The Mets steam into the Bronx riding high. They’ve won 11 in a row and have given their fans reason to cheer. The story line goes time is ripe for them to take the town from the Yanks. And it makes sense the way things go in cycles and all. The Yankees have played some decent ball these past couple of weeks so this could be a well-played series.
It’s Pineda vs. deGrom tonight.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran RF
Chase Headley 3B
Stephen Drew 2B
Didi Gregorius SS
Never mind the noise:
Let’s Go Yank-ees!
[Photo Credit: Rene Groebli via MPD]
And Bernie retires tonight. Throws out the first pitch.
I'm excited. I even have a beer riding on this series. You know, to make it interesting.
Bernie. :)
Grandy!
Man, Big Mike just made Lagares look silly.
Nice inning.
Nice first inning
Well that was an impressive start.
Nice hit, Brett.
He's just getting under the ball lately.
They couldn't fill the moat seats even for a SubwaySeries against the first place Mets?
Did somebody say beer?!
Yaaayy! Tesh!!!
Yeah, baby! On the board!
I like the Mets fans section, it's like a European soccer match with both teams having parts the stadium. Japanese stadiums do that too.
[11] I know, right?
That's daBoom, daGrom!
Teix Message!
McCann Can Too.
Not exactly belting deGrom around, but I'm liking this a lot.
I love me some Pineda.
Damn, a sharp inning for Pineda. A couple hard hit balls but nice to get three outs with so few pitches.
Dayum.
I was a little distracted by Bernie, and the first two batters hit the ball hard, but Mike can dazzle, he really can.
Who was that Jesus guy again?
Argh, [22] pretty much repeats [21]. Except I added a Jesus reference.
[23] :)
Omg, Bernie is at the Manhattan School of Music?
Damn.
[25] As Mel Allen would say: "Well, how about THAT!"
Amazing.
Thelarmis, do you have any retired superstar athlete students?
Also, what was that NYY 51 guitar pin? Did they give those to everyone who bought a ticket? I want one.
I missed Bernie!
Pineda for Montero..a Cashman smash victory.
Now that was a time to flip underhand.
Not when you're deep in the hole at short trying to turn two.
Oooh, nice pitch.
Mow 'em down, Mike.
I'm really enjoying this game.
Time for work, go go Team!
Oh, man. I was sure Nieuenwhatsy was going to K.
Nice.
We still have the lead.
Good enough.
No more bid for immortality this game, but he still looks dominant.
Pineda signed a 1 year desl to avoid arbitration for this season. So does this mean the Yankees will have to break out the big bucks this winter if he stays healthy?
Yaaay!!!
Yaayayyyy!!!!
Jacoby!
RBJ!!!
Laser homer.
Atta boy, Snozzberry!
that was a SHOT! beautiful line drive.
i missed Bernabe...
You know, I don't like when Kay says "skied" when he really should be saying "lined."
[41] You did. It was nice to see him.
[25] is he studying there? i didn't go to school there, but took some lessons with my private teacher at the school. it's an *amazing* music school!
Fuck.
Why did he try to stretch that?
Feels good to get off the schnide.
[44] He is!
Jeez, Brett. That was not bright.
greedy gritner. bad brett.
You have chosen....poorly.
[27] not at the moment. i ran on Open House at my music college earlier this year and apparently there was a former NFL player in there. i think he played recently. some type of lineman, not a superstar...
I would like to be as good at anything as, say, Didi Gregorius is at baseball. Bernie is as good as Bernie at two things.
[47] very cool
i really wish brett was on base and there were no outs.
Another one!!
TESH!!
Yaaayyyy!!!!!
Fuck you, Mets! Fuck you!
Mark 2.0!
Whoa.
Double down Mark.
Damn, that was really nice hitting.
That was really impressive, bringing his hands in like that.
Fuck yeah, Teix!
That live action angle is such a tease.
[52] Laughing. Indeed.
FUCK YEAH!!!
*crushed* good lord.
wish it was a 3-run job...
Dese be some hard hit baseballs.
nice hit Mac.
Double steal!!
HA ; )
[56] [55] Tesh 2.0!
"McCann will stop at third..."
Yeah.
Leiter notices a game plan well executed: looking fastball in and staying middle of the field on off speed pitches.
6-0.
first out degrom got this inning.
Didi, you're no Mark.
Dude pitched three games, gave up two runs, now this.
All right, keep it steady now, Mike...
Tonight is one you, Pineda. Stay Strong, Hoss.
Wow!
Great play, Didi!
Let's have more of that, please!
