So, Friday night I try to explain that the Red Sox don’t suck, and then they go and lose the first two games of this weekend series by a combined score of 24-6 against a Yankees team that is suddenly as fragile as Nick Johnson’s wrists (Alfredo Aceves, come on down . . .). Ingrates.
Not that I’m complaining. The Yankees have won four of five against the Sox and clinched yet another series win. All that remains in this set is for them to complete a sweep on national TV.
The Sox have their best chance at a win in this series tonight, not because the Yankees are throwing A.J. Burnett, but because the Sox have Jon Lester on the hill. Lester has been untouchable in his last three outings, allowing just one run in 20 2/3 innings while striking out 23 and not allowing a single home run.
Fortunately for the Yankees, Robinson Cano is back at second base, and Jorge Posada is taking Johnson’s place at DH, his first start at any position in almost a week. Following those two are Marcus Thames in left, the red-hot Francisco Cervelli, and Brett Gardner back in his customary nine hole thanks to Nick Swisher batting second. It says something about how well the Yankees are playing thus far, and how much every man on the roster is contributing, that this is a lineup I’m happy to see.
If Posada makes it through tonight in one piece, he should catch the opener in Detroit on Monday. That’s good news with regards to Posada’s health, but bad news with regard to lineup optimization as it will bench Cervelli and open the DH spot to a revolving door that means more starts for the rest of the bench.
Alfredo Aceves, who left Saturday’s game with a stiff lower back is day-to-day. Nick Johnson is on the 15-day DL with inflammation in a tendon in his right wrist. He missed most of the 2008 season due to a torn tendon in that wrist, so I wouldn’t expect him back soon, and the Yankees have already said he’ll be gone more than the minimum 15 days.
Kevin Russo takes Johnson’s place on the roster. Russo impressed in camp with a strong plate approach and the ability to hit the pitch he’s given. The 25-year-old second baseman can also play third and has been working at short and in the outfield, but he doesn’t have much power (as evidenced by his .302/.383/.425 line for Triple-A Scranton this year) and isn’t a natural defender. Still, he should provide some good at-bats and flexibility when needed. Russo had a nine game hitting streak going for Scranton when he was called up. His first appearance for the Yankees will be his major league debut.
Russo did get in the game last night. Filled in at 2B, withe Pena moving to SS, and had an AB in the ninth -- flyout to RF, IIRC.
This one's for thelarmis! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifixq95ld6e~T1
You may not dig their sound but there's no denying they were an awesome band making incredibly fresh and powerful music! (I'll defend hip-hop like I do free jazz! :) )
Aw jeez, via LoHud:
"Apparently Dallas Braden’s grandmother actually said, “Stick it, A-Rod,” during a postgame interview in Oakland. You can’t make this stuff up."
[3] LOL. Happy Mother's Day, Dallas' grandma.
Morgan & Miller tonight. Sigh.
Jon Miller: DALLAS BRADEN THREW A PERFECT GAME TODAY
Joe Morgan: The thing is, you have to have good stuff when you are throwing a perfect game. Also, your fielders have to come through. There's no room for errors in a perfect game.
[5] Damn, that's a little creepy.
You don't want to be doing that too often, rbj. Seriously.
[2] i have NO time for that bollocks! you can have your hip-hop, i'll keep my thrash metal! : )
weird karma that braden was perfect. gotta hand it to him, though...
GO YANKS!!!
I just checked out Pete Abraham's "new" place, Extra Bases. (I know, it's been there for ages now, but as a rule I avoid Red Sox blogs.)
I can't believe how hostile the commenters are toward Pete. I wonder if it's just the general irritability that comes with being fans of surprise losers, or if they actually don't like him...
[7] Would you boys quiet down, please? I'm trying to listen to Mozart.
[6] Heh, I'll stop channeling them. I just hope they take a page from Buck & McCarver and stay quiet for a couple of batters.
[9] you stay outta this, or i'll...i'll...i'll take that magic flute of yours and i'll...i'll...i'll.
ah, fuck it, i'm still eating dinner. you've got about a 1/2 left of quietude, then i'm cranking up the Artillery!
Braden's perfecto comes 42 years and 1 day after Catfish's perfecto.
God, Derek is just abysmal up there these days.
Here's hoping Boston keeps "righting the ship"! :)
[13] He's just saving it for the stretch run.
He pitched a WHAT???
