I wanna wake up to another victory.

2) Here here!

NBA Finals Game 4, Yankee game at 11am, Sunshine after 7 days of rain...all is great! Except for this 1pm deadline I have here at ACME investigations..Mr. Spacely is going to dropkick my tuchus if I don't get it done but I sense a LeBron explosion to start Game 4...

HELLO!
Hello...
hello...
lo..
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Man, this place just feels like a cavern when it empties out.

[4] I hear ya, RI. Distracted by the spanking the Spurs are giving the Heat. Looks like no 3-peat...

Jacoby go boom boom!

Yeah. I like the Spurs, though, I have to admit.

Chase Whitley might actually be a good pitcher. I reserve judgment, but he's been impressive so far. (This season, not this game.)

It's been a long time since the Yanks scored 5 runs. I think you have to average that to be a top club. I'm not a metrics guy but the team needs to up it's production. The pitching has been pretty good.

Jacobiphobia.

Yay Sori!

Yay!

[7] The Yankees are clearly not a top club. However, last year only one team in baseball scored 5 runs per game, so I doubt it's necessary.

Yeah, that was silly

Not clever, John Ryan.

It would be good if they had some kind of signal, so the first baseman would know when the catcher was going to try something like that.
Yeesh.

Ouch. Rob doesn't look pleased.

Nice!

Heartache tonight for Seager.

Man, this place just feels like a cavern when it empties out.

It's filling back up!

Closing the roof because rain is coming.

Man, am I jealous ...

200 hit seasons for Yankees since 1990:
Gotta be Bernie, Rob, and probably Sori.

[17] Not DJ?

El Capitan!

[18] Oh, no, the question was: besides DJ, who?

That's just nice to see.

[20] Ah, I didn't hear it ...

(11) I stand corrected but the Sox at 5.2 did win the WS. The Yanks at 4.0 and 3.66 at home is not going to get it done. 6 tonight maybe a trend. They are not a big club but more offense is the key to getting better.

Holy cow.
Was that a slider or a change? He somehow gets guys to swing at pitches that are way, way out of the zone.

Whitley gets another Mariner to ... chase!

[23] Yeah, well, more offense and more defense are the two keys. :-)

But anyway, more runs would be good. Although I'm glad the Cash Man decided to spend some of the cash on Tanaka, even though the dude can't hit a lick.

Hmmm ... this my first time seeing him pitch (and it *is* against the Mariners) but Mr. Whitley is intriguing ...

[25] Ohhhhh... I didn't realize 'Chase' was his nickname!

Good to see Fonzy has a double, but he's still pulling off ANYTHING with a wrinkle in it ...

Jebus, that was fucking pathetic.

[29] Big double, though. Two rbis.

Bah.

Robbie Cano ... IT WON'T GO!!!

Wow.

I think it would have hit the wall just below the yellow line, actually. Not sure.

That long shot on Whitley's face was fantastic!

[15] M's were really fighting Against The Wind vs Tanaka last night...

Ok, that was a lame one. #BobSegerLives

I convinced myself the Yankees had a night off. I found out just now the Yanks are on. Sweet.

[36] If they lose again tonight, I'm sure that the M's will try and turn the page ...

I can't believe that after nearly fifteen years Sori is still helpless against a slider low and away.

[37] Me too, same exact thing!

Sorry-ass vs a RHP makes me want to vomit.

[39] I'm sure he closes his eyes. There's no other explanation.

[39] So Whitley's Night Moves were pretty good tonight?

Uh oh.
Our (one and only) hitter doesn't feel good.

Unbelievable.
WTF???

That was one of the ugliest nicest catches I've seen.

gritner!!!

nice catch!

Chase Whitley came off the mound like he's having the time of his life. He loved that catch, too. Good for him.

78 pitches through seven innings. Very impressive!

i dig watching chase!

I'd let Chase start the eighth. Low pitch count. Low leverage situation.

[51] I'd let him finish it...

Yep.
I have no complaints about the way Joe is handling this.

[52] Oh, well, huh. Either way. This makes sense too. Cano en fuego.

i didn't realize it was robbie that was up...

not even close...

Ah, yes. The traditional lefty in to walk the lefty.
How's Joe Torre doing these days, anyway?

chase whitley could've done that!

[54] Robbie's Like A Rock in the lineup, in there every day, steady as Main Street.

And Ichiro hauls it in.

But Seager did hit it like a rock.

Oh, man, too slow by seconds!

Kenny should avoid waxing poetic. Not his forte.

Also diagnoses. Ellsbury's hip might have been "exasperated" by leaping against the wall... thanks, doc.

that's awesome for Jetes!

really close at 1st...

[61] Can't keep up with me RIYank, I'm a Ramblin' Man!

[65] Inches.
[66] Oh, no, that's Hank Williams, baby. (One of only about six country songs that don't make me change stations.)

Gawd, I almost wish Teix had made an out, just so we wouldn't have to suffer through this AB...

i think i can strike sori out on 3 pitches...

Ugh.
Very upsetting.

[69] If you can throw a slider in the dirt, then you'll have no trouble.

[67] i was thinkin' allman brothers...

Shawn Kelley. Okay, good call. No need to waste Betances.

[67] My pop is a big Hank Williams fan..long, boring summer car rides in my youth with him in the tape deck..

Soriano is amazing, built a real long career without ever laying off that pitch.

[71] well, i'm sure my fastball will be slower than a slider and it'll fall short of the plate...so, yeah, i'll have no trouble.

Ichi!

(He dig that pitch out of the dirt that time off Schilling. Maybe almost winning the World Series on that pitch emboldened him ever after with the conviction that that's his pitch.)

This is ridiculous.

[72] Of course.
Speaking of which, the Red Sox have a prospect named "Mookie Betts".

[77] Whaddayamean 'almost' winning the WS?? Series winning homer, that one!

(sob sob sob....)

"Shawn, just serve up gopher balls, and our outfielders will run down the 390 foot drives."

"Will do, Skip."

Speaking of laying off pitches, as I recall, it was the high fastball that bedeviled Cano, especially one year in particular. He seems to be an example of someone who did, in fact, learn to become more selective at the bat.

I guess that's how one hits .320.

why get d-rob up?

[80] It still hurts, doesn't it?

[79] yeah, i saw that yesterday. pissed me off. of course, THEY would have a prospect named Mookie.

fuck the shit sox.

Batting practice.

Oh, of course, because it's now a Save situation.

[83] that's why, stoopid!

[84] hurts? more like, kills. and, tortures. yeah, still...

[82] .333.

And half in Safeco, so it's really like hitting .355. And without hitting homers.

Ah, 21st century baseball: pulling a starter who has a four run lead in the 8th, having thrown around 80 pitches, which results in mini-bullpen-roullette and the use of four pitchers.

one more strike!

[84] Worst ever. Even worse than Tony Clark's ground rule double...

Man, 0-2 fastball right by him. That was ballsy.

NNNNNNNAILED.

CLAVO'ED!!!

[90] well, the kid is new at being a starting pitcher and robbie was up.

but, i hear ya!

one more clavo!

[94] ...to the bone.

Holy fuck, that was silly.

That was some Bugs Bunny shit right there.

Damn.

Bring
Down
the
Alabama Hamma!

Slam, bam, done.