He has good range. No doubt about it.
He does.
Filth.
Ohhhh!
Fuck, what a pitch!
[36] Ara, I think he has another arbitration year.
Another nice inning.
Atta boy, Mike. Atta boy.
I'm going to have another beer.
Anyone else, while I'm up? I only have Sam Adams and Long Trail.
Like that!
That wasn't "skied!"
"Skied" means that a guy has ample time to camp under the ball.
That was lined!
[81] yes, please! i'm going to have my first (of many) tonight.
i'll be drinking Red Hare Gangway IPA and Anderson Valley Spring Hornin' IPA.
[81] Long Trail, please!
Brett is hitting .311?? Doesn't seem like it.
bout to head to the local tavern with my girls.
GO YANKS!
Wow.
Nice hitting and nice play.
Can't believe Murphy got to that.
L'chaim!
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[85] Maybe he's getting his hits in the games you're not watching?
[81] Sam Adams for me.
Just turned the game on. wow.
Almost, Brett. I thought it was going out.
Oh, man. I guess ascii art is pretty font-sensitive.
How about this one?
Yeah, better.
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[89] I guess. I've seen ten or eleven, I believe.
Okay, time to bear down, Mike.
Oooh, nice 0-1.
Oh, nice!
Fuck yes!
Plawecki plowed!
One more...
Nice work, Mike!
Nice work!
Yeah, Mike!
Excellent. Very happy.
Phew
Nasty Strike/ball ratio - 50/10!
Always liked Granderson
Ha, Met player got tossed.
There goes the shutout.
Hm, pretty cheap run.
Was it a WP or a PB that moved Grandy to second? (That is, was the run earned?)
That's Brett's second less than stellar throw home this week. : (
WP, so ER.
[109] Do passed balls count as an error?
[110] They do, yes.
The whole thing doesn't exactly make sense to me. If you score because of a WP, you didn't "earn" it any more than if you score because of a PB. But I guess the point is to hang the run on the pitcher if the mistake was one of his pitches. (Not if he makes a fielding error, of course.)
The Mighty Didi.
Good range, though. He does have good range.
Another nice inning for Pineda.
Big Mike putting the Mets in their place
Ugly mustaches. Wish they hadn't mentioned that...
Ha!
Heh, speed kills.
[115] Speaking of which -- I suspect Jon Niese got thrown out for poor facial hair judgment. When did he grow a redneck beard?
Sucks for the Mutts to have their AAA club in Vegas.
More Keystone Mets!
Hansel was nibbling.
And history teaches us that that isn't going to work out well.
Okay, maybe technically it isn't history.
FFS, Teix. Do something! ; )
Hm, this kid is good. Good fastball.
I had them put the game on at the tavern. They're Yankee fans here tonight, coz we're playing the Muts.
Balls. What a waste!
Dammit!
Boo, Beli.
There was no chance Carlos wasn't going to strike out.
Hm.
Not that we needed the runs, but you hate to fail to score when you had the bases loaded with nobody out.
Damn, was hoping they were about to hang some truly crooked numbers on the Flushing Nine. Guess we'll have to be content with admiring Teix's hot streak and Pineda's dealing cheese.
[124] Hey, thelarmis. I saw your comment along with the others a few days ago. Thanks. Young lady, though. So the future Yankee ss or cf will have to come from elsewhere. : )
Bravo, Mike!
Clapclapclapclapclapclapclap!
Damn fine job, Michael!
GG, kiddo.
Clappity-Clappity, Pineda. You da man,
Nice little quality start there, Michael.
Lagares is Chasened!
Amazing performance. That might be the highest strike-to-ball ratio I've ever seen from a starter.
Exactly what the doctor ordered from Pineda. Well done, Meat.
[138] 78 strikes, 22 balls.
Didi beat Duda!
Reminds me of Camp Town Races.
Wow, Dodo needed a trick bounce to get a hit...
I'm on my iPhone so I can't tell comment #s, but congrats again Just Fair! My little girl is sleeping on the bench of the booth right now. We had a baseball catch in the park this weekend. Sooo happy for you, man!
One down
[141] And now Duda grounds out to Didi.
Subway Series All Night Long...
Just foul, phew
Whew.
Shoot
Tex usually picks that.
Hm. E5, huh?
But Teix should have had it.
Shreve chased them!
Ballgame!
Great win, Team! Let's keep the train rolling!
YANKEES WIN!!!
Yes!
Night all.
Great start to the weekend. Cheers, all!
huzzah!
If this game was against the Shit Sox, we'd be in the bottom of the 4th inning now.