*Please* tell me this is some kind of cruel joke.
[13] He has been swinging at so many pitches out of the zone that it's very concerning.
[8] Maybe they're holding his Yankees blogger past against him?
I just got a disturbing thought .... if someone wanted to doctor a pink bat, would they use tampons?
(yes, I'm going to my corner for a time-out now) :-(
well, that was uninspiring.
[17] Not just swinging at bad pitches, but taking really sickly hacks at them, too.
David Ortiz doesn't get platooned. He "partners" with Mike Lowell.
[8] With those hostile comments, he would have many comments at all.
Ah, the ol' "Yankees Suck" chant.
[24] They do that when the Royals are in town. Sad, really.
[21] His lack of discipline is the real concern because it has been pervasive and abundant all season. He is swinging at so many more balls out of the zone than ever before.
siddown pony boy!
Nice to see AJ breakout the curve. It is amazing that he has pitched so well all year without it.
[27] My Little Bald Pony.
Jeter is seeing 0.30 fewer pitches this year, with fewer strikes swinging AND looking
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01-bat.shtml
the ugliest stance evah is quite fitting for this incredibly ugly man.
The UZR disciples just threw up in their mouth after hearing Morgan's comments.
[30] Shameless self promotion, but here are some startling numbers:
http://captnsblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/3-2-1-contact-why-is-derek-jeter-swinging-so-much/
oh, what a shame...
Don't let the ball play you, Robbie.
[32] thankfully, i'm still listening to the radio feed, while i finish dinner. getting up and checking the tv screen on mute, here and there.
[33] i thoroughly enjoy your blog! i hope everyone here goes and checks it out...
[33]
will read later ... thx!
[19] Diane, that joke deserves no comment, period.
[33] Wow, thanks, william. Very informative. Damn, 1/3 of his swings at balls? And 71% groundballs?
Damn.
Way to make Lester work.
So, the game plan is not to make Lester work?
[38] That is bloody awful.
[42]
No strings attached to that comment.
Miller always sounds like he's telling his kids a bedtime story.
Not a good swing there, Robbie.
when will Cano get a day off, esp. against someone like lester
[36] Thanks...helps me be better prepared for the Banter game thread!
[44] "And he grounds it to SECOND BASE! And he's OUT!"
hopefully, lester is following fuckett's plan - 3 amazing innings, then BOOM!
[43] Spot on.
I'm still in shock about this Braden affair. I watched "Mulholland Dr." this afternoon so part of me feels like maybe the Braden thing was just part of the movie but it's not, is it? It really happened, didn't it.
[51] Arod will hit 4 Hrs tonight, and some wil criticism him for trying to steal Braden's spotlight.
Yes, that's right, the reason David Ortiz sucks is that ManRam is in LA.
It's magic! It's not old age suckitude!
[53] Or a lack of the juice he and Manny were dabbling in.
[50] g-spot?
[52]
Nolan Ryan will pitch his 8th no-hitter tonight :-)
Big Pop Up!
By the way, RI, nice job yesterday after I left. You get the H.
Now that's what I call a Big Pop-up!
The wind is very wild around my house, too, by the way.
belTRE.
[58] Yeah, whew. The pressure was getting to me.
What is this with Miller and the alternate pronounciation of Spanish surnames?
[59] It's a twistah, it's a twistah!
crap
[62] You mean Jon milLER?
[62] i hate that.
Oh, fuck, yet another national broadcast?
Uncle!
[62] My theory is that he believes it's fine to make up pronunciations for foreign names. Like, they don't have any actual, official pronunciations, the way English names and words have.
[68] Heh heh eeh eheh hehhe.
Frankie: Just play baseball! Just have fun, throw the ball, and things will happen!
AJ: Yep, okay, will do.
Oh.
My.
God.
[67] hey, that's the only way i can actually see the games! i'm thankful for them. fox didn't give me the game yesterday. i get to watch tomorrow nite on espn, too.
FUCK!
Oh, god. He really does suck.
brutal
I'm just wondering why since Cervelli's hitting really well and they are in need of a DH, and Cervelli's better behind the plate, just keep Posada at DH.
Yep, just wondering.
I likes ya, Marcus, but jeez.
We all know Thames is bad...but it is still amazing that he shows us how bad EVERY game. Why does Girardi keep making the same mistake?
OMG!
omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg
I think Jermaine Dye could catch that
ooooh Marcus
[73] Who?
