I don't know about you, but that eerily reminded me of John Henry coveting Mark Teixeira!

What a Dead End Kid indeed!

I really like Flash and Cone calling a game... It's truly a wonderful perspective on so many levels!

[1] Speaking of...

Texeira scratched from lineup today...wrist in a brace...paging Dr. Sheffield?

Interesting to hear Bugs go Yosemite Sam while brawling with the kid.

Gil Meche was great in his first start, but Farnsy blew it for him. Looking forward to a duel between Meche and Joba, though I'm hoping the Yankee bats will stay hot and make it more like the first two games in this series. Don't want to cool off with the Rays lurking tomorrow.

Of course, I'll probably watch the game on DVR this evening as Beck and I are very close to being late for Easter dinner at mom's.

Pete Abe on Tex:

“Better one or two days now than two or three weeks later,” he said.

He’s day-to-day. I would expect the Yankees to get him X-rayed tomorrow in Tampa and checked out by their own doctors. Why would they not?

Even with Posada out day game after night game and Tex hurt, Girardi still rested Damon, giving Melky his first start. Ugly lineup. Swish is at first, but I take back what I said about the Yankee bats. Joba better be on his game today.

just starting to settle in after a move - so looking forward to some good sun afternoon baseball.

joba needs to make it 4 nice pitching performances in a row.

[5] i get the sense that once girardi decides to do something he gets a bit hell bent on it - he wanted to rest damon yesterday and didn't because of the late scratch for tex - so he does it today, despite as you point out the ugly lineup we get as a result.

oh and the o's are playing pretty good baseball to start the year. i hope they come back to earth pretty soon.

So, Tokyo, just how good are the Seibu Lions? Rasner three-hit them.

Girardi drives me nuts sometimes. I thought he said he wasn't going to do this this year? Does Johnny Damon REALLY need a day off six days in?

Damon is a bad history with Gil Meche. I think it's a good call leaving him out of the line-up today.

Attaboy.

Now run.

Run damnit.

RUN.

Are we back to this stupid philosophy of only running on two strikes?

[14] Sure. It isn't like statistics have indicated that this is a bad idea, right?

Four in a row for Mattpat. That's a free pass.

Run Brett Run!

You've got to be kidding me - I was not expecting that at all! Go Brett go!

[15] It drives me up a wall. Especially with Gardner. The man does one thing well and we're going to wait until the hitter needs to start fouling every pitch off.

I'm too young to remember Rickey in his prime. Did he plant himself on first base until there were two strikes?

See, he ran. :)

nice gardner!! That is where his value is so it is good to see it pay off.

Michael Kay always sounds so pained when he says "Kyle Farnsworth blows the game" And he's said it alot

i've been looking forward to seeing joba. hope he starts out well.

Good start.

It is a fugly lineup as Tex will be back soon (we hope)... but we were ready to hang Girardi last year... and he did a LOT with our lineup. A full year of Giambi in the field and a healthy and productive JD. Best to have our ugly games against bad teams anyway. I give Girardi a pass. He's earned it.

10 pitches? Who is this man?

I love how Joba is pounding the zone

[25] Further, the KC lineup is also fugly

Just signed up for Extra Innings. Today is the last day of their sale ($30 off). So now, without any other bells and whistles, I'm paying an average of $130/mth for TV. I'm a cheap guy but that seems like a lot. I wonder if there is a better/cheaper way....

Ah, just finished mowing the law for the first time this year. Probably could have waited a week or two, but it's about 50 with the sun shining. Gotta be outside today and wake up the grass. Also cleaned out the old hosta stuff.

Next up, washing the dog.

Ransom has looked terrible; might be time to give him a break to get his mind reset. Reboot his season...

Joba sure looked sharp in that inning!

Melky + Ransom = at least 6 auto outs for Meche today. : /

Don't friend Denny Neagle. He'll hit on your girlfriend.

11 pitches? Who is this man?

[19] Rickey ran whenever Rickey wanted to...

;)

[31] give Pena a start?

[4], [25] Regarding Tex:

Girardi said he would start today. Instead he's out and wearing a brace. Girardi now says he's day-to-day. Now, given Girardi's past statements about injuries...

More seriously, I'm not *really* worried...yet...

good game in miami. santana has 13 k's in 7 innings. johnson didn't give up a hit til the 6th. Fish - 2, Muts - 0.

[38] The nice thing is, we have Swisher on the bench, who can come in and be productive. What a crazy idea, having a good bench.

Crud.

Crapsticks.

There goes the
(a) Perfect game
(b) No hitter
(c) shut-out
(d) lead.

Double Plus Ungood. or something like that. how'd that saying go again?!

Yeesh.

What up with all these belt-high down the middle fastballs

No, the homer was on a slider. But, yeah, right over the middle.

[44] per [43] quadrupleplus ungood

ah, Swish'll get it back for us!

joba didn't look good that inning. hopefully just a burp

[49] or not.

This game changed complexion rapidly.

Is there a logical reason why the MLB network is not showing live games on a Sunday afternoon?
Anyone?

