The gluten-free Yanks limp in to Minnesota to play four against the Twins.
Alex Rodriguez will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow. Tonight, Andy Pettitte tries to halt the Yankees’ losing streak at five.
Brett Gardner CF
Jayson Nix SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells RF
Travis Hafner DH
Zoilo Almonte LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Stewart C
David Adams 3B
Never mind the Dybbuk:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
OPS of today's lineup.
D Adams 3B 0.527
J Nix SS 0.607
V Wells RF 0.626
C Stewart C 0.663
L Overbay 1B 0.714
T Hafner DH 0.756
B Gardner CF 0.796
Z Almonte LF 0.836
R Cano 2B 0.866
What's the opposite of Murderer's row? Death Row?
Ah, the Twins. Maybe this is the salve that soothes the Yanks' offensive wounds. Their pitching gives up lots of runs (28th worst ERA in MLB) and doesn't strike anyone out (MLB low 460, and the next team has almost 100 more Ks).
[1] OBP of tonight's lineup:
D Adams 3B 0.252
V Wells RF 0.262
L Overbay 1B .280
J Nix SS 0.305
T Hafner DH 0.320
C Stewart C 0.325
B Gardner CF 0.346
Z Almonte LF 0.351
R Cano 2B 0.364
AL AVG OBP - .320
These OBPs are what we used to see in the getaway day lineups Torre loved to use in the mid-2000s to give guys time off. Except it's the everyday lineup. Yikes.
Is that from that Coen Bros movie? I forget the name.
(4) yeah, Intolerable Cruelty
KIDDING!!! KIDDING!!! It's "A Serious Man"
They were right last nite: bench on the field, regs on the DL.
Have the ground rules changed since last year?
At least we don't have to watch all those dancing imbeciles in orange again. The fans at Camden Yards last night looked like they were celebrating a World Series.
ROBBIE. Big fly!
Robbie!
[7] Ground rules will not be a big factor for Yankee batters if they all strike out or homer.
[10] The Twins' starters have the lowest strike out rates in MLB, so of course the first two Yankee hitters strike out. It really has been that kind of year. I'm not sure I remember a season quite like this one, though those whose memories stretch before 1984 may beg to differ.
[11] My memories used to stretch before 1984, but I had them chemically altered.
Sigh.
Goddamn Fucking Suck.
The Twins have both Clete Thomas and Brian Dozier on base..I have zero idea who these players are. Is this what happens when you get older/don't play fanatsy baseball? Porbably can't name any Twins besides Mauer and Morneau..
Of course.
Oh, Dear Mo.
The Yankees season in one play.
Bendito Andy. He might just retire in the middle of this game.
Outs 2 and 3 are Stewart and Adams looking at fastballs right down the pipe. Alrighty then.
I actually tried to watch this game for a few minutes.
I'm starting to feel sorry for Robbie.
Hey, other teams can make errors too.
Robbie redux!!
Atta boy, Robbie.
And now 2 singles for Vernon.
[24] see: Baseball, you just can't predict.
[25] I predict the Cubs won't win the WS this year.
[26] If/When the Cubs DO win the WS, I'm going to shut off all sports media connections for at least a year. The coverage will make 2004 look tame.
[27] I'd enjoy the Cubs coverage for a bit. What happened in 2004? (insert sarcasm)
[28] 2004 never happened. Nor did 2007.
[28] Not sure. I think there was some kind of problem within MLB during the ALCS and so they just never finished playing it. No champ that year, just like 1904 - gotta respect history.
And Mo will never, ever, ever retire.
What's that, you ask? Am I enjoying my swim in a river in Egypt? Why yes, yes I am. ;)
C'mon, Robbie. You got to do better than that!
Cheers, Andy! That's a lot of k's
Congratulations Andy!
Losing this game because of the 1st inning would be another kick in the nuts loss.
Fuckin' Andy.
I guess he wants to see Cano hit 3 homers.
Speed Kills! (And causes throwing errors!)
Zoooooooooooooolioooooooo!
Ȥ!
Oh man, I went downstairs to read the paper and I missed all the good stuff.
(I thought the game might be on NHK, Jazz, but it ain't. Can't trust NHK, that's why I've never paid them.)
But I am SO glad I didn't have to watch Lard Ass pitch. Although, it appears that he wasn't able to ruin this one.
[40] Just a lead off walk. A lucky double play. Hitting a guy. And long ass fly out.
This game, however, is just what the doctor ordered.
Double fucking digits!!
I want a dozen. Or a bakers dozen.
Well, I got a bakers dozen in pitches during that at-bat...
Twinkies: Good for what ails you!
And Lard Ass gets the win. Just goes to show you, Suzyn...
Hey, that was good. I was in Logan airport and Andy coughed up three runs, and I figured the Yankees had already scored their allotment of one run for the evening. Then I get off the plane and wow, look at those numbers!
Guess I'll watch some highlights while I wait for next flight.