[81] Never mind
tims is a fuckin butcher out there. : /
Ok, here's my question: how does someone get to the major leagues as an outfielder without being able to catch the baseball?
I mean, I've been a centerfielder in softball and all, I know how hard it can be to track the ball and to resist the urge to charge in before you know what the fuck is going on.
It's hard, I get it. But isn't there like a minimal level of proficiency necessary for one to be placed in such a compromising position?
Hack away, gentlemen, hack away!
"We've secretly replaced Marcus Thames in LF with Captain Pike from 'Star Trek'. Let's see if anyone notices."
i guess they want lester to throw a complete game,,,
[72] Fair enough, friend. For you, I'll endure these bozos.
[75] Well.... with NJ out, it may be a good idea. You gain a lot of D and handling behind the plate. On O, you lose the diff. between Cervelli and Thames? Winn? Miranda? Without NJ, it may be a better lineup.
And frankly, the more rest Po gets, the better it bodes for October.
THAT'S a strike???
CF is actually much more difficult than RF or LF in my opinion. Judging whether to come in or back up on a ball hit straight at a CF is really difficult. More than the corner OF positions, anyway.
Short answer to your question: He hits bombs in BP. GMs love the long ball.
[87] thanks, man! and ya gotta be careful having both catchers in the lineup at the same time, all the time. injury = lose the dh.
[90] Then he should be a DH! Or a 1B or whatever. I mean, good Lord.
i hate when he says 'ops' like it's a word. OH. PEE. ESS.
[92] He is a DH, but we're short an OF, as you know.
Is Hershiser suggesting that the Yankees financial muscle is responsible for having a bench of Thames, Winn and Cervelli?
i thought gazoo was gonna be switching to the regular size helmet on the basepaths. huh. i guess he's gotten so used to it, he just keeps it on...
[94] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[95] yes. amazingly so.
[96]
He flips it off when he rounds 2nd on a triple .... :-)
Hersheiser thinks Cervelli is still batting. Oy.
Well, Thames did come up in the Yankees system, in the days when they supposedly didn't teach anything but hitting.
Even Jeter supposedly didn't know how to catch a ball when he was called up.
glad we're finally making him work some...
holy crap, gritner gave that a ride!
Nice ab, Brett.
I'm super impressed by this guy.
It was an out, but still nice to make Morgan look silly.
Oh, man! I thought he had the wall.
[104] Indeed.
At least Brett upped Lester's pitch count.
Fuck.
Well, at least it was well struck.
ah, crap. we'll get to lester yet...
DAMNIT.
Well, they're tagging him now. Bad result, good sign.
Dave Winfield.
[111] ?
[112] Referring to a commercial.
[112] He was answering the trivia question on the commercial.
Ahh. What was the Q?
Burnett didn't look like he wanted to chat with Frankie at all.
[115] What MLB player was also drafted in football and basketball?
I think.
AJ doesn't like things to be too easy, huh?
Beckett and Burnett ... what is it about ex-Marlin pitchers?
leadoff man every damn inning. i hate that.
goddamn motherfuck.
Oy.
Good hit, dammit.
Thames just screwed up again...Joe, please, no more Thames in the outfield. The fact that he hasn't figured that out by now is truly incredible.
[122]
should someone (Jeter) have been shouting "2nd, 2nd"?????
NICE!!!
btw, we're being no hit...
Oh, beautiful.
Whew!
They're not booing, they're shouting, DREEEEEEWWWWW!
ya know what? I'm just gonna mute this and put on some Buena Vista Social Club...because listening to these three while watching this might just stroke me out
[123] Ideally, yes. But I'll bet that there were a bunch of people shouting or singing "Sweet Caroline" in Thames' ear. He looks scared out there.
what a disgusting stance. it's amazing he's such a good hitter. ugly fuk.
Bet that would have gotten past Posada.
Posada wouldn't have come CLOSE to blocking that
[123] I'd have to imagine that would be hard to hear. Thames has to know what he is doing out there.
that pitch looked good.
[127] good choice on the musik!
[128] Hell, I'd be scared if someone started singing that at me.
[127]
I take it you've seen/bought the DVD of the documentary?
just settin' up the DP...
Maybe Joe should send someone out to replace Thames a la Billy Martin and Reggie.
[133] Oh, sure, but Die Zauberflöte is chopped liver, huh?
