Rain rain go away.

8:15 first pitch, per Lohud.

Hmm, maybe good time to pick up an Elmore Leonard novel…or watch the Mets.

[3] Surely you're joking?

Anybody see the Rhode Island kid in the US Open just now?
He lost, but he looks like he might be a playah in a year or two.

(That's Rhode Island Accent "playah", not ghetto "playah".)

Hit for the Cap'n!

C'mon Mick, throw strikes!

Hm.
McCarthy has lost control (just like in the 50's!).

Ruh roh

[7] whose Mick?

Oh, this is going to end badly, isn't it ...

[11] Yup ...

Have you no shame, Brandon???
At long last, sir, have you no shame?

Oh dear Mo! Good snag, Teix. Phew.

Only one run, that's good.

Whew!!!!!

[10] Ipswich Town's!

That was a nice play by Tex and whew...a pleasant outcome in these circumstances.

"You can't hit if you don't swing."
-Captain Obvious

Boo, blue!

[17] Let's lose the Mick reference. It's so 19th century after all...

[21] Mick McCarthy was born in the 19th century?

Fuck, he's a goddamn miracle!

Why the fuck is Drew positioned so far towards 3rd base?!?! Oi!

Ha, shift!

[22] Bad joke doesn't diminish the importance of my comment

Got an early morning, night all.

[25] What joke?

Whatever conclusion you happened to jump to, my comments were based on my correlation of a) their last names and b) how similar the two McCarthy's seem to look to me, spotted a shock of white hair.

Sorry that your mind takes you down sorry tangents ...

[27] Brandon looks like Joe McCarthy?? I think I'm missing something here..

Tailgunner Joe's nickname was Mick?

Meanwhile, RING THAT (taco) BELL!!!

[29] Ah!! I got it now..you mean 'Mick' McCarthy, the soccer manager in Ireland and the UK. Perhaps coleman42 thinks you were using 'Mick' in the perjorative sense, towards Irishmen? Sorry, I'm a bit slow this morning..

[31] Glad someone got it ... Though, maybe it is TIME to come clean with this terrible bias that I struggle with ... I DO watch more football than baseball these days, and it does queer my outlook on things ...

[27] My friend, it's no 'tangent.' It's called discrimination.

If Ichiro drops a ball, do you call him a 'Jap?'
If Cervelli strikes out, do you call him a ?Wop.'
If Torii hits a HR, do you call him a 'Nigger?'
If Cano beats out a hit, do you call him a 'Spic?'
If Yaz appears at a ball game, do you call him a 'Polack?'

Now do you get it? People of Irish descent have been denigrated for 200 years by the term 'Mick.'

Please! Stop using it!

[33]Umm...see [31]?

[33] Friend, see [31] and then see [27] you're simply, utterly mistaken ...

Please, stop embarrassing yourself!

Can't hit it any harder than that. Fudge.

[35] I think it's just some miscommunication (we all didn't know the extent of your soccer seduction!) Now let's all be friends and sing the Yankee fight song, we have a Wild Card to win!!

[37] Go Yankees!!!

[37]

Meanwhile, the BASEBALL me just kicked a puppy!

[n.b.] I didn't actually kick a puppy ...

Is J.D. Martinez the apprentice Professional Hitter to Victor Martinez?? Sigh..

Safe, I'm afraid.

Cult, you're a film fan. Ever seen a horror flick from the early 80s called 'Pieces'?

[42] No, I haven't, who is it by (or starring)?

That was sub-optimal )x2) ....

[33] [37] So I take the "Northerners" or the "Americans" lost the game? Bummer.

This White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (Native) American who carries a smidgen of Black Foot blood, but has the Waspiest schnoz you've ever seen, is disappointed that our New Yorkers lost.