!
Not your baby or scrub Yankees combine for a run.
Ooooooooooooooooh, Pronk shoulda donk'd that one ...
Dammit. Looked sort of like a rally.
Sensible move by Joe.
Long night ahead.
Sensible moves don't always work out.
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[27] True, but I'd rather lose the game than aggravate Hiro's injury. Missed the dinger, passing storm blocked the satellite feed.
I feel like we were gonna lose the game no matter what.
Well, let's hope Kuroda is okay.
Just got here -- what happened to Kuroda???
Uh-oh..what happened to Hiroki?? Out after the second inning..
Ball hit Hiro in the right calf, but also seems to have a lower back issue.
Hmmm, picked off, but the baseball gods took care of it with a DP.
[33] CRAP.
So much for my optimism . . .
[3] That's good news!
[2] ms october, she's staying somewhere in Manhattan, not sure specifically where . . . thanks for the suggestion!
[35] Dortmund vs. Munich? Find a good German bar. Beir und wurst. Hmm, may have to go that route myself.
What a shit-ass game. G'night folks. Off to work for me.