[115] Sorry, Weeping, stepped out of the room for a moment.
BB sets up the DP.
[137] Is Reggie in town? Send him out there.
what a horrendous outfielder.
He really, really sucks.
Staggers around like a drunk out there.
All kiding aside, Girardi should remove Thames from the game right now. He simply can not play the position.
Use. Two. Hands.
[139] No prob! :)
Jermaine Dye.
I think Marcus needs to have his Glove revoked.
[144] Better yet...keep your eyes open!
"You have to *force* yourself to hit."
?
[147] Wouldn't it be cool to own a Marcus Thames outfielder's glove?
I want one!
I swear Big Papi looks a lot smaller than he used to.
Is belTRE wearing glasses?
Oh, you have to decide to hit before you can hit?
Why are they nibbling here?
[153] Yeah. Just talk yourself into hitting .300.
It's easy.
[152] yeah. i was noticing that, too. glasses/goggles
I think Thames has slept with Madonna, and now thinks to himself, "Justify my glove"
lets totally be careful with Papi, seeing as how this is 2004
FUCK YOU, Miller.
Fugger Buck it.
Gah.
THat's horseshit by AJ.
Frak!
Caught a break there.
SHUT UP JOE MORGAN!!!!
[151] still as ugly as ever. i hate when he spits in his gloves and slaps his hands.
i also hate when he drives in a run with an "automatic double". he ripped the fuck outta that pitch...
[157] You are one kooky broad, Ms. Diane.
Hah ah ah aha ha ha h !!!!
:)
This game could get ugly...AJ seems frustrated and the Yankees have no bullpen tonight.
A hit here pretty nearly ends the game.
[157] Ouch. Fortunately I don't know any Madonna songs or I'd have a punny response.
Bad AJ tonight?
[159] Between Miller tonight and the FOX guys last night, I haven't been so angry with my TV since Chip Caray & Co. last fall.
oy gavult
Yeah, that should do it. Ballgame.
Fuck OFF, Miller.
God, someone shoot him.
Very bad AJ tonight.
I think someone needs to hand Miller a tissue to clean up his mess ... :-(
christ almighty.
well, this fucking sucks ass.
I guess it's BadAJ tonight.
Somebody take those glasses from belTRE.
Awwww, the troglodytic mouth-breathers in Fenway are starting a "Yankees Suck" chant. That's so cute.
AJ has these games...you have to take the bad with the good. He simply stopped competing.
Meanwhile, AJ has been just awful at Fenway since signing with the Yankees. Maybe next time around, the Yankees need to skip him too.
I think his defense has let him down too, Joe.
Classic shit the bed performance by AJ, dammit all.
[178] It's almost like they can't see the standings on that big, green wall out there.
I should switch my TV to SAP, and brush up on my Spanish. Can't be worse.
Gawd, ESPN and Fox make me appreciate Michael Kay.
Can we get a refund on AJ's contract?
aj's era has climbed a run...so far.
i guess we'll see sanchez. girardi said he's good for 100 pitches...
Yeah, he needs to give them at least five, six innings tonight.
GIVE ME FAT SANCHEZ!
This is ridiculous. They'd never put a montage like that together for Ortiz or Papelbon.
[165]
right around when that song came out, I was on a softball team. I was pitching, and our 2B basically pulled a "Luis Castillo" to cost us two runs .... she apologized to the team, and I sang "justify my glove"
Did Eiland make a visit?
[178] Totally took the words out of my mouth! What ass-clowns!
[182] i was thinkin' that.
would be teh awesome if we can somehow come back and win...
[183] It's amazing, isn't it? Makes Kay seem like Vin Scully.
This sucks ass. C'mon AJ. What the hell are you doing up there, man?
Just think, we get these suckers in the Bronx nine times this summer before we have to return to Fenway.
[189] :)
[181] I actually was thinking it was a different AJ shit the bed performance. Usually it seems like he gets distracted or thrown off his game; tonight it was almost a flameout built from scratch. The Ortiz AB was representative ... They had him down 0-2 then start ****ing around. It looked to me like Burnett was getting too loosey-goosey as opposed to other meltdowns when he tightens up.
[184] Geez, the guy was 4-0 with an ERA under 2 before tonight. A little slack cutting is in order, I think.
WHAT ABOUT MY MOTHER?!?!?!?!?
SWISH-A-LICIOUS!!!
Nice, Swish.
You know what? Nick Swisher is just a good baseball player.
[197] I agree...Burnett's just leaving pitches over the plate tonight. What I associate with Burnett meltdowns includes 4-walk innings with a couple hit batsmen and at least 3 wild pitches.
The comeback begins. No lead is safe in Fenway.
Nick "The ONLY Stick" Swisher.
well, that's ONE way to make jon & joe stfu.
assholes.
...thank you Swish! That's one run. Is it too much to hope for the can of whoop-ass to be cracked open on Lester?
[197] Burnett shouted at Frankie Brains when he came out to talk to him. He looked tense. Barking, "I KNOW!" without even meeting Cervelli's eyes.
I wonder why Ozzie's hitting coach couldn't straighten Swisher out like this ... maybe the COACH sucks?
[202] No, he's what we used to call a "4th outfielder" back in the day ...
Didn't you hear?
It ain't over till it's over in this bandbox.
[202] He is. He really is. Quite solid.
[202] i agree. i'm a fan. i'm surprised he's not more of a 'star' in NY.
that was quick work of tex...
[205] That's for you [206]
=)
I watched as much as I could take.
I was hoping that this would be relaxing background, but I have serious work to do.
With all due respect, Hawk, I think this is CLASSIC shit the bed AJ.
It's cold, he's had that swallowed a handful of rust pills look on his face from pitch one - he's generally given off the appearance that he doesn't want to be there.
Refund on his contract, though? Heck no.
This is the same guy who utterly humiliated the opposition out of a 2nd and 3rd, no outs jam. In Satchel Paige style. You all run in and take a seat, I got this.
Showing again that it's AJ who may have the sickest ability on the staff.
But he is infuriating when he doesn't compete and this has been a classic. Damn, AJ.
Fuck YES, Alex!!!!!
Yeaaaahhhhhhh!!!
Boom.
YAY-ROD!
You've got company Mr. Robinson.
ok....ok
that was really gorgeous!
Yay-Rod!!!
"Just barely."
Fuck your mother, Miller.
Yay-Rod!
....aaaaand there's another douchebag Sox fan shouting "A-Fraud". Yeah, that "A-Fraud" just brought the Yanks one run closer to your Sux!
Is Morgan referring to the 15 inning game, and thereby implying that Lester pitched all 15 innings?
[222] I'm so glad I'm not the only potty mouth here! :-)
Christ, if Rotten Robbie is getting hits, Lester *must* be toast ...
hopefully the 3rd was the ONE meltdown inning for AJ and he'll cruise through the next 3...or 4...
[226] not even close. you have a TON of (fucking) company! : )
[215] That's when I want a refund. When Moose didn't have his stuff, he still battled. AJ, it looks like he just gives up. When he's spot on, he's great. But there are going to be times when you've got poor stuff. But you still battle.
[222] Happy Mother's Day!
Catch TB in a hurry? They already have!
[230] i still miss mikey moose.
[226]
you missed my "tampon" joke from earlier, I see. :-)
A chance for redemption here.
Um...sucky swings by Po-Po. :-(
alex's shot was for braden's grandma
atone tims...
[226] Heh heh.
No, not by a long shot.
Just ftr, though, I have an excuse: I grew up in Yonkers.
Thames ... worst Yankee OF (fielding-wise only) since ???? (Knoblaugh doesn't count)
late call.
Toss him!!!
Um, you get an opportunity to play and you want to get tossed, Marcus?
If Thames gets too much playing time, he could quickly become the one guy I don't like (through no fault of his own).
[239] Terrence Long? Tony Womack? Matt Lawton?
[239] In a small sample, he is the worst outfielder I have ever seen play for the Yankees. He has had at least one misplay in every single game.
Well, Coffee Joe has gotten his quick trip to the showers ...
You know, McClleland, there's a chance, I'm just saying there's a freaking chance, that if you didn't call strikes like such a complete and utter DIPSHIT, that if it wasn't all about bringing attention to your chicken waddle old man neck flabbo, that maybe, just maybe, people would be less inclined to get pissed off at you over balls and strikes.
You do realize, right Tim, that in a game where the number one rule is "never show anyone up" that you're completely showing up the batter, right?
Do you get that?
Fucking jackass.
Jeepers. Let's hope that was a ploy to "put a charge" in the guys.
nicky baby
[247] The number one rule in the game is to stay off the pitcher's mound.