[53] They have more important things to do than put baseball games on television. Quit yer whinin'.

TB beating up the O's, 7-0.

Rays are destroying the Oreo's 8-0, halfway thru.

Brandon Inge already has 4 homers.

jesus joba. it's raining pretty hard, innit?

[55] something about great minds...! ; )

Gulp.

I get a kick out of Santana throwing a gem and the Mets still losing. But that's just me. Now, Joba, roll one of them dp's.

[59] Or that.

Or just Burnett him.

So, when Molina tags DeJesus there, is it because (i) he's "selling it" to the ump (that DeJesus swung) or (ii) he just does it automatically without thinking or (iii) he doesn't know the Dropped Third Strike rule?

[57] Or great hands?

booooooo

Oh fer pete's sake.

oh-oh. Will the rain hold off? Bad news.

Ugh. :-(

Oh Noes!

Hm. So, there is no such thing as an error, I guess.

fuck! now, we'll go down in order and they'll call the game. bollocks.

Oh how I love when the Yankees turn into the Keystone Kops.

I wasn't in the mood for pasta at all.

What a mess

and the wheels of the bus...completely fall off.

Um, I leave to wash the dog at 1-0 Yankees, and come back to this?

[75] It was ugly. Don't ask about the ball that rolled through Swisher's *and* Cano's legs.

I remember him seemingly going out of his way to get Wilson Betemit playing time.

That was awful.

These 30+ pitch innings blow.

[78] yes, but joba's still at a respectable count for the game. who knows if there'll even be a bottom of the 5th for him to pitch though...

here's why i wish Robbie had stolen base speed...

Brett Gardner's job is safe.

great job, Melkdud. pathetic.

I don't care what Damon's numbers against Meche are. He had to be better than Melky.

wow i must be really behind. i assume [80] and [81] were referencing the double play?

fuckin' 'ell.

When I said Melky and Ransom were 6 free outs for Menche, I failed to remember the Melk-Dud could get 2 outs with one svelte swing of the bat. Oy.

[84] if robbie was quick, he'd be able to steal 2nd there and make a bunt attempt more acceptable in a 2-run defecit. in the rain, Buck probably doesn't catch him. or, he stays outta the DP...

cody's really shitting the bed thus far...

will they call the game now? hope not...

Joba deserved better than that...

I'm just sayin'.

[87] Tim McCarver has repeatedly declared that Cano is fast. Nearest I can determine, its based on Cano being Hispanic.

The Pirates just turned a triple play.

[88] Are you suggesting someone should have fielded a ground ball that went through two men's legs?

You're just negative.

[89] and/or that he's a middle infielder

[91] LOL Yeah, I get that a lot.

He deserved a better lineup versus Meche, too...

did dejesus lean into it, per usual, or was it blatant?

Cano fucked that play up.

Cano was spaced out. Again.

[92] Yeah, its a combination of the two, I'd say.

[90] thanks! lookin' forward to seeing the highlights later...

[94] Nope... just another overthrown slider of the front foot...

Um, this isn't good.

christ! finish 'em off, joba...

alright, some luck, time to get going

or not

Is Brett Gardner hitting into a lot of double plays?

at least we're making meche work. oh wait...

yes, he is.

ofer cryin out loud

Jeter looks putrid so far this year. Soft grounder after soft grounder after soft grounder.

jeez, i just got another "warning" from word press. telling me to "slow down" 'coz i'm posting too quickly. that's a crock 'o shit! i don't even like the tone. it's like the computer warning is being terse and curt: "slow the fuck down, dude!" bollocks all the way around...

[97] Check out MLB.Com. The triple play is up already. Man, my senior year my team managed to hit into two triple plays in the same game. Luckily, I wasn't at bat or on base for either of them.

[110] The Reds kind of brought it on themselves. A double hit and run left them sitting ducks.

But Harang got the complete game shutout anyway.

"quality start". 6 innings, 89 pitches. 5 k's, 1 BB. 5 hits, 1 HBP. of course, 3 of those hits went for extra bases. 1 of them, scored a run and shoulda been an error. all in all, not a bad start - in the rain, no less - for Joba. i guess Joe could send him out for another inning, but maybe he shouldn't. is it still raining in KC? i'd send it to the 'pen...

[111] The Nats attempted a hit and run with Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham the other day.

Now can we please not double off another leadoff single

good start, Swish! why can't espn update him to be in a Yankees cap by now? i mean, "the worldwide leader in sports" - c'mon!

Alright, rally time!

[113] i'm "watching" them lose to the Braves right now. it's on mute, i'm listening to music and mostly following the Yanks, but...it's on.

I think I saw edwar warming in the pen

alright, i'm liking this "rally." let's make it stand up!

[113] Was Dunn the hitter or the runner?

hell muthafukin' yeah! c'mon robbie!!! i want the lead...and i want it - NOW!!!

OK OK here we go now. Lets get Damon up to PH please

Tied!

[120] every time i look over at the TV, Dunn's on base!

some payback!!!!!