"just" the 2nd perfect game in A's history? um, there are only 19 in the *history* of the game. 4-letter network...
Was Thames ejected?
[247] McClelland's always been pretty adept at making himself the center of attention. You may remember his brain freeze in last year's ALCS. Or, even more, the George Brett pine tar game.
[252] no, just his manager.
The Sportscenter achor just said it was only the second perfect game in A's history. There have only been 19. The Yankees have three. That leaves 16 for 29 other teams. Only two for the A's?
[252] No. Girardi was.
[247] LOL!!!! I almost spit water in my cat's face while reading that! "chicken waddle" ...fucking hilarious!
Ugh. I generally don't mind the RS announcers ... but once out of every 9 batters, they call Pedroia ... "PETEY" ... FUCK that.
Grrrrrr.
fucking midget fuck.
[259] I think his brother is into that, too.
[251] Exactly what I said after you said it first!
[255] i beatchya by a minute! ; )
[258] yeah, that's for Gedro and gedro only...
[230] He just so, so, so good when he's on. I've watched a few games already this season where it's been to the point of me actually thinking, "damn, this isn't even fair." And I'm from the step on their throats school.
His potential to make a game out of reach from pitch one is such a valuable postseason asset. Unfortunately, his terrifying lower percentage possibility to completely shit the bed is a corresponding liability. My bizarre brand of optimism likes having the guys who can just write law from strike one, or maybe it's my masochistic side.
Ya know, if I had to manage an AJ shit the bed game, I'd work to get tossed too.
Tiger Woods withdrew from tourney today with neck pain, possibly "bulging disk" ...
(insert joke here)
[261] great minds and all! : )
[260] well played, sir. in a nomaasian type of way! one of their latest posts about "america's team", they referred to the fens as the "house that segregation built". it was hilarious!
[262] That means he owes you a coke!
he just fucking brutal out there.
Maybe he has some thing in his inner ear that effects his balance. Or vertigo. Or maybe he really is just drunk.
[263] That's the dark side. AJ can throw a no hitter/perfecto, as well as a batting practice game.
[267] howza bout a barq's root beer instead?!
[265] I'll just insert a pregnant pause here.
[267] A Phil Coke?
get tims outta there. i can't fucking stand it anymore. : /
[244] Omg. I was about to say, "No, on the Yankees! Long was on Oakland!" until I realized that Terence Long did, in fact, play for us.
Wow, talk about dark, days fit for oblivion.
Sigh, meanwhile, another run.
Fack.
[257] Just wanted to make sure you felt at home, what with your concern about the potty mouth thing and all.
There are things said in this apartment that I won't even type on the internet. The internet version is blue streak-lite.
I take it I shouldn't bother tuning back in?
[277] Maybe tonight would be a good time to start writing that novel you've been thinking about.
[275] He did indeed. And demonstrated why he was called "Magellan" in Oakland.
Good ol' T-Long.
no, you stoopid fuck - he's allowed SIX. there was an unearned run...
[278] Or alternatively, completing that law school assignment that I can still turn in and possibly avoid an "F" on?
I think it's got to be a go on that, no?
Guess I'm back to work.
Can we bring back Winfield? At his current age.
Did you hear that Thames was inspired by Alex Haley's famous book to write his OWN family history .... he called it "Circuitous Routes"
(ba-dum-dum)
[277] If you're looking for something else to watch, I just found "Titanic" on WNJU Channel 47/Time Warner. Kate Winslet & Leo DiCaprio in Spanish...COOL!!!
hee hee
[281] You would probably prefer working on that assignment. I might just study for my impending exam. This is getting ugly.
[283] Hah ah ahh ah aha ha ha a h !!!
VEry nice, Diane. Very nice.
[281] Law school, eh? Give us the Rule Against Perpetuities.
that's another nice ab for gritner.
now...steal!
So, what did I miss?
[285] God, how brutal. You're reminding me I have grading to do. I can either continue to endure this carnage or I can grade. Bah.
Meanwhile, I *love* Gardner's swing.
Absolutely *love* it.
Now would be a good time for Lester to lose the plate, methinks
So ... this is what Thames reminds me of.
Back in High School, we had open tryouts for JV and Varsity ball. There was a guy, Knute was his name, he played tackle on the HS Football team and could hit the ball a FUCKING mile, but he wasn't the most coordinated fellow in the world.
Anyways, Knute tried out as an OF for the baseball team and he was in the field during batting practice one day.
There was a long flyball hit down the LF line. Tailing, tailing, tailing, into the trees down the LF line.
Which had about a 6 foot hill that you had to deal with, running along the line a couple of feet into foul territory.
Anyways, Knute went after the ball, forgot to account for the hill and tripped and fell flat on his face.
Our coach, who hitting fielding practice fly balls, turned to me and said, "I've gotta cut that boy, before he hurts somebody!"
Marcus Thames ... I award you the Knute Engstrom award.
May God have Mercy on your glove ...
[290] If it makes you feel any better, I am not going to study. I am completely unmotivated.
why's he still on 1st?
[292] A great story. Sadly appropriate.
[284] I am actually in deeeep shit, so....
[287] Do you really want to hear it?
My property teacher was so bad that property is pretty much the only subject I know next to nothing about (it's been shocking to discover how much I actually *do* know in this second year, for the most part), but the RAP may be the one thing I'm reasonably on top of.
Ok, Swish is going to do this thing.
They shoulda kept Greg Golson.
And hey, the Nats released Mike Vento. And there's Kevin Thompson, who's playing for the independent leagues, last I heard.
Damn it.
shite.
[298] omg, i *completely* forgot about KT.
[292] Great story, cob, thanks!
Random updates as to what newly horrible shit has happened would be appreciated, and validate my decision to work.
Was that first pitch from Lester a strike? The first one of the game? I've been pissed off since then, but my ESPN3 was coming in at low quality.
Send a minor league catcher to the Tigers for Damon? :-)
[293] It does, thanks.
[305] Unity in our futility!
[296] Property was my best subject. Partly because my property prof is an Orioles fan, and stated that Yankee fans (this was 1990) wouldn't wear their hats in his class. So next class I did -- basically I got called on for the rest of the semester. Upon graduation, he gave me a 1914 Yankees fitted cap, which had to have been hard for him to buy.
So explain the RAP, and include fertile octogenarians (I'm looking at you, Betty White)
[301] I think Kevin Thompson, like Bronson Sardinha, has been hurt by "off the field issues." It was rumored that's why the Yanks were reluctant to promote him, and he's gotten in trouble with other teams, too.
[303] no. i don't think it was a strike and it pissed me off, too.
Morgan is obviously very annoyed about that Fisk HR
Oooooh, FAT SANCHEZ IS *UP*!!!!!
[304] I doubt they'd go for that, but they might be willing to give us Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha back.
Ummm ... Joe ... its 302 down the right field line ..... that ball is CAUGHT most times ...
Somebody take his glasses! Seriously!
[307] i don't know anything about law, but...
betty white = prunetang !!!
[308] KT had off the field issues? i don't remember that at all. oh well, hope the kid gets his act together. i wonder how tabata is fairing in the shitsburgh system...
Dammit.
[315] She was the best thing to happen to SNL in years.
Eh. These games happen
Why does Burnett quit?
[315] Very, *VERY* well. Likely to be called up soon.
Oh, AJ, WTF!?!?!?!?!?
fucking christ. another ugly bastid with a gross beard.
slightly more animated call by miller than a-rod's shot. assfuk.
sanchez mlb debut!
jjmerlock, Burnett just gave up another HR. Good luck on your assignment.
[307] Awww, what a lovely story!
That's it. I'm done. I've got work to do. Somehow I expected this.
[317] i never watched that show.
damn it, aj.
[321] i meant Yankees debut, not mlb.
[315] Just as long as it's not Luis Polonia territory. And yes, I'm looking at you Lawrence Taylor. What, you can't get any on your own?
[315] It wasn't really publicized, but I heard he was sent back to AA (from AAA) because he threw a tantrum when another OFer was promoted to the big leagues instead of him. They felt he had maturity issues.
[323] Thanks.
He's not heavy, he's mi hermano.
[307] You bastard, I seriously need to work. I think it's essentially, "no contract covering property can extend past 21 years after the death of the last relevant person alive (the "validating life") at the time of the signing of the contract." Any piece of a contract or will, etc. that will necessarily do that as it involves unborn heirs or heirs and whatnot, where it will be physically impossible not to violate that stricture is invalid and is treated as struck from the document. Frozen sperm potentially messes the RAP up altogether. I can't remember why it's 21 years, although it seems like a shorter length of time would cover the concept of an heir being conceived during the validating life, but not yet born. Maybe you can "refresh my recollection" on that. I feel like reverters and life estates particularly got whacked by the RAP, iirc.
I hate property, but intend to learn it at some point.
[319] Because his name's Burnett, not Pettitte.
[321] Where does he fall on the spectrum?
sanchez'z follow through isn't really bad. no way he can be a good fielder...
[332]
OMG ..... hilarious!
[333] he just falls way off toward the dugout. completely off balanced. throwing arm flailing around. really ugly to watch.
nice gritner. and made sure he gave the ball to a yankee fan! : )
[332] nice!
[335] Was da Goose all that pretty to watch???
[337] yeah, he was fun! : )
[330] Pretty good. I'll give you an A. Life in being + 21 years as a safety, basically you don't want someone to will to X for life, then to X's heirs for life, then to their heirs for life, ad infinitum. So basically you can will X, but then X's heirs get a fee tail simple.
Frozen embryos (don't think sperm itself {himself? it is sperm} counts) could be problematic, would make an interesting case, though I guess that an embryo born 200 years later would be SOL, as the idea is to not entangle what future generations do with property.
Maybe time for ICA.
dammit. big K right there.
C'mon, Robbie.
robbie's swings look really feeble and hesitant.
Well, crap.
robbie's lost his magic, i'm afraid. : (
If he's favoring his back knee, it could be throwing off his mechanics.
We won the series. We won the series. We won the series.
Would've been nice to take over first place though.
ICA? Int'l Commercial Arbitration?
How generous with an A! If only my real grade looked like that, lol.
My transcript is like: "let's see if someone set out to create the most confounding transcript ever."
I call it my all the colors of the rainbow transcript and insist I'm trying to fill as many categories as possible, including cryptic notations. But every semester so far, I've racked up at least one A, at least one B, and at least one C. At least last semester was two A's (but the same mix).
I've had two massive family crises that sort of explain why the C sneaks in there each time, representing one AJ-like meltdown, but I probably would have pulled it off without any interference.
I think your point is a good one about not wanting to entangle future generations, but then, you might have a heir who came into being while the person who is the validating life is still alive - and you're absolutely right, of course it would have to be an embryo.
The biggest thing they try to cut off, as I understand it, is heirs of heirs - if you ain't born while the validating life is going, you're SOL.
I actually have some CDs on property, because it's a course I was legitimately interested in - our prof (who is a famous young scholar, just an awful prof) was so bad though, that literally not a single person in a hundred person section said that she taught the class competently!
I may even listen to the CDs this summer!
Or hit you up for a crash course!
[347] Iron Chef America, though it's a bleu cheese battle & I'm allergic to mold
C students are the ones who make the most money, because they aren't in academe or the judiciary.
Hit me up for advice anytime (disclosure, advice may not be good).
Good night all
nice work sanchez!
Berthiaume has to be the worst sportscaster in the country
[350] that rece davis guy is insufferable.
[348] Ha, ha, thanks!
I can never decide if the A's are good because they show that I clearly have the ability, or if they're bad, because they suggest that I have no excuse for the other grades!
It's not that I'm lazy, in fact, I work my butt of, it's just that I get tired of the whole thing by finals time. I've always been a great academic (passion-wise) and a wildly inconsistent student.
This semester was supposed to be the first time I actually tried to rack up some grades...
Yanks throw in towel
kevin russo - mlb debut. congrats, kid!
how does joe morgan have a job talking about baseball. good grief. : /
nicky baby!!!
nice catch, swishy!
i'm surprised jeter wasn't mentioned in that commercial for pink bats. huh...
nice ab, el nino.
is the banter broken???
swisher having himself a good all-around game.
So they show Teixeira hitting 3 HRs in one game at Fenway. Morgan's brilliant insight?
"I've always said that he has a swing that is tailor made for Yankee Stadium. That uppercut will give him a lot of HRs to Yankee Stadium's short RF."
[361] well, there's a reason that if you look at the "Baseball For Dummies" book, there's a picture of Joe Morgan on it! : )
[354] that was *last* night.
nice play corner to corner, esp tex.
[363] ah, i was talking to myself. i tend to lie to myself, makes me feel better! ; )
cy sanchez!
bugger this. i'm gonna go watch Dallas Braden's perfect game ...
[363] That is news to tonight's announcers.
Stinkeroo of a game..glad i missed it..