Jacobs really can't field at all

A productive GIDP from the Melkdud.

i'll take it!

melky - you BEST get the runner from 3rd in. my guess is...via a DP.

That's hilarious. Melky trying so hard to be useless, but accomplishes something despite himself.

woo=hoo!

Dunn is 2-2 plus 2 walks today...

[128] i guessed well!

cody coaxes a walk...

[120] runner

oops, i jinxed Dunn - he just struck out swingin'. sorry Big Dunkey

Joba deserved that!

lost the mlb.tv feed!

Did the short lottery guy just show up or something?

Did they say there was a bench clearing brawl in Anaheim?

Rays up 11-0. longoria has gone long 5 times already. hope they're using up all their runs today!

keep it up bruney!

[139] Yes they did. Abreu vs Beckett... Abreu called time while Beckett was in his delivery, Beckett buzzed Abreu, Abreu takes exception, Beckett responds, benches clear.

Dunn is actually a pretty good runner. Not very fast, but smart on the basepaths.

[139] dunno, but i wish the brawl would erase the 2 runs the Shit Sox already scored. i've gone a nice 6 months with zero hatred inside of me. i can't describe how much i loathe that entire organization. i simply can't stand them...

VERY nice, bruney! thanking you.

i hate beckett

ESPN was so right when the bashed the Yankee pen

[141] whoa! i know he's not that popular round these parts, but i've always loved boBBy. even when he was in Philthy. here's hoping "plays the game right" gets his ass handed to him today in Los Anaheim...

[142] yeah, it's true. he used to steal some bags and there was talk long ago of using him as a leadoff guy 'coz his OBP is so good...

That may be the first time Bloomquist has caught a ball this series.

Wow that Beckett pitch was really way out of line. And it's not like Abreu is a big antagonist. what a dipshit

i love the mlb.tv upgrades. watching the bench clearing brawl now. not a brawl at all but beckett had no business throwing that ball like that.

[142] He almost killed himself getting back to first when Willingham forgot to swing.

Oh christ. Marte.

i guess Pronk is finding his stroke back a bit - he's got 3 homers...

angels better buzz someone on the sox. that lasted quite a while. and it looks like only angels get tossed?

Ugh.

[152] You're giving me flashbacks to Game 5, 2005. When Torre called the hit and run, Bernie forgot to swing, and Robbie Cano was hung out to dry.

If only we had Joba to pitch the eighth!

[153] agreed. ugh. don't bring marte into a 1-run ballgame. just don't do it...

i thought Edwar was warming up in the 6th...

Lefty batter, Marte is the right call.

Joba's ERA is fixed.

[155] well, hopefully the layoff will ill-affect Fuckett.

earlier ball thru Swish AND Robbie, has been ruled an error. Joba only gave up 1 earnie...

DeJesus is doing a good job.
Did a good job, despite the out.

We lucked out there. Get him out.

Wow, watching that altercation in Anaheim, Beckett needs to be suspended - I can't believe he came up and antagonized Scoccia like that. Amazing the Angles got disciplined for that. amazing.

Cool, when Joba left the game, he was on the hook for an L and 3 ER. He sits down for an hour, and he's in line for the W and has only 1 ER.

Ah, that's what Melky is good for!

[162] what has it gone down to? it hasn't been fixed in the box score i checked yet...

[166] i hope i get to see highlights of the Bucs' triple play and lowlights of the brawl later...

Interesting -- I think I'd go with Edwar here. But it's only one out, this could work.
The key is that any base-runner should result in Mo... but it would never happen.

rbj, if the Royals get a man on, could you convince Girardi that this is the ninth inning?

it's Veras.

I duno about edwar here - homer prone....

[155] i think i was wrong and no Angels got tossed. it just looked like they did. but i turned it off so not 100% sure.

I get it -- if Veras puts a guy on, we'll get Coked up.

[168] 1.5

I really don't like Jose Veras.

Christ. Shoulda been Edwar.

Shoulda been Mo

[175] nice. walking butler on 5 pitches is not nice. let's get outta this please...

Is Mo even warming up?

Curses.

boooooooo!

I really fucking hate our bullpen. The only saving grace is that any of them can be made to go away. No Kyle Farnsworth's this year.

fuck. and. shit.

Unbelievable.

Of course.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. 4 outs to go and we dick around with Veras and Coke.

[180] Apparently not

Coulda just left in Marte, that would have worked.

I just wanted this team to get moving early his year. I really don't want to be a .500 team at the allstar break AGAIN.

holy crap. ballgame. soria will shut us down and that's that. bollocks.

[189] I'm sure Marte could have done this.

[187] Coke is a good pitcher.
But Mo was the right call, I agree.

Oh, man. What an awful inning.

marte too. he just got lucky...

BOOOOO!!!!!

Bye Bye Phil. Don't let the door hit you on the ass.

This is disgusting. This is on Girardi unless Mo is hurt

oh. my. god. what the fuck just happened???

That's on Girardi for micromanaging atainst the fricken Royals!

They should of got the hell out of there with BB throwing two and Mo closing...

Pfft!

